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The Stitchdown Shoecast — 147 episodes
Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Red Wing Collabs and When to Pull Back on Customization
Bespoke Cowboy Bootmaker Zephan Parker's Formula to Keep Craft Alive
The Artistically Twisting Journey of Brooklyn's Bespoke Shoemaker, Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé
Vintage Boot Wishlists and Reconsidering Tassel Loafers: It's Ticho on the Shoebag!
Why Making Things By Hand Has Never Been More Important, w/ Cowboy Bootmaker Emily Boksenbaum
Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Start a Shoe Brand, w/ the Shoe Snob Justin FitzPatrick
Skip Horween & Nicks Boots' Shuyler Mowe—Live from Boot Camp Chicago 2025
Franklin & Poe's Andrew Li on Where Retail's Going, Malls, and The Perfect White Tee
Thursday Boot Co.'s Nolan Walsh on Their Own León Factory, Last Obsessiveness, and The Comfort Question
Shoebag w/ Ticho: The Best Shoemaking Teachers, Arch Support, and a LOT of Butter
Red Wing Heritage President George Curleigh on Retail, Time Capsules, and The Red Wing Way
How to Revive The Cobbling Industry? Teach it in High School—and it's Already Working.
SERES Founder Vanessa Arroyo on León, Mexico's Remarkable Shoemaking Culture
Sprezza's Clayton Chambers on Timeless Loafers, Gorpy Boots, and Quality
Ticho is BACK to Talk Østmo x Iron Boots' Lore—and Next Step
Boot Camp 2025 Chicago: Exhibitors + Events Rundown
BONUS PREVIEW: Brett Viberg Community Q&A at the Viberg NYC Shop
(FREE) BONUS: A Look Inside China with Motiv & Arch Support Project's Samuel Wei
How Japan's Astounding Bootmaking Culture Grew—And Where It's Going
How to Do YouTube Product Reviews Without Losing Your Soul, with The Iron Snail
Developing Leather for Red Wing and More with SB Foot's Lacy Schumann
Women's Shoe Icon Stuart Weitzman on Nudists, Aretha Franklin & The First Shoe He Ever Sold
How to Become a Bootmaker, With Oldspeed MFG's Dave Corey and New River Boot's Dave Mills
Custom Cowboy Bootmaker Jake Houston on Preserving Knowledge, León Mexico, and Zebra Races
Seiji McCarthy is Making Some of the World's Greatest American Bespoke Shoes—In Japan
Is Turriff Functional Footwear Making the Best-Quality Barefoot Shoe on the Market?
How Tariffs Are Already Impacting the Footwear Industry, with FDRA CEO Matt Priest
All the Shoes & Boots Derek Guy Loves—and a Few He Really Doesn't—From Bespoke to Workboots
What Opie Way's Justin James Lost in Hurricane Helene—and What He Found
Skateboard Legend Jamie Thomas Goes Inside a 300° Oven To Explain How Skate Shoes are Made
How to Make Your Leather Footwear Last Literally (Possibly) Forever, With Pure Polish's Andy Vaughn
Shoecast BONUS Episode Preview: Shop Talk With Brett Viberg & Shuyler Mowe of Nicks Boots
Holly Henry on the Cowboy Bootmaking Community's Sustaining Power (Also: Saddles)
Aki Choklat on Building a Shoemaking College Program From Scratch
Vintage King Brian Davis of Wooden Sleepers on Why Everything We Buy Sucks These Days
Brett Viberg is Back on the Shoecast, and He's Bringing Loafers
Brian The Bootmaker May Actually Be Mister Rogers
Molly Monahan, The Motorcycle Mechanic Turned Garlic Farmer Turned Small-Town Cobbler
Jess Wootten on Making Boots in an Australian Gold Rush Town, and Blake Rapid Misconceptions
Caswell's Kevin Wilson on How to Start a One-Man Boot Brand—and Bringing Back US Manufacturing
Shoebag!!! Best Boots to Travel With, Shoe Books, Wood Soles, and P'Zones
Flora Knight on Guthrie, Oklahoma's Cowboy Bootmaking Lineage and That Time She Tried to Tan Her Own Leather
Tokyo Boot Scene—Japan's Incredible Footwear City
Behind The Scenes of Footwear Development With White's Boots President Eric Kinney & Jason from Division Road
Custom Shoemaker Amara Hark-Weber on Why She Makes a Different Pair Every Single Time
Chisos Founder Will Roman on How Cowboy Boots Will Save Us All
Exploring What "Handmade" Truly Means With Leatherworker and Bootmaker Bob Henderson
Fritz Sr. and Jr. of Seidel Tanning on the Art, Science, and Challenges of Making Leather
Shoe Care Essentials, How Many Boots is Too Many, Brands We Want Back...It's The Shoebag!!
Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World's Greatest Shoemaking Competition
Actor Adam Goldberg on His Lifelong Quest to Remake James Dean's Boots
Tony & Tobias of Wyatt & Dad Cobblers on Building a Shoe Repair Mini-Empire
Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Handwelting Sneakers, and the Shell Cordovan BIRKENCHONKS
The (Mostly) Complete History of Boots with Bata Shoe Museum Director Elizabeth Semmelhack
Sagara's Bagus Satrio on the Indonesian Bootmaking Explosion
Ken Diamond on the Rare Satisfaction of Making Boots by Hand
Curtis From Alden Madison on How to Size Into Any Last, and That One Time He Saw Harrison Ford
Shoebag!! Craziest Break-In Stories, Plus Ticho & Ben's Only Five Forever Pairs: Revisited!
Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo's Leatherworks
Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone Alive
Boot Camp!!! Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Fine Leather Footwear Gathering
Grenson's Tim Little on UK vs Outsourced Manufacturing, Triple Welts & "Throwing Away the Pompous Bit"
Fifth-Generation Tanner Ed Gallun on Milwaukee's Leathermaking History, What Separates Great Leather from the Rest, and More
Rose Anvil's FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA Operation
Crown Northampton's Chris Woodford on The Rise and Fall (& Hopeful Rise Again) of Northamptonshire Shoemaking
Kustom Kraft's Dennis Kieback on Starting a Handmade Bootmaking Business, Funky German Leathers, and Getting in the "Flow State"
The Shoe Service Institute of America's Justin Bennett on the Shoe Supply Game, Cobbling's Future, and More
Shoebag!! Next Big Makers? How Should Handsewns Fit?? Is the Thunderdome Too Commercial??? And More!
Springline's Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of Lastmaking
Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy Boots
DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin—How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World's Most Unique Boots
Cowboy Bootmaking Legend Lisa Sorrell on Myths, Lore, and Why Craft Has Never Been More Important
Shoebag! Horsebutt: Over- or Underrated? Crucial Overdye Explorations. And What's the Deal With Gaston's Boots??
DEEP Behind the Patina Thunderdome Scenes With All the 2022-23 Judges
Nicks' CEO Shuyler Mowe on Explosive Growth, Developing New Leathers, and Spokane's Uniquely Competitive Bootmaking Scene
Taft's Kory Stevens on How to Accidentally Start a Hugely Successful Shoe Brand
Cobbler Lorena Agolli on Apprenticing Under a Bespoke Master, Her Red Wing Habit, and the Nice Way to Tell Customers Their Shoes Suck
Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore on GYW Shoe Addiction, Japanese Old Man Style, and NOT Grant Stone
White's Boots President Eric Kinney on the Bootmaker Shortage, Stitchdown vs Handwelt, How the MP Came to Be, and More
Red Wing's Mike Larson on How the Heritage Line Was Developed, 100+ Year Old Shoemaking Machines, and More
Rose Anvil Talks About More Than Just Alden Indy Boots (We Swear)
The Shoe & Boot World's 2022 In Review—and Some Predictions for What's Coming in 2023
It's Ticho vs. Almost Vintage Jake in The Stitchdown Bootbate 2: Electric Boot-Galoo
Shoebag!! Where's the Line on Copying Designs? Are Wedge Soles the Devil or God Himself? And More!
Nick Horween and Phil Kalas Forcibly Take Over the Shoecast, And Turn the Whole Thing Right Around on Us
Unsung House's Grant Gustafson is Doing Some of the Coolest Repair, Customization, and Bootmaking in the Game
How Jack Millington Started England's First New Tannery in a Century on His Parent's Goat Farm
Easy Moc's Greg Cordeiro on Re-Growing the Maine Handsewn Moccasin Tradition—and Big Shoe Biz vs Niche
Talking Craft, Inspiration, and Crickets With Brooklyn's Own Bespoke Shoemaker Francis Waplinger
Dress Shoes Deep Dive! What Makes a Fantastic Dress Shoe? Plus Recs at All Price Points.
How to Win the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome
Black Boots: Boring or Essential? Ben & Ticho’s Biggest Boot Regrets. Plus: How YOU Can Help Cobblers.
Yuketen Visionary Yuki Matsuda on Vintage Inspiration, Shoe Saunas, Beaver Fur, and More
What's Brewing at the New Division Road Virginia? We Went Down There to Find Out.
Cobbler and Bootmaker Tess Gobeil on How Doing Things Differently Has Propelled Her Repair Business (and Also Tim Horton's)
Summer Shoes! Surely Incomplete But Still Damn Useful Recommendations on Loafers, Handsewns, Boot-Shoes, and More
Nerding Out With Young Stud Bootmaker Nathan Florsheim
FEIT's Tull Price on the Promise and Limits of Sustainable Footwear
Freenote's Andrew Brodrick on Pairing Boots with The Right Denim, and How to Manufacture in the US
Wesco's Chris Warren on How Engineers Should Fit—and the Issues the Bootmaking World is Facing in 2022
A Highly Emotional Shoebag!! Wedding Footwear Rules, Best Winter Boots, and is Ticho Getting Rid of All His Shoes???
Jim McFarland on the Cobbling Industry's Precarious Position, and That Time He Stashed a Couple Grand Cash In a Shoe Sole
Literally Everything You Need to Know About How Leather is Made, With Ashland Leather's Phil Kalas
The Footwear World's 2021 In Review—Plus Some Bold Boot Predictions for 2022
Kreosote's JD Gabbard Is Here to Rewrite Engineer Boot History
Østmo x Iron Boots: Lars Reveals an Immensely Exciting Upcoming Partnership
Foolproof Ways to Get the Best Possible Customer Service When Buying Boots (And, You Know, Anything Else)
Ron Rider on the 7 Damning Shoe-Sizing Mistakes We All Really Need to Stop Making
Shoebag!! Unstructured vs Structured Toes? Who Makes the Best Rugged Derby? And More!
Tricker's Bespoke Shoemaker Adele Williamson on Everything You Didn't Realize About Bespoke (and Making a Pair for Idris Elba)
Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore on the Brand's Origin Story, Leather Selection, The Luxurious Wide-Width Life, and More
The Opening Ceremonies of the 2030th Shoelympic Games
Nick Horween on if Rare Shell Cordovan is Actually Rare, the CXL Lottery, and How to Tan Leather Responsibly
Shoegazing's Jesper Ingevaldsson on The Dangerous Fallacy of "Handmade" Shoes, The Coming Dress/Rugged Crossover, Who Needs Bespoke, and Plenty More
A Very Important Indonesian Bootmakers Update Episode
Brett Viberg on Fall/Winter 2021, Pushing Viberg's Manufacturing Forward, and Vintage Inspiration
Division Road's Jason Pecarich On His Viberg Makeup Mindset, Boot Development, and How In The Hell to Save Retail
Ron Rider Reveals the Secrets Behind Private Label Shoemaking, and Plenty More
Underrated Leathers and Tanneries You Really Need to Be Considering
Shoebag!! What's the Best Fitting Last? How to Break In Engineers? Boots + Suits? And More!
How Nicole Porter's Artisan Boot & Shoe is Breathing New Life Into US Footwear Manufacturing
Outsoles: Everything You Need to Know to Make the Right Call
Ealdwine's Matt Gray and Jim Pietryka on How To Open an Alden Shop, Selling Vibergs, and The Matt Gray Pose
The Incredible Untold Boot Histories of White's, Wesco, Nicks, and Viberg
Carl Murawski On Who SHOULD Wear Work Boots, and the Paradox of Buying Lots of Boots That All Last Forever
The Most Important Shoe & Boot Happenings of 2020
Brett Viberg on Where Viberg is Headed as a Brand, the New Widths, and the Worst Boot He Ever Made
Alden's Brett Klein on Fading Shell Cordovan, Creating Masterful Makeups, and His All-Time Favorite Boot
How Our Shoe Journeys Got Us Where We Are Today
How to Find the Best Possible Shoe & Boot Values
Mark (Albert) Barbera on How to Start a Boot Company, and the Future of US-Made Footwear
Is Shell Cordovan Overrated or What??
SHOEBAG! How to Score Alden Rare Shell Cordovan, and Plenty More Shoe Questions Answered
Standard & Strange's Neil on Engineers, Naming Makeups, and Getting Detained in Japanese Jail
Almost Vintage Style's Jake vs Ticho: The Stitchdown Bootbate
Ticho's Foolproof System for Getting Insane Deals on Used Shoes
How To Build a Fantastic Shoe Collection Without Going Broke
If You Had to Choose Only Five Shoes or Boots, For The Rest of Your Life…What Would They Be??
All Things Østmo With Bootmaking Virtuoso Lars Jensen
The Handsewn Makers You Need to Know: Quoddy, Rancourt, Russell, Maine Mountain, and Yuketen
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the US Handsewn Industry
Shoebag!! What's the Best-Value Pricepoint? How To Build Up Patina? And More!
The Best Alden Model Ever...Decided!
What's the Greatest Alden Shoe or Boot of All Time?
Underrated Shoe & Bootmakers
Made-To-Order Boots & Shoes
Indonesian Bootmakers Bonanza