All Episodes

Episode 97: Maria Molteni on Cosmic Courts, Corporate Cowardice, and Divine Losers

Episode 96: Blake Gillespie on Basketball Hoops in Concentration Camps

Episode 95: Rafi Kohan says accountability is key to healthy trash talk + more

Episode 94: Ivan Salcido and the Myth of Hoops

Episode 93: Maryam Amirvaghefi, My Personal Art Crush Who Embraces Losing

Episode 92: James Hamilton and the Why of It All

Episode 91: Austin Bell and a Drone Over Every Court

Episode 90: Whereas Hoops is back and a court has been built!

Episode 89: Mirin Fader and Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon

Episode 88: Talking Trash with Rafi Kohan and Kyle Green

Episode 87: Andrew Maraniss and Inaugural Ballers

Episode 86: A Summer Sports Stories Reunion with Kyle Green and Tunisha Singleton

Episode 85: Maria Molteni is Back and Senda + Sedna are Here

Episode 84: Blake Gillespie on Basketball Amidst War in Ukraine

Episode 83: Dr. Johanna Mellis on Understanding History through Sports

Episode 82: Mikey Yates on the Joy of Slam Ups and Painting as a Form of Witness

Episode 81: Blake and Giovanni on Pickup B-ball and the Instagram Community

Episode 80: Whereas Hoops with Noah Cohan and John Early

Episode 79: Sidelined by Julie DiCaro

Episode 78: Brian Tran on the Excitement of the Play In Tournament

Episode 77: Glauco Adorno and Our Letters to Senda

Episode 76: Claude Johnson, Founder of the Black Fives Foundation

Episode 75: The Menschwarmers!!!

Episode 74: Andrew Maraniss and Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke

Episode 73: Mapping Basketball Players with Kirk Goldsberry

Episode 72: Andrew Maraniss and Games of Deception

Episode 71: Professor Douglas Hartmann on Understanding the 1968 Olympic Protests

Episode 70: What Basketball Means to Lawrence, KS

Episode 69: All Things Frustrating and Exciting in Sports w/ The Profs

Episode 68: Zoe Lambert and Adia

Episode 67: Mission for Arizona Organizers Carly Berke and Ben Horowitz

Episode 66: Stealing Home with Author Eric Nusbaum

Episode 65: Loving Sports When They Don't Love you Back with Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson

Episode 64: Midnight Basketball with Professor Douglas Hartmann

Episode 63: Brian Tran on this moment as an LA sports fan + election fears and hopes

Episode 62: Lori Powers and Survival Hoops

Episode 61: Ballerz 2K20 feat. Cortney Lamar Charleston, Caroline Cabrera and Zain Aslam

Episode 60: P. Scott Cunningham on O, Miami and His Deep Love for the Heat

Episode 59: Ivan Salcido on Creation Myths and Caring for Family History

Episode 58: H-O-R-S-E, A Comedy by Kathleen Cahill

Episode 57: Bradley Robert Ward on the Messy Process of Making Cyanotypes and His Recent Work About Baseball

Episode 56: Thoughts on the Wildcat Strike in B-Ball with 2/3 of the Profs

Episode 55: Dwayne Mansfield on Hoops and Horticulture

Episode 54: Ciara Ingram on Using Basketball as a Creator

Episode 53: Abdi Farah on the Excitement and Frustrations of the Bubble

Episode 52: The Potential of the NBA as a Space for Social Change and Some Reopening Ramblings with The Profs

Episode 51: The Momentum of Speak Up and Dribble

Episode 50: Brooklyn Film Camera, Social Unrest and Racism in Photography with Kyle Depew

Episode 49: Isaac Scott on Documenting the Protests

Episode 48: Sharing My First Letter to Adam Silver with Blake Gillespie

Episode 47: Tay Butler on Repurposing as Justice

Episode 46: Noel W. Anderson on the Potential of Undoing

Episode 45: Gina Adams on Broken Treaties and Confronting US History

Episode 44: A Heartfelt Plea to Adam Silver and a Dispatch from Sacramento with Blake Gillespie

Episode 43: Big Game, Small World with Alexander Wolff

Episode 42: Unpacking The Last Dance with Brian Tran

Episode 41: An Ode to Mail with Melodie Reay

Episode 40: Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine with Glauco Adorno

Episode 39: Jeremy John Kaplan and a Dispatch from NYC

Episode 38: Naomi Clement and Making Art During a Pandemic

Episode 37: Sam Anderson and Boom Town

Episode 36: Coronavirus Nerves and Saying See Ya Soon to Basketball with Abdi Farah

Episode 35: Emily Stamey and To the Hoop

Episode 34: Brian Tran and Isaac Eger on Kobe Bryant

Episode 33: Abdi Farah on the All-Star Game and Reimagining Group Exhibitions

Episode 32: Maria Molteni and Basketball Magic

Episode 31: Brandon Juan Surtain on Stillness in Painting and Football

Episode 30: Linus Schief on the Origins of Yolk Jammer

Episode 29: Gail Buckland and Who Shot Sports

Episode 28: Maryam Amirvaghefi on Winning and Losing in Art

Episode 27: Sinda Karklina and Responding to Basketball Through Pottery

Episode 26: Sean Feeney on the Aesthetics of Choice in Basketball

Episode 25: Caring about sports as a non fan with Glauco Adorno

Episode 24: Brian Tran, Charles Barkley, Hot Takes and Unfiltered Content

Episode 23: Brandon Donahue on Blooms, Hoops and Transformation

Episode 22: Noah Cohan and We Average Unbeautiful Watchers

Episode 21: Bradley Robert Ward on Michael Jordan vs. Michelangelo and Recreating Iconic Imagery

Episode 20: Jeremy John Kaplan on Giving Back to Basketball

Episode 19: Strong Feelings About the NBA's First Few Weeks with Abdi Farah 2/2

Episode 18: Catching Up with Abdi Farah, Part 1 of 2

Episode 17: Eloquently Stumbling Through China vs. the NBA ft. Myself

Episode 16: Keep Our Courts with Joele Newman, Jenn Arens and Amy Silver

Episode 15: Coleman Collins on Learning About Place, Playing Basketball and Making Art

Episode 14: Breanne Trammell on Dennis Rodman, Responding to Sports and Bodies as Activism

Episode 13: Bill Bamberger on the Beauty of Basketball Hoops

Episode 12: Isaac Eger on the Art of Playing Pickup Basketball

Episode 11: Shea Serrano on Art and Basketball

Episode 10: Overthinking Basketball (and loving it!)with Abdi Farah

Episode 9: Tema Smith on the Term "Passing"

Episode 8: NBA Playoff Preview/How We Make Art with Abdi Farah

Episode 7: Dana Bassett of Bad at Sports

Episode 6: Seph Rodney on the Possibilities of Words and Art

Episode 5: Visual Artist Ronny Quevedo

Episode 4: Baseball as Poetry with Carrie Ann Welsh

Episode 3: The body, the body, the body with Glauco Adorno

Episode 2: Making Art About the Body with R. Eric McMaster

Episode 1: Our Favorite Players and People with Brian Tran

Dear Adam Silver Teaser