Joe Rogan Says Timing Makes the $100 Million Spotify Deal ‘Feel Gross’

Joe Rogan Says Timing Makes the $100 Million Spotify Deal ‘Feel Gross’

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Joe Rogan recently reflected on his $100 million Spotify deal and explained what he thinks separates podcasts and the internet from traditional TV.

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Joe Rogan Says Timing Makes the $100 Million Spotify Deal ‘Feel Gross’

Podcasting genius Joe Rogan openly discussed his feelings about podcasting, society, and the massive new deal with Spotify that will take The Joe Rogan Experience from YouTube to the music streaming giant.

Joe’s career as a podcaster has been full of surprises. To some, he’s a relatively boring TV host, having spent years as the face of Fear Factor or the voice behind major UFC bouts. To others, he’s a crass comedian who specializes in relatable, but distasteful observational comedy. But as an intellectual who can have a lengthy conversation with entertainers, scientists, journalists, and politicians, Joe Rogan’s podcast has been the best place to put his consistent joke that he’s “an idiot” to bed.

A recent interview with The New York Times highlights these aspects of Joe’s personality. It features lots of probably unintentionally profound quotes from the man, revealing once again that his ability to have a strong opinion on anything, while being aware of his influence, yet still maintaining his self-awareness, is why he connects with so many people. This is all apparent when he tells NYT’s Bari Weiss his reaction to his Spotify deal: “It feels gross… Especially right now, when people can’t work.”

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Joe Rogan’s Thoughts on Free Speech

The Joe Rogan Experience is perhaps best known for its wide variety of guests but that only works because the medium allows for the types of candid conversations we almost never get from television. In the interview, the topic of print media and traditional TV news struggling in the age of smartphones came up, and Joe gave his perspective saying, “The problem is that the cellphone also has YouTube videos of the craziest things ever — babies landing on cats and animal attacks and naked people.” It’s the most “Joe Rogan” statement possible and it’s also a representation of how he views entertainment right now: people have too many options of things to watch for us to expect them to be fixated on whatever the stations decide is today’s news.

Similarly, Joe values the lack of standards for podcasting. He states, “[On network TV] you don’t get anything wild. You don’t get anything that will get you fired.” Joe believes in the podcasting medium and its ability to cut out the middleman. He discusses how podcast conversations don’t put PR teams or HR departments between him and a guest, which allows them to speak openly, thus creating the connection to listeners TV shows can’t. He’s right, of course, as the internet has created a culture of people expecting raw content. Viral videos are most often shot on a phone camera but are also the most-consumed type of entertainment on the internet. “When you have something that can’t get canceled, you can be free.”

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Things also go viral because they’re convenient, though. The ability to fit a piece of content into someone’s life, instead of asking them to create space for that consumption, is another part of podcasting Joe Rogan covers during the interview. He expresses, “One of the things about this medium, in general, is that it’s really easy to listen to while you do other stuff.” These ideas all combine to form the “lane” that The Joe Rogan Experience occupies so well. It’s candid, it’s conveniently digestible, it’s controversial, and it’s led by someone who is aware of all these things, but never lets you know it.

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