

FAQ NYC
FAQ NYC
A weekly dive into the big questions about this city of ours, hosted by Christina Greer, Azi Paybarah and Harry Siegel, and produced by Alex Brook Lynn.
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Jun 3, 2021 • 59min
Episode 146: The End Is Near
Less than three weeks out, and after a "pivotal" second debate in which not much pivoted, Chrissy, Harry and the Wall Street Journal's Katie Honan talk about the mayor's race and the future of New York City.

May 27, 2021 • 1h 25min
Episode 145: Down and Out in New York City
We talk about homelessness in in New York City with David Brand of City Limits and Shams DaBaron AKA Da Homeless Hero.

May 20, 2021 • 53min
Episode 144: Book Club: Last Call
Author Elon Green joins Nolan Hicks and Harry Siegel to talk about Lost Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York and how a city crew including Rudy Giuliani's mom, Bernard Kerik, Robert Morgenthau, Linda Fairstein, William Bulger and Mike McAclary all tie into that story.

May 16, 2021 • 25min
Episode 143: Thomas Kenniff, The 'Boots on the Ground' District Attorney Candidate

May 13, 2021 • 60min
Episode 142: Who DA FAQ II

May 7, 2021 • 59min
Episode 141: Who DA FAQ? (Part I)
Manhattan District Attorney candidates Tahanie Aboushi, Liz Crotty, Diana Florence and Dan Quart talk to Chrissy, Harry and Alex, and each other about what the prosecutor's office is and what it should be.

May 5, 2021 • 29min
Episode 140: The Manhattan DA Race that just hits different.
Rachel Holiday Smith, Manhattan reporter for The City, breaks down the Manhattan DA race with us.
Read Rachel's explainer in The CIty
https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/31/22253418/what-you-need-to-know-about-new-yorks-district-attorney-races-in-2021

Apr 29, 2021 • 45min
Episode 139: Book Club: The Limits of Fulfillment
A conversation with Alec MacGillis, the author of Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, about Amazon and, among many other things, its expansion in New York City AFTER the collapse of its HQ2 plan here as the brave new pandemic economy has accelerated America's great divergence.

Apr 22, 2021 • 54min
Episode 138: The Woke Up Show
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams rejoins the pod to discuss, among other things, the state of policing here, the citywide races and his experience running statewide.

Apr 16, 2021 • 35min
FAQ.NYC Gets Dopey
Dave from the "DOPEY," podcast, shares a few stories about drug addiction and recovery in New York City.