On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with a New York mainstay, Subway Takes host Kareem Rahma, to discuss nicotine, tennis, peptides, and sonograms, Kareem’s back pain journey, holding stress in the balls, and why Gabrus is the werewolf of beer. Also: sitting is the new smoking. And, technically, any surface is a “sex surface.”

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This episode was recorded August 11, 2026 at Borough House Creative in NYC

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

Keywords for this episode: Beastie Boys, Basquiat, gluten allergy, Vegas, Zyn, nicotine, cannabis, 4 millow pillow, P-Funks, P-Lights, Virginia Slims, Camel Crush, Kalshi, Ozempic, testicular torsion, nut tap, sonogram gel, stress, Neil Casey, the white CitiBike, tennis, Joe Budden, Jimmy John’s, Equinox, towel service, YMCA, Magnum Opus, Hasan Piker, Tyler Sheridan, peptides, parents, longevity doctor, 401k, Javier Bardem, vertebrae

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