Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Episode 410: Andrew Cuomo Muscles Into Adrienne Adams’ Turf
After eight Black elected officials from Southeast Queens put out a joint statement saying they were endorsing Andrew Cuomo for mayor, three of them …
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 409: A Plan to Make Subways Feel Safe Again
Vital City founder Liz Glazer talks about her group's ambitious new memo on What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety — and why the answer isn't…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 408: Jessica Ramos Says NYC Can Do Better Than Another ‘Megalomaniac Mayor’
Ramos also delved into her position as “a labor Democrat… in a lane of my own,” her “plan to call for a mental health emergency on day one of my mayo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 407: ‘The Great Wound’ of a Self-Exiled Brooklyn Basketball Legend
In 1951, Frankie King of James Madison High was a Brooklyn legend, the youngest basketball player ever to make first-team all city before he withdrew…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 406: Running Hard or Hardly Running?
While Andrew Cuomo tops the early polls, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is officially running for mayor and Mayor Eric Adams seems to be going throug…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 405: 'Inshallah Mayor’ Zohran Mamdani Says It's All About Making NYC More Affordable
"Democrats in general tend to show up to gun fights with bar graphs," Queens Assemblymember and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said as he sat down …
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 404: ‘Sometimes People Just Get Beaten to Death’
There’s a direct line from the Transit Police beating Michael Stewart to death in front of horrified art students to Eric Adams being elected mayor —…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 403: Cometh the Hour, Cuomo the Man?
Sally Goldernberg, senior New York editor for Politico, talks with hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel about Andrew Cuomo (finally) entering the m…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 402: Whitney Tilson Says NYC ‘Needs To Make Crime Illegal Again’
Looking at the "different flavors of career politicians" running in the Democratic mayoral primary, "I didn't see anyone who could be independent of …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 401: Two Adamses, Two Tis(c)hes and Much Too Much Tumult
It felt like a year's worth of news happened in the week two weeks since the FAQ NYC hosts last convened, with another few years worth about to drop.…
1 year, 7 months ago