Not both” - before pulling his music from Spotify entirely. Not long after, Neil Young made several public declarations against the streaming platform’s inaction - including the now-infamous “They can have Rogan or Young. Robert Malone, a virologist and Covid-19 skeptic popular with the anti-vax set. The episodes’ removal comes on the heels of a weeks-long public dispute over the presence of misleading information on Spotify, with Rogan and his podcast squarely at the center of the controversy.įirst to bring attention to the issue was a group of medical professionals and scientists, who signed an open letter calling on Spotify to take action against misinformation on the platform after Rogan interviewed Dr.
I never used it to be racist, ’cause I’m not racist - but whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say ‘I’m not racist,’ you fucked up. “I’m well aware of that now, but for years I used it in that manner. “It’s a very unusual word, but it’s not my word to use,” he admitted. (The repeated usage of racially charged language on the Joe Rogan Experience led singer-songwriter India Arie to pull her music from Spotify earlier this week.)Ī post shared by Joe Rogan one instance, Rogan said, he used the n-word during a conversation about comedian Redd Foxx to illustrate how “times have changed.” The podcaster also cited times he quoted comedians Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney and Lenny Bruce as times in which he used the slur.
Users noted episodes featuring Tom Segura and Greg Fitzsimmons were likely removed for usage of the n-word. However, eagle-eyed fans of the controversial podcast on Reddit observed that many of the deleted episodes contained racial slurs, ableist language, and other content that could be deemed insensitive.
It’s unclear why the episodes in question were pulled, and representatives for Rogan and Spotify did not respond to Rolling Stone‘s requests for comments. Over 70 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience were quietly removed from Spotify on Friday, adding yet another development in the ongoing debate over whether the streaming giant is responsible for monitoring misinformation and harmful content posted to its platform.Īmong the episodes removed include interviews with Amy Schumer, Marc Maron, Bill Burr, Andy Dick, Tool frontman Maynard J.
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