John Stossel: Dave Rubin on Free Speech, Leaving the Left, Identity Politics & Being Shouted Down on Campuses

One of Stossel's most popular videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5UBTAJ04s

Dave Rubin used to be a leftist, but now he says progressives are “totalitarian.”

He’s been shouted down when he speaks on college campuses.

“They think I am a right-wing extremist,” Rubin tells me.

He’s lost friends for his political views.

But Rubin’s show is hugely popular.

He rightly recognized that people have an appetite for longer, in-depth interviews.

“If there were more people having honest conversation,” Rubin tells me, "we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in.”

I usually do shorter videos, Rubin is onto something.

Here’s our full, half-hour interview