Spotify Caught Purging 70 Episodes of Joe Rogan’s Podcast

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Spotify quietly removed at least 70 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience from its archives on Friday, and the liberal media is now insisting the mass takedown is NOT censorship and has NOTHING to do with Rogan's vaccine controversy.

Spotify quietly removed at least 70 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience from its archives on Friday, and the liberal media is now insisting the mass takedown is NOT censorship and has NOTHING to do with Rogan’s vaccine controversy.

Spotify has so far refused to acknowledge the shocking purge or explain the business decision behind deleting scores of episodes of the popular podcast that they paid over $100 million for the exclusive rights to host.

One of the first to notice the shocking purge was one of Rogan’s former guests, Ukrainian-American author and podcaster Michael Malice, who tweeted out Friday that two of his own appearances had been disappeared into the memory-hole.

Gizmodo report:

After hearing about the takedowns, Gizmodo checked a website that regularly monitors Rogan’s episode visibility on Spotify and found that 70 of them had been deleted. We later manually checked and confirmed the site’s assessment. Clips of some of the deleted episodes appear to still be available on YouTube, though not all of them are.

n case you somehow haven’t heard, Rogan and Spotify have been at the center of an ever escalating controversy involving accusations that the podcaster has promoted covid-19 misinformation on his show. Rogan claims he’s just trying to have conversations with interesting people, but critics have consistently argued that the podcaster is helping to spread dangerous misinformation which could lead to real-world harm.

The platform’s refusal to take moderation action against Rogan has left the internet ablaze in polarized argument and inspired several aging rockstars—including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell—to pull their music off the streaming platform entirely.

Rogan recently published a video to Spotify in which he defended his choices and promised to get more opposing viewpoints, though critics have not seemed particularly satisfied with that response.

The episodes that were pulled don’t appear to have anything to do with the ongoing controversy. One of the episodes that has caused the most consternation—featuring the heavily criticized vaccine scientist Dr. Robert Malone—remains on Spotify. Malone was banned from Twitter after the platform determined he violated its covid-19 misinformation policy. YouTube removed clips of his appearance on Rogan’s podcast on similar grounds.

This also isn’t the first time that Spotify has done a purge of Rogan’s material. Last year it was reported that Spotify had quietly deleted over 40 episodes of Rogan’s show. 

Baxter Dmitry

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13 Comments

  1. I don’t watch Rogan, but is this his only platform? this is the only place a person can watch his videos?

    • Spotify bought his soul. He s contracted to them. I believe they own his work. But I’ve not seen his contract. Its just hearsay.

      • Surely he has some contract protections? Rogan does not need these asshats. He should ask his lawyers about going his own way.

        • spots owns all that and can do WTF they want22 do do with any one`s shows records or screen plays 60 years running all work lifted by the broken system of ORG crime controlled broadcasting

        • what ever contract he signed with them, I am sure it didn’t include erasing his videos and controlling his content. that should offer a way out

        • Well he was on you tube and he used to make his guests all sign contracts when they weren’t expecting too when they turned up. I know Leah Remini put him on the spot about it in one of her interviews with him. Anyway Spotty offered him big bucks to go there as a hot commodity trusted as an influencer. He would have signed up for the bucks, and I reckon they would have him pretty well screwed

  2. Now Joe will understand that you can’t deal with the Devil. He will deceive you every time. And he wears disguises, nothing is what it seems in his Dominions.

  3. Joe Rogan said his doctor, Pierre Kory, is part of a group that has used Ivermectin to quietly treat 200 Members of U.S. Congress for COVID19.. Dr Simone Gold, from America’s Frontline Doctors, told that she has prescribed treatments for Congress. She still believes in her oath, but she is vocal saying she has been contacted by many in DC. Can you believe these demons? Healing for them are OK but not for us. Get your Ivermectin while you still can! ivmcures/com (Looks like I can’t post links, replace / with .)

  4. Neil an`t yung Bcane the new president TEDdy`s got a gun the whole things come undone better run cause teddys got a gun canada Oh canada land of the free goverment owned artists queens rite

  5. Joe Rogan said his doctor, Pierre Kory, is part of a group that has used Ivermectin to quietly treat 200 Members of U.S. Congress for COVID19. Dr Simone Gold, from America’s Frontline Doctors, told that she has prescribed treatments for Congress. She still believes in her oath, but she is vocal saying she has been contacted by many in DC. Can you believe these demons? Healing for them are OK but not for us. Get your Ivermectin while you still can! truthpharmacy/com (Looks like I can’t post links, replace / with .)

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