Hi, this is Alonzo Bowden. I want to welcome you to episode 344 of my podcast, Who's Paying

Attention? Man, I wish I could stir up the controversy Rogan has right now. How many

listeners would I have? I think Joe averages 11 million listeners a week.

So, yeah, good for Joe. Listen, let's jump right in on this because in my opinion, this whole thing,

Spotify is loving it. They're loving the controversy. They're loving the free publicity.

If anyone has been under a rock for the past week or two,

Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and some other artists have said they will pull their to pull their

music from Spotify. They're upset because Joe Rogan's supposed misinformation on COVID.

Now, I'll tell you where I stand on this and and you've heard me say this before. I'll say it again. I've known Joe for 20 years,

over 20 years, been friends with Joe, done stand up with Joe. I've been on Joe's podcast.

In my opinion, which is what I'm giving, my opinion, Joe is right on brand.

And Joe talked about this, and he did a video in response, and he said that he interviews all

people, all sides. He talks to everyone. He doesn't plan ahead what he's going to say or what he's

going to ask or whatever, which he said maybe he should do a little better job in preparation.

But that's all up to him. But listen, Joe Rogan talks to people on both sides of every issue.

And he talks to extremists and this and that.

He's talked to a couple of doctors who go against the grain on COVID,

who think that, you know, he said his thing about if you're young and you're healthy,

you don't need to be vaccinated or whatever.

It's Joe.

Okay.

This is why I say that. this is why I say that.

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