Flop Soup
Flop topics served to you weekly. Hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis (Philadelphia) and Justin Crosby (Los Angeles). Produced by David Lai (San Francisco).
Episodes
Is Milan Cortina Flopping? (feat. Scream 7, Pentatonix Gender Reveal, and the Minions Figure Skater)
Hi Flops!
We're so back this week covering:
- Scream 7's floppy marketing ploys
- The Pentatonix La La Land spoof gender reveal
- The Grammys (this is our podcast and we'll cover the Grammys 2 weeks late if we want to)
- The Superbowl (AI, crypto, and fatphobia, OH MY!)
- Olympic flops (incl. the MINIONS FIGURE SKATER!)
Local Flops
LA - people lined up for WHO on Ventura Blvd?
PHL - Local dive bar BANS under 25s du...
Happy Friday flop tarts <3
We're so back with a new episode covering the below flop topics:
- Harry Styles' "comeback" single
- Alex Honnold as peak straight climber boy culture
- his Taipei climb delayed
- he would have done it for free
- Kyrsten Sinema / Alienation of Affection
- THE BECKHAMS
- Osca...
Hi Flop Tarts,
We're so back this week with a BEVY of flops just for you:
How We're Flopping This Week:
- Cassandra - Seeing a screening of Margaret (2011)
- Justin - Loving Kpop from 2014
Quick Flops
We're so BACK in the New Year!!! With the first episode of our new season of 2026 topics <3 Included for your listening pleasure:
How we're flopping:
- Cassandra - Bink waterbottle
- Justin - seeing Hamnet
PLUS Special Segment where we discuss "going viral" with this instagram post
Quick Flops
- Jojo Siwa now goes by Joelle?
- Pedro Pascal OLD behavior (these are Twitter rumors, no link)
- Celine Son...
It's THAT time of year, dear flop tarts, stars, and tinas!
We present: Flop Soup's grand retrospective for 2025, the 2025 Floppy Awards! The awards where we determine who really WAS the floppiest of them all.
We also reveal a few midnight hour flops that revealed themselves in the final weeks of 2025 (we're looking at YOU, Academy Awards on YouTube in 2029).
And finally, we present our ins & outs fo...
HEY DOLLS JUSTIN'S BACK!!
And HERE are the flops we're talking about:
- Checking in on Ella McCay's historic flop
- Netflix buys Warner Bros and also what does that mean
- George Clooney doesn't wanna KISS GIRLS anymore
- Men getting stuck in places
- Why Are Gay Guys Posting That: Spotlight on Heated Rivalry & Jordan Firstman
- Dictionary Spotlight on the Word: SLOP for 2025
- Kalshi betting crash outs over T...
Justin is on a work trip so the illustrious first EVER Flop Soup guest SAM STOAKES is so back and chatting with Cassandra about this week's floppiest flops:
How We're Flopping
Sam - Grinch Meal influencer
Cassandra - entranced by the Modern Love couple getting fake divorced
Flop Correct: Rachel Lynn Matthew is NOT dating Orlando Bloom, instead has a production company with Camila Mendes? Okay!
Quick Flops
Happy Black Friday!!! Stay inside and spend time with your loved ones (aka US!! via this gorgeous new episode <3)
Flops featured INCLUDE:
- Is J. Crew ruining masculinity with their new pink sweater?
- Charli XCX's NEXT ERA is... substack?
- Trumpdate! (That's a Trump Update - specifically his meeting with Zohran Mamdani, Bubba Trump Epstein blow job rumors, and "Quiet P...
HAPPY FRIDAY FLOPTINAS! Justin returns to the pod this week and alongside Cassandra the girls are unpacking the following flops of the week:
- All's Fair starring Kim Kardashian and every good actress, plus Hulu's best scripted debut blah blah blah
- New Gap ad with a random following iconic Katseye x Milkshake collab
- Oval Office Ozempic press conference collapse
- Katy Perry makes another attempt with Bandaids, s...
Local Philadelphian & Flop Tart Tyler Burgese joins the pod as guest this week (because Justin is on a work trip) to discuss a BEVY of flops, including:
- George Santos has been PARDONED
- Why the app KALSHI is "hiring" tarot card readers and wizards, plus how they've legalized sports gambling in all 50 states
- Regretting You joining the 2025 Black Hole Flop Hall of Fame
- Benny Drama & Terrence O&apos...
Hi flopsicles and tarts and tinas!
BACK AGAIN! With sooooo many flops this week, including:
- SOMBR gets dragged by 25-year-old WITCH
- Snoop Dogg attempts to win back the GAYS
- Akon is going COUNTRY, and here's what's up with Akon City
- What's going on with Euphoria Season 3 again?
- BALDS ONLY movie screenings
- ROBBERY at the LOUVRE! Le Heist? Tres chic, mon dieu!
- LEGGINGS are out in favor of BIG WORKOUT PANT
- Fanca...
We're so back again and this week there are SO many flops:
- FLOP SOUP EXPLAINER: And what does it mean for Role Model to "bring out X celebrity as Sally" ??
- Who is King Kylie and is it just Kylie Jenner with a wig?
- Apple TV minus plus
- Dancing With the Stars culture, why is it everywhere?
- Flop Couple (Flople?) updates including Ben & Jen, Katy & Justin, and two gay guys we JUST found out about
- Pink ...
Hi Flop Tarts & Tinas,
We are SO back this week with a fabulous set of flops that is gonna bring the dang house down:
Hi precious flop tarts!
We're SO glad to see you didn't get raptured this week and instead get to enjoy a steaming hot bowl of delicious flops prepared JUST for you!
This week we're talking about:
Back back back again with another episode of flops from the week <3
Tune in for:
- How they're trying to keep kids off their damn phones
- Movie Marketing with treadmills and Janelle Monae
- Vatican pop concert with Teddy Swims and, of course, another B+ from John Legend + a drone display that made us go "why is that low key slaying?"
- Lady Gaga making music for people who watch TV on the phone
- FLOP TREND WA...
Hi Flops,
New episode NEW FLOPS! This week we're talking about:
- that Donald Trump/Epstein letter
- Fourth Harmony's newest merch drop
- what it means that Laverne Cox will be in a Jonas Brothers movie
- Wuthering Heights x Charli XCX
- Are single straight men worse than ever?
HOT FLOPIC: what happened on the Doritos stage at the VMAs, which aired on CBS sort of via Paramount Plus Premium we think!
Hi Floptarts,
Finally back to weekly episodes!
Flops this week include:
Quick Flops
We're back for another week of flopcore and, in case you're wondering, YES we DID record this analysis of The Life of a Showgirl announcement HOURS before Taylor got engaged but we ARE catching up on culture and YOU will live! More on all the rest of that later...
Quick flops discussed:
Hi Flop Tarts,
Floppy Floppington called and BOY did he deliver!
This week we're talking about:
- Cassandra wanting to know: what IS K Pop Demon Hunters?
- Why can't Justin remember Hulk Hogan is dead?
Plus:
We're so so deeply back again this week!! Tune in and hear what's flopping this week, diva! Including (but not limited to):
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