James Whitner Reveals Unreleased A Ma Maniere Air Jordans | The Complex Sneakers Podcast

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they’re joined by James Whitner of the Whitaker Group, the company behind sneaker stores A Ma Maniere and Social Status. Whitner brings along a never-before-seen Air Jordan 12 collaboration and talks about his stores’ rise, the realities of fighting bots, and how backdooring happens in the sneaker industry. Also, Joe and Welty practice yoga while Brendan recovers from a go-karting session Looking for the Complex Sneakers Podcast Dad Hats? Shop on Complex Shop now! https://shop.complex.com/products/the-complex-sneakers-podcast-dad-hat-white https://shop.complex.com/products/the-complex-sneakers-podcast-dad-hat-black EPISODE CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - 05:00 - Intro, Shorts, Office Yoga, Brendan's outside 05:00 - 10:00 - "Joey the Glove", f1 merch, Social media engagement 10:00 - 15:00 - LV x AF1 News, Would you ever wear a very expensive sneaker you got for retail? 15:00 - 20:00 - "Wear your shoes", Beach trip for the guys? 20:00 - 25:00 - Ebay sneaker giveaway of the week 25:00 - 30:00 - Guest Intro, First look at the A Ma Maniere Jordan 12's 30:00 - 35:00 - #1 Sneaker of 2021, What will be the next big sneaker? 35:00 - 40:00 - The shoes that James beat for #1 last year, "Creating and Serving the culture" 40:00 - 45:00 - Who deserves a Nike shoe? 45:00 - 50:00 - The A Ma Maniere Team, Nina Chanel 50:00 - 55:00 - "Back Dooring" Sneaker releases, What it takes to