Joe Rogan's Use Of N-Word In Old Podcasts Prompts Massive Pushback And Deletion Of A Hundred Old Episodes

February 6th, 2022 - 11:10 AM EST by Brandon Wink

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A viral video of Joe Rogan saying the N-word multiple times that was gathered from clips of previous JRE podcast episodes has ignited several reactions and discussions online, as well as caused Spotify to pull over a hundred episodes from its lineup.

The video came out on Thursday, and it immediately started to catch people's attention around the web as it became the latest battle in the ongoing fight against Rogan that was reignited when Neil Young tried to get Spotify to choose between him or Rogan by threatening to remove his music.

Rogan later put up an apology video to try and address the concerns of people and to say that the clips were taken out of context and were from many years prior, prompting a bigger response from people reacting to his apology.


With Spotify removing hundreds of episodes following the viral controversy, people all over social media began to either attack or defend Rogan from the current situation. Some of the reasons given for the people defending him are that he is simply inquiring about things, is a champion for free speech and is only being under fire politically because it's now a midterm election year and his podcast is seen as too strong and uncontrollable by the electorate.

The reasons given for those opposed to Rogan are that he is continually spreading COVID disinformation, either actively on purpose or accidentally through his questioning of the science, and that him featuring prominent far-right figures has helped to push the alt-right into being a much stronger, unified force than it was beforehand.


Due to the age of the clips in which Rogan has him saying the N-word, and the supposed context in which he claims to have been quoting other people who were saying it, or saying it in a proper context for discussion, many online have started to post videos of other prominent figures, particularly of the left such as Hasan Piker and Joe Biden using the word themselves in the past. With The Rock also pulling back on his support of Rogan, people have started trying to dig up clips of him saying things that are also unsavory, claiming that if the context doesn't matter, everyone involved should be canceled for things said in the past.


At the same time, there are some on the right who are encouraging Rogan to leave Spotify on his own accord, as they believe that Rogan being on a separate platform entirely, possibly one built by him from the ground up, would become a media juggernaut and potentially help their side. This is also contrasted with people who don't care either way but love finding reasons to make memes that reference Joe Rogan.



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in reply to Sui Caedere

First of all: dude, the mean vaccine companies are living rent-free in your head. Get some help--this is starting to become creepy.

Secondly: The time frames and general responses between the two are vastly different.

Justin Trudeau: wore Brownface during a photoshoot in 2001 and profusely apologized in 2019 when Time Magazine published it. He then admitted and apologized on his own to wearing Blackface in highschool, both this and the Arabic costume due to being "more enthusiastic about costumes than is sometimes appropriate". Two instances, one when he was 29, and one when he was a highschool kid.

Joe Rogan: A grown-ass man, starting from 2017, said N-word, encouraged guests to say N-word, wanted society to accept common usage of N-word, and used racist comparisons in multiple anecdotes (e.g. Black people and Planet of the Apes) in 110 episodes. His response is "those clips were taken out of context". Where is the profuse apology and the promise to never partake in this behavior again?

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