An Untold Narrative

After starting multiple companies, growing a brand from 20 to 40 million, James Costa has now entered a new venture - Clubhouse Archives, which brings his 20 + years of fashion expertise to the metaverse.   Episode 0073 is a lot about building, over and over, and learning every step of the way. James really goes deep into his experiences and key findings.  Please check out James's j...

Episode 0072, featuring the lovely Lucy Crivelli, brings the heat. This is one of the most energy filled and impactful conversations we've had in a long time. In this show, we chat about how to manage a business with your significant other, how to work two full time jobs at the same time, and how you should always speak your truth.   Lucy is an entrepreneur, brand builder, photographer,...

In episode 0071, we host Jaclyn Rescigno - an absolute ball of energy who has found a specialty business doing the work that most people don't want to do.   Working previously at massive corporations like New Balance, Jackie and her team focus on helping CEOs review agreements, legal documents, and the logistical items that people don't have experience in when starting a business. As Jac...

Welcome back beautiful people! We have reached the big 7-0 on our episode count and for this conversation, we feature our first return guest - Brett Golliff.   Brett joined us previously on episode 0019 (a LONG time ago) and this time we wanted him back on to talk about the new phase of his life. He recently left a Global Manager role at General Motors to pursue his own freelance gig. &n...

In Episode 0069 (the one everyones been waiting for) we host CPS... an industrial designer who is at an inflection point in his career.   Coming out of college catching jobs at two amazing companies - 3M and Rivian, Connor now finds himself 5 years into his career with all possibilities on the table. He talks about the highs, the lows and inbetweens so far.   Give him a follow...

In Episode 0068, we host an extraordinary conversation with the one and only 'Hallway'  Hallway's fairly new to being on my radar, but am I so thrilled we sat down to chat. From having a child early on in his career, to taking a steady job as a sacrifice to be closer to his family, to now venturing off into Web3 music and building out an incredible platform for artists.  We dont have a l...

A decade's worth of pursuit to land his dream job at Nike.  Thats what it takes these days. No formal design education, just relentless commitment to craft.   In this episode Will shares his incredible journey of taking a multitude of steps to eventually land his dream job at Nike as a designer. Working retail, moving to new york, finding a niche in trend, to side projects that land...

On this weeks show, we host living legend in the footwear and fashion industry - Priscella Shum.   Priscella is someone who COULD have name dropped the entire episode but did not. Instead she consistently gave people flowers who helped her along the way. From Virgil and Kanye on Yeezy Season 1, to Pyer Moss, to now focusing on herself and entrepreneurial ventures - this story was beautif...

Our first guest on season 10, a man who is no stranger to podcasts, Izzy Lugo. Izzy is probably most known for his 'Strange on Purpose' podcast, but what we didnt know was the incredible journey that got him there.   From working for NBA and MLB teams, to starting his own business, to going into depression - we cover it all in this episode. This is one of my all time favorite conversatio...

We are BACK baby.  In episode 0064, your host David Filar drops a quick update an some key learnings from the past two months since his entry into start up life with Endstate.   Drop some feedback. much love.   --- Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot

In episode 0063, we feature an unbelievable story by Mackenzie Ryan. She may be our first singer/songwriter on the podcast, but also has incredible creative talents from podcasting to web3 NFT initiatives.   We spend a good chunk of this episode talking about deep speed bumps in life and lessons learned from them. Can't recommend this episode enough.   Please follow Mack's jour...

In episode 0062, we sit down with an incredible entrepreneur from the DMV area, Tommy McCoy.   Honestly, didn't know what to expect going into this episode as Tommy and I only met once - on his podcast, Coming Up Creative. But as the minutes unravel, youll see and hear his journey into entrepreneurship, surrounding yourself with amazing people, and how to consistently elevate yourself. &...

In episode 0061, we host the remarkable Selena McCartney - a creative and designer whose story took us by surprise.   Starting in retail, she began curating looks and setting up footwear to be more approachable for customers walking through the store. Just a couple years later, she was working for Steve Madden Corporate office in NYC. Learning from the team, she built her design skills u...

Season 09, Episode 0060 is now live with the beautiful human that is Andrew White, aka Drew Bar (on IG).   Drew is most known for his creative work at Bodega, but in this episode we dive deep into his other creative projects, passions, struggles and how he wants to continue to grow and evolve into new things.   You can follow Drew on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/d...

In episode 0059, we host the incredibly talented designer, innovator and thought leader - Stephanie Howard.   Stephanie has held design roles within New Balance, Nike, Bauer, Seventh Generation, consulting for over a decade, and most recently co-founding a metaverse based brand Endstate.   Stephanie dropped a lot of gems throughout the episode and would highly recommend people...

In episode 0058, we feature the creative mind of David Rivera.   From traveling the globe, photographing and curating collections of product and clothing, David's career has been filled with amazing moments. Even within the first few minutes of chatting, you can sense he is at a joyful place in life.   He is most known for his work within The Hundreds brand over the past decade...

In episode 0057, we sit down with the lovely creative writer Sarah Connell Sanders.   Sarah is a Worcester, Massachusetts native, where she continues to make huge waves inside the community here. From supporting the local teaching community, to creative writing for the largest magazine, to a radio show and podcast - everyone around town has heard of or met Sarah themselves.   T...

In this video, your host David Filar, breaks down some of the thoughts and emotions that come to mind when recently featured in the Footwear Vanguards piece on HighSnobiety.   Full article here:  https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/david-filar-footwear-vanguards-vibram-interview/ Other articles here: https://www.highsnobiety.com/tag/footwears-new-vanguard/  --- Beat Provided By http...

In episode 0055, we host writer and creative Fabian Gorsler.  Most well known for his writing for HighSnobiety, this episode is loaded with great conversation about growing up in Thailand, studying in the US, finding a work life balance, and even dropping news on what he's doing next with his career!  You can follow Fabian's journey here:  https://www.instagram.com/maisaipak/  ...

In Episode 0054 we sit down with the amazingly talented muralist, artist, and designer Ally Grimm.   In this conversation, we talk about everything from painting murals to hating canvas painting. We talk about NFTs to Clubhouse. And we definitely talk about the highs and the lows. We covered it all!  Check out her journey and work here:  https://www.algrimeart.com/ https://www....

We are BACK (!) with Season 008 and episode 0053 featuring Vanessa Orozco. The entire conversation, Vanessa's stories and experiences transcended everything I was expecting.   From her early year family life struggles in Colombia, to being a single mother, to starting over at 30 - - this woman is not going to lose. And she does it big from the start, because why not? Her first solo show...

This episode is one to NOT MISS!! Our guest today is Javier Laval - who is massively under the radar as a creative and connector within the music, art, footwear, and NFT scene.   Javier does not do a lot of podcasts or interviews, so we are truly fortunate for his time as he deep dived through his experiences working with huge musical artists like Nas and Jay, to starting a footwear comp...

In this weeks episode, we sit down with apparel designer turned footwear designer turned shoe maker - Ann Duskus.   From turning down a higher paying apparel design job to take a leap within footwear design and starting from scratch - Ann has proven out that the model of pursuing your dreams and interests... well, it works.   We covered everything from working at the Shoe Surge...

Half century of episodes baby!  And we have an incredibly special guest today - my personal friend, colleague, peer, designer, creative, and beautiful human... Marc V Brosseau  Marc is an established footwear designer who just recently took a position as senior designer at Adidas/Ivy Park. In this episode, we talk about being a young up and coming biathlon athlete, a Reebok apprenti...

Hey All -  In this short episode, I sit down with myself to recap and review myself hosting a solo art show. From the time of recording, it was about 8 days post show where I was able to reflect on some key learnings.  Photo recap of the show: https://www.davidfilar.com/soloexhibition  Back soon with more guests. Drop a like, comment, subscribe! --- Beat Provided By https://freebeat...