The Joe Rogan Experience (found episodes of YouTube/Spotify podcast; 2009-present)
Logo of the podcast.
Status: Found
The Joe Rogan Experience is a popular podcast hosted by Ultimate Fighting Championship color commentator, comedian, actor, and former television presenter Joe Rogan,[1] of which began on YouTube in 2009,[2] before becoming an exclusive to the streaming service Spotify in 2020, as part of a $100 million deal between them and Rogan.[3]
The podcast is very popular across the world, racking up an average listenership of 11 million listeners per episode,[4] all the while the name itself of the show is ubiquitous with popular podcasts. The pop culture site WhatCulture described the podcast as a "legitimate titan of alternative media", due to the variety of viewpoints and guests that regularly appear on his shows.[5]
However, despite this, several episodes of the show, many of which were controversial, either because of the guest or specific involved, or a case of both, of which are inaccessible through Spotify. Many of them were removed from the library of episodes following the Spotify transfer in 2020,[6] but many others started to be removed in early 2022,[7] in response to an effort to remove the entire podcast from Spotify itself due to alleged coronavirus misinformation being propagated in the show, spearheaded by folk singer Neil Young.[8]
While the podcast remains on Spotify, with the company's CEO Daniel Ek stating that he wouldn't remove it, citing that such actions would cause a "slippery slope"[9] - many of the aforementioned episodes are still missing off Spotify, but can be found elsewhere on other platforms, such as Mixcloud, Internet Archive, and YouTube.
Background
In between 2009-2020, The Joe Rogan Experience became one of the most, if not the most, popular podcasts in all of that media. His YouTube account alone had racked up 11.9 million subscribers, all the while his most watched interview, that with former Tesla CEO billionaire Elon Musk, of which caused some controversy, as Musk smoked marijuana live during the show,[10] was viewed 51 million times.[11] Much of his fanbase appreciated the wide diverse variety of guests and topics that he covered, from politics to science to pop culture to comedy, among many other topics in the process, not to mention the copious amount of guests he conducted such interviews with.
However, many of his episodes suddenly disappeared as part of his show's transfer to Spotify in 2020, mainly those of right-wing commentators such as VICE co-founder Gavin McInnes and InfoWars head Alex Jones, alongside others such that of comedian Joey Diaz and Mikhaila Peterson, the daughter of Canadian intellectual and political commentator Jordan Peterson. This was speculated as censorship by many, with the likes of Jones banned from Spotify in a broader sense.[12] Others, such as the aforementioned McInnes, accused Rogan of being a "sell out" when it came to free speech, given that Rogan had prided himself as being an absolutist on that issue.[13][14]
Things came to a head in early 2022 meanwhile, as there were numerous attempts to remove Rogan's show from Spotify. The most significant of these was that spearheaded by folk singer Neil Young, of who accused Rogan of pushing misinformation on coronavirus vaccines.[15] In part because of this, and accusations of racism against Rogan as he had previously used racial slurs in previous podcasts,[16] several of them were deleted from Spotify, with 113 episodes going missing in all, according to the website jremissing.com.[17]
While some supported the measure, a good chunk of people, including many right-wing commentators, denounced the efforts to have his podcast removed as an example of left-wing cancel culture (including former US President Donald Trump),[18][19][20] with Fox News host Tucker Carlson going as far as accusing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki of being a "fascist", as she also supported the measure.[21] Others, such as left-wing commentator Kyle Kulinski (who has previously featured on Rogan several times), blamed Spotify's links with Saudi Arabia for the censorship of his episodes specifically.[22]
Availability
Despite Ek's aforementioned promise not to remove Rogan's podcast and Rogan himself apologising for the racial slurs, such efforts by Young and others were cited in getting Spotify to label podcasts of which talked about coronavirus at all, all the while 113 episodes remain missing.
However, several of those episodes still survive, either on Joe Rogan's Mixcloud account in audio form or on YouTube itself, whereby Rogan was allowed to keep some of his favourite episodes as YouTube exclusives. It can be also found unofficially on Internet Archive.
Episode List
The following list highlights the list of lost episodes from Spotify, and their current status, in both audio and video form:
| # | Episode | Release Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Brian Redban | 13 January 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 20 | Tom Segura | 12 May 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 21 | Brian Redban | 18 May 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 27 | Sam Tripoli | 24 June 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 42 | Tyler Knight | 8 September 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 48 | Brian Redban | 13 October 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 50 | Little Esther | 22 October 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 55 | Duncan Trussell | 17 November 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 57 | Jayson Thibault, Brian Redban | 27 November 2010 | Found |
| 66 | Nick Swardson | 29 December 2010 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 72 | Ari Shaffir | 19 January 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 75 | Sam Tripoli | 27 January 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 81 | Pete Johansson | 17 February 2011 | Found |
| 82 | Dave Foley | 22 February 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 88 | Andy Dick | 11 March 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 91 | Bill Burr | 23 March 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 92 | Jim Norton | 23 March 2011 | Found |
| 97 | Freddy Lockhart, Brian Redban | 13 April 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 98 | Daryl Wright, Brian Whitaker | 14 April 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 102 | John Heffron | 28 April 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 107 | Doug Benson | 13 May 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 108 | Joey Diaz, Brian Redban | 31 May 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 110 | Duncan Trussell | 2 June 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 112 | Cliff Bleszinski, Jon Christofaris | 7 June 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 113 | Brian Posehn | 14 June 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 114 | Neal Brennan | 15 June 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 116 | Russell Peters, Junior Simpson | 22 June 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 118 | Ari Shaffir | 30 June 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 119 | Jan Irvin | 6 July 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 122 | Jamie Kilstein | 20 July 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 128 | Joey Diaz, Brian Redban | 10 August 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 132 | Bert Kreischer | 23 August 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 134 | Kevin Smith (Part 4) | 2 September 2011 | Found |
| 149 | Live from the Icehouse (Part 1) | 22 October 2011 | Found |
| 152 | Brian Redban | 28 October 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 155 | Dave Attell | 9 November 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 159 | Nick Thune | 23 November 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 176 | Steven Rinella | 17 January 2011 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 182 | Bryan Callen, Jimmy Burke, Brian Redban | 7 Feburary 2012 | Found |
| 198 | Brody Stevens | 22 March 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 213 | Eddie Bravo | 8 May 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 227 | Ari Shaffir | 12 June 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 232 | Giorgio Tsoukalos | 27 June 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 239 | Adam Kokesh | 12 July 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 246 | Maynard J. Keenan | 27 July 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found (Part 1), Found (Part 2) |
| 256 | David Seaman | 28 August 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 275 | Dave Asprey | 16 October 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 276 | David Seaman, Abby Martin, Dell Cameron | 17 October 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 294 | Ari Shaffir | 7 December 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 303 | Matt Vengrin, Brian Redban | 27 December 2012 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 314 | Ian Edwards | 17 January 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 320 | Tim Ferriss | 29 January 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 324 | Sam Sheridan | 18 February 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 331 | Dr. Steven Greer | 3 March 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 340 | JD Kelley | 20 March 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 344 | Stanley Krippner, Christopher Ryan | 31 March 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 349 | Greg Fitzsimmons | 17 April 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 354 | Ari Shaffir, Amy Schumer | 1 May 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 358 | Bert Kreischer | 13 May 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 361 | Dave Asprey, Tait Fletcher | 27 May 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 368 | David Seaman | 20 June 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 374 | Marc Marcon | 16 July 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 375 | Shane Smith | 17 July 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 411 | Dave Asprey | 5 November 2013 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 441 | Brian Dunning | 15 January 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 443 | Neal Brennan | 21 January 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 454 | War Machine | 12 February 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 461 | David Seaman | 25 February 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 463 | Louis Theroux | 4 March 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 487 | David Seaman | 16 April 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 488 | Iliza Shlesinger | 22 April 2014 | Found |
| 506 | Moshe Kasher | 26 May 2014 | Found |
| 512 | Dan Savage | 16 June 2014 | Found |
| 520 | David Seaman | 8 July 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 525 | Bert Kreischer | 22 July 2014 | Found |
| 533 | Chris D'elia | 11 August 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 537 | Rich Vos | 21 August 2014 | Found |
| 538 | Stefan Molyneux | 21 August 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 570 | Ryan Parsons | 30 October 2014 | Found |
| 582 | David Seaman | 3 December 2014 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 594 | Russell Peters | 31 December 2014 | Found |
| 640 | Charles C. Johnson | 28 April 2015 | Audio: Found |
| 664 | Tom Segura & Christina Pazsitzky | 24 June 2015 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 674 | Brian Redban | 28 July 2015 | Found |
| 702 | Milo Yiannopoulos | 1 October 2015 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 710 | Gavin McInnes | 19 October 2015 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 742 | Aubrey Marcus | 4 January 2016 | Found |
| 746 | T. J. Kirk | 13 January 2016 | Found |
| 750 | Kip Anderson, Keegan Kuhn | 22 January 2016 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 810 | Big Jay Oakerson | 16 June 2016 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 820 | Milo Yiannopoulos | 3 July 2016 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 911 | Alex Jones, Eddie Bravo | 2 February 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 912 | Pete Holmes | 6 February 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 920 | Gavin McInnes | 23 February 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 925 | Theo Von | 1 March 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 963 | Michael Malice | 24 May 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 979 | Sargon of Akkad | 26 June 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 980 | Chris D'Elia | 27 June 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 998 | Owen Benjamin | 16 August 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1033 | Owen Benjamin | 2 November 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1036 | Ari Shaffir, Bert Kreischer & Tom Segura | 8 November 2017 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1093 | Owen Benjamin, Kurt Metzger | 19 March 2018 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1103 | Tom Segura | 13 April 2018 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1141 | Theo Von | 6 July 2018 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1187 | Kyle Kulinski | 24 October 2018 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1197 | Michael Malice | 8 November 2018 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1206 | Mike Ward & Pantelis | 22 November 2018 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1218 | Gad Saad | 20 December 2018 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1255 | Alex Jones Returns! | 28 February 2019 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| 1458 | Chris D'Elia | 15 May 2020 | Audio: Found
Video: Found |
| N/A | Fight Companion | 10 May 2014 - May 16 2020 | Found |
| N/A | MMA Show | November 17 2017 - May 7 2020 | Found |
References
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
- ↑ https://joeroganpodcast.org/1-brian-redban/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/joe-rogan-experience-spotify-podcast-exclusive-1234610885/
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/joe-rogan-became-worlds-popular-podcaster/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ympE0hhL_ho
- ↑ https://ew.com/podcasts/joe-rogan-spotify-missing-episodes/
- ↑ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/02/04/spotify-removed-joe-rogan-podcasts-2022/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60124003
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60286699
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/07/tesla-chief-elon-musk-smokes-marijuana-on-live-web-show
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPr5-27vSI
- ↑ https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/facebook-apple-spotify-alex-jones-infowars-ban-183708
- ↑ https://censored.tv/watch/shows/get-off-my-lawn/episode/s03
- ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-rogan-free-speech-advocates
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60124003
- ↑ https://news.yahoo.com/joe-rogan-india-arie-shares-085526904.html
- ↑ https://jremissing.com/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIAfNEcr6wo
- ↑ https://nypost.com/2022/02/05/the-censoring-joe-rogan-is-a-tactic-out-of-old-soviet-union/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Lyiqnr7Ac
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnU1O5u_quk
- ↑ https://twitter.com/KyleKulinski/status/1490525559574695936