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Many episodes with COVID discussion are still up. The ones taken down feature comedians and (non-COVID related) controversial figures. I'm not sure these removals are related to the controversy.

Let’s just make a deal, any episode with a Newsradio cast member goes away.

Oh no, why Dave Foley? What did he do?

He was the sacrificial Canadian since Neil Young was Canadian.

I mean, he isn't allowed back in Canada, last I heard =[ but I still love him.

He was on Kids in the Hall, Newsradio, and had his ex wife demand more money than he could make.

I wonder what this means for his $100 million contract

That's what I don't get did Spotify hand Rogan a bucket of cash or is there a contract with clauses that can end the contract. That would seem to be obvious and the point of a contract.

It would be nice to know how much Rogan is costing Spotify versus what he makes for them. At some point there will be a change in which way the cash flows and suddenly the show will be a problem for Spotify.

He had apparently provisions in it to let him have Alex Jones on.

Its quite possible that spotify would have to breach contract to get him to be silent about x or y issue.