COOKIES covers basketball and the culture surrounding it.
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).
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).
New eps drop first on Patreon! The end of food halls (2:04), MAGA victory lap (17:43), Deepseek (34:00), the Lord's Day (50:38), singing the Kuz blues (1:13:05), Kel'el Ware (1:42:03), Chris Paul 4 Ever (1:45:30), LaMelo snubbed! (1:51:02).
New eps drop first on Patreon! Trump 2: More Trump (2:05), TikTok banned and then not (15:11), ceasefire (21:43), generational solitude (35:41), David Lynch (45:03), watching the watchers (56:36), Celtics on frog watch (1:05:24), Beard appreciation goes mainstream (1:19:32), is OKC ruining the NBA? (1:35:32), Cam Johnson: trade bait (1:50:12).
New eps drop on Patreon first! Los Angeles fires and an assist from Cookies Hoops (2:04), congestion pricing snot rockets (10:04), tipping culture (16:33), NYC, the city that sleeps (23:04), battling bots (37:32), raw dogging life (47:02), the tragic saga of Podcaster P and the Sixers' lost season (1:03:41), Thunder be shopping! (1:19:28), Cooper Flagg's breakout game (1:30:39), "Tweaker" goes viral (1:45:22), "Jump Around" and situational basketball anthems (1:52:42).