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🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Joe Rogan’s fans, critics, and everyone in between have spent weeks hearing his name plastered on the news. On this week’s On the Media, a look at the real lessons emerging from the debate about the debate. Plus, what Putin’s attack on Russia’s past might tell us about Ukraine’s future.

1. Greg Bensinger [@GregBensinger], member of New York Times editorial board, Peter Kafka [@pkafka], host of the Vox podcast Recode Media, Andy Campbell [@AndyBCampbell], senior editor at HuffPost, and Tom Webster [@webby2001], senior vice president at Edison Research, on why we're all talking about Joe Rogan. Listen.

2. Jill Filipovic [@JillFilipovic], attorney and writer, on who holds responsibility for misinformation. Listen.

3. Gita Jackson [@xoxogossipgita], on the misguided defenses of Joe Rogan's racist comments. Listen.

4. OTM producer Molly Schwartz [@mollyfication], on Russia's newest effort to erase the past. Listen.

Music:

Blue Monk by Jimmy GiuffreAin't Misbehavin’ by Hank JonesInvestigations by Kevin MacLeodI Am by India Arie Breathe by India ArieString Quartet No.5 (Philip Glass) by Kronos QuartetPeace Piece (Bill Evans) by Kronos Quartet

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0:00.0	I'm not a doctor, I'm a moron, and I'm a dirty stand-up comedian.
0:06.1	The coverage of a certain problematic podcaster spills into a third week.
0:11.2	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media, I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:15.3	Whether Joe Rogan wants to admit it or not, he is considered by a tremendous number of
0:21.0	people, an expert, somebody who they can trust.
0:24.0	The news cycle may have started with Rogan's COVID misinformation, but it's marked into
0:28.7	a debate about racism, rather, who owns the right to be offended.
0:33.6	To reduce this to, this is white people virtue signaling about racism, says that you feel
0:40.4	like any complaints any black people bring up just simply don't exist.
0:44.6	Meanwhile in Russia, some actual cancellation of the past.
0:49.2	The Axis fallen on an organization made famous for identifying the millions of victims of
0:54.2	Stalin's purges.
0:55.5	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.5	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media, I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:05.5	So how do you solve a problem like Joe Rogan?
1:08.6	The CEO of Spotify announced that it will be adding content advisory to any podcast that
1:14.4	discusses the coronavirus.
1:16.0	It comes as the company has faced calls to take action against COVID misinformation on
1:20.2	the podcast hosted by Joe Rogan.
1:23.2	Some musicians, including Johnny Mitchell and Neil Young, are removing their music from
1:27.5	Spotify.
1:28.5	Here is what he said on his Spotify podcast.
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