

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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Aug 6, 2020 • 56min
Episode 95: The Window Is Blowing, The Sky Is Falling

Jul 30, 2020 • 44min
Episode 94: Jumaane Williams and Jawanza James Williams
Chrissy talks with New York City's public advocate, and Harry and Alex talk with Vocal New York's director of organizing.

Jul 24, 2020 • 35min
Episode 93: The Musical Episode
Four covers and an original song about the only city worth singing about, from guest musicians Dr. Sick and Isabel Alvarez in FAQ's second musical episode, recorded outside in the midst of a thunderstorm.

Jul 16, 2020 • 37min
Episode 92: City in a Corner
Opening the schools is the key to everything else, explains the Times' Eliza Shapiro, and nothing about how that's gong to work is clear or certain. Plus, Emma Whitford on the imminent return of the eviction courts.

Jul 9, 2020 • 29min
Episode 91: NYC on the Edge

Jun 30, 2020 • 29min
Episode 90: Ritchie Torres on Policing the NYPD and the ‘Strength of My Own Operation’
The councilman and likely new congressman rejoins FAQ NYC to talk about his new bill intended to police the NYPD, the "Democratic Socialist Industrial Complex" and lots more.

Jun 24, 2020 • 51min
Episode 89: Primary Shakeups as People Wake Up
A double episode, with Ben Max from Gotham Gazette breaking down Tuesday's high-stakes, mostly mail-in primary election night in New York, and ProPublica's Eric Umansky running through his unexpected crash course on cop reporting and police impunity.

Jun 18, 2020 • 43min
Episode 88: Things Accelerate
Maya Wiley and Albert Fox Cahn call in to talk about the past, present and future of policing in New York.

Jun 17, 2020 • 16min
Albert Fox Cahn talks about the upcoming vote on the NYC Post Act
Albert Fox Cahn, founder of S.T.O.P, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, talks to Alex Brook Lynn about The Post Act, a bill that will be voted on in City council this Thursday, June 18th.
The Post Act could force the NYPD to become transparent about the technology they use to spy on New Yorkers.

Jun 11, 2020 • 34min
Episode 87: Something Old, Something New and Something Gone
Former New York State Chief Deputy Attorney General and Manhattan District Attorney candidate Alvin Bragg joins the FAQ crew to talk about the "need to keep pressing."


