The Complex Sneakers Podcast

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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