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Episode 57: As Poor People Are Beaten for Seeking Help, Where's the Mayor? Oct 31, 2019

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New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay and researcher Emma Goldberg join Chrissy and Alex to discuss the response from the city to their disturbing story, When Poor People Are Beaten for Seeking Help, about HRA clients who were beaten, handcuffed and worse by city employees and contractors.

Episode 56: Corey Johnson on "Removing an Indelible Stain" Oct 23, 2019

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Council Speaker Corey Johnson joins Chrissy, Harry and Alex to explain how the vote to build four new jails and the promise to close Rikers Island in 2026 fit together. Plus, he talks for the first time about his most recent visit to the Island a week ago, and much more.

Episode 55: The Water Miracle Oct 17, 2019

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Turn on a tap, tune in, and listen to Ibrahim Abdul-Matin blow your mind about New York's water.

Episode 54: Border/Lines Oct 10, 2019

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Immigration reporter Felipe De La Hoz of the new Border/Lines newsletter joins Chrissy and Harry to explain about the Trump administration's new public charge rule, and much more.

Episode 53: Life and Death, Porn and Potter's Fields Oct 02, 2019

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Katie Honan of the Wall Street Journal joins Harry and Chrissy to talk about sex shops, burying grounds and everything in between.

Episode 52: Train Pain and Gain Sep 25, 2019

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Jose Martinez, transportation reporter for The City, joins Chrissy, Harry and Alex to run down the MTA's new $51 billion and change capital plan.

Episode 51: Testilying, Then and Now Sep 18, 2019

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Investigative reporters George Joseph and Ali Winston join Chrissy and Harry to explain how New York's district attorneys do — and, more often, don't — track police officers whose testimony doesn't ring true.

Episode 50: A Verb, a Noun, and What? Sep 11, 2019

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Summer's done, and Chrissy, Harry and Alex are back to run down the latest and New Yorkest.

Episode 49: (No) Escape From New York Aug 21, 2019

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The first New York City mayor to run for president while still in City Hall since Hot John Lindsay is having a blast moonlighting in Iowa; not so much at his day job. Politico's Dana Rubinstein joins to discuss her reporting on what to expect when Bill de Blasio finally calls it in and comes home. Spoiler: Meh.

Episode 48: Just Us, and No More Jeffrey Epstein Aug 15, 2019

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NY Cops and Cooks reporter Pervaiz Shallwani, a senior editor at the Daily Beast, joins the FAQ crew to run down the latest twists in the terribly twisted Jeffrey Epstein saga.

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