Kareem Rahma: Content Overload
5/14/20262 hr 2 min
Trevor Noah sits down with comedian and creator Kareem Rahma to talk about the strange reality of subway fame and the unexpected success of his hit series Keep the Meter Running and Subway Takes. From New York survival stories to strong opinions about culture, behavior, and city life, the conversation moves easily between the observational and the personal.
Along the way, the two explore modern storytelling in an era of digital deception, and why people still respond to the power of a good story well told.
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First 90 secondsKareem Rahma· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] The show's really about, like, how to be a better man. It's about fatherhood. It's about, uh, the American dream, and it's about immigrants. It's, it's really just about... It's an American story, and it's awesome.
Trevor Noah· Host0:15
It's a fully American story.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:17
I w- I, I want my nickname to be the Arab Patriot.
Trevor Noah· Host0:21
Could just be The Patriot, but okay.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:23
Nah, there's, there's a lot... That, that sounds like a movie with, like, John Krasinski shooting people in Saudi Arabia or something like- This is true.
Trevor Noah· Host0:30
It's crazy how John Krasinski- [laughs] ... has now been that guy, right?
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:32
It's 'cause he's buff now.
Trevor Noah· Host0:33
Yeah, but still, I'm just like, it's funny how it, like, w- one minute... If, if you left the Earth at, like, the peak of The Office- Right ... and then you came back now, and you'd be like, "Jim is shooting people now?"
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:47
Yeah, that's the guy. He might- It's, it's such a- He might be in a movie called The Patriot.
Trevor Noah· Host0:52
Yeah, maybe he is.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:53
Mandela effect.
Trevor Noah· Host0:54
Yeah, could be. [laughs] Could be. The Arab Patriot.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:56
The Arab Patriot.
Trevor Noah· Host0:57
Hmm.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:58
I don't really want to be called that.
Trevor Noah· Host0:59
[laughs] [upbeat music] This is What Now? with Trevor Noah.
Kareem Rahma· Guest1:09
[upbeat music] I, I think it is weird that I walk and eat. I don't think it's weird. I don't see that many people walking and eating.
Trevor Noah· Host1:24
Nobody walks and eats anymore.
Kareem Rahma· Guest1:25
I walk and eat all the time. I did it yesterday with a, a, like a breakfast burrito.