Subscribe to the Cookies Hoops Patreon to hear every perfect weekly episode! Throwback war in Iran (2:35), NYC 2: The South (15:32), Election Day fervor and Landermania (24:02), eating at home = wasteman behavior? (33:22), Finals Game 7 (48:32), we disagree about color-coordinated crowds (1:07:43), Kevin Durant gets traded to Houston (1:22:19), an annual feast for the senses that isn't San Gennaro: the Kuo Big Board for this week's NBA Draft (1:48:02).
Jun 23, 2025•2 hr 3 min
Hear the entire episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Community: Bored (1:30), Zohmentum in New York's mayoral race (15:03), prepping for WW3 (50:22), NBA Finals is a strategic delight (2:02) Desmon Bane traded to Orlando (1:12:06), Sixers chatter: trading Maxey and considering the 3rd pick (1:36:42).
Jun 16, 2025•11 min
Get every episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Remembering our friend Billy Jones (4:03), ICE vs Los Angeles (16:23), miserable food takes (25:42), the Die Workwear guy (33:41), AI reaches its flop era (40:33), why do people look younger now? (52:02), NBA's buzz-free Finals rages on (1:00:32), an equal and opposite reaction to the Thibs firing reaction (1:28:18), Kevin Durant trade rumors (1:46:03).
Jun 10, 2025•2 hr 5 min
Listen to the full pod right now by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Gen Z bar tabs (6:03), is food delivery sus? (16:32), Airbnb ban (32:41), enhanced Olympics (47:21), aftermath of Knicks loss to Indiana (1:01:34), coach Thibs fired (1:30:26), NBA Finals (1:47:03).
Jun 03, 2025•11 min
Listen to every pod by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Neighborhood dining (6:03), Sacha Jenkins (11:15), crypto crimewave (27:31), Liberal Joe Rogan (35:02), sports media landscape (49:32), Knicks vs Pacers (1:00:18), NBA's "crisis of cool" (1:31:45), T-Wolves vs Thunder (1:48:22)
May 26, 2025•2 hr 4 min
Full episode available for Patreon subscribers—lock in! Mexican boat crash (3:02), heil hater and shameful art (13:05), outdoor boys go inside (29:23), who will watch the watch-wearers? (40:42), Boston leprechauns exposed (58:05), the exotification of Nikola Jokic (1:14:06), Knicks vs hicks preview (1:34:52), Minnesota's former Knicks vs different hicks (1:48:22).
May 19, 2025•11 min
Get every episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Lore of the Tuesday pod (1:10), 2 broke 2 drink (7:02), basic = punk? (17:31), stolen Gen X valor (25:33), Sam Altman's tragic kitchen (48:03), Knicks humiliate Celtics (1:01:26), storytelling implications of Denver vs OKC (1:32:26), NBA lottery conspiracies (1:44:06).
May 13, 2025•1 hr 59 min
Full pod is instantly available for subscribers to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Vet leadership (1:30), modern brainmelt (11:20), GPT psychosis (29:01), West Village girlies (48:11), Warriors beat Rockets, Jalen Green vilification (1:01:43), James Harden scapegoated again (1:18:04), Knicks' chances against Boston (1:30:28), Indiana takes Game 1 (1:55:04).
May 05, 2025•14 min
A fridge too far (6:02), Lorde of the underground (13:42), The Accountant 2: more accountants (22:31), Mets hats and regional loyalty (27:06), man vs gorilla (39:22), NBA weakest link theory (47:15), JJ Redick's war of attrition (1:03:32), crimes of the Hart (1:12:42), what's next for the Grizz and the Bucks? (1:30:29).
Apr 28, 2025•2 hr 1 min
Full episode is available for Cookies Hoops Patreon subscribers! On this week's episode: Hegseth enters the chat (1:35), friendly architecture (15:32), sports bars (35:23), The Rehearsal 2: More Rehearsals (44:32), Aerosmith (54:17), Jaylen Brown on the mic (1:05:02), NBA Playoff fever: Knicks, Thunder, Grizzlies (1:15:19), Jokic vs SGA for MVP (1:40:03).
Apr 21, 2025•12 min
Get every full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Chinese luxury revenge (3:02), direwolves = back (31:22), restaurant frescos and neoclassicism (39:31), Luka returns to Dallas (57:10), post-Malone Nuggets (1:07:22), DPOY size queens (1:20:01), Knicks x Pistons preview (1:32:01), a merciful end to the Sixers season of predictable misfortune (1:46:13).
Apr 14, 2025•2 hr
Full episode is available for Cookies Hoops Patreon subscribers! Andrew invents the dumpling burrito (1:23), we're talking tariffs (7:32), the unsung legacy of Paris Hilton (21:32), Y2K bugging out (31:03), Elizabeth Street Garden debate (46:21), Cooper Flagg: exposed or exactly as expected? (1:01:32), Russell Westbrook and accountability fetishists (1:18:30), Goldsberry's plan to ban the corner 3 (1:39:02), Thompson twins are the human update (1:51:03).
Apr 07, 2025•13 min
Morgan Wallen flees SNL for God's Country (12:03), Studio Ghibli (21:03), Todd Solondz and difficult art (35:32), NCAA tournament (54:08), Stephen A. Smith enters his decline era (1:08:32), Tom of Finland: the surprise coaching change in Memphis (1:19:03), Italian feast fallout—RJ Luis enters the transfer portal (1:44:02).
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Full episode is available now on the Cookies Hoops Patreon. Subscribe and lock in! Morning routines (1:35), the lost art of hollering (15:04), "Adolescence" (34:03), Kanye returns (40:42), NCAA hosts an Italian feast (53:32), basketball math (1:06:43), Cooper Flagg comparisons (1:23:33), NBA rookies (1:29:05).
Mar 24, 2025•13 min
Canal Street sidewalk drama (6:30), Playboi Carti and 2016 nostalgia (20:15), dead internet theory (36:05), March Madness (57:32), NBA TV: sitcoms, docs, and movies (1:07:29), unethical MVP candidates (1:19:02), Giannis stares into the void (1:35:21). Listen to every episode in its full, glorious entirety by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon this instant!
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 56 min
Full pod available on Cookies Hoops patreon now! Porn theaters (2:32), dive bar rules (12:02), mayoral subway burrito (22:37), Chaos: Manson movie (37:01), skill issue: everyone is good at stuff (50:22), Yabusilly SZN (1:12:05), who are the real NBA contenders? (1:24:01), Phoenix sunsetting (1:48).
Mar 10, 2025•11 min
Academy Awards (2:24), death of comedy (8:34), contested lore of the "hipster" (20:43), airport theory (33:01), BYOB protocols (43:11), Joel Embiid's imperiled career (58:01), does the NBA media have to do better? (1:12:35), Mitchell Robinson returns (1:48:51).
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 57 min
Full episode is available for your listening pleasure on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! No more Hooters on deck (3:65), but Protector App has shooters on deck (19:34), Pittsburgh steaks (28:44), rocking in the free world with the Fighting Oligarchy tour (40:32), can a foreign player ever be the face of the NBA? (1:04:32), early returns from the Luka Doncic and LeBron James pairing in Los Angeles (1:32:02), Spurs lose Victor Wembanyama for the season (1:44:02).
Feb 24, 2025•16 min
Flex, time to have $12 eggs (1:34), Jack Harlow at Balthazar (8:21), the "singles tax" (19:26), social drinking and third spaces (28:01), Mexican Drake regresa (45:05), 2025 All-Star Game format (56:33), did TNT tank the broadcast? (1:05:00), dunk contest aesthetics (1:14:21), Wemby's adorable competitiveness (1:35:55), All-Star Weekend culture (1:50:48).
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 58 min
This full version of this (perfect) episode is on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Return to Mexico (2:12), Super Bowl LIX (10:31), Kendrick's halftime show (22:41), the flattening of culture (36:07), Kanye's Twitter fingers (49:43), the full and immediate Anthony Davis Experience (1:07:43), Ben Simmons, learn to speak Clippers (1:35:22), end of the Hubie Brown era (1:45:02).
Feb 11, 2025•25 min
New eps drop first on Patreon! The end of food halls (2:04), MAGA victory lap (17:43), Deepseek (34:00), the Lord's Day (50:38), singing the Kuz blues (1:13:05), Kel'el Ware (1:42:03), Chris Paul 4 Ever (1:45:30), LaMelo snubbed! (1:51:02).
Feb 03, 2025•2 hr 2 min
New eps drop first on Patreon! Trump 2: More Trump (2:05), TikTok banned and then not (15:11), ceasefire (21:43), generational solitude (35:41), David Lynch (45:03), watching the watchers (56:36), Celtics on frog watch (1:05:24), Beard appreciation goes mainstream (1:19:32), is OKC ruining the NBA? (1:35:32), Cam Johnson: trade bait (1:50:12).
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 59 min
New eps drop on Patreon first! Los Angeles fires and an assist from Cookies Hoops (2:04), congestion pricing snot rockets (10:04), tipping culture (16:33), NYC, the city that sleeps (23:04), battling bots (37:32), raw dogging life (47:02), the tragic saga of Podcaster P and the Sixers' lost season (1:03:41), Thunder be shopping! (1:19:28), Cooper Flagg's breakout game (1:30:39), "Tweaker" goes viral (1:45:22), "Jump Around" and situational basketball anthems (1:52:42).
Jan 20, 2025•2 hr
New eps drop on Patreon first! Jolt Cola lore (2:48), touching glass in 2025 (13:34), congestion pricing hard-launch (24:06), subway terror continues (41:47), Thunder clap the cheeks of Eastern elites (1:19:02), NBA needs more nicknames (1:32:32), Jimmy Butler is disgruntled again, naturally (1:45:32).
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 58 min
New pods drop first on Patreon! We're bearing down on 2025 (3:02), annual food trend predictions (14:33), MAGA Civil War (32:27), jocks vs nerds forever (48:02), Euro invasions (59:06), Knicks vibe check (1:24), Sixers remain unconvincing (1:40:42), D'Angelo Russell traded back to Brooklyn (1:50:11).
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 59 min
New pods drop first on Patreon! Secret Chinese police station (1:16), the filthiest martini (12:03), a trip to Philly (18:03), lost monoculture (29:43), subway crime and everyone playing their part (40:34), horned up dunk metrics (51:56), "effort" as a morality play 1:01:34), subrosa defensive trends (1:09:43), MVP talk and the Wemby ascension (1:24:05).
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 45 min
New eps drop first on Patreon! Mapo Tofu: The Magazine (2:02), it's a drone, Tone (13:03), Luigi gets knocked (21:13), Downtown NYC culture wars—did the normies win? (54:33), all is well: a peek inside toxic NBA discourse (1:05:28), Jared McCain and the Sixers' season from hell (1:25:06), Giannis MVP campaign is having motion (1:38:19), does your shooting guard wear lingerie? (1:45:21), Caitlin Clark back in the news, surely the conversation isn't insane (1:45:02)
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 58 min
New eps drop first on Patreon! Purple Haze turns 20 (2:03), Mega Banton (5:32), assassin's credos (8:10), making Al-Nusra friends (36:43), Jay-Z (39:43), frosty beers on tap (43:03), The Unction (58:10), Thibs vs JJ Redick (1:17:43), Jokic = stat hoggin' (1:28:54), Brook Lopez glazing (1:46:32).
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Are the 4th place Rochester Americans for real? (2:23), paying to eat over someone else's sink (9:03), some real reasons to love NYC (30:21), case closed: Hunter Biden is free at last (34:03), Drake gets litigious (51:36), Grimes is a hooper (1:02:31), whether the NBA is just for rich kids now (1:09:23), Julius Randle, your basketball worldview litmus test (1:38:27), Grizzlies look like a contender after spending a year in the pooping in the woods (1:52).
Dec 09, 2024•2 hr 1 min
New eps drop first on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Thanksgiving (3:14), the end of New York's outdoor dining hovels (18:35), gorging at Borgo (27:05), "The Substance" (43:32), Kendrick's new album (54:32), Tyrese Haliburton's negative aura (1:04:25), Wemby chucking 3s (1:18:03), Nets Nation...reborn (1:35), Embiid smells a rat (1:45).
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 56 min
