Sneaker Culture

## Overview

Double Heads Variety Hour presents “Sneaker Culture," where DJs Matt Fox and Dillon Minacci present a playlist combining music about walking and running. They meet multiple shoes, question their professions, and try to hold a popularity contest. Listen to the episode.

## Episode Summary

Matt Fox and Dillon Minacci begin the show recapping the incredible time they had the prior week during "Thanksgiving Marathon" and mispronounce words. They also wonder who of the two DJs has the smoother voice and request that listeners call in to cast their votes.

Benjamin Buckingham calls in to shout out Dillon but doesn't cast his vote on who has the smoothest voice. He also plugs a hip hop artist, saying the musician is "kind of cool." The DJs press him on whether or not he's related to Buckingham Palace, and they don't get a clear answer.

After the first call they then introduce the themes, which are running and walking. The DJs discuss which they prefer, and they unanimously decide on walking. Thanks to a song request by TJ Masters, the DJs discover up-and-coming musician Kate Bush.

They then get an unexpected call from a shoe named Shoe. Shoe lives in California and has the ability to change her appearance based on how she needs to present herself in public. At the moment she is a high-top sneaker that is very high strung and has lots of problems. She also doesn't have a matching shoe. She doesn't need money to survive, so she doesn't have a job, and her favorite past time is running up hills. Unsurprisingly, she votes that she prefers running to walking.

Before they say goodbye to Shoe, they get a call from another shoe named Dr. Shoe, who claims to work on other shoes but also creates shoes. He also claims that shoes self-replicate but gets cagey when asked to explain further. The DJs are skeptical about Dr. Shoe's credentials, as he also says he's not a cobbler. When asked whether he prefers running or walking, he says the answer is obvious without giving his answer and hangs up.

Shoe sticks around for a little longer to help clarify how shoes grow from infancy to adulthood and further explains her dislike for most shoes' desire to stay with their paired twin for life.

The DJs' buddy Garret calls in from Japan and makes the station pay for the long-distance fees. He always forgets to call in between 6-7pm, so the DJs are happy to hear from him.

They get a final call from a slipper named Slipper, who recently lost her twin (the left slipper) to an animal attack. She likes to think that she's a shoe, although this is a hotly debated topic within the footwear world. She is fuzzy, plaid and spends most of her time under her wearer's bed. Similar to Shoe, Slipper doesn't have a job and does not need money to survive, and instead occupies her time studying walking patterns of humans. She doesn't like the feeling of flour on her hard sole and claims to absorb scents from her wearer's frequent meal prep.

They decide that the genres complement.

## Featured Characters

Matt Fox

Dillon Minacci

Benjamin Buckingham

Garret

Shoe

Dr. Shoe

Slipper

## Featured Music

Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"

Mr. Oizo - "Jo"

Kelly Lee Owens - "Keep Walking"

N.E.R.D. - "Run to the Sun"

The Violent Femmes - "Jesus Walking on the Water"