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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Nov 3, 2021 • 42min
Episode 171: Election Night Extra
The great Ben Max breaks down what just happened with Chrissy and Harry.
Oct 28, 2021 • 41min
Episode 170: Who Killed Eric Garner?
Alvin Bragg rejoins the pod to explain the judicial inquiry happening now and why the answer to that question can't stop with Daniel Pantaleo.
Oct 27, 2021 • 39min
Brickhouse Bonus: What We Read When We Read Max Read
Maria Bustillos and Harry Siegel talk with Max Read about the state of the internet, his new newsletter, and lots more.
Oct 26, 2021 • 30min
Episode 169: Issa Ibrahim, and his Eulogy for Jamaica, Queens
Artist, musician, and Queens man Issa Ibrahim talks about a song he wrote in New York's Creedmoor psychiatric facility, eulogizing the neighborhood where he grew up.
Oct 21, 2021 • 48min
Episode 168: Suites, Elites, and Tik Tok Girls
The FAQ Gang chats about last night's mayoral debate between NYC's Democratic pick Eric Adams and GOP candidate, Curtis Sliwa.
Later in the episode, we hear from comic-book writer, journalist, and fantastic New Yorker, Annie Nocenti for our October eulogy series with her piece called 'Edifice Complex.'
Oct 14, 2021 • 50min
Episode 167: Is There Life After Politics?
New York Times city hall reporter Jeff Mays talks with Chrissy and Katie about what life after city hall could look like for Mayor Bill de Blasio, Documented engagement reporter Rommel H Ojeda talks with Harry about New York’s tapped-out $2.1 excluded worker fund, and “Low Life” author Lucy Sante reads an epitaph for the cities that were.
Oct 13, 2021 • 38min
Brickhouse Bonus: On and Off the Record With Gabriel Snyder
Snyder talks with the Brickhouse's Maria Bustillos and Harry Siegel about the state of New York City media companies and his new subscription newsletter about them, Off the Record.
Oct 7, 2021 • 1h 14min
Episode 166: Eulogies for New York City
New York Is Dead. Long live New York City. The FAQ crew discusses, and then has a conversation with New York Times city correspondent turned obituary writer Alex Vadukul.
Sep 30, 2021 • 38min
Episode 165: Schools Scramble
A conversation with Mark Cannizzaro, the president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, about the coming vaccine mandate for school workers and much more.
Sep 23, 2021 • 49min
Episode 164: Rats, Us, and A Murder Most Owl
We talked with Robert Sullivan, the author of Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants, for a wide-ranging conversation that began with the news that Central Park’s beloved owl Barry had consumed rat poison that may have made impaired her ability to fly before she was hit and killed by a Conservancy truck inside the park.
