Do Noo Yawkers Tawk? Still? Documentarian Heather Quinlan, writer/director/producer of "If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the New York Accent" and host Doug Muzzio tawk - sorry - talk about the New York patois we love so well.

Pete Hamill-prize winner, author, journalist, storyteller has 2 books out there: "The Christmas Kid: and Other Brooklyn Stories" and the Associated Press' pictorial history "Vietnam: The Real War" with an introduction by Mr. Hamill. Both - a must read.

Andrea Batista Schlesinger, of the Open Society Foundations, talks about the Transition Tent, a temporary facility designed to bring New Yorkers together to express their thoughts - enabling them to comment, recommend, analyze - the future of their city.

In "Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D'Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia," Jerry Capeci, expert on the Mafia and Tom Robbins, longtime crime and political reporter for The Daily News, New York Observer, the Village Voice, tell Little Al's story.

Heidi Messer, co-founder with her brother and husband of Collective[i] (among other enterprises), talks with Doug Muzzio about the role of technology on education, immigration, poverty, politics, and the re-creation of the middle class.

Doug Muzzio and "Wise Guys & Gal," from the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College/CUNY: Dean David Birdsell, Professor Héctor Cordero-Guzmán, and Director, Survey Research Micheline Blum talk about the road ahead for newly elected Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Doug Muzzio crows, "It's almost over. Less than a week to go." One more CityTalk pre-election 2013 conversation with Errol Louis, NY1 and Kate Taylor, The New York Times. The conversation touches on the past, present campaigns and a little on the future.

Doug Muzzio and Prof. Robert Paaswell meet again to continue their conversation about transportation and infrastructure, most important factors in the growth and well-being of the city.

Robert Paaswell advises New York City's mayor elect about how to modernize New York's transportation system. Despite the mayor's limited control over the system, Paaswell urges a clear vision, a good team, and use of the "bully pulpit" to affect change.

Hector Figueroa, Local 32BJ-SEIU president and Josh Freeman, professor of history at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center recount the excitement and energy at the AFL-CIO convention, planning to construct a large social movement on behalf of labor.