An Untold Narrative

On this weeks Episode, Dave sits down with San Diego based all around self made entrepreneur Rey Marquez.   Rey is an incredible rarity... as he comes from diversity and always figures a way out of every road block that life throws at him. Today, he's most known for his shoe making / custom kicks business SD Custom Footwear, but he's been running his home appraisal business for the past...

Well, ladies and gentlemen, on this weeks episode we feature a story unlike any others. Chris Burns is a man of many talents, and finding opportunities in the marketplace might be his best.  In Episode 0022, Chris talks about being broke (twice), making a MILLION dollars, and helping kids for no monetary gain that share the same basketball passion he has. 

In Episode 0021, we feature an incredibly talented footwear and fashion designer from Austria (!) - Elisa Payer.   Elisa takes us through moving internationally to the USA for college, discovery of a love for footwear and fashion design, to a deep conversation about social media and discovering yourself.   We're really thankful Elisa sat down with us, because we truly believe s...

Well, I have to say this may be the best conversation yet...  On episode 0020, we host LA based Hommy Diaz.   Hommy takes us on a path we could have never imagined. Halfway through the episode we paused to tell him that this could be the greatest episode yet. He goes from humble immigrant beginnings, to working at Apple retail, to Global Product Manager to creating his own brand - M...

From New Balance, to Tinker Hatfield, to Chevrolet - - this episode has it ALL. Brett Golliff, designer by trade, takes us through his journey of juggling footwear and automotive in this action packed hour of Episode 0019.   Intermixed within design, he discusses having career path altering decisions, balancing time and family values, and having personal visions that no one else but he c...

On this weeks Episode, Dave sits down with Dee Wells who has a massive case of "OSD".. Obsessive Sneaker Disorder.   Dee is an extremely rare human in the sneaker world. Not only has he remained an underground name while co founding things like SoleCollector Magazine, but he continues to work with brands and initiatives like Pensole Academy. As you'll hear him talk about, he believes we...

Season 03!! To kickstart this season, we have a beautiful conversation with curator, project manager, and podcast host herself, Alexis Hyde.   Alexis is one of those weird internet connections that only in 2020 they would happen. We met on Tik Tok and now hold a beautiful hour and 20 minute conversation about art and life. She takes us on a journey through starting in physics, to getting...

As season 002 wraps up with this episode, we made sure to have on an incredible guest - Shu Jones.  In this jam packed hour, Shu takes us on a tour of how he randomly got into not only design, but also footwear design. He humbly talks about his experience with Guillermo Bravo, Construct 10061, and most currently with Reebok.  Shu is a top tier designer, only at the infancy of his meteori...

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have ourselves a heater of an episode, featuring the incredible story out of New Jersey/NYC, featuring Dustin Lee.   Dustin takes us on a rollercoaster through life discussing creating passion videos for BMX, to goosebump moments when he speaks about his low points, to having such love for his current employer - Gary Vaynerchuck, that he wants to work there forev...

On todays show, Episode 0014,  we chat with portrait artist Debi Hochberg.  Out of LA, Debi is not a full time artist, but does this part time. Due to COVID, she has reignited her passion of portrait art, paintings, mixed mediums etc. In this episode, she talks about social media, business impacts, and why she pursues art. Debi is the first guest that we've met through the Tik Tok platfo...

On Episode 0013,  Dave hosts shoe maker and entrepreneur Keiko Hirosue.   Keiko is best known for founding Brooklyn Shoe Space, a maker's dream space to create footwear. In this episode we hear how and why she was able to begin the space,  beginning life between Japan and the US, to pursuing her passions, and now currently handling COVID as a business owner.

Halfway through season 2, Dave hosts incredible talent and multifaceted designer Mike Sturge.   Portland based, Mike drives conversation about freelance design and the inter-workings of contractual design, to working with NFL stars like Micah Hyde of the Buffalo Bills making custom cleats!!

In episode 0011, Dave sits down with a phenomenal designer who has remained under the radar throughout his career - Michal Kukucka.   Michal takes us through his lens of growing up in Slovakia and the small design community in eastern europe, to living in China for 6 years with United Nude, to his most recent venture at MVMT watches!!  If there's one take away, is to go after your p...

This is arguably our best episode yet - featuring super talented footwear designer and entrepreneur Christopher Dixon.  It's incredibly difficult to highlight what is discussed in this episode because there are so many great things to learn and listen to. Chris takes us on his phenomenal journey of wanting to play ball while battling his love for sneaker design, to getting an opportunity to d...

To kick off Season 02, Episode 009 - Dave hosts an ultra talented art and museum curator, Shasti Lowton.   As our second international guest, first over seas, Shasti talks about her pursuit to find her calling as a career path, working with massive museum organization Design Museum, and the pursuit of ambitious goals.

In the episode 008 and season 01 finale, Dave hosts power house entrepreneur Lorena Agolli from Sole Survivor Shop.   The Toronto based shoe repair shop owner dives DEEP into the struggles of rock bottom, finding passion in unforseen hobbies, and running a business for the past 8 years. This is a raw and authentic conversation that does not come around very often!

In Episode 007, Dave sits down with local friend Che Anderson - the people's Mayor of Worcester, MA.   Che provides us with one of the most inspirational stories about growing up with nothing and yet setting out to be a lawyer, to working in city government where he's not from, to finding passion in arts and connecting the two worlds.

Episode 006 -  We host one of Dave's longest standing footwear connections, Pierce Lopatic.  Pierce has been on a mission since his teenage years to become a footwear designer. He takes us on his journey through his education, internships, climbing the corporate ladder, to taking chances with working for the Shoe Surgeon and his latest venture with New Republic.

Episode 005 -  We sit down with the incredibly talented in-the-making fashion designer Amanda Howe.  While Amanda still has a year left of college education to go through, her work makes her stand out in the industry as a veteran. We talk about her experiences of fashion and footwear design, through internships in Amsterdam and NYC to what her long and short term goals are.

On Episode 004,  Dave hosts mega talented footwear designer Ari Montanez.  In this conversation we discuss all the different steps Ari had to go through in his (very) young career to get to where he is at today. From getting in trouble at school, to taking Pensole design academy, to moving across the country not knowing anyone. This episode is inspiring for all creatives on what it takes...

On Episode 003,  Dave sits down with Emily Engle, a now freelance writer.  In this conversation we talk about how Emily got into writing for Core77 and Hypebeast, discusses being an introvert, interviewing profound names like Tom Sachs and Jeff Staple, to having goals of opening up a bed and breakfast in Japan.

On Episode 002,  Dave sits down with Atticus Radley - a freelance photographer in New York City.   In this conversation we talk about how Atticus created his own unique name, finding photography as a passion, to working on set with Kim and Kanye, to working with Steven Bartlett overseas in Manchester, UK.

On our first full episode, Dave sits down with Shane Leonard, an up and coming artist in Massachusetts.   In this conversation we talk about Shane's out of the box thinking, being a D1 football career, to getting started in the art world, to having rockstar parents.