Episodes
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Make Me Watch It
Jeff picked a movie for Pat to watch. Pat picked a movie for Jeff to watch. Here's what happened.
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2023 Movie Review w/ Pat
An annual tradition! Pat and Jeff discuss the highs and lows of 2024 in cinema while watching... [checks notes] Expend4bles?
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Summer Movie Review 2022 (but just Top Gun)
Pat Cassels did return for our annual Summer Movie Review... but it was lost due to technical blipblaps. So, instead, we rewatched Top Gun Maverick and tried to figure out what made it work. You can sync up and watch Top Gun Maverick with us, but we don't expect anyone to actually do that. If you...
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Competitive Meat Judging
Dr. Mark Miller is the head coach of Texas Tech's meat judging team. Here, he explains what that means and how it works. Check out his team's storefront Red Raider Meats, which helps fund the team.
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Race & Gaming
Dr. Kishonna L. Gray has written such books as Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming and Feminism in Play and edited books like Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice. Here, she explains how and why.
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The Buffalo Emoji
Alex Schmidt is responsible for the Buffalo emoji. He now hosts the podcast Secretly Incredibly Fascinating. Here, he explains how all that came together.
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Reconsidering Showgirls
Showgirls is infamous for both being terribly reviewed and flopping at the box office. And yet, in the decades since was released, it has gained a cult following of fans who love it. Jeffrey McHale made a documentary about the phenomenon called You Don't Nomi and, here, he explains how and why.
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Jeff & Pat's Summer Movie Review 2020
Jeff is joined by Pat Cassels and Owen Parsons to review a summer of movies like no other. There will be new Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Shows every Tuesday for the next few Tuesdays, thanks for staying subscribed. This episode is brought to you by LiesGame.com
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Help Jeff Test His Game
I explain what I've been working on, and ask you to help test it.
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More
Alexis Wellwood is a philosopher and a linguist who recently wrote a book about the meaning of the word "more." Here, she explains how and why. Check out Alexis' website at (cool URL alert) http://semantics.land
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Simpsonology
Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay have written two books about The Simpsons. The first is The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield. Their newest is The Simpsons' Beloved Springfield: Essays on the TV Series and Town That Are Part of Us…
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Jeff & Pat's Summer Movie 2020 Predictions
Jeff & Pat look into their crystal ball and try to predict the movies of 2020. Plus, an update on the podcast. jeffrubinjeffrubinshow.com
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[rerun] US Memory Champion
One of my all-time favorite Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Shows. Here's an episode where you actually get to hear an insane skill demonstrated live. This was originally recorded in 2013. Nelson is still active in the Memory Game, catch up with his more recent accomplishments at NelsonDellis.com
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Managing Cue Cards at SNL
Wally Feresten oversees the cue cards at Saturday Night Live. Here he explains how he got started, and what it takes to make everything work on both sides of the cue card.
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Jeff & Pat's Summer Movie Review 2019
Last year we predicted how the movies of summer 2019 would do on Rotten Tomatoes. This week, as summer winds down, we find out who had the most accurate predictions. Spoilers for lots of movies movies especially Avengers, Spider-Man, and Toy Story 4.
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World's Fastest Texter
Marcel Filho earned the Guinness World Record fastest texter by typing the following phrase: “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human." Here he explains how and why.
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Goth Culture 101
Jillian Venters is the author of Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them. In this episode, everything Jeff always wanted to know about being goth but was too afraid to ask. Check out Jillian's website, Gothic-Charm-School.com!
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Sand Castles + Snow Sculptures
Sean Fitzpatrick of Fitzysnowman Studios was a mechanic who was already an adult when he discovered a love of sculpting with sand, snow, and other ephemeral materials. Then he turned it into a business. Here, he explains how and why. And gives you some tips for your summer sandcastles! Check out...
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Card Counting & Blackjack: What's the Deal?
Colin Jones had never stepped foot in a casino when he took an interest in counting cards. Now over 15 years into his Blackjack career, he’s teaching others to count cards online. Check out Colin’s book, free card counting mini-course, and YouTube Channel
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Professional Costume Replicas
GSTQ Fashions is a company run by seamstress Catherine Jones. They make high quality costume replicas costumes for movies, TV shows, and private commissions. Recently, they even made Dave Bautista's outfit for Wrestlemania. In this episode, she explains how and why. Check out GSTQ Fashions on...
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Where Do Fonts Come From?
Nick Sherman is a typographer, typeface designer, and typographic consultant. Here, he explains how and why. Links to Nick's websites that we discuss here: NickSherman.com, hex.xyz, and FontsInUse.com
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[rerun] "Nickelodeon Took Over My School"
[In reruns while the new Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Studios gets set up. Enjoy this classic episode, one of my all-time faves] In 1990, these three friends saw their school taken over by Nickelodeon. Here, they explain how and why.
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Beavis & Butt-head: The World's Largest Collection
Sean Beard has what is almost certainly the world’s largest Beavis & Butt-head collection. Here, he explains how and why. To see what we're talking about, check out Sean's collection on Instagram at @beavisnbuttheadcollector
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The Trade Journal Cooperative
The Trade Journal Cooperative is Jeff's favorite new subscription service. Every three months they send out a new trade journal like the Elevator World, a magazine for people in the elevator industry. Here, The Trade Journal Cooperative's founder explains how such a wonderful service came to be.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie's Historian
Steven Applebaum is the editor-in-chief of SMBMovie.com, possibly the world's most in-depth website dedicated to a single movie. That movie is 1993's Super Mario Bros: The Movie. Here, Steven explains how and why.
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Summer Movie Review 2019 pt 1
Jeff and Pat Cassels predict the Rotten Tomatoes scores of Summer 2019. We’ll revisit these in 2019, and whoever made the least accurate predictions will have to pay a terrible price.
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Public Speaking Champion
(fixing a previous technical blipblap - if you got the wrong episode before, listen to this one instead) Joel Schwartzberg (joelschwartzberg.net) has been teaching people about public speaking for years and has written a book on the subject called, Get to The Point: Sharpen Your Message and Make...
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Does it Fart?
Dani Rabaiotti is a zoologist who cowrote a book called "Does it Fart?" The book explains which animals fart, which don't, and which we're still not sure about. She's got a new book out called "True or Poo" and, oh yeah, she's also studying the impact of climate change on African wild dogs. All...
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[rerun] Extreme Haunted Houses
Eric Striffler runs one of the country's best haunted houses - Nyctophobia in Long Island. Here, he explains how and why. A classic (classic!) episode from 2014.
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World Records for World Records
Ashrita Furman has the Guinness World Record for most Guinness World Records. He did not get here by targeting easy records – he somersaulted the longest continuous distance (12 miles), ran the fastest mile with a milk bottle balanced on his head (7 minutes 47 seconds), and had the fastest time...
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Building Battlebots + Souped Up Power Wheels
Lindsay Oliver works at the EFF and Jordan Bunker constructs props. On any other Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show that's what we would be talking about, but today they are here in their capacity as friends who have constructed Battlebots and raced modded Power Wheels.
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Jeff & Pat's Annual Summer Movie Review
Pat Cassels stops by for the eighth year of our annual summer movie extravaganza. We discuss Mission Impossible and more.
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Godfather of Sign Spinning Tricks
This week, Justin Brown of Aarow Sign Spinners tells us what it takes to be a sign spinner. Watch footage from the 2018 World Sign Spinning Championship here.
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Cleaning Disneyland
Lynn Barron was a custodian at Disneyland. He cowrote a book about the experience called Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless and currently cohosts Disney podcast The Sweep Spot. Here, he explains how and why.
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[rerun] The Beanie Baby Bubble
Revisit this classic Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show about the Beanie Baby Bubble book.
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Waterworld Stunt Spectacular (and also Power Rangers)
Yoshi Sudarso has played a Power Ranger and appears in the upcoming film Buffalo Boys, but all Jeff wants to discuss is his time in the Waterworld Stunt Spectacular.
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Pasta Grannies
Vicky Bennison created Pasta Grannies, a video series that documents grandmothers in Italy making pasta. Here, she explains how and why.
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Blue Man Group / The Tick Actor Scott Speiser
Scott Speiser is currently playing Overkill on Amazon's The Tick, and before that he has travelled the world performing with Blue Man Group. Here, he explains how all that happened.
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Let's Play Pitch Deck
Pitch Deck is a game about creating and pitching new businesses. Today we try it out with Mike Karnell, Jeff Rosenberg, and Amanda Ferri.
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Writer of Cartoon All-Stars to The Rescue
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is a 1990 animated special that brought together Bugs Bunny, Winnie the Pooh, the Smurfs, the Chipmunks, Slimer, ALF, and more to teach kids a lesson about drugs. Here we talk to Duane Pool about how he wrote the special, and why.
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Wikipedia Editor w/ Over 1.8 Million Edits
Justin Knapp has edited Wikipedia over 1.8 million times, putting him at #2 on the all-time list. Here, he explains how and why. Here's a link to Justin's Wikipedia account, "koavf".
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[rerun] Classic Simpsons Trivia
The hosts of Classic Simpsons Trivia Night in Brooklyn put together a quiz, and I gathered the three biggest Simpsons fans I know to see who could answer the most. Originally recorded in 2013, though the trivia only covers seasons 2 through 10 so nothing is out-of-date!
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Lego Master Builder
Robbie McCarthy was a Lego Maser Builder at Legoland, where he designed and built large-scale Lego sculptures. Here, he explains how and why.
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Lego Excerpt
Latest episode of JRJR Jr
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Videogame Collector Extraordinaire, Syd Bolton
Syd Bolton has one of the world's largest collections of videogames. He also collects computers, video discs, and runs the Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, Ontario. Here, he explains how and why.