Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

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). 

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). 

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). 

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). 

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)

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).    

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). 

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). 

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).

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).

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). 

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). 

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). 

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).   

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!

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).   

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).   

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). 

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).

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).