How to Think About Joe Rogan and Cancel Culture
Samuel James on media disruption, new platforms, free speech, and a range of topics
I’ve never listened to a single episode of Joe Rogan, but his very popular podcast is in the news for the kinds of people he platforms. Spotify, who paid Joe quite a bit of money to bring him to the platform, is under fire from artists for hosting him. What should we make of this? How should we think about platforms, free speech, private companies, publishing, etc?
I had my friend Samuel James on to talk about this and other things. Including Whoopi Goldberg’s awful comments, Georgetown Law’s controversy, and of course, his LA Rams.
You can hear the conversation here.