I'm sure if Spotify pulls the plug on his show he still gets paid just to sit on his hands and not compete until the contract expires. It's pretty common in talk radio deals so I'd imagine he had a half-decent lawyer add that in while also specifying stand up comedy as a non-competitive industry.
So the risk to having such a historic podcast that also defends free speech is... getting paid to work on your standup career.
I'm sure if Spotify pulls the plug on his show he still gets paid just to sit on his hands and not compete until the contract expires. It's pretty common in talk radio deals so I'd imagine he had a half-decent lawyer add that in while also specifying stand up comedy as a non-competitive industry.
So the risk to having such a historic podcast that also defends free speech is... getting paid to work on your standup career.