. >> host: dave rubin is the r author of this book, "don't burn this book." 9 mr. rue -- mr. rubin, you dedicate this book to ben affleck. why is that? [laughter] >> guest: yeah, you know, i dedicated the book to ben affleck because ben was accidentally integral to my awakening. i was a sort of far lefty, i was on a youtube progressive channel, i was a bernie supporters, the whole thing, and there was a night about six years agoni or so where, very memorable night that's now been seen millions oft millions of times where ben affleck was on real time with bill maher, and he was alongside sam harrison, the neuroscience who mostly talks mindful medication, and sam was talking about a new book. and bill and sam were talking, and they're both well known atheists, and they started talking about religion. and then the topic of radical islam came up, and sam a made the point that we all know which you have to be able to separate ideas. you should be able to criticize any idea whether it's a republican party platform or the doctrine of christianity or in this case they were talking ab

dave rubin is a host of "the dave rubin show." we are happy to have him.coming on. it seems like the least qualified people are grabbing massive amounts of power. i mean, massive amounts. >> for the record, programming a microwave could be a little complex. >> tucker: fair point. >> it does not make any sense paired what is it really doing? but the point is coming as coming you're completely right. i think you know this. i took a month off. i do a month off every august. and i tried to think about some of these issues further than the day-to-day political fight that we are constantly in. and the truth is as your lead in is pointing out. they are here to have a government takeover of absolutely everything. there is no institution that aoc and the progressives don't want to take over. there is no governmental structure that they don't want to change or alter or completely destroy. and until the rest of us really realize that, that fact. and it is a fact. until we realize that everything we hold dear is either being dismantled or ready to put on the chopping

look at dave rubin. >> that is my career.r. >> do they not realize that it just makes them grow stronger? >> that's true. >> i have a big house. >> yeah, he has a very big house with a hot tub. i know - - well, i don't know. i i've never been invited. >> you've been mine hot tub. >> that wasn't me. >> wait. >>greg: we're gonna have a chat about this afterwards but that was definitely not me. and i definitely did not throw up in it. dagen, last word to you. >> not just punch you can pull peoples' earrings out, you pull their hair - - >> good point. you can do anything to anybody. from experience. just one last thing, when did college students stop saying no to the man? and no to the system and just saying [bleep] >>greg: there you go. >> when are you gonna do it, when you're 40 sleeping in the bottom bunk of your childhood bedroom and you take off your pants buffalo wild wings because they didn't put enough cheese on your tots? >>greg: there you go. is that when you're going to stand up to the man? >> that was very specific. >

. >> host: dave rubin is the author of this book don't burn this book. he's also the host of the rubin report. mr. ruben, you dedicate this book to ben affleck. why is that? >> i dedicated it to ben affleck, who i've never met because he was accidentally integral to my awakening. i was the sort of far left progressive on the young turks network which is a progressive channel. i was burning a supporter of the whole thing and there was a night at about six years ago or so where it's a very memorable night across the world millions of times actually where ben affleck was on real time with bill marr and he was alongside sam harris, of course the neuroscientist who mostly talks about mindful medication and sam was releasing a new book called waking up, he guided to spirituality without religion. bill and sam were talking well-known atheists and started talking about religion and then the topic of radical islam came up. sam made the point we all know which is that you ought to be able to separate ideas and criticize any idea whether it's the republican party p

. >> host: dave rubin is the author of this book don't burn this book.he's also the host of the rubin report. mr. ruben, you dedicate this book to ben affleck. why is that? >> i dedicated it to ben affleck, who i've never met because he was accidentally integral to my awakening. i was the sort of far left progressive on the young turks network which is a progressive channel. i was burning aup

was a reaction, former acting director of national intelligence, ric grenell, along with the with dave rubin will start with you ric grenell. i don't know. i grew up in new york and i've lived all around the country. where i come from, if you give people money before an election and then after election, it looks to me like you are trying to buy an election. but what do i know? i am just a little old talk show host. >> one thing that is clear is that gavin newsom is scared. he has joe biden here today in long beach campaigning. they are paying people with stimulus checks. he is calling this the republican recall. he is doing everything he can because they are scared. i think no matter what happens over the next couple of days, we have already won. us conservatives and republicans in california. we have already won. we are putting to the vote of the people whether or not the governor is qualified and there is a healthy debate. and we know that we have really terrible voter rolls here in california. it's going to take us a couple of elections if we don't do an immediate turnaround here with the

dave rubin, always good today thanks for being with us, thank you, sir.d-october. they got battery issues and of course, there's that ongoing chip shortage. general motors getting close to $50 a share. if you want to use tesla's new self-driving software, you have to pass a test. hey, good morning, ashley webster, what kind of test are we talking about? ashley: good morning, stu. well, elon musk says before you can download this latest version of the self-driving software, the company is going to analyze the driver's data over a seven- day period and use what it calls insurance driving behavior calculator to determine if the driver is good before allowing the download so you don't have to get a pen and paper and actually take an exam but you'll have your driving habits examined. that could be a little tricky, could it not, for customers who have already paid for the software, do they get a refund if they are a bad driver? i guess that needs to be sorted out the latest upgrade to enabl ing tesla vehicles to virtually drive themselves both on highways and c