On today's podcast, Marco sits down with Modern Notoriety founder Oscar Castillo, to talk all about his love of Chicago, reminiscing about the sneaker blog glory days, how Marco has a long-lost connection with Oscar and so much more!

1:03 Introduction

2:43 What’s your origin story with sneakers?

7:31 What made you decide to create your own blog?

11:43 What do you think of Chicago being the sneaker capital?

16:41 Do you remember that first moment where you thought you made it?

18:22 What's your most memorable press trip?

21:49 What's the most memorable sneakers that you got given?

27:05 How did you start adding your different interests into your sneaker blog?

31:14 What do you think about the sneaker blog era?

38:17 How do you build a community into a passionate online community?

42:34 Do you think that people getting into the industry skipping over sneaker blogs?

48:53 What’s on your feet today?