Spotify podcast superstar and UFC commentator Joe Rogan has offered to lend a hand to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after the billionaire called out Russian President Vladimir Putin for a ‘single combat’ challenge on Twitter. Musk, 50, who has no known formal combat experience, issued the unusual request to the …
Read More »Joe Rogan calls out U-turn on Ukraine coverage
Maverick podcaster Joe Rogan has called out journalists in the US who are treating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a war hero since the Russian attack on the country. Previously, Ukraine was perceived in the West as a corrupt hellhole and its leader as a would-be authoritarian, so the U-turn …
Read More »Jon Stewart warns Joe Rogan’s critics
Former US talk show host Jon Stewart defended Joe Rogan amid the ongoing row over alleged Covid-19 ‘conspiracy theories’ by questioning “who gets to decide” what is, and is not, misinformation. Stewart likened the situation to his opposition to the 2003 Iraq War, which he said could have prompted similar …
Read More »Joe Rogan blasts CNN
Comedian Joe Rogan has called on CNN to “be honest,” after hosts Brian Stelter and Don Lemon criticized his hugely popular Spotify podcast. Rogan attacked CNN’s falling ratings, saying “nobody listens to” these presenters. “Stop this editorial perspective with guys like Brian Stelter and Don Lemon that nobody listens to,” …
Read More »Joe Rogan declines $100 million offer
Spotify has stood by him amid calls for censorship and he does not intend to leave it, Joe Rogan told an audience in Texas during a stand-up performance on Tuesday. Rumble had offered Rogan $100 million over four years to move his podcast there. Rogan, who was in Austin for …
Read More »Joe Rogan receives $100mn offer amid Spotify row
Joe Rogan has been offered a $100 million deal to leave Spotify and take his podcast to Rumble, including all deleted episodes, the platform’s CEO Chris Pavlovski has announced. “How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both old and new, with no censorship, for 100 million bucks over …
Read More »‘The Rock’ makes U-turn on Joe Rogan support
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has drawn flak online after walking back support for Joe Rogan over his prior use of the N-word – with social media users digging up statements previously put out by the Hollywood star that would not go over well today. Johnson quietly deleted at least one …
Read More »Joe Rogan apologizes as podcasts disappear from Spotify
More than 70 episodes of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast have vanished from Spotify, as first reported by JRE Missing, a service that monitors the popular podcast. The episodes disappeared this week and feature a variety of guests, from commentator Michael Malice to comedian Tom Segura. News of the pulled …
Read More »World leaders support Joe Rogan
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele both came out in defense of American podcast host Joe Rogan this week after critics, including the White House, encouraged Spotify to censor his show. The campaign – which has attempted to get Rogan’s Spotify show censored after he expressed …
Read More »Free speech, drugs, COVID controversies: Why Joe Rogan remains the world’s most popular podcaster
Love him or hate him, Joe Rogan is both the most popular podcaster in the world and one of the most controversial, but there’s no doubt about his influence and his millions-strong listener base, which eclipses even those of the corporate media outlets. With a small team, a couple of …
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