Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

Kuo suffers from summer wistfulness (2:24), "Mindhunter" season 2, (11:30), bed bugs in the newsroom (24:24), Jia Tolentino and digital wellness (31:02), NBA Twitter sects (36:02), more accessible metrics (38:58), Andrew Luck puts down the Colts (50:42), Jeremy Lin signs with Beijing Ducks (1:02:03), Kobe and Shaq's rivalry renewed (1:11:21), Caris LeVert re-ups with Brooklyn Nets (1:26:55). Cooki...

Writer Cat Marnell joins Cookies to talk about NBA media (3:30), Prince's ashes (12:30), meeting LeVar Ball in Lithuania (21:32), dating within an NBA player's clique (33:01), Lipstick Alley gossip (46:03), Devin Booker versus Joakim Noah (54:48), the Chrystie Street courts (1:02:32), and her new European travel diary on Audible (1:05:43). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andr...

Seinfeld: What if Gerge have cell phone? (6:21), Julio Torres shifts shapes (11:40), dangerous YouTube algorithms (20:01), New York Times project 1619 (42:57), NBA player autonomy (45:32), Boogie goes down again (52:30), the Lakers' center search (59:33), What is a Kuzma (1:15:32), Team USA defections (1:21:24), Chicken sandwich wars (1:32:08), Prosperity Dumplings (1:40:02). Cookies is hosted by...

Active versus restful vacations (4:20), is meat...ethical? (11:02), gun control (18:21), Boston's finest fans (26:32), NBA's fictional All Decade team (38:03), rap list-o-mania (51:43), Draymond gets paid, sort of (1:15:40), Tobias Harris' big role (1:23:20). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo. 

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (6:36), ASAP Rocky Balboa (16:02), DNC debates (25:32), lack of sympathy for Jeremy Lin (35:43), maybe more sympathy for Carmelo Anthony (44:02), classy retirements (53:21), Crime Dog Griffin takes a bite out of Bron (58:02), NBA announces the Christmas schedule (1:09:03). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

PBR's hard coffee (3:01), Kuo brings up placebos again (5:11), a generation of baseball card enthusiasts (10:31), art versus draft picks (15:41), why doesn't the NBA get involved in relegated teams (25:51), 3rd Morrii blind (32:02), Zion goes Jordan brand (42:22), Ben brings up Ben Simmons again (49:32), TNT shelves Players Only (59:42), can the league become tamper-proof (1:15:52), Kawhi and merc...

Eating on the subway (4:32), ESPN vs Le Batard (9:21), Face App frenzy (21:02), robot coaches (27:21), Simmons gets maxed out (39:32), J.R. Smith and NBA cartoon (52:32), what's up with Fultz now? (59:32), Chris Paul alienates the scrap heap (1:11:02). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo. 

Dipset vs Bad Boy (4:10), running out of talent (12:04), bagel boss (21:23), Westbrook trade ends an era in OKC (28:30), shooting is for boomers (36:02), ESPN story on injury-prone young cagers (43:21), which teams have buyer's remorse? (48:45), Morris tries to drag Knicks out of relegation (1:10:31). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

Misfit produce (8:02), Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy (15:02), nerd industries (27:32), Kawhi is a supervillain (32:19), the new-look Clippers (41:21), Where do the Thunder go from here? (51:02), the perils of Westbrook being Westbrook (59:42), CP3 is still...great (1:11:01), Knicks, a relegated team, plays in summer league (1:17:20), Italian futurists (1:26:21). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jord...

Democratic debate power rankings (1:50), Nets sign Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant (19:02), Knicks strike out, then go full boomer (28:52), Sixers embrace destiny as large boys (57:32), Boston and Miami add stars, but at what cost? (1:15:43), the fleeting NBA dynasty (1:22:02), is Kawhi sabotaging the Lake Show (1:26:32). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

UFOs exist (5:20), dick wolves (19:01), zombie formalism (22:32), NBA award show (23:32), owners are now governors (39:32), expensive watches (47:12), Sixers draft grades (52:02), Knicks select a boomer (1:01:05), Kemba Walker (1:08:04), terrifying candy jackets (1:18:42). Cookies is hosted Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

Jordan gloats over his Raptors prediction (9:02), what even happened in the Finals? (13:32), the NBA is suddenly wide open (26:02), Anthony Davis blockbuster trade (28:02) and the Lakers are driving a Lambo without gas money (38:32), the Kuo Big Board! (54:43), R.J. Barrett, Knick for life? (58:02), Jalen's New Yorker interview (1:22:02), pickup playlists (1:35:43), Kuo's dinner with Hugh Grant (1...

David Ortiz and lawlessness abroad (11:02), Bieber vs Cruise showdown (19:42), Beck is definitely our alien leader...or not? (25:32),  o nly Boomers question tears (35:32), critics of Raptors fans are the real cops  (44:52),  Sadness in the NBA (57:21). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

The new fat heavyweight champion—no shaming! (3:45), Boomer basketball (17:32), Finals Game 3, in which Raptors seize lead against decimated Dubs (38:03), Lowry gets shoved by a venture capitalist billionaire (1:02:05), Kyrie visits New York, enrages Beantown (1:26:03), Nets plan big (1:32:33). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

Durian, stinky tofu and fragrant foods (9:10), cheese twisties and Aussie snacks (21:03), oh yeah...the NBA Finals (34:42), Kuo is a smock supremacist (1:10:32), turmoil in Houston (1:12:32), the idea of Kobe vs the reality of Kawhi (1:20:07), ESPN's Lake Show takedown (1:36:32). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

Keanu Reeves' endless generational charm (2:20), cinematic vigilantes have worn out their bloody welcome (12:02), Klay Thompson: spurned or overrated? (20:21), Golden State Warriors imperiled legacy, (29:03), Kemba Walker will chose "supermax" or a life of obscurity (35:32), Drake gives great shoulder rubs (56:01), Malice (not Pusha) in the Palace, revisited (59:40), crack pie is...cancelled (1:06...

The melancholy viral videos of Badlands Chugs (4:30), Chinatown North and the ramen implosion (17:30), NYC's most notorious subway villain (26:02), Raptors stun Bucks to take lead in Eastern Conference Finals (37:33), All NBA Team drama: Jokic vs Embiid (58:31), Nance advocates player voting, despite players being terrible at voting (1:01:23), Josh Hart is mad at anonymous nerds (1:11:03). Cookies...

All Birdmen are cool (2:30), Bran the Broken and G.O.T. finally ends (4:30), a British "Chernobyl" (9:45), an everlasting reggae set (14:35), the real Curry stands up (24:30), positional extinction agenda (33:42), Magic snitches on the whole operation (44:21), the Sixers blew it (58:45), Dame Lillard gets toasted...then roasted (1:06:30), basketball as religion: sacred vs profane (1:20:01). Cookie...

Rest in peace to Grumpy Cat (3:30), Instagram pet account decorum (13:32), Tyler, the Creator returns (16:40), NBA Lottery results...are in! (28:50), basically no one is happy with the Pelicans (35:32), Knicks fans are 86% crushed (52:01), can the Raptors compete with the mighty Bucks (1:02:04), Golden State isn't easy to hate against Portland (1:13:28), Kuo says R.J. Barrett is a "point guard." C...

Requisite G.O.T. talk, much to Ben's dismay (2:40), Jordan threatens to "give evil" to Kuo without ramifications (12:03), FKA Twigs is now a modernist of yesteryear (24:43), "Wu Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men" (25:30), the Rockets' championship window (37:03), Kawhi Leonard and a friendly bounce breaks Philly's heart (46:14), Warriors legacy, re-litigated yet again (113:32), why is Dame Lillard unlova...

Deep fakes and disruption (6:32), Met gala coverage (9:02), Vampire Weekend's marathon show in New York (23:28), are calzones ever good? (31:03), Bucks take commanding lead over Celtics (35:02), Rox even series up against Warriors (54:33), Sixers squander opportunity to put Raptors in a hole (1:11:10), Joel Embiid's health (no shaming!) (1:14:43), Lakers culture and Tyronn Lue (1:27:03), Kawhi is...

Are hangovers real? Or fake like jet lag? (1:35), tough week for print sports publications (14:21), Pitchfork reviews controversy (22:11), pizza insurance (29:04), if Nate Silver is a scammer (35:42), Sixers rout Raptors (41:02), Big 3 Big Board (53:03), Ainge suffers a heart attack (1:03:42), Kuo unpacks something about placebos to save the show (1:13:02). 

Digital camouflage (3:24), frick yeah, Haribo (7:12), Kuo is confused about raves (19:02), mandatory Game of Thrones content (23:45), "I Think You Should Leave" and sketch comedy (30:30), Sixers battle Raptors and bubble guts (42:32), waxing nostalgic about Michael Lewis articles (1:10:21), Warriors and Rockets versus the refs (1:15:05), is Kevin Durant the 2nd-best player ever? (1:26:18), Nets lo...

Anna Delvey's reign of terror ends (4:20), the human limitations of basketball (16:32), Jokic is the Nerd King (29:43), poisoning feral cats with sausages (30:23), scary center bias (46:05), another Dame Time debate (49:31), Westbrook apologia (1:05:07), Kobe system on the fritz (1:09:45), Philly vs Toronto preview (1:20:03), Boban Agenda (1:27:04), Magic: betrayed but back on Twitter (1:35:34). C...

Beard guards and CitiBikes (4:40), Democratic primary one-on-one tournament (11:32), Lizzo takes on the media (22:01), Kuochella (28:32), Westbrook shoots blanks in Bricktown (35:21), Portland lays down the law (41:21), Sean Marks goes after the refs (50:21), Nets' future plans (58:43), Suns fire coach Koko (1:02:01), Bucks vs Celtics rematch looms (1:08:43), Utah and Houston drags on (1:22:02), t...