From Mom's Basement to Phil Knight's Attention: The Untold Eastbay Story with Founders Art and Rick

Published on: 4th May, 2026

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The Haircut That Ended the Show - Pete Forester on High Snobiety, StockX, and Two Decades of Telling Sneaker Stories Nobody Else Would

Published on: 5th March, 2026

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Episode 4

Just Go Create Something: Mike Guillory on Authenticity, Consistency, and Finding Your Lane in Sneaker Content

Published on: 18th February, 2026

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Episode 3

Building The Sneaker Community On Substack

Published on: 21st January, 2026

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Episode 2

StockX Co-Founder Chris Kaufman on Why Empathy Isn't Soft (It's Just Smart Business)

Published on: 14th January, 2026

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Outside The Box

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Nick Engvall

Nick Engvall has spent over 20 years inside the sneaker industry, building Eastbay's first blog, leading Complex Sneakers as its own channel, and joining StockX as employee #9. He hosts the Sneaker History Podcast, runs The Sneaker Newsletter on Substack, and created Outside The Box as a space for the conversations that don't fit anywhere else. Sometimes those conversations are about sneakers. Usually they end up somewhere more interesting.

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