The Saga of Joe Rogan

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🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Joe Rogan, a former comedian and host of the hit podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for promoting Covid-19 misinformation. Spotify, which owns exclusive rights to Mr. Rogan’s show, has been criticized as the platform for the misinformation. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removed their music from Spotify in protest. Now, a compilation of video clips of Mr. Rogan using a racial slur on past episodes has surfaced, drawing more outrage. We look into the scandal engulfing the streaming platform and its most popular podcast host. Guest: Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Borrow.
0:03.5	This is Adali.
0:05.0	Today.
0:06.0	Hundreds of doctors have written an open letter to Spotify
0:09.0	about their most popular podcast host, Joe Rogan.
0:12.0	Inside the controversy that has engulfed Spotify.
0:16.0	They say they are fed up with the misinformation
0:19.0	Rogan has been spreading about the pandemic.
0:21.0	And its biggest star, Joe Rogan.
0:24.0	Spotify has been pressured to do something about it
0:27.0	but it stood behind its most popular podcast.
0:30.0	The question that I have is why aren't you taking down Joe Rogan?
0:35.0	I spoke with my colleague, Kevin Ruse, about why this scandal
0:40.0	is playing out so differently than those that came before it.
0:46.0	It's Friday February 11th.
0:59.0	Hello, Kevin.
1:00.0	Michael.
1:01.0	Hello.
1:02.0	This is going to be a little bit awkward this one.
1:05.0	Let's lean into it.
1:06.0	Let's get awkward.
1:08.0	Yeah, let's just get it out of the way.
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