Some of my hardest moments as a social worker were defending the rights of people to speak their minds even though I disagreed with every single word coming out of their mouths.ģ. My support for the First Amendment has been unwavering-even when what is being said turns my stomach. I have a long history of supporting free speech and supporting organizations that protect free speech. This was not, nor has it ever been, framed to the public or to Spotify as “me or Joe.” HARD STOP.Ģ. I’m not interested in canceling or silencing or censoring anyone, including Joe Rogan. Sadly, on social media, my post has turned into a shit show, driven by unfounded accusations of censorship.Ĭomments like “I’m canceling you for canceling people” and “I hate censors so you shut up” and “I’m burning your books because I don’t agree with you” would be ironic and funny if they didn’t demonstrate a complete lack of critical thinking.įor everyone who said this pause was out of line with my work, you clearly skipped all of the places where I’ve talked about pausing, getting curious, and asking questions.ġ. I’ve listened, they’ve listened, and my assessment is that everyone is open and learning-including me. I met with them twice last week and once again this week. I wanted to talk to the Spotify leadership about their position, their policies, and the application of those policies. I paused because, as a creator with two podcasts exclusively on Spotify, I wanted to better understand the organization’s misinformation policy. on January 31 and another on February 2, I thought it was important for weekly listeners to know that nothing would drop this week. Because I had a podcast scheduled to release at 12:01 a.m. I didn’t want to drop new podcasts without responding to the question, so I decided to hold my podcasts and learn more. I’d had hundreds of comments across social media asking my opinion on the Spotify/Joe Rogan issue, and I didn’t know enough to comment.
On Saturday, January 29, I posted across social media that I would not be releasing any podcasts until further notice. Last week, I took a bigger pause, and I’d like to walk you through it. I have a habit of taking long pauses to think about a question or an answer.
We often joke about Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead being pause-casts, not podcasts.
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