An Untold Narrative

Girls and Boys, welcome back! On todays podcast we host a footwear designer who has worked with all our favorite athletes - from Lebron, Jason Kidd, or Serena Williams. But we don't just talk about his work. We extract the tangible things he has found success in and how you can apply it to your creative lives! Check out Aarons work: https://www.instagram.com/aaron.ac.cooper/?hl=en

Welcome back beautiful people! Michael Tanzillo is a 3D creator, animator and leader from some of your favorite films such as Ice Age or Spies in Disguise. In this episode we talk about his growth through curiosity, becoming a leader, and building a community full of builders. Check out Michaels work: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltanzillo/ https://www.michaeltanzillo.com/https://www.youtube.co...

Welcome back girls and boys, this weeks podcast features the incredible story of Kibbee Miller. Kibbee is a digital marketer within the footwear industry, but has incredible balance with her other passions: DJing and Ceramics. In this episode we talk about her influences, how she manages her time and energy, and has learned to be incredibly patient during her creative pursuits. Learn more about Ki...

Girls and boys, we are back with another incredible deep dive into the footwear industry. Morgan Weekes of Morprime Industries is an incredible creative. From graphics, photography, storyteller and sneaker archivist, Morgan does it all for the love of shoes. This weeks episode is not through the lens of a designer, but from a unique angle in the shoe world where Morgan has built events, elevated c...

Girls and boys, we are back with a stellar episode this week, hosting Joe Amoruso of The Paper Plane Workshop. The PPW is a design and development studio out of Italy, that's worked with the likes of your favorite brands - including Mark Wahlberg's Municipal. This conversation brings us through the highs and lows of business, what it takes to persevere, and how to build a foundational, str...

Welcome back beautiful people, in Episode 118 we return to the podcast with a solo episode by your host - David Filar (me). This week marks the 10 year anniversary since I entered the footwear industry as a designer. I wanted to spend a few minutes talking about some key thoughts and learnings over the past decade. Some of those include: taking risks, doing nice things for people, saying yes, and...

Che Anderson is not your typical creator. He is much more. While his work title is Assistant Vice Chancellor for City and Community, he finds himself sitting at the intersection of politics, sneakers, company boards, and artist communities.  In this podcast Che talks about being tired, while maintaining perspective on your happiness. He gives an extremely valuable take on the sneaker industry and...

Welcome back beautiful people. Todays episode features former Converse & Reebok VP of Design, cofounder of Meg/Bryan agency, and all around great human, Bryan Cioffi. This episode boasts conversation around leadership, finding personal happiness, and all around good design principles. It was an absolute pleasure to have this conversation with Bryan. Find out more: https://www.megbryan.com/ htt...

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are back with the incredible Q4 Sports founder, footwear designer, creative astronaut, and professor at SCAD - Quintin Williams. Q has done a lot in his career, but he's still hungry. In this episode he brings us through his personal process of staying the course of your vision and goals, being in service of others, and how to not compare yourself to others. Check out...

Welcome back beautiful people! On this weeks show we deep dive into the creative mind of designer and entrepreneur Kevin Bethune. Kevin has amassed success not only through his world class design skills, but by taking his career learnings and applying them to reach a global audience. His speaking engagements range from universities to Ted, and his best selling book is applicable for not only desig...

Welcome back beautiful people! This weeks guest has incredible experiences from living in Asia, managing multiple brands, to now consulting and working for herself. Janey Park, or Jumpstart Janey, is at a new phase in her life. Through her fashion, blog, and content creation journey - Janey has found balance, ways to ask the right questions, and consistently supporting others. Learn more about Jan...

Welcome back beautiful people. Todays episode features Maclin - an incredible creator who has touched just about every art form. From painting, rapping, photography, videography, poetry, and more, Maclin takes us on a journey of how he is building a life of trade. In this episode we talk about trading your skills for something in return, what its like to self publish a book, and how to get opportu...

In this weeks show, we sit down with return guest Ann Duskus, who was previously was on episode 051. But this time we see a different side of Ann. This time she opens up with true vulnerability around her current state of feeling, how allowing herself to be an artist is bringing her joy, and how being selfish can be beneficial if done correctly. Ann is a true artist, designer, storyteller, and col...

In episode 110, we host founder, CEO, world traveler, and incredible thinker - Kenny Hanson. Kenny takes us on his incredible journey of learnings through starting his business, surrounding yourself with the right people, and how mentorship saved his life. For anyone interested, would highly recommend checking out his business, MentorPass, a platform to connect you to professionals with expertise...

We're back with episode 109 with good friend, creator, material specialist, and incredible human - Vaughan Lewis Carman. Vaughan opens up in this episode talking about both the highs of having dinner with Virgil Abloh and the lows of moments where he needs to figure out life for himself. Two key themes Vaughan talks about throughout the episode are to not avoid the work and to build community....

Welcome back beautiful people, episode 108 is live with the incredible Whitney Holbourn. Whitney is a globally recognized muralist, artist and creative. In this episode, we discuss having undeniable self belief, surrounding yourself with community to help elevate you, and how to maximize opportunities when they come your way. As always to our friends: likes, comments, subscriptions are all free an...

Bryce is one of the greatest multi-hyphenate creatives we will probably ever feature on this podcast. He is most known for his work at Nike and Nike SB, but continues to push his own boundaries through paintings, prints, tattooing, skateboarding, jui jitsu, and hot dog bongs.  In this conversation you’ll hear Bryce contemplate the question ‘what If I left design forever’, focused thoughts on diver...

Kicking off the New Year, we host international artist, muralist, graphic and product designer, Dave Persue. In this conversation we not only deeply discuss his elaborate creative career, but his tough childhood, ADHD, and his struggles with depression. Persue has created not only art and graphics around the world, but built a 23 year old IP that is BunnyKitty. He has launched two BunnyKitty books...

This weeks episode is a recap conversation with my good friend Kevin Freyer. Kevin and I both ran 144 miles in 12 days, to raise money to purchase toys for Connecticut Childrens Medical Center. This podcast was recorded to give some insights on what it took physically, mentally, and logistically to pull this off. Hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas

In todays episode, we have dear friend KJ, Katherine Johnsen, BeachyKJ, or even known as the carry-on-queen, on the podcast. Katherine built her career in the tech startup space, but has found ways to blend her love of sneakers, marketing and storytelling all together. Today she is the CEO of CommonAce, partner at CounterCulture, manages multiple influencers, and a content creator herself. We deep...

On this weeks show, we welcome Michael Esiobu - former NFL prospect, Marketing CEO, Clothing brand entrepreneur, professional boxer, and co-host of Crash Dummies Podcast. If you think thats a lot, its because it is. Michael was an absolute gem of an interviewee. We discussed men's mental health, making commitments to yourself, and how getting fired set him on the path of entrepreneurship. Make...

Wally Vu is a brand builder, collaborator, business owner and creative. In this episode you'll not only hear about how Wally's agency business has done well over the years, but how he transformed his life from bad habits to great ones. We talk about his physical transformation through running, and how he completed a 200 mile month - which is as wild as it sounds. Check out Wally's work...

Ladies and gentlemen - creator, curator, and story teller, Julia Lebosse. Todays episode is incredibly special because we had the opportunity to sit down with someone who is at the infancy of their meteoric rise within their career. Only being 21 years old, Julia has been featured in magazines and publications all over the footwear industry due to her work with Sneakers By Women - an online platfo...

David Mawdsley is not only one of my best friends, but one of the best footwear designers out there. This episode highlights the sacrifices he and the people around him had to make for his pursuit of his childhood dream - to design for Nike and move to the United States. In the conversation, Dave talks about the loss of his father due to lung cancer, his pursuit of 'pinch me' moments, and...

We made it beautiful humans! We have officially made it to tripple digits on the podcast. Well, sort of (episodes 100,101, and 102 are already recorded at this point in time). In this short episode, Dave reflects back on the past episodes, talks about a couple main things that have stood out in the 99 previous episodes, and at the end - we get a guest who asks Dave what it feels like to reach 100....