Author and podcast host Brené Brown has exited her deal with Spotify and ended her two exclusive shows with the platform, unlock us and Dare To Lead.
The last episode of unlock us was released on Wednesday, while Dare to take the lead ends on December 26. When announcing the end of his Spotify pact, Brown said in the penultimate episode of unlock us that she planned to take a break from podcasting. “I have no plans for a podcast in the future. I don’t know what will happen. I’m taking a little break, at least for the first quarter of 2023, but this is the end of a season, the end of a chapter,” Brown said.
Brown moved her podcast unlock us exclusive to Spotify in January 2021 as part of a two-year deal with Spotify’s Parcast studio. The deal was first announced in 2020 and follows other major exclusive partnerships Spotify has entered into with the likes of Joe Rogan, Esther Perel and the Obama family’s Higher Ground partners. the latter turned to Audible last June for its first deal. Brown’s partnership also includes the launch of a new show, Dare to lead, based on her book of the same name.
“Spotify is incredibly proud of the series we’ve done with Brené Brown. We wish her all the best and look forward to everything she creates next,” a Spotify spokesperson said.
Existing episodes of unlock us and Dare to take the lead will remain on Spotify, and future episodes of each show — whenever Brown and her team return from a hiatus — are expected to also be available on Spotify and other major platforms in the coming weeks. future.
While Brown’s podcasts did well while exclusive to Spotify, with unlock us Regularly appearing on Spotify’s top podcast list, Brown spoke out about Joe Rogan’s COVID disinformation on his Spotify exclusive and described Rogan’s comments aimed at the community. Transgender and racially charged are “dehumanizing” and “often demeaning.”
When major musicians like Neil Young pulled their music from Spotify in protest of Rogan last February, Brown paused the release of new podcast episodes to learn more about the music giant’s misinformation policy. bar and its application on the service; she then continued to post episodes due to her contract with Spotify, although she describes “sitting at the table with Rogan” as putting her in a “huge value conflict with very few options.” choose.”
In her last episode about unlock us This week, Brown told listeners they can get updates via her newsletter and social media “about what’s going on and if we decide to do some podcasts again, which I can imagine there will be in the future.”
