Culturally Relevant with David Chen

The Art of Getting Rejected (with Jia Jiang)

Episode Summary

David speaks with Jia Jiang, one of the world's foremost experts on rejection, on how he made getting rejected into his full time job. Later, Jia shares the top 5 things he learned from rejection.

Episode Notes

David speaks with Jia Jiang, one of the world's foremost expert on rejection, on how he made getting rejected into his full time job. Later, Jia shares the top 5 things he learned from rejection.

Shownotes:

(3:30) Jia Jiang Interview
(37:00) The Top 5 things Jia Jiang learned from getting rejected
(54:30) Weekly recommendations
-The Big Picture Joker episode

Links:

• Buy Jia's book, Rejection Proof 
• Watch Jia’s TED Talk
• Watch Jia’s Krispy Kreme viral video
• Learn more about Jia's work
• More links about Joker:
  • Slate's spoiler special
  • Joker has toxic fans. Does that mean it shouldn't exist?
  • Stephanie Zacharek's review of Joker 
  • Richard Brody's review of Joker
  • Subscribe to the Slashfilmcast
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