Celebrating God and Country (1:30), wet market dining (11:20), "The Bear" backlash (18:02), does Biden need to step down? (46:32), WNBA culture clash: Rookie of Year edition (1:10:03), Klay Thompson in Dallas (1:26:32), how good can the Spurs be? (1:35:34), Hartenstein joins the Thunder (1:40:24), can the Kings integrate DeMar Derozan? (1:52:21), D…

Portland and the Crustpunk pilgrimage (2:02), vegetable fatigue (18:34), we all speak internet now (28:23), Kendrick's Los Angeles solidarity (39:12), did the NBA Finals happen? (1:01:21), JJ Redick finesses his way to the Lake Show (1:20:04), Atkinson hired in Cleveland (1:40:02), KBB preview and the 2024 Draft (1:44:07), Caruso x Giddy swapped in…

New eps drop on Patreon first! Social rules of handyman shits (2:10), crisis actors (22:09), congestion pricing (35:23), "Eric" and "Hit Man" on Netflix (57:24), NBA Finals: why Boston again Dallas seems to be lacking a spark (1:03:02), Caitlin Clark is the take whisperer (1:22:23), JJ Redick or Danny Hurley for Lakers coaching vacancy (1:43:23).…

New eps drop first on Patreon! Wrestling in Los Angeles (3:45), travel as a lifestyle vortex (13:02), NYC Time Zones (13:02), Kuo in Williamsburg (25:45), the death of merch (30:02), arena concert cancellations (44:02), Caitlin Clark being bullied (1:00:22), Rasheed Wallace on the Warriors (1:19:32), Boston vs Mavericks (1:25:42), "Inside the NBA" …

New eps drop on Patreon first! Moving wok-y (2:03), summer camp memories (8:12), trustworthy small business playlists (20:03), AM Hoops tournament (26:32), mogging and reverse mogging (31:32), haircut virginity (40:02), candid photo ethics (46:34), NBA conference finals rundown (56:02), aura vs rizz (1:09:32), is anyone "matchup proof?" (1:41:40), …

New eps drop on Patreon first! Ozempic shaming (2:03), Post Malone's cultural costume (15:02), "No Diddy" (37:25), New York City members-only clubs (44:02), Papi Steak and the $1,000 tomahawk (55:02), Pacers beat decimated Knicks (1:00:23), Mavs head to WCF (1:22:45), Wolves stun Nuggets (1:31:02), where do NBA playoff losers go from here? (1:47:17…

New eps drop first on Patreon! Clyde's Wine & Dine (1:13), bodega food (10:02), Steve Albini, edgelord (20:42), Hulu's "The Contestant" (29:13), iPod commercial (33:50), neo-temperance (43:25), Knicks drop two to the Pacers (1:00:02), Cavs fumble the bag against the Celtics (1:12:14), Nugget x Wolves turning into a classic (1:23:05), Kyrie's redemp…

Fresh eps drop on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Bourgeoisie shame of the farmer's market (2:26), models and bottles (8:10), Drake and Kendrick's unsavory beef (22:04), AI Tupac back (39:32), the steel-toed boot of authority (46:32), Knicks over Sixers in Cookies Civil War (57:34), memories of Tobias Harris (1:04:03), playoff tickets and the grim endga…

New eps drop first on Patreon! New York Art Book Fair (5:35), the restaurant reservation underworld (13:02), implanted memories and etymology of "stupes" (25:12), decline of the burrito as a main character (33:16), Union Square cheesepuff guy (45:23), Seinfeld gets big mad at wokeness (55:07), Cookies Civil War: Knicks vs Sixers (1:03:21), Sunswept…

New eps drop first on Patreon! Dogs: New York City's worst friend (7:35), Nas x Primo, 30 years later (33:35), McNally and the White Mouse Conspiracy (49:32), Cookies Civil War: Knicks vs Sixers (1:00:23), Durant, Edwards, and generation shift (1:19:04), Heat assassination attempts (1:29:32), 2024 MVP and DPOY finalists announced (1:49:35).…

New up on Patreon first! We narrowly escape WW3 (2:38), The Juice is no longer loose (7:12), Drake and racism in rap beef (15:04), Grimes at Coachella plus a cuck chair (22:24), HBO's "The Sympathizer" (41:32), Make 14th Street Great Again! (46:23), Knicks swipe the 2nd seed at own peril (48:02), All-NBA first team (1:15:51), conference vibe check …

New eps drop on our Patreon first! Chili crisp lawsuits (3:41), eclipse perverts (12:23) New York earthquake survivors (24:03), "The Zone of Interest" (40:02), "The Baffler" article (56:34), women's basketball rises (1:07:32), moving screens (1:13:40), Embiid return (1:41:10), Knicks playing with house money (1:51:20).…

April fools pranks (1:04), audience capture (17:30), self-humiliation rituals (21:23), Beyonce and critiquing pop icons (40:17), did Tenacious D end guitar rock? (56:43), women's Final Four (1:05:34), Zach Edey, tall king (1:20:25), Brunson disrespected by the refs (1:30:41), Jontay Porter and a dangerous prophecy foretold (1:43:04).…

Eps drop first on the sacred Cookies Hoops Patreon! Hype-manning for our new 'Zen Master' drop (1:23), Biden in Hokas (7:23), New York nightlife scoundrels exposed (19:32), subway drama in Fear City (42:23), streets wanna know: Is Vasilije Micić the new Greivis Vásquez? (1:11:21), Knicks nursing themselves back to health (1:16:03), Sixers try to ke…

New eps drop first on the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Year of the Drag-On (1:02), New York Fashion Week, snitching on Silencio (11:25), rice blindness (19:23), Super Bowl coverage (25:21), new jobs for Joe Biden (42:21), Cornel West's inventive slur platform (55:23), Sixers' deadline moves (1:07:23), are the Knicks contenders now? (1:16:34), Donovan Mit…

New eps drop on our Patreon first! Pharrell winterizes (2:23), Chabad tunnels (7:32), Mos Def vs Drake (24:43), maximum glazing (42:13), illiteracy = solved (52:03), Nets got what they wanted (55:31), Thelma Krause gets booed (1:14:21), Utah Jazz are rolling (1:45:32).

Black Friday (2:02), NYT crossword introduces "no cap" (8:23), Andre 3000's flute album (14:12). Osama bin Laden finally goes viral (34:43), George Santos is mother (42:02), Charissa Thompson's fantasy sports report (51:23), Nathan Fielder (1:02:23), the NBA's lack of real villains (1:18:23), Rockets' red glare (1:28:21), Chet vs Wemby Part Whateve…

New eps drop on Patreon first! New York City Marathon (1:03), abandoning group chats (2:32), Ray's Bar Brooklyn and Hell Square power rankings (20:32), vanishing rap mixtapes (31:04), art Kuopenings (46:23), sad Gen X pizzaman just dropped (48:32), Julius Randle brick squad 1-17 (1:01:52), Harden trade and the Sixers' cloudy future (1:13:21), Clipp…

Listen to new eps first on Patreon! Grillmasters (2:34), boner children (9:03), white person meals (18:45), HBO's "The Idol" (27:05), Pablo-matic (39:32), NBA Finals are knotted up (56:43), Jokic demystified (1:10:32), expanding the definition of a role player (1:30:12), additional evidence against Ja Morant (1:39:04), LeBron to Dallas? (2:01:21).…

New eps are on our Patreon first! Frieze art fair (2:02), the miracles of Ozempic (9:34), hopepunk vs grimdark (15:32), Lynn Goldsmith (26:03), NYC weed stores aesthetics (33:02), Horses scandle (46:44), are we going to Bluesky? (57:33), Doc finally canned and Sixers optimism (1:03:34), Celtics down bad (1:14:33), Nuggets vs Lakers (1:31:23), Wemby…

Eps drop first on Patreon, doggies! Paddington drip (3:34), Andrew watched the Super Mario movie and adult infantilization culture (11:03), 80's voices (27:32), Jack Harlow, Necro and Lil Mabu (40:34), Knicks against the Heat (57:34), Giannis denies losing (1:14:33), Curry has finally earned Ben's approval (1:25:35), Dillon Brooks and the Grizz, ex…

New eps drop on Patreon first! Swagless jerseys (1:20), a visit to Mr. Chow (10:43), annoying vectors of ramp shopping (21:54), Drake's AI records (33:43), Twitter Blue fiasco (1:03:23), Knicks take 3-1 lead against the Cavs (1:16:32), where do the Nets go after being swept by Sixers (1:42:32), Jaylen Brown's fancy sneakers (1:51:32).…

Spring has sprung, so they say (2:32), welcome to hell square (8:15), Kuo vs mortadella (17:32), RIP Ahmad Jamal (30:14), neoclassicism (38:11), Bud Light culture wars (49:21) and basketball culture war (1:00:12), NBA playoffs coverage: death by charge (1:24:35), young players who aren't rising or shining (1:45:22), watchability rundown with Nets, …

Studio spammers (1:45), "Succession" spoilers (7:45), Ben hits Milwaukee (16:30), KAWS jerseys are Andrew-approved (27:33), what's the deal with Nazi memorabilia? (33:02), Tatum wins the BMM's scoring title (55:02), Rudy Gobert throws a punch (1:15:33), Dallas tanking is anti-fan service (1:21:33), playoff matchups: Kings vs Warriors (1:30:21), Cli…

New eps drop fresh on Patreon! Cookies Hoops x NADA Flea Market sample sale (1:02), skipping breakfast to save money (3:56), everything is a drug front (22:32), that detective a Munch (30:02), Bing Bot aka Mr. Steal Your Girl aka Bing Bot Nation (38:33), All-Star Weekend with Karl Malone and John Stockton (57:33), Giannis over team LBJ (1:12:02), a…

New eps drop first on Patreon, as you already know. It's the Superbowl (2:12) featuring Rihanna! (11:02), sex scenes in movies (23:23) Collina Strada goes primal (31:03), smoking on the subway discourse (39:42), weed-eating dogs (49:35), toxic airborne event in Ohio (55:32), "The Last of Us" jumps the shark (60:32), RIP Dove from De La Soul (1:10:3…

New eps drop first on Patreon! Get'em fresh. Munchy boxes (2:20), Ben in CDMX (15:32), balloon power rankings (21:03), The Cut's guide to etiquette (27:43), grindset Grammys, Jill Biden's bars and rap turns 50 (45:43), Andrew is anti-mirror (52:03), Kyrie traded from Brooklyn (59:02:32) and now he's on the Mavs (1:35:32), Knicks defeat Sixers in th…

New eps drop first on Patreon—subscribe to get hot takes even fresher! Lil Yachty's "Let's Start Here" (4:28), rappers don't believe their art is artistic (17:30), AI porn (36:23), dumpster diving for foliage (48:43), Marie Kondo and the art of hypocrisy (56:33), "The Last of Us" (1:05:03), NBA All-Star starters (1:16:32), BMM exposed by Morey 1:23…

Lunar New Year (2:04), M&Ms caves to conservative pressure (10:05), Schiaparelli's fake animal heads (18:03), HBO's "The Last of Us" (34:05), CR vs DR (49:34), Ice Spice releases "Like..?" (55:34), Walker Kessler is good (1:08:45), Knicks lose four in a row (1:15:54), Kyrie Irving going nuts (1:29:34), Denver sucks to watch, but why? (1:41:54).…

New eps drop first on our Patreon page! Dennis Franz (3:04), HBO's "The Last of Us" (14:02), people who go to movies (26:02), flash mobs (31:03), douche-chills (40:23), living in NYC vs visiting NYC (47:23), is the NBA too confusing for dumb fans? (1:02:02), Tyrese Maxey, savior turned scapegoat (1:16:03), are the Chicago Bulls buyers or sellers? (…

New eps drop first on Patreon! Biggie (5:34), bicoastal vibe war (9:32), Red Scare (30:32), Theophilus London found! (42:53), NFL injuries (46:02), Bolsonaro (56:32), Zubaz (1:00:21), the Western logjam of mediocrity (1:04:43), Durant's knee (1:12:42), joy of the MVP ladder (1:24:32), Trae Young (1:28:21), Tyrese Haliburton (1:47:42).…

New eps drop first on Patreon! Kuo's kitchen (3:24), in praise of the Luddites (15:02), World Cup final (18:33), Rolf's Christmas bar (33:53), Twitter's deep loser energy (41:21), Avatar 2: More Avatars (1:00:32), handicapping the MVP race (1:05:33), Knicks have won seven in a row (1:17:22), Ja Morant ejected (1:35:32), gingerbread overdoses (1:46:…

Listen to new eps immediately on our Patreon! Thanksgiving 2: More Thanksgiving (1:32), NYC reservation chaos (10:30), Qatar World Cup (19:24), zoomer gambling (26:20), proper binmen (35:12), Nike x Jeff Staple pigeons (43:32), art in solitude (51:02), holiday melancholia (1:00:03), Kyrie and a report from Barclays (1:03:11), Jaylen Brown: halfway …

New eps drop first on our Patreon page! Leaf peeping (1:45), a visit to Montreal (5:21), restaurant fatigue (9:32), Ben's tortilla press (18:22), the end of happy hour (29:03), midterm elections (40:32), Dave Chappelle on SNL (45:28), Mos Def (1:04:02), the struggling T-Wolves (1:20:31), Nets winning games (1:30:21), Embiid goes crazy (1:36:21), th…

New eps drop first on Patreon! RIP Tame One and Hurricane G (1:36), the 90s are back, part 3 (9:50), Rx Papi freed (15:44), Elon Musk's grand plan for Twitter (19:33), the tragic murder of Takeoff (39:32), Kyrie suspended (59:02), Nets in disarray...or no longer in disarray? (1:26:03), Gobert and Beal, the Bolsonaros of the NBA (1:31:22), is Kawhi …

New eps drop first on Patreon! Halloween costume ideas (1:25), where are all the creepy-crawlers? (11:20), horrors of our digital future (19:02), Twitter blue check slaughterhouse (26:42), return of "White Lotus" (55:23), indie sleaze alt-right nexus (44:24), Lakers' shooting woes and early season oddities (1:01:22), Josh Primo: exposed (1:08:21), …

New eps drop first on our Patreon! Welcome to Monster Island (3:10), remote working forever (11:32), DJ Drama (27:01), Boomer trap music (34:20), Brookfield Place and Hudson Yards (46), the scourge of pickleball (1:00:31), Sixers start 0-3 and we know who to blame (1:14:33), do the Knicks have a timeline? (1:28:32) rookie watch: Keegan Murray and P…

90s gamer nostalgia as a nationalist call to arms (5:23), Supreme x Duck Down Records (21:02), in praise of gatekeepers (30:05), Kanye might be buying Parlor (36:42), James Corden banned (and then unbanned) from Balthazar (47:35), best case and worst case scenarios for the Knicks (56:44) and Sixers (1:07:22), our full 30-team, 30-minute guide to wa…

New eps drop on Patreon first! Barcelona Ben (1:30), tinned fish (7:34), the world's 50 best bars (14:43), a quick DJ Premier retrospective (22:43), Andrew declares camo "over" (31:43), the unpleasantness of the Dahmer show (35:32) and "Blonde" (37:24), Kanye is again the main character (42:23), has stalled culture out? (59:22), Draymond punches Po…

New eps drop first on Patreon! James Madison was scandalously short (2:30) French fry overdose (12:33) at Paris Fashion Week (14:17), Bella Hadid (26:43), performative fear of New York (34:21), the deferred dream of Mercer Street (39:34), Nets team-bonding at Lucali (47:33), take fouls (1:06:04), fandom 2023 (1:09:34), Tyler Herro secures the bag (…

New eps drop first on Patreon! Welcome to tall fall (2:30), Detrick and Kuo share their hat inspo (9:32), was the crowd at the Jamie XX show "older and hot?" (14:33), pizza tech (22:04), Avatar vs Quibi (33:03), drug rugs (40:23), Udoka and the Celtics' opaqueness (1:04:34), Simmons interviewed by JJ Redick (1:28:44), can Embiid share the spotlight…

Where are thou, Quiznos? (2:37), zoomers rebuff cold cuts (8:23), Kanye is right about reading! (14:22), Adnan Syed, of "Serial" and murder fame, released (32:13), comforting crime shows (50:02), PNB rock 58:35, Doc Rivers: horny on main (1:05:43), the NBA's Robert Sarver problem (1:13:33), barely legal in the NBA (1:32:55), and Bron x Bronny colla…

New eps drop first on Patreon! The incredibly rare zero basketball episode! Inside NYFW, Armory, Collina Strada show, NY Noodletown reopening (2:34), Midtown is over, all hail the Seaport (13:33), the queen is dead, your majesty (26:12), scholastic scandals (39:52), did Russia blow a 3-1 lead in Ukraine? (1:06:33), Dick Wolves and "Law & Order" cop…

New eps emerge from the primordial goo first on Patreon. Kuo explores Los Angeles for 90 minutes (1:30), the complex morality of panhandling decorum (8:32), "The Rehearsal" finale and figuring out who the joke is on (20:42), Eric Adams prowls the city after dark with a seedy cohort (42:33), finally, 3D menus and future suck (56:33), summer streetba…

New eps from on Patreon! Andrew's pizza conspiracy (1:25), we rank or at least list out the famiglia of parms (10:33), Spam security and a loss of dignity (15:33) climate criminals and their private planes (26:15), remote Americans in Mexico City (39:31), RIP Bill Russell and, finally, some accountability here at Cookies Hoops (53:44), did LeBron's…

We go inside the fancy new hotel on Canal (4:33), the Lower East Side's tipping point (10:05) and the surprising rebirth of Piano's (13:03), Miles Bridges, lean-enjoyer denier (24:02), AI-generated art (32:44), DJ Honda (47:05), body-positive NBA players of yore (59:42), the Finals are transpiring exactly as we predicted, in every way (1:09:04), Dr…

New eps hit Patreon first! Monkeypox is in the air (2:05), mukbang videos (6:25), Kardashian weddings and pasta portion size (11:43), Frieze Week (28:03), Balenciaga at the NYSE (36), 21 Savage, an elegant Londoner (42:33), Heat vs Celtics, a clash of mechanical and instinctual stars (55:12), the Bob Cousy consensus factory (1:12:44), Mavericks vs …

New eps drop first on Patreon! Caprese salad and steak lunch (1:00), Kendrick Lamar drops his new album (13:05) and YSL faces RICO charges (24:44), the horrors of the shooting in Buffalo (35:02), HBO's "We Own this City" (43:55), Le Dimes Square takes on Le Dive (50:21), Sixers crumble as history eerily repeats itself (55:04), what did we learn abo…

Cookies Hoops records live from the NADA art fair to talk New York's gala season, pickup ball injuries, hoops obsession as a midlife crisis, novelty restaurants, popular baby names, peaking with Linsanity, Knicks nihilism and more!

New episodes are published first on Patreon. Stunt foods (4:01), leg-lengthening surgery (10:15), characters on "Ozark" should be listening to Fabolous' fourth LP (27:22), NADA live pod (38:12), the Roots and authenticity (42:23) vs Future (46:19), Ja Morant and the haters (54:07), Boston exposed against Milwaukee, as day ones predicted (1:03:55), …