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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...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's soup, we cover some flop topics surrounding the SAG-AFTRA strike that kicked off this past week. As we dig deeper into SAG tangents, we uncover further flops -- including the heated election that ended in Fran Drescher snatching the SAG-AFTRA Presidency, as well as Ryan Murphy's many antics while strikes surround his productions.  Turns out a coalition of...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we cover perhaps the biggest flop of all: m-e-n. Though they've been flopping in a big way for a long time, most recently there have been a few men leading the charge in the public spotlight: Jonah Hill and Keke Palmer's (now ex) boyfriend. Then, we partake in what some might call gender essentialism and do a deep dive into the phenomenon of Girl Di...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we cover our thoughts on The Bear, Stars on Mars, and a slew of Quick Flops (Netflix releasing Titanic for streaming, Hilaria Baldwin --> Ilaria Baldwin pipeline, Gwen Stefani ranking her own songs wrong). Then we get into the thick of it with the SHEIN influencers trying to paint the company in a positive, ethical light. Spoiler alert -- they aren't....

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we (inevitably) cover the unfortunate Titanic sub mersible incident that has captured the attention of the nation, Sara-Ramirez-Not-Che Diaz's wild profile for And Just Like That, and Harry and Meghan failing to produce podcast content and subsequently losing a $20 million dollar deal. Links! Quick Flop sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkjnZpM3qA...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, gay! On this Soup du Jour, we bring in Producer David while Cassandra galavants in Portugal :) We cover topics like pride month, San Francisco vs. Los Angeles gays, Kelis and Bill Murray dating, the infamous air quality fiasco affecting the northeast of the US, and Justin reports back on our prediction on Platonic -- the AppleTV show starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen.  For mo...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour,  we go deep on Hannah Gadsby's attempt to curate an exhibit of Pablo Picasso's art (spoiler alert: it was floppy!). We also bring on self-proclaimed resident Philadelphia Hermit Tim Livingston to chat with us about their flop-in-focus: Biopics. For more information, please visit www.flopsoup.com :) Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby....

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we chat through some quick flops (Ursula's make-up artist, Anna Delvey podcasting, Azealia Banks prophesizing, the FDA warning not to drink poppers), as well as some normal-length, normal-temperature flops: Succession receiving too much air time and media coverage, Horses (the restaurant) vs. Cats (the feline), The Cut making us feel bad about ever livin...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we chat through how bad TV is getting worse (Twitter just now discovering The Good Doctor), the allegations of The Kelly Clarkson Show being a toxic work environment, Kyrsten Sinema using campaign money for marathon runs, and George Santos looking soooo glam but also soooo arrested. Links! Adam Lambert Sings Muffin Man as Cher on That's My Jam Famous Peo...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we get into the how and why the MTV awards still happen, investigate the Taylor Swift and Matty Healy dating allegations, being dehydrated at the Writers Strike, and the gathering of the "B-Listers" at the Coronation. We also revisit the met gala. For more information, please visit www.flopsoup.com :) Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosb...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we churn through some quick flops (Twitter, King Charles' coronation concert, Women CEOs finally outnumber CEOs named John), Glen & Sydney Gate, And Just Like That S2 trailer, and the Starbucks Oleato drink. We know we, like, *just* missed the Met Gala...but don't fret we'll have hot opinions next week. Links! Quick Flop sources: Blue Check...

Send us Fan Mail On this Soup du Jour, we cover the slowly crumbling empire of Twitter, Kim Petras as our FIRST Flopzilla, people spilling rice on planes, working 3 jobs to just afford Erewhon, and revisit an earlier floposcope that unfortunately turned out to be too! true! Links! Update on Pentagon/Group Chat Fiasco Quick Flops: Beau is Afraid , James Charles , Bed Bath and Beyond , Ellie Gouldin...