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The development marked the latest turn in the controversy surrounding Rogan, with the podcaster having faced strong criticism over past episodes of his show sharing misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine. 'Following these discussions and his own reflections, he chose to remove a number of episodes from Spotify,' he said, noting that the podcaster had also 'issued his own apology over the weekend.' Still, Ek said that Spotify had been in talks with Rogan and his team about 'some of the content in his show, including his history of using some racially insensitive language.'

Rogan's past comments, he said, 'do not represent the values of this company' as he emphasized that Spotify does not act as the publisher of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast. In his letter, Ek said Rogan had made the decision to remove the episodes himself and said he agreed with the move.

The letter came as the company was reported to have taken down about 70 episodes of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' over the weekend after Rogan publicly apologized for instances when he used the N-word in past podcasts.

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