Podcasts

The Men Who Put the “P” into “Politics”

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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.

From FAQ NYC
On January 5, 2022
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Speaking with the Speaker

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A conversation with incoming City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams about her past and the city’s future.

From FAQ NYC
On January 1, 2022
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Park Wars

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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.

From FAQ NYC
On December 21, 2021
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Real Big Trouble

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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. Plus, check out our Alex Lynn’s piece about growing up as the daughter of a New York hustler.

From FAQ NYC
On December 15, 2021
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Election Reform After Dark

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State Sen. Zellnor Myrie rejoins the pod to talk about his plans to make New York 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.

From FAQ NYC
On December 8, 2021
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Word Around Town

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Chrissy, Alex, Katie and Harry gab it up about Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, the Blood Center, Thanksgiving and lots more.

From FAQ NYC
On November 23, 2021
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Helluva Town

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We talk politics, and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio of Documented discusses her reporting on immigration enforcement.

From FAQ NYC
On November 17, 2021
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New York Forever

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21 eulogies for the City of New York, in large or small part, collected for the art installation Eulogy For New York, which ran during the month of October in the West Village.

From FAQ NYC
On November 13, 2021
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Is There Life After Politics?

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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.

From FAQ NYC
On October 13, 2021
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New!! Podcast: On and Off the Record With Gabriel Snyder

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"If it were deliberate, it could not have been done more efficiently... you couldn't design a more efficient system to choke press freedom."

From The Brick House Cooperative
On October 13, 2021
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Eulogies for New York City

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New York Is Dead. Long live New York City.

From FAQ NYC
On October 6, 2021
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Rats, Us, and A Murder Most Owl

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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.

From FAQ NYC
On September 22, 2021
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Rules and Drool, School is in Session

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From unvaccinated teachers to the challenges for a new Chancellor, a conversation with Chalkbeat New York reporter Christina Veiga on the city’s chaotic first week of school.

From FAQ NYC
On September 16, 2021
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