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The Complex Sneakers Podcast

The Shoes That Didn't Make the Sneaker of the Year List

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Complex Sneakers Podcast, co-hosts Joe La Puma, Matt Welty, and Upscale Vandal discuss the sneakers that didn’t make the Sneaker of the Year list and why: Vans Souvenirs, Yu-Gi-Oh 95s, and more.

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0:00.0

What's up everybody? It's Joe Lupulme. We're listening. You're watching the Complex Sneakers podcast. As always, I'm joined by my two co-hosts, my two friends to my right. Mr. Matt Welty.

0:12.9

Yeah, we're back. ComplexCon post episode. Yes. This is a little peek behind the curtain. We are recording this before ComplexCon.

0:21.9

If we do not get to something that happened at ComplexCon, it's because it hasn't happened yet.

0:26.9

If a surprise sneaker drop happens, if a riot breaks out, if someone throws tomatoes at me on stage on Sneaker of the Year,

0:34.1

we're not discussing that right now because we didn't know that it happened.

0:37.5

Exactly. That's the disclaimer. And to my left, Mr. Upscale Vandal. You know what I'm saying? Marty McFly. We're doing this in the future. Okay. Back from the future. There it is. We are in the future. So I... Someone threw a tomato at you on stage? It's not happening. I'm here now. What would the reaction. No tomatoes getting thrown at nobody on this panel. You know who's here

0:57.7

in that night. But also at you on stage it's not happening i'm here now what would the reaction no tomatoes getting

0:54.8

thrown at nobody on this panel you know you know you know who's here but also you guys knowing me

0:59.3

do you think i would let that fly not happening no no that's enforcer nobody gonna hit you

1:04.1

with a tomato either because they can't do we on the podcast together whatever me and you it don't

1:08.8

matter against the world it's the podcast.

1:11.3

So trust me, ain't nobody throwing no tomatoes, no it. Absolutely. You heard it. Plus, all day

1:16.6

will be front row. Try us. Yeah, try it. He will be front row. Okay. So, a lot to get to today.

1:22.5

What do we have on the docket? We're talking about the sneakers that didn't make the sneaker of the year list

1:28.8

yeah big complex con or a yes pre complex con episode that will run post complex time

1:36.2

yeah we're gonna see you know there's a bunch of 95s that didn't make the list you

1:39.9

know you have some sleepers for sure yeah definitely gonna talk about some some van

1:43.6

stuff talk talk talk about some new silhouettes from Nike. Okay, we'll see. I think it's fitting I'm wearing a wrinkled white t-shirt because the week after Complex Con, that's the zone that we're in. I feel like you've been hit by a bus. Oh, the Jimmy Butler meme in the playoffs remember he's leaning over that's exactly what we

2:01.4

would be doing I will be in LA that week feel a little washed after complex con a little bit it's

2:07.5

a very running gun operation but yes this this will be this will be airing the week of complex

2:14.7

con so anything we didn't touch on we will get to the week after.

2:18.0

Speaking of washed. Careful. So, well, this is in the future, but the other day from now,

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