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Chris Smith

Politics

In Conversation: Michael Bloomberg

“Will you show me all of the man-in-the-street, sympathetic, mayoral candidates? The last time I met one of them on the subway was a long time ago. Let’s not get too carried away.”

Chris Smith New York Sep 2013 25min Permalink

Crime

What’s Eating the NYPD?

The toll of being a cop on the most successful force in the country.

Chris Smith New York Apr 2012 25min Permalink

Arts Media

Comedy Isn't Funny

SNL in its grim twentieth season through the lens of first (and only) year cast-member Janeane Garofalo.

Chris Smith New York Mar 1995 35min Permalink

"Just Smile"

Cathie Black, former magazine executive, currently Bloomberg’s hand-picked Chancellor of New York City schools

Chris Smith New York Feb 2011 25min Permalink

Arts Media

America Is a Joke

A profile of Jon Stewart, who’s now run The Daily Show for more than a decade.

Chris Smith New York Sep 2010 20min Permalink