Milwaukee Brewers fireball starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is known for his Pokémon collection, a detail sharp‑eyed color commentators can’t resist slipping into their broadcasts.

The 24-year-old Missouri native is one of the 75% of adults who buy them for collecting or reselling, 25% purchase them for games, according to Retail Brew, a media company that delivers business content.

Scottsdale-based The Nut Farm podcasters Gretchen Seeck and Missy Stern are among them as well. Collecting Pokémon wasn’t part of the plan. They were inspired by their children. And now Seeck and Stern discuss it on their podcast. 

The hobby started with Stern’s daughter collecting the cards from Happy Meals. “She just loved it,” Stern said. “I got her a little binder, and she started collecting.” Her son followed, and now at 11, he’s holding a valuable card. 

“We’re kind of just having that burn a hole in his pocket for as long as possible. He does go-kart racing competitively, so he’ll use it on something important later.”

Stern couldn’t resist the hobby herself. 

“You can only observe for so long,” she says. “Now I’m just completely all in on Pokémon.”

Seeck wasn’t into Pokémon until she saw Medicham. That flipped the switch 

“There is something very beautiful and deep to me,” Seeck said. “It sounds so silly because it’s Pokémon, but I like the artwork. It’s shimmering and shining. It really hits you. 

“There’s also this calming effect for me with the cards. I don’t feel like I’m burning money. They hold their value. Honestly, you can get a really lucrative sports card. But then, the next weekend, the player can get a DUI or get in some kind of trouble. Then the card tanks. Pokémon cards are never going to tank because they’re mythical creatures.” 

Medicham is a humanoid bipedal Pokémon that resembles a yoga practitioner. It has a gray body with rose pink and yellow adornments. 

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More than Pokémon

Seeck and Stern met, became fast friends and are now inseparable.

“We thought we were the funniest people on the whole planet.” 

That chemistry is the backbone of their Nut Farm Podcast, a show that blends humor that’s chaotic and comforting.

Seeck remembers the exact moment she thought she could bond with Stern. “Her whole vibe was just so different than a lot of what’s out there,” she said. “In the sea of Lululemon, she kind of stood out to me.” 

The connection deepened when she learned Seack didn’t drink, either. 

“For both of us, that was a huge uniting factor, Stern said. “It’s so freeing to be with somebody who you don’t have to worry about — like, I don’t want them to feel weird if they want to drink around me. It just made it very easy.”

From there, they were off. “We just kind of started doing everything together — including this podcast,” Stern said. 

Pokémon re-enters the chat

The Nut Farm Podcast thrives on the contrast between them. 

“I take the more serious mental health route,” Seeck said. “Healing, sobriety, boundaries — anything along those lines.” 

Stern sees her role differently. 

“My knee‑jerk reaction is to deflect and make a joke,” she says. “I like to try and make it not serious and funny and find ways to derail Gretchen — but in a funny way.”

Seeck loves that balance. 

“She’s the queen of one‑liners,” Seeck said. “She can hit zingers out of the park.” But she also loves the moments when Stern softens. 

“It’s been a cool process to see the moments where Missy gets deep,” she says. “You get to see the evolution of Missy softening and me being kind of a badass.”

Stern agreed. 

“Every once in a while, I’ll break down and get real with it,” she says. “It is OK to be serious every once in a while.”

Seeck runs Haus of GS. — a clothing line, a coaching practice, and work teaching meditation and yoga in recovery centers. 

“I’m getting my master’s in addiction psychology,” she said. 

Stern, on the other hand, is working toward a master’s in Egyptology, and she paints 

“I got real deep into documentaries during COVID,” she said about her road to Egyptology studies. “I kept taking classes and thought, ‘I might as well get a degree.’”

Stern founded TCG Tailor, for which she paints binders for TCG collectors and customizes them to the customer’s favorite character or interest. 

Seeck laughs when she talks about Stern’s workload. “All the while, Missy has two kids at home that do online school,” she said. “She’s stay‑at‑home mom plus all these other things.”

A friendship built on humor, honesty — and holographic creature. Pokémon may seem like an odd thread in their story, but it fits perfectly. 

“We enjoy it as a family,” Stern said. “There are so many ways to participate.” Seeck agreed. “My kids benefit from me being obsessed,” she says. “We get to go to the card stores.”

Three years into their podcast, they’re still doing everything together — laughing, collecting, parenting, studying, creating, and talking about the things that matter, even when they’re wrapped in jokes.

“Not to brag, but we’re pretty well‑versed,” Stern said.