Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

The art of wedding playlists (3:25), shrimp scammers (16:20), crab boils (26:35), why is there still a curfew? (35:02), NBA deadline action (54:00), Lowry stays put, as Ujiri refuses to blink (58:02), the Sixers pick up Hill and moneyball Doc Rivers (1:11:23), the Heat have a good day one (1:20:37), Boston keeps it redundant (1:28:03), Orlando's diaspora (1:38:03), the Knicks do nothing and Kuo is loving it (1:45:33). 

Is it ethical to get an early vaccine? (3:03), media searches for post-COVID content (18:02), attacks on Asian-Americans (31:02), forgiving Meyers Leonard and Tim Hardaway Sr. (52:35), Sixers take on the Bucks (1:02:11), Knicks grand plans (1:19:18), coastal elites (1:24:10), Lonzo Ball (1:27:02).   

Is COVID really ending on March 12th? (1:02), the forgotten male harpist (11:30), royals, flushed (21:05), downtown media gets exposed by the New York Times (27:02), Dimes Square origins (42:05), the NBA All-Star Weekend (47:01), inside the Knicks' disjointed front office (56:08), Blake Griffin and Nick Collison party in the Lower (1:10:25), Meyers Leonard goes gaming (1:17:28). 

To subscribers' delight, new episodes drop first on Patreon! Coffee and newspapers (1:20), Zizmorecore and instant nostalgia (16:30), Dr. Seuss was cancelled or something (21:30), Texas reopens because COVID is over (25:03), voting rights and surface tension (36:20), crypto-art (48:26), Shaq and the NBA's fandom divide (56:45), Karl-Anthony Towns to Knicks rumors (1:10:33), odd Sixers role player splits...revealed! (1:19:04), LaMelo rules (1:25:33). 

Bobby Shmurda comes home (2:33), salad days for dressing are back! (17:33), The Drunken Canal and tactile media (25:02), Tiger Woods' car crash (30:45), Twitter gleefully windmills dunks on NBA nerds (44:35), All-Star stubs such as Trae Young (58:45) and Devin Booker (1:11:04), what to do with Kristaps Porzingis (1:30:33). 

Is Matt Ox a future GOAT? (1:05), the lunar boys enjoy Chinese New Year (5:38), Andrew Yang remains the heavy frontrunner for NYC mayor (16:32), corporate community grifters and public spaces (41:20), where do the Knicks go from here? (41:20), Ben Simmons notches a career high (1:11:25), Draymond publicly airs out the NBA for hypocrisy (1:29:05). 

New eps drop first on the Cookies Hoops Patreon page! National food holidays (1:23) and pizza overexposure (4:30), an uncompetitive Super Bowl (18:33), vaccine rollouts and resumption of normalcy (21:21), tech innovation and governmental upside (32:50), impeachment! (40:03), Derrick Rose returns to Thibs' arms (53:05), De'Aaron Fox and the flying Kings (1:05:33), backup center issues in Philly with weird stats (1:15:44), the NBA's most jubilant celebrators (1:25:44), can Tatum and Brown coexist? (1:41:04), Kevin Garnett's refreshing New York Times interview (1:59:44). 

New episodes drop first on Patreon! Titanic boys and Olivia Rodrigo (1:35), Lil Uzi gets a diamond in his forehead (8:35), baseball card collecting as investment strategy (15:23), Andrew Yang's chicken non-noodle soup (32:17), Marjorie Taylor Greene and the framing of lunacy (41:11), fixing the Mavericks and Luka's oversized impact (1:00:25), big men are back—or have always been here! (1:22:05), Jordan Clarkson and contextualizing stars of the past (1:35:05). 

New eps drop first on our Patreon page! Jeezy snowmen and blizzard buzzkills (3:22), tech clothing (12:50), Bullies 2021 hits different (17:30), bulk buying (20:30), will galleries and nightlife rise again in the broken city? (26:02), "Nevermind" and meaningful art in the Trump era (37:03), NBA's most influential players of the last 30 years (50:50), the case for and against Kobe (1:04:03), reverse engineering stretch bigs (1:11:23), never meet your heroes, unless you're Immanuel Quickley and it's Lou Williams (1:15:02), what's causing this season's offensive monsoon? (1:20:35). 

Reddit Robin Hoods take on Wall Street (3:02), financial perception versus reality (15:33), the diaspora of memes (30:05), Proud Boy origins (45:33), Lakers versus Sixers (52:01), an overabundance of volume scorers (1:08:13), the Thibs wants what the Thibs wants (1:19:44). 

New episode of Cookies Hoops drop first on our Patreon page! Inauguration pomp and circumstance (1:35), the relief of Trump's departure (13:09), Biden's rare opportunity—that goes against being Joe Biden (25:43), Donald = RIP to a Twitter GOAT (48:21), Ben Simmons' early season performance (58:02), Kuo defends winning culture (1:06:22), can Kemba Walker fulfill his promise on a rebuilding Boston team? (1:12:04), Kyrie and the Nets triple down on bucket-making (1:18:43), whether the Knicks' defense is actually good (1:22:03). 

Beware of bucatini panic-buyers (1:04), we struggle to define "fast casual," (8:03), Yang brings back bodega discourse that never left (12:30), conservatives get purged from social networks (19:03), Armie Hammer is brimming with chaotic energy (34:02), James Harden is traded to Brooklyn (43:33), what are the Rockets doing? (1:02:33), Sixers Nation wails about a first-place rife flush with young talent (1:07:33), Giannis and the Bucks, in search of a narrative (1:19:02), Jokic and Europeans 

New episodes drop first on Patreon! Colors of the year (1:02), our dream guests for the world's most influential basketball podcast (6:47), "Sex and the City" returns without the sex-haver (18:25), short culture (25:02), Andrew Yang's mayor road starts with a pothole (30:05), the process and results of the Capitol siege (49:25), some impeachment talk (55:32), Kyrie vanishes and indignation theater appears (1:06:30), the NBA season in shàmblęs (1:24:02). 

New episodes drop first on Patreon! The Capitol gets bum-rushed by Trumpers (2:02), why did the police offer such little resistance? (14:32), Ariel Pink, John Maus and indie rock rioters (28:33), Georgia Senatorial runoff (42:35), the Knicks are streaking! (50:20), Steph Curry debates—and what happens when a chiller doesn't care about their legacy (1:02:21), Sixers' hot start (1:33:04). 

New episodes drop first on Patreon! Emmy-winning journalist Jason "netw3rk" Concepcion join Cookies Hoops to discuss the arrival of 2021 (2:01), California's predictable COVID-19 blunders (5:01) and the ominous start to vaccine rollouts (17:43), the life and death of god-tier rapper MF DOOM (28:30), Los Angeles hot versus New York hot (45:31), Kyrie Irving and postmodern basketball (56:30),  honeybuns, off-court baggage, dog-whistles and James Harden (1:03:14), NBA Desktop's secrets to success (1:12:43), Knicks fans can't be hurt because they're already dead (1:26:22), dangers of judging processes...by results (1:32:52). 

New episodes drop first on Patreon! Christmas trauma, Santa visits Chinatown (2:30), Hilaria Baldwin's great Iberian getaway (21:25), the reputed bucatini shortage and cultural pasta signifiers (35:14), NBA's elongated preseason and fan hysteria (53:15), lil stinkers of Sixers Nation instantly overplay their hand (1:13:32), Knicks drub the Bucks (1:23:15), stumbling Jayson Tatum wedged into cavernous shoes of stardom (1:18:25), Luka Doncic is being set up to fail (1:31:03), Steph Curry versus Trae Young (1:37:31). 

New episodes drop first on Patreon! Christmas in New York City, plus  bagel talk (2:30), that $600 stimulus hits...different (13:33), if all French restaurants are actually Christmas restaurants (22:17), tangled romance of the journalist and a negging pharma bro (29:02), bodega fetishism (43:22), Detrick and Kuo argue about middlemen, yet again (55:24),  NBA season begins:  Lakers vs Clippers (1:10:25), Curry's tarnished rings (1:38), and Brooklyn's unique shot-maker approach (1:47:33). 

Big blizzard vibe check (1:20), viral outdoor dining at the Smith (13:35), covid in the culture (13:35) and the right time for pandemic humor (25:45), "I'm Your Woman" doesn't scratch that "Undoing" itch (38:11), who hacked the US government big board (41:25), Harden x Simmons rumors are the basketball Rorschach test (47:27), Giannis re-signs with Milwaukee (1:02:39), 538's statistical predictions (1:14:30), Lin may be returning to the Warriors (1:21:40). 

Shower posse defections (2:30), shoes off versus shoes on (10:12), indoor dining ends (20:51), but vaccinations begin—we debate if celebs should live or die for covid awareness (34:31), classism of "yellow card" privileges (46:30), the NBA returns with fresh Knicks regrets! (57:02), LaMelo Ball is a creative genius (1:02:33), Simmons x Harden debate rages on (1:11:23), is Jayson Tatum the most overrated player in NBA history? (1:20:21).  

Birria taco update (3:10), 500 New York City closings (10:20), tilapia, also known as the trash fish (19:25), should NBA players make more than senators? (26:30), Cardi B and Meek Mills shamed for their lack of generosity (31:02), Kyrie Irving's intoxicating talent, media blackout, and Iverson-esque influence (45:25), the vulnerability of LeBron James (54:02), excitement over Steph Curry's return (1:02:02), James Harden: persona non-grata on the Knicks of the South and Philly's non-core trade options (1:08:33), is working in the gym for toxic scrubs? (1:16:30).