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Rogan’s apology comes as Spotify is promising to combat the spread of COVID-19 misinformation as part of a damage-control campaign sparked by musician Neil Young, who called out the streaming service’s top podcaster for magnifying vaccine skepticism.

A person familiar with the situation said Rogan decided to remove certain episodes from Spotify.

NEW YORK: US podcaster Joe Rogan apologised Saturday for his past use of racist language including the "N word" and said streaming giant Spotify had deleted some of the most offensive episodes of his show.

Joe Rogan called the video shared by India Arie "the most regretful and shameful thing that I've ever had to talk about publicly."