Tiger King: Joe Exotic's Cat-astrophic Flop with Last Podcast On the Left | 76

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Joe Exotic built his kingdom on the backs of big cats, bad decisions, and bedazzled button-downs. But when his roadside zoo empire collided with animal rights crusader Carole Baskin, their clash unleashed a storm of eccentric enemies, failed murder plots, and the worst country music videos ever uploaded to YouTube.

Ed Larson and Henry Zebrowski (Last Podcast On the Left) join Misha to uncover the untold details of this exotic animal saga.

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0:03.6	Listening to the big flop without any ads.
0:06.7	With Wondery Plus, you can enjoy the floppiest of flops, completely uninterrupted.
0:12.0	It's like having a front row seat to the world's biggest train wrecks.
0:15.7	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or in Apple Podcasts and upgrade your listening experience today.
0:26.2	How much do you know about the Tiger King, really?
0:33.3	I mean, we all watch the Netflix doc back in the early days of the pandemic,
0:37.9	but today in the big flop, we're going to learn so much more
0:42.1	about the man who describes himself as the gay, gun-carrying redneck with a mullet.
0:48.7	Oh, and by the way, if anyone knows a good hitman, you know where to find me.
0:55.5	I am accused of being one of the most notorious breeders of tiger cubs.
1:00.7	Joe Exotic was convicted of plotting to have a Tampa woman killed.
1:04.2	It doesn't matter how bad somebody hates you. If you're on TV, they're going to watch it just
1:09.2	to see what the hell you're up to.
1:10.6	Joe Exotic is officially on the Colorado ballot for president. If you're on TV, they're going to watch it just to see what the hell you're up to. So Exotic is officially on the Colorado ballot for president.
1:14.6	If you fall for that, ladies and gentlemen, you're worse than a bunch of nuts and a squirrel tree.
1:18.6	We are on a sinking ship.
1:29.6	Who can I talk to?
1:32.7	Can anyone relate to what I'm going through?
1:36.3	Who else understands what it's like to have cancer?
1:40.2	Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer with people you know.
1:43.0	You just want to talk with someone who knows how you feel.
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