Hey, mates. Today on the show, an update about our push to get Spotify to do more to stop

misinformation spreading on the platform.

As a little recap, a few months ago, Joe Rogan dropped this episode on his podcast about

the COVID vaccines. It made them look really scary. Didn't line up with the science.

And his podcast is exclusive to Spotify, who are also our employers. A lot of people

got up in arms about all of this and it frustrated us too. So science versus editor,

Vlad Tarell and I sent a letter to the CEO of Spotify saying basically that the company

needs to do more here. And we said that until they step up, we're only going to make new

episodes that highlight misinformation on Spotify.

And then we tackled Miss Info on Joe Rogan's show about kids who were transgender. And of

course, we looked at the COVID vaccines. We even wrote a song about it.

We've also been talking to our colleagues at Spotify, spreading the nerd word about

what they should do here. Like how they need to change their algorithm to make it harder

for misinformation to spread. And today, some news. Spotify told us that they are improving

things. They're using some tools to prevent misinformation spreading. And one of those

tools is quote, restricting contents discoverability, which should mean that if a podcast like,

I don't know, the Schmogan experience blathers on about how dangerous the Schmovered vaccines

are when the best science says something different. Spotify would restrict and limit how that

episode could be discovered, making it harder for people to find. All in all, this is not perfect,

but it sure is a start. And so next week on Thursday, we have one final banger of an episode about

some misinformation being spread on Spotify. And then after that, we'll be back with our regular

show, sharing episodes on stuff like processed food, pollution, and ASMR. We're asking,

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