Audio streaming service Spotify has been making headlines this week after folk rock legend Neil Young asked the service to remove his music.

The Canadian-American songwriter took umbrage to episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast Spotify reportedly paid around US$100 million to host exclusively on their platform.

Young said the podcast aired “dangerous life-threatening COVID-19 falsehoods”.

Today on Please Explain, senior culture writer Karl Quinn joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the controversy between Neil Young and Spotify.

Audio streaming service Spotify has been making headlines this week after folk rock legend Neil Young asked the service to remove his music.
The Canadian-American songwriter took umbrage to episodes of&nbsp;The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast Spotify reportedly paid around US$100 million to host exclusively on their platform.
Young said the podcast aired &ldquo;dangerous life-threatening COVID-19 falsehoods&rdquo;.
Today on&nbsp;Please Explain, senior culture writer Karl Quinn joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the controversy between Neil Young and Spotify.

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