Spotify vs. Joe Rogan and the Kill Tony/N-word Confusion

• 3:14Spotify is embroiled in a major controversy over hosting Kill Tony, with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulling their music in protest.
• 3:43Tony Hinchcliffe had an incident with an Asian opener and has since apologized for past use of the N-word on Instagram.
• 4:38Tim thought the controversy was about Kill Tony but realizes it's actually about Joe Rogan and a compilation of him using racial slurs.
• 5:21Spotify paid $100 million to acquire the Joe Rogan Experience, raising the question of what Kill Tony was worth.
• 6:18Joe Rogan has powerful enemies who want him de-platformed, and Tim believes the effort to remove him is somewhat coordinated across government, Congress, the private sector, and celebrities.
• 7:24Tim argues it's not controversial to say the vaccine hasn't worked as well as planned for preventing transmission, even if it kept people out of hospitals.
• 8:15Musicians including Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Nils Lofgren, India Arie, David Crosby, Mary Trump, and Roxane Gay have pulled their music from Spotify to take a stand.
• 9:06White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Spotify needs to do more to censor and potentially remove Joe Rogan from their platform.
• 11:32Tim expresses intense jealousy over the level of attention and controversy Joe Rogan is receiving, saying he's chased this kind of publicity his entire career.
• 12:39Tim jokes about what extreme statements he'd need to make to get similar coverage, from denying cancer exists to opposing abortion, but even saying vaccines didn't work well seems to be the ticket.

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