Grad Students Behaving Badly
Our esteemed columnist warns against some of the common offenses that grad students have been known to commit.
Our esteemed columnist warns against some of the common offenses that grad students have been known to commit.
But despite this extensive resume, Ruben isn’t Comedy Central-famous, which makes the series of stories about his worst stand-up gigs feel more authentic than romanticized.
I was interviewed for an article about everyone’s favorite topic, preparedness for grad school.
As a performer, Ruben is very likable. Unlike some comics that hammer you to death in delivery, Ruben just tells his stories and the laughs come very naturally. Overall Adam Ruben and I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy is thoroughly enjoyable and definitely worth checking out as part of your Fringe going experience.
[Ruben’s] essential earnestness and humility exude through his one-man show, I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy.
Co-interview with storyteller Cara Foran about our upcoming shows in the 2015 Capital Fringe Festival.
Sneak peek at my upcoming show in the Capital Fringe Festival.
Article about scientists with nonscientific hobbies, including a boxer-physicist, a biker-chemist, a skydiver-biologist, and me.
In which our esteemed columnist catalogs the miseries our bosses have been known to inflict upon their underlings.
“I had a student once who gave me a recommendation letter to write at 3:30 p.m. after class ended and she said it was due at 5 p.m,” says Ruben, adding that he agreed to do it, but had to rush.
Our columnist lists and describes the most common roadblocks faced by those pursuing science careers.
Write-up of a Mortified Baltimore event I produced and performed in.
The DC Science Writers Association‘s Science Comedy Night, May 2015. A story about surviving grad school.