Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

Studio spammers (1:45), "Succession" spoilers (7:45), Ben hits Milwaukee (16:30), KAWS jerseys are Andrew-approved (27:33), what's the deal with Nazi memorabilia? (33:02), Tatum wins the BMM's scoring title (55:02), Rudy Gobert throws a punch (1:15:33), Dallas tanking is anti-fan service (1:21:33), playoff matchups: Kings vs Warriors (1:30:21), Clippers vs Suns (1:35:12), Knicks vs Cavs (1:40:22). 

New eps drop fresh on Patreon! Cookies Hoops x NADA Flea Market sample sale (1:02), skipping breakfast to save money (3:56), everything is a drug front (22:32), that detective a Munch (30:02), Bing Bot aka Mr. Steal Your Girl aka Bing Bot Nation (38:33), All-Star Weekend with Karl Malone and John Stockton (57:33), Giannis over team LBJ (1:12:02), are players disrespecting fans? (1:22:02), Alexey Shved's new look (1:31:33), Kevin Love signs with the Heat (1:43:32).

New eps drop first on Patreon, as you already know. It's the Superbowl (2:12) featuring Rihanna! (11:02), sex scenes in movies (23:23) Collina Strada goes primal (31:03), smoking on the subway discourse (39:42), weed-eating dogs (49:35), toxic airborne event in Ohio (55:32), "The Last of Us" jumps the shark (60:32), RIP Dove from De La Soul (1:10:32), Josh Hart and Bing Bong Nation: love at first sight (1:17:43), new look Nets (1:25:33), Sixers sign dedmon, which is as dreary as it gets (1:42:43).   

New eps drop first on Patreon! Get'em fresh. Munchy boxes (2:20), Ben in CDMX (15:32), balloon power rankings (21:03), The Cut's guide to etiquette (27:43), grindset Grammys, Jill Biden's bars and rap turns 50 (45:43), Andrew is anti-mirror (52:03), Kyrie traded from Brooklyn (59:02:32) and now he's on the Mavs (1:35:32), Knicks defeat Sixers in the Cookies Bowl (1:41:32), RJ Barrett, victim of expectations (1:51:03). 

New eps drop first on Patreon—subscribe to get hot takes even fresher! Lil Yachty's "Let's Start Here" (4:28), rappers don't believe their art is artistic (17:30), AI porn (36:23), dumpster diving for foliage (48:43), Marie Kondo and the art of hypocrisy (56:33), "The Last of Us" (1:05:03), NBA All-Star starters (1:16:32), BMM exposed by Morey 1:23:22, LeBron James, drama king (1:27:02), Timberwolves might secretly be good (1:35:40), deadline buyers and sellers (1:48:34), JJJ exposed, then validated (2:03:04).

Lunar New Year (2:04), M&Ms caves to conservative pressure (10:05), Schiaparelli's fake animal heads (18:03), HBO's "The Last of Us" (34:05), CR vs DR (49:34), Ice Spice releases "Like..?" (55:34), Walker Kessler is good (1:08:45), Knicks lose four in a row (1:15:54), Kyrie Irving going nuts (1:29:34), Denver sucks to watch, but why? (1:41:54).

New eps drop first on our Patreon page! Dennis Franz (3:04), HBO's "The Last of Us" (14:02), people who go to movies (26:02), flash mobs (31:03), douche-chills (40:23), living in NYC vs visiting NYC (47:23), is the NBA too confusing for dumb fans? (1:02:02), Tyrese Maxey, savior turned scapegoat (1:16:03), are the Chicago Bulls buyers or sellers? (1:37:33), Mac McClung in the dunk contest (1:50:32).  

New eps drop first on Patreon! Biggie (5:34), bicoastal vibe war (9:32), Red Scare (30:32), Theophilus London found! (42:53), NFL injuries (46:02), Bolsonaro (56:32), Zubaz (1:00:21), the Western logjam of mediocrity (1:04:43), Durant's knee (1:12:42), joy of the MVP ladder (1:24:32), Trae Young (1:28:21), Tyrese Haliburton (1:47:42).

New eps drop first on Patreon! Kuo's kitchen (3:24), in praise of the Luddites (15:02), World Cup final (18:33), Rolf's Christmas bar (33:53), Twitter's deep loser energy (41:21), Avatar 2: More Avatars (1:00:32), handicapping the MVP race (1:05:33), Knicks have won seven in a row (1:17:22), Ja Morant ejected (1:35:32), gingerbread overdoses (1:46:42). 

Listen to new eps immediately on our Patreon! Thanksgiving 2: More Thanksgiving (1:32), NYC reservation chaos (10:30), Qatar World Cup (19:24), zoomer gambling (26:20), proper binmen (35:12), Nike x Jeff Staple pigeons (43:32), art in solitude (51:02), holiday melancholia (1:00:03), Kyrie and a report from Barclays (1:03:11), Jaylen Brown: halfway crook (1:12:03), Simmons Bengeance (1:21:04), Giannis' shooting woes (1:32:51), free throw psychology (1:49:03), Rochester Royals on a hot streak (2:04:21).  

New eps drop first on our Patreon page! Leaf peeping (1:45), a visit to Montreal (5:21), restaurant fatigue (9:32), Ben's tortilla press (18:22), the end of happy hour (29:03), midterm elections (40:32), Dave Chappelle on SNL (45:28), Mos Def (1:04:02), the struggling T-Wolves (1:20:31), Nets winning games (1:30:21), Embiid goes crazy (1:36:21), the Cavs are everyone's new favorite team (1:42:14), if Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is too good for OKC (1:49:23).

New eps drop first on Patreon! RIP Tame One and Hurricane G (1:36), the 90s are back, part 3 (9:50), Rx Papi freed (15:44), Elon Musk's grand plan for Twitter (19:33), the tragic murder of Takeoff (39:32), Kyrie suspended (59:02), Nets in disarray...or no longer in disarray? (1:26:03), Gobert and Beal, the Bolsonaros of the NBA (1:31:22), is Kawhi getting a pass? (1:40:32), Harden injury, Doc blamed (1:51:32).

New eps drop first on Patreon! Halloween costume ideas (1:25), where are all the creepy-crawlers? (11:20), horrors of our digital future (19:02), Twitter blue check slaughterhouse (26:42), return of "White Lotus" (55:23), indie sleaze alt-right nexus (44:24), Lakers' shooting woes and early season oddities (1:01:22), Josh Primo: exposed (1:08:21), Kyrie's controversial Letterbox (1:16:54), a timeline for Ben Simmons expectations  (1:27), Knicks and incel stats (1:38:33), is Doc Rivers redeemable (1:54:31).  

New eps drop first on our Patreon! Welcome to Monster Island (3:10), remote working forever (11:32), DJ Drama (27:01), Boomer trap music (34:20), Brookfield Place and Hudson Yards (46), the scourge of pickleball (1:00:31), Sixers start 0-3 and we know who to blame (1:14:33), do the Knicks have a timeline? (1:28:32) rookie watch: Keegan Murray and Paolo Banchero (1:40:02), Danny Ainge has masterfully returned the Jazz to prominence (1:58:04), the Spurs are fun (2:02:32).

90s gamer nostalgia as a nationalist call to arms (5:23), Supreme x Duck Down Records (21:02), in praise of gatekeepers (30:05), Kanye might be buying Parlor (36:42), James Corden banned (and then unbanned) from Balthazar (47:35), best case and worst case scenarios for the Knicks (56:44) and Sixers (1:07:22), our full 30-team, 30-minute guide to watchability (1:24:34).

New eps drop on Patreon first! Barcelona Ben (1:30), tinned fish (7:34), the world's 50 best bars (14:43), a quick DJ Premier retrospective (22:43), Andrew declares camo "over" (31:43), the unpleasantness of the Dahmer show (35:32) and "Blonde" (37:24), Kanye is again the main character (42:23), has stalled culture out? (59:22), Draymond punches Poole (1:05:46), Wembanyana, Scoot and a season of tanking (1:24:33), the deeply inconsequential "Redeem Dream" doc (1:54:34), better Western sleeper: Pelicans or T-Wolves? (1:38:33), the problem with high-usage big men (1:49:35).

New eps drop first on Patreon! James Madison was scandalously short (2:30) French fry overdose (12:33) at Paris Fashion Week (14:17), Bella Hadid (26:43), performative fear of New York (34:21), the deferred dream of Mercer Street (39:34), Nets team-bonding at Lucali (47:33), take fouls (1:06:04), fandom 2023 (1:09:34), Tyler Herro secures the bag (1:20:16), Tobias Harris: good is the enemy of great (1:35:44).

New eps drop first on Patreon! Welcome to tall fall (2:30), Detrick and Kuo share their hat inspo (9:32), was the crowd at the Jamie XX show "older and hot?" (14:33), pizza tech (22:04), Avatar vs Quibi (33:03), drug rugs (40:23), Udoka and the Celtics' opaqueness (1:04:34), Simmons interviewed by JJ Redick (1:28:44), can Embiid share the spotlight? (1:44:32), what are the Lakers planning? (1:56:34).

Where are thou, Quiznos? (2:37), zoomers rebuff cold cuts (8:23), Kanye is right about reading! (14:22), Adnan Syed, of "Serial" and murder fame, released (32:13), comforting crime shows (50:02), PNB rock 58:35, Doc Rivers: horny on main (1:05:43), the NBA's Robert Sarver problem (1:13:33), barely legal in the NBA (1:32:55), and Bron x Bronny collabo (1:46:28). 

New eps drop first on Patreon! The incredibly rare zero basketball episode! Inside NYFW, Armory, Collina Strada show, NY Noodletown reopening (2:34), Midtown is over, all hail the Seaport (13:33), the queen is dead, your majesty (26:12), scholastic scandals (39:52), did Russia blow a 3-1 lead in Ukraine? (1:06:33), Dick Wolves and "Law & Order" copaganda (1:20:43).