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The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Before she became known as “The She-Wolf of France,” Isabella was a princess sent to unite two warring kingdoms through marriage. But her husband, King Edward II of England, didn’t get the same memo. From day one, it’s clear he’s more interested in the cute men at court than his queen – or his crown. As Edward’s reckless choices endanger the English throne and strain relations with France, Isabella will have to decide if she’ll remain a loyal queen – or take matters into her own hands.

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0:00.0	Picture this. You're lounging on your couch, ready to indulge in another hilariously disastrous
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0:30.7	Your uninterrupted flop fix awaits.
0:42.2	Thank you. Bestie. If you're a nerdy, teenage tech boy, like whose mentor and uncle created chess.net, level nerd.
0:50.5	And you've managed to tick off hip-hop legend Eminem and heavy metal god Lars Ulrich of
0:56.9	Metallica. Do you lean into it or do you run away? Well, Sean Fanning, co-creator of the 90s
1:04.5	music sharing site Napster, was that tech boy. And do you know what he did? Let's find out besties.
1:13.4	Napster has changed everything and the record companies are sadly behind the curve.
1:18.1	Critics say much of that music is pirated. At its peak had about 70 million registered users
1:24.0	shut down its entire network in response to court orders.
1:29.3	We are on a sinking ship.
1:38.2	My name is T.J. Raphael. I'm the host of Liberty Lost, a new podcast about who gets to be a mother and the control of young women hidden behind the veil of faith.
1:50.3	Follow Liberty Lost on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:56.2	Redacted Declassified Mysteries is a new podcast hosted by me, Luke Lamana.
2:01.9	Each week I dive into the hidden truths behind the world's most powerful institutions.
2:07.3	From covert government experiments to bizarre assassination attempts,
2:11.1	follow Redacted on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
2:18.1	From Wondery and at Will Media, this is The Big Flop,
2:22.5	where we chronicle the greatest flubs, fails, and blunders of all time.
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