From their offices, Kareem and Willa rehash Willa’s original take, how dating apps are like buying a used car, why SubwayTakes is a dating app, reminiscing on apps like Yik Yak, Grouper, and LiveJournal, Willa being mistaken for Cazzie David, Willa’s experience so far as the youngest-ever Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, the etiquette of declining a marriage proposal, how therapists are easily manipulated, the “waste of time”-style relationship, Kareem’s recent engagement to his wife, a handful of dating tips and, as always, Takes on Takes©. Host: Kareem Rahma Creators: Kareem Rahma and Andrew Kuo Editor and Audio Producer: Dale Eisinger Artwork: Andrew Lawandus Theme Music: Tyler McCauley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who are the hosts and producers behind Subway Takes?
what's up listeners it's your boy kareem rahma i have a very special little mini episode of subway takes the podcast in front of the regular episode of subway takes the podcast with will bennett i'm joined today by my good friend and producer of subway takes and co-founder of subway takes and just all around great guy uh andrew quo andrew quo how the hell are you
Wow, that's so nice of you to give such a wonderful greeting. I'm doing great.
I mean, I think many people think that this is a one-man show, the one-man operation.
Well, I think that's just because, you know, you're the type of guy that can get so much done that it seems like, like an octopus, you have your hands, your tentacles, and so many things. One could not possibly do it all, but, you know.
Yeah, but I always tell people the secret to my success is that I work with a lot of people. Collaborator. I'm a collaborator.
You are a collaborator. You love a collab. You love having Kareem X something. I love collab posts.
I'm a collab post kind of guy.
You are a collab post kind of guy.
Well, I'm excited. We just recorded with Willa Bennett, who is the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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Chapter 2: What is Willa Bennett's controversial take on dating apps?
Yeah.
And we talked about how to decline a marriage proposal.
What was the answer on that one?
I think that you always say yes. Oh. I don't think anyone ever says, no, I will not marry you. I think everyone always says yes, and then they break off the engagement like a week later or a month later or right before the wedding.
God, the right before the wedding one's tough. Right before the wedding is really tough. Yeah, I get that. You're in a position where you don't want to say no to something. You know, like someone's getting on their knee and they're doing the whole thing.
That makes sense. Yeah, and in improv, you know, you always want a yes and.
Right, right, right. The classic building blocks that you call the improv sketch.
The classic building blocks of Upright Citizens Brigade.
Right. Which, by the way, thanks again for the book. You're welcome.
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Chapter 3: How do dating apps compare to buying a used car?
Chapter 4: What was the dating app Grouper and how did it work?
Chapter 5: What are some nostalgic social apps that influenced dating culture?
But for those that don't know, Andrew Kuo and I have been business partners and creative partners for quite some time. It's Andrew Kuo, not the artist who you've probably seen on the internet. This is a different Andrew Kuo who, former lawyer, former banker, former Manhattanite. No, I'm still a Manhattan guy.
I'm sorry, dude. I'm sorry. You're not. Dude, I literally just had this conversation with Malou yesterday. I actually had a conversation. I was like, look, I have to describe myself as being someone who maintains residences in both Manhattan and the Hudson Valley in order to ensure to let people know that I'm still in it. You know what I mean?
You're not in it, though. I'm sorry. You're not in it. You're Walton Goggins. You live upstate. Walton Goggins lives upstate. You live upstate. You guys are both Hudson Valley guys.
That's a compliment, actually. I'll take that.
I like how Walton Goggins looks.
Is it the hair? Is it the body? Is it the vibe, the aura of it all? What is it about him that gets you?
I mean, he has such riz. He has incredible riz. Right? He's riz'd the fuck up. He's riz'd beyond belief.
I have a question, though. When did he come on your radar? And have you always been... Is it Walton or is it Walter? It's Walton. It's Walton? Okay, got it. It's a sick name. It is because you're like, oh, is that misspelled? Are you mispronouncing it? Is it wrong? When he goes to Starbucks, people are not writing his name down correctly.
No, they're writing Walter.
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Chapter 6: How does Willa Bennett describe her experience as Cosmopolitan's youngest Editor-In-Chief?
Right, but does he seem so happy just because his teeth are crazy? It looks like he's smiling even when you can't see his teeth.
I think his teeth are fake.
Yeah, I don't think God gave him those teeth.
But I think they're fake. I think I read that he got hit with a baseball or something in the face a long time ago when he was a kid. I think he's had those teeth for a long time.
By the way, when that happens, totally random aside, when that happens, when you have something like that in childhood, you get a fake grill. and presumably your teeth at that time fit the size of your head. Your head is a smaller head because you're tiny. And then what happens is you get older, do you get bigger teeth installed? You swap out the teeth?
Otherwise, the idea that those teeth, which by the way are huge for his head right now. They are huge teeth. So at seven, he had the same size teeth? Otherwise, that would be maniacal if he had done that.
I don't know if they keep changing the sizes, but he would play a great Joker.
Yeah, he would be great.
He has the body type. If he lost like 20 pounds, he would be real sickly looking. And then they don't have to do much to his face.
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Chapter 7: What are the best ways to decline a marriage proposal according to the hosts?
What did you do there? Well, that one was just natural because I don't have enough old people in my life, so I gravitated towards him. right i guess and he's a he's a he's an you know he's a he's not as busy i don't think as like walton goggins
Right. But real talk, if we're actually talking about for real, for real, what I have found, and I'm not saying that this has to be the way you would do it, but the way that I've made friendships as an adult is I will get that text at a dinner party or a party or a function or whatever. And what I'll do is I'll literally just hit them up, whatever, and just invite myself to wherever they are.
And if they're down, then I know we've made friends. What do you mean you invite yourself to wherever they are? It's like, hey man, what's going on? What are you up to? And they're like, oh, I'm doing this, blah, blah, blah. What are you up to? And people are sometimes just being polite. And I'll just be like, oh, cool. I'm going to come with. Oh, I would never do that.
And then I see how they were.
I would never do that. I did a friendship-making enterprise recently with someone who I won't name. And recently, like last week. And I sent a text that just said, hey, checking in, how are you?
and they were like i'm good how are you and i was like i'm pretty good and i was like what have you been up to and then they sent me a voice note and we're like hey like what do you mean what have i been up to like what in what context like are you asking are you about to like they thought that i was going to ask them for like a favor Oh, okay.
And I sent a voice note back and I was like, no, no, no. I'm literally just trying to be friends.
And what did that person say in response to that?
They liked it. They thought it was cool. And they sent me a voice note back being like, oh, this is what I'm up to. This is what I'm doing. And then I think at the end of it, they were like, Yeah, send a voice note back if you just want to keep voice noting.
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Chapter 8: How do Kareem and Andrew discuss friendship and making connections with celebrities?
Chapter 9: What is the significance of Walton Goggins in the conversation?
Chapter 10: What dating tips and relationship insights do the hosts share?
Yeah.
And we talked about how to decline a marriage proposal.
What was the answer on that one?
I think that you always say yes. Oh. I don't think anyone ever says, no, I will not marry you. I think everyone always says yes, and then they break off the engagement like a week later or a month later or right before the wedding.
God, the right before the wedding one's tough. Right before the wedding is really tough. Yeah, I get that. You're in a position where you don't want to say no to something. You know, like someone's getting on their knee and they're doing the whole thing.
That makes sense. Yeah, and in improv, you know, you always want a yes and.
Right, right, right. The classic building blocks that you call the improv sketch.
The classic building blocks of Upright Citizens Brigade.
Right. Which, by the way, thanks again for the book. You're welcome.
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