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We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast
The road to success is littered with speed bumps. Every celebrated actor, writer, musician, artist, inventor and entrepreneur has faced debilitating career rejection on their journey to the top. We tell their fascinating stories and break down exactly how they achieved their remarkable goals. Becaus...
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Rejecting Slow Horses
The novel Slow Horses by Mick Herron tells the story of a team of disgraced MI5 agents assigned to a bureaucratic dumping ground known as Slough House...
Rejecting Dawn Staley, Part 2
In Part Two of our Rejecting Dawn Staley episode, Staley is informed of her shortcomings, it’s play abroad or die trying – and a dusty VCR tape change...
Rejecting Dawn Staley
Dawn Staley graduated high school National Player of the Year. She went on to become a two-time National College Player of the Year. She is a five-tim...
Rejecting Breaking Bad Guys: Bryan Cranston & Giancarlo Esposito
For our first episode back, we bring you the stories of two bad guys. Breaking Bad guys – Bryan Cranston aka Walter White and Giancarlo Esposito aka G...
Encore: Rejecting Adam Driver
Hello from our summer hiatus. We hope you’re soaking up the rays. Whether you're on the road, on the job or on the dock, we thought you might enjoy an...
Listener Rejection Stories (2025)
Each week on this series, we tell the stories of famous names who overcame debilitating career rejection. We’ve talked through the careers of actors,...
Rejecting Monty Python, Part 2
In Part II of our "Rejecting Monty Python" episode, the Knights of the Round Table head west. Led Zeppelin enters the chat. Rabbis protest – and the L...
We're on CBC Radio this summer!
We DON'T regret to inform you that our show will be airing on the CBC this summer.
Find us on CBC Radio One & Sirius XM ch.169 for 10 weeks, be...
Rejecting Monty Python
Lo! Upon the first breath of Monty Python’s Flying Circus o’er the enchanted waves of BBC One, scribes within the castle walls did trade many a curiou...
Encore: Rejecting Jim Carrey
Today we bring you another favourite episode from our Apostrophe team. On the eve of The Truman Show's 27th anniversary, our sound engineer Geoff Devi...
Minisode: Rue McClanahan – “Every Kick’s a Boost”
Welcome to another “Minisode” – where we zoom in on individual moments or facets of rejection we've come across in our research. This week, we talk ab...
Rejecting Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay has played Captain Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU for 26 years and counting. In 2024, Forbes named Hargitay the highest paid TV ac...
Rejecting Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday’s life is one of perseverance like we’ve never seen before on our show. Her story is heartbreaking, beyond inspiring and important. Hop...
Rejecting Josh Allen
Happy NFL Draft Day to all who celebrate.
Quarterback Josh Allen just signed a six-year, $330M contract with the Buffalo Bills, with $250M guara...
Encore: Rejecting Women in the Boston Marathon (The Stories of Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer)
In honour of the 13,700 women running today in the Boston Marathon, we bring you an encore of our favourite episodes, and take you back to a not-so-di...
Rejecting Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill is one of the biggest debut albums of all time – selling 33M copies worldwide and earning Morissette the Grammy...
Minisode: Hader’s Haters – Bill Hader & Critic Anxiety
Welcome to our first ever “Minisode” – where we zoom in on individual moments or facets of rejection we've come across in our research. This week, we...
Hug the Cactus: Lessons on Rejection from Under the Influence
Some companies actually advertise to their haters.
Every advertiser gets negative comments on social media. Some brands shrink away – and some t...
Rejecting the Goalie Mask
“Masks prevent goalies from seeing the puck at their feet.”
“Masks eliminate fear in goalies – the fear that drives them to play well.”
“M...
Rejecting Yellowstone
The season five premiere of Yellowstone drew 16 million viewers. The series creator, writer and showrunner Taylor Sheridan recently signed a nearly $2...
Season 6. 🤚🏽
We don't regret to inform you that Season Six of the Rejection Pod will begin in one week's time. Artists, athletes and...umbrellas? Join us for more...
The Reflection Podcast, 2024
We regret to inform you that today marks the final episode of our fifth season. So, we thought we’d do a little call back to season one. This week, Si...
Rejecting Eddy Goldfarb
You may not know the name Eddy Goldfarb, but you know his work. Goldfarb is the inventor behind over 800 toys and games – including Kerplunk, the "Yak...
Short Stories: Rejecting No Doubt & Chappell Roan
This week, it’s pop rock debut rejections. We look at the stories of No Doubt – who rose to superstardom in the late ‘90s, and Chappell Roan – who was...
Rejecting Ellen DeGeneres, Part 2
In Part Two of our Rejecting Ellen DeGeneres episode, DeGeneres reads a shocking headline in the trades, Oprah Winfrey and Laura Dern take career hits...
Rejecting Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres has 34 Emmy Awards and a Presidential Medal of Freedom to her name. Her talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, ran for nearly 20 years....
Meet The Worst Podcast
This week, we’re excited to share a brand-new podcast we think you'll enjoy. From our friends over at Canadaland, meet The Worst Podcast.
Hosted...
Rejecting A Wrinkle In Time
A Wrinkle In Time has sold 16 million copies worldwide. Time Magazine named it one of the 100 best fantasy books ever written, and the 1962 bestseller...
Rejecting Still Alice
Still Alice the book, sold 1M copies worldwide – a national bestseller. Still Alice the movie, sold $45M worth of tickets at the box office – and won...
Rejecting Yennier Cano
Cuban pitcher Yennier Cano was told he’d never make the Cuban National Series. Then when he tried to leave Cuba to play in the Majors, his government...
Rejecting Sir Harold Ridley (Inventor of Modern Cataract Surgery)
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide – 50% of the world’s blindness is a result of cataracts. For 200 years, treatment of the condit...
Listener Rejection Stories
Each week on this podcast, we tell the stories of famous names who overcame debilitating career rejection. We’ve talked through the careers of actors,...
Rejecting Pedro Pascal (Encore)
This week it's our mid-season break, and that means an encore presentation of one of our most-loved episodes: Rejecting Pedro Pascal.
Pedro Pasc...
Rejecting Canva
Online graphic design platform Canva is worth $26 billion. 85% of Fortune 500 companies utilize Canva, and its users span 190 countries. But when Aust...
Short Stories: Rejecting Melissa McCarthy & Jennifer Aniston
Over the past five years – and 85 episodes – we’ve come across so many rejection stories that aren’t long enough to fill an entire episode. But that d...
Rejecting Bessie Coleman (The First Black Woman Pilot)
Hi – Sidney here. You may not recognize the name Bessie Coleman, so you may be wondering whether or not to tune into this episode. But, I highly encou...
Rejecting The Sopranos
The Sopranos is widely considered the greatest television show of all time. Just ask TV Guide, The Writer’s Guild of America and Rolling Stone. But be...
Rejecting Dr. Seuss
Since the year 1937, over 60 Dr. Seuss books have been published. Over 650 million copies have been sold. Leading to film adaptations grossing over $1...
Rejecting Manon Rhéaume, Part 2
In Part 2 of our Rejecting Manon Rhéaume episode, for the first time, Rhéaume plays with women. It’s Canada vs. the USA at the World Championships. Th...
Rejecting Manon Rhéaume (The First Woman to Play in the NHL)
Manon Rhéaume was told hockey was for boys. Manon Rhéaume was cut from teams for being a girl. Manon Rhéaume was heckled by parents in the stands. Man...