The Rubin Report

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to journalist Michael Shellenberger about his new book "San Fransicko," why he left the Democratic Party, the real reason that progressives defend petty theft, and why the Left has turned its back on Viktor Frankl. Michael talks about how the policies of liberal cities like San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Portland have actually made the problems they tried to fix much worse. The growth of homeless encampments, open air drug markets, and mental illness have all been worsened by the policies meant to address them. Michael also describes how policies like decriminalizing shoplifting simply incentivize misdemeanor theft. Finally, Michael discusses the dangers of embracing a victimhood mentality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to BlazeTV's Sydney Watson, Elijah Schaffer, and Jesse Kelly about Terry McAuliffe's hypocrisy, Joe Biden's vaccine mandate cluelessness, Ben & Jerry's trying to explain their political hypocrisy, and Sydney, Australia, ending the longest lockdown in the world. First, Dave and his guests discuss why former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is struggling to explain why he is against school vouchers when it has been revealed that he sent his kids to private schools. Joe Biden explains why your vaccination status shouldn't cause political divisions and Ben & Jerry's are caught off guard by an interviewer pointing out the political hypocrisy of their decision to restrict sales of their ice cream in parts of Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report shares a clip of CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta making the mistake of appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience. Joe Rogan gives Gupta an absolutely relentless grilling concerning CNN's lies about his using ivermectin to treat COVID. Rogan points out that CNN intentionally misled its audience by portraying ivermectin as a horse dewormer despite it being used in humans as well. He refuses to back off, continually asking him how he feels about his news organization willfully lying to its audience. Dave also does a special "ask me anything" question-and-answer session on a wide-ranging host of topics, answering questions from the Rubin Report Locals community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks about vaccine mandate backlash, Jen Psaki's shocking comments on states' rights, Sage Steele not being "black" enough, and Hillary Clinton's political future. First, Dave shares footage of Los Angeles' Sheriff Villanueva announcing that he will not enforce vaccine mandates in his police department. Is this the beginning of people pushing back against medical tyranny? Next, Jen Psaki lays out the Biden administration's plan to force vaccine mandates on the states. MSNBC host Tiffany Cross condemns Sage Steele and Van Jones for not being "real" black voices and not having the correct black opinions. Finally, Dave shares a clip of Hillary Clinton dropping some unexpected clues about her political future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks about the scathing Rotten Tomatoes rating for the Fauci documentary, NBA's Kyrie Irving refusing the vaccine mandate, and a frightening video compilation encouraging discrimination for the unvaccinated. First, Dave discusses the gap between elite critics and the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes for the new Fauci documentary. Fauci also gives his latest advice for Halloween. Next, Dave discusses how the Brooklyn Nets have banned Kyrie Irving until he is vaccinated. Meanwhile Gov. Abbott has barred any COVID-19 vaccine mandates from being implemented in the state of Texas. Finally, Dave shares a creepy compilation of how authoritarianism is being normalized by people like Don Lemon and Dr. Leana Wen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire and author of "Speechless" about the truth about Christopher Columbus. Over the past few years it has become popular to attack the Christopher Columbus myth and even push to rename the holiday Indigenous Peoples Day. Christopher Columbus' journey to the new world was filled with dark moments, but the current stories may contain more lies than facts. Michael Knowles debunks some of the most sensational details of the current revisionist history about Columbus and explains what really happened. He was not in fact a genocidal killer of Native Americans as many on the Left would have you believe, but one of the true great explorers. Happy Columbus Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Blake Masters about how he ended up writing "Zero to One" with Peter Thiel, why he's running in the Arizona Senate race, and why Big Tech must be reined in. First, Blake discusses how we have entered a time of tech stagnation and why the GOP needs to have a startup mentality if Republicans want to stop their losing streak. Next, Blake discusses why Republican policies of free trade don't work when they involve China and why their failure to update their message has led to the rise of economic populism. Finally, Blake discusses why he is less worried about the social media censorship that we can see than the algorithmic filtering of information from Google that we can't see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to BlazeTV's Chad Prather, the Post Millennial's Libby Emmons, and the NY Post's Rav Arora about Joe Biden's escalation in the war on the unvaccinated, how Minneapolis is about to abolish the police, and Playboy magazine destroying its brand with its cover model choice. First, they discuss how vaccine mandates appear to be only the beginning with Joe Biden. He is now demonizing the unvaccinated by spreading lies and blaming the bad economy on them. Next, they discuss how Minneapolis voters will be deciding whether or not to disband the police. BLM may actually get the radical police reform it dreamed of. Finally, they discuss Bretman Rock becoming the first openly gay man on a Playboy cover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report shares a frightening clip from public health expert Dr. Leana Wen's appearance on CNN. She proposes a new level of authoritarianism to force the unvaccinated to get the jab. She suggests that Joe Biden make the COVID vaccine mandatory for plane, train, and bus travel. If her plans for unvaccinated discrimination were implemented, it could create a type of vaccine apartheid in the U.S. She even explicitly states that the unvaccinated should be prevented from seeing their families until they get proof of vaccination. Dave also does a special "ask me anything" question-and-answer session on wide-ranging topics, answering questions from the Rubin Report Locals community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Rand Paul, U.S. Senator for Kentucky, about his grilling of HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra, monoclonal antibodies, COVID natural immunity, inflation and much more. First, Rand explains why Sec. Becerra has given dangerous advice to millions of Americans and ignored the benefits of natural COVID immunity. He also shares the latest hopeful knowledge about using monoclonal antibody treatment for dealing with COVID. Rand also gives advice to parents who are in states with school vaccine mandates. He also explains how inflation will unravel the Democratic party's plan to make everything free and why capitalism has benefited the poor more than any other system in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices