727: Freestyle Friday | Censorship in Podcasting

We got a spicy one here today folks! What do artists like Niel Young, Brené Brown, and Joni Mitchell have in common? They’re all threatening to leave the Spotify platform if Joe Rogan isn’t “dealt with!”

I hate to break it to people but trying to censor someone may actually have the opposite effect and, in fact, grow their audience. So where do you land on the debate? We’re going to break down our initial reactions and how people (including Spotify’s CEO) are responding.

Tune in to the episode and find out why trying to cancel Joe Rogan is growing his audience and where we land on the censorship debate.

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 03:15] Opening Segment 

• Welcome to Freestyle Friday 
• Major artists threatening to pull themselves out of Spotify 
• The basis: Dealing with Joe Rogan
• Our initial reaction - it makes us want to listen even more 
• Joe Rogan’s response to the criticism 
• Podcasting threatens people who are used to being in control 

[03:16 - 08:08] Cencorship in Podcasting

• The importance of free speech in the podcasting space 
• Censorship doesn’t help anyone
• Trying to censor actually has the opposite effect
• Making people realize that this person has something to say
• Not understanding what people are even asking for 
• Joe can always just upload content somewhere else
• Daniel Ek’s response
• My job is to give people a platform to voice their opinions
• People who judge harshly haven’t even listened to the full content
• In reality, Joe Rogan brings people with all different views on his show
• A quick word from our sponsor

[08:09 - 15:01] Closing Segment 

• Who gets to choose what truth is? 
• We should be able to decide for ourselves who we listen to 
• Niel Young’s response and the possible publicity play
• Brene Brown’s shocking response 
• The danger of losing our freedom of speech little by little
• How to connect with us 
• Links below 
• Final words 

 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“Anybody who wants to share something should be allowed to share it and you can judge it on your own.” - Eric Skwarczynski

“I’m just such a proponent of free speech and it’s one of the founding principles of this country which is what makes us awesome… Words are powerful and speech is powerful.” - Travis Chappell

 

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