The Big Flop
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Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe
Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe
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Fyre Fest goes up in flames, Madame Web is panned, the hot new crypto coin crashes. Who doesn’t love a good flop? From Silicon Valley scandals to Hollywood meltdowns - every epic fail has a story worth telling. Join TikTok superstar Misha Brown on Wondery’s The Big Flop as we unpack history’s most fascinating flops, frauds, and fiascos. Whether it’s Tom Cruise’s couch-jumping or Taylor Swift in Cats, we’re dissecting the moments when ambition, ego, and poor decisions collide. Each week, Misha and hilarious guests break down these spectacular crashes and try to answer the burning question: Who thought THIS was a good idea? Because on The Big Flop, the best stories are always about the worst ideas. New episodes come out every week.
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Epizódok
A legújabb 20 a(z) 111 epizódból
- Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe · 7 percA Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder.Vanessa Motta gives up a career…
- Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder · 5 percLauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then…
- Scooter Braun vs. Taylor Swift: Inside the $300M Music Feud with Corey O'Brien and Alex Falcone | 104 · 50 perc · 104. epizódFrom club promoter to music mogul, Scooter Braun's Midas touch turned Justin Bieber into pop royalty and made him millions. But when he bought Taylor Swift's masters, he learned…
- Hooters Goes Bust with Jimmy Pardo and Courtney Revolution | 103 · 44 perc · 103. epizódWhat happens when six guys with zero restaurant experience open a bar just so they'll always have somewhere to drink? You get Hooters – a wing joint that grew from Florida…
- The Bling Ring: Hollywood’s Wildest Teen Crime Spree with Sydney Battle and Matt Bellassai | 102 · 52 perc · 102. epizódThey say dress for the job you want, not the job you have. For the Bling Ring, that meant stealing $3 million worth of designer goods from Hollywood's elite. From Paris Hilton's…
- Weinergate: The Rise And Fall Of Anthony's Weiner with Alana Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan | 101 · 46 perc · 101. epizódAnthony Weiner went from passionate congressional crusader to America's most infamous sexter faster than you can say ""Carlos Danger."" With a powerful wife, promising career…
- The Wild, Broken Ride of Bird and Its Scooter Empire with Joe Fenti and Maddy Smith | 100 · 49 perc · 100. epizódIn 2017, Santa Monica residents woke up to find their streets invaded by mysterious electric scooters. The culprit? Travis VanderZanden, a former Uber exec with a plan to…
- From Antivirus King to Fugitive: The John McAfee Story with Jeff Hiller and Leslie Liao | 99 · 52 perc · 99. epizódJohn McAfee turned computer security into a fortune, then spent the rest of his life making increasingly questionable life choices. Whether he was running from murder charges…
- Katy Perry’s Flop Era: Bad Music, Bad Press, and Space with Jordan Myrick and Kendahl Landreth | 98 · 49 perc · 98. epizódShe kissed a girl, she liked it, and for a decade, Katy Perry could do no wrong. But when cultural appropriation scandals and lukewarm albums replaced her candy-coated hits, not…
- Burning Down The Hype House with Chaz May and Brendan Sagalow | 97 · 48 perc · 97. epizódIn 2019, a group of TikTok stars thought they'd cracked the code to social media stardom: live together, dance together, get rich together. But when the Hype House turned into a…
- Battlefield Earth: John Travolta’s $75 Million Sci-Fi Disaster with Cassie Willson and Katie Marovitch | 96 · 46 perc · 96. epizódJohn Travolta spent 18 years trying to turn L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth into the next Star Wars. Instead, he delivered a cinematic disaster that made Waterworld look like…
- American Airlines' Ultimate Travel Scam with Katie Boyle and Erin Jackson | 95 · 36 perc · 95. epizódWhat happens when you give two men unlimited first-class flights for life? American Airlines found out the hard way when their "brilliant" cash-grab turned into a multi-million…
- Fitness Product Fails with Angela Giarratana, Jeremy Culhane and Kylie Brakeman | 94 · 54 perc · 94. epizódWhat do you get when you combine Yale graduates, Orange County bros, and Skechers' sketchy ""research""? Three of the most memorable fitness product fails of all time. From David…
- Napster: The App That Broke the Music Industry with Amber Autry and Alec Flynn | 93 · 46 perc · 93. epizódBefore she became known as “The She-Wolf of France,” Isabella was a princess sent to unite two warring kingdoms through marriage. But her husband, King Edward II of England…
- Jen Shah: From Real Housewife to Real Prison Time with Watch What Crappens | 92 · 52 perc · 92. epizódWhen Jen Shah fled a Bravo filming location minutes before federal agents arrived, her castmates thought the cops might be strippers. They weren't. Instead, they were there to…
- Bernie Madoff’s Empire of Deception with Brent Pella and Joey Dardano | 91 · 42 perc · 91. epizódBernie Madoff wasn't just good at making money disappear—he was a master at making people believe in financial magic. But when the 2008 financial crisis hit, his house of cards…
- Jenny Craig: Cashing In On Crash Diets with Ronald Young Jr. and Emmy Blotnick | 90 · 48 perc · 90. epizódIn the '90s, Jenny Craig wasn't just selling frozen meals – she was selling the American dream, one tiny chocolate cheesecake at a time. But between shady advertising claims, the…
- Fed Up With K-Fed (A.K.A Britney Spears Ex) with Alex Falcone And Robby Hoffman | 89 · 47 perc · 89. epizódIn 2004, backup dancer Kevin Federline hit the relationship jackpot when Britney Spears spotted him at an LA club. Two years, two babies, and one reality show later, K-Fed…
- 23andMe: Spit, Scandal, and a $6 Billion Meltdown with Kevin Sullivan and Laura Peek | 88 · 53 perc · 88. epizódCelebrity spit parties, Met Gala appearances, and dreams of personalized medicine made 23andMe the hottest thing in biotech. Anne Wojcicki’s DNA tests promised to unlock the…
- Myspace and its $580 Million Mistake with Erika Ishii and Brennan Lee Mulligan | 87 · 55 perc · 87. epizódBefore there was Facebook, there was MySpace – and Tom Anderson was everyone's first friend. With his iconic profile pic and revolutionary platform, Tom turned social media into…
