Showtime: 7:30pm
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About the Show
Adam Ruben is a writer, comedian, storyteller, and molecular biologist. For over 20
years, he has performed at clubs, colleges, and private venues across North America
and Europe, including at some of the best-known storytelling shows and comedy clubs.
He is the author of (Random House, 2010), a satirical guide to the low points and, well, lower points
of post-baccalaureate education, and (Chicago Review Press, 2017), a narrative nonfiction book about the past, present,
and future of pinball.
For his virtual show for NM Tech, Adam will do some standup, a bit of storytelling especially relevant to us Techies and some interactive Q&A.
For more than 15 years, Adam has taught an undergraduate stand-up comedy class that has quickly become one of the most popular January 鈥淚ntersession鈥� courses at Johns Hopkins University; he currently teaches storytelling with , teaches comedy at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and is one of the Lead Producers for the DC and Baltimore chapters of . He writes the humor column in the otherwise respectable journal Science; he has also been seen and heard on the Food Network鈥檚 , the Science Channel鈥檚 , the Travel Channel鈥檚 , Discovery International鈥檚 , the Weather Channel鈥檚 , the Science Channel鈥檚 and , Netflix鈥檚 , and NPR鈥檚 and . He recently hosted the Science Channel鈥檚 (airing outside the United States as or Loco Lab on Discovery International) and currently appears on the Science Channel鈥檚 . Adam also produced and hosted a weird little web video series for the called and has appeared on another web series, 鈥荣&苍产蝉辫;Sound Mysteries. He is also a contributing writer for the PBS Kids cartoon series , premiering in September 2020.
His one-man show, , debuted to rave reviews at the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival; it was followed by the equally well-received Dr. Science鈥檚 Science Time Science-va-ganza! in 2012 and I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy in 2015. In addition to his day job as a molecular biologist, Adam travels the country, performing his solo show as part of anti-bullying programs, talking about his books to audiences of disaffected grad students or pinball fanatics, and giving lectures on science careers and the public perception of science.
Adam lives with his wife, , and their children, Maya, Benjamin, and Elliot, in Washington, DC.
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