![]() ![]() He also espoused an unfounded theory known as “mass formation psychosis,” which suggests that much of the population has been hypnotized to follow Covid protocols. Multiple psychologists told the Associated Press the theory is no support for the psychosis theory. In December, Rogan hosted Robert Malone, a doctor who was suspended from Twitter for spreading Covid misinformation. During the show, Malone made several baseless claims, including that Covid vaccines can put people who’ve had the virus at higher risk. More recently, Rogan has been under fire for his skepticism around Covid-19 and the public health protocols in place to fight it. In 2020, Spotify struck a reported $100 million deal to secure exclusive licensing rights to Rogan’s show - one of the largest acquisitions ever in the podcasting space. In 2018, the podcast famously (or notoriously) made headlines when Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared, sipping whiskey and smoking weed with Rogan for a bizarre, 2.5-hour live interview. The show has built an avid fan base, along with legions of detractors, since it launched in 2009. ![]() Rogan built his brand on his willingness to interview people who’d been kicked off other social media, such as the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. India Arie says she's pulling her music from Spotify over Joe Rogan's comments on race (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) Paras Griffin/Getty Images NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 25: India.Arie attends Black Girls Rock 2019 Hosted By Niecy Nash at NJPAC on Augin Newark, New Jersey. Rogan hosts “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, where he interviews a wide range of guests, such as comedians, scientists and business leaders. (SPOT) have found themselves under intensifying scrutiny. Here are some key things to know about him, and why he and Spotify To his critics, he’s a reckless peddler of dangerous conspiracy theories, haplessly giving oxygen to radical ideas. ![]() To his fans, he’s a bold and curious mind at work, using his podcast to investigate and elevate ideas considered controversial or fringe by the mainstream. To call Rogan polarizing would be an understatement. He gained national attention around the same time as the host of NBC’s “Fear Factor” reality series. Rogan, whose website describes him as “mixed martial arts fanatic” and “psychedelic adventurer” among other things, was a regular color commentator for the MMA promoter Ultimate Fighting Championship in the early 2000s. He’s someone who requires a lot of slashes: Comedian/commentator/podcast host/media personality. His Spotify-based podcast’s Covid commentary created a backlash that led several musicians and customers to boycott the platform. In a post on Sunday, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek laid out more transparent platform rules given the backlash stirred by Young, who on Wednesday had his music removed from Spotify after the tech giant declined to get rid of episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, which has been criticised for spreading coronavirus misinformation.If Joe Rogan wasn’t already a household name before last week, he almost certainly is now. It comes after singer-songwriters Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removed their music from Spotify in protest against the popular streaming service allowing the airing of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Rogan additionally welcomed the idea of adding advisories before podcasts related to COVID-19. Rogan noted that he earlier sat down on the show with Dr Sanjay Gupta, the chief medical correspondent for CNN, Dr Michael Osterholm, who is a member of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board, and Dr Peter Hotez from Baylor College of Medicine. He also said that he schedules the guests on his podcast himself, and that he would try to book doctors with different opinions right after he talks to "the controversial ones". "I've never tried to do anything with this podcast other than to just talk to people." “I'm not trying to promote misinformation, I'm not trying to be controversial,” Rogan said. ![]()
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