SIP FROM MY NEW MUG.
THAT IS DELICIOUS.
TASTE LIKE FREEDOM.
JOE ROGAN WILL NOT BE SILENT
ACCORDING TO SPOTIFY CEO IN A
MEMO FROM EMPLOYEES AFTER VIDEO
COMPILATION SURFACED ROGAN
REPEATEDLY SAYING THE N-WORD.
THAT PROMPTED MORE CALLS FOR HIM
TO BE CANCELED OUTRIGHT.
HERE’S WHAT THE PODCAST HOST HAD
TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF.
>> THERE’S A VIDEO THAT’S OUT
THAT IS A COMPILATION OF ME
SAYING THE N-WORD.
IT’S A VIDEO MADE OF CLIPS TAKEN
OUT OF CONTEXT OF ME OF 12 YEARS
OF CONVERSATIONS ON MY PODCAST
AND IT SMASHED TOGETHER AND IT
LOOKS HORRIBLE EVEN TO ME.
THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO TO TAKE
THAT BACK.
I WISH I COULD, I DO HOPE THAT
IF ANYTHING BUT THIS CAN BE A
TEACHABLE MOMENT.
KENNEDY: SPOTIFY REMOVED 100 OLD
EPISODES OF THE JOE ROGAN
EXPERIENCE OF THE CONTROVERSY.
FRESH AIR.
THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO
ASSESSING $100 MILLION IN
CONTENT FROM HISTORICALLY
MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
LIKE THE DUKE OF SUFFOLK.
THAT’S FINALLY SATISFIED THE
WALK MOB.
HOST OF THE GUY BENSON SHOW ONLY
ON FOX NEWS RADIO, IT IS GUY
BENSON.
WELCOME BACK.
YOU ARE MY FAVORITE NORTHWESTERN
OR, I KNOW ANDREW TRIED TO MAKE ME SAY HE WAS BUT IT IS YOU.
ME SAY HE WAS BUT IT IS YOU.
ALWAYS BEEN YOUR.
>> THANK YOU.
AS I SHOULD BE.
KENNEDY: YES.
DO YOU THINK JOE ROGAN’S APOLOGY
WAS SINCERE?
WAS IT ENOUGH?
>> I THINK HE’S A SINCERE GUY. I’M NOT A HUGE FAN OF HIS, I
I’M NOT A HUGE FAN OF HIS, I
DON’T LISTEN TO HIM, I’M SURE IF
I WENT BACK AND LISTEN TO HIS
PODCAST, I WOULD FIND A LOT OF
INTERESTING, I DO AGREE WITH
SOME OF IT AND DISAGREE WITH
OTHER PARTS BUT THAT IS
IRRELEVANT.
THE QUESTION YOU ASK COMING OUT
OF THE BREAK WAS, WHILE THIS BE
ENOUGH WHATEVER THE LATEST
PROSTRATION IS TO SATISFY THE
WALK MOB?
THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO.
NOTHING IS EVER ENOUGH TO
SATISFY THE WALK MOB EVEN IF YOU
SCALPED SOMEONE AND TAKE THEM
OUT, THEY CELEBRATE FOR ABOUT
SEVEN SECONDS OF THIS FOOLISH
THING TO MAKE A LOG AND LOOK FOR
THEIR NEXT TARGET.
IT’S AN INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR
THESE PEOPLE.
I HAVE TO SAY, WATCHING THIS
CONTROVERSY PLAY OUT IN THIS
$100 MILLION OFFER FROM KABUL
AND SPOTIFY GOING THROUGH THIS,
I AM STRUCK BY THREE THINGS
ABOUT THE STANCE I ROGAN
BRIGADE.
THE PEOPLE FOCUS ON TAKING THIS
GUY OUT AND THE PLATFORMING HIM
AT LEAST FROM SPOTIFY, MODIFIED
AND CONSUMED BY ENVY.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS
JEALOUSY HOW BIG HIS AUDIENCE IS
AND HOW EFFECTIVE HE IS
EXCOMMUNICATING AND DRAWING
INTERESTING PEOPLE AND NEW
PEOPLE INTO THE FOLD.
I THINK THEY WISH THEY HAD THAT
AND THEY DON’T.
I THINK THAT IS PART OF IT.
PROFESSIONAL ENVY FROM OTHERS IN
THE MEDIA.
ANOTHER PART IS CONTROL, IT’S
JUST A POWER-PLAY.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL
WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND THINK.
WHAT’S ALLOWED TO BE DISCUSSED
AT WHO’S ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE
CONVERSATIONS AND ESPECIALLY
TRUE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
PENETRATION QUARTERLY.
THEY CAN GHETTOIZE CONSERVATIVES
AND PUT US OFF TO THE SIDE SORT
OF SAY THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO
BE BACK.
SOME ONE OF HIS MAGNITUDE WHO
ISN’T JUST USUALLY STRAPPED INTO
ONE BOX, THEY ARE THREATENED BY
THAT. FINALLY, AND THIS IS A HUGE ONE,
FINALLY, AND THIS IS A HUGE ONE,
BAD FAITH.
THERE’S SO MUCH BAD FAITH ON THE
PART OF THE PEOPLE COMING AFTER
ROGAN, I THINK TO YOUR FIRST
QUESTION, HE’S A PERSON WHO’S
OPERATING BY AND LARGE ON GOOD
FAITH, HE’S LIKABLE, HE’S
GENUINE, WHEN HE SCREWS UP HE
KIND OF ADMITS IT, PLEASE PEOPLE
ARE BOUNCING FROM ONE EXCUSE TO
ANOTHER FOR A GOAL OF TAKING HIM
DOWN NO MATTER WHICH ONE
ACTUALLY ENDS UP WORKING FROM
WHATEVER THE CRAB WOULD BE, THEY
ARE CASTING ABOUT FOR PUTTING
OUT CLIPS, SHOWING UP CONTEXT,
THEY ARE BAD FAITH PEOPLE AND IT
JUSTIFIES THE MEANS AND IT’S
PRETTY GROSS TO WATCH WHICH IS
WHY EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT A BIG
ROGAN GUY I’M PRETTY FIRED UP
ABOUT THIS STORY BECAUSE THERE’S
LARGER PRINCIPLES AT STAKE HERE.
KENNEDY: AND HE FOUND ELAINE IN
NEW MEDIA IN FACT SOMETHING THAT
TERRIFIES MEDIA AND THEY ARE THE
ONES GOING AFTER HIM.
IT’S LIKE BRIAN SELTZER WISHES
HE HAD SOMETHING COMPELLING
ENOUGH A COMPANY WOULD PAY HIM
$100 MILLION FOR HIS CONTENT.
THERE AREN’T A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE WHO KNOW THEMSELVES WELL
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DON’T LISTEN TO HIS PODCAST
BUT I HAVE LISTENED TO THEM AND
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE’S DOING
DOING.
IT IS REALLY COMPELLING, HE HAS LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE
LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE
AND HE’S ONE OF THE FEW HONEST
INTERVIEWERS LEFT.
HOWARD STERN USED TO BE THE BEST
INTERVIEWER IN MEDIA BUT THEN HE
FELL OFF A LEFTIST CLIFF SADLY
JOE ROGAN HAS REALLY TAKEN THAT
PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE
INVESTED IN SOMEONE WHO’S DEEPLY
CURIOUS, SOMEONE WHO IS
UNASHAMEDLY HONEST AND THEY ARE
GOING TO HEAR THINGS THEY ARE
NOT HEARING FROM THE PROPAGANDA
MACHINE LIKE CNN.
LAST WORD, WE HAVE TO GO THERE.
>> I JUST THINK THAT HE DEFIES
THE GATEKEEPERS AND THE
GATEKEEPERS ARE ANGRY ABOUT THAT
AND THEY SENT AN OPPORTUNITY AND
TRYING TO EXPLOIT IT AND THERE
ARE PEOPLE SHOUTING IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION SAYING NO, DO NOT CASE
CASE.
KENNEDY: DO NOT CASE.
HE WON’T CAVE.
IF HE DOES, WE ALL WISH WE HAD
100 MILLION REASONS TO CAVE LIKE