Dave Rubin

Early life

Dave Rubin was born in Brooklyn, New York, spent his adolescence in Syosset, New York, and resided for 13 years on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. He is of Jewish descent and the oldest of three siblings. 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.

Stand-up comedy

In 1998, Dave Rubin started his career in comedy doing stand-up and attending open-mic's in New York City. In 1999, he became an intern at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

In 2000, he "propelled his stand-up comic career from the honing grounds of The Comedy Cellar." Later that year he teamed up with a band of fellow Comedy Cellar alumni 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.

In 2002, he co-founded several successful 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.

He has continued to perform stand-up in New York City and Los Angeles at comedy clubs including Carolines on Broadway and The Laugh Factory.

Podcasting

Following his success in the comedy scene, he was the host of two popular podcasts, Hot Gay Comics and The Ben and Dave Show. Both podcasts were turned into a television series on the here! television network.

In May 2009, Rubin co-created and co-hosted a new podcast called The Six Pack, which went on to become a top podcast on iTunes. In October 2011, The Six Pack was picked up by Sirius XM Radio and began its run as a live talk show until its end in December 2012. While on The Six Pack, Dave interviewed comedians including Rosie O'Donnell, Richard Lewis, Joy Behar, Lisa Lampanelli, and Margaret Cho.

Hosting

In January 2013, Rubin left radio and began his television career. He was offered his own politics and current events talk show, The Rubin Report, on The Young Turks Network and moved from New York City to Los Angeles, California.

In 2014, while still hosting The Rubin Report, Rubin also hosted The Golden Girls Ultimate Fan Club, a weekly web-series on Logo TV.

In 2015, Rubin moved his show The Rubin Report from The Young Turks Network to RYOT News which "provided him with a great opportunity". Shortly after, Larry King's Ora TV picked up the show which debuted on September 9, 2015.

Politics

On The Rubin Report, Dave consistently identifies as a liberal with libertarian leanings, and speaks out against elements within the progressive movement, which he refers to as the "regressive left", a term coined by liberal journalist Maajid Nawaz. Dave has stated that "regressives are the left's version of the tea party."

Dave is an advocate for free speech and is against political correctness. In an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, Dave said that he believes in having discussions about ideas without going on the attack.

In an interview with author Sam Harris on The Rubin Report, Dave cited one reason for leaving The Young Turks as host Cenk Uygur's repeated dishonest attacks against Sam Harris, saying "it obviously had a good amount to do with why I left." Upon leaving he landed a new job at RYOT.org and it was announced in TYT on 1 March 2015.

Appearances

In 2013, Rubin appeared on The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News to debate Bill O'Reilly on the news surrounding Chick-Fil-A's anti LGBT views. He appeared on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in June 2015 on Comedy Central where he sarcastically "outed" the Republican presidential candidates.

Rubin is a regular guest on Dr. Drew On Call (HLN), and has appeared on Larry King Now, The Joy Behar Show (HLN), The Young Turks (Current TV), Geraldo Rivera Radio (KABC (AM)), HuffPost Live, and The Joe Rogan Experience.

Recognition

In 2013, Dave was nominated by LA Weekly for Funniest Twitter. His tweets bring humor and attention to political issues and have been featured in Time magazine, Politico, AOL, and Salon.

Personal life

Dave Rubin publicly came out as gay in 2006. He became engaged to producer David Janet in December 2014 and the couple married on August 27, 2015.