Joe Rogan just announced that he is moving his overrated and in my opinion shit podcast called the Joe Rogan Experience exclusively over to Spotify. Under the agreement his entire back catalog will be hosted only on that service.
The deal he signed is reportedly worth over $100 million.
I honestly never understood the appeal of Rogan or his show. It was never entertaining to me but apparently lots of people disagreed with my view because his show became enormously popular.
I guess the original appeal of the show when it launched was that he dove into all sorts of different topics including ones that were taboo and conspiracy-related. I think he may have even done a show on the Apollo Moon landings being a hoax before later claiming that it was all real. Although, my memory on the specifics might be slightly off.
But this news can’t be interpreted in any other way other than Rogan completely selling out. They are basically paying him this $100 million+ to procure his services as an establishment shill. So rest assured that any of the interesting stuff he used to talk about will be substituted with mainstream rubbish. He’s also likely to lose a significant chunk of his audience when he makes the jump to Spotify.
Rogan was already heading in this direction with his content, so it isn’t a surprise to see him go full shill.
Either way, it is quite a pathetic move on his part. I’d rather be banned from all the big tech platforms and maintain my credibility than sell out for any sum of cash. And it isn’t like Rogan needs the money. Even before this lucrative deal, Rogan was extremely wealthy.
What a disgrace. I liked Rogan much more when he was smoking bongs with Alex Jones.
