Dave Rubin | Club Random with Bill Maher
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What is the new Apple subscription channel being promoted at the start?
Hey, I want to tell you about our new subscription channel on Apple. You can listen ad-free to all episodes, past and present, get access to most episodes a week early, and hear exclusive bonus content that you can only get here. Go to Apple.com slash clubrandom to try it free now. Just click the try it free button now to check it out. I heard that you were a uh Intern on the For
a week when you did those shows in Brooklyn. Oh right. Those the mafia shows in Brooklyn back in like two thousand or something.
You know what? That is that reminds me of the era of television where they did what they called sweeps months.
Yeah.
They took ratings three times a year at the ratings company. February. May and November. Yeah. So during those months, every fucking show had to do something stupid. You did math for you a week. That's what it was. Yeah. Right. Yeah. We were in New York doing a week of shows about the mafia. In a real shitty area, if you remember that. But like that's how you got like Fonzi on Um with the sh you know the phrase Jumping the shore comes from Happy days you had to go to Hawaii because Sweeps We literally jumped the shark. Because it was Sweeps month.
How do Dave and Bill reminisce about TV “sweeps” and their early comedy gigs?
Right. And so you have to do something and so they would just do all this stupid shit.
Oh, I'm glad you're having a drink. I am gonna have a drink with you. I can't smoke the pot with you. I don't care. I don't think I can. We'll see what happens. But I could get pretty dumb pretty quick. I used to be a pro, but I'm a little uh
You know, uh first of all, I've never been a pot proselytizer.
Yeah.
Like you do you. Yeah. Whatever the fuck you wanna do. What do what do I care if you smoke? I've also never understood when people say that to me, like Come on, have a drink with me. What the fuck do you care if I'm drinking or not? You do you. I uh you know, sometimes I don't want to drink. This is not one of those times. Okay, good, good. But there are times when I don't. Wha what's your drink usually? Um you know, I'm a very sparing drinker these days, but when I d I do drink, uh I drink tequila. That's why I'm the most interesting man in the world. You are cheese, man. Um What was that? What what did the most interesting men in the world drink? He was uh Dosequis. All right. What was his peach phrase? It was some oh I don't usually drink beer, but when I do drink dos X or That was a brilliant ad campaign.
We did a we did a funny parody of that with Mitt Romney once, the most in the least interesting man in the world. But we parried it very accurately. I'm sure they could dig that up on YouTube.
So I got a copy of my first book over there, which you will appreciate because It is dedicated. to the guy who used to own this house. Because of you. Actually. Who used on this house? Freddie? Fields? Uh Athleck. Ben Affleck. Oh, this house, right. This house. Because my whole political awakening pretty much happened watching an episode of real time when when Sam Harris was on with Affleck and that thing and I Was a lefty my whole life. And I saw that moment and I was like, Holy shit, this is what I have been seeing and freaking out about. So I dedicated my first book, which is a defense of liberalism. So that was twenty fourteen. How old were you then? Yeah. Twenty fourteen. So that's uh eight years ago. I was thirty eight.
Thirty eight. I'm forty six now, yeah.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow, you look good for forty six. I I thought you were much younger. Oh, I'll take it. I'll take it. No one no, just because of what you say. Oh You look like you're a hundred. No, no, you look right. No, you look.
No, I
tell ya, I always I used to do a bit a hundred years ago about like, are gay men good looking because they like, uh how did this bit go? So why are all gay men good looking? The the good looking guys look in the mirror and go, I'm not wasting this on chicks.
Yeah. It's like, how about who needs it? Who needs the headache?
I just feel like I was never destined to be a gay man. Not not that I'm ugly, but just it was just it's just
not that look. I don't know that I was destined to be a gay man. I happen to be married to one, but
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the new Apple subscription channel being promoted at the start?
0:01–1:22
2
How do Dave and Bill reminisce about TV “sweeps” and their early comedy gigs?
1:22–4:49
3
What personal stories do they share about drinking, sexuality, and family background?
4:49–11:05
4
How do they discuss the “universe” signs, bell‑ringing, and future projects?
11:05–1:05:26
5
How did Dave Rubin’s early stand‑up experiences shape his comedy style?
1:05:26–1:20:13
6
Why do Bill Maher and Dave Rubin compare Gutfeld’s late‑night success to traditional shows?
1:20:13–1:37:39
7
What do Rubin and Maher say about politics, sex, and personal relationships in the middle of the conversation?
1:37:39–1:54:37
8
How does the discussion shift to Larry King, Trump, and the future of political discourse?
1:54:37–2:04:46