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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Dec 13, 2019 • 40min
Episode 63: Mother of Exiles
FAQ takes a field trip to Emma Lazarus' Sitting Room at the American Jewish Historical Society to talk with Executive Director Annie Polland about the poet's life and her legacy. It's a story about intergenerational identity and how a rich woman found herself identifying with "wretched refuse" that's disturbingly resonant today.
Dec 9, 2019 • 39min
Episode 62: Penn Station's Original Sin
Marc Dunkelman delves into the history of Penn Station, and explains why the ghost of Robert Moses makes it so hard to get anything built in New York now.
Nov 28, 2019 • 26min
Episode 61: Tears in the Rain
For the past year, FAQ has been asking New York's politicians the toughest questions, namely: “Are you a replicant?” The results of their Voight-Kampff tests have been a tightly held secret until now. It’s November, 2019, and the future is here and so are the tests, and results.
Nov 21, 2019 • 36min
Episode 60: Digital Stop and Frisk
Albert Fox Cahn of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project joins Chrissy, Alex and Harry to talk about police body cams, who's watching our (AI and facial recognition enhanced) watchmen, and much more.
Nov 14, 2019 • 43min
Episode 59: Civics Lessons
Political strategist, NAACP Brooklyn branch president and Sunday Civics host L. Joy Williams joins Chrissy and Harry to run down what New York's democracy looks like these days.
Nov 6, 2019 • 41min
Episode 58: NYC's No-Contest Election
Nearly 20% of New Yorkers turned out to vote, for what? Ben Max of Gotham Gazette joined Chrissy, Harry and Alex Tuesday night to run down what just happened, and what it means.
Nov 1, 2019 • 33min
Episode 57: As Poor People Are Beaten for Seeking Help, Where's the Mayor?
New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay and researcher Emma Goldberg join Chrissy and Alex to discuss the response from the city to their disturbing story, When Poor People Are Beaten for Seeking Help, about HRA clients who were beaten, handcuffed and worse by city employees and contractors.
Oct 24, 2019 • 50min
Episode 56: Corey Johnson on "Removing an Indelible Stain"
Council Speaker Corey Johnson joins Chrissy, Harry and Alex to explain how the vote to build four new jails and the promise to close Rikers Island in 2026 fit together. Plus, he talks for the first time about his most recent visit to the Island a week ago, and much more.
Oct 17, 2019 • 47min
Episode 55: The Water Miracle
Turn on a tap, tune in, and listen to Ibrahim Abdul-Matin blow your mind about New York's water.
Oct 11, 2019 • 45min
Episode 54: Border/Lines
Immigration reporter Felipe De La Hoz of the new Border/Lines newsletter joins Chrissy and Harry to explain about the Trump administration's new public charge rule, and much more.
