Bucket Podcast

Some of the best conversations happen between brothers who've been talking hoops and life since they were kids. 

This is one of those.

Sky sits down with his 'brother' Cy Benedict — philosopher, writer, and author of the Substack The Real — and you're a fly on the wall. They get into Cy's recent piece about the Spurs and Thunder, why Wembanyama feels like a breath of fresh air in a league full of optimized everything, and what basketball keeps trying to tell us about the world we're living in.

Unexpected audio issues hit, but it felt wrong not to release it anyway — Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference Finals is tonight, and this conversation deserved to exist while the series is still alive.

The game has always been a mirror. 


Cy's article can be found at https://cybdellenback.substack.com/p/the-nbas-western-conference-finals?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3

What is Bucket Podcast?

Not the highlights. Not the recruiting rankings. Not the version of the athlete the world has decided to pay attention to.
Bucket is a long-form storytelling podcast about people who are 'buckets' and the human beings they're becoming.

Season 1 is out now
Season 2 drops August 2026

Hosted by Sky Stickney