

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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Jan 6, 2022 • 1h 1min
Episode 181: The Men Who Put the “P” into “Politics”
Karen Hinton, who worked for both Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio, joins the pod to discuss her new memoir, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power.

Jan 1, 2022 • 57min
Episode 180: Speaking With the Speaker
A conversation with incoming City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams about her past and the city's future.

Dec 21, 2021 • 36min
Episode 179: Park Wars
Katie Honan and Harry Siegel take stock of an ominous moment in New York, with big changes looming, and Alex Lynn talks with East Village resident Kirsten Theodos about the ongoing demolition of East River Park, and community member’s fight to save it.

Dec 15, 2021 • 43min
Episode 178: Real Big Trouble
🎶Someone please call 311
Chrissy and Harry consider New York City's outgoing and incoming mayors, and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio of DoumentedNY explains what's happening now with non-citizen voting here.

Dec 8, 2021 • 1h 2min
Episode 177: Election Reform After Dark
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie rejoins the pod to talk about his plans to make election reform sexy. And seven minutes in heaven is kid's stuff, so listen to Katie Honan explain six minutes of grace and how she finally beat a ticket.

Dec 2, 2021 • 37min
Episode 176: What We're In For
Is this going to be death by a thousand paper cuts, where we're constantly running after the truth with Eric Adams? Christina Greer has her concerns, and discusses them, and much more, with Harry Siegel and Alex Brook Lynn.

Nov 24, 2021 • 34min
Episode 175: Word Around Town
Chrissy, Alex, Katie and Harry gab it up about Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, the Blood Center, Thanksgiving and lots more.

Nov 18, 2021 • 42min
Episode 174: Helluva Town
We talk politics, and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio of Documented discusses her reporting on immigration enforcement.

Nov 13, 2021 • 1h 18min
Episode 173: New York Forever
21 eulogies for the City of New York, in large or small part, collected for the installation “Eulogy For New York,” which ran during the month of October in the West Village.
Eulogists:
Spencer Ackerman
Gracie Bialecki
Albert Fox Cahn
Rory Celentano
Skye Cleary
Anthony Curry
Daniel Genis
David Gerrard
Issa Ibrahim
Mimi Lipson
Alex Brook Lynn
Stephine Matteo
Evan Meszaros
Annie Nocenti
J.T. Price
Nancy Rommelman
Lucy Sante
Harry Siegel
Jacob Siegel
John D’Ulisse
Sophie Zeteo

Nov 5, 2021 • 29min
Episode 172: A New Year for New York Focus
The co-founder and editor in chief of New York Focus, Akash Mehta, talks about the news site's first year, its big ambitions going forward and its new fundraising drive.


