{"podcast":{"title":"It's a Hard Knicks Life","slug":"it-s-a-hard-knicks-life-865075","podcast_index_feed_id":865075,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/OTc8U1cM","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/its-a-hard-knicks-life-podcast/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/74a85bd4-9e20-40bc-9b0b-19c91be266ca/697310d0-31e2-417c-ab0e-2b8f7d34ffde/3000x3000/2dd95ce46f506c3ac4fe1c366089d4f224769fcd23a49513bd8a758db19c929ac5ddf8eccc95df2f805c5d241d989a63198fed535893116ea77a7d513c6a0b4e.jpeg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Craig Axelrod","episode_count":334,"summary":"Bold, unfiltered, and unapologetically Knicks, It’s a Hard Knicks Life brings together long-time friends and diehard fans as they ride every high and low of the orange and blue. Raw takes, real emotion, and plenty of laughs—this is Knicks fandom in its purest form.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T02:21:08.202677+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-hard-knicks-life-865075"},"episode":{"title":"Riding the Tidal Wave","slug":"riding-the-tidal-wave","published_at":"2026-05-06T02:51:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-hard-knicks-life-865075/riding-the-tidal-wave","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-hard-knicks-life-865075","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/its-a-hard-knicks-life-podcast/episodes/riding-the-tidal-wave/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/74a85bd4-9e20-40bc-9b0b-19c91be266ca/episodes/1496757f-838d-413a-bd3c-1bc19d558253/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=74a85bd4-9e20-40bc-9b0b-19c91be266ca&awEpisodeId=1496757f-838d-413a-bd3c-1bc19d558253&feed=OTc8U1cM","summary":"Barry and Blanderson chop it up between Games 1 & 2 against the Sixers. They cover all the Philly excuses, highlighting the difference in character between the two squads. Karl Anthony Towns' transformation continues to warm Barry's heart. Blandy is not necessarily saying that he is encouraging physical harm to Philly's big fella, but he is not saying that he doesn't like it either (wink wink, Mikal). They try to unpack how much the convincing win was the Knicks' otherworldly play or the \"emotional\" and \"physical\" fatigue (whiners) of Philadelphia; therefore being or not being sustainable. Some carryover voicemails from after Game 6 and a bunch celebrating Game 1's victory. And last but not least: \"Around the NBA with Blanderson Hooper.\" Go Knicks! Visit our Patreon at patreon.com/HardKnicksLifePod Follow Barry on X @barrydworkin Follow Blandy on X @BlandyHooper Follow us on TikTok for our post game Haikus @BlandyHooper Follow us on YouTube @blandyhooper For HKL merch check out hardknickslife.threadless.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"Barry and Blanderson chop it up between Games 1 & 2 against the Sixers. They cover all the Philly excuses, highlighting the difference in character be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3400,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/it-s-a-hard-knicks-life-865075/episodes/riding-the-tidal-wave/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-hard-knicks-life-865075/riding-the-tidal-wave.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}