E34. Dave Rubin Discusses the Danger of Journalism Becoming Activism

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🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Dave Rubin, stand up comic and political commentator, created The Rubin Report to “to talk to people and try to find out what they think about things.” In this week’s episode he shares his thoughts with Bridget on a variety of topics including leaving the Left, Thomas Jefferson, the bravery deficit in our culture, the Intellectual Dark Web, and classical liberalism. They unpack the term “white privilege,” discuss how intersectionality is the essence of bigotry, and expound on the trend of journalism becoming activism. Dave also shares the story of coming out on 9/11, how “woke” comedy is wrecking comedy, and the dangers of the “cancel culture” we are now living in.

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0:00.0	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Fetticy.
0:02.8	I'm Bridget Fetticy and you are welcome. You know the drill.
0:15.0	the drill.
0:18.0	You know the drill.
0:19.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends, send smoke signals, whatever.
0:24.3	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:26.8	Our sponsor this week is Bridget Feticy.com, a lovely place for all Fettice-related March.
0:34.0	Dave Rubin is a stand-up comedian,
0:37.0	an American political commentator,
0:39.0	YouTube personality, and talk show host.
0:41.0	He is a creator and host of the Rubin Report, a political talk show
0:45.0	on YouTube and formerly part of the Young Turks network. I'm here with Dave Rubin
0:50.2	everyone. Thank you for sitting down with me.
0:53.0	Bridget, I am very excited about this. First off, I'm sitting in my own studio, in the guest
0:57.5	chair. You're in my chair.
0:59.5	Is this, am I the first one to be able to do this because I feel?
1:04.0	Ben Shapiro, the alt-right Orthodox Jewish leader Ben Shapiro once sat in that chair and he
1:09.5	interviewed me when I came back last September after a month off the door.
1:13.6	Oh that's right he like updated you on what was going on.
1:16.9	Yes but he is the only other person to sit in that chair besides well my mom sat
1:21.0	there. Oh I'm pretty honored.
1:23.0	And a couple other people.
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