Congratulating the newly elected Congressman from Brooklyn's widely diverse 8th District, Doug Muzzio and Hakeem Jeffries discuss the Voting Rights Act, immigration, the Sequester, and Congressman Jeffries prime committee assignments: Budget and Judiciary

Doug Muzzio talks with Sam Roberts, author of "Grand Central" admiring the book-its fascinating facts and observations: secret passageways, FDR's railroad car, the ceiling - and the building's memorable beauty. It's NY's Grand Central - 100 years old.

Richard Ravitch, of the State Budget Crisis Task Force, discuss the just issued "New York Report." Doug describes the report as "policy and political dynamite." Doug Muzzio and Richard Ravitch discuss NY's fiscal health-the bad news and the good news.

Sandy Hook killings, one of "the latest horrific acts of carnage...Columbine, Binghamton, Tuscon, Sikh Temple, Oregon Mall, Aurora, and on and on." Doug and Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College/CUNY remind us of thwarted efforts to control guns.

Gun Control: Ignoring the Inner City?

Thomas P. DiNapoli, named NYS Comptroller in 2007 and elected in 2010 talks with Doug Muzzio about the state of the state address, the debt threat and plans to freeze investments to companies whose "...primary line of work is gun manufacture."

Lovers of baseball: Doug Muzzio and guest New York Post sportswriter George A. King, III. talk about the Yankees & more.

David Nasaw adds Joseph P. Kennedy to his biographies of American figures. Following "Andrew Carnegie" and "The Chief," "The Patriarch:The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy" explores the outsiders' journey to wealth and power.

David Nasaw adds Joseph P. Kennedy to his biographies of American figures. Preceeed by biographies of Andrew Carnegie and William Randolph Hearst, "The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy" tells of triumph and suffering

Marc Dolan, on the faculty of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center, joins Doug Muzzio to talk about "The Boss," the subject of Dolan's latest book: "Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll."