Comment by krustyburger

I have no idea if it’s true, but I’ve heard that a major factor was recent pushback he was getting from YouTube with respect to contrarian coverage of the pandemic. Apparently he wanted to have guests who would provide alternative public health narratives and was told that this was a no-go on YouTube. Much of his audience consumes the show as video on YouTube and Spotify is another major brand that will offer a similar experience. He is hoping that Spotify will give him more creative freedom and apparently was successful in incorporating some guarantees into his new contract. I do know that during his recent live episodes there have been opinions shared about the quarantine and the pandemic that would have caused issues with YouTube’s current policies regarding public health misinformation.