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The Stitchdown Shoecast — 147 episodes

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1

Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Red Wing Collabs and When to Pull Back on Customization

2

Bespoke Cowboy Bootmaker Zephan Parker's Formula to Keep Craft Alive

3

The Artistically Twisting Journey of Brooklyn's Bespoke Shoemaker, Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé

4

Vintage Boot Wishlists and Reconsidering Tassel Loafers: It's Ticho on the Shoebag!

5

Why Making Things By Hand Has Never Been More Important, w/ Cowboy Bootmaker Emily Boksenbaum

6

Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Start a Shoe Brand, w/ the Shoe Snob Justin FitzPatrick

7

Skip Horween & Nicks Boots' Shuyler Mowe—Live from Boot Camp Chicago 2025

8

Franklin & Poe's Andrew Li on Where Retail's Going, Malls, and The Perfect White Tee

9

Thursday Boot Co.'s Nolan Walsh on Their Own León Factory, Last Obsessiveness, and The Comfort Question

10

Shoebag w/ Ticho: The Best Shoemaking Teachers, Arch Support, and a LOT of Butter

11

Red Wing Heritage President George Curleigh on Retail, Time Capsules, and The Red Wing Way

12

How to Revive The Cobbling Industry? Teach it in High School—and it's Already Working.

13

SERES Founder Vanessa Arroyo on León, Mexico's Remarkable Shoemaking Culture

14

Sprezza's Clayton Chambers on Timeless Loafers, Gorpy Boots, and Quality

15

Ticho is BACK to Talk Østmo x Iron Boots' Lore—and Next Step

16

Boot Camp 2025 Chicago: Exhibitors + Events Rundown

17

BONUS PREVIEW: Brett Viberg Community Q&A at the Viberg NYC Shop

18

(FREE) BONUS: A Look Inside China with Motiv & Arch Support Project's Samuel Wei

19

How Japan's Astounding Bootmaking Culture Grew—And Where It's Going

20

How to Do YouTube Product Reviews Without Losing Your Soul, with The Iron Snail

21

Developing Leather for Red Wing and More with SB Foot's Lacy Schumann

22

Women's Shoe Icon Stuart Weitzman on Nudists, Aretha Franklin & The First Shoe He Ever Sold

23

How to Become a Bootmaker, With Oldspeed MFG's Dave Corey and New River Boot's Dave Mills

24

Custom Cowboy Bootmaker Jake Houston on Preserving Knowledge, León Mexico, and Zebra Races

25

Seiji McCarthy is Making Some of the World's Greatest American Bespoke Shoes—In Japan

26

Is Turriff Functional Footwear Making the Best-Quality Barefoot Shoe on the Market?

27

How Tariffs Are Already Impacting the Footwear Industry, with FDRA CEO Matt Priest

28

All the Shoes & Boots Derek Guy Loves—and a Few He Really Doesn't—From Bespoke to Workboots

29

What Opie Way's Justin James Lost in Hurricane Helene—and What He Found

30

Skateboard Legend Jamie Thomas Goes Inside a 300° Oven To Explain How Skate Shoes are Made

31

How to Make Your Leather Footwear Last Literally (Possibly) Forever, With Pure Polish's Andy Vaughn

32

Shoecast BONUS Episode Preview: Shop Talk With Brett Viberg & Shuyler Mowe of Nicks Boots

33

Holly Henry on the Cowboy Bootmaking Community's Sustaining Power (Also: Saddles)

34

Aki Choklat on Building a Shoemaking College Program From Scratch

35

Vintage King Brian Davis of Wooden Sleepers on Why Everything We Buy Sucks These Days

36

Brett Viberg is Back on the Shoecast, and He's Bringing Loafers

37

Brian The Bootmaker May Actually Be Mister Rogers

38

Molly Monahan, The Motorcycle Mechanic Turned Garlic Farmer Turned Small-Town Cobbler

39

Jess Wootten on Making Boots in an Australian Gold Rush Town, and Blake Rapid Misconceptions

40

Caswell's Kevin Wilson on How to Start a One-Man Boot Brand—and Bringing Back US Manufacturing

41

Shoebag!!! Best Boots to Travel With, Shoe Books, Wood Soles, and P'Zones

42

Flora Knight on Guthrie, Oklahoma's Cowboy Bootmaking Lineage and That Time She Tried to Tan Her Own Leather

43

Tokyo Boot Scene—Japan's Incredible Footwear City

44

Behind The Scenes of Footwear Development With White's Boots President Eric Kinney & Jason from Division Road

45

Custom Shoemaker Amara Hark-Weber on Why She Makes a Different Pair Every Single Time

46

Chisos Founder Will Roman on How Cowboy Boots Will Save Us All

47

Exploring What "Handmade" Truly Means With Leatherworker and Bootmaker Bob Henderson

48

Fritz Sr. and Jr. of Seidel Tanning on the Art, Science, and Challenges of Making Leather

49

Shoe Care Essentials, How Many Boots is Too Many, Brands We Want Back...It's The Shoebag!!

50

Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World's Greatest Shoemaking Competition

51

Actor Adam Goldberg on His Lifelong Quest to Remake James Dean's Boots

52

Tony & Tobias of Wyatt & Dad Cobblers on Building a Shoe Repair Mini-Empire

53

Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Handwelting Sneakers, and the Shell Cordovan BIRKENCHONKS

54

The (Mostly) Complete History of Boots with Bata Shoe Museum Director Elizabeth Semmelhack

55

Sagara's Bagus Satrio on the Indonesian Bootmaking Explosion

56

Ken Diamond on the Rare Satisfaction of Making Boots by Hand

57

Curtis From Alden Madison on How to Size Into Any Last, and That One Time He Saw Harrison Ford

58

Shoebag!! Craziest Break-In Stories, Plus Ticho & Ben's Only Five Forever Pairs: Revisited!

59

Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo's Leatherworks

60

Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone Alive

61

Boot Camp!!! Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Fine Leather Footwear Gathering

62

Grenson's Tim Little on UK vs Outsourced Manufacturing, Triple Welts & "Throwing Away the Pompous Bit"

63

Fifth-Generation Tanner Ed Gallun on Milwaukee's Leathermaking History, What Separates Great Leather from the Rest, and More

64

Rose Anvil's FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA Operation

65

Crown Northampton's Chris Woodford on The Rise and Fall (& Hopeful Rise Again) of Northamptonshire Shoemaking

66

Kustom Kraft's Dennis Kieback on Starting a Handmade Bootmaking Business, Funky German Leathers, and Getting in the "Flow State"

67

The Shoe Service Institute of America's Justin Bennett on the Shoe Supply Game, Cobbling's Future, and More

68

Shoebag!! Next Big Makers? How Should Handsewns Fit?? Is the Thunderdome Too Commercial??? And More!

69

Springline's Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of Lastmaking

70

Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy Boots

71

DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin—How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World's Most Unique Boots

72

Cowboy Bootmaking Legend Lisa Sorrell on Myths, Lore, and Why Craft Has Never Been More Important

73

Shoebag! Horsebutt: Over- or Underrated? Crucial Overdye Explorations. And What's the Deal With Gaston's Boots??

74

DEEP Behind the Patina Thunderdome Scenes With All the 2022-23 Judges

75

Nicks' CEO Shuyler Mowe on Explosive Growth, Developing New Leathers, and Spokane's Uniquely Competitive Bootmaking Scene

76

Taft's Kory Stevens on How to Accidentally Start a Hugely Successful Shoe Brand

77

Cobbler Lorena Agolli on Apprenticing Under a Bespoke Master, Her Red Wing Habit, and the Nice Way to Tell Customers Their Shoes Suck

78

Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore on GYW Shoe Addiction, Japanese Old Man Style, and NOT Grant Stone

79

White's Boots President Eric Kinney on the Bootmaker Shortage, Stitchdown vs Handwelt, How the MP Came to Be, and More

80

Red Wing's Mike Larson on How the Heritage Line Was Developed, 100+ Year Old Shoemaking Machines, and More

81

Rose Anvil Talks About More Than Just Alden Indy Boots (We Swear)

82

The Shoe & Boot World's 2022 In Review—and Some Predictions for What's Coming in 2023

83

It's Ticho vs. Almost Vintage Jake in The Stitchdown Bootbate 2: Electric Boot-Galoo

84

Shoebag!! Where's the Line on Copying Designs? Are Wedge Soles the Devil or God Himself? And More!

85

Nick Horween and Phil Kalas Forcibly Take Over the Shoecast, And Turn the Whole Thing Right Around on Us

86

Unsung House's Grant Gustafson is Doing Some of the Coolest Repair, Customization, and Bootmaking in the Game

87

How Jack Millington Started England's First New Tannery in a Century on His Parent's Goat Farm

88

Easy Moc's Greg Cordeiro on Re-Growing the Maine Handsewn Moccasin Tradition—and Big Shoe Biz vs Niche

89

Talking Craft, Inspiration, and Crickets With Brooklyn's Own Bespoke Shoemaker Francis Waplinger

90

Dress Shoes Deep Dive! What Makes a Fantastic Dress Shoe? Plus Recs at All Price Points.

91

How to Win the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome

92

Black Boots: Boring or Essential? Ben & Ticho’s Biggest Boot Regrets. Plus: How YOU Can Help Cobblers.

93

Yuketen Visionary Yuki Matsuda on Vintage Inspiration, Shoe Saunas, Beaver Fur, and More

94

What's Brewing at the New Division Road Virginia? We Went Down There to Find Out.

95

Cobbler and Bootmaker Tess Gobeil on How Doing Things Differently Has Propelled Her Repair Business (and Also Tim Horton's)

96

Summer Shoes! Surely Incomplete But Still Damn Useful Recommendations on Loafers, Handsewns, Boot-Shoes, and More

97

Nerding Out With Young Stud Bootmaker Nathan Florsheim

98

FEIT's Tull Price on the Promise and Limits of Sustainable Footwear

99

Freenote's Andrew Brodrick on Pairing Boots with The Right Denim, and How to Manufacture in the US

100

Wesco's Chris Warren on How Engineers Should Fit—and the Issues the Bootmaking World is Facing in 2022

101

A Highly Emotional Shoebag!! Wedding Footwear Rules, Best Winter Boots, and is Ticho Getting Rid of All His Shoes???

102

Jim McFarland on the Cobbling Industry's Precarious Position, and That Time He Stashed a Couple Grand Cash In a Shoe Sole

103

Literally Everything You Need to Know About How Leather is Made, With Ashland Leather's Phil Kalas

104

The Footwear World's 2021 In Review—Plus Some Bold Boot Predictions for 2022

105

Kreosote's JD Gabbard Is Here to Rewrite Engineer Boot History

106

Østmo x Iron Boots: Lars Reveals an Immensely Exciting Upcoming Partnership

107

Foolproof Ways to Get the Best Possible Customer Service When Buying Boots (And, You Know, Anything Else)

108

Ron Rider on the 7 Damning Shoe-Sizing Mistakes We All Really Need to Stop Making

109

Shoebag!! Unstructured vs Structured Toes? Who Makes the Best Rugged Derby? And More!

110

Tricker's Bespoke Shoemaker Adele Williamson on Everything You Didn't Realize About Bespoke (and Making a Pair for Idris Elba)

111

Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore on the Brand's Origin Story, Leather Selection, The Luxurious Wide-Width Life, and More

112

The Opening Ceremonies of the 2030th Shoelympic Games

113

Nick Horween on if Rare Shell Cordovan is Actually Rare, the CXL Lottery, and How to Tan Leather Responsibly

114

Shoegazing's Jesper Ingevaldsson on The Dangerous Fallacy of "Handmade" Shoes, The Coming Dress/Rugged Crossover, Who Needs Bespoke, and Plenty More

115

A Very Important Indonesian Bootmakers Update Episode

116

Brett Viberg on Fall/Winter 2021, Pushing Viberg's Manufacturing Forward, and Vintage Inspiration

117

Division Road's Jason Pecarich On His Viberg Makeup Mindset, Boot Development, and How In The Hell to Save Retail

118

Ron Rider Reveals the Secrets Behind Private Label Shoemaking, and Plenty More

119

Underrated Leathers and Tanneries You Really Need to Be Considering

120

Shoebag!! What's the Best Fitting Last? How to Break In Engineers? Boots + Suits? And More!

121

How Nicole Porter's Artisan Boot & Shoe is Breathing New Life Into US Footwear Manufacturing

122

Outsoles: Everything You Need to Know to Make the Right Call

123

Ealdwine's Matt Gray and Jim Pietryka on How To Open an Alden Shop, Selling Vibergs, and The Matt Gray Pose

124

The Incredible Untold Boot Histories of White's, Wesco, Nicks, and Viberg

125

Carl Murawski On Who SHOULD Wear Work Boots, and the Paradox of Buying Lots of Boots That All Last Forever

126

The Most Important Shoe & Boot Happenings of 2020

127

Brett Viberg on Where Viberg is Headed as a Brand, the New Widths, and the Worst Boot He Ever Made

128

Alden's Brett Klein on Fading Shell Cordovan, Creating Masterful Makeups, and His All-Time Favorite Boot

129

How Our Shoe Journeys Got Us Where We Are Today

130

How to Find the Best Possible Shoe & Boot Values

131

Mark (Albert) Barbera on How to Start a Boot Company, and the Future of US-Made Footwear

132

Is Shell Cordovan Overrated or What??

133

SHOEBAG! How to Score Alden Rare Shell Cordovan, and Plenty More Shoe Questions Answered

134

Standard & Strange's Neil on Engineers, Naming Makeups, and Getting Detained in Japanese Jail

135

Almost Vintage Style's Jake vs Ticho: The Stitchdown Bootbate

136

Ticho's Foolproof System for Getting Insane Deals on Used Shoes

137

How To Build a Fantastic Shoe Collection Without Going Broke

138

If You Had to Choose Only Five Shoes or Boots, For The Rest of Your Life…What Would They Be??

139

All Things Østmo With Bootmaking Virtuoso Lars Jensen

140

The Handsewn Makers You Need to Know: Quoddy, Rancourt, Russell, Maine Mountain, and Yuketen

141

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the US Handsewn Industry

142

Shoebag!! What's the Best-Value Pricepoint? How To Build Up Patina? And More!

143

The Best Alden Model Ever...Decided!

144

What's the Greatest Alden Shoe or Boot of All Time?

145

Underrated Shoe & Bootmakers

146

Made-To-Order Boots & Shoes

147

Indonesian Bootmakers Bonanza