The Rubin Report

It's refreshing to witness long-form interviews in a congenial environment, where the goal seems to be mutual understanding and rather than destroying the other person's credibility. If one wants to understand the perspective of political opposites, or wants to make up their own minds about prominent cultural figures, this is a pretty good place to go. If one comes pre-loaded with belief that inquiry is approval, to criticize ideas is to weaken them, or that to allow others to express wrong ideas is itself wrong, this is not a good place to go. If you like hearing opinions you disagree with, culturally taboo perspectives, or feel stuck in an ideological echo chamber, you'll enjoy this. If not, you're gonna have a bad time.

TL;DR: it's good for armchair philosophers

If you read through some of the other reviews, a lot of the negative ones focus in on how horrible it is that he would sit down and talk to people that they want to de-platform.

And that is kind of the reason I watch him. I'm sick and tired of being told who I can hear speak, what I can read, and I just long for someone that has no issue bringing people that he doesn't agree with onto the show...

... And, honestly, that is what the news SHOULD be doing.

I enjoy listening to calm open discourse, no matter the political affiliation, or opinions of the participants. I could care less about Dave Rubin's personal opinions due to the fact that he enables these discussions in a respectful and intelligent manner to the guests; this is a rare quality these days, and is all that matters in the end with an interview-based talkshow.

Rubin Report is quite simply one of the worst talk show/ interview shows in the world of YouTube / independent media. Dave Rubin bills himself as a 'classical liberal' but in reality the show acts as a far right / alt-right safe space, whereby guests are allowed to spew falsehoods, deny climate science, promote race & IQ pseudoscience and tired anti-SJW talking points.

Rubin is a vacuous online personality, a loathsome buffoon who lacks any deep knowledge of politics or policy. He talks mainly in empty platitudes, is a weak & ineffective interviewer who never challenges his guests, no matter how unhinged their views are. Rubin bills himself as a liberal but relentlessly bashes the left for every little thing, whilst acting as a de-facto apologist for Trump, Fox News, conservatives & alt-right. To top it off, Rubin gets his funding from Koch Brothers; You will be hard pressed to find a more dishonest, sleazy & moronic character on YouTube. The show & its discourse are toxic!

My brain is still in recovery mode from taking in so many high level, important ideas.