Topics covered on his podcasts include, but are not limited to, religion, politics, and more recently, public health, which is what has gotten him into hot water. He launched his Joe Rogan Experience podcast in 2009, which has likely been his most successful venue to date, as its distribution rights were purchased by Spotify for $100 million in 2020. In the late 90’s, he began working with the UFC as a commentator and broadcaster, and hasn’t looked back since.
Well, for starters, Joe Rogan got his start in Boston in the comedy and acting scene in the late 80’s, leading to a short acting career with Disney in the 90s. But what is really going on here, and what is causing Spotify to stick to their guns, despite the mass market loss for one podcast host? Right now, however, many are abandoning their memberships for the platform due to its ownership of the controversial podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. When you think of music, you may very well think of streaming giant Spotify, featuring both free and paid offerings. Opinions expressed in the Op/Ed section of The Knight Crier are not necessarily reflective of the views of the entire staff of the KC. Rogan's aversion to so-called political correctness has taken the form of comments widely considered transphobic, Islamophobic, and racist.Joe Rogan and his home platform, Spotify. But Rogan, a stand-up comedian, is also a controversial figure. His guests range from celebrities to neuroscientists and everything in between. Rogan's long, winding conversations have proven to be massively popular. In 2019, Spotify paid nearly $400 million to acquire the Gimlet and Parcast podcast networks as well as and the podcast tech provider Anchor. It spent some $200 million to acquire the website The Ringer, in part, to expand the platform's stable of sports podcasts. Spotify has shown it's willing to pay up. Terms of the deal had not yet been made public, but the payout for Rogan had to be sizable. Spotify said the video episodes would be available as in-app vodcasts.
"We will still have clips up on YouTube but full versions of the show will only be on Spotify after the end of the year," Rogan wrote on Instagram. The podcasts are typically very long, sometimes over three hours. The migration to Spotify will be a loss for other podcast hosting services, as well as YouTube, where a video portion of Rogan's interviews are currently uploaded and watched millions of times.
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