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 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 Greer and Harry Siegel discuss all that and much more ...Show More
3) 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 public spaces, delivered perhaps the richest and wise...Show More
4) 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 delivering. Three experts and advocates discuss all that an...Show More
5) 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 banjo player in North Carolina named Tommy Jarrell...Show More
6) 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 outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, and much more — including ...Show More
7) 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 power and who else he's bringing inside of City Hall to...Show More
8) 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 were. I looked at other countries that are doing batte...Show More
9) 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 will be New York’s 112th mayor, though still the 11...Show More
10) 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 Congress? The FAQ NYC hosts discuss all that and much ...Show More