
The Big Flop
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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Episodes (109)

Hooters Goes Bust with Jimmy Pardo and Courtney Revolution | 103

The Bling Ring: Hollywood’s Wildest Teen Crime Spree with Sydney Battle and Matt Bellassai | 102

Weinergate: The Rise And Fall Of Anthony's Weiner with Alana Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan | 101

The Wild, Broken Ride of Bird and Its Scooter Empire with Joe Fenti and Maddy Smith | 100

From Antivirus King to Fugitive: The John McAfee Story with Jeff Hiller and Leslie Liao | 99

Business Wars Presents: The AOL-Time Warner Disaster

Katy Perry’s Flop Era: Bad Music, Bad Press, and Space with Jordan Myrick and Kendahl Landreth | 98

Burning Down The Hype House with Chaz May and Brendan Sagalow | 97

Battlefield Earth: John Travolta’s $75 Million Sci-Fi Disaster with Cassie Willson and Katie Marovitch | 96

American Airlines' Ultimate Travel Scam with Katie Boyle and Erin Jackson | 95

Fitness Product Fails with Angela Giarratana, Jeremy Culhane and Kylie Brakeman | 94

Napster: The App That Broke the Music Industry with Amber Autry and Alec Flynn | 93

Jen Shah: From Real Housewife to Real Prison Time with Watch What Crappens | 92

Bernie Madoff’s Empire of Deception with Brent Pella and Joey Dardano | 91

Jenny Craig: Cashing In On Crash Diets with Ronald Young Jr. and Emmy Blotnick | 90

Fed Up With K-Fed (A.K.A Britney Spears Ex) with Alex Falcone And Robby Hoffman | 89

23andMe: Spit, Scandal, and a $6 Billion Meltdown with Kevin Sullivan and Laura Peek | 88

Myspace and its $580 Million Mistake with Erika Ishii and Brennan Lee Mulligan | 87

Unzipping American Apparel with Sasheer Zamata and Jared Goldstein | 86

The McDonald's Monopoly Game: A Supersized McFlop with Beth Stelling and Ify Nwadiwe | 85

Encore: Rachel Dolezal's White Lies with Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman | 84

Encore: Tiger Woods Drives His Marriage Into the Rough with Even the Rich | 83

Fantastic Flop: How Josh Trank Tanked the Fantastic Four with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson | 82

Barbie’s Most Embarrassing Fails with Maddie Wiener and Leah Rudick | 81

The $3 Billion Energy Drink Scam: The Rise and Fall of Bang with Emma Willmann and Anjelah Johnson Reyes | 80

U2: A Song Of Innocence & Backlash with Andy Daly and Izzy Roland | 79

The “Male Enhancement” Millionaire Who Got a Stiff Sentence with the Camp Counselors Podcast | 78

N*Sync's Secret Sixth Member: The Boy Band Pyramid Scheme with Good Children Podcast | 77

Tiger King: Joe Exotic's Cat-astrophic Flop with Last Podcast On the Left | 76

Tyra Banks: America’s Next Top Businesswoman? with Scam Goddess and Aida Rodriguez | 75

All You Can't Eat: Red Lobster's Last Supper with Lewberger | 74

The CEO Who Couldn't Stop Partying: Steven Galanis' Cameo Collapse | 73

Chimp Crazy: Tonia Haddix's Great Ape Escape with Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart | 72

The Most Hated Man In America: Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli with Kyle Prue and Miles Bonsignore | 71

Varsity Blues: The $25 Million College Admissions Scandal with Chris Burns and Sarah Tiana | 70

Risky Business: Tom Cruise's Flop Era with What Went Wrong | 69

Ozy Media: Fake It Till You Break It with Mara Wilson and Nish Kumar | 68

ENCORE - Fyre Festival: Bring Your Own Toilet Paper with Laci Mosley and Lauren Ashley Smith | 67

The Floppies with Scott Seiss and Monét X Change | 66

Jim Bakker’s Christian Disneyworld: Heritage USA with Gianmarco Soresi and Mackenzie Barmen | 65

How Abercrombie & Fitch Lost Its Shirt with CJ Franco and Leslie Liao | 64

Martha Stewart Prison Living with Matt Friend and Nicole DuBois | 63

Back to the Failure: The DeLorean with Betsy Sodaro and Arjun Banerjee | 62

Britney Spears, Guy Fieri, and Eva Longoria's Food Fails with Cody Rigsby and Amanda Hirsch | 61

May The Flop Be With You: The Star Wars Hotel with Jessi Cruickshank and Moshe Kasher | 60

Rachel Dolezal's White Lies with Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman | 59

Hyperloop: Elon Musk's Fast Lane to Flopdom with Aparna Nancherla and Greta Titelman | 58

The Truth About D.A.R.E. with Fumi Abe and Jon Gabrus | 57

The Battle Over Pink Slime with Van Lathan and Brad Leone | 56

I Wanna Marry "Harry": His Royal Lie-ness with Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt | 55

Blockbuster: Streaming Killed the Video Store with Lauren Lapkus and Laura Ramoso | 54

Tiger Woods Drives His Marriage Into the Rough with Even the Rich | 53

Celebration, Florida: The Unhappiest Place on Earth with Stuff You Should Know | 52

Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Slip Up with Dylan Adler and Akilah Hughes | 51

Sam Bankman-Fried: The Downfall of a Crypto Bro with Fabrizio Copano and Zoltan Kaszas | 50

Oceangate: A Flop of Titanic Proportions with Jake Cornell and Noah Miller | 49

Shame of Thrones: How GOT Season 8 Imploded with Ronnie Karam and Ben Mandelker | 48

Gigli: A Cinematic Dumpster Fire with Peyton Dix and Hunter Harris | 47

Rome's Most Bonkers Emperor: Nero with Rachel Bloom | 46

Tonya Harding: On Thin Ice with Shannon Fiedler and Liza Treyger | 45

Salem Witch Trials: Coven of Conspiracy with Em Schulz and Christine Schiefer | 44

How O.J. Simpson's Memoir Ended Up in Book Jail with Boze and Carl Tart | 43

Watergate: Deep Throat, Deeper Trouble with Langston Kerman and Gareth Reynolds | 42

Segway: Ridin' Nerdy with Adam Rose | 41

New Coke Goes Flat with Preacher Lawson and Paul F. Tompkins | 40

JCPenney Sells Out with Joel Kim Booster and Scott Seiss | 39

Olestra: The Crappiest Flop of All with Kevin James Thornton | 38

George Santos: Snatch Me If You Can with Jon Lovett and Monét X Change | 37

Downsizing WeWork with Smosh's Ian Hecox and Courtney Miller | 36

Beanie Babies Go Bust with Ian Karmel and Brian Moller | 35

Dance Moms: Abby Lee Miller Behind Barres with Ronnie Karam and Ben Mandelker | 34

How MoviePass Bombed at the Box Office with Jamie Loftus and Austin Nasso | 33

Biosphere 2: Out of Oxygen with Alie Ward and Josh Gondelman | 32

Dude, Where's My Pepsi Jet? With Kel Mitchell and Tehran Von Ghasri | 31

Elon Musk: Chief Twit with Corporate Bro and Hari Kondabolu | 30

The Wing: #GirlBoss Goes Bust with Sarah Marshall and Franchesca Ramsey | 29

Magic Johnson's Late Night Nightmare with W. Kamau Bell and Reggie Watts | 28

Slaying the Liver King with Ahmed Al-kadri and Gianmarco Soresi | 26

Willy’s Chocolate Experience Melts Down with Matt Bellassai and Sydney Battle | 27

Anne Hathaway and James Franco’s Oscar Buzzkill with Bobby Finger and Lindsay Weber | 25

The Swan: I Want My Face Back with Gabe Dunn and Allison Raskin | 24

Milli Vanilli: Girl You Know Everybody Lip Syncs with Demi Adejuyigbe and Moshe Kasher | 23

1.5 Million Balloons Cause Chaos in Cleveland with Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh | 22

Even The Rock Couldn't Save the Original XFL with Annie Agar and Noah Gardenswartz | 21

Woodstock '99: Mosh Pit at the Apocalypse with Sam Sanders and Lindy West | 20

Celeb Fail: Hulk Hogan, Businessman with Ron Funches and Brian Posehn | 19

Google Glass Half Empty with Leah Rudick and Rod Thill | 18

Ashlee Simpson: The Great Lip Sync Debate with Yamaneika Saunders and Isabel Hagen | 17

McDonald's Arch Deluxe: The Big McFlop with Rachel Dratch and Jared Freid | 16

ENCORE - Juicero Gets Squeezed Out with Chelsea Devantez & Solomon Georgio

The Star Wars Holiday Special that Luke Skywalker Hates ft. Adam Pally and Betsy Sodaro | 15

Theranos: Silicon Valley's Bloodbath with Kathleen Madigan and Heather McDonald | 14

Fyre Festival: Bring Your Own Toilet Paper with Laci Mosley and Lauren Ashley Smith | 13

ENCORE - Cats The Movie: Even Taylor Swift Couldn't Save It with Jackie Zebrowski & Sarah Cooper

ENCORE - Kid Nation: 'Survivor' for Children! with Kurt Braunohler, Megan Gailey & Chris Garcia

Box Office Bombs: The Lone Ranger, Waterworld, and Showgirls with Aisha Harris and Andrew Jupin

Howard Dean: I Have a Scream with Gareth Reynolds | 12

HQ Trivia: Gone in a Glitch with Karen Chee & Alice Wetterlund | 11

Crystal Pepsi: It's Clear This Ain't Working with Dulcé Sloan | 10

Action Park: The Water Park of Your Nightmares with Sasheer Zamata & Chris Gethard | 9

Juicero Gets Squeezed Out with Chelsea Devantez & Solomon Georgio | 8

TanaCon: YouTube's Fyre Festival with Milly Tamarez & Alise Morales | 7

Cats The Movie: Even Taylor Swift Couldn't Save It with Jackie Zebrowski & Sarah Cooper | 6

Garth Brooks vs. Chris Gaines with Sarah Tiana & Dusty Slay | 5

Kid Nation: 'Survivor' for Children! with Kurt Braunohler, Megan Gailey & Chris Garcia | 4

Spider-Man Hits All the Wrong Notes with Guy Branum & Jessica McKenna | 3

Four Loko: Hold My Energy Beer with DJ EFN & Kenice Mobley | 2

Quibi Bites the Dust with Connor Ratliff & Matt Bellassai | 1
