Real Leather, Hides With Crazy Backgrounds and Real American Made - AG Gregoroff

Real Leather, Hides With Crazy Backgrounds and Real American Made - AG Gregoroff

June 18, 2026 · 1h 48m

About this episode

AG Gregoroff discusses his unique business of creating high-end flip-flops from authentic animal hides and the challenges of sustainability.

AG makes the most expensive and strongest flip-flops on earth. Sounds insane, but I like his business. This is a conversation about authentic materials, the economics of making something real, why almost everything in your life is fake, and what happens when an environmental group comes after you with a campaign. AG is the founder of Toehold, a Las Vegas-based company that sources elephant, hippo, crocodile, shark, and zebra hides — old-world vegetable-tanned leather, made in America, by han...

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Host: Cliff Gray

Guest: AG Gregoroff

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Organizations: Toehold

Products: flip-flops, leather

Places: Las Vegas, America, elephant, hippo, crocodile, shark, zebra

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