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SubwayTakes

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  • Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
  • Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

About the show

Created and hosted by Kareem Rahma, Subway Takes is an inventive short-form comedy series that transforms quick encounters into a precise, instantly recognizable format. Set on New York City's subway, each episode uses rhythm, point of view, and comic escalation to turn bold opinions into a complete miniature performance, proving that short-form comedy can be both structurally disciplined and culturally immediate. SubwayTakes was created by Kareem Rahma and Andrew Kuo.

Episodes

Play Woody Harrelson Told Me He’s an Anarchist

15 Minutes of Ethan Hawke Dropping Gems on a Subway

15 min · Premiered 2025/10/08

Actor, writer, and director Ethan Hawke (Before Sunrise, Training Day, Dead Poets Society) rides the subway with Kareem Rahma for a raw conversation about art, fame, and what really matters.

Jason Bateman Explains Why I’m Doing Life Wrong

14 min · Premiered 2025/10/15

Actor, director, and podcast host Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Black Rabbit, SmartLess) boards the subway with Kareem Rahma for an unfiltered conversation about germs, fame, and what it means to stay grounded.

David Byrne on How Culture Changed After the Internet

18 min · Premiered 2025/08/19

Musician, artist, and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne (Stop Making Sense, American Utopia) joins Kareem on the subway for a conversation about how technology has reshaped the way we listen to and experience music.

This Is Cate Blanchett's Sexiest Word To Say

24 min · Premiered 2025/03/20

'Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the earth!!' Kareem and Cate continue on the train and talk about blowing v. sucking, Kareem's sunglasses as camouflage, Cate wearing white sneakers but still being a real fornicator, Feluccas, her new movie Black Bag, Kareem being the most famous mole man in NYC, Cate disliking dirty glasses, the Australian epidemic in NYC and other stuff.

Extras

Play Jimmy Kimmel Interview