SHORT 1:59 Normalize eating on the subway
A straphanger makes her case for normalizing eating on the subway while literally holding a Papa John's sandwich. She argues the train is basically a restaur...
Manhattan
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SHORT 1:57 We need to filter people who are able to move to NYC via a test
A straphanger proposes filtering NYC newcomers through an MTA navigation test: three fares, no GPS, figure out your route. Kareem pushes back. The conversati...
SHORT 2:02 There's two kinds of people, cool & uncool, & uncool people are evil
There's just two kinds of people: cool and uncool," a straphanger tells Kareem, arguing that contrary to popular belief, the uncool ones are actually evil. K...
SHORT 1:49 Men who want to be DJs should have to go to trade school first
A woman on the subway argues that aspiring DJs should be required to attend trade school before touching the decks. Her logic? The city needs more plumbers a...
SHORT 1:50 If you’re a white guy that likes dating Asian women, you don't gotta do that anymore
A half-Asian straphanger delivers a spicy take: white guys have dated enough Asian women, and it's time to stop. He compares these couples to lantern flies "...
SHORT 2:07 They should have a tourism lane on the sidewalk like the street has a bike lane. ft. Derek Gaines
Derek Gaines has a solution for New York's sidewalk chaos: a tourism lane, just like the bike lane in the street. He's tired of people staring at their phone...
SHORT 1:56 We need a reality TV show that follows deadbeat dads. @T@TalibBabb
A straphanger pitches Kareem on a reality show concept that's equal parts absurd and weirdly compelling: follow deadbeat dads around New York City to see wha...
SHORT 0:53 Any food that's served hot should never be served cold. Ft. Todd Barry
Todd Barry comes in swinging with a controversial take: any food that's served hot should never be served cold. Kareem immediately disagrees. Cold pizza? Gre...
SHORT 1:36 I don't think Hollywood should make any black movies
A rider with bold opinions tells Kareem that Hollywood shouldn't make any Black movies, Indian movies, or minority films at all. His reasoning? White studios...
SHORT 1:55 Nature is boring. @J@JeffOSealnature
A picture of Half Dome is good enough. That's the stance of one city-loving rider who tells Kareem that nature is fundamentally boring and there's no reason...
SHORT 1:50 I don't think we should build any new casinos in New York City
A stranger on the subway has a fiery take about New York's casino expansion plans. He's furious that developers want to build casinos in Flushing, a working-...
13:15 Spike Lee Told Me I Watch Movies Wrong
Spike Lee schools Kareem Rahma on everything from New York City rats the size of cats to the cardinal sin of leaving stickers on baseball caps. The director...
SHORT 1:49 Say yes 90% of the time
A straphanger with a wildly optimistic worldview shares his philosophy: say yes 90% of the time. It's led him to sing in a National Opera Company (he demonst...
SHORT 2:07 It's not weird to like people's old photos. @xfinity
A visiting tourist who looks like he "lives in Bushwick" debates the etiquette of liking old Instagram photos with Kareem. The stranger thinks scrolling back...
14:23 The 8 Hottest Takes on New York City
Bring it back to the old New York, man. Fuck these bike lanes." A compilation episode features eight spicy takes about living in NYC, ranging from the unhing...
SHORT 1:53 Baking is easy
Baking is easy, a straphanger declares, setting off a passionate debate about culinary technique and American measurement systems. Kareem's rider insists bak...
SHORT 2:07 There's too much pizza in New York City
A straphanger with strong opinions drops a controversial claim: there's too much pizza in New York City. Kareem pushes back immediately. The stranger, who ea...
SHORT 1:58 To truly love New York, you must hate New York
To truly love New York, you must hate New York." A lifelong New Yorker drops this paradox on Kareem, who's been in the city for 14 years but still gets calle...
5:19 Stephen A. Smith’s Worst Take
Stephen A. Smith defends brunch. The sports broadcaster tells Kareem he likes his waffles, his eggs, and his cheeseburgers, depending on the mood, though he...
SHORT 1:46 "Life is short" is a completely unhelpful piece of advice
Life is short" is completely unhelpful advice, according to one anonymous rider who's fed up with vague motivational content. The problem? It's not actionabl...
SHORT 1:57 The New York Knicks should never win a championship
A stranger who claims he was "found in a shed in March" delivers one of the show's most bizarre arguments: the New York Knicks should never win a championshi...
15:17 Zoe Kravitz — Zoë Kravitz on Life, Death, and the Matrix
Zoë Kravitz has strong opinions about Bluetooth. "It doesn't work," she tells Kareem, insisting that technology only truly works if it functions 100% of the...
SHORT 2:20 The only thing people are truly loyal to are sports teams. Feat @OmarESPN
A straphanger argues that sports teams command the only true loyalty left in modern life. People bail on jobs and friends, but he's been suffering through Mi...
SHORT 1:49 Episode 476: It's only a bodega if it's owned and operated by a Puerto Rican or Dominican
A straphanger raised in his dad's bodega drops some serious knowledge on Kareem: it's only a bodega if it's owned and operated by a Puerto Rican or Dominican...
15:24 Austin Butler’s Most Embarrassing Take
Austin Butler reveals he's never been invited to a bachelor party, kicking off a surprisingly goofy conversation with Kareem about wedding dreams, embarrassm...
SHORT 2:17 We need to stop having all election and elect leaders through a random lottery. Feat Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed defends democracy against Kareem's wild proposal to replace all elections with a completely randomized lottery system. No more voting, no more camp...
SHORT 2:19 The recliner seat has ruined the movie going experience. QuadCinema.com to buy tix to Kareem’s film
A recliner seat takes up the square footage of four normal movie theater seats, according to one rider who argues that luxury seating has killed the moviegoi...
18:51 David Byrne on How Culture Changed After the Internet
David Byrne shows up in bright orange, testing colors for his upcoming tour. The Talking Heads frontman explains to Kareem that orange "holds up" under diffe...
SHORT 1:45 Each NYC neighborhood should have a sports club that competes in a yearly
A straphanger pitches a brilliantly chaotic idea: every NYC neighborhood gets its own sports club that competes in a yearly tournament. The concept snowballs...
SHORT 2:01 Every transplant should have to volunteer somewhere
A transplant who volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters drops what Kareem calls "maybe the only good Subway take": every transplant should have to volunteer...
13:17 Bill Burr Says Stop Blaming Immigrants, Blame Billionaires
Bill Burr hits the subway with Kareem Rahma for a characteristically unfiltered conversation that ricochets from Bloomberg's "Illuminati meeting" in Europe t...
4:46 Yung Lean Says Diddy Ruined Parties Forever
Yung Lean tells Kareem the party is officially over. The Swedish rapper, 366 days sober, wants to make it cool again to settle down, carve wood, and find God...
SHORT 2:04 Rich New Yorkers love art — but hate artists
A stranger on the subway running for city council district 2 has a sharp observation: rich New Yorkers will drop millions on a Basquiat but won't care when t...
SHORT 2:05 We need to make it harder to get married than it is to get divorced
A recently divorced straphanger has a radical proposal: make marriage harder than divorce. Currently, getting married in Brooklyn costs $15, while divorce ru...
SHORT 1:57 People are using the Find My Friends app wrong
A straphanger on the subway has a radical proposal: repurpose Find My Friends as "Find My Enemies." Instead of tracking loved ones, use the app to monitor pe...
SHORT 2:25 Freestyle rapping is just as good as talk therapy
A rider on the N train claims freestyle rapping is just as good as talk therapy, then puts his theory to the test with Kareem right there on the subway. What...
SHORT 2:05 Talk to strangers
A writer with a dog named Variety Magazine has a take: talk to strangers. She's had New Yorkers approach her and share intense stories, from casual dog compl...
SHORT 1:55 The men who tell women that they should smile more "because they're prettier are correct
A straphanger delivers a brazenly specific take: the men who tell women to smile more are "correct" about the words themselves, even if their sentiment is "t...
SHORT 1:57 If the food from your country of origin isn't delicious, you shouldn't be allowed into NYC
If the food from your country of origin isn't delicious, you shouldn't be allowed into New York City." That's the provocative take from a rider who admits he...
SHORT 1:56 The best things are cash only
Cash rules everything. A rider and Kareem bond over the superiority of cash-only establishments, from Kingston Tropical Bakery's beef patties on White Plains...
SHORT 1:28 If somebody's not willing to travel to your borough, they're just not that into you! @bumble
If somebody's not willing to take a train, cab, bus to your borough, they're just not that into you." That's the opening salvo from a Manhattan rider who's g...
29:04 How Nigel Sylvester Became the Mr. Worldwide of BMX
BMX legend Nigel Sylvester and Kareem take the subway through Queens, which Nigel declares is "the king of all boroughs." Born in Jamaica, Queens, Nigel trac...
24:12 This Is Cate Blanchett's Sexiest Word To Say
Cate Blanchett wants leaf blowers "eradicated from the face of the earth." Seriously. She tells Kareem that 30 minutes on a leaf blower creates more pollutio...
30:45 Hasan Minhaj Wants to Cancel Birthdays
Hasan Minhaj has a controversial stance: restaurants need to stop singing happy birthday to adults. "You're making grown adults sing to you because you're 43...
SHORT 1:43 Italians Became White After 9/11 🤣🤣🤣
Italians became white after 9/11" is the scorching take an anonymous rider delivers to Kareem, and the two run wild with it. The rider argues that Italians w...
SHORT 1:39 Poppers are for EVERYONE
A straphanger makes a bold proclamation: poppers are for everyone, not just gay men. Kareem pushes back on the expanding democratic vision of inhalant use, j...
SHORT 1:57 If You Weren’t Born in New York You Can Never Call Yourself a New Yorker
A straphanger drops an absolute nuke: if you weren't born in New York, you can never call yourself a New Yorker. Period. Kareem pushes back hard. He was born...
SHORT 1:00 Make LIFE like Spotify 🤣🤣
What if the subway worked like Spotify? A rider pitches Kareem on making public transit completely free by plastering ads everywhere, turning trains into "th...
SHORT 1:00 Its Not That Hard to Tell Twins Apart
A woman riding the subway insists it's not that hard to tell twins apart, sparking a hilariously specific debate about the etiquette of asking which twin you...
SHORT 0:57 Wellness is a Scam
A straphanger delivers a blistering critique of the wellness industry, which rakes in $1.8 trillion annually compared to pharma's $700 billion. The math does...
SHORT 1:01 Rock N Roll Forevaa
A musician riding the subway declares that rock and roll lives in New York City right now, not in some nostalgic past. Kareem finds someone who's living it....
26:09 Is Taylor Swift a lyrical genius or is she just mid?
Mary Neely starts with a warning to the Swifties: "We're just people." Her viral SubwayTakes claim that Taylor Swift is one of the greatest lyricists of all...
SHORT 1:00 All Pizza Places Must Be Required to Serve Pizza by the Slice! Do You Agree?
A pizza purist has strong words for establishments that only serve whole pies: get out of New York. This rider's frustration stems from checking out the city...
SHORT 0:32 Get Your Size Right
A woman on the subway delivers urgent advice: every woman should go for a bra fitting. Kareem's confused. What's a bra fitting? She explains that stores like...
SHORT 0:36 Never Say This in the Hood🤫
A rider from Harlem breaks down the unspoken rules of street culture with Kareem, warning that certain vocabulary just doesn't fly in the hood. His advice? I...
SHORT 0:37 Which One Are You? 🗽
A straphanger declares herself a Samantha before proposing something wild: the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree should be topped with "a life-size ceramic S...
SHORT 1:00 This New Yorker Thinks America Has A Bread Problem🥖 Do You Agree?
A straphanger champions bread consumption in America, claiming people are too worried about feeling bloated. Kareem pushes back on the premise when his inter...