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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:

Brickhouse Bonus: What We Read When We Read Max Read Oct 27, 2021

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Maria Bustillos and Harry Siegel talk with Max Read about the state of the internet, his new newsletter, and lots more.

Episode 169: Issa Ibrahim, and his Eulogy for Jamaica, Queens Oct 26, 2021

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Artist and musician Issa Ibrahim talks about a song he wrote in New York's Creedmoor psychiatric facility, eulogizing the neighborhood where he grew up.

Episode 168: Suites, Elites, and Tik Tok Girls Oct 21, 2021

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The FAQ Gang chats about last night's mayoral debate between NYC's Democratic pick Eric Adams and GOP candidate, Curtis Sliwa.

Later in the episode, we hear from comic-book writer, journalist, and fantastic New Yorker, Annie Nocenti for our October eulogy series with her piece called 'Edifice Complex.'

Episode 167: Is There Life After Politics? Oct 13, 2021

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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.

Brickhouse Bonus: On and Off the Record With Gabriel Snyder Oct 12, 2021

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Snyder talks with the Brickhouse's Maria Bustillos and Harry Siegel about the state of New York City media companies and his new subscription newsletter about them, Off the Record.

Episode 166: Eulogies for New York City Oct 07, 2021

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New York Is Dead. Long live New York City. The FAQ crew discusses, and then has a conversation with New York Times city correspondent turned obituary writer Alex Vadukul.

Episode 165: Schools Scramble Sep 29, 2021

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A conversation with Mark Cannizzaro, the president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, about the coming vaccine mandate for school workers and much more.

Episode 164: Rats, Us, and A Murder Most Owl Sep 22, 2021

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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.

Episode 163: Rules and Drool, School is in Session Sep 16, 2021

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This week we talk with Christina Veiga, a reporter for Chalkbeat New York on the chaotic first week of school from unvaccinated teachers to the challenges for a new Chancellor.

Episode 162: Who by Water and Who by Fire Sep 08, 2021

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Katie Honan and Harry Siegel talk with George Joseph of WNYC about the spate of deaths at Rikers, and with Maurizio Guerrero about his reporting for Documented NY on the secret price of a construction worker's life.

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