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Episode 239: ‘Not on Miss New York’s Watch’ Dec 07, 2022

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Taryn Delanie Smith, AKA Miss New York 2022, joins the pod just ahead of her bid to become Miss America 2023, to discuss “the advocacy role, the immense philanthropy that goes into the job” and to discuss using social media to make the most of her position: “It's really just me being a friend, a New Yorker, and saying ‘here’s something that you didn't know about social services. Here's what you didn't know about transitional housing programs in your community. And here's why they need your support.’"

Episode 238: The City Wants to Help People Who Don’t Want To Be Helped Dec 02, 2022

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Brian Stettin, city hall’s senior advisor on severe mental illness, explains Eric Adams’ new approach and why “compassion and care” should take priority over consent when city workers encounter people who aren’t able or interested in caring for themselves even when those people don’t present any immediate danger.

Episode 237: Eric Adams' New Mental Health Plan Is Less Than It Seems Nov 30, 2022

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The mayor says that forcing people with untreated mental illness into hospitals is a "moral obligation," but it's not clear how that's different from what the city was already doing with those people almost always released after 72 hours.

Episode 236: NYC’s New Weed Wild West Nov 27, 2022

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A year and a half after legalizing recreational marijuana, the first retail licenses have finally been issued even as the black market is booming and smoke shop robberies are through the roof. Ashley Southall, who covers cannabis in the city for the New York Times, goes into the weeds to explain what New York’s doing — and not doing — to correct the drug war’s damage, whether buyers can really trust the stuff getting sold here with California packaging, and much more. Listen here.

Episode 235: ‘Democrats Are a Huge Part of the Problem’ Nov 22, 2022

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Public Advocate Jumaane Williams rejoins the podcast to talk about his primary run against Kathy Hochul, the party's poor performance in November from candidates running as "Republicans light" and much more.

Episode 234: Mmmm, Chaat Dogs Nov 20, 2022

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Pervaiz Shallwani dipped a hot dog into New York’s melting pot, and what came out was delicious.

Episode 233: Bucks and Blame to Spread Around Nov 16, 2022

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Who's responsible for Democrats' losses in New York even as the party over-performed expectations nationally? Everyone seems to be pointing figures, and they might all have a point.

Episode 232: Was COVID NYC a Better Version of Ourselves? Nov 13, 2022

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Jeremiah Moss, the author of Feral New York, talks with THE CITY's Alyssa Katz about the "tremendous community connection and and oftentimes joyfulness in a moment of tremendous trauma and tragedy” for the people out in the streets amid the city's shutdown and reopening.

Episode 231: Hochul Makes History as Red Wave Falls Short Nov 09, 2022

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Gotham Gazette’s Ben Max joins an election-night FAQ NYC podcast to offer some late-night early analysis in an episode that began before the governor’s race was called and continued after it was.

Episode 230: Andrew Cuomo Says Cities Are in Trouble in a ‘Post-Covid World’ Nov 05, 2022

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The former governor won't say if he voted for Letitia James, but he’s got lots to say about how the Democratic Party has lost the script on crime as people “are afraid of the feeling I get in the city,” and much more.

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