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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. Because hidden inside each rejection is a unique insight. And we’re here to find it.


At its heart, this podcast is about persistence and inspiration.


From the creators of Under The Influence, this show is brought to you by the Apostrophe Podcast Company and powered by Acast.


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Education Self Improvement Success Society & Culture Self-Improvement Business Careers
Update frequency
every 12 days
Average duration
34 minutes
Episodes
122
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Rejecting Breaking Bad Guys: Bryan Cranston & Giancarlo Esposito

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 Gus Fring. Both spent decades bouncing around Holl…

00:35:24  |   Thu 04 Sep 2025
Encore: Rejecting Adam Driver

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 another team favourite. This week our director Call…

00:38:56  |   Fri 08 Aug 2025
Listener Rejection Stories (2025)

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, artists, authors, athletes and even one astronaut…

00:23:06  |   Thu 17 Jul 2025
Rejecting Monty Python, Part 2

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 Life of Monty Python is saved by a Beatle.


Hope you…

00:30:21  |   Fri 27 Jun 2025
We're on CBC Radio this summer!

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, beginning June 25th:


  • Wednesdays at 11:30am (CBC & Sirius)
  • Fr…
00:00:41  |   Tue 24 Jun 2025
Rejecting Monty Python

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 curious whisper and scroll, to wit:


“This episode contai…

00:22:33  |   Wed 18 Jun 2025
Encore: Rejecting Jim Carrey

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 Devine explains why this timeless film is one of his …

00:46:39  |   Wed 04 Jun 2025
Minisode: Rue McClanahan – “Every Kick’s a Boost”

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 about the golden piece of advice Rue McClanahan’s m…
00:11:54  |   Wed 28 May 2025
Rejecting Mariska Hargitay

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 actor by a wide margin. But in 1999, she had been a…

00:31:16  |   Thu 22 May 2025
Rejecting Billie Holiday

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. Hope you’ll join us.


Tell us your rejection story, an…

00:36:34  |   Thu 08 May 2025
Rejecting Josh Allen

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 guaranteed – the largest guaranteed contract ever given to an…

00:35:13  |   Thu 24 Apr 2025
Encore: Rejecting Women in the Boston Marathon (The Stories of Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer)

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-distant time when the number of women running the m…

00:47:17  |   Mon 21 Apr 2025
Rejecting Alanis Morissette

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 for Album of the Year. But you oughta know that …

00:32:18  |   Wed 09 Apr 2025
Minisode: Hader’s Haters – Bill Hader & Critic Anxiety

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 tell the story of Bill Hader’s Saturday Night Liv…
00:22:34  |   Wed 02 Apr 2025
Hug the Cactus: Lessons on Rejection from Under the Influence

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 take those negative comments and spin them into marketing…

00:27:48  |   Wed 26 Mar 2025
Rejecting the Goalie Mask

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.”

“Masks make goalies complacent.”

“A real man wouldn’t hide his fac…

00:32:57  |   Wed 19 Mar 2025
Rejecting Yellowstone

Rejecting Yellowstone

The season five premiere of Yellowstone drew 16 million viewers. The series creator, writer and showrunner Taylor Sheridan recently signed a nearly $200M deal with Paramount to produce the hit show a…

00:39:47  |   Wed 05 Mar 2025
Season 6. 🤚🏽

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 inspiring stories of grit, determination and cour…
00:01:10  |   Wed 26 Feb 2025
The Reflection Podcast, 2024

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, Sidney and Terry answer some of your questions. Lik…

00:25:02  |   Wed 18 Dec 2024
Rejecting Eddy Goldfarb

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 "Yakity-Yak" wind-up Chattering Teeth, the Bubble Gun…

00:34:13  |   Thu 05 Dec 2024
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