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Episode 469: Mamdani’s Promise and Jumaane’s Potential
Back when he was a longshot Democratic candidate, Zohran Mamdani said on this podcast that it would be his first interview as mayor — we're still her…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 468: A Precarious Transition Begins ‘A New Era’
As the mayor elect races to get ready for a big show and the big job, Eric Adams has been awfully busy in his final few days in office. Christina Gre…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 467: One Simple Secret for Pleasantly Populated Public Spaces
In 1980, a movie narrated by a sociologist once described as Jimmy Stewart’s urban planner cousin, and full of surveillance footage of the city's pu…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 466: A Plan To Pay for Parks
Zohran Mamdani has promised to have 1 percent of the city budget go to the Parks Department — but so did Eric Adams, who never came close to deliveri…
9 months ago
Episode 465: Kishkes, Knishes and a Lost New York City
“In my quest to be more American than Americans, I wanted to know more than American music [and in 1972] I was staying with a great fiddle player and…
9 months, 1 week ago
Episode 464: ‘It’s Hard To Dig a Hole in New York City’
The FAQ NYC hosts discuss terror fears here, a slow transition and a marathon listening session for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, a time capsule for ou…
9 months, 1 week ago
Episode 463: A New Home for a New Mayor Vowing to End Homeless Sweeps
Amid the silly season of transition speculation, New Yorkers are waiting to see how Zohran Mamdani, a brilliant messenger, handles the levers of powe…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 462: A Vision for NYC’s Deliveristas and a Battery-Powered Future
“I bought myself an electric bike to take my kids to the beach and started charging it outside after seeing stats on how many battery fires there wer…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 461: Will Zohran Mamdani Be NYC’s 111th Mayor? Maybe Not.
It turns out that the count of our mayors has been off by one, dating back to when the city had a population of just 2,500 — meaning the mayor-elect …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 460: City Council Speaker Is the Next Race Up
Are theater kids Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump having a bromance now, and did Jessica Tisch help bring them together? Is anyone not running for Con…
10 months ago