The Authentic Era Podcast – Episode 24 (12.21.21)

What’s good everybody? Welcome to our last episode of 2021! We’re just getting ready for Christmas, and just stressing out a little bit. Tonight’s episode is our longest one yet, but we promise it’s our best one yet.

We get right into some talk about vintage clothing, and used Carhartt workwear, for those who might want to look like they do an honest days work. We share our new drinks for the evening, and Joey took a do-over with his choice. We do a little resellers talk, mainly about eBay, and how they’re taking back the reigns from Stockx and GOAT.

We reflect on some big Vans news from the year, starting with the passing of Vans co-founder Paul Van Doren. We also talk about Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding coming to an end.

The main part of this episode was us sharing our top 5 Vans releases of the year, and shocker, for the most part, we all had the same picks! We also picked a few solid honorable mentions. Listen in to find out!

Joey got tickets for an American Nightmare show. Eddie knew what that was, but Bill has no clue about Hardcore Punk music. They said it’s not as outrageous as a Gwar show, but still, Bill was completely lost.

We displayed our continued ignorance on the topic of the Metaverse, cryptocurrency, and NFTs, and Eddie suggested a few really good podcasts he’s currently listening to, one called “Behind The Bastards”, and the other “The Dollop”. He highly recommends taking a listen, when you’re not listening to us of course.

So that’s pretty much this week in a nutshell. We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. We’ll be back in a few weeks, as we take the next week off to enjoy some family and friends time. We thank you so much for being a part of this nonsense!

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