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Episode 259: Phil, Till the Next Episode Feb 28, 2023

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Was Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks’ “episode” — his word — in which he answered a couple pre-submitted questions from the public, but refused to answer one from a journalist, the newest entry in the Eric Adams extended universe?

Episode 258: ‘Crazy’ Eddie Antar Was the Original Retail Gangster Feb 26, 2023

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Gary Weiss joins the pod to discuss "The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie" and his book about that.

Episode 257: Where Eric Adams and Ron DeSantis See Eye-to-Eye Feb 21, 2023

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A discussion of just some of the news from another jam-packed week in New York City with hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel.

Episode 256: A Portrait of the (Free) Portrait Artist Feb 18, 2023

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Rusty Zimmerman is spending the year making oil paintings of and collecting oral histories from 200 people living in South Brooklyn. That includes FAQ NYC's own Harry Siegel, who joined Rusty for a conversation about the project, how people can support it and see it, and why he's giving the portraits away for free to their subjects.

Episode 255: George Santos Is Real-Life George Costanza Feb 14, 2023

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And there’s really nothing funny about it.

Episode 254: ‘It Was Very Easy to Survive, Except You Might Killed. (Probably Not.)’ Feb 09, 2023

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Leonard Abrams, the founder and editor of the late, great East Village Eye (1979-1987) and Julie Golia, curator at the New York Public Library, which just acquired the paper’s archives, talk about chronicling, and preserving, the paper’s coverage of a time when “you go down to the Lower East Side [and] it’s very easy to survive except you might get killed—but probably not. So that was enough for a lot of people who really wanted… to do something meaningful with their lives. And they were able to.”

Episode 253: ‘Horn Maintenance’ Feb 05, 2023

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Trumpeter Greg Glassman sits down with saxophonist Stacy Dillard for a conversation — along with the two of them improvising on their instruments — about what it means, and what it takes, to make it as a jazz musician in New York City.

Episode 252: A ‘High-Risk’ Shell Game from Eric Adams’ NYPD Jan 31, 2023

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A new grand jury for Donald Trump, a new podcast by Eric Adams about Eric Adams, a perfect sample for Jay-Z and only Jay-Z and much more.

Episode 251: The Fletcher Family on Remembering the Husband and Father They Lost to COVID Jan 28, 2023

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Joshua, Ziggy, Maddie and their mother Veronica open up to reporter Liz Donovan about how much Joseph Trevor Fletcher was loved, how loving he was, and how they’re navigating grief and carrying on in his absence.

Episode 250: Eric Adams: "I Am the Colgate" Jan 24, 2023

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John Lennon said “I am the Walrus.” Eric Adams says “I am the Colgate,” and that he’s starting his own newsletter to spread the word about all the stuff he says he’s getting done that the press won’t fairly report. Okay, then…

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