FAQ NYC Podcast
1) Episode 248: Rikers and the ‘World‘ Tour to Nowhere
A conversation with the authors of Rikers: An Oral History.
2) Episode 443: The It Girl of the Air and Her Messy Marriage
Laurie Gwen Shapiro, the author of "The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon," joins Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to dig into what they don'...Show More
3) Episode 442: While the Rumor Mill Is In Overdrive, Zohran Mamdani Is Running Away with the Race
While Eric Adams says Andrew Cuomo is spreading fake rumors that he’s out, even Donald Trump seems resigned to the idea that Zorhan Mamdani will be New York City’s next mayor — and is threatening to p...Show More
4) Episode 441: Eric Adams Amps the Absurdity Up to 11
The incumbent mayor polling in the single digits regained the spotlight after Labor Day as he insisted he was running to somehow win a second term, not auditioning for a job as the Trump administratio...Show More
5) Episode 440: The Home Stretch Is Here
The summer’s done, Jerrold Nadler is ending his storied Congressional career at the end of his term, nodding at the need for generational renewal in the Democratic Party, and it looks like Eric Adams ...Show More
6) Episode 439: ‘They Closed the Door and Blocked the Glass and We Heard This Man Screaming in Agony‘
Just two lawyers have remained inside 26 Federal Plaza every day as it’s become the epicenter of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda in New York City, with “large masked men with guns” st...Show More
7) Episode 438: ‘Chipgate’ is Small Potatoes
Katie Honan never wants to be the story and is "tired of telling the story" but she recaps and reflects on a very weird week, why she's "filled with sadness about Winnie," and the film-noir feeling of...Show More
8) Episode 437: A Pipe Dream and ‘A Key to Everything’
It's an Off Cycle episode, with photographer Stanley Greenberg sitting down with Harry Siegel and guest host Lizzie Walsh to talk about the epic new Waterworks: The Hidden Water System of New York. He...Show More
9) Episode 436: The Friends of Eric Adams
How did the mayor end up so far behind the 8 ball that he's polling in the single digits in his independent run to win a second term? His press strategy, if that's even the word for it, is one part of...Show More
10) Episode 435: ‘Andrew Cuomo Reeks of Yesterday’
What is Andrew Cuomo thinking with his weird new approach to social media, and wild swings at Zohran Mamdani? Will yesterday's leaders ever clear the stage, and will tomorrow's likely leaders get seri...Show More