Jen Rubin is a former New Yorker living in Madison, WI.  An obsessive maker of mixed tapes and quite possibly the best challah baker in town, she has worked for social change throughout her career. Jen leads storytelling workshops around Madison, co-produces the Moth StorySlam, co-hosts Inside, Stories Podcast, and teaches social policy class at the University of Wisconsin School of Social Work's Part Time Program.

An Engrossing Memoir"  The Progressive
"Compelling Reading" West Side Rag
"Poignant, funny, and very very smart" Reviewer on Amazon

I co-host Inside Stories Podcast with Takeyla Benton. We explore Madison one story at a time. Check out what The Isthmus, Madison 365,  and the Capital Times had to say about the podcast. ​

You can find the Covid-19 stories we are featuring archived in the Madison public library's Living History Project: Stories From a Distance.

 I am doing a series with Isthmus following 3 small businesses in Madison, WI during the 'safer at home' order and then for a year once businesses can reopen. You can see part one of the series here.