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Why are those discussions silly?

He has an incredible amount of influence but he at times has for example insane conspiracy theorists on with absolutely zero considerations about how him "appearing" like a good friend to them will influence his audience. He always ponders to his guests, which makes sure that they trust him and open up.

That might appear to be a good thing but it becomes a problem when you have people with insanely irrational and unscientific ideas on and don't put up disclaimers about their redderick. I'm not saying "cancel him", but I can totally understand why Spotify would want to remove some episodes...

Personally I think it's sad, because he does have the conversational and interview skills to really get a lot of information out of his guests but he let his platform become a stage for insanity.




Hey if you don't agree with him, just don't listen. But don't deny him his self expression when clearly he represents a lot of people who can relate.

Enforcing some sort of social responsibility on him is indirectly denying him his self expression.


Let's not get into a debate here. I'm just criticizing him, which I'm allowed to do. I'm not enforcing anything on anyone, I guess me criticizing him is my self expression. :)




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