‘The Ban Is Lifted!’ Steve Bannon’s Podcast Returns to Spotify Five Years After Beheadings Controversy
Alex Griffing Jun 3rd, 2025, 11:14 am
Steve Bannon’s podcast returned to Spotify this week, nearly five years after the giant streaming platform banned the show over comments it said incited violence.
has long been an influential cog within the MAGA media ecosystem and regularly hosts the influencers and elected officials popular with President Donald Trump’s base. The show’s team celebrated Spotify welcoming it back with a post on X that read, “The ban is lifted! The Posse can now get Bannon’s on Spotify.”
Spotify has over 268 million subscribers and has been a key driver behind the rise of podcasting and alternative media in recent years – playing host to the world’s top-rated