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Kareem Rahma
Internet Funnyman
Egyptian? Yes.
Midwesterner? Yes.
New Yorker? Yes.
Brooklynite? Yes.
Corporate employee? Yes.
Post-exit founder? Yes.
Media entrepreneur? Yes.
Comedian? Yes.
Musician? Yes.
Published author? Yes.
Film producer? Yes.
Pizza gallerist? Improbably, yes.
Is there anything that isn’t a “yes” for Kareem? Well, tune into his viral Instagram series @subwaytakes and indeed, he’s not afraid to blast “100% disagree” when it’s time to say no.
In this episode of At Large, we’ll hear how Kareem Rahma built a livelihood pioneering essentialist internet video formats for a divided nation with a shrinking attention span, without losing his fresh optimism and vibe of disheveled cool.
Between commandeering the L train for his impromptu hit talk show and hopping into yellow cabs to tell drivers “take me to your favorite place in the city and keep the meter running,” Kareem has collapsed the distance between what he wants and what he does by refusing to let asking for permission be part of his creative process.
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“What can I do without having to ask anyone for anything?"
Show Index
00:58 Early Career and Vice Media02:00 The Humorist's Journey
05:52 Growing Up in Minnesota
08:14 The Kareem Tax: Early Hustles
12:17 Moving to New York and Landing at Vice
17:29 Joining the New York Times
23:44 Founding Nameless Network
35:27 Creating Without Permission
40:00 Exploring Music
43:50 The Success of Subway Takes
56:17 Off The Cuff
Show Notes
- Subway Takes
- Keep the Meter Running
- Vice Media
- Vice Guide to North Korea
- The Museum of Pizza
- Out of Order Film
- Or Something Film
- No Worries if Not
- The Last Stop
- Sheel Mohnot’s Takes
- Jacques Pépin’s Scrambled Eggs
Sauce Boss Meets Girlboss
Movies by Any Means Necessary
Have Your Cake and Tweet It Too
Greens to Greatness
Writing Your Way Ahead
Liberté, Intégrité, Simplicité
Peace, Love, and Advertising
The Unprofessional Professional
Idea Virus Patient Zero
Chasing Liquid Gold
Making MSCHF
Internet Funnyman
Building a Digital Hearth
No Mud, No Lotus
You Can’t Just Switch It Off
Purpose & Play
Creative Courage and Talking Stuffed Animals
Silencing the Discursive Mind
Striking Internet Gold
Givers Are Getters
Hosting a Rave for the Intellect
The Hunt for Big Ideas
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
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