Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

Listen to the full episode right now by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Zohran's town (2:03), Palantir masculinity (13:02), Max B interview anecdotes (37:21), learning the Asian squat (51:42), HBO's "Pluribus" (1:02:28), Pistons atop the East (1:12:42), a celebration of "your guys" (1:25:28), baseline excellence vs the opposite (1:42:40).   

Pitchfork Senior Writer Alphonse Pierre joins this episode of Cookies Hoops! Is rap dead, again? (5:03), modern music discovery and "scrappy" criticism (28:12), country music's non-challenge to authority (51:31), Rod Wave Elite and origins of "67" meme (1:05:04), volume shooting in basketball and music (1:20:32), immersive Knicks culture (1:38:28), Giannis: the forgotten superstar (1:45:17), VJ Edgecomb in-person observations (1:55:03).   

Brooklyn hang (2:13), gooning epidemic article in Harper's (10:51), dinner phone addiction (28:31), we actually watched the "The Chair Company" this time (45:05), Cookies Hoops NBA preview (55:18), Chauncey Billups and the betting scandal (1:00:29), Wemby is really generational, not fake generational (1:25:22), checking up on the NBA rookie class (1:45:38).     

Listen to every full ep by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Saturday sample sale (2:23), NYC mayoral debate (12:02), hitting the zesty sturdy (30:32), ICE fitness program (41:02), NBA opening day: Rockets and Warriors (1:01:2), Bing Bong Nation check-in (1:31:06), buzzy players like Matas Buzelis (1:45:25) and Andrew Nembhard (1:50:11), which Thompson twin is better? (1:54:65)  

Cookies Hoops is joined by New York City photographer Jason Nocito. We talk about shooting the SGA cover of GQ (2:03), the short-lived Nova Knicks era (20:22), Tyson Chandler, downtown photographer (26:04), getting verbally abused by Lil Wayne (45:21), hottest Rockets take yet (1:08:43).   

Columbus Day (2:54), industry plants (15:44), MTG vibe switch (31:35), national Autechre registry (48:04), the verified Cookies Hoops top 30 uncs list (1:10:23), finally someone believes in Cooper Flagg (1:22:03), Ace Bailey redemption arc (1:30:43), are the Nets the Alibaba of the NBA? (1:38:42), Hansen Yang debut (1:45:15).  

Get access to every full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! We discover a new male body type (5:32), Ben visits Montreal (14:32), Canada's lack of hostile architecture (25:02), TV shows with unlikable characters (40:04), "Pillion" screening at NYFF (52:35), Andrew connects a corporate food hall to the Knicks vs Sixers game in Abu Dhabi (1:01:03), Cookies Hoops' top 30 chuckers list (1:25:28), we remain Paolo Banchero skeptics (1:35:11), wait, could be Wemby already be top 1? (1:44:02)  

New York carshare per diems (1:34), Eric Adams bails on mayoral race (14:32), digital "Friend" (23:05), subscription cancel culture (31:38), Geese mania (38:32), Cookies Hoops top 30 overall list (58:32) and top 30 defenders (1:22:32), JJ Redick loves Chat GPT (1:35:43), Injuries: VanVleet, McCain, Grizz big men, Scoot (1:46:29).  

Full episodes are available for Cookies Hoops Patreon subscribers! Brooklyn 2nd wave (1:30), Jimmy Kimmel cancelled (17:12), Netflix's "Black Rabbit" (38:03), Tyler Herro injury and Heat Culture fatigue (1:00:32), Trae Young vs Pat Bev (1:13:02) and NBA player podcasts vs legacy media (1:28:03).   

Listen to all episodes in full by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Bol Bol at NYFW (2:22), Charlie Kirk stuff (8:21), can a hooper be all bad? (35:21), HBO's "Task" (45:16), Kawhi scandal churns onward (56:01), passing fancy: Giannis vs Sengun (1:15:06), Josh Giddey's new contract (1:29:31), if the NBA is a highlight league (1:40:21), Malcolm Brogdon, you are a Knick (54:01).   

Listen to the full ep by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! NYFW with KAT sweater vests (2:30), Funkmaster Flex (14:02), welcome to the War Department (24:24), mandatory military service (35:43), Gritty 70s Cinema (55:43), Kawhi scandal (1:07:03), Melo in the Ball of Fame (1:35:22), Charles Barkley, less round mound of rebound (1:50:32).   

Listen to every ep in full by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Trump dead?! (1:05), Adam Friedland interviews Ritchie Torres (18:03), the meathead renaissance (38:42), rising population of tennis culture threatens its elitism (52:42), mourning the NBA's era of media intelligentsia (1:00:24), Jeremy Lin announces his retirement (1:30:33), Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark: rivals in waiting (1:48:05).

Listen to every full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon today! A life-affirming afternoon with the Sun Ra Arkestra (2:02), Zohran's scavenger hunt (17:11), Oasis in New York (25:42), performative males and kickball at McCarren Park (33:01), Cracker Barrel's rebrand (42:43), AND1 nostalgia (1:00:32), Malik Beasley and the NBA's deal with the devil (1:30:21), 2nd best player in the East (1:48:54) 

Listen to every (perfect) full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Clankers (2:30), Alien World (25:32), National Guard deployed (45:03), mountain brothers (56:27), New York streetwear summer (1:02:32), NBA Rivals week (1:25:36), 50/50 split ownership models (1:35:04).  

Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! NY vs NY (1:30), food battle of the boroughs (10:14), Cuomos against the world (23:28), Barstool takes on traditional media (45:02), the public vs stomp clap wookies (58:00), Paul George against stylists (1:16:03), Boston Celtics vs low expectations (1:36:25), Michael Porter Jr against sounding sus on the Sabbath (1:55:02). 

Listen to every episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Bucolic splendors of Upstate commune living (2:30), Metro Boomin's love letter to Atlanta futurism confronts a new generation with the death knell of nostalgia (21:25), H&M x Dimes Square merch (38:03), WNBA dildo watch: funny or a violation? (1:03:47), Gilbert Arenas gets in more trouble (1:22:20), Mikal Bridges reups in New York (1:43:32).

Full episode is available for Patreon subscribers! NYC fringe neighborhoods (5:23), the Gen Z stare (21:13), Sydney Sweeney and marketing edgelords (28:32), skinny Luka (1:01:54), NBA stylists (1:18:32), low feel players (1:26:07).   

Get every episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Brain rehabilitation days (2:34), NYC experience checklist (16:21), Coldplay cheaters (41:16), Colbert autopsy report (53:02), Dame Lillard goes home (1:00:02), WNBA All-Star tees (1:26:38), Klay and the Stallion (1:40:34), Marcus Smart joins the Lakers (1:51:44).   

Summer in the city: cultural hotbed? (1:20), friendship rizz (7:30), Clipse album (14:38), Epstein fallout continues for the Big Dog (38:02), eating with hands (51:32), Cooper Flagg debuts in Summer League (1:02:24), the Big Tariff (1:17:22), WNBA All-Star drama (1:26:03), NBA's second-class citizens (1:38:22), legacy season (1:47:41)

Listen to every episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon today! Zohran's application (5:34), Epstein innocent!!! (19:35), secrets of the dishwasher industry (32:02), New Orc City (43:18), NBA's new heave rule (58:34), Dame out in Milwaukee (1:15:22), VJ vs Ace in Summer League (1:38:12), Porter Jr. to Nets (1:55:04).