The FAQ Gang chats about last night’s mayoral debate between NYC’s Democratic pick Eric Adams and GOP candidate, Curtis Sliwa. Later in the episode, we hear from comic-book writer, journalist, and fantastic New Yorker, Annie Nocenti for our October eulogy series with her piece called ‘Edifice Complex.’

New York Times city hall reporter Jeff Mays talks with Chrissy and Katie about what life after city hall could look like for Mayor Bill de Blasio, Documented engagement reporter Rommel H Ojeda talks with Harry about New York’s tapped-out $2.1 excluded worker fund, and Low Life author Lucy Sante reads an epitaph for the […]

New York Is Dead. Long live New York City. The FAQ crew discusses, and then has a conversation with New York Times city correspondent and obituary writer Alex Vadukul. And come to the Village on Thursday, October 8th, or any Thursday through Sunday in October, to Alex Brook Lynn’s installation to see more, or share a […]

A conversation with Mark Cannizzaro, the president of the Council of School Supervisors and s, about the coming vaccine mandate for school workers and much more.

We talked with Robert Sullivan, the author of Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants, for a wide-ranging conversation that began with the news that Central Park’s beloved owl Barry had consumed rat poison that may have made impaired her ability to fly before she was hit and killed […]

From unvaccinated teachers to the challenges for a new Chancellor, a conversation with Chalkbeat New York reporter Christina Veiga on the city’s chaotic first week of school.

Katie Honan and Harry Siegel talk with George Joseph of WNYC about the spate of deaths at Rikers, and with Maurizio Guerrero about his reporting for Documented NY on the secret price of a construction worker’s life.

A huge holiday weekend show with Reuven Blau of the City talking about Rikers, Assemblyman Ron Kim talking about Albany’s extraordinary session, rent relief and why he’s not done with Andrew Cuomo yet, and David Brand of City Limits talking about the new eviction moratorium.

Documentarians Steven Rosenbaum and Pamela Yoder discuss their new film, The Outsider, about the construction of the 9/11 Museum and Memorial and why it feels so cut off from New York City and from the last 20 years.

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who ran a tough race for lieutenant governor against Kathy Hochul in 2018 and now says he might run against her for governor in 2022, res the pod.