Sockjig Sneaker Podcast

Emergency pod about adidas terminating their partnership with Kanye West. Timestamps 00:00 - Apu Cold Open 00:02 - Intro 03:13 - adidas Deal Under Review 11:42 - Tremaine Emory 13:18 - adidas Deal Terminated 16:31 - Conspiracy Theory 20:43 - Calls 22:26 - What's Next for Resell 25:33 - What's Next for adidas 27:23 - Jerry Lorenzo 30:01 - Can Ye Come Back From This? 31:24 - Outro

In this episode I talk about my reselling days, and recent changes at Goat that basically killed it. I also look into the whims of Ye and what would happen if he took Yeezy independent, if he can ever be happy and who he'd blame when there's no one else to blame. I cover lots of other recent sneaker topics as well. Timestamps 00:00 - Cold Open: Delicate Genius 00:27 - Intro 03:04 - On Feet / Pickups / Skips / Misses 07:55 - Lebron 20 10:36 - John Geiger Beat the Case 12:13 - Wingstop's Lemon Pepper 1s Fake Contest 13:43 - Why Shopify is Not Handing Over Zadeh Customer Data 16:30 - PayPal Not Refunding Zadeh Customers 18:03 - Private Selection Orange Lobsters 20:46 - Russ Bengston Threads 26:05 - My Reselling Days 
31:58 - Goat Storage Loop 34:15 - Goat Changes Burnt the Loop
 38:15 - Kanye and Adidas and Gap 51:32 - Non Sneaker Related: Album of the Week

An in depth look into how we develop our taste in sneakers, why we like what we like, how do we know what's good, how are we influenced, and how our tastes change.  Adapted from the book You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice by Tom Vanderbilt https://www.amazon.com/You-May-Also-Like-Endless/dp/0307948595 Timestamps 00:00 - Cold Open: High Fidelity 00:13 - Intro 02:04 - Sneaker Taste Intro 06:52 - Why Do We Like What We Like 29:45 - How Do We Know What We Like? 37:02 - New vs Familiar 42:19 - Conformity vs Distinction 46:11 - Sneaker Reviews 49:51 - Influencers and Experts 57:39 - How and Why Tastes Change 61:56 - Conclusion

In this episode I talk about how I broke news stories, how I was right on Chicago 1 story, Zadeh Kicks being a Ponzi all along and take a victory lap. More topics as well: Timestamps 00:00 - Cold Open: Vending Machines 00:07 - Intro 02:35 - The Game Is The Game Sock Drop 03:41 - On Feet / Pickups / Skips / Misses 06:53 - Breaking the Ann Freeman Story 12:21 - Backdooring and Losing Nike Accounts 19:34 - Mom and Pops Shops Died for Lost and Found 1s 27:41 - Fake Sneakers Thats That Shit I Don't Like 31:23 - Kanye and Adidas 34:48 - Zadeh Kicks Ponzi Finally Charged 39:05 - Original Content in the Age of Engagement Farming 43:16 - Outro

The Hater's Guide to Sneakers Vol. 1: ALD, New Balance and Supreme Timestamps 00:00 - Silky Johnson Cold Open 00:17 - Intro 01:58 - On Feet / Pickups / Skips 04:18 - Haters Guide Disclaimer 07:35 - Aime Leon Dore 17:39 - Calls 20:17 - Bonus mini Kith hating 22:25 - New Balance 30:04 - Calls 31:57 - Supreme 39:10 - Outro

In this episode I talk about sneakers in a recession, New Balance fakes, Louis Vuitton VIPs spending $1mil a year to get access to AF1s is probably bullshit, and a lot more. Timestamps 00:00 - Costanza Cold Open 00:12 - Intro 04:54 - On Feet / Pickups / Skips and Misses 09:18 - Why is the Stussy AF1 Mid Fossil under retail? 10:55 - StockX Authentication 12:40 - New Balance fakes on StockX and Goat, allegedly 19:52 - Onyx 350 and "Don't sleep on a black 350" 21:51 - Kith app and raffle 25:58 - Louis Vuitton VIPs spending $1mil a year is probably bullshit 29:45 - What Kanye wants from adidas and the adilette 22 37:52 - Sneakers in a recession

In this episode, I talk about recent releases, my thoughts on some upcoming drops, StockX defending their authentication program, Adidas suing Nike over patents, and bot instances issue. For the main topic I give an update on Zadeh Kicks and some analysis on why it was a Ponzi scheme (allegedly), why it collapsed, the effect it's had on resell, winners and losers, and finally some cold hard lessons learned from all this. Oh there's also socks. Fun show, thanks for listening! Timestamps 00:00 - Dr. Umar dunks in the cold open 00:14 - Intro 04:28 - Mr. Brightside Socks 07:08 - Sneaker Guy of the Week 08:28 - On Feet / Pickups / Skips / Misses 17:16 - Tom Sachs General Purpose Shoe 23:37 - Upcoming Releases 32:27 - News: StockX, Adidas Sues Nike, Bot Instances 40:18 - Zadeh Kicks update 61:46 - Outro

Emergency podcast episode that covers the Zadeh Kicks rug pull. Timestamps 00:00 - The Office Cold Open 00:19 - Intro 03:26 - What Happened? 05:37 - Will I Get My Sneakers? (No) 06:25 - Will I Get My Money Back? (Maybe) 09:59 - Listener Calls 11:26 - What Should I Do? (File a Claim) 16:59 - TBlake Calls In 19:39 - More Listener Calls 25:58 - Outro Links Recorded Twitter Space: https://twitter.com/SwiftCop/status/1529286777042784257 Zadeh Relief Group Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ttPsCfQkgN Twitter: https://twitter.com/sockjig Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sockjig/

In this episode I have a conversation with special guest Kari aka SneakerPhetish. We discuss sneaker influencers, brand campaigns, and content platforms. We also discuss being on Sneaker Twitter and having various feuds and haters, the current state of Sneaker YouTube, and a lot more. Timestamps 00:00 - RICO on Bot Devs 00:20 - Open 00:46 - JFG 03:28 - Conversation with Kari aka SneakerPhetish 51:53 - Outro @SneakerPhetish Twitter: https://twitter.com/SneakerPhetish Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sneakerphetish/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sneakerphetish Twitter: https://twitter.com/sockjig Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sockjig/

In this episode, I talk about the huge news of Nike updating their lawsuit against StockX to include claims of counterfeiting. I'll cover how Nike got fakes from StockX, how the public views StockX, how each company handles fakes as well as my thoughts on why Nike did this and how it could all backfire on them. Plus there's calls from listeners and a lot more, enjoy!  Timestamps 00:00 - Moneyjig Cold Open 00:17 - Intro 02:07 - Timeline of Events: Nike Escalates Feud with StockX 03:24 - A Sidebar on Stolen Tweets 08:32 - StockX Response to Nike 11:38 - Wingstop 1s 14:54 - Listener Calls 16:23 - How Did Nike Get Fakes From StockX? 21:13 - How StockX is Viewed by Customers and Resellers 27:52 - Listener Call 29:12 - My Thoughts 33:07 - Listener Calls 35:20 - What If… Thought Experiments 41:54 - Outro Twitter: https://twitter.com/sockjig Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sockjig/