Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

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Junk Wax: Cookies 581 Teaser Sep 25, 2026

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Subscribe to the Cookies Hoops Pateron and listen to the full episode—and every full episode! Gen Alpha secret coms (4:21), Toys "R" Us gritty, adults-only reboot (14:35), our Kalshi ahh society (34:18), the rebirth of muckraking (48:22), New York art week highlights (1:07:04), Tyler Herro's homage to TJ Ford (1:10:16), Keyonte George gets hisextension (1:17:33), someone's gotta be bad! (1:30:32), ESPN top 100 (1:40:12).

Monkey Business: Cookies 580 Sep 16, 2026

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9/11 tribute week (1:20), RIP to our friend Lucien Smith (24:12), AI doomsday scenarios (43:02), Linsanity revisited yet again (1:02:31), NBA crazy tiers (1:19:05), Jalen Duren free agency lingers (1:28:22), unexplored role player prototypes and the unique value of anomalies (1:40:01).

Asian Mount Rushmore: Cookies 579 Sep 09, 2026

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Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! What happened to weed culture? (1:30), tall dude at the concert privilege (12:01), 9/11 and Kirkversary (23:22), influencers pillage the US Open (41:27), Pablo vindicated, Clippers punished (1:06), Amen Thompson signs max deal (1:33:22), our GOAT Ben Simmons is back (1:44:08).

Super Juicy: Cookies 578 Sep 01, 2026

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Listen to every episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Evolution of NYC bike culture (2:30), Lake America (10:010, building our own kill switches (18:33), Meta glasses at Basement (21:41), avant-garde AI menus (29:02), Hasan Piker vs the Fishhook (43:05), where is 80s rap playable? (58:22), the Pinoy Step Era has arrived (1:11), Jalen Brunson vs SGA and the rhetorical spoils of war (1:24:02), we complain about another Kuminga new cycle and then talk about him (1:41:17), Evan Turner's midrange (1:56:03).

Young and Husky: Cookies 577 Teaser Aug 25, 2026

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Listen to every full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! We are now intellectual giants (2:43), corporate raves (17:04), Rick Rubin champion of AI (22:42), dive bars in New York City (45:22), if the BQE is here to stay for power broker motorists (1:02:06), Chalamet vs Nets (1:10:02), is Jokic dying on the vine in Denver? (1:15:04), Ausar Thompson and Jalen Duren (1:35:04), NBA ownership financial imbroglios (1:42), Klay Thompson to Miami (1:32).

Losing Recipes: Cookies 576 Aug 18, 2026

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Fall Supreme drop (2:01), Amazon book destruction (12:33), viral restaurants (23:42), Nancy Mase tatted up (30:17), Fugazi vs Fugazi (44:33), Steve Ballmer = case closed! (1:00:32), Lakers sold to Kushner (1:10:44), Russell Westbrook retires as the perfectly imperfect NBA star (1:27:19), if Amar'e should be in the Hall of Fame and other halfway crooks (1:35:03).

Miss Freedom: Cookies 575 Teaser Aug 11, 2026

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Listen to every full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! NY in August: city of the dead (1:31), an autopsy of "Woke 1" (13:03), LaMelo's psychedelic house of wonders (30:15), Usher may have a doppelganger featuring So So Def All-Stars (44:24), Royce White and Enes Freedom being as tiresome as ever (1:04:03), WNBA culture wars (1:08:32), Kawhi x Clippers cap circumvention scandal 2: More cap circumvention scandals (1:29:03), okay sure why not let's talk about Ben Simmons one more time (1:45:12).

Back to Jortsland: Cookies 574 with Matthew Schnipper Aug 04, 2026

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Cookies Hoops is joined by Matthew Schnipper, journalist and author of the memoir "Rise Above" (5:03), indie sleaze era = shutter-shaded nostalgia or internet anomaly? (19:22), contemporary music writing (38:06), Babe Ruth didn't exist (57:17), G-Unity and bland NBA weddings (1:22:01), Wemby's ticking biological clock (1:37:02), NBA 2K coverboys (1:44:17).

Gay or Straight: Cookies 573 Jul 28, 2026

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Get every ep of Cookies Hoops by subscribing to our Patreon right now! House-hunting in NYC with LeBreezy (5:03), Miami life at any price (20:22), Emeril lives again (25:31), Andrew is done with omakase (43:05), "gay or straight" viral videos (50:13), LeBron James choses Philly but why? (58:23) and can they win a chip? (1:21:57), holy crow, the Nuggets have breached the second apron!!! (1:56:15)

Time Guzzler: Cookies 572 Teaser Jul 21, 2026

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Listen to every episode in its glorious full-length majesty by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Explosive Cyclospora (1:30), Mountain Dew mouth (16:23), NYC flooding (23:25), "The Odyssey" (31:31), a dusty NYC vs Upstate rap battle (46:03), Argentina disgraces itself in World Cup final (54:13), Lu Dort and Zaccharie Risacher traded (1:05:32), Knicks' influence on offseason trends (1:15:03), LBJ's plays the waiting game (1:31:34), further erosion of the sports media landscape (1:47:17).

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