My name is Michael, and I am a recovering talk show host. And I rise in defense of Joe Rogan.
I make this confession reluctantly, knowing it could mean cancellation, condemnation or — horrors! — becoming the topic of a CNN news panel. (Please not Jim Acosta — anybody but Jim Acosta!)
But I cannot stand by silently any longer. Too much is at stake. No, not Spotify’s stock price or comedian Joe Rogan’s jaw-dropping $100 million licensing deal. What’s at stake is the idea of free speech as a social good.
