The Los Angeles Times. The digital disappearance was uncovered revealed by JRE Missing, an automated watchdog that keeps tabs on episodes.Per the site, the glitch affected a whopping 36 episodes, which were reportedly recorded before the podcast purveyor acquired the show — including its catalog of past episodes — in 2020 for $200 million.Naturally, the phenomenon might seem suspect given Spotify’s history of surreptitiously deleting “JRE” episodes over controversial content.However, the latest batch seemed to have been Houdini’d at random as they featured a grab-bag of guests, including Republican Texas Rep.
Dan Crenshaw, former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, as well as musicians including Post Malone and Everlast; and comedians such as Eddie Izzard and Brian Callen, the LA Times reported.In the past, the Swedish streaming giant had purposefully purged over 100 episodes of the podcast, many of which featured prominent far-right figures and conspiracy theorists.Spotify most recently scrapped over 70 episodes amid backlash — including an exodus of A-list celebs from the platform — after Rogan, 54, interviewed alleged anti-vaxxer Dr.
Robert Malone on a New Year’s episode. This was also around the same time that video compilations of the UFC commentator using the N-word on the podcast began circulating the internet.Despite the crackdown, the comedian, who reportedly averages 11 million listeners an episode, claimed that he gained a whopping 2 million subscribers amid the uproar.
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