The Rubin Report

The Rubin Report is a political news talk show hosted by Dave Rubin, currently airing on BlazeTV and YouTube. The full audio of each episode is additionally available as a downloadable podcast. In The Rubin Report, Rubin interviews authors, activists, journalists, comedians, actors, and professors.[3]

The Rubin Report
GenrePolitical commentary
Created byDave Rubin
David Janet
Presented byDave Rubin
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)David Janet[1]
Producer(s)Amiria Harper-Rose[2]
Production location(s)Los Angeles, California
Camera setupMulti-Camera
Production company(s)The Young Turks 2013–2015
RYOT 2015
Ora TV 2015–2016
Independently Produced 2016–present
Release
Original releaseFebruary 16, 2013 –
present
External links
Official website
The Rubin Report
The Rubin Report
100,000 subscribers 2015
1,000,000 subscribers 2019

The Rubin Report is partially funded by George Mason University's Institute for Humane Studies, an organization that receives funding from a number of foundations, including the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, the F.M. Kirby Foundation, the Marcus Foundation, the John William Pope Foundation, the Ed Uihlein Family Foundation, the Ralph Smeed Private Memorial Foundation, the Koch Family Foundations, the Searle Freedom Trust, the E.L. Craig Foundation, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12].[13][14] As of June 2020, The Rubin Report YouTube channel had more than 260 million views.[15]

History

Dave Rubin left The Six Pack radio show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio in New York City in 2013 to launch a political talk show called The Rubin Report in Los Angeles, California.[16] His show was originally syndicated on The Young Turks Network, where he was also a frequent stand-in host and commentator. In 2014 he began to have a fall-out with The Young Turks after they began criticizing Sam Harris and Bill Maher after Maher and Harris had gotten into a tense exchange with Ben Affleck about the relation between terrorism and Islamic doctrine.[17] On Oct. 23, 2014 Sam Harris sat down for three hours of debate with Cenk Uygur, the founder of The Young Turks. Rubin described some of his frustrations with that exchange as follows: "The way he (Uygur) became the leader of the group just relentlessly lying about Sam, and then to sit there for three hours with the guy and just double down on every lie—it showed just such a flaw in character." Rubin subsequently left The Young Turks in March 2015.[18]

In 2015, the show briefly moved to RYOT News.[19] In August 2015, Larry King's Ora TV picked up the show which debuted on September 9, 2015.[20] The Rubin Report became the network's third political commentary show alongside PoliticKING with Larry King and Jesse Ventura's Off the Grid.[21] On June 13, 2016, Rubin announced in a YouTube video he and his crew were leaving Ora TV and founding his own independent production company to continue The Rubin Report on YouTube.[22][18]

In 2019, The Rubin Report became available on BlazeTV, a conservative subscription video service run by Glenn Beck.[23]

In 2020 Rubin moved the site to Locals, a crowdfunding platform he cofounded.[24]

Format

From 2013 to 2015, The Rubin Report featured a panel of two guests and covered weekly news stories. After launching on Ora TV in 2015, the show took a more focused approach on the big ideas relating to politics and religion, as well as a focus on one on one interviews and monologues from Rubin.[25] The Rubin Report consists of three segments: Direct Message, The Sit Down, and The Panel.[26]

The Direct Message segment is a monologue delivered by Rubin that opens each episode of The Rubin Report. The segment features Rubin's personal views on the topic that will be discussed with the guest or panel in that episode.[26]

The Sit Down segment features a one-on-one interview between Rubin and the guest. Guests are usually authors, journalists, comedians, or professors.[26]

The Panel segment features a panel of two guests and focuses on a theme within current events.[26] There have been fourteen Panel segments since the show's launch on Ora TV.[27]

Politics

On The Rubin Report, Rubin consistently identifies as a classical liberal with libertarian leanings. Rubin previously identified as a progressive while he was affiliated with The Young Turks.

The show often focuses on criticizing elements within the progressive movement, which he refers to as the "regressive left",[28] a term coined by activist Maajid Nawaz.[29] Rubin has stated that "regressives are the left's version of the tea party",[30] and has characterized progressivism as a "mental disorder."[31]

References
  1. Curtis M Wong. "Dave Rubin Of 'The Rubin Report' On His Engagement To David Janet". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  2. The Rubin Report. "Our Crew". The Rubin Report. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  3. Biddle, Craig (2016-06-10). "Dave Rubin and the Return of Classical Liberalism". The Objective Standard. Retrieved 2016-08-07. Dave Rubin, the host of the show, interviews authors, activists, journalists, comedians, actors, and professors, and he digs deep into the issues at hand.
  4. "Sarah Scaife Foundation Annual Report" (PDF). 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  5. Huebert, Jacob H (2010). Libertarianism Today. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-313-37754-9. The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), founded by F.A. Harper in 1961 to promote libertarian scholarship....
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  7. "IRS Form 990-PF (2012)" (PDF). November 9, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  8. "Institute for Humane Studies – John William Pope Foundation". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  9. "Mega donor Richard Uihlein ramps up donations to conservative causes". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  10. Lee, Timothy B. "Thanks to IHS and the Searle Foundation | Bottom-up". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  11. "Smeed Foundation awards grants to Treasure Valley organizations". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  12. "IRS Form 990-PF (2014)" (PDF). May 7, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  13. "Can Dave Rubin Save the Political Talk Show?". www.playboy.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  14. 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.'
  15. "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  16. Paul Hagen. "The Six Pack". Metrosource. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
  17. ""Why I left The Young Turks" - Dave Rubin's Story". 29 March 2017.
  18. "Dave Rubin, the Voice of Liberals Who Were Mugged by Progressives – Tablet Magazine". www.tabletmag.com.
  19. "YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  20. Beatrice Verhoeven. "Dave Rubin's 'Rubin Report' Joins Larry King's Ora TV (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  21. Curtis M. Wong. "Comedian And LGBT Advocate Dave Rubin Brings 'The Rubin Report' To Ora TV". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  22. The Rubin Report. "SUPPORT The Rubin Report! (And Where Your Money Goes)". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  23. Ellefson, Lindsey (2019-09-04). "Conservative YouTuber Dave Rubin Signs Deal With BlazeTV". TheWrap. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  24. "Dave Rubin Launches 'Locals' To Counter Big Tech: 'Small Is The New Big'". The Federalist. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  25. Rob Burgess. "Best New Podcasts of 2015". Kokomo Tribune. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  26. The Rubin Report. "The Rubin Report YouTube Channel: About". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  27. The Rubin Report. "YouTube Playlist: The Panel". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  28. Lloyd, Peter (2016-08-01). "Meet Dave Rubin, host of the most influential chat show you've never heard of". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-08-07. As the face of YouTube’s The Rubin Report, he single-handedly champions politically incorrect discussion on everything deemed sacred by generation snowflake – from religion’s problem with homosexuality to double-standards in feminism and the rise of the regressive left (a fashionable movement, he says, that’s full of liberals shutting down debate “by smearing their opponents to promote a cause”).
  29. "Maajid Nawaz on Sam Harris and the Regressive Left". Ora TV. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  30. "Dave Rubin Talks About the Regressive Left". Ora TV. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  31. Fisher, Anthony L. (2018-05-18). "Free-Speech True Believer Dave Rubin, the Top Talker of the 'Intellectual Dark Web,' Doesn't Want to Talk About His Own Ideas". Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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