Hiking with bears (2:17), rat kings and Ratking (12:22), Biggie, Jay-Z and Nas—and Gen X's infatuation with GOATs (15:22), Kenny Anderson's spin moves (22:05), has BLM changed the way we view players? (38:31), Trump's pitiful rally (48:15), how sustainable are the protests? (1:02:22), the little green hand strikes again (1:13:03), Ben Simmons = top 3!?!?! (1:22:32), Kuoluminati drops bombs on 'em (1:29:44).

Poison poopers (1:30), New Jack Swing (4:02), the covid shamers return, nature is healing, streets are the virus (15:45), police reform versus police abolition (31:18), does the NBA really want to create a Burger Dome? (51:22), mess with LeBron and see what happens (1:06:23), "Jazzmatazz" (1:12:05), defunding wist (1:22:02).

Poet and writer Hanif Abdurraqib joins Cookies to discuss his hometown of Columbus (8:18), removing police from schools (10:10), saving smaller American cities (18:26), protesting as social life (23:10), rewiring our brains about justice (31:20), balancing return of the NBA and life priorities (53:18), his love for the Timberwolves (1:01:54), Kuo is confronted about the Knicks (1:15:22), bad teams, good times (1:31:18), the end of the NCAA (1:42:11).

Former Chicago Bull and NBA 3-Point champion Craig Hodges joins Cookies Hoops to discuss modern athletes and activism (8:22), his call for a boycott of the 1991 Finals (16:15), growing up in the civil rights movement (27:50), visiting the White House (36:22), if he played in the wrong era for 3-point shooters (47:57), being forced out of the NBA (52:22), whether Michael Jordan was a locker room motivator (56:12), racism from coaches and fans (58:30), his concept for making shoes in America (1:01:54), unheralded ballers of the late 80s and early 90s (1:08:32) and wanting it more (1:17:51).

Cookies is joined by Nikki Mayard to discuss Instagram black boxes (14:10), the freakout over shoplifting (21:44), the power of peer pressuring your famous pals (35:04), defunding the NYPD (41:25), global interest in American protests (56:01), James Dolan's leaked email (1:28:15), long wistful walks through New York (1:46:22).

Civil unrest grips America, a covid-ravaged tinderbox (2:02), revolution is scary (20:18), the fog of war and competing visions of what change looks like (33:50), defund a police force, coward (40:10), the NBA responds, Michael Porter Jr. is told that it's not it, chief (51:02), is this...bad? (1:01:22), Hubie Brown's pizza party is plagued by medium pizzas (1:10:07).

On episode 224, we discuss Kuo vs Lower East Side Bonobros (7:35), crippling Covid guilt (12:22), the murder of George Floyd (28:40), how the Bucks are playing dorkball with a blunt object (1:05:28), weighing excellence vs entertainment (1:18:33), Dame Dolla and the potential return of the NBA (1:28:03), and more!

Thanks to all our new Patreon subscribers! On Cookies Hoops Ep. 223, we discuss why Kuo hates beaches (1:45), incomprehensible evidence of parallel universes (10:45), Peter Luger steak delivery systems (18:22), New York's nightly clapping ritual (26:33), Cory Booker: rap genius (35:12), Bounty Killer vs Beenie Man (45:22), Mitchell Robinson = Point God (52:31), Knicks build new front office with old heads (1:07:58), Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant feel like wallflowers at "The Last Dance," (1:20:21), was Kobe doing sociopath cosplay? (1:29:02), pizza poison 2: more poison pizzas (1:35:03).

We're on Patreon! (2:12), spirits buoyed by a potential coronavirus vaccine, maybe (10:03), time expansion vs lamb jerky (17:35), Chuck E. Cheese delivering under a pseudonym (25:02), Michael Jordan's pizza game rewrite (37:02), episodes 9 and 10 of "The Last Dance" (42:17), do the 90s need new contextualization or should they be trapped in amber? (57:01), whether the key to Jordan's winning was...wellness (1:07:13), big tent viewership for basketball (1:22:45). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.

Shall we all become country mice? (10:35), covid inspires magical thinking (25:25), Kuo refuses to stop dabbing (31:22), can Michael Jordan salvage "The Last Dance" before it drops him out of the all-time top-10 forever? (38:56), in praise of anonymous stud Eddie Jones (1:13:04). Cookies is hosted by Ben Detrick, Jordan Redaelli and Andrew Kuo.