Podcast Episodes

Short Stories: Rejecting No Doubt & Chappell Roan

Season 5 Episode 18

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 born in the late ‘90s. Both known for blending g…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rejecting Ellen DeGeneres, Part 2

Season 5 Episode 17

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, and DeGeneres learns to just keep swimming.

Tell…

Published on 10 months ago

Rejecting Ellen DeGeneres

Season 5 Episode 16

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. But back in 1997, DeGeneres was starring in the s…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet The Worst Podcast

Season 5 Episode 15

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 by award-winning filmmaker (and noted curmudgeon) Alan …

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Rejecting A Wrinkle In Time

Season 5 Episode 14

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 is still in print today. But when established au…

Published on 11 months ago

Rejecting Still Alice

Season 5 Episode 13

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 an Academy Award. But back when neuroscientist Li…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Rejecting Yennier Cano

Season 5 Episode 12

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 banned him from playing baseball. When he finally…

Published on 1 year ago

Rejecting Sir Harold Ridley (Inventor of Modern Cataract Surgery)

Season 5 Episode 11

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 condition involved removing the lens of the eye and sub…

Published on 1 year ago

Listener Rejection Stories

Season 5 Episode 10

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, artists, authors, athletes and even an astronaut…

Published on 1 year ago

Rejecting Pedro Pascal (Encore)

Season 5 Episode 9

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…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago