My Spotify won’t play Joe Rogan Podcast. (Audio or Video)

[minh_916]

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 11)

Operating System

(iOS 15 latest.)

My Question or Issue

Second post for this issue as the first post got listed under issue with Joe Rogan podcast video won’t play. My Spotify just won’t play the podcast, although the episodes are being updated. Saw some comments that say the issue’s been fixed, don’t think it’s entirely fixed. Can someone please look into this? 

[RobSean]

You know they want him silenced.

[jattfourlife]

Pixel 8 pro.....it's not working for me either.   It's weird only Joe Rogan podcast is not working but everything else is working.  You guys need to look into this.  

[KarlPappenheimer]

This keeps on happening, despite cleaning the cache and reinstalling the app.

[Vasil]

Hey folks!

Thank you for all the reports.
They have been replayed to the right teams backstage and this is being looked into.
We can't provide you with an exact timeframe for a fix for the time being, but do keep you apps up to date at all times 🙂

We'll reach out in case we need anything from your end.
Cheers!

[NickGallardo]

So frustrating all other podcast,music, books etc, play just fine.  It's only JRE that doesn't play.  

[Tammyotto]

It's not working for me and I just reinstalled the app. What a joke why is it only Joe rogans podcast that won't work every other podcast I try works but his. So frustrating.

[PG666]

JRE don't work from Friday. I restarted, reinstalled app. No VPN or DNS.

I noticed that I don't know about that with Jim Jeffries don't work

Lex Friedman .

Danny Jones Podcast

Julian Dorey podcast.

It seems like every podcast with video doesn't work.

[kralcassirac]

Having the same issue. Other podcasts and music work fine. JRE hangs at 0.0 and doesn't play. Restarting my phone helps for the first start, but on subsequent pause/restart it has the same issue. 

This show is the entire reason I'm paying for Spotify and not Apple Music. Please get this fixed; if JRE isn't functionally offered, there's no reason to stick around on this service. 

[PG666]

I found out that all the issues don't exist on Spotify lite app. So it's definitely video issue on regular app.

[sirGnano]

Same issue, on and off, for some time on Galaxy S22 Ultra.

Clearing App Cache and Data seems to fix temporarily. Quicker temp fix over uninstall/reinstall. 

[FintanCorr]

I've been having the same experience for the last few months, I live in Ireland.

I'm a premium user, all app, phone software are up to date and I've nearly 28,000 minutes of JRE this year. I emailed Spotify about it too and gave heard nothing back. This is really frustrating as everything else on the app seems to work, except it's most controversial podcast. Tin foil hats at the ready.

[PG666]

Hi. It's video issue. Other podcasts don't work too.

You can listen to it on Spotify lite app.

[Popcultivation]

Pay a dude 100 million... make it so no one can't watch him. Good strategy. 

[Fouracesdj]

I can't get any of the current episodes anything to play on the last 2 days today is 12:31/23 so I don't know what is going on I can't get any episodes to play whatsoever

[GerritM]

Hi Alex, 

I can't play Rogan on my iPhone or MacBook Air or in the browser. It is not an app install uninstall issue, tried it already. Any other possible solutions? 

[Ivelina]

Hey folks,

Thanks for posting in this thread!

So we can investigate the situation further, it'd be great if you could send over some details:

• Does the issue persist on multiple devices? Send over the make(s), model(s) and OS-version(s).
• Does it only happen with your Spotify account or even with a relative's or a friend's account on your device(s)?
• Does it only happen with all Joe Rogan podcast episodes or other creators' podcasts as well?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far and does any of them make a difference?
• When did the issue start?

Thanks for the cooperation everyone, we really appreciate it.

[Suchspooky]

Same issues, S10 on android 11. 

Stopped the app, turned off vpn, cleared cache, no luck (would suggest reading the rest of the thread since this has been updated for months @mods)

This is happening with all video podcasts on my device, only just started using it on mobile but it works on desktop. I get a 0.0 out of 0.0 and a grey background.

There is seemingly a major problem with video podcasts on the app

[Eldudebrother]

I am experiencing the same issues. No video and or audio playback. Everything else is streaming just fine; audiobooks, podcast, music. 

I even tired to download the latest JRE to see if it was a streaming issues, but was to no avail. 

Running on Android, Pixel 7. All relevant apps/software reinstalled and updated. 

This issues has been going on for weeks now. 

Hopefully they wil get it sorted ASAP. 

[Fixthisnow]

The same problem has persisted for about 2 months for myself. I use a S21 Ultra. I've tried clearing the cache and reinstalling Spotify and then it works for a while, but eventually the problem comes back.

JRE episodes ALWAYS start working when I restart the phone, but the problem always returns after an unspecified period.

Windows 10 Spotify also occasionally does the same, as does the Galaxy S5e tablet.

Based on my experience, the same problem exists also on other than JRE episodes, but usually shorter podcasts work without any problems. Clearly this is a problem related to video content.

[Maria]

Hey there,

Thanks for providing us with some more details!

@Eldudebrother - just to confirm, does it happen with any other video podcasts as well, or only with JRE?

@Fixthisnow - you mention that shorter podcasts usually work. Does it include all podcasts, meaning the ones with videos as well?

Would you mind letting us know the exact version of your operating systems, along with your Spotify version, @Fixthisnow & @Eldudebrother?

@Suchspooky - could you also let us know what Spotify version you're currently running?

This info will help the team investigate things further.

Many thanks!