“Compelling and hilarious”
“It is hard to explain adequately, but this is one of the funniest shows I have seen all year”
“Unlike some comics that hammer you to death in delivery, Ruben just tells his stories and the laughs come very naturally”
The Story Collider Podcast: Innovation
The Story Collider podcast features a story I told live on stage about a Rube Goldberg machine gone nuts.
Scott Rogowsky, Host of Addictive App HQ Trivia, Got His Start at Johns Hopkins
An interview with my former stand-up student (and, briefly, me) in the Baltimore Sun.
“Mortified” Storytelling Heads to Sundance, Taking a Healthy Dose of Baltimore with it
Baltimore Sun article about the premiere of a docu-miniseries I’m in, “The Mortified Guide,” at the Sundance Film Festival. Available 2/1/18 on Amazon and 2/14/18 on Netflix.
Interview on Chicago Review Press Blog
“The whole concept could have gone extinct in 1942, in 1983, in 1999, and in 2008, but it didn’t. It’s still here, and it’s better than ever.”
U of L News: Comedian Scheduled to Provide “Social Reimbursement” to Grad Students
Preview of my upcoming show at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY.
Nature Jobs: Outside the Lab: Side Jobs for Scientists
As a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, [Ruben] studied the biophysical properties of potential new malaria drugs — while writing humour columns, performing at storytelling shows and comedy clubs and entertaining wedding guests as a fake rabbi.
