The Complex Sneakers Show

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The hosts of the Internet’s biggest sneaker shows, Sneaker Shopping and Full Size Run, come together in The Complex Sneakers Podcast. Joe La Puma, Matt Welty, and Brendan Dunne discuss the most important sneaker news and topics every week, and give their expert opinions that can only be told authentically from Complex. 

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Episode Date
Aaron Cooper on Designing Nikes for Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, and Kevin Garnett
Apr 26, 2024
Debunking Drake's Kendrick Lamar Sneaker Diss
Apr 19, 2024
How Reebok Pumps Took Over the World, With Inventor Paul Litchfield
Apr 12, 2024
Ian Ginoza on Making Sneaker Magic With Virgil Abloh, Huf, and Nike
Mar 29, 2024
Kerwin Frost Talks Adidas, McDonald's, and Post Malone
Mar 22, 2024
The Problem With Military Blue Air Jordan 4s
Mar 15, 2024
Stop Hating on the Panda Dunk
Mar 08, 2024
Did Donald Trump Destroy Sneaker Culture?
Feb 23, 2024
Is Nike Falling Off?
Feb 16, 2024
Greg Selkoe on the Rise and Fall of Karmaloop
Feb 09, 2024
What Makes a Sneaker Classic?
Feb 02, 2024
Why Clot’s Edison Chen Left Nike For Adidas
Jan 26, 2024
Are the Reimagined 'Bred' Air Jordan 4s Any Good?
Jan 19, 2024
The Best Sneakers of 2023
Dec 22, 2023
Action Bronson Is Pure Chaos in the Sneaker World
Dec 15, 2023
The $32 Million Sneaker Reselling Allegations Against James Whitner
Dec 08, 2023
Tony Finau on Golfing With Michael Jordan and Golfing in Jordans
Dec 01, 2023
Why Those Old Jordans You Loved Wouldn't Sell Today
Nov 10, 2023
Nicole McLaughlin Turned Scraps Into Massively Cool Sneakers
Nov 03, 2023
Horror Stories From Working in Sneaker Stores
Oct 27, 2023
Westside Gunn on How to Build a $10,000 Outfit
Oct 20, 2023
Bimma Williams on What It's Really Like to Work in the Sneaker Industry
Sep 29, 2023
The Record-Breaking $1.8 Million Yeezy Fail
Sep 22, 2023
Michael Jordan's Untold New Balance Story
Sep 15, 2023
Fat Joe Says No One Can Beat Him in Sneakers Still
Sep 08, 2023
Kobe Expert Ranks the Best Nike Kobe Sneakers of All Time
Sep 01, 2023
Is Nike Making Too Many Travis Scott Sneakers?
Aug 04, 2023
Ronnie Fieg on the State of the Sneaker Industry
Jul 28, 2023
Adidas Yeezys Are Actually Coming Back
Jul 21, 2023
How Dad Shoes Became So Cool
Jul 14, 2023
Nike Kobes Are Finally Coming Back for Real
Jul 07, 2023
Ranking the Best Sneakers of 2023 So Far
Jun 30, 2023
Steve Madden Says the Sneaker Industry Is a War
Jun 23, 2023
The Nike Roshe Is Back From the Dead
Jun 16, 2023
Jae Tips Remembers Who Fronted on Him and His Saucony Collab
Jun 09, 2023
Why Do People Wear Fake Sneakers?
May 26, 2023
Denis Dekovic on Making Shoes for Ronaldo, Pharrell, and Michael Jackson
May 19, 2023
Workaholics' Anders Holm Influenced Your Sneaker Choices
May 12, 2023
The World's Most Valuable Sneakers With Ken Goldin
May 05, 2023
The Air Jordan 1 'Lost and Found' Restock Fail on SNKRS
Apr 28, 2023
The Nike 'Air' Movie, Do Sneakerheads Love It or Hate It?
Apr 14, 2023
Elissa Steamer on Nike SB Deal, Jordan 4s, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Apr 07, 2023
Nike OG Betsy Parker on How to Get a Job at the Brand
Mar 31, 2023
StockX Sold Someone 38 Pairs of Fake Sneakers
Mar 24, 2023
Did Nike Screw Up the Air Jordan 3 'Reimagined'?
Mar 17, 2023
StockX CEO Scott Cutler on Fakes, Nike's Lawsuit, and Rejecting Shoes
Mar 10, 2023
Nike’s New Release Policy, Is It OK to Wear Fakes?
Mar 03, 2023
Astor Chambers' Game-Changing Work With Pharrell, Nike, and Adidas
Feb 24, 2023
Are MSCHF's Big Red Boots Good? Are Tiffany's Air Force 1s Terrible?
Feb 17, 2023
Matt From Corporate on Resellers, Backdooring, and Fair Sneaker Releases”
Feb 10, 2023
Ex-Adidas Exec Eric Liedtke on Adidas' Rise, Yeezy, and His Departure
Feb 03, 2023
The Most Anticipated Sneakers of 2023
Jan 27, 2023
Are Sneaker Mystery Boxes a Scam? Did Nike Copy Yeezy Slides?
Jan 20, 2023
Our Favorite 5 Sneakers of the Year
Dec 16, 2022
The Unreleased Off-White Nikes, What Were the Best New Balances of 2022?
Dec 09, 2022
The Moldy Air Jordan 1 'Lost & Found', Fear of God and Adidas Basketball
Dec 02, 2022
Reebok CEO Todd Krinsky on Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Shaq
Nov 25, 2022
Stan Smith Relives His Legendary Sneaker Career
Nov 18, 2022
Is SNKRS' Jordan 1 Lost & Found Drop Fair? Why Did Nike Suspend Kyrie?
Nov 11, 2022
How Eastside Golf Got Jordan and Obama to Believe in Them
Nov 04, 2022
Adidas Dumps Ye, Jordan 1 Backdooring, and Anwan Glover on DC Style
Oct 28, 2022
What Does Adidas Do With Kanye? Can Nike Fight Resellers?
Oct 21, 2022
[Replay] Why Is New Balance So Popular Right Now?
Oct 14, 2022
Did Nike Copy New Balance? Did StockX Have a Huge Coupon Fail?
Oct 07, 2022
Will the Trophy Room Air Jordan 7 Be Hyped? Does Supreme x Nike Have More Hits or Misses?
Sep 23, 2022
Langston Galloway on NBA Sneaker Deals, Camping Out, and Making His Own Shoes
Sep 16, 2022
Kanye West's Fight With Adidas Over Yeezy
Sep 09, 2022
The Best Back to School Sneakers, Then and Now
Sep 02, 2022
The Most Exciting and Disappointing Sneakers Coming This Year
Aug 26, 2022
Asspizza Is Willing to Go Broke for His Sneaker, Says Sneaker Brands Are Done
Aug 12, 2022
Should Kanye Be Mad at Adidas? How Should Sneakers Fit?
Aug 05, 2022
How Good Are Travis' 'Mocha' Jordan 1s? Are 'Panda' Dunks That Bad?
Jul 29, 2022
Arthur Kar on His Salomon Collab, Virgil’s Nikes, and Paris SB Dunks
Jul 22, 2022
James Whitner Reveals Unreleased A Ma Maniere Air Jordans
Jul 15, 2022
The Best Sneakers of 2022 So Far
Jul 08, 2022
Alex Dymond Tells Classic Stories About Supreme and Nike SB
Jun 24, 2022
Ibn Jasper Shares Untold Stories From Kanye's Louis Vuitton, Reebok Deals
Jun 17, 2022
The Most Regrettable Air Jordan Retros
Jun 10, 2022
The Zadeh Kicks Resell Saga and Why New Balance Is So Expensive
Jun 03, 2022
Jeff Staple Talks the Pigeon Dunk, Warren Lotas, and Turning Down Nike
May 27, 2022
How Salehe Bembury Became One of the Hottest Sneaker Designers
May 20, 2022
Christopher Bevans on Kanye's Nikes That Never Released, Kobe, and Tinker
May 13, 2022
Trophy Room Air Jordan 1 Backdooring, Nike Kobe Release, & Peter Moore
May 06, 2022
Backdooring, Sneakers Getting Stolen, and the Nike Jordan Movie
Apr 29, 2022
MSCHF Responds to Vans Wavy Baby, Nike Satan Shoe Lawsuits
Apr 22, 2022
DJ Khaled's Air Jordan 5s, Love Them or Hate Them?
Apr 15, 2022
Sneakers That Need a Retro, The Best Nike Flyknits
Apr 08, 2022
Which Yeezys We'd Actually Wear, the Sneakers We Regret Buying
Apr 01, 2022
Why the OG Sneaker YouTuber Gave It Up for a Crypto Fortune
Mar 25, 2022
What's the Worst Sneaker of the Year? The Best Nike SB Dunk Era?
Mar 18, 2022
Why Is New Balance So Popular Right Now?
Mar 11, 2022
The Most Viral Sneaker Memes
Feb 25, 2022
Steven Victor on Pusha T’s Adidas Deal, Nigo’s Album and BAPE's Golden Era
Feb 18, 2022
The Best And Worst Designer Sneakers
Feb 11, 2022
Shawn "Pecas" Costner Tells Kanye West, Chris Paul, & Fat Joe Sneaker Stories
Feb 04, 2022
Sneaker Room’s Suraj Reveals What It’s Like to Work With Kyrie Irving
Jan 28, 2022
The Biggest Sneaker Releases of 2022
Jan 21, 2022
REPLAY: Sonny Vaccaro Talks Signing Michael Jordan to Nike and Kobe Bryant to Adidas
Jan 14, 2022
REPLAY: Marcus Jordan Tells Michael Jordan Sneaker Stories
Jan 07, 2022
What Were the Best Sneakers of 2021?
Dec 17, 2021
Victor Cruz Unveils His New Signature Shoe
Dec 10, 2021
Trinidad James Breaks Down Designing His Own Sneaker
Dec 03, 2021
Gentry Humphrey Shares Untold Stories About Michael Jordan, Jordan Brand, and Nike
Nov 26, 2021
Ronnie Fieg on Asics Collabs, Supply Chain Issues, & Kith's 10th Year
Nov 19, 2021
How Nigel Sylvester Became Air Jordan's First BMX Rider
Nov 12, 2021
How Premium Pete Got 500 Pairs of Limited Nike SB Dunks
Nov 05, 2021
Salomons + Hokas, Nike HQ, and Having Virgil Sign Your Off-Whites
Oct 29, 2021
GQ's Jim Moore on Collaborating With Virgil Abloh, Ronnie Fieg, and Kanye
Oct 15, 2021
Bernie Gross Explains What Really Goes Into Running a Sneaker Store
Oct 08, 2021
Super Collector Abdul Says Dirty Air Force 1s Are OK to Wear
Oct 01, 2021
How Many Sneakers Is Too Many?
Sep 24, 2021
Debating This Summer's Biggest Sneaker
Sep 17, 2021
Conceited Tells Hilarious Stories About His Sneaker Addiction
Sep 10, 2021
Dennis Todisco Reveals Stories About Nike's SNKRS App, Red Octobers, and Karmaloop
Sep 03, 2021
Debating Travis Scott's Best and Worst Nike and Jordan Sneakers
Aug 27, 2021
Are NFT Sneakers for Real or Just a Scam? Bobby Hundreds Explains
Aug 20, 2021
Why Is Nike Suing Sneaker Customizers? Mache Responds
Jul 30, 2021
Flight Club’s Most Notorious Employee Reacts to Modern Day Resellers
Jul 23, 2021
$120,000 Nike Air Force 1s? DJ Clark Kent Reacts
Jul 16, 2021
Ranking the Best Sneakers of 2021 So Far
Jul 09, 2021
How Steven Smith Ended Up Designing Yeezys With Kanye West
Jun 25, 2021
How Drew Greer’s Nikes With Wu-Tang and Jay-Z Changed the Sneaker Industry
Jun 18, 2021
How Victor Cruz and Nike Brought Sneaker Culture to the NFL
Jun 11, 2021
Off-White x Nike: The Best, the Worst, and the Rest
Jun 04, 2021
Jesse Leyva on Making Nike's Coolest Sneakers for Decades
May 28, 2021
Is Nike Making Too Many Dunks or Not Enough?
May 21, 2021
How Jon Wexler Signed Kanye to Adidas and Helped Build Yeezy
May 14, 2021
How Haze Made One of the Greatest Nike Dunks of All Time
May 07, 2021
Hikmet Sugoer: The Sneaker King Who ate Ice Cream Out of Chunky Dunkys
Apr 30, 2021
The Stories Behind Our Biggest Interviews With Kanye, Nigo, and More
Apr 23, 2021
How Croatian Style Became the Most Exclusive Sneaker Reseller
Apr 16, 2021
How the Shoe Surgeon Became the Go-To Customizer for Drake, Justin Bieber, and Nelly
Apr 09, 2021
Aleali May Talks Her Air Jordan Journey
Apr 02, 2021
Paul Mittleman on Making Sneaker History With Stussy, Adidas, and Converse
Mar 26, 2021
Jerry Lorenzo and Jason Mayden on Building the Future of Adidas
Mar 19, 2021
How Dave Ortiz Cooked Up the Classic Nike Air Max 90 “Bacon”
Mar 12, 2021
Nike's Scandal and the World of Sneaker Reselling
Mar 05, 2021
Edison Chen on How CLOT’s Collaborations Connected the East and West
Feb 26, 2021
Paul “P-Rod” Rodriguez Talks Landing His Dream Nike Deal
Feb 19, 2021
How Bun B Became One of Rap's Most Connected Sneakerheads
Feb 12, 2021
Brooklyn Projects' Dom DeLuca Relives the Heyday of Nike SB in Hollywood
Feb 05, 2021
Discussing Jordans, Nike SB Dunks, and Air Yeezys From Our Sneaker of the Year Book
Jan 29, 2021
Marc Eckō’s Complex Sneaker History
Jan 22, 2021
Sonny Vaccaro Talks Signing Michael Jordan to Nike and Kobe Bryant to Adidas
Jan 15, 2021
How Nice Kicks’ Matt Halfhill Took Over the Sneaker Internet
Jan 08, 2021
Ranking Our Favorite Sneakers of 2020
Jan 01, 2021
How Rick Williams Went From Burn Rubber to Ninja’s Sneaker Whisperer
Dec 25, 2020
How Frank The Butcher Played Every Role in the Sneaker Industry
Dec 18, 2020
How Nick Diamond Created the Crown Jewel of Nike SB
Dec 11, 2020
Our Wildest Sneaker Press Trip Tales
Dec 04, 2020
How Dallas Penn Pioneered the Sneaker Internets
Nov 27, 2020
How Derek Curry Built a Mini Sneaker Empire From Nothing
Nov 20, 2020
How Stash and Nike Made Sneaker History
Nov 13, 2020
How We Got Jobs in Sneaker Media
Nov 06, 2020
How Stevie Williams Grinded His Way Through the Sneaker Industry
Oct 30, 2020
Ari Forman on His Bootlegs and Lawsuit That Changed Sneaker Culture
Oct 23, 2020
How Nick DePaula Went From Sole Collector to the NBA’s Sneaker Guy
Oct 16, 2020
How Corgishoe Became The World's Most Infamous Reseller
Oct 09, 2020
Revealing Our Biggest Sneaker Come-Ups
Oct 02, 2020
How Wrong Did We Get the Best Sneakers of 2018?
Sep 30, 2020
Gary Aspden Explains the Influence of Adidas
Sep 25, 2020
Samuel Ross on A-Cold-Wall's Groundbreaking Collaborations
Sep 18, 2020
Joe Grondin on Creating New Balance's Biggest Collabs
Sep 11, 2020
Debating The Sneaker Of The Summer
Sep 04, 2020
How Chris Gibbs' Sneaker History Inspired the Union Jordan IV
Aug 28, 2020
Josh Luber Addresses StockX's Wins and Losses
Aug 21, 2020
Deon Point Tells Crazy Nike SB Release Stories, Concepts' History
Aug 14, 2020
Ben Baller Tells Unfiltered Sneaker Stories
Aug 07, 2020
How Mache Went From Making Customs for LeBron and Jay-Z to His Own Sneaker
Jul 31, 2020
Jacques Slade Talks the Ins and Outs of Sneaker YouTube
Jul 24, 2020
Debating the Best Sneakers of 2020 So Far
Jul 17, 2020
How John Geiger Gave Up Everything to Start His Sneaker Brand
Jul 10, 2020
Frank Cooke Reveals How Exclusive Air Jordans Are Designed
Jul 03, 2020
How Jerry Lorenzo and Fear of God Reshaped the Sneaker Industry
Jun 19, 2020
How Joe Freshgoods Became the Voice of Chicago's Sneaker Culture
Jun 12, 2020
James Whitner Breaks Down Racism and Privilege in Sneakers
Jun 05, 2020
Jimmy Gorecki Responds to the Nike SB Hype
May 29, 2020
Marcus Jordan Tells Michael Jordan Sneaker Stories
May 22, 2020
Bobby Hundreds Tells Behind-the-Scenes Sneaker & Streetwear Stories
May 15, 2020
Bobbito Garcia Explains the Birth of Sneaker Culture
May 08, 2020
DJ Greg Street Settles the Air Force 1 Debate
May 01, 2020
Ariel Helwani Breaks Down UFC Sneaker Deals and His Love for Nike SB
Apr 24, 2020
Answering the Fans’ Best Questions
Apr 17, 2020
How KITH’s Ronnie Fieg Went From Stock Boy To Mogul
Apr 10, 2020
Our Wildest Sneaker Retail Stories
Apr 03, 2020
Running Through Nike’s Air Max History
Mar 27, 2020
How Premium Pete Pulled the Strings in New York City's Celebrity Sneaker Scene
Mar 20, 2020
The Highs and Mids of Air Jordan's Year So Far
Mar 13, 2020
Vashtie Explains How Her Air Jordan Collab Got Made
Mar 06, 2020
From Fakes To Full Size Run, Trinidad James' Sneaker History
Feb 28, 2020
How Virgil Abloh and Kanye West Took Over All-Star Weekend
Feb 21, 2020
Inside Nike's Biggest Night of the Year
Feb 14, 2020
Honoring Kobe Bryant's Sneaker Legacy With Russ Bengtson
Feb 07, 2020
How Mayor Became the Most Infamous Man in Sneakers
Jan 31, 2020
DJ Clark Kent Shares Untold Sneaker Stories
Jan 24, 2020
The Best and Worst Supreme x Nike Sneakers
Jan 17, 2020
The Truth About Owning a Sneaker Store with Mike Packer
Jan 10, 2020
How Rappers Took Over Sneakers in the Last Decade
Jan 03, 2020
The Best Sneakers of 2019
Dec 27, 2019
How the Air Jordan XI Became the Biggest Holiday Sneaker
Dec 20, 2019
The Secret History of Flight Club with Chris Vidal
Dec 13, 2019
Crowning the Best Sneaker Collaborator of the Year
Dec 06, 2019
Kanye West’s Billion Dollar Yeezy Empire
Nov 29, 2019
The Reemergence of the Nike SB Dunk
Nov 22, 2019
The Complex Sneakers Podcast Trailer
Nov 12, 2019