Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

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Rubber Band Man: Cookies 540 Dec 16, 2025

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Enjoy your new AI-curated personalized perfect pod (3:86), Cameron Winter (20:05), "Pluribus" (23:21), '99 to infinity and generational ennui (34:05), Rob Reiner (50:03), Western Conference arms race (1:12:87), Wemby's marketability: too normie or too weird? (1:35:42), if Tyrese Maxey is first-team All NBA (1:54:03).

Pound of Flesh: Cookies 539 Teaser Dec 08, 2025

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Listen to the full episode right now by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Art Basel in Miami (1:30), Spotify wrapped and taste by algo (15:27), "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" (35:01), take completionism (47:24), we were the only ones who believed in the Celtics (1:01:31), Giannis ponders his fate in Milwaukee again (1:30:16), if the NBA is in a dangerous spot (1:40:33).

Real Eaters: Cookies 538 Dec 02, 2025

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Bye to 2025! (1:32), new performative Upstate eater just dropped (12:01), moving into a houseboat because of food influencers (21:31), the mid-2000s free beer hunt (29:41), we grew here / you flew here ahh holidays (40:41), time bandit marketing (49:06), NBA changeup artists (1:05:31), where are the European guards? (1:15:06), time to break up the Thunder (1:30:22), Draymond revisionism (1:52:25).

Neurospicy: Cookies 537 Teaser Nov 25, 2025

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Get instant access to this full episode—and every (perfect) pod—by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! It's giving thanks (4:18), dressing up for travel (14:21), Zohran meets Trump (25:02), unhinged Grok and neurospicy Epstein (52:21), Curry as a sneaker free agent (1:10:06), Harden appreciation thread (1:19:06), AD as a trade target and the rudderless Mavs (1:38:22), yasssss Derek Queen (1:50:51).

Quarter Zip: Cookies 536 Nov 20, 2025

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We love New York and Los Angeles! (3:30), quarter-zip mania (25:03), more from the Epstein files (40:03), the NBA's shadowy empire (1:01:16), free throw merchants (1:18:02), the scourge of injuries (1:34:41), Rockets offense explosion, KD, and Reed redemption (1:47:02).

Asian Squat: Cookies 535 Teaser Nov 11, 2025

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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).

Rod Wave Elite with Alphonse Pierre: Cookies 534 Nov 03, 2025

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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).

Goonfuel: Cookies 533 Oct 27, 2025

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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).

Zesty Sturdy: Cookies 532 Teaser Oct 22, 2025

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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)

Full Chrome Hearts: Cookies 531 featuring Jason Notico Oct 16, 2025

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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).

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