How SubwayTakes Became the Internet's Favorite Show
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Today on The Colin & Samir Show we sit down with the creator and host of SubwayTakes, Kareem Rahma. We dive into the origins and mechanics of what makes the show one of the most popular today on the internet. We also discuss the launch of his longform show Keep the Meter Running on YouTube. Kareem shares his pov on the future of attention and what it means to build a "show" in the modern media landscape.
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00:00 Intro
00:40 Kareem Rahma on Replacing New Late Night
11:23 Why SubwayTakes Fits This Exact Moment
16:37 How SubwayTakes was Created
24:34 Kareem’s Goal Wasn’t to go Viral
37:08 Making Something Memorable in the Doomscroll Era
44:41 What SubwayTakes Says About America
50:31 Kareem on being called the new Anthony Bourdain
1:04:30 Momentum Is a Creator's Superpower
1:17:04 The 80% Rule for Building a Format
1:23:21 Taking a YouTube Format to TV
1:30:08 Creators and Political Responsibility
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