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Episode 161: A New Day and the Same Old Problems Sep 01, 2021

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A huge holiday weekend show with Reuven Blau of the City talking about Rikers, Assemblyman Ron Kim talking about Albany's extraordinary session, rent relief and why he's not done with Andrew Cuomo yet, and David Brand of City Limits talking about the new eviction moratorium.

Episode 160: ‘So Soon After 9/11’ Aug 25, 2021

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Documentarians Steven Rosenbaum and Pamela Yoder discuss their new film, The Outsider, about the construction of the 9/11 Museum and Memorial and why it feels so cut off from New York City and from the last 20 years.

Episode 159: Rematch? Aug 18, 2021

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New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who ran a tough race for lieutenant governor against Kathy Hochul in 2018 and says he might run against her for governor in 2022, rejoins the pod.

Episode 158: NY to Cuomo: It's Not Us, It's You Aug 11, 2021

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It's a yuge week for New York with new guest host Katie Honan joining the pod and, oh yeah, Andrew Cuomo announcing his resignation. Plus, Afua Atta-Mensah considers the Black pols who agreed to let the governor use them as shields.

Episode 157: ‘I Prayed for a James Report’ Aug 08, 2021

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As the walls close in on Andrew Cuomo, The City's Josefa Velasquez looks at how the governor got here and how this is likely to end (spoiler: it won't be pretty) and Comptroller Scott Stringer looks back on his mayoral campaign and forward to what's next for him and the city.

Episode 156: The Emperor Has No Clothes Aug 04, 2021

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Long-ago Cuomo employee and long-time Cuomo critic Alexis Grenell joins FAQ for a look at how things fell apart for our Emmy-award winning governor.

Episode 155: The View from Room 9 Jul 29, 2021

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With Sally Goldenberg of Politico NY

Episode 154: Shooting Streets and Selling Dust Jul 25, 2021

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Photographer David Godlis and writer Luc Sante talk with Alex and Harry about Godlis Streets, his new book of 1970s street photography, and what was alluring about capturing glimpses of that city and the sometimes alluring "generalized small-time crumminess of so much of that decade."

Episode 153: Book Club: (Low)Life Jul 14, 2021

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Jazz and boxing great Charles Farrell visits the pod to talk with Harry and Tim Marchman about his memoir that covers, among other things, playing with Sonny Rollins and Ornette Coleman, fixing fights for the mob, "the Moby Dick of boxing" and lots more. Stick around to the end to hear him play a little piano, too.

Episode 152: Alvin Bragg's Bragging Rights Jul 09, 2021

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The Democratic nominee who's all but sure to be the next Manhattan District Attorney visits FAQ.

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