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...
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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 1:41 Clean up our toxic sites before building houses and schools on them
A straphanger sounds the alarm on Gowanus, one of NYC's most contaminated neighborhoods. Kareem learns that the toxic waste near his recording studio goes do...
SHORT 1:58 Scarr Pimentel — The restaurant industry in New York is mid and super overrated. Ft. Scarr Pimental
Scarr Pimentel, owner of Scarr's Pizza, thinks New York's restaurant scene is mid and overrated. His reason? The industry's been taken over by VC and private...
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...
14:54 Rosalía Says ADHD Makes Her More Creative
Rosalía tells Kareem that listening to music quietly gives you bad luck. She blasts everything to hear the details. The Spanish singer opens up about ADHD sh...
SHORT 1:48 Spike Lee Says Stop Doing This
Spike Lee has strong opinions about fashion crimes plaguing New York streets. Riding the G train into Brooklyn, the legendary director tells Kareem his bigge...
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 1:48 Take the sticker off your hat. Advice of an Icon feat. Spike Lee and @timberland
A stranger on the G train has strong opinions about hat etiquette. He's baffled that people still leave the stickers on their caps, calling it "straight up g...
SHORT 1:57 All straight men, not only do they love drag, but they do their own versions of it
A straphanger in full costume delivers a fiery argument that all straight men already love drag, they just call it something else. Pro wrestling? Drag with e...
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...
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 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...
SHORT 2:05 Episode 448: Conservatives should get credit for not gentrifying neighborhoods
A straphanger drops a politically incorrect hot take: conservatives should get credit for not gentrifying neighborhoods. Kareem reluctantly agrees. The logic...
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...
SHORT 2:03 Polyamory don't count if it's in a big city
A straphanger with Zimbabwean polygamist roots delivers a scorching take: polyamory doesn't count in big cities. His logic? Having a polycule in Brooklyn is...
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 1:40 I hate hidden fees
Hidden fees are ruining everything, according to a straphanger who's ready to fight over surprise charges. The frustration peaks at dispensaries, where a $12...
SHORT 2:36 If you get in suspended for something you didn't do…
A high schooler pitches a wildly specific revenge fantasy: if a teacher falsely accuses you of something, you should get two minutes in their house to "do wh...
SHORT 1:28 If somebody's not willing to travel to your borough, they're just not that into you! @bumble
If somebody's not willing to take a train, cab, bus to your borough, they're just not that into you." That's the opening salvo from a Manhattan rider who's g...
11:17 A$AP Ferg Wants to Make a Movie
A$AP Ferg's got cowboy boots airbrushed like old-school Timberlands, and he's here to talk Black cinema. "We need more Black people movies," Ferg tells Karee...
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...
6:38 Halsey's Favorite Halsey Song
Halsey reveals the origin of her stage name: she rearranged the letters in "Ashley" while drunk on the subway and realized it's an anagram for the Brooklyn L...
SHORT 1:01 Apple vs Android: the Great Debate
A passionate Android user invokes Karl Marx's theory of conspicuous consumption to explain why people really buy iPhones. It's not about superior technology....
SHORT 1:01 Wbna is Better Than NBA
A WNBA superfan makes her case to Kareem with an unconventional pitch: the league's superior drama comes from players "getting married and breaking up" on th...
24:43 Baby Boomers have ruined the world.it's time for REVENGE
Revenge is in the air, and it's aimed squarely at Baby Boomers. Kareem sits down with comedian Neil, who's got a radical proposal: strip Boomers of their rig...
SHORT 0:35 The Best Phone? 📱
A straphanger argues that Androids are objectively superior to iPhones, claiming people only buy Apple products "to shame Android users." The rider invokes K...