Joe Rogan Responds to Spotify Controversy

Joe Rogan has addressed calls to remove his podcast from Spotify, saying that he never aims to misinform the public, but only wants to have “interesting conversations” with different opinions represented.

“I think there’s a lot of people that have a distorted perception of what I do maybe based on sound bites or based on headlines of articles that are disparaging,” Rogan said in a 10-minute monologue, uploaded on Instagram... “I’m not trying to do misinformation; I’m not trying to be controversial,” he insisted.

The podcaster reminded listeners he also invited experts with opposite views on the pandemic, including Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Dr. Michael Osterholm, who is on Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board. “I’m not interested in only talking to people that have one perspective,” he said.