The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys discuss the sneaker reselling business and its recent crossover moment with the resignation of Nike VP Ann Hebert after news broke about her son's reselling business. The guys deep dive into their own personal stories with reselling and when they first saw the beginning stages of what now has become its own industry.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to cultural icon, actor, musician and designer, Edison Chen, the founder of CLOT and designer of the Nike Air Max 1 Clot Kiss of Death. In this episode the guys talk about a number of sneakers Edison was able to create with Nike over the years as well as what he has coming out this year.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to Paul Rodriguez, legendary skater and the first skater to ever receive a Nike signature shoe. Paul talks about what it was like becoming part of the brand, knowing Kobe Bryant, his sneaker releases to come and his most recent sneaker additions.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to the one and only, Bun B. Bun B shares how he became so connected in the sneaker game and shares his newest addition to his collection, the Air Jordan 1 Retro High Trophy Room Chicago.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week the guys host, Dom DeLuca, the owner of the first skate shop to invade Hollywood, Brooklyn Projects. In this episode the guys go back in time to the beginning of Dom's love for sneakers and end with his imprint on the sneaker industry.

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Complex Sneakers Podcast hosts Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty break down the Complex "Sneaker of the Year" book. Get your copy of the book here: https://www.complex.com/sneaker-of-the-year-the-best-since-85-book

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Marc Eck? the founder of Eck? Unlimited and Complex. He shares stories of his start at Rutgers, moments with Kanye West, and what it was like turning ComplexCon from a concept to a reality.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Sonny Vaccaro, one of the most influential sneaker marketing executives of all time. He single handedly changed the way sneaker deals were ideated, created, and executed. Sonny Vaccaro was responsible for some of the most impactful deals of all time such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. The guys get into how he got his start, his relationship with some of the big brands now, and his thoughts on the sports documentary series, The Last Dance.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to the founder of Nice Kicks, Matt Halfhill.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk about their personal favorite shoes of 2020 and Welty has Nike on his list.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have on Rick Williams, the co-owner of Burn Rubber. They get into the early days of the store, working with mega-gamer Ninja, and what its like to share a city with Danny Brown.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Frank 'The Butcher' Rivera and together the guys talk about Frank's career, his time at Concepts and working at Reebok as the Director of Brand and Product Storytelling.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Nick Diamond, the founder of Diamond Supply Co. Together the guys talk about Nick Diamonds career, his extensive sneaker collection, past Nike SB collabs and memories from ComplexCon before COVID.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk about their past press trips and how it connected them to their now sneaker industry network and long friendships. Welty tells us the one interview question that made Kendrick Lamar snap at him, Joe La Puma talks meeting Michael Jordan and Brendan Dunne talks watching Ben Baller fighting to get into a VIP lounge area.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host the OG Dallas Penn. They talk his influence on the culture, being an early sneaker blogger on YouTube, and the first time he met Kid Cudi.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host, Derek Curry, owner of the sneaker boutique, Sneaker Politics. Derek shares the story of how he became the head of an empire and the people that helped him get there. They talk about how he ended up in the army, the way he met his long time friend and mentor Deon Point, and the multiple collaborations he has had with big sneaker names like Nike, Reebok and more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host, Stash, a NY based graffiti artist, designer, and business man who collaborated with Nike to create some of the most iconic silhouettes in sneaker history. Stash will take us down memory lane on what it was like designing with Nike and how what he did opened the doors for many designer collaborations to come.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys celebrate their 50th episode and talk how they ended up in Sneaker Media. Matt Welty shocks everyone with his story on dropping out of college, Joe La Puma talks his full Michael Kors outfit to his Complex interview, and Brendan Dunne talks moving across the country to a city he's never been to and knows no one in.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to skateboarder, Stevie Williams. Stevie talks his first signature sneakers, signing to Reebok, his Nike deal that fell through and the boundaries he pushed as one of the most influential skateboarders to ever live.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to Ari Forman, a graphic designer with a passion for sneakers who created an iconic bootleg design based off the Air Force 1's. Ari Forman deep dives into the history of the Ari Menthol 10s, the lawsuit that came with his design, and comments on the current sneaker industry today.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to NBA feature writer, Nick DePaula. They go back to his time at the University of Oregon, what it was like working at Sole Collector, and some of his memorable moments.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host one of the oldest resellers in the game Corgishoe. Corgi shares stories about how he got into the game, how he stayed in the know, and how the sneaker market has changed since his early beginnings.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys tell stories about their biggest sneaker come-ups. Matt Welty talks finding 7 year old sneakers in a local sporting goods store, Brendan Dunne pulls out all the coupons to get the biggest discount on a pair of retro sneakers, and JLP gets a special pair of Kanye samples. 

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Adidas legend, Gary Aspden. He talks about creating the Spezial, meeting Kanye for the first time, growing up in the 80s & 90s, traveling Europe at a young age, his love for Hip-Hop and more.  

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Samuel Ross, one of UK's most significant fashion designers. He's worked along side Virgil Abloh on a number of projects such as Been Trill, Off-White, Kanye West, GOOD Music, and more. He then went on to found his own label, A Cold Wall*, that has since developed a cult-like following and made its way into stores like Barneys New York. Samuel Ross talks about his past experiences and how they've all lead up to his most recent work with Converse and Nike.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty, and this week they have on Joe Grondin, Senior Manager of Global Collaborations & Energy at New Balance. They pull back the curtain on New Balance and discuss past and future sneaker collabs, how it all comes together, and much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys discuss the sneaker of the summer and what those qualifications are in a year where we didn't really have one...

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host, Chris Gibbs, the current owner and operator of UNION Los Angeles. Chris Gibbs takes the guys back through his 25 years in the sneaker industry to his now Union Jordan IV.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Josh Luber the co-founder of the consignment shop, StockX, a hybrid of a stock market for sneakers and a user-friendly platform to buy and sell products like we've never seen before. In recent years the company received an evaluation over 1 billion dollars. Josh takes the guys through his story going all the way back to his time at IBM to present day and his belief in the future resale market for sports trading cards.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Concepts? Creative Director, Deon Point. He started as a store manager in Boston in 2005 and went on to help shape the shop into one of the most respected retailers in the country. After a decade of building up the Concepts Boston location he then moved on and expanded the boutique brand to New York City. He joins the podcast this week to talk about the upcoming Lacoste Collection and tells some crazy stories of past sneaker releases. 

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have on the legendary jeweler Ben Baller who started his lengthy career in the music industry before becoming an early name on the streetwear scene. In this interview, Baller talks about sneaker shopping with Missy Elliott in the 90s, starting the Nike SB Dunks craze, and which sneakers he'll never wear.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have on renowned sneaker customizer Dan ?Mache? Gamache, who started customizing in the early 2000s and has since built a career making shoes for the biggest names in sports and music. They talk about customizing for the NFL schedule, WWE, and of course, Mache?s first sneaker, the Mache Runner Centralia.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have on actor, blogger, and YouTube host Jacques Slade, a footwear expert who has done everything from rapping to unboxing. They talk about going to Michael Jordan?s house, Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story, and becoming the Ryan Seacrest of sneakers. 

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they discuss the ins and outs of the ten best sneakers of 2020 so far, as decided by the Complex sneakers team.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have on sneaker and streetwear designer John Geiger who started off by designing the infamous Misplaced Checks custom Air Force 1s and has since built his own brand which has become a favorite of professional athletes and artists alike. They talk about selling everything to start his brand, jumping in the pool with Red Octobers, and one of the best gifts Joe?s ever gotten.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have on sneaker designer extraordinaire Franke Cooke who has worked on projects like Nigel Sylvester air Jordan?s 1, Aleali May?s collabs, Collette Jordan 1s, Travis Scott IVs and models like the ?Top 3,? and ?Reverse Shattered Backboard 2.0.? They get into what its like working for Jordan Brand, the GOAT himself, and Cooke's new projects.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty, and this week they have the inimitable Jerry Lorenzo. They talk about his breakthrough in the Chicago fashion scene, his relationship with Nike and much, much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty and this week they speak with Chicago native, Joe Freshgoods. They get into the history of streetwear & sneakers in Chicago, the numerous collabs he's part of, and why his city deserves more love.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty and this week they're joined by James Whitner, a veteran of the footwear industry, and owner of sneaker shops like Social Status, APB, Propser and Atlanta?s A Ma Maniere. They talk about the protests sweeping the nation, what the sneaker community can do to combat racism and much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty and this week they're joined by Jimmy Gorecki, professional skater and co-owner of Standard Issue Tees. They get into the old and new hype of Nike SB, skating with Pharrell's ICECREAM skate team and much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they're joined by Marcus Jordan, Michael Jordan's youngest son, and sneaker retailer. They talk best moments of The Last Dance, memories of growing up in the Jordan household and, of course, lots of sneaker stories.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they're joined by streetwear pioneer, Bobby Hundreds to talk about his latest Puma collab, why his business is doing better than ever, and much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have Bobbito Garcia whose contribution to sneaker culture is undeniable. He gets into the history of the Air Force 1's, why he thinks the Jordan 1 is wack and what it was like owning the first sneaker boutique.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have the legendary DJ Greg Street on to talk Air Force 1's, the heat he fishes in and much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty and this week they're joined by Ariel Helwani, ESPN journalist and broadcaster. They talk about the MMA, his love for Nike SB, and much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty and this week they answer all your burning sneaker questions.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they are joined by Ronnie Fieg, the footwear and clothing designer and owner of Kith. They get into Fieg's early years in the business, his retail philosophy, how Kith is surviving the pandemic, and much more.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week it gets personal as the co-hosts share their craziest stories from inside Footlocker, to chasing people outside Finish Line to meeting your sneaker idol in a record store in Idaho.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. In honor of Air Max Day, they share their favorite Air Max stories and go through the sneaker's most important cultural moments.

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week, the co-hosts are joined by the legendary Premium Pete - a staple in New York City's sneaker scene, and they discuss Pete's relationship with Drake, his stint in retail and early sneaker media.

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