Slingin' Shoes
Lively discussions about the run specialty business.
Podcasting since 2025 • 12 episodes
Slingin' Shoes
Latest Episodes
Episode Ten: Family Ties
Family connections run through Episode 10 of Slingin’ Shoes which features interviews with Genie Beaver of West Stride in Atlanta and one of the founders of Altra, Brian Beckstead who remains an ambassador for the brand. Genie has a powerful co...
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Episode 10
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Episode Nine: Wild about Harry, Sneakers4Good and Rally Shoes
Hear the story of how slinging bottles of Black Velvet in 7-11 led to Harry Chandler joining the run specialty business and ascending to leadership roles at Charlotte Running Company, the Running Industry Association, and the Running Industry D...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:57
Slingin' Shoes Episode Eight Under
Episode 8 Under is a special golf celebration where we discuss The Skechers World Champions Cup, an international team competition featuring senior golfers from Europe, Asia and the United States. Our guests include PGA Golfer Peter Jacob...
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41:38
Slingin' Shoes Episode Eight: Growing the Pie
How much bigger can run specialty get?We entertain two points of view. Industry analyst Matt Powell of Spurwink River caused a ruckus recently with comments on LinkedIn saying the run channel was not growing because it caters only to “el...
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Episode 8
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52:50
Slingin' Shoes Episode Seven - An Accidental Entrepreneur, a Shoe Lifer and a former teacher walk into a Podcast
On this episode, Christi Beth Adams of Fleet Feet Nashville shares her journey from employee to owner of six stores. She takes us through the tears and triumphs of her 19 years in the business and talks about what could be next for her. We are ...
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Episode 7
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