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We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast

By: Apostrophe Podcast Network
  • Summary

  • 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.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes
  • Rejecting Pedro Pascal (Encore)
    Jul 24 2024

    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 Pascal is the man of the moment. In 2020 he was named one of Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year, and in 2023 he became one of the highest-paid actors on television. But only 10 years ago, Pascal was struggling to make rent, rejected for parts and told he was aging out of Hollywood – quick. Until one afternoon, when he picked up a script for a 30-something bisexual Lothario from the 15th century...


    Tell us YOUR rejection story, and you may be featured in an upcoming episode:

    Record your voice: https://speak-to.us/rejection

    Write to us: hello@apostrophepodcasts.ca


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    35 mins
  • Rejecting Canva
    Jul 11 2024

    Online graphic design platform Canva is worth $26 billion. 85% of Fortune 500 companies utilize Canva, and its users span 190 countries. But when Australian entrepreneur Melanie Perkins pitched Canva to investors, she got the following feedback:


    “Your headquarters are too far from Silicon Valley.”

    “You didn’t go to Harvard, Stanford or MIT.”

    “Your idea is too ambitious.”

    “Your idea isn’t ambitious enough.”

    And, “The market is too small.”


    185 million monthly users later, Canva holds the title of world’s most valuable startup founded and led by a woman.


    Hope you'll join us.


    Tell us YOUR rejection story:

    Record your voice: https://speak-to.us/rejection

    Write to us: hello@apostrophepodcasts.ca


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    36 mins
  • Short Stories: Rejecting Melissa McCarthy & Jennifer Aniston
    Jun 26 2024

    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 doesn’t mean they're any less filled with insight. Join us this week for a special “Short Stories” podcast – the inspiring pint-sized rejection stories of Melissa McCarthy and Jennifer Aniston.


    Before getting their big breaks on Gilmore Girls and Friends, both Melissa McCarthy and Jennifer Aniston were struggling actors in New York City. McCarthy landed auditions, but not parts. And eventually, she stopped landing auditions altogether. Meanwhile Aniston was landing parts – in low-budget sci-fi and horror comedies. Their careers were going nowhere and the rejection was crushing.


    Aniston’s father, Days of Our Lives actor John Aniston, begged her to quit the business. McCarthy set a do-or-die date for her 30th birthday.


    Tell us YOUR rejection story:

    Record your voice: https://speak-to.us/rejection

    Write to us: hello@apostrophepodcasts.ca


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    42 mins

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