Dave Rubin

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Dave Rubin
Rubin in September 2019
Born
David Joshua Rubin

(1976-06-26) June 26, 1976 (age 47)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materBinghamton University
Occupation(s)Comedian, talk show host, blogger, radio personality, television personality, YouTube personality
Years active1998–present
Known forThe Rubin Report
Spouse
David Janet
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(m. 2015)​

David Joshua Rubin (born June 26, 1976) is an American political commentator, YouTube personality, and talk show host. He is the creator and host of The Rubin Report, a political talk show on BlazeTV and YouTube, and which was formerly part of The Young Turks Network and Ora TV. He previously hosted The Ben and Dave Show and The Six Pack.

Rubin describes himself as a classical liberal. He has also been described as a libertarianism.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life

David Joshua Rubin was born on June 26, 1976, in Brooklyn, New York, New York.[6] He grew up in a "fairly secular Jewish household on Long Island".[7] He spent his adolescence in Syosset, New York and then resided on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, New York for 13 years.[8]

In 1994, Rubin graduated from Syosset High School. In 1998, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Binghamton University in Vestal, New York.[9]

Comedy

Rubin during a taping of The Rubin Report at Politicon in 2015.

In 1998, Rubin started his career in comedy doing stand-up and attending open-mics in New York City. In 1999, he became an intern at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.[10][better source needed]

In 2000, Rubin continued his career at the New York-based Comedy Cellar.[11] Later that year he joined with other Comedy Cellar comedians to create a public-access television series, a news program parody called The Anti-Show which was secretly filmed at NBC Studios in 30 Rockefeller Plaza.[12]

In 2002, he co-founded several New York City-based comedy clubs including Joe Franklin's Comedy Club and The Comedy Company in Times Square where he continued to do stand-up until 2007.[8]

He was the host of the podcasts, Hot Gay Comics and The Ben and Dave Show, which were turned into a television series on the here! television network.[13] In May 2009, Rubin co-created and co-hosted the podcast The Six Pack.[14][15] From October 2011 to December 2012, The Six Pack was on Sirius XM Radio as a live talk show.[16] While a part of Sirius XM, Rubin created his own account on YouTube called Rubin Report in early September 2012.

Political commentary

Rubin describes himself as a classical liberal, which he has said basically amounts to conservatism or libertarianism.[1][2][3][4][5] He characterizes himself as a liberal because he favors same-sex marriage, criminal justice reform, marijuana legalization, a social safety net and public schooling, as well as conditionally supports abortion. In 2017, he starred in a video by the conservative YouTube channel PragerU where he explained "Why I Left the Left". He has characterized progressivism as a "mental disorder".[17][18] He has been described as part of the "intellectual dark web".[19]

Rubin frequently appears as a speaker at events hosted by Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization. When asked in July 2017 about Trump policies he disagreed with, he criticized Trump's use of executive orders but did not offer criticism of any other Trump policies. Asked in January 2018 about what he disagreed with the right on, he offered mild criticism of "a bit of a religious tone with the right" but did not mention other ideological differences.[18]

Critics have accused Rubin of providing a prominent platform to controversial alt-right and far right figures such as conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson, far-right personalities Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux, and ultranationalist Tommy Robinson.[18][20] A 2018 report from Data & Society described Rubin as part of a network on YouTube that amplified far-right politics.[2][17][21] The report cited as an example an interview that Rubin conducted with Stefan Molyneux where Rubin asked Molyneux to elaborate on his views that races have different average IQ test results, and that these differences are genetic.[22] Rubin did not challenge Molyneux in any substantial way, leading the report to conclude, "By letting him speak without providing a legitimate and robust counterargument, Rubin provides a free platform for white supremacist ideology on his channel."[22][21] According to Anthony Fisher, a journalist at The Daily Beast, Rubin has implied or stated that alt-lite figures Paul Joseph Watson, Stefan Molyneux and Mike Cernovich are part of "a new political center", and, in a 2016 livestream, said "the alt-right as a shitposting, fun, call out the bullshit, mock-the-power thing is amazing", adding "there’s nothing funny coming out on the left now... [.]"[18]

The Rubin Report

Main article: The Rubin Report

In January 2013, Rubin joined The Young Turks, where he hosted the show The Rubin Report. He moved from New York City to Los Angeles, California.[23][24] On March 1, 2015, The Young Turks YouTube channel announced that Rubin would be moving to the media company RYOT. Shortly after, Larry King's Ora TV picked up the show which debuted on September 9, 2015.[25] He left Ora TV in 2016, opting to run The Rubin Report independently.[18] By May 2019, The Rubin Report YouTube channel had 200 million views.[26][dead link] In 2019, The Rubin Report became available on BlazeTV, a conservative subscription video service run by Glenn Beck.[27]

The Rubin Report has an affiliation with the libertarian Institute for Humane Studies, a Koch family foundations-funded organization which sponsors an episode of his show per month.[28][19][29]

Personal life

Rubin publicly came out as gay in 2006, which he has referred to as his "defining moment".[30][31] In December 2014, he became engaged to producer David Janet.[32] The couple married on August 27, 2015.[33] He is an agnostic.[34]

References

  1. ^ a b "YouTube tested, Trump approved: How Candace Owens suddenly became the loudest voice on the far right". NBC News. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Roettgers, Janko (September 18, 2018). "How YouTube's Far Right Is Using Classic Influencer Tactics to Promote Its Views". Variety. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Why the 'Classical Liberal' is Making a Comeback". Politico.
  4. ^ a b Bowles, Nellie (December 24, 2018). "Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "The forever war of PewDiePie, YouTube's biggest creator". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ "bio_inc". Blogspot. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. ^ Rosen, Armin (June 20, 2016). "Dave Rubin, the Voice of Liberals Who Were Mugged by Progressives". Tablet. Retrieved: May 12, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Josh Abraham. "Dave Rubin, Comedian". Gothamist. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
  9. ^ "Binghamton university listed as "David J. Rubin"". Harpur.binghamton.edu. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "Check out @NightlyShow Tonight". Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  11. ^ Awl Sponsors. "Funny Guy Dave Rubin Answers Our Questions". The Awl. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  12. ^ Jason Gay (November 25, 2002). "NBC's Top-Secret Show". New York Observer. Retrieved November 25, 2002.
  13. ^ Wheat, Alynda (March 14, 2008). "What to Watch". Entertainment Weekly.
  14. ^ Paul Hagen. "The Six Pack". Metrosource. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  15. ^ Brent Hartinger. "Interview: The Six Pack". The Backlot. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  16. ^ "The Six Pack". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  17. ^ a b Klein, Ezra (September 24, 2018). "The rise of YouTube's reactionary right". Vox. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  18. ^ a b c d e Fisher, Anthony L. (May 18, 2018). "Free-Speech True Believer Dave Rubin, the Top Talker of the 'Intellectual Dark Web,' Doesn't Want to Talk About His Own Ideas". The Daily Beast. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  19. ^ a b Holt, Kristoffer (2019). Right-Wing Alternative Media. Routledge.
  20. ^ Uyehara, Mari. "How Free Speech Warriors Mainstreamed White Supremacists". GQ. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  21. ^ a b Lewis, Rebecca (2018). Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube (PDF) (Report). Data & Society Research Institute.
  22. ^ a b Solon, Olivia (September 18, 2018). "YouTube's 'alternative influence network' breeds rightwing radicalisation, report finds". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  23. ^ Jeff Klima. "The Young Turks Add Dave Rubin & Cara Santa Maria To Their Network". New Media Rockstars. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  24. ^ Paul Hagen. "Post-Six". Metrosource. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  25. ^ Beatrice Verhoeven (July 24, 2015). "Dave Rubin's 'Rubin Report' Joins Larry King's Ora TV (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  26. ^ "How Dave Rubin 'Left the Left' And Built a Huge YouTube Channel". WrapPRO. May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  27. ^ Ellefson, Lindsey (September 4, 2019). "Conservative YouTuber Dave Rubin Signs Deal With BlazeTV". TheWrap. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  28. ^ "Can Dave Rubin Save the Political Talk Show?". www.playboy.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  29. ^ Lewis, Rebecca (2018). Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube (PDF) (Report). Data & Society Research Institute. p. 16. In 2016, he established a partnership with Learn Liberty, an initiative housed in the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University. The IHS is heavily funded by the billionaire Koch family and is chaired by Charles Koch; its specific aim is to 'cultivate and subsidize a farm team of the next generation's libertarian scholars.'
  30. ^ "Funny Guy Dave Rubin Answers Our Questions". The Awl. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  31. ^ "Dave Rubin: Coming Out As Gay Was My 'Defining Moment'". Huffington Post. December 29, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  32. ^ "'Rubin Report' Host Reveals Some Very Big News". Huffington Post. December 23, 2014.
  33. ^ "Oh, we got married the other day. No Biggie". Twitter. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  34. ^ LIVE: Dave is Back from 30 Days with No News, Internet, or Phone! Time stamp; 52:12 - 55:57, 58:18 -59:25

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