

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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Jun 3, 2020 • 35min
Episode 86: ‘It Can Happen To Anyone’
This week, we interview State Senator Zellnor Myrie, who was pepper sprayed & cuffed by the NYPD at one of this week's protests.
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Malik Wright from NY politics pod, House Party NY (@houseparty.ny) shares his thoughts on the protests.
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NYC Journos talk city scene: @fractenberg @ndhapple @noahhurowitz & @lloydmitchellphotography

May 28, 2020 • 43min
Episode 85: Cuomo, YOLO, Oh No
The FAQ crew talks with Cuomo family lip-syncher and comedian Maria DeCotis, Daily News City Hall reporter and amateur artist Anna Sanders, and Sarah Brafman of the small business group Reopen New York.

May 21, 2020 • 26min
Episode 84: One Wave Down

May 14, 2020 • 50min
Episode 83: Cor-oh-no Blues
Christina Greer talks with Jeff Mays of the New York Times, and Alex Lynn talks with Liz O'Sullivan of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. Plus the Cor-oh-no Blues as performed by J.P. Siegel, and much more.

May 7, 2020 • 43min
Episode 82: Nap Time for the City That Never Sleeps
A look at night one of the overnight train shutdown with Clayton Guse of the Daily News, and at the tough working conditions for the "other" essential workers with Michelle Jackson of the Human Services Council.

Apr 30, 2020 • 38min
Episode 81: Rat Gangs
A look at the shape New York is in and what happens after this, with Harry, Chrissy, Alex and guest Nicole Gelinas. Plus beautiful music from Namrata Tripathi and Quinn Raymond.

Apr 23, 2020 • 40min
Episode 80: The Test
A (somewhat) optimistic look at what where New York goes after the virus, plus conversations with Wayne Ho of the Chinese-American Planning Council and Aaron Naparstek of the War on Cars.

Apr 16, 2020 • 39min
Episode 79: Things Fall Apart
State Senator Zellnor Myrie calls in to warn about the state of the census in New York in the midst of social isolation, publisher and editor-in-chief Elinor Tatum discusses the state of the 109-year-old Amsterdam News, and much more.

Apr 13, 2020 • 10min
Professor Christina Greer interviews Elinor Tatum of the Amsterdam News

Apr 9, 2020 • 46min
Episode 78: Stay the Fuck Home
The strange scene in NYC now, as conveyed by Gwynne Hogan of Gothamist, looking at the city's coronavirus undercount, Nikita Stewart of the New York Times, looking at how homeless families are sheltering in place, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, looking at the people still out on the streets in the midst of all this.


