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**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.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 209: Summer in the City Jul 13, 2022

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From secret lairs to Covid lessons not learned in 20 minutes flat.

Episode 208: Brooklyn's Bad Machine Jul 06, 2022

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Reporter George Joseph joins Katie and Harry to discuss his reporting on the Brooklyn Democratic machine and a tough election for its boss, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

Episode 207: Election Night: The Empire Strikes Back Jun 29, 2022

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The great Ben Max breaks down what just happened with Chrissy and Harry.

Episode 206: The One Sound You Do Not Want To Hear By the Beach Jun 22, 2022

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Katie Honan explains what that is—and how union politics help explain why so many New Yorkers "inevitably" drown each summer. Plus, Professor David Bloomfield breaks down the public school budget cuts Eric Adams wants, the bill to reduce class size that the mayor wants the governor to veto, and much more.

Episode 205: A Big Personality, Thin Skin and a Low Bar Jun 16, 2022

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A few thoughts on Eric Adams' relationship with the press, and then a bunch more on New York City's budget and political picture.

Episode 204: The Swagger-Stagger Situation Jun 09, 2022

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Breaking down another wild week in New York City, including that poll showing New Yorkers souring on Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul—and souring on the city even as they say things are actually going pretty well in their own neighborhoods.

Episode 203: The New Yorkest Jun 01, 2022

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When the New Yorker just isn't New York enough, you've come to the right pod…

Episode 202: Sixty-odd Candidates In Search of a District May 25, 2022

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Bradley Tusk looks at the Democrats playing musical chairs for their political lives, explains the cases for Andrew Yang and cryptocurrency, and shares the backstory behind P&T Knitware, his brand new bookstore, podcast studio, event space, and cafe on the Lower East Side.

Episode 201: Dead Souls, Brooklyn Edition May 18, 2022

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A jam-packed episode for a jam-packed week of New York news, with Yoav Gonen of The City and Chris Sommerfeldt of the Daily News talking about all the candidates in Brooklyn who didn't even know they were on the ballot (including one candidate who isn't even alive), a dispatch from Alex Brook Lynn in Paris about sending formula across the Atlantic to frantic N.Y. moms, and Caroline Lewis of WNYC and Gothamist explaining what's happening with the state's rollout of legal weed and with the people who did (and still are) illegally selling it here.

Episode 200: The Livest One May 11, 2022

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For the 200th episode of FAQ NYC, a conversation about the Notorious B.I.G. and Brooklyn with Justin Tinsley, author of the new biography It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him.

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