Roxane Gay has joined Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and other artists and podcasters in removing their content from Spotify, revealing Thursday that the author has pulled all episodes of The Roxane Gay Agenda podcast from the streaming service over their handling of “misinformation.”
On Feb. 1, Gay tweeted, “It won’t move any sort of needle but I removed my podcast from Spotify. That’s all there really is to say about that. Onward.” In a follow-up op-ed for the New York Times, Gay explained the decision and criticized Spotify for giving its reported 400 million users “unfettered access” to the controversial Joe Rogan Experience, which boasts an audience of 11 million people. “Clearly, something about [Rogan’s] feigned curiosity and ignorance, and his embrace of conspiracy theorists and quacks resonates with a lot of people. That, too, is disturbing,” Gay wrote.
