Joe Rogan
An exchange over the idea of Musk buying the network took a turn.
“Somehow it’s fundamentally racist to say, well, we don’t want certain people of certain backgrounds to be in the United States of America."
One journalist wrote that the podcaster's insistence the vice president fly to Austin for the interview was "just off-the-charts arrogance."
One exchange in particular swiftly made it into social media posts from Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
In an interview with Joe Rogan, Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping as "a brilliant guy."
"We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis."
Neil Young had his back catalogue pulled from Spotify this week, after calling out the service for hosting Joe Rogan's podcast.
The podcaster did not say if he had been vaccinated against the disease.
Forty-two episodes, including interviews with comedian Chris D’Elia and Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, have been removed.
"You would never tell Travis Scott or Adam Levine that he couldn’t turn the beauty light off," the singer said.