Russ Bengtson

This week we welcome Russ Bengtson to the podcast, one of my favorite basketball and sneaker writers of all time. We talk about his influence on my his influence on sneaker media. How he has always viewed sneakers, from working at Slam and Complex. The start of Quickstrike to his book A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers. We touch on everything from tech to the art of selling sneakers at stores. This is an super insightful episode to accompany an equally insightful book!   Where to Find Russ:   Socials: @russbengtson  Buy A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers: https://tinyurl.com/re15pect    Support the pod by downloading DROPS and COLLECT by SoleSavy:   DROPS https://links.solesavy.com/myfirstkicks   COLLECT https://links.solesavy.com/myfirstkickscollect   Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/myfirstkicks   Music by Gordon Bombay: https://thegordonbombay.bandcamp.com/  (Cop something and tell him we sent ya!)

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This week we welcome Russ Bengtson to the podcast, one of my favorite basketball and sneaker writers of all time. We talk about his influence on my his influence on sneaker media. How he has always viewed sneakers, from working at Slam and Complex. The start of Quickstrike to his book A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers. We touch on everything from tech to the art of selling sneakers at stores. This is an super insightful episode to accompany an equally insightful book! Where to Find Russ: Socials: @russbengtson Buy A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers: https://tinyurl.com/re15pect Support the pod by downloading DROPS and COLLECT by SoleSavy: DROPS https://links.solesavy.com/myfirstkicks COLLECT https://links.solesavy.com/myfirstkickscollect Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/myfirstkicks Music by Gordon Bombay: https://thegordonbombay.bandcamp.com/ (Cop something and tell him we sent ya!)

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