Over 70 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience were quietly removed from Spotify Friday, adding yet another development in the ongoing debate over whether the streaming giant is responsible for monitoring misinformation and harmful content posted to its platform.
Among the episodes removed include interviews with Amy Schumer, Marc Maron, Bill Burr, Andy Dick, Tool frontman Maynard J. Keenan and Iliza
Shlesinger.It's unclear why the episodes in question were pulled, and representatives for Rogan and Spotify did not respond to Rolling Stone's requests for comments.
However, eagle-eyed fans of the controversial podcast on Reddit observed that many of the deleted episodes contained racial slurs, ableist language and other content that could be deemed insensitive. Users noted episodes featuring Tom Segura and Greg Fitzsimmons were likely removed for usage of the n-word.
(The repeated usage of racially charged language on the Joe Rogan Experience led singer-songwriter India Arie to pull her music from Spotify earlier this week.)
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/spotify-removes-joe-rogan-experience-podcast-episodes-1295727/They're not moving fast enough
Looks like they cut that 100 mil check again and don't wanna waste that coin