Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

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). 

Episodes drop first on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Mr. Fong is back in action (8:12), New York second wave vibe check (12:18), waiting on the vaccine (18:45), are the monoliths boring—or an example of rare public excitement over art? (30:35), Spotify wrapped reveals the year of J.J. Cale and Lil Baby (43:07), Steve Aoki brings ethnic food to the Beantown (49:35), Russell Westbrook is traded for John Wall (52:01), new max players and confronting purgatory (1:15:22). 

New episodes of Cookies are available on Patreon first! The allure and blandness of doppelgangers (1:30), indulging in rewatches of "The Sopranos" (8:10), welcome to The Re-Undoingables: we spent 30 minutes breaking down the finale of HBO's smash whodunnit (15:54), Mike Tyson fights Roy Jones Jr. in a grim spectacle (45:33), NBA's covid-tempting plan for the 2021 season (1:09:12), what is the official street food of New York City? (1:21:43).  

Episodes of Cookies are available first on Patreon! The morality of spending on Black Friday (1:20), Thanksgiving during a pandemic: wait, is that a salad spinner in the background? (16:08), the implausibility of electric eels existing (22:43), walking food tours and Birria-Landia trucks (26:12), Twitter's Fleet week (34:35), Jordan Originalism and the impossibility of escaping MJ's 30-year old shadow (48:32), can Embiid be a closer? (59:33), whether the Brooklyn InterNets are real contenders or just a branding malfunction (1:17:33). 

Marinara talk (3:30), outdoor dining enclosures become new source of covid scolding (15:30), controversial Thanksgiving plans (22:05), "The Undoing" spoilers and theories (36:45), NBA free agents are fleeing the Bean (50:12), Knicks are quiet, not deadly (57:30), Sixers sign Dwight Howard, trade Zhaire Smith (1:11:23), Bucks bungle the books (1:24:15), did Jeezy vs Gucci Mane help the Hawks recruit talent? (1:28:44), Lakers get better, more or less (1:38:02). 

New episodes of Cookes Hoops are available first for our beloved Patreon subscribers! Tearful, meaningful and cathartic effects of the NBA draft after a tough year (2:03), LaMelo Ball meets his fate in Charlotte (6:35), Anthony Edwards, who might not want it more (14:21), the Knicks draft local lad Obi Toppin (22:05), Tyrese Halliburton drops (30:29), Daryl Morey and the Sixers quickly revamp by dealing two starters (38:25).

Unraveling HBO's "The Undoing," (1:30), election falling continues (15:25), basking in Covid-19's second wave and the NYC curfew (21:48), at long last, the Kuo Big Board in revealed! (33:29), player development and an elongated offseason (49:24), Chris Paul traded to Phoenix for a bunch of dreamy lads (1:10:32), Sam Presti's bittersweet symphony (1:18:22), James Harden saga continues (1:23:02), is the Knicks' embrace of conventional wisdom running five years behind? (1:38:33). 

New episodes drop first on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Biden Szn has returned (2:30), jawns gone wild in Philly (22:04), Pfizer announces a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus covid-19 (26:02), Dave Chappelle on "Saturday Night Live" (48:35), Supreme sells for two billy (54:50), an NBA restart looms....already (1:02:22), Eric Bledsoe is a good loser (1:15:44), what awaits Gordon Hayward and Al Horford this offseason? (1:21:03), LaMelo and other draft uncertainties (1:30:35).    

New episodes drop first on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Why were election polls so wrong? (5:14), media coverage of an evening of mayhem (10:15), what these results say about America (20:13), whether the Democratic Party's message resonated with voters (30:04). Plus: Sam Hinkie is interviewed by Pablo Torre (57:02) and Morey's first Sixers presser (1:05:26), James Harden's availability (1:12:26), properly rating the legendary centers of yore (1:19:33), is anything good but unfunny besides "Illmatic?" (1:29:58).