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Rejecting Breaking Bad Guys: Bryan Cranston & Giancarlo Esposito
Season 6 Episode 14
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…
Published on 2 days, 18 hours ago
Encore: Rejecting Adam Driver
Season 6 Episode 13
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…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Listener Rejection Stories (2025)
Season 6 Episode 12
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…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Rejecting Monty Python, Part 2
Season 6 Episode 11
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…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
We're on CBC Radio this summer!
Season 6
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:
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Rejecting Monty Python
Season 6 Episode 10
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…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Encore: Rejecting Jim Carrey
Season 6 Episode 9
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 …
Published on 3 months ago
Minisode: Rue McClanahan – “Every Kick’s a Boost”
Season 6
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…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Rejecting Mariska Hargitay
Season 6 Episode 8
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…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Rejecting Billie Holiday
Season 6 Episode 7
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…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago