Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Patreon. Our interview with Matt Sleep is not to be slept on. Matt—design director of energy at Converse—shipped down from Boston to chat about what it was like being an Englishman in the US for the World Cup, tapping into the future familiar, his hair routine, people messaging him on LinkedIn about keeping the literal lights on, how Tyler the Creator and Converse have evolved over the 8 years they’ve worked together, when it came to Virgil Abloh the process was the process, he’s obsessed with Jason Statham and visvim, the most underrated collabs he’s worked on, a history of Jack Purcell the man with the smile, how to resurrect legendary product, how the Chuck Taylor became the quintessential American sneaker, the first pair of kicks that made him fall in love with the game, dropping out of school to work in sneakers, it’s true he sent fit pics with his resume, he worked for the guy who inspired Bruno, our lack of manners and etiquette still shocks him, a sneaker culture state of the union, and much more on Matt Sleep's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.