We've collected our complete Ukraine series in the one place. Enjoy. Visit our website for the videos. Audio Director: Brian Wallace, USA . Video Director: Svitlana Selivanova, Ukraine. Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt, Australia. This 100% independent and advertising free podcast needs your support. Subscribe, review and recommend. https://www.thehardestwordpodcast.com/...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 6Ep. 19
Our final Ukraine series features new apologies from a range places and perspectives. Visit our website for the videos. Audio Director: Brian Wallace, USA . Video Director: Svitlana Selivanova, Ukraine. Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt, Australia. This 100% independent and advertising free podcast needs your support. Subscribe, review and recommend. https://www.thehardestwordpodcast.com/...
Jul 12, 2022•33 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Some fight, some stay behind, both apologize. Note: the soldier and wife in this episode are not married to each other. They do however represent what millions of Ukrainians are currently going through. Visit our website for the videos. Audio Director: Brian Wallace, USA . Video Director: Svitlana Selivanova, Ukraine. Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt, Australia. This 100% independent and advertising free podcast needs your support. Subscribe, review and recommend. https://www.thehardestwordpod...
May 22, 2022•16 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Another episode from our archives in honour of Mother's Day
May 08, 2022•3 min•Season 6Ep. 105
The third in our MD special.
May 08, 2022•5 min•Season 6Ep. 104
Part two comes from the Phillipines.
May 08, 2022•4 min•Season 6Ep. 103
For other's Day 2022 we're re-releasing this (somewhat controversial) apology. More importantly: happy Mother's Day to all the Moms and Mums out there.
May 08, 2022•4 min•Season 6Ep. 101
Not every Russian is pro-Putin. Some think for themselves and have a soul. Visit our website for the video. Audio Director: Brian Wallace, USA . Video Director: Svitlana Selivanova, Ukraine. Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt, Australia. This 100% independent and advertising free podcast needs your support. Subscribe, review and recommend. https://www.thehardestwordpodcast.com/...
May 02, 2022•7 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Animals are suffering along with their Ukrainian owners. NOTE: the video for this story is updated with a HAPPY ENDING. This episode features a BONUS apology from the archives: Gaza Kitty. Audio Director: Brian Wallace, USA . Video Director: Svitlana Selivanova, Ukraine. Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt, Australia. This 100% independent and advertising free podcast needs your help. Subscribe, review and recommend. https://www.thehardestwordpodcast.com/...
Apr 28, 2022•10 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Even safety feels bad in a war. Watch the videos our Ukraine-based Video Director Svitlana Selivanova is making for this series. Audio Director: Brian Wallace . Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt Now please - tell someone about this 100% independent and advertising free podcast immediately!...
Apr 24, 2022•9 min•Season 6Ep. 12
A brat makes an apology. (Note - some swearing involved.) Audio Director: Brian Wallace . Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt Now please - tell someone about this podcast! Slava Ukraini!
Apr 20, 2022•9 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Not everybody wants to fight. Watch the video our Ukraine-based Video Director Svitlana Selivanova made for this episode. Audio Director: Brian Wallace . Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt Now please - tell someone about this podcast!
Apr 13, 2022•9 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Unlike our first Ukraine apology from Maryana, Olexandra decided to leave the war behind. Here, she apologizes. Listen to them both. Audio Director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt Check out our new, improved videos by Ukraine-based Video Director: Svitlana Selivanova.
Apr 06, 2022•10 min•Season 6Ep. 9
There is a haunting video to accompany this episode made by Ukrainian editor & cinematographer Svitlana Selivanova . Watch it - she made it in a war zone. This episode is audio directed by Brian Wallace of California. Host and creator Brett de Hoedt lives in Melbourne.
Apr 01, 2022•10 min•Season 6Ep. 8
The third in our series of apologies inspired by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This comes from a young man in Ukraine who once felt the pull of Russian "fraternal nations" propaganda. Brett also ventures into Reddit to ask Russians if they feel if they owe anybody an apology for the war. There are more Ukraine Apologies to come and they will break your heart. The Hardest Word showcases real apologies from real people. This 100% ad-free and independent podcast is brought to you by: Creator &am...
Mar 28, 2022•13 min•Season 6Ep. 7
This is the second in our series of apologies inspired by and in response to the criminal Russian invasion of Ukraine. It comes from a young man in Belarus. There are more to come. The Hardest Word showcases real apologies from real people. This 100% ad-free and independent podcast is brought to you by: Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt Audio Director: Brian Wallace . More at our website....
Mar 18, 2022•10 min•Season 6Ep. 7
This is the first in a series inspired by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Watch the moving video we have created for this episode . Maryana talks to us from Kharkiv - now a war zone. Her life has changed forever. We have apologies from Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and yes, Russia. They reveal personal and thepolitical aspects of this atrocity. The Hardest Word always airs real people making real apologies. Creator and host: Brett de Hoedt Audio director: Brian Wallace Website ....
Mar 14, 2022•12 min•Season 6Ep. 5
BONUS EPISODE: To mark IWD 2022 we have rereleased this collection of female apologies. They come from the types of people and places we rarely hear from - even within the feminist / woke / pro-diversity world. Not only that - they are uninterrupted and entirely free of corporate, celebrity or government pinkwashing. If you can't tell, we're pretty proud of them.
Mar 07, 2022•37 min
Have you ever taken up a hobby, enjoyed it, then abandoned it? We travel to Atlanta, Georgia to listen to new Mum Shaniqua's apology to a collection of inanimate objects. Objects that seem to hold a strange amount of power over her. Plus a bonus apology on a similar theme from India. Creator and host: Brett de Hoedt Audio director: Brian Wallace Intern: Natalie Haddad www.thehardestwordpodcast.com...
Mar 05, 2022•11 min•Season 6Ep. 4
A university lecturer in Ireland has seen the error of his ways. Note: We are now twice as sorry. This episode has a bonus apology from the archives - another bully apologizes. We'll be doing this more often than not as a way to explore a theme and bring old apologies to new listeners. We are 100% independent and ad-free. Visit our website. Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt Audio Director: Brian Wallace Intern: Natalie Haddad...
Feb 26, 2022•12 min•Season 6Ep. 3
He was once a comedian and radio host by the name of Joe King. Today he is prisoner 18362021 at US Penitentiary, Thomson in Illinois. Release date 2039. Note: the apology maker references suicide. The Hardest Word is an award-winning podcast created and hosted by Brett de Hoedt with Audio Director Brian Wallace and intern Natalie Haddad. The Justice Arts Coalition connected us to Joe and other prisoner withon the US prison system.Thankyou Wendy James....
Feb 18, 2022•11 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Welcome to series six of our unique, award-winning independent podcast. We open with a sweet, somewhat unnecessary apology from the Philippines but wait for it - there could be many more to come from this individual. Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt Audio director: Brian Wallace Intern: Natalie Haddad. We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for listening to our 100% independent production....
Feb 11, 2022•7 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Once again we have collected Christmas apologies. New apologies come from the UK, USA and appropriately enough - Turkey. Some are cute, others sad but all are inspired by Christmas. We've also thrown in a bitchy New Year's Eve apology for good measure. We wish you a merry Christmas however you mark it. God knows we deserve it. See you in January for our new season. There are two million podcasts but none like this. This 100% independent and advertising-free podcast is created by host Brett de Ho...
Dec 22, 2021•27 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Decades after the event that inspires it, comes this anonymous apology from Melbourne Australia. It raises the question: does your behaviour from the past meet with your standards of today? Note: it deals with sexual assault. Audio director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for listening to our 100% independent production....
Sep 04, 2021•7 min•Season 5Ep. 13
From South Africa comes this hot take from a former employee to her one-time boss. We hereby extend the boss the right of reply. Audio director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for listening to our 100% independent production....
Aug 08, 2021•9 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Relationships are complicated enough without falling for your girlfriend's sibling. From the Philippines comes this heartfelt apology. #LGBTIQ Audio director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for listening to our 100% independent production....
Jul 28, 2021•10 min•Season 5Ep. 11
From Nigeria comes this apology from a nephew who is NOT mourning his Uncle's passing. Audio director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for listening to our 100% independent production....
Jul 17, 2021•6 min•Season 5Ep. 10
We're taking a quick break this week. (We'd love to claim that we're at Centre Court Wimbledon soaking up the Pimms and strawberries but in truth we're just...taking a break.) Anyhow, enjoy this mixed bag of apologies from series one. Back with our regular scheduled programming next week. Audio director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for list...
Jul 10, 2021•16 min•Season 5Ep. 55
From San Francisco comes this CCTV-inspired apology. The recipients - generously - accepted the apology and turned the crime into inspiration for generosity. Kudos to K-Elements BBQ . Watch the CCTV footage and local TV coverage of the crime. See the apology note. Audio director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for listening to our 100% ad-free...
Jul 02, 2021•5 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Racism lives everywhere. Just ask Precious from Nigeria who is trying to make her way in this world. Audio director: Brian Wallace Creator & Host: Brett de Hoedt We are all over the internet: Website Facebook Twitter We love reviews, subscriptions and apologies. Submit your via our website. Thanks for listening to our 100% independent production....
Jun 25, 2021•7 min•Season 5Ep. 7