Flop Soup

Send us Fan Mail This week we're doing SPORTS (sorta kinda)! We're talking about Taylor Swift's Super Bowl, about Usher's halftime show, and most importantly: the Nickelodeon Super Bowl simulcast. Plus: how about those ads? What is Temu? And is Kim Petras's "Slut Pop" really more like "Slut Flop"? Quick Flops: Hailey Beiber debuts chocolate syrup hair B...

Send us Fan Mail Team Flop Soup return to the red carpet this week to uncover the flops of music's biggest night - the Grammys! Though we manage to discuss many other happenings (like the "music catastrophe" tribute, having AI on the red carpet, and SZA's Mastercard commercial), can you really talk about music without ranting about Taylor Swift these days? The answer is no. But...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the internet delivered a heaping serving of flops. Gays doing colonization work to build a New Fire Island, J.Lo (Jennifer Lopez) achieving her dreams of being in love and finding a therapist in Fat Joe, and Marina Abramovic performing the ultimate act of capitalism: starting a beauty line. Perplexed? Us too. Tune in to learn all the juicy deets. Show Notes: Quick Flops...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Flop Soup, we're talking about celebrity privacy being in its flop era (on instagram, at awards shows, in songs), and the floppy, kinda fake Gen Z age panic (as reported by the floppy NY Post). Plus: more flops ranging from Madame Web's Ocean Spray costume reveal to a tiny trash crisis in Philadelphia. Show Notes: Quick Flops: Madame Web Ocean Spray Bottle J...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's Flop Soup, we're talking about the water bottle sensation herself: Stanley Cups. Who is she? Where did she come from? And most importantly: which pop star does she remind us of? Plus: the Golden Globes were covered in flop sweat, thanks to underwhelming and mostly un-funny host Jo Koy. Tune in to hear Justin & Cassandra discuss these hot flops and so m...

Send us Fan Mail Flop Soup is a podcast about pop culture and flop culture.  Every week on Flop Soup, your hosts Justin Crosby & Cassandra Kyriazis talk about what's flopping in culture - entertainment, politics, even our own lives. We lay it all out and decide once and for all: what's a flop and what's not. It's kind of like The Daily if The Daily was weekly and also...fun...

Send us Fan Mail Our final episode of the year!!!! What a journey it's been. Thankfully, things KEEP flopping so we are here this week to discuss! And, don't worry dear Flop Tarts, we'll keep the Flop Soup coming in 2024. This week, the gays were flopping all over the headlines. Our two hottest flop topics include the Senate Sex Tape that's been lighting up gay group chats acro...

Send us Fan Mail As always, MUCH to discuss this week. For our quick flops, we have people throwing things at singers again, Russian propaganda on Cameo, and sooo much more. Then,  for our hot flopics, we take a field trip to the ruins of Gag City to report on what exactly happened here, and what it means for Pink Friday 2. After, we journey into Selena Gomez’s fiery comment section and try to fig...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's Flop Soup we do a recap of everything that is and has been (former, iconic) Congressman George Santos, we parse whether or not Taylor Swift's publicist Tree Paine speaking out against celebrity gossip Instagram Deux Moi means Deux Moi is flopping or dominating the culture right now, and most importantly: we dive into the hellish merch that has been created...

Send us Fan Mail Hello FlopTarts, we're back this week with another week of inevitable, inimitable flops! Show Notes: Quick Flops: Beyonce "Alien Superstar" Cocktail that looks bad Jimmy Kimmel Hosting Oscars Again UGH Susan Sarandon's Son says "no more of my mom's boobs" Swifties wrongly predict Reputation TV announcement Bradley Cooper Hangover 4 Emerald Fennel...

Send us Fan Mail Flop Soup has a holiday season treat for YOU! This week, we took to the phone lines to answer calls from our listeners and wow - they delivered! In this flop-provoking episode you'll find in-depth discussions on: the state of thrift shop culture, Wicked 20th Anniversary Photoshoot culture, Real Housewives podcast culture, pumpkin culture, and soooo much more. THANK YOU dear l...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Flop Soup we're talking about Eminem's dive into the culinary arts, Selena Gomez's embattled history with "social media breaks," what the deal REALLY is with Awkwafina these days, and the new trend celebs are going crazy for: $2500 full-body "scans" supposedly able to detect "500 cancers and diseases." Plus: Marvel's F...

Send us Fan Mail This episode covers the week's most sought after flop: Justin Timberlake as depicted in Britney Spears' memoir WOMAN IN ME. We say "oh no oh no" to JT's "fo shizz fo shizz" and "now that's MISOGYNY" to Justin lying to the world about his relationship with Britney. Plus: Are SAG-AFTRA's strict these-Halloween-costumes-are-scabb...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're back in your ears to examine what IS actually going on with television. Now that the Peak TV Era is over... is this the pit? Also... JADA PINK SMITH REVEALS! And she just keeps revealing. How is she truly flopping this week? Tune in to find out. As always, many extra flops are covered, from Latto and Christina Aguilera's  sponsored food delivery service j...

Send us Fan Mail Happy spooky season, Flop Tarts! And what's spookier than knowing that teens largely prefer LinkedIn over all other social media platforms? Perhaps it's having to ask a CVS employee to grant you access to locked up bars of Irish Spring soap (WHO is shoplifting this item?). Or perhaps it's the fact that the Los Angeles Police Department would rather catch Pokemon tha...

Send us Fan Mail How does one woman go from being the top pop star on the charts to having an elder abuse prevention bill named after her? This week, Cassandra and Justin are on the case. They're also getting critical with airline rewards programs - a new and perplexing angle to capitalism's flop trajectory. Quick Flops Student Loans Reactivated - Flop! Bedbugs In Paris, sacre bleu! Kim...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's Flop Soup, we're covering it all of course! From Lady Gaga's haunted social media presence to condiments that are seemingly ranch, it's all here. For our flop topics, we recap the messy coverage of the Taylor Swift x Travis Kelce situationship - including Justin finally finding a reason to retain information about football! Also, AirBnB is on a n...

Send us Fan Mail Muuuch to discuss this week as always! First, the MTV VMAs did what they usually do. They happened! And we need to find out why. Then, we investigate the ancient civilization on everyone's lips this week: the Roman Empire! What's going on there, and WHY can't MEN stop thinking about it?? After that, we have a business proposition for prison besties Jen Shah and Eliz...

Send us Fan Mail Quick Flops: Daily Mail: Alec Baldwin on 9/11 Abby Lee Miller Loves High School Football Players Grimes & Elon Have Third Child (Help!) Drew Barrymore Scabbing Kylothee debut at Beyonce Concert Club Chalamet Stan Account x 9/11 Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner DIVORCE Quiz: Fake Headlines: https://twitter.com/DaveMcNamee3000/status/1700298537077260352 https://twitter.com/chinaelevy...

Send us Fan Mail In this soup du jour, Justin and Cassandra scream, cry, and throw up over the hubbub surrounding Trump's mug shot, celebrity manager Scooter Braun's shrinking client list, and the incredibly something And Just Like That finale, which has this nation's brightest minds once again asking: what does this show WANT from me? Plus: Justin and Cassandra debate "Adele&q...

Send us Fan Mail In this soup du jour, we have esteemed (and unofficial) musical theater critic Kyle Frattini (on Instagram as @KFratt) on the pod to talk all things floppy in the world of Broadway musicals (including & Juliet, Once Upon a One More Time, Bad Cinderella, and more). Is musical theater doomed? Can the Marvel-ization of Broadway musicals ever be stopped? How about those floppy juk...

Send us Fan Mail Hi FlopTarts :-* On this week's soup, we bring to you another Flop in Focus with our very lovely guest Jaime Chialastri! They help us cover all things Taylor Swift -- specifically the re-recording journey she is taking the entire world on, and how a lot of it is flopping (in our hearts, never in the context of capitalism #SlaySwiftSlay). Plus: we talk about BIG GAY CINEMA&apo...

Send us Fan Mail We have an extremely online episode in store for you today, dear listeners! On this week's episode, Justin is out sick so Cassandra and our lovely Producer David get into the latest internet-based hot flopics that have taken over our timelines. The Eurodance parody Planet of the Bass is the song of the summer, but why does DJ Crazy Times keep floppily changing the girl in his...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode, we dish on how the aliens flopped their hard launch last week, and explore the many ways in which celebs fear and/or celebrate our flops from a galaxy far far away. We also unpack the newest pop offering from Britney Spears and frequent collaborator will.i.am. Spoiler! We aren't obsessed, and we're also concerned about the state of Britney Sp...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we bring on a very special guest in our reoccurring segment called Flop in Focus! This week, we cover the flops of The Real Housewives (no franchise is safe). We start with a history of its host channel (Bravo), and then delve into the good, the bad, and the floppy.  Sad to be missing out on other flops? Don't worry, we turn our quick flops into medium f...