Brene Brown says she won’t be releasing any podcasts

Who will leave Spotify next?  

Podcaster Brené Brown, 56, and Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, 53, are now rumored to be following Neil Young and Joni Mitchell off the platform.

Mitchell joined Young in removing her music from Spotify in protest against their promotion of Joe Rogan‘s vaccine-sceptic views. Young has lashed out at the outlet for hosting The Joe Rogan Experience. 

Brown announced on Saturday that she would not be producing more episodes of her Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts ‘until further notice.’

‘I will not be releasing any podcasts until further notice. To our #UnlockingUs and #DaretoLead communities, I’m sorry and I’ll let you know if and when that changes. Stay awkward, brave, and kind,’ she tweeted. She did not indicate why she was no longer releasing episodes, but Brown hosts her podcasts exclusively on Spotify.

Brown is the author of six New York Times bestsellers – The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness , Dare of Lead and Atlas of the Heart – and is known for her research on vulnerability, shame and leadership. 

It has also been speculated that the Grohl might follow suit with Young and Mitchell, but so far that remains an internet rumor. The group was trending on Twitter on Saturday, and users noted that the band’s frontman could ‘kill Spotify with “I’m out.”‘

User @WorldbeCray noted: ‘If Dave Grohl pulls Foo Fighters from Spotify, they are f****** _through._’  

Spotify has lost $4 billion of its value thus far in 2022, losing 25 percent of its stock value last week.

Author and podcaster Brené Brown announced on Saturday that she would not be producing more episodes of her Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts ‘until further notice’

She did not indicate why she was no longer releasing episodes, but Brown, pictured, hosts her podcasts exclusively on Spotify

One band that may remove its discography from the platform, although it is just speculative, is the Foo Fighters’. As the group was trending on Twitter on Saturday, users noted that Dave Grohl (pictured) could ‘kill Spotify with “I’m out”‘

 You don’t know what you’ve got til its gone: Joni Mitchell has joined Neil Young in removing her music from Spotify in protest against their promotion of Joe Rogan’s vaccine-sceptic views

The singer, 78, said she was standing ‘in solidarity’ with Young (pictured) who this week demanded Spotify take down his songs

Mitchell, 78, said she was standing ‘in solidarity’ with Young who this week demanded Spotify take down his songs unless the platform agrees to stop carrying The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. 

The Big Yellow Taxi hitmaker said the streaming giant was allowing ‘irresponsible people’ to spread lies that were ‘costing people their lives’. 

Mitchell also shared an open letter signed by a coalition of medical professionals calling on Spotify to take action against ‘mass-misinformation events’ occurring on its platform. 

‘I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,’ Mitchell said in a statement on her official website.

‘Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.

‘I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.’

The open letter made reference to a specific episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, released on December 31 2021 in which ‘baseless conspiracy theories’ were promoted.

‘By allowing the propagation of false and societally harmful assertions, Spotify is enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals,’ the letter said.

Spotify acquired The Joe Rogan Experience podcast in 2020, reportedly for more than 100 million dollars (£77million)