Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team
The Ringer | Luminary · Luminary
Show overview
Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team has published 9 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode during 2025. That works out to roughly 5 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 31 min and 37 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.1 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Luminary.
From the publisher
For more than four decades, the Seattle SuperSonics were among the NBA’s most iconic franchises. But in 2008, they packed their bags for Oklahoma. ‘Sonic Boom’ tells a story of basketball and politics, wealth and power—revealing new truths about the NBA’s greatest heist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest Episodes
S1 Ep 8The End
The Sonics pack their bags, and Seattle spends more than a decade wondering: Where do we go from here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep 7The Last Season
Waiting, hoping, fighting: Seattle takes its final stand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep 6Ed Evans
For the first time, the man who brokered the deal between Howard Schultz and owners from Oklahoma City tells his story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep 5The Sale
The sale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep 4Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City prepares for a major league opportunity. But will the NBA bite? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep 3Olympia
Seattle vs. Schultz. Who really owns our teams? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep 2Howard Schultz
Who is Howard Schultz? Getting to know the man who bought the Sonics and sold them away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep 1The '90s
In our pilot episode, we dive into the relationship between Seattle and the Sonics, telling the story of the franchise’s iconic teams of the '90s. And we see how decisions made in that decade ultimately laid the groundwork for the team’s move, more than a decade later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trailer | Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team
trailerDid Seattle ever have a chance? Who are the villains in this story? Hear from the NBA legends, politicians, diehard fans, business executives, and more as The RInger's Jordan RItter Conn unearths never before heard truths about the NBA's greatest heist. Dive into the chronicle of a perfect storm of events: how Seattle went from an iconic NBA city to a basketball orphan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.