Listen to Episode 20 of 'The Complex Sneakers Podcast': Our Wildest Sneaker Retail Stories

The hosts share their craziest stories from inside Foot Locker, to chasing people outside of Finish Line, to meeting a sneaker idol in a record store in Idaho.

Apr 03, 2020

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 Foot Locker, to chasing people outside of Finish Line, to meeting your sneaker idol in a record store in Idaho.

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