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Episode 67: Talking About Pictures Jan 23, 2020

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Susan Watts, director of visual content for Scott Stringer, sits down with the FAQ gang for a look back over some of the shots from her 25 years as a photographer for the Daily News, New York's Picture Newspaper.

Episode 66: The Frightening Future of Work Jan 16, 2020

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Episode 65: New York City Trash Talk Falls Short Jan 09, 2020

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Episode 64: The Killing of Tessa Majors Dec 19, 2019

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Michael Daly of the Daily Beast discusses his reporting on the killing that shocked a city, and Christina Greer talks about her time at Columbia and why this killing drew some much more attention than others.

Episode 63: Mother of Exiles Dec 13, 2019

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FAQ takes a field trip to Emma Lazarus' Sitting Room at the American Jewish Historical Society to talk with Executive Director Annie Polland about the poet's life and her legacy. It's a story about intergenerational identity and how a rich woman found herself identifying with "wretched refuse" that's disturbingly resonant today.

Episode 62: Penn Station's Original Sin Dec 08, 2019

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Marc Dunkelman delves into the history of Penn Station, and explains why the ghost of Robert Moses makes it so hard to get anything built in New York now.

Episode 61: Tears in the Rain Nov 28, 2019

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For the past year, FAQ has been asking New York's politicians the toughest questions, namely: “Are you a replicant?” The results of their Voight-Kampff tests have been a tightly held secret until now. It’s November, 2019, and the future is here and so are the tests, and results.

Episode 60: Digital Stop and Frisk Nov 20, 2019

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Albert Fox Cahn of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project joins Chrissy, Alex and Harry to talk about police body cams, who's watching our (AI and facial recognition enhanced) watchmen, and much more.

Episode 59: Civics Lessons Nov 13, 2019

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Political strategist, NAACP Brooklyn branch president and Sunday Civics host L. Joy Williams joins Chrissy and Harry to run down what New York's democracy looks like these days.

Episode 58: NYC's No-Contest Election Nov 06, 2019

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Nearly 20% of New Yorkers turned out to vote, for what? Ben Max of Gotham Gazette joined Chrissy, Harry and Alex Tuesday night to run down what just happened, and what it means.

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