

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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Apr 15, 2021 • 44min
Episode 137: The Turning Point
As we head into the elections home stretch, the great Brigid Bergin of WNYC joins FAQ to break down the race so far, consider where it may end up and explain why we may not know who won for days or even weeks after the June 22nd primary.

Apr 10, 2021 • 16min
Emma Whitford tells us what's up with the new rent relief.
Emma Whitford, reporter at Law360. gives us a rundown of the new rent relief from the Federal Government hopfully headed toward New Yorkers this Spring.

Apr 8, 2021 • 55min
Episode 136: Scott Stringer's Dumpster Pool Vision

Apr 1, 2021 • 60min
Episode 135: New York's Police Union Problem
Farah Stockman of the New York Times looks at Suffolk County, where cops call the shots, and Jake Pearson of ProPublica digs into the little known contract clause that means New York City taxpayers are on the hook to defend police officers even when the city won't.

Mar 25, 2021 • 5min
Quickhouse 3: Just Off the Purest Blue
Weather, reviewed, and much more of all the goodness you'll find at the Brickhouse in 5 minutes flat.

Mar 25, 2021 • 54min
Episode 133: Nursing Homes are Just the Tip of Cuomo’s Coronavirus Iceberg
The Empire Center's Bill Hammonds talks about the coverup we know about now, and all the things we still don't know.

Mar 18, 2021 • 4min
Quickhouse 2: Shockingly White Clouds
A weather review from Tom Scocca as the last cold day approaches in New York City and a rundown of everything you'll find everything right now at thebrick.house, all in under 5 minutes.

Mar 18, 2021 • 57min
Episode 131: Radical Ron Kim
A conversation about blackmail, politics and human beings with the Assemblyman who started the avalanche that just might bury Andrew Cuomo.

Mar 14, 2021 • 1h 28min
Episode 130: A Remarkable Ramble With Rangel
Charles Rangel takes Chrissy and Harry on a long, fascinating stroll through his life and career and explains why he thinks a a second Reconstruction is now beginning in America.

Mar 12, 2021 • 5min
Welcome to the Quickhouse!
A tasty mini-pod — 5 minutes flat!—with a rundown from Brickhouse managing editor Emma Roller of what you'll find right now at our little cooperative of creators making ad-free, wolf-proof journalism and art by humans for humans PLUS a NYC weather review from Hmm Weekly's Tom Scocca.