The Big Flop
By Wondery
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Episodes: 98
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Dec 25, 2024
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Dara
Feb 22, 2024
I'm having so much fun listening to this podcast! It's a great start with interesting facts about some wild, crazy flop. If I want to do a deep dive, I am perfectly primed for more! Love the host's delivery and humor!
clln
Nov 27, 2023
Very fun! It's not a serious deep dive packed with details, but it's funny and informative. I've laughed out loud while hearing about well-known and new-to-me flops. Well-produced, funny host and guests.
Sep 14, 2023
Thought it was going to go more into the history and catastrophe of these products. I don't want to hear people giving their opinions on these things.
Description
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.
Follow The Big Flop on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new episodes on YouTube, or listen to The Big Flop early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. New episodes every Monday.
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Jen Shah: From Real Housewife to Real Prison Time with Watch What Crappens | 92
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Listen Now: Beanie Babies, A Big Flop or The Best Idea Yet?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Bernie Madoff’s Empire of Deception with Brent Pella and Joey Dardano | 91
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Jenny Craig: Cashing In On Crash Diets with Ronald Young Jr. and Emmy Blotnick | 90
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Fed Up With K-Fed (A.K.A Britney Spears Ex) with Alex Falcone And Robby Hoffman | 89
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May 26, 2025 |
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23andMe: Spit, Scandal, and a $6 Billion Meltdown with Kevin Sullivan and Laura Peek | 88
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May 19, 2025 |
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Myspace and its $580 Million Mistake with Erika Ishii and Brennan Lee Mulligan | 87
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May 12, 2025 |
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Unzipping American Apparel with Sasheer Zamata and Jared Goldstein | 86
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May 05, 2025 |
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The McDonald's Monopoly Game: A Supersized McFlop with Beth Stelling and Ify Nwadiwe | 85
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Encore: Rachel Dolezal's White Lies with Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman | 84
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Encore: Tiger Woods Drives His Marriage Into the Rough with Even the Rich | 83
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Fantastic Flop: How Josh Trank Tanked the Fantastic Four with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson | 82
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Barbie’s Most Embarrassing Fails with Maddie Wiener and Leah Rudick | 81
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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The $3 Billion Energy Drink Scam: The Rise and Fall of Bang with Emma Willmann and Anjelah Johnson Reyes | 80
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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U2: A Song Of Innocence & Backlash with Andy Daly and Izzy Roland | 79
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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The “Male Enhancement” Millionaire Who Got a Stiff Sentence with the Camp Counselors Podcast | 78
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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N*Sync's Secret Sixth Member: The Boy Band Pyramid Scheme with Good Children Podcast | 77
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Tiger King: Joe Exotic's Cat-astrophic Flop with Last Podcast On the Left | 76
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Tyra Banks: America’s Next Top Businesswoman? with Scam Goddess and Aida Rodriguez | 75
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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All You Can't Eat: Red Lobster's Last Supper with Lewberger | 74
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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The CEO Who Couldn't Stop Partying: Steven Galanis' Cameo Collapse | 73
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Chimp Crazy: Tonia Haddix's Great Ape Escape with Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart | 72
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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The Most Hated Man In America: Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli with Kyle Prue and Miles Bonsignore | 71
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Varsity Blues: The $25 Million College Admissions Scandal with Chris Burns and Sarah Tiana | 70
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Risky Business: Tom Cruise's Flop Era with What Went Wrong | 69
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Ozy Media: Fake It Till You Break It with Mara Wilson and Nish Kumar | 68
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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ENCORE - Fyre Festival: Bring Your Own Toilet Paper with Laci Mosley and Lauren Ashley Smith | 67
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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The Floppies with Scott Seiss and Monét X Change | 66
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Jim Bakker’s Christian Disneyworld: Heritage USA with Gianmarco Soresi and Mackenzie Barmen | 65
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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How Abercrombie & Fitch Lost Its Shirt with CJ Franco and Leslie Liao | 64
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Martha Stewart Prison Living with Matt Friend and Nicole DuBois | 63
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Back to the Failure: The DeLorean with Betsy Sodaro and Arjun Banerjee | 62
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Britney Spears, Guy Fieri, and Eva Longoria's Food Fails with Cody Rigsby and Amanda Hirsch | 61
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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May The Flop Be With You: The Star Wars Hotel with Jessi Cruickshank and Moshe Kasher | 60
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Rachel Dolezal's White Lies with Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman | 59
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Hyperloop: Elon Musk's Fast Lane to Flopdom with Aparna Nancherla and Greta Titelman | 58
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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The Truth About D.A.R.E. with Fumi Abe and Jon Gabrus | 57
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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The Battle Over Pink Slime with Van Lathan and Brad Leone | 56
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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I Wanna Marry "Harry": His Royal Lie-ness with Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt | 55
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Blockbuster: Streaming Killed the Video Store with Lauren Lapkus and Laura Ramoso | 54
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Tiger Woods Drives His Marriage Into the Rough with Even the Rich | 53
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Celebration, Florida: The Unhappiest Place on Earth with Stuff You Should Know | 52
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Slip Up with Dylan Adler and Akilah Hughes | 51
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Sam Bankman-Fried: The Downfall of a Crypto Bro with Fabrizio Copano and Zoltan Kaszas | 50
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Oceangate: A Flop of Titanic Proportions with Jake Cornell and Noah Miller | 49
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Shame of Thrones: How GOT Season 8 Imploded with Ronnie Karam and Ben Mandelker | 48
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Gigli: A Cinematic Dumpster Fire with Peyton Dix and Hunter Harris | 47
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Rome's Most Bonkers Emperor: Nero with Rachel Bloom | 46
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Tonya Harding: On Thin Ice with Shannon Fiedler and Liza Treyger | 45
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Salem Witch Trials: Coven of Conspiracy with Em Schulz and Christine Schiefer | 44
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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How O.J. Simpson's Memoir Ended Up in Book Jail with Boze and Carl Tart | 43
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Watergate: Deep Throat, Deeper Trouble with Langston Kerman and Gareth Reynolds | 42
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Segway: Ridin' Nerdy with Adam Rose | 41
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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New Coke Goes Flat with Preacher Lawson and Paul F. Tompkins | 40
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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JCPenney Sells Out with Joel Kim Booster and Scott Seiss | 39
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Olestra: The Crappiest Flop of All with Kevin James Thornton | 38
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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George Santos: Snatch Me If You Can with Jon Lovett and Monét X Change | 37
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May 27, 2024 |
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Downsizing WeWork with Smosh's Ian Hecox and Courtney Miller | 36
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May 20, 2024 |
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Beanie Babies Go Bust with Ian Karmel and Brian Moller | 35
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May 13, 2024 |
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Dance Moms: Abby Lee Miller Behind Barres with Ronnie Karam and Ben Mandelker | 34
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May 06, 2024 |
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How MoviePass Bombed at the Box Office with Jamie Loftus and Austin Nasso | 33
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Biosphere 2: Out of Oxygen with Alie Ward and Josh Gondelman | 32
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Dude, Where's My Pepsi Jet? With Kel Mitchell and Tehran Von Ghasri | 31
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Elon Musk: Chief Twit with Corporate Bro and Hari Kondabolu | 30
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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The Wing: #GirlBoss Goes Bust with Sarah Marshall and Franchesca Ramsey | 29
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Magic Johnson's Late Night Nightmare with W. Kamau Bell and Reggie Watts | 28
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Slaying the Liver King with Ahmed Al-kadri and Gianmarco Soresi | 26
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Willy’s Chocolate Experience Melts Down with Matt Bellassai and Sydney Battle | 27
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Anne Hathaway and James Franco’s Oscar Buzzkill with Bobby Finger and Lindsay Weber | 25
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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The Swan: I Want My Face Back with Gabe Dunn and Allison Raskin | 24
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Milli Vanilli: Girl You Know Everybody Lip Syncs with Demi Adejuyigbe and Moshe Kasher | 23
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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1.5 Million Balloons Cause Chaos in Cleveland with Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh | 22
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Even The Rock Couldn't Save the Original XFL with Annie Agar and Noah Gardenswartz | 21
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Woodstock '99: Mosh Pit at the Apocalypse with Sam Sanders and Lindy West | 20
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Celeb Fail: Hulk Hogan, Businessman with Ron Funches and Brian Posehn | 19
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Google Glass Half Empty with Leah Rudick and Rod Thill | 18
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ashlee Simpson: The Great Lip Sync Debate with Yamaneika Saunders and Isabel Hagen | 17
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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McDonald's Arch Deluxe: The Big McFlop with Rachel Dratch and Jared Freid | 16
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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ENCORE - Juicero Gets Squeezed Out with Chelsea Devantez & Solomon Georgio
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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The Star Wars Holiday Special that Luke Skywalker Hates ft. Adam Pally and Betsy Sodaro | 15
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Theranos: Silicon Valley's Bloodbath with Kathleen Madigan and Heather McDonald | 14
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Fyre Festival: Bring Your Own Toilet Paper with Laci Mosley and Lauren Ashley Smith | 13
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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ENCORE - Cats The Movie: Even Taylor Swift Couldn't Save It with Jackie Zebrowski & Sarah Cooper
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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ENCORE - Kid Nation: 'Survivor' for Children! with Kurt Braunohler, Megan Gailey & Chris Garcia
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Box Office Bombs: The Lone Ranger, Waterworld, and Showgirls with Aisha Harris and Andrew Jupin
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Howard Dean: I Have a Scream with Gareth Reynolds | 12
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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HQ Trivia: Gone in a Glitch with Karen Chee & Alice Wetterlund | 11
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Crystal Pepsi: It's Clear This Ain't Working with Dulcé Sloan | 10
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Action Park: The Water Park of Your Nightmares with Sasheer Zamata & Chris Gethard | 9
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Juicero Gets Squeezed Out with Chelsea Devantez & Solomon Georgio | 8
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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TanaCon: YouTube's Fyre Festival with Milly Tamarez & Alise Morales | 7
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Cats The Movie: Even Taylor Swift Couldn't Save It with Jackie Zebrowski & Sarah Cooper | 6
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Garth Brooks vs. Chris Gaines with Sarah Tiana & Dusty Slay | 5
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Kid Nation: 'Survivor' for Children! with Kurt Braunohler, Megan Gailey & Chris Garcia | 4
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Spider-Man Hits All the Wrong Notes with Guy Branum & Jessica McKenna | 3
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Four Loko: Hold My Energy Beer with DJ EFN & Kenice Mobley | 2
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Quibi Bites the Dust with Connor Ratliff & Matt Bellassai | 1
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Introducing: The Big Flop
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Aug 10, 2023 |