Tom Sachs Talks the Mars Yard 3.0 And Announces His Next Sneaker

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Tom Sachs is on the Complex Sneakers Podcast this week to talk about his Nike Mars Yard 3.0, to unveil the brand new and upcoming Nike General Purpose Participation Shoe, address the allegations made against him at Nike in 2023, and his history in footwear and art. We even found out that Tom Sachs used to be an Air Jordan 9 guy. Elsewhere, the guys talk about the return of the "Toyko" Air Jordan 5, the return of grail-level shoes in general, and more.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? It's Joe Lupu. You were listening. You were watching the Complex Sneakers podcast. As always, I'm joined by my two co-host to my right, Mr. Matt Welty. Sounds so labored saying that. What, begrudgingly that you're a friend? Oh, you're like, oh, I'm sitting next to this guy. Well, I sit next to you here. I sit next to you here i sit next to you in the office let's be
0:21.3	honest enough already to my left breath the fresh air okay look at how excited i am for him though
0:28.0	you're me sorry mr upscale vandal look i don't sit next to you anyway i know this guy
0:33.0	we got this guy no come on come on, come on. Don't forget it.
0:43.6	Mr. Upskill Vandal, how we feeling today? Second episode. First one went really well.
0:47.0	Back in the groove. Back in the swing of things. Energy's up.
0:51.9	I'm learning the swing of things. Okay. I don't know how, how do you guys feel like fit into the first one?
0:56.0	First one, I think the chemistry, I was a little worried. Obviously the list was debated online.
0:59.0	Like they always are though.
1:00.0	Yeah, we knew that.
1:01.0	I'm happy he's on our team though.
1:03.0	He's not tweeting.
1:04.0	He's not tweeting about the list.
1:06.0	He's not weird to like step behind the curtain on it though because you're
1:09.0	You're always like on the front and the
1:11.1	person reacting to it super especially because i don't have the time to formulate the tweet against
1:18.2	y'all and i got to say it to your face right now which is fine but it's it's a lot harder to be witty
1:24.9	right here in me shooting you guys so if i got to shoot, I should come with some premeditated shot. I learned that episode one. Come with my shots premeditated. Okay. Sniper style. Also a little peek behind the curtain. The first promo that we put out, he was talking. We know we had to take the sneaker head take. I was like, oh, talk about it.
1:44.6	Because he was talking that talk. Like, what do you say? I'm outside. Yeah, he's like, I'm ready to, like, get into, like, a UFC fight. I'm ready. Listen. Maybe we needed some muscle. If y'all know one thing about me is I'm on the front lines at all times. Yes. Ask this man to my right.
2:00.6	It's true.
2:01.2	They don't say the hand of God for no reason.
2:02.8	Whenever they mention the hand of God, just know. on the front lines at all times. Ask this man to my right. It's true.
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