Flop Off

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Science, Natural Sciences, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This past year was a flop. From questionable blockbuster reboots to supply chain shenanigans to worst of all, omnipresent COVID variants. But, in a last ditch effort to flip the flop, we at Radiolab have dredged up the most mortifying, most cringeworthy, most gravity-defying flops we could find. From flops at a community pool to flops at the White House, from a flop that derails a career to flops that give NBA players a sneaky edge, from flops that’ll send you seeking medical advice to THE flopped flop that in a way enabled us all. Take a break from all the disappointment and flop around with us.

Special Thanks to: Kaitlin Murphy, Dana Stevens, David Novak, Pablo Pinero Stillman

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0:00.0	Okay, so here we are on the precipice of a new year, but before we jump into it.
0:07.0	We wanted to just look back on all the stories and updates Radio Lab has brought you this
0:12.7	year.
0:13.7	Harry Pace?
0:14.7	Why do we have like three movies about this dude?
0:17.2	Rep Mayasin.
0:18.2	They just wanted to thank him for keeping their kids alive.
0:21.0	placenta.
0:22.0	When you're pregnant, you grow an entirely new organ.
0:25.6	Red breath, red herring, that conversation with Annie and Lulu about farts.
0:30.8	Are you like anti-overage or something?
0:33.0	Are you not?
0:34.4	One of my favorite moments in podcasting of all time.
0:36.9	So many grades.
0:37.9	In a way, putting red herring next to breath, it's like breath comes out one way and
0:41.3	red herring comes out the other way, you know what I mean?
0:44.0	Anyway, so why are we looking back?
0:46.2	Well, it's that time of year, right?
0:47.5	This is the moment when like you take stock of things that you care about and you want
0:52.6	to financially support, but we've got a new way for you to do that.
0:55.8	It's called the lab.
0:56.9	And to be a part of the lab, there are three tiers you can choose from.
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