

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.
Episodes
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Oct 3, 2019 • 39min
Episode 53: Life and Death, Porn and Potter's Fields
Katie Honan of the Wall Street Journal joins Harry and Chrissy to talk about sex shops, burying grounds and everything in between.

Sep 26, 2019 • 44min
Episode 52: Train Pain and Gain
Jose Martinez, transportation reporter for The City, joins Chrissy, Harry and Alex to run down the MTA's new $51 billion and change capital plan.

Sep 19, 2019 • 43min
Episode 51: Testilying, Then and Now
Investigative reporters George Joseph and Ali Winston join Chrissy and Harry to explain how New York's district attorneys do — and, more often, don't — track police officers whose testimony doesn't ring true.

Sep 12, 2019 • 35min
Episode 50: A Verb, a Noun, and What?
Summer's done, and Chrissy, Harry and Alex are back to run down the latest and New Yorkest.

Aug 21, 2019 • 38min
Episode 49: (No) Escape From New York
The first New York City mayor to run for president while still in City Hall since Hot John Lindsay is having a blast moonlighting in Iowa; not so much at his day job. Politico's Dana Rubinstein joins to discuss her reporting on what to expect when Bill de Blasio finally calls it in and comes home. Spoiler: Meh.

Aug 15, 2019 • 51min
Episode 48: Just Us, and No More Jeffrey Epstein
NY Cops and Cooks reporter Pervaiz Shallwani, a senior editor at the Daily Beast, joins the FAQ crew to run down the latest twists in the terribly twisted Jeffrey Epstein saga.

Aug 8, 2019 • 1h 18min
Episode 47: A Bike Mayor
Streetsblog's Dave Colon runs down the state of the streets in New York City, where the car remains king, and the need for a bike mayor. Plus a flashback to actual Mayor Bill de Blasio railing on FAQ about the unique evil of Fox, not so long before he spent Wednesday evening with Sean Hannity, and more.

Jul 29, 2019 • 36min
Episode 46: View From The Plaza
Journalist Julie Satow, author of The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel, joins Harry and Alex Lynn to share some of those secrets.

Jul 18, 2019 • 55min
Episode 45: Fear City, ICE Edition
The safety net in our sanctuary city barely exists for undocumented immigrants. Mazin Sidahmed of Documented and Claudia Irizarry Aponte of The City come in to discuss their reporting on ICE raids, family members left behind and more. Plus, Harry and Chrissy talk about the feds decision not to charge Daniel Pantaleo for the killing of Eric Garner, and Victoria Bekiempis and Alex Brook Lynn go inside the courts.

Jul 11, 2019 • 43min
Episode 44: Queens Rules
With the Queens DA race still up in the air, Nolan Hicks of the New York Post joins Chrissie and Harry to run down the state of the recount. Plus, Victoria Bekiempis goes In the Courts for a look at Jeffrey Epstein, who's finally spending full days inside a cell.