Listen to the full epside by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! A second blizzard has struck (1:20), if NYC's dog epidemic can be solved by civic legislature or extrajudicial drone strikes (5:07), this guy Howie is becoming a liability (21:42), Mexican food flat circle and we're not talking tortillas (40:18), Lent vs Ramadan power rankings (46:09), if Cade is a plausible MVP winner (1:02:45), Sixers have been living a double life and one of them is a lie (1:25:11), what's the deal with Darryn Peterson? Plus Boozer and AJ (1:40:34), is LaMelo Ball a GTA lobby quasi-genius from the future or just sad? (1:54:22).

NYC's winter of dawgs continues (2:34), every conspiracy theory is real now (35:03), using AI to better humanity (by making 15-second clips of Marvel characters fighting) (50:02), NBA tanking controversy: solved! (1:05:02), the 2026 All Star game (1:30:23), KD Burnergate drama (1:52:32).

Listen to every full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Super Bowl LX and Bad Bunny (7:05), commercial slopfest (27:02), Winter Olympics (42:18), brutal frame mogging (49:08), hipster backlash revisited (55:22), Jose Alvarado on the Knicks (1:05:01), Jared McCain traded (1:20:21), small guards and combo guard monopoly (1:30:41), Giannis, a gambling man (1:45:27).

Subscribe to Cookies Hoops Patreon to listen to every episode in full! On this week's show: can't ban the snow, man (2:03), an escape to Mexico City (9:12), another Epstein drop (20:02), Gen X stuff (35:31), rawdogging music (52:03), which celebrities are burgers on the court? (1:01:56), Keon Ellis (1:15:01), Hornets buzzing (1:25:21), Paul George suspension (1:35:22), Giannis trade options (1:52:28)

Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Blizzard hoarders (3), performative shoveling male (14:23), end of sportswriting may be at hand (30:03), Chris Broussard has some takes (41:21), Geese on SNL (49:07), Kid Cudi versus Jim Jones and retroactive subculture flattening (56:31), Maxey's whistle (1:09:22), the unemployed delight of NBA day games (1:27:25).

Vaguepodding (2:01), discussion of respective ops (7:17), ASAP Rocky still out here doing stuff (16:01), Greenland is rightfully ours! (28:17), meal batchers and double lasagna (37:26), Bing Bong meltdown (58:24) and the war on Big Purr (1:12:26), Jaylen Brown and the gnarled claw of the leprechaun (1:39:01), Jeanie Buss (1:55:51)

Full episode is for Patreon subscribers only! 2016 is back (3:03), antiheroes of HBO's "Industry" (23:31), creating the great new American city (32:16), ICE in Minnesota (55:13), Trae Trae-ded to the Wiz (1:12:31), future of heliocentrism (1:27:41), Mikal Bridges and role player desirability (1:42: 03), Sam Hinkie, true face of 2016 aesthetic (1:49:21).

Author and critic Vinson Cunningham joins the pod to discuss American adventures in Venezuela (4:01), if journalism is actually snitching (26:22), Wegman's harvesting biometric data (41:42), rules to neighborly shoveling (50:41), Jalen Brunson, Jaylen Brown, and the Knicks' road to contention (1:00), a refutation of hard work (1:25:32), floundering in the NBA's respectability politics era (1:52:17).

Listen to every episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! The allure of lore (2:02), 9/11 jokes (14:06), sacred cows of comedy (22:07), "slop" as word of the year (43:01), NYC hooper vacuum, explained (55:25), James Nnaji goes back to school (1:13:06), Brooklyn Nets dominating the NBA (1:30:21), Giannis and a tasty serving of beef (1:43:28).

Listen to the full episode right now by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! He loves Wordle—plus he's an assassin! (2:06), Luigi Mangione trial (8:46), Turning Point USA and rightwing beef (18:17). more Epstein docs drop (31:41), viral rollout of "Marty Supreme" (47:22), the world on Insta-Brain (57:01), Knicks win Emirates Cup, NBA thankfully saved (1:07:23), Eastern Conference rivals (1:22:41), we live in dark days for the racist NBA fan (1:30:43).