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Sneaker Talk, Episode 6: The Tech-Bro Sneaker
How Silicon Valley replaced formal shoes with performance trainers — and made comfort a status symbol
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Focus On Stroom
A playlist that’s too pop to be ambient, but too strange to be pop
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Under The Influence: Dizzy Gillespie
From Fats Navarro to Miles Davis and Tito Puente, tracing how Dizzy Gillespie’s influence helped shape jazz across generations
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Elie Eidelman, STR Guestmix
An unhurried hour of trip-hop, dub and deep house, with sounds inspired by Elie Eidelman’s time in Dubai
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Sneaker Talk, Episode 5: Fashion at Full Speed
From racetracks to city streets: how slim, low-profile sneakers became fashion’s next big thing
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Focus On: Horror Soundtracks Part 2
Who needs jump scares when a few unsettling notes can make you question every sound coming from the next room?
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Focus On: Runway
From Dior to Balenciaga, 17 tracks that prove the runway is just as much about the music as the clothes
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Sneaker Talk, Episode 4: Sneakers Made By Women — Finally
From Air Swoopes to the Nike A’One: how women fought for signature shoes, creative control and space within sneaker culture
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Focus On: Chuck Berry
Before rock ’n’ roll became rock ’n’ roll, there was Chuck Berry. This week’s edition explores 14 tracks that show you why
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STR x TECHFUI: Tamara Q
A vinyl-first label meets a Kuwaiti DJ bridging classical and electronic music
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Sneaker Talk, Episode 3: The Billion-Dollar Bubble
From Yeezy to Nike Mag: how hype, limited drops and resale made sneakers a billion-dollar business
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Focus On: Khaleeji Cassette Era
Long before playlists and algorithms, Khaleeji music travelled the Gulf on cassette tapes — this Focus On takes us back
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Sneaker Talk Episode 2: When Did Ugly Sneakers Become Cool?
From dad shoes to toe sneakers: how strange footwear became fashion — and why taste keeps changing
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Focus On: Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen, from the final chapters back to the beginning
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Meet Sneaker Talk: The Podcast Exploring the Culture Behind the Shoes
Eight episodes on how sneakers became cultural symbols, status objects and very serious business
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Focus On: Dream Pop
A quick guide to the genre that makes everything feel softer, hazier and slightly more cinematic
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MENA Local Heroes: Listen Now To the Fifth Edition By Karen Beyrouty
A visual, nostalgic and slightly romantic playlist for old souls, dreamers and people who feel too much
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David Harks: Amity Agora, Blush Response
Music exploring where machines end and human feeling begins
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STR x TECHFUI: Wareika
TECHFUI and Wareika take the long way to the dance floor
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Under the Influence: Charlie Parker
How Charlie Parker changed jazz far beyond his own saxophone