Spotify's 17 percent workforce reduction was one of the biggest headlines in music, audio, and tech last week. Those layoffs coincided with the cancelation of some of the most critically-acclaimed podcasts to come out of Spotify's acquisition drive: Heavyweight and Stolen. In light of that news, former Spotify podcast executive Lydia Polgreen had some choice words for her former employer, suggesting Spotify is " simply bad at podcasting " and " lit money on fire by handing it to the Sussexes and other celebrities with nothing to say ". Ouch.