This Friday, December 4, 2020 -Episode 347 Professor Robert May is author of “Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas and Southern Memory.” Tuesday Podcast "60 Seconds"

From the Archives of Focus on History in the Daily Gazette-Little house by the Mohawk River

By Bob Cudmore

   Do you remember a small house near where the North Chuctanunda Creek enters the Mohawk River in Amsterdam?

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    A caller to my WVTL radio show reported that decades ago you could see the dwelling from the road that ran down from the former Bridge Street overpass to the old passenger train station.

   Amsterdam native and former Fulton County historian Peter Betz has similar memories, “There was a little house between the outer edge of the road going down to the old railroad station and the river, just to the left of the spillway of the creek into the river. I guess you'd say it was more than a shack but less than a house? 

   “I remember one spring when things were at near flood condition, my father and I went down there to watch the water come out into the river and there was the house.  It evidently had heat and electric power as I remember smoke rising from a tin chimney and a light on inside on that dark grey morning.  I remember one wire going overhead across the road and down to it on a single pole.

   “I have no idea who lived there but somebody did.  I thought it a grand hideaway for a hermit and wished it was mine.”

   Neither Betz nor the radio caller ever saw the occupant of the little house.  The caller reported his father said that the man who lived there was a World War I veteran who had been gassed. 

   City historian Robert von Hasseln, co author with Gerald Snyder of the new history book “Amsterdam,” said that local soldiers from Company G of the 105th Infantry were subjected to gas attacks in World War I.

SERGEANT WATROBA

   Chester A. Watroba spent much of his life as a letter career and family man living on Austin Street in Amsterdam.  Watroba also served in the U.S. Marines for nine years, including numerous bloody campaigns on Pacific islands in World War II.

   Watroba was promoted to sergeant with the First Marine Division and was the recipient of the Purple Heart.  He had been promoted to corporal for actions on the enemy-held island of New Britain in the early morning of December 30, 1943.

According to a Marine Corps memo recommending his promotion, “(Watroba) engaged the enemy in a fierce hand to hand combat preventing the enemy from taking our positions.  After his machine gun had been bayoneted through the water jacket by the enemy, he assisted in clearing out the enemy by rifle fire and grenades.  Though wounded in the face and arm and without regard for his feelings and safety, he gave battle to the enemy until the battle was over.  It is felt that by his leadership, coolness and professional knowledge, Private First Class Watroba is well qualified for duty in the next higher grade.”

   Watroba also fought on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Okinawa, Shima, Ryukyu and Cape Gloucester.  On Cape Gloucester, he was wounded while recapturing a heavy machine gun position overrun by the enemy.

   According to a memo authorizing a commendation ribbon, “During this encounter, Sergeant Watroba received several wounds across the face in killing the enemy and was later evacuated as a result of these wounds.  He served with distinction through three difficult campaigns.”

   Watroba and Regina Califano married in 1948.  He retired from the postal service because of a disability in 1975.  Regina Watroba died in 1991 and Chester Watroba died in 1996 at age 74.  Daughter Sharon Watroba Burns of New York City provided information on her father.  The Marine also is survived by his son John of Amsterdam and daughter, Arlene Perrault of Houston.

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Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 2, 2020-From the Archives of The Historians Podcast- May, 2018-Episode 214-Excerpts are heard from the documentary: Harnessing Nature-Building the Great Sacandaga Lake.  Producers and Saratoga County historian Lauren Roberts, discusses how the film came to be.

Thursday, December 3, 2020-A tale from Bob Cudmore’s fictional city of Nero, New York: Keepthemundaville. 

Friday, December 4, 2020 -Episode 347 Professor Robert May is author of “Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas and Southern Memory.”

Friday, December 11, 2020-Episode 348-Chris Carola, a veteran Associated Press reporter, is writing a book about Jack Wilpers from Saratoga Springs who played a key role in the capture of former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo in 1945.

 Friday, December 18, 2020-Episode 349-Author John Gearing and editor Chris Leonard discuss their book “Schenectady Genesis, Volume II: The Creation of an American City from an Anglo-Dutch Town, ca. 1760-1800.”

Friday, December 25, 2020-Episode 350-James Schaefer, Rotterdam town historian, discusses his hometown, his neighborhood along Schermerhorn Road and the town’s role in a New York hiking trail.

Friday January 1, 2021-Episode 351-Pioneer public radio broadcaster Will Lewis, president emeritus of the Los Angeles Press Club, discusses his early days at WBUR-FM in Boston, passage of a public broadcasting bill in Washington, the Patty Hearst kidnapping in California and his medical GoFundMe drive.

The First of December, 2020

Mohawk Valley Weather

A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. South wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

A cold front will track through our area today with some
scattered showers. Cooler conditions return for mid week, along
with scattered rain and snow showers.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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Capital Region Scrapbook: Local photos from Schenectady and elsewhere, from 1949 to 1996

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Kathryn Helene Starbuck was born in Saratoga Springs in 1887, only a few years after her father, Edgar Starbuck, had moved to town and purchased a department store on Broadway. Kathryn was a bright young girl and after graduating from Saratoga Springs High School went on to earn a degree from Vassar College in 1911.

In 1914, she became one of the first female graduates of Albany Law School and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association the following year.

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Friday, November 27, 2020-Episode 346-Christopher Philippo is editor of “The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories Volume Four.”  Stories include The Green Huntsman and The Christmas Ghost.

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Friday, November 20, 2020-Episode 345-Jim Kaplan chronicles the achievements of the first woman member of a Presidential cabinet.  Frances Perkins was FDR’s Secretary of Labor who designed Social Security.

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Friday, November 13, 2020-Episode 344-Ashley Hopkins-Benton recounts the life of sculptor Henry DiSpirito, who was artist in residence at Utica College.  Hopkins-Benton is author of “Breathing Life Into Stone: The Sculpture of Henry DiSpirito.”

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Friday, November 6, 2020-Episode 343-Retired Colonel Dave Cummings discusses efforts to research St. Joseph’s Shrine and its nearby burial ground in the Adirondack hill town of Bleecker.  Constructed in the 1850s, St. Joseph’s Church, torn down in 1919, was the first Roman Catholic Church built in Fulton County.

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Friday, October 30, 2020-Episode 342-John J. Woodward tells us about the bicentennial of Rotterdam, N.Y., a town in Schenectady County.  Woodward chairs Rotterdam’s bicentennial committee and previously served 25 years as Schenectady County Clerk.

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Friday, October 23, 2020-Episode 341-Rob Swigart is author of the historical novel “Mixed Harvest: Stories of the Human Past.”  The book describes how a prehistoric nomadic population transitioned to more permanent settlements.

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Friday, October 16, 2020-Episode 340-2020 Highlights Podcast #2: Buddy Levy on the triumphant and tragic Greely polar expedition, Richard Hamm on Prohibition’s greatest myths, Janny Venema on translating New Netherland Dutch, Dan Weaver on forgotten stories of the Mohawk Valley and a chat with space historian Margaret Weitekamp.

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Friday, October 9, 2020-Episode 339-Jennet Conant discusses her book “The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer.”  Also heard is film maker Nick Spark who lobbied for U.S. government recognition of medical doctor Stewart Alexander whose work chronicling the Bari disaster in southern Italy was the impetus to developing chemotherapy.

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Friday, October 2, 2020-Episode 338- Jim Kaplan tells the story of African American real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton, who helped develop Harlem as a center of black culture.

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Friday, September 25, 2020-Episode 337-Retired network executive George Schweitzer on the history of the CBS Eye icon and his career promoting CBS television.  Schweitzer was recently profiled on CBS Sunday Morning.

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Friday, September 18-Episode 336-Schenectady City Historian Christopher Leonard discusses Schenectady during World War II plus a look at Schenectady and the Erie Canal.

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Friday, September 11, 2020-Episode 335-David Brooks of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter has Erie Canal lore to share.  He also tells of unrealized plans to make a canal out of the Sacandaga River.

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Friday, September 4, 2020-Episode 334-Highlights from 2020 episodes of Historians Podcast-Caryl Hopson on “Murder and Mayhem in Herkimer County,” Peter Ward discusses the history of personal cleanliness, Kathryn Smith details the life of heiress and spy Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Matthew Costello on George Washington’s changing reputation and Christie Sausa looks at Lake Placid’s winter sports history.

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Friday, August 28, 2020-Episode 333-Vanderbilt University professor Thomas Schwartz is author of the book “Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography.” Friday Podcast "29 Minutes"

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Episode 332-Colbert Nepaulsingh discusses his book “Walter Elwood: ‘Glitter’ and Other Unpublished Plays.”  Amsterdam, N.Y.’s community museum is named for Elwood. Podcast "29 Minutes"

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Friday, August 14, 2020-Episode 331-Joanne Blaauboer has been researching the old Presbyterian Church graveyard in the hamlet of Fish House on Great Sacandaga Lake.  Church deacon Abraham Beecher is buried there.  He was the cousin of famous author Harriet Beecher Stowe  Blaauboer is Town of Northampton Deputy historian. 

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Friday, August 7, 2020-Episode 330-Margaret Weitekamp chairs the space history department at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.  She is author of “Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program.”

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #19.  The Mayor talks about his current illness, the corona virus in Amsterdam and numerous city news topics.  This is the last episode of Extra Edition, a weekly interview with people in the news.  We will continue to produce weekly episodes of the Historians Podcast on topics relating to local, regional and national history.

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Friday, July 31, 2020-Dan Weaver’s latest book contains 60 of his local history columns, most of which first appeared in the Amsterdam Recorder “Between the Cracks: Forgotten Stories of Amsterdam, N.Y. and the Mohawk Valley.”  Dan sells books and other historical items online at thebookhound.com. Friday Podcast "29 Minutes"

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Thursday, July 30, 2020-Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort is the guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #18. 

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Friday, July 24, 2020-Episode 328-Amy Catania of Historic Saranac Lake explains how that upstate New York community became a center for the treatment of tuberculosis.

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #17.  The Mayor talks about the corona virus and topics including a roundabout the state plans to start work on this September in the city of Amsterdam. 

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Grant Cottage on Mount McGregor in northern Saratoga County is now open for the season.  For more information-https://www.grantcottage.org/  Episode 327-Tim Welch discusses Grant Cottage in northern Saratoga County where Ulysses S. Grant died after finishing his memoirs of the Civil War.

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Thursday, July 16, 2020-Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort is the guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #16. Ossenfort reports an increase in corona virus cases in the county.

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Friday, July 10, 2020-Episode 326-A look at the history of the Albany County town of New Scotland with Alan Kowlowitz, president of the New Scotland Historical Association, and town historian Bob Parmenter.

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #15.  The Mayor talks about the corona virus, the return of Amsterdam Mohawks baseball and city finances. 

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Friday, July 3, 2020-Episode 325-Archaeologist and historian Wayne Lenig is author of “Fort Plain, Fort Plank, Fort Rensselaer: The Revolutionary War Forts of Canajohary.”

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Wednesday, July 1, 2019--The guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #14 is Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort.  Ossenfort has timely information on the COVID 19 virus outbreak among workers at a manufacturing plant in Fonda, a Buy Montgomery Campaign and more.

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Friday, June 26, 2020-Episode 324- Janny Venema came to Albany, New York, from The Netherlands 35 years ago and went to work translating New Netherland colony early Dutch manuscripts with project director Charles Gehring.  She is retiring now and heading back to The Netherlands.  Venema is author of “Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664” and a biography, “Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World.”

 

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #13.  The Mayor talks about the corona virus and city finances. 

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Friday, June 19, 2020-Episode 323-Historian Wanda Burch tells stories from her book “The Home Voices Speak Louder than the Drums: Dreams and the Imagination in Civil War Letters and Memoirs.”

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Controversy over Charging Bull and Fearless Girl, two Manhattan statues, is the topic on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #12.  Jim Kaplan is the guest. Thursday Podcast "20 Minutes"

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Friday, June 12, 2020-Episode 322- Archaeologists Kathleen O’Neal Gear and her husband W. Michael Gear have written over 60 novels about prehistoric North America.  Their latest book, set in what is now Utah, is “People of the Canyons.”

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #11.  The Mayor talks about the Black Lives Matter demonstration in Amsterdam, the re-opening of city hall, the corona virus pandemic and other issues.

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Friday, June 5, 2020-Episode 321-Movie historian and SUNY Albany lecturer emeritus Audrey Kupferberg discusses film preservation.

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What will the COVID 19 crisis mean for future generations? Some thoughts from Patricia Walsh Chadwick on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #10.  Chadwick previously appeared on Historians Podcast discussing her memoir, “Little Sister.” Podcast "21 Minutes" https://www.patriciachadwick.com/

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Friday, May 29, 2020-Episode 320-Researcher and historic actor Phil Weaver discusses his new book, “The 3rd New Jersey in New-York: Stories from ‘The Jersey Greys’ of 1776.”

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Special Edition #9.  The Mayor talks about issues facing the city in the wake of the corona virus shutdown.

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Friday, May 22, 2020-Episode 319-Hear about the Miracle on Ice and more from sports journalist and skater Christie Sausa, author of the book “Lake Placid: Figure Skating, A History.”

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Thursday, May 21, 2020-Jim Kaplan lives in New Rochelle, the first hot spot in the corona virus outbreak in New York State.  He has the latest on efforts to save historic sites dedicated to American Revolution pamphleteer Thomas Paine in New Rochelle on Historians Podcast Special Edition #8.  For information on how you can help the Thomas Paine cause, email savepaineslegacy@gmail.com  

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Friday, May 15, 2020-Episode 318-Nina Sankovitch talks about her new book on the American Revolution:  “American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution”

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #7.  The Mayor talks about how the easing of the virus restrictions in Montgomery County will affect Amsterdam, and other topics.  

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Friday, May 8, 2020-Episode 317-Brad Balukjian tracks down ballplayers from a single pack of 1986 baseball cards for his book “The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife”

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Historians Podcast Extra Edition #6 features Wanda Burch with a presentation on the imagery and energy of dreaming.  Wanda is a 30 year breast cancer survivor and author of the book “Healing through Dreamwork.”  Wanda’s talk on this topic was part of a retreat for women with chronic illness that was cancelled because of the pandemic.

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Episode 316-SUNY Albany history professor Richard Hamm on what really happened during Prohibition.  He is co-editor of “Prohibition’s Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America’s Anti-Alcohol Crusade.” 

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Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #5.  The Mayor talks about food distribution, corona virus news from Amsterdam and the importance of the census.  He also covers other topics including an update on the situation regarding his daughter, about to give birth in Brooklyn. Episode #5 Recorded Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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Friday, April 24, 2020-Episode 315-A look back at movie star Kirk Douglas’s roots in Amsterdam, N.Y., featuring WGY radio audio from June 1, 1985, Kirk Douglas day in Amsterdam.  Then Governor Mario Cuomo spoke as a city park was named for the famous actor.

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The guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #4 is Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort.  In an interview recorded, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 11am Ossenfort has timely information on the COVID 19 virus.  Ossenfort has been working with hard hit dairy farmers.

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Friday, April 17, 2020-Episode 314-Environmental educator Anita Sanchez has history stories from the War of 1812 and the Civil War.  Malta historian Paul Perreault tells the tale of a missing metal eagle.  And local history authors are interviewed at the 2016 Chronicle Book Fair in Glens Falls.

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Amsterdam Mayor Michael Cinquanti has the latest local report on COVID 19 And other news on the Historians Podcast Extra Edition #3. Podcast "22 Minutes" Posted at 11am, Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Friday, April 10, 2020-Episode 313-Matthew Costello, author of “The Property of the Nation:  George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President.” 

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Thursday, April 9, 2020-Historians Podcast: Extra Edition #2-Marietta Carr, librarian at Schenectady County Historical Society, discusses how to keep track of the local history of COVID 19.  Author Nina Sankovitch talks about releasing her new history book “American Rebels” in the middle of the pandemic.

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Friday, April 3, 2020-Episode 312-Susan Leath, town historian of Bethlehem, N.Y.—did explorer Henry Hudson land there?  Plus, courtesy of WAMC public radio, Bob Cudmore is interviewed by Lucas Willard on the impact Kirk Douglas had on his hometown, Amsterdam, N.Y. 

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In a special podcast, Mayor Michael Cinquanti has an update on corona virus news in Amsterdam, N.Y.  The Mayor talks about a personal family connection to the virus and explains city efforts to help citizens cope with the new reality.  Recorded 9 a.m. April 1, 2020

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Sunday, March 29, 2020- Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Guilderland town supervisor Peter Barber.

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Friday, March 27, 2020-Episode 311-Kathryn Smith is a journalist from South Carolina, author of “Gertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy.”

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Sunday, March 22, 2020- Bob Cudmore’s guests on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town are Albany County Executive Dan McCoy and Rev. Sara Baron, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Schenectady, discussing the impact of the corona virus. 

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Friday, March 20, 2020-Episode 310-World War II historian Sinclair McKay is author of “The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945.”

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Sunday, March 15, 2020- Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss.

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Friday, March 13, 2020-Episode 309-Adirondack history with Howard Schaffer, president of the Hadley-Lake Luzerne Historical Society; the Glenville, N.Y., bicentennial with Town Supervisor Chris Koetzle and the life of Avery King Clizbe. Jr., known as radio entertainer King Owen on WENT in Gloversville-Johnstown in the 1950s.

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Sunday, March 8, 2020- Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is environmental educator and author Anita Sanchez.

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Friday, March 6, 2020-Episode 308-Journalist Buddy Levy is author of “Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition.”  The book details the harrowing story of A.W. Greely’s expedition in the 1880s. 

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Sunday, March 1, 2020- Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is the new president of Siena College in Loudonville, former Congressman and retired decorated Army officer Chris Gibson.

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Friday, February 28, 2020-Episode 307-Professor Peter Ward explores the history of personal cleanliness over the past 400 years in Europe and North America in his book, “The Clean Body.”

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Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy is Bob Cudmore’s guest today on Talk of the Town on Magic 590 and 100.5.  Hear about proposals to spend a $10 million dollar state grant for downtown Schenectady development including an entertainment center and a water park.

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Friday, February 21, 2020-Episode 306-Controversy has developed involving American Revolution advocate Thomas Paine and neglect of historic sites dedicated to Paine’s memory in New Rochelle in Westchester County.  New Rochelle resident and historian Jim Kaplan explains the issue.  Kaplan was author of an essay on the subject in the New York History Blog.   

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Bethlehem Town Supervisor David VanLuven is Bob Cudmore’s guest today on Talk of the Town on Magic 590.  Hear the latest on the Port of Albany’s plan for Bethlehem and learn about famous people (like Megyn Kelly and Eva Marie Saint) who are natives of the town.  Listen each Sunday morning for Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590 and 100.5.

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Friday, February 14, 2020-Episode 305-Malta N.Y. town historian Paul Perreault has the story of a famous drawing of Andersonville Prison in Georgia done by a Union prisoner, Thomas O’Dea.  Perreault also has an account of the Saratoga Battlefield and the story of a fighting chaplain in World War I, Reverend Francis Kelly.

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Sunday, February 9, 2020-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Glenville town Supervisor Chris Koetzle

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Friday, February 7, 2020-Episode 304-Maria Riccio Bryce discusses her historical music production Home Again which deals with her hometown and current residence of Amsterdam, N.Y.  The production can be seen Feb. 21-23 at Amsterdam High School, Proceeds benefit Amsterdam Free Library.

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Bob Cudmore’s Magic 590 Talk of the Town guest today, Sunday, February 2, 2020 is Clifton Park Supervisor Phil Barrett.  Topics include construction work on Ashdown Road and Sitterly Road and a discussion planned for town residents on organic lawn care.   Listen Sunday on Magic 590 plus 100.5, and on 1410 and 96.9 in the Glens Falls/Lake George region.

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Friday, January 31, 2020-Episode 303-Bob Cudmore reads three stories from an audio tour compiled by Montgomery County historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar: the Palatine Church, Charleston’s forests and the St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine.  Also the story of Amsterdam drama coach Bert DeRose and from the archives, historian David Pietrusza on the last years of Teddy Roosevelt.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest today on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Colonie Town Supervisor Paula Mahan. Topics include new Northway Exit 3, a computer attack on town records and public safety in Colonie.  Hear Talk of the Town Sunday morning on Magic 590 plus 100.5, and on 96.9 and 1410 in the North Country.

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Friday, January 24, 2020-Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz has a story about blackouts during World War II plus the tale of W.C. Porter, the absconding drummer and the convicted man who convinced a friend to go to jail in his place.

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Sunday, January 19, 2020-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple

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Friday, January 17, 2020-Episode 301-Caryl Hopson and Susan Perkins discuss a book they have edited, “Murder and Mayhem in Herkimer County.”  One chapter describes the death of Grace Brown, which became one of the most famous cases in the country, inspiring Theodore Dreiser’s novel “An American Tragedy.”

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Sunday, January 12, 2020-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is the new Schenectady Symphony Orchestra conductor Glen Cortese

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Friday, January 10, 2020-Episode 300-Montgomery County historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar discusses an audio tour along the Erie Canal Bikeway in that county.  Bob Cudmore reads three vignettes—Fort Klock, the Noses and the Putman Canal Store.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590's Talk of the Town today, Sunday, January 5, 2020 is Troy Mayor Patrick Madden.  Mayor Madden discusses concerns over a downtown parking garage, the city budget and the start of his second term in office.  Hear Talk of the Town every Sunday on Magic 590 and 100.5, plus in the Lake George/Glens Falls area on 1410 and 96.9.

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Historians Podcast-Episode 299-Excerpts from 12 of 2019’s podcasts.  The guests are Norm Bollen, Nick Bunker, Patricia Walsh Chadwick, Richard Ratajak, Beth Hill, Maeve McEneny, Rod Pyle, Curt Breneman, Dan Weaver, Samantha Hall-Saladino, Charles Postel, Bill Buell and Leigh Eckmair. 

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Friday, December 27, 2019-Episode 298-Marty Brounstein is author of “Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust.”  The book tells the story of Frans and Mien Wijnakker, two Dutch Christians who sheltered Dutch Jews in World War II.

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Friday, December 20, 2019-Episode 297-Wayne Van Der Wal is the author of the historical fiction novel, "The Gospel of Santa Claus – Inspired by the True Story of Saint Nicholas."

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Sunday, December 15, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss.

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Friday, December 13, 2019-Episode 296-Leigh Eckmair is village of Gilbertsville and town of Butternuts historian in Otsego County, New York.  She explains why the entire village of Gilbertsville has been named an historic district.

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Sunday, December 8, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy.

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Friday, December 6, 2019-Episode 295- Kevin Wilson tells the story of his uncle who was killed in action in World War II in Sicily.  Salvatore “Sully” Fringi was the first soldier from Granville, N.Y., to die in that war.  Wilson has written a young adult historical fiction novel called “Sully’s Squad.”

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Episode 294-Marta McDowell discusses her book about a 19^th century American poet, “Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life.”  McDowell was gardener-in-residence at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, last year.

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Sunday, November 24, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Amsterdam Mayor-elect Mike Cinquanti.

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Friday, November 22, 2019-Episode 293-William Schaberg takes a detailed look at the early history of Alcoholics Anonymous in his book “Writing the Big Book: The Creation of A.A.”

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Sunday, November 17, 2019-Clifton Park town supervisor Phil Barrett is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town.

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Friday, November 15, 2019-Episode 292-Diana Waite on “The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History.” Waite, who lives in Troy, served a decade as executive director of the Preservation League of New York State.

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Sunday, November 10, 2019-Patricia Fennell of Albany Health Management Associates is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town.  She counsels clients on chronic illness and trauma. http://www.albanyhealthmanagement.com/

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Friday, November 8, 2019-Episode 291-Bill Buell discusses his new book on Schenectady’s socialist mayor, “George Lunn: The 1912 Socialist Victory in Schenectady.”  Buell is Schenectady County historian and worked many years as a reporter and feature writer for the Daily Gazette.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Ned Jones, director of enrollment management at Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y. 

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Friday, November 1, 2019-Episode 290-Arthur Piccolo has stories about the fascinating history of New York City’s oldest public park, Bowling Green in lower Manhattan. You Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyl9-6DdLlp-6ac8jfJ4dDg/videos

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Sunday, October 27, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss.

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Friday, October 25, 2019-Episode 289-Kimberly Collins focuses on women’s involvement in the 1912 Appalachian Coal Mine Wars in her native West Virginia in her historical novel “Blood Creek.”

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Sunday, October 20, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Maggie Mancinelli Cahill of Capital Rep Theatre in Albany.

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Friday, October 18, 2019-Episode 288-Army veteran and Utica College student David Cooney discusses his research on upstate New York prisoner of war camps where German soldiers  were housed in World War II.  One such camp was near today’s Fort Drum and another was in Utica.

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Two members of the Capital District chapter of Better Angels, Riley Hart and Bruce France, join Bob Cudmore on Talk of the Town today.  Better Angels brings people with different political views together to find common ground.  Broadcast each Sunday on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and 1410 and 96.9 in the Glens Falls area.

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Friday, October 11, 2019-Episode 287-Historian and retired librarian David Fiske questions the persistent claim that Ballston Spa native and Civil War general Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball in Cooperstown, N.Y.

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Sunday, October 6, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Mike Saccocio of the Schenectady City Mission.

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Friday, October 4, 2019-Episode 286-Charles Postel, author of “Equality: An American Dilemma 1866-1896,” follows three organizations: the Grange, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Knights of Labor.

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Friday, September 27, 2019-Episode 285-Eric Schnitzer, national historical park ranger, is author of “Don Troiani's Campaign to Saratoga-1777: The Turning Point of the Revolutionary War in Paintings, Artifacts, and Historical Narrative.” Don Troiani is an historical and military artist.  

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Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore takes a look at the Capital District job market.  The guest is Miriam Dushane who advises local companies on how to hire and keep good employees.  Listen each Sunday on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and on 1410 and 96.9 in the North Country. Podcast posted hear on The Historians

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Friday, September 20, 2019-Episode 284–Duncan White talks about Howard Fast (who wrote the novel that was the basis for Kirk Douglas’s movie Spartacus), Boris Pasternak and other authors in White’s book: “The Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged The Literary Cold War.” 

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Sunday, September 15, 2019-Sara Foss, news columnist for the Daily Gazette, is Bob Cudmore’s guest at 6:30 this morning on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town.  Foss comments on the St. Clare’s Hospital pensioners plight and topics, including a fee for new state license plates.

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Friday, September 13, 2019-Episode 283-The role of the glove industry in Fulton County is being explored in a series of displays and programs called the Year of the Glove.  Fulton County historian Samantha Hall-Saladino, a Gloversville native, discusses this project.

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Sunday, September 8, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 AM and 100.5 FM is Amsterdam Congressman Paul Tonko

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Friday, September 6, 2019- Episode 282-Malta N.Y. town historian Paul Perreault details the history of a rocket test site, operated by GE in Malta.  Also stories about NASA pioneers Rocco Petrone and Stan Jevitt.  Norm Bollen of Fort Plain Museum explains why he is concerned with treasure seekers using metal detectors on museum property. 

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Friday, August 30, 2019-Episode 281-Jim Richmond, the coordinator of the Saratoga County History Roundtable, discusses the growth of interest in local history in that county. 

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town today, Sunday, August 25, 2019 is Congressman Antonio Delgado from the 19^th Congressional District.  Delgado talks about gun violence, problems facing upstate farmers, health care and other issues.  Talk of the Town on Magic 590 and 100.5 plus 1410 and 96.9 in the North Country.

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Friday, August 23, 2019-Episode 280-Bob Cudmore has stories about the 1957 Mohawk Indian encampment in Fort Hunter, how Amsterdam’s wealthy Sanford family inspired a 1938 motion picture starring Katharine Hepburn and how a florist, rabbi and judge in the Mohawk Valley were known for their speaking abilities.

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Today on Magic 590, Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town talks about the growth of interest in the history of Saratoga County.  From horse racing to rocket engines, Saratoga County has historically important stories according to Jim Richmond of the History Roundtable.  

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Friday, August 16, 2019-Episode 279-Walking tour historian Jim Kaplan looks at the history of Fourth of July celebrations in New York City.  Video of this year’s Fourth of July parade organized by the Lower Manhattan Historical Association can be watched here https://youtu.be/J03OcpDdSns

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town today, Sunday, August 11, 2019 is a retired Schenectady GE engineer, Michael Davi who has written a book about his experiences over a 40 year career.  Hear Talk of The Town on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and 1410 and 96.9 in the North Country

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Sherri Cash, history professor at Utica College, talks about the ginseng root, which grew wild in upstate New York in the 18th century. A colonial global trading network shipped ginseng to China, where it was prized as a health tonic, in return for tea.

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Sunday, August 4, 2019-On Magic 590’s Talk of the Town, Michael Riley discusses his book, Bridge Dams on the Mohawk.

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Dan Weaver (owner of The Bookhound in Amsterdam) talks about his new book "The Willigee Negroes: Sir William Johnson, Sir Peter Warren and an 18th Century Free Black Community in the Mohawk Valley.”

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Topics on Magic 590's Talk of the Town this weekend include a closer than expected primary election for Schenectady Mayor, resident complaints at a housing complex on Hamilton Hill and whatever happened to Schenectady’s replica of the Statue of Liberty?  Sara Foss, news columnist for the Daily Gazette, is Bob Cudmore’s guest. Listen  each Sunday morning at 6:30 on Magic 590 and 100.5, also heard in the North Country on 1410 and 96.9. 

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Friday, July 26, 2019-Episode 276-Colonie town historian Kevin Franklin explains the historic importance of Schuyler Flatts, now a town park between Menands and Watervliet but previously a home of the prominent Schuyler family.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town this weekend is Frank Leak, mayor of the village of Colonie. The 92-year old mayor was honored during South Colonie high school graduation last month and addressed the students on how he overcame being bullied. Mayor Leak did not attend his own high school graduation because he had left for basic training in World War II in the U.S. Navy. Listen on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and on 96.9 and 1410 in the North Country. Posted as a Podcast hear on The Historians

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Friday, July 19, 2019-Episode 275-Perspectives on the 1969 moon landing by American astronauts from Rod Pyle of NASA, author of “First on the Moon,” and Curt Breneman, dean of science at RPI in Troy, N.Y.

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Sunday, July 14, 2019-On Magic 590’s Talk of the Town Rod Pyle of NASA and Curt Breneman, dean of science at RPI, discuss the 1969 moon landing.

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Friday, July 12, 2019- Episode 274-David Fiske discusses an 1840s enslavement case (similar to Solomon Northup) involving an African American named Eli Terry of Indiana.  Fiske, previously co-author of a book on Northup

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Friday, July 5, 2019- Episode 273-Bob Cudmore has stories about the Charleston Historical Society, Adirondack YMCA Camp Agaming and a Washington D.C. area physician’s memories of Amsterdam, N.Y.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town today has advice on Alzheimer’s Disease.  Social worker Mary Moller is author of the book, “Alzheimer’s Through the Stages: A Caregiver’s Guide.” Listen Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and on 96.9 and 1410 in the North Country. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians

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Friday, June 28, 2019-Episode 272- A long stretch of New York’s Mohawk River became a canal in the early 1900s.  Bridge dams made that possible and are still in use today.  Michael Riley is author of the book “Bridge Dams on the Mohawk: David A. Watt’s Marvelous Creation.”  Riley is the guest on this week’s Historians Podcast.

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Sunday, June 23, 2019- Bob Cudmore’s guests on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town are Albany’s Historic Cherry Hill executive director Deborah Emmons-Andarawis and Albany city tour guide Maeve McEneny.

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Episode 271-Albany, N.Y., history tour guide Maeve McEneny talks about her native city and tours she has created on historic landmarks, literature and even pubs.  McEneny is Education and Heritage Coordinator at the Albany Visitor Center. https://www.albany.org/

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Sunday, June 16, 2019- Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss.

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Friday, June 14, 2019-Episode 270-Deborah Emmons-Andarawis is executive director at Historic Cherry Hill, an 18^th century house museum on South Pearl Street in Albany New York.  Hear about the lives of the former residents and the gripping tale of a murder at Cherry Hill in the 1800s.

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Episode 269-Czech filmmaker Andrea Culkova discusses her current project, The Magic Carpet.  The documentary is about a carpet manufacturer in the Czech Republic but Culkova’s research took her to Amsterdam, N.Y., for a video shoot and interviews regarding the years when Amsterdam was called the Carpet City. 

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Sunday, June 2, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Capital District Congressman Paul Tonko.

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Friday, May 31, 2019-Episode 268-Beth Hill is president and CEO of Fort Ticonderoga.  Hill discusses the historic site’s emphasis on 1758 in this season’s activities, a year in which a large British army was unable to capture the fort, defended by a much smaller French garrison. https://www.fortticonderoga.org/

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town today, Sunday, May 26, 2019 is Beth Hill, CEO of Fort Ticonderoga.  The fort is a popular North Country historic site and tourist destination.  Listen Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and on these North Country stations, 1410 and 96.9. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians

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Friday, May 24, 2019-Episode 267- Linda Thompson is author of the historical novel “The Plum Blooms in Winter.”  The book is based on the 1942 American air raid on Tokyo led by pioneer aviator Jimmy Doolittle.

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Sunday, May 19, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Patricia Walsh Chadwick, author of “Little Sister,” the story of her childhood in a Roman Catholic commune.

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Friday, May 17, 2019-Episode 266-Bob Cudmore has stories from the Mohawk Valley: Amsterdam’s downtown movie theaters, a syndicated journalist from Fonda and a Civil War surgeon who was born in Root, N.Y.

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Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort is Bob Cudmore’s guest this weekend on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town. Ossenfort is now opposed to a planned industrial park in the Montgomery County town of Mohawk, noting that the unemployment rate in his county has declined substantially because of previous business growth. Listen each Sunday on Magic 590 and 100.5 in Albany and 1410 and 96.9 in the North Country. Posted as a Podcast hear on The Historians

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Friday, May 10, 2019-Episode 265-Leader Herald newspaper history columnist Peter Betz has stories about a murderer who wanted to hang and a salesman who stole the goods he was supposed to sell.  

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Sara Foss, news columnist for the Daily Gazette, is Bob Cudmore’s guest today on Talk of the Town.  Topics include how to handle school bus bullies, helping St. Clare’s Hospital pensioners and is the Schenectady revival for real. Listen each Sunday on Magic 590 and 100.5 radio in Albany, also heard in the Glens Falls/Lake George Region on 1410 AM and 96.9 FM.  The interview posted online hear on The Historians

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Friday May 3, 2019-Episode 264-Roger Higgins is author of “Billy Gogan Gone Fer Soldier,” a historical novel about an Irish immigrant and his experiences in the Mexican-American War in the 1840s.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest this weekend on Talk of the Town is Niskayuna town councilwoman Denise Murphy McGraw.  She discusses town finances and remembers the life of philanthropist Jane Golub who was a Niskayuna resident.  Listen Every Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 in Albany and 1410 and 96.9 in the North Country.  Posted as a Podcast on The Historians

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Friday, April 26, 2019-Episode 263-Victoria Riskin, a psychologist and movie and TV producer, is author of “Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir” about her parents.   Fay Wray was in King Kong and many other movies.  Robert Riskin was a screenwriter.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town today is Tim Rizzuto, executive director of the World War II era USS Slater destroyer escort, moored in Albany and open as an historical museum. Listen each Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 in Albany and on 1410 and 96.9 in Glens Falls. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians

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Friday, April 19, 2019-Episode 262-Warren Garling tells how his career as a radio disc jockey began at a young age in his memoir, “I’ll Have to Ask My Mom: A Radio Journey.”  Using the on-air name Chris Warren, he is still heard on Capital District radio.

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Sunday, April 14, 2019-Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town today is Siena College men’s basketball coach Carmen Maciariello.

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Friday, April 12-Episode 261-Richard Ratajak, now 87, looks back on his life as a child in Amsterdam, a soldier in the Korean War, and a priest in training who served summers at Auriesville Shrine.  Ratajak left the priesthood to marry the woman he loved and held jobs in state government as he gradually lost his eyesight.  He worked for the state agency that helped blind people find meaningful work and served on the board of RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, April 7, 2019 on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Carm Basile, CEO of Capital District Transportation  Authority.  He has the latest on a possible expansion of CDTA bus service to Montgomery County, the future of electric buses and other topics.  Listen Every Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 plus on 96.9 and 1410 in the Glens Falls area.

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Friday, April 5-Episode 260-Bruce Chadwick, author of “The General and Mrs. Washington: The Untold Story of a Marriage and a Revolution,” talks about joy and tragedy in the lives of George and Martha Washington.  Chadwick was a featured speaker at the recent George Washington Symposium sponsored by the Fort Plain Museum.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town today, Sunday, March 31, 2019 is Lake George Village Mayor Bob Blais, who is the longest serving mayor in the state, first elected in 1971!  Mayor Blais talks about Lake George’s role as a destination resort and the need to build an essential but expensive wastewater treatment plant.  Listen  every Sunday morning at 6:30 on Magic 590 and 100.5 in Albany plus 1410 and 96.9 in the Lake George-Glens Falls region.

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Friday, March 29-Episode 259-Patricia Walsh Chadwick, author of “Little Sister,” a memoir about her childhood in which she was raised in an excommunicated Roman Catholic community.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town on Magic 590 radio and hear on The Historians is bird expert Rich Guthrie.  Richard has fascinating stories about bird migration and courtship plus advice, such as bring the bird feeders in if bears are spotted in your neighborhood!  Listen each Sunday at 6:30 a.m. to Talk of the Town on Magic 590 and 100.5, plus 1410 and 96.9 in the North Country.

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Friday, March 22-Episode 258-Michael Davi recounts his 40-year career as a General Electric engineer in his book “PrivileGEd: Experiences From My Unusual 40-year Career With One of America's Most Iconic Companies."

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Sara Foss, news columnist for the Daily Gazette, is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town this weekend.  Foss looks at Schenectady politics, has a heartwarming story about former Schenectady High basketball standout Willie Dean and takes a critical look at Kirsten Gillibrand’s Presidential campaign.  https://dailygazette.com/

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Friday, March 15, 2019-Episode 257-Mohawk Valley singer-songwriters Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle play songs and tell stories from their new show on the 19th century lumberjacks of upstate New York.

 

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Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, March 10, 2019 on Talk of the Town is Yasmine Syed, Supervisor of the Schenectady County Town of Niskayuna. Syed discusses a possible zoning change for property adjacent to Mohawk Commons to provide both housing and retail. She also talks about a controversial pilot project to treat waste from a soda bottling plant. Hear Talk of the Town Sunday morning at 6:30 on Magic 590 and 100.5, plus 96.9 and 1410 in the North Country. 

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Friday, March 8, 2019-Episode 256-Robin Oliveira discusses her book “Winter Sisters,” set in Albany, N.Y., in 1879.  Oliveira grew up in the Albany area and is also author of a novel about a Civil War physician, “My Name is Mary Sutter.”  Sutter is a major character in “Winter Sisters.”

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Albany Times Union news columnist Chris Churchill is Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, March 3, 2019 on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town.  Churchill talks about the Albany Convention Center, New York State’s loss of the Amazon facility and a touching story from Rensselaer County about the “widowhood effect.”  Listen at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 plus in the North Country at 96.9 and 1410. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians

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Friday, March 1, 2019-Episode 255-Frankie Y. Bailey, a criminal justice professor at the University at Albany, discusses issues in the history of crime and her own career as a criminal mystery writer. http://www.frankieybailey.com 

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Glenville Town Supervisor Chris Koetzle is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town.  Hear the latest on plans for a new town hall, police department and senior center. Listen Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5. We’re also heard in the North Country on 1410 AM and 96.9 FM. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians

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Episode 254-Sandy Maceyka, vice president of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women’s Consortium (ECSWC), explains a fund raising campaign to build a statue of the women’s rights leader in Stanton’s home town of Johnstown, N.Y. https://www.ecswc.org/

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Bob Cudmore’s guest this weekend on Talk of the Town is Albany County Executive Dan McCoy.  Topics include the opioid crisis, relocation  of the county election board and an honor bestowed on Vietnam War hero Charles Chandler.  Listen at 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and two signals in the North Country: 96.9 and 1410.

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The Historians Podcast: Episode 253-Bob Cudmore has stories from local history he had planned to share with the Broadalbin-Kennyetto Historical Society.  The Broadalbin talk was cancelled because of a power outage.  Stories include the impact of Minaville native Sheldon Jackson on development of Alaska.  

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Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple is Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, February 10, 2019 on Talk of the Town.  The Sheriff updates efforts to block deportation of an Albany rescue mission cook, talks about the importance of watching out for your neighbors in the winter and describes efforts by an Albany Law School student to to prevent jail inmates from being repeat offenders.  Listen each Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 FM in Albany plus Glens Falls stations 1410 AM and 96.9 FM. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians 

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Episode 252 Historians Podcast, Pulitzer Prize finalist Nick Bunker discusses his book, “Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity.” www.youngbenjaminfranklin.com  Nick Bunker on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Nick-Bunker/e/B002R0IKYO?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1549625252&sr=8-1

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The guest this weekend on Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore is Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy.  The program airs Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 AM, 100.5 FM plus two radio signals in Glens Falls, 1410 AM and 96.9 FM, and online on The Historians

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Friday, February 1-Historians Podcast, Episode 251-Curator Susanna Fout discusses the Schenectady County Historical Society exhibit: Back in My Day: Childhood, Play, and Schenectady.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town today, Sunday, January 27, 2019 is Troy Mayor Patrick Madden.  Mayor Madden discusses how Troy is faring with winter weather, Kirsten Gillibrand’s run for President with her headquarters in Troy and the process of choosing a new Troy fire chief.  Hear Talk of the Town Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5, now also heard in the Lake George/Glens Falls area on 1410 AM and 96.9 FM. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians

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Friday, January 25, 2019-Historians Podcast, Episode 250: James Kaplan of the Lower Manhattan Historical Association discusses the effort to commemorate the site of the first Jewish synagogue in North America.

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Bob Cudmore’s Talk of the Town guest today is longtime Clifton Park Supervisor Phil Barrett.  The town just received an improved credit rating from Moody’s investor services.  Listen Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5, and on 1410 AM and 96.9 FM in the Glens Falls/Lake George region.

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Historians Podcast Episode 249- Jeff Haraden discusses the 100 year history of the family car dealership, Mohawk Honda, now headquartered in Glenville, New York.  His grandfather, Joseph Haraden, Sr., was a General Electric engineer who founded the business in Schenectady In 1919. https://www.mohawkhonda.com/

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The guest this weekend on Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore is Schenectady Gazette news columnist Sara Foss.  The program airs Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 AM, 100.5 FM plus two radio stations in Glens Falls and online hear at The Historians

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Friday, January 11, 2019-Historians Podcast Episode 248, Jack Kelly is author of “The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America.” Kelly tells the story of the 1894 Pullman strike.

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Chris Churchill Albany TU on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore, Sunday, January 6, 2019. Broadcast each Sunday on Magic 590 and 100.5FM WROW

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Norm Bollen talks to Bob Cudmore about his new book "Geroge Washington and The Mohawk Frontier"

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Friday, December 28, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 246-Business reporter and finance professor Kathleen Day looks at the history of America’s economic cycle of boom, bust and taxpayer-funded bailout.  Day is author of “Broken Bargain: Bankers, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street.”

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Friday, December 21, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 245-Jerry Snyder and John Naple discuss the importance of the North Chuctanunda Creek in the economic development of Amsterdam, N.Y.  Snyder and Historic Amsterdam League made the creek the focus of its 2019 calendar.  Naple is a retired science teacher.

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Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy is Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, December 16, 2018 on Magic 590 plus 100.5 on Talk of the Town

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Friday, December 14, 2018- Historians Podcast Episode 244-Angelica Shirley Carpenter is author of “Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist.”  A biography of one of the leaders of the women’s rights movement, who was also an influence on L. Frank Baum’s fictional works about Oz.

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This weekend on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town, the guest is Troy Mayor Patrick Madden.  The program airs Sundays at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 AM plus 100.5 FM, then online hear at The Historians

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Friday, December 7, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 243-Bob Cudmore discusses the 100^th anniversary of the end of World War I.  Another topic: a steam train excursion in upstate New York in 1968.

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Albany County Shefiff Craig Apple on Talk of The Town-Broadcast each week on Albany Magic 590WROW

 

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Friday, November 30, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 242-A look at the history of Transcendental Meditation and Hindu guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with Susan Shumsky, author of “Maharishi and Me: Seeking Enlightenment with the Beatles’ Guru.”

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Sara Foss, news columnist for the Daily Gazette, is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town today.  Topics include remembering veterans, the recent elections and which area casino has the loosest slots.  Listen each Sunday Morning on Magic 590 and 100.5 radio. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians 

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Historians Podcast Episode 241-Peter Betz has the story of a Fulton County marbles champion from 1941.  He also recounts issues with the Fulton County poor house in the 1800s.  Peter Betz is the author of a biweekly history column in the Leader Herald newspaper.

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Albany Times Union news columnist Chris Churchill and host Bob Cudmore discuss the outcome of this week’s local and statewide elections on Talk of the Town.  Listen Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5. https://www.facebook.com/journalistchris

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Friday, November 9, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 240-Suzanne Gordon looks at the history of veterans’ health care today and in the past.  She is author of “Wounds of War: How the Veterans Administration Delivers Health, Healing and Hope to the Nation’s Veterans.”

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Talk of The Town-Dan McCoy on Magic590 WROW Dan is serving his 2nd term as Albany County Exec. 

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Friday, November 2, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 239-Site manager Wade Wells at Johnson Hall State Historic Site in Johnstown, N.Y., looks at how 18^th  century settlers prepared for winter.

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Today on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town, Amsterdam Mayor Michael Villa and host Bob Cudmore discuss the impact of the multi-fatality Schoharie limousine crash on Amsterdam, where many of the victims had lived.  Talk of the Town Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5 Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians. Picture from Mohawk Valley Compass

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Episode 238-Sue Ingalls Finan discusses her historical novel “The Cards Don’t Lie.”  The book is based on real-life accounts of women during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.  The victory of General Andrew Jackson’s American forces over the British at New Orleans effectively ended the War of 1812.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town today, Sunday, October 21, 2018 is Troy Mayor Patrick Madden talking about the city budget, the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot and other topics.  Listen 6:30 a.m. today on Magic 590 plus 100.5. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians

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Historians Podcast Episode 237-Utica historian and ghost hunter Dennis Webster discusses his new Youtube channel, a new book of fictional crime stories by several authors set in the Adirondacks, his work on the history of the Old Main mental asylum in Utica and other projects.

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Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy is Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, October 14, 2018 on Magic 590 plus 100.5 on Talk of the Town. Mayor McCarthy talks about the effect of casino revenue on the city budget and a flood control plan for the Mohawk River. https://www.facebook.com/CityofSchenectady/

 

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Friday, October 12, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 236-Tom Keefe, a retired City Court Judge and a collector of political items, discusses a rare collection of early nineteenth century campaign broadsides found at the Albany Institute of History & Art. 

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Clifton Park Supervisor Phil Barrett is Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, October 7, 2018 Talk of the Town broadcast each Sunday on Magic 590 + 100.5. They discuss a proposal for the town's first roundabout.

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Historians Podcast Episode 235

Montgomery County N.Y. historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar talks about her research on African American life and the abolitionist movement in the 1800s focusing on the village of Canajoharie.

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Sunday, September 30, 2018-Magic 590 radio’s Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore features an interview with Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple.

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Friday, September 28, 2018- Historians Podcast Episode 234-Amsterdam, N.Y. used to be the Carpet City.  Bob Cudmore reports on the final years of the carpet mills in Amsterdam.

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Sunday, September 23, 2018, 6:30 a.m.-Magic 590 radio Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore features an interview with Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss.

 

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Friday, September 21, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 233 David Fiske describes Charles Zimmy’s epic Hudson River swim from Albany to Manhattan in 1937.  The story was first published on the New York History Blog.

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Sunday, September 16, 2018-Magic 590 radio Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore features Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy explaining why he signed into law legislation preventing all restaurants in the county from using polysterene disposable food containers. 

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Friday, September 14, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 232 Bob Cudmore looks at the history of flooding in the Mohawk Valley in the Amsterdam, N.Y., area plus an account of the recent Schoharie River Center literary festival in Burtonville and the story of an animal farm in the hamlet of Cranesville, N.Y.

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Troy Mayor Patrick Madden on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore. Broadcast each Sunday on Magic590 WROW

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Friday, September 7, 2018-Historians Podcast Episode 231 Stories from the book “Before They Were Our Mothers: Voices of Women Before Rosie Started Riveting,” including an account of sexual harassment in an office in Gloversville, N.Y. in 1941.

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Friday, August 31, 2018-Historians Episode 230-Presidential historian David Pietrusza discusses his latest book, “TR’s Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy.”

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Sunday, August 26, 2018 -Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore, Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy. Broadcast on Magic590 and posted as a podcast on The Historians.

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Friday, August 24, 2018-Historians Episode 229-Did you know that General Horatio Gates, who accepted the surrender of British General John Burgoyne in the battle of Saratoga, is buried at Trinity Churchyard in New York City? That story and more when James Kaplan explains the work of the Lower Manhattan Historical Association. 

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Friday, August 17, 2018-Historians Episode 228- Harald Johnson is author of the historical novel New York 1609 which portrays the encounter between explorer Henry Hudson and early Dutch settlers with the Lenape Indians. http://haraldjohnson.com/

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Friday, August 10, 2018-Historians Episode 227-Communications officer Brien Bouyea discusses the National Museum of (Horse) Racing and Hall of Fame on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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The guest today on Magic 590 and 100.5 radio’s Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore is Albany Times Union news columnist Chris Churchill. 

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Friday, August 3, 2018-The Historians Episode 226- Scott Haefner, site manager, talks about Old Fort Johnson, the 1749 limestone house William Johnson built on the Mohawk River in colonial New York.  It was fortified for protection during the French and Indian Wars.

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Excerpts are heard from the popular new documentary: Harnessing Nature-Building the Great Sacandaga Lake. One of the producers, Saratoga County historian Lauren Roberts, discusses how the film came to be. Talk of The Town broadcast each Sunday on Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM

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Friday, July 27, 2018-Historians Episode 225-Eric Schnitzer is a park ranger/historian at Saratoga National Historical Park. He discusses the German soldiers, commonly called Hessians, who fought for the British in the northern campaign of the American Revolution in 1777. 

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Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple on Magic590 WROW.

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Bob Cudmore’s guest today, Sunday, July 15, 2018 on Talk of the Town is Yasmine Syed, who defeated a ten-year incumbent last year to become Supervisor of the Schenectady County Town of Niskayuna.  Hear Talk of the Town each Sunday at 6:30 on Magic 590 and 100.5. Posted as a podcast on The Historians.

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Historians Episode 223-Julian Shabazz is author of the book “Black Stars of Professional Wrestling: Second Edition.  It’s the story of the Black athletes who have participated in one of America's most popular sports entertainment events—professional wrestling. 

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Historians Episode 224-Bob Cudmore talks about a factory building in Fort Plain that was the 20th century home of Luxuray, makers of women’s underwear and talks about the Mohawk Carpet Mills in Amsterdam in the middle of the 20th century

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Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss is my guest on Talk of the Town today, Sunday, July 8, 2018. She will discuss GE’s financial problems, the Poor People’s campaign, one woman’s crusade against drunken driving and other topics. Listen each week at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 then hear the podcast on bobcudmore.com and Albany magic.com.

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Friday, July 6, 2018-Historians Episode 222-Jennifer DeBruin is the author of three historical novels and is working on a non-fiction-book on Loyalist espionage during the American Revolution. Many Loyalists ended up, as did DeBruin’s ancestors, settling in Canada. She was a speaker at this year’s conference on the American Revolution sponsored by the Fort Plain Museum. 

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Historians Episode 221-Amsterdam Recorder history columnist Dan Weaver discusses Philips Park, a recreational site in the town of Florida, N.Y., in the Mohawk Valley that closed after brutal murders in 1950.  Weaver also looks at the history of an early settlement of free African Americans in the area.  He operates the Bookhound bookstore in Amsterdam, N.Y. 

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Monday, June 25, 2018-Fort Hunter-In today’s edition of The Story Behind the Story, Bob Cudmore has information on life in then bustling Fort Hunter, New York, in the 1930s and 1940s.  The story just appeared in print as Bob’s latest Focus on History column in the Daily Gazette. Fort Hunter, the hamlet at the confluence of the Schoharie Creek and Mohawk River in the town of Florida, used to have a hotel, broom shops, stores, a coal yard and a military band.

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Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town this week.  Mayor Sheehan talks about recent incidents of violence in Albany and what the city is doing about it.  Listen each week at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5 

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Friday, June 22, 2018-Historians Episode 220-Russell Shorto spoke earlier this month at the Fort Plain N.Y. Museum’s American Revolution conference.  He is author of the best-seller “The Island at the Center of the World.” Shorto discusses his new book, “Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom.”

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Troy Mayor Patrick Madden on Talk of The Town, Sunday, June 17, 2018 on Magic 590WROW

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The Historians Episode 219-Andy Pragacz from the Bundy Museum of History and Art in Binghamton, New York, tells us about the museum and the Bundy family company, makers of time clocks.  The firm was a predecessor of IBM.  The Bundy Museum’s new community radio station, WBDY, carries episodes of The Historians Podcast Sundays at 4:30 p.m.

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Monday, June 11, 2018-Coin Toss-Amsterdam sports booster and service station owner Robert “Whitie” Murray once lost out on a chance to take his hockey team to Madison Square Garden with the flip of a coin. Bob Cudmore has the Story Behind the Story. 

In Print:Hockey team missed out on Madison Square Garden Bob Cumore: Focus on History Daily Gazette https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/06/08/hockey-team-missed-out-on-madison-square-garden

Amsterdam gasoline station proprietor Robert “Whitie” Murray once lost out on a chance to take his hockey team to Madison Square Garden with the flip of a coin.

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Bob Cudmore's guest this weekend on Talk of the Town is Albany Times Union news columnist Chris Churchill. Topics include legalizing marijuana, the aftermath of an Albany murder and a project in which high school kids are growing food for the needy. Listen each week at 6:30 on Magic 590 and 100.5-Later posted as a podcast hear on The Historians.

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Friday, June 8, 2018-Historians Episode 218 –Producer Tim Welch discusses his documentary on the history of Wilton, the town that led the economic resurgence of Saratoga County New York in the last half of the 20th century. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_DjvCdoXVk&t=11s

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Tim Welch, president of the Friends of Grant Cottage is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town this week to discuss the Ulysses S. Grant cottage and a new documentary on the history of the town of Wilton in Saratoga County. (Yes---the same Tim Welch who was a popular weather man at WRGB television who left CBS 6 in 1987 for a career as a college professor and public relations man. Talk of The Town broadcast each Sunday on Magic590 WROW. Now posted as a podcast on The Historians.

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The Historians Episode 217-Michael Mauro DeBonis discusses his New York History Blog article on Canastota, N.Y., boxing champion Carmen Basilio.

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Bob Cudmore’s Talk of the Town guest today, Sunday, May 27, 2018 is Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy.

Talk of The Town broadcast each Sunday on Magic590 WROW. 

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Friday, May 25, 2018-Historians Episode 216- Rachel Slade is the author of “Into the Raging Sea: 33 Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of El Faro.”  The container ship sank and all on board died during Hurricane Joaquin in the Atlantic Ocean in 2015.

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Albany County Executive Dan McCoy is Bob Cudmore’s guest this week on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town.  Listen at 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and posted as a podcast on The Historians

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Friday, May 18, 2018-Historians Episode 215- Michael Doyle is the author of “The Ministers’ War: John W. Mears, the Oneida Community, and the Crusade for Public Morality.”  A new book on a 19^th century utopian community in upstate New York. 

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Glenville Town Supervisor Chris Koetzle is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town,  Hear the program Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and posted as a podcast on The Historians

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Friday, May 11, 2018-Historians Episode 214-Excerpts are heard from the popular new documentary: Harnessing Nature-Building the Great Sacandaga Lake. One of the producers, Saratoga County historian Lauren Roberts, discusses how the film came to be. 

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Bob Cudmore's guest on Magic 590's Talk of the Town, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. Listen at 6:30 a.m. each Sunday on Magic 590 and 100.5. Later posted as a podcast on The Historians

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Friday, May 4, 2018- Historians Episode 213-Tim Wendel is author of a family memoir about the 1960s medical team at Roswell Park in Buffalo who made great strides in treating cancer: “Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia.” 

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The guest this week on Bob Cudmore’s Talk of the Town is Troy Mayor Patrick Madden.  Troy’s municipal golf course opened last week, the city also unveiled the first stage of a solar energy project.  Hear Talk of the Town Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5. Now as a podcast on The Historians.

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Friday, April 27, 2018--Historians Episode 212, Norm Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum outlines the events of this year’s American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference.  The fourth annual conference takes place from Thursday, June 7 through Sunday, June 10, 2018

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Bob Cudmore with The Story Behind the Story in The Daily Gazette

Cudmore: Fort Johnson man fatally shot at supper time
Girlfriend acquitted of murder
Bob Cudmore Daily Gazette https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/04/20/cudmore-fort-johnson-man-fatally-shot-at-supper-time

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Sunday, April 22, 2018-Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss joins Bob Cudmore on Talk of the Town to discuss fire safety in Schenectady, the governor’s race and an urban farm.  Listen Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5. Later posted as a podcast on The Historians.

Listen to all of The Bob Cudmore interviews on Capital Region Newsroom

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Episode 211, April 20, 2018, Marcia Gillis is president of the board of the Fulton County Historical Society which operates the Fulton County Museum on Kingsboro Avenue in  Gloversville.  A middle school history teacher, Gillis describes the collections of the museum and discusses museum programs this summer.

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Monday, April 16, 2018—The Story Behind the Story, Bob Cudmore talks about his weekend column in the Daily Gazette about the 1960s Amsterdam rock band, The Daiquiris, headed by the late Norb Sherbunt, who became a prominent lawyer. 

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The guest on Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore today, Sunday, April 15, 2018 is Chris Churchill, news columnist for the Albany Times Union.  Topics include the child victims act, the governor’s race and driverless cars.  Listen for Talk of the Town every Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 and then posted on The Historians.

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Episode 210, April 13, 2018, history author Jim Richmond discusses “Milton, New York: A New Town in a New Nation."  Richmond and Milton town historian Kim McCartney are co-authors of the book about a Saratoga County town that includes new information on religious conflicts, slavery, mill town history and Civil War soldiers.  

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The guest this week on Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590 plus 100.5 is historian Jim Richmond, co-author (with Kim McCartney) of “Milton, New York: A New Town in a New Nation”

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Episode 209, Poetry Songs and History Songs-Words of famous poets including Edgar Allen Poe and Rudyard Kipling, are put to original music by Tom Staudle.  The History Songs series portrays the life of the American settlers during the Revolution through original songs by Cosby Gibson. 

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On Talk of the Town, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan talks about her family’s work trip to hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico.  Hear the program each week  on Magic 590 plus 100.5 FM.  Then posted as a podcast hear on bobcudmore.com 

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Episode 208, March 30, 2018, Chris Leonard, the newly appointed Schenectady City Historian, talks about the many facets of the Electric City from General Electric and Charles Steinmetz, to the GE Realty Plot plus baseball and even food. 

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Mayor Gary McCarthy of Schenectady is the guest on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic590 WROW and posted as a podcast on The Bob Cudmore Home Page.(Broadcast, Sunday, March 25, 2018)

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Episode 207, March 23, 2018, Samuel Marquis explores the world of eighteenth century pirates and privateers in his historical novel, “Blackbeard: The Birth of America.”

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Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore. Talk of The Town is broadcast each Sunday at 6:30am on Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM http://www.albanymagic.com/

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Episode 206-Peter Feinman outlines a strategy to encourage New York State to do more to preserve and promote history.  Peter is president of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Education and posts frequent essays on the New York History Blog.

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Talk of the Town, hosted by Bob Cudmore, has moved to a new day and time. The radio interview program will be heard at 6:30 a.m. on Sundays on Magic 590 AM WROW plus 100.5 FM starting with an interview with Town of Colonie Supervisor Paula Mahan. Talk of the Town episodes will continue to be posted online. Talk of the Town features interviews with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and mayors from Schenectady, Troy, Hoosick Falls and Saratoga Springs, plus members of Congress, School Superintendents, County Executives, Town Supervisors, Sheriffs, authors, astronomers, columnists, coaches and other interesting people.

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Episode 205, Friday, March 9, 2018-Film historian Rob Edelman discusses his new book “From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors.” Rob’s wife and retired film professor Audrey Kupferberg has stories of Jewish merchants in the thriving downtown of the 1950s in her native Amsterdam, New York. 

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Sunday, March 4, 2018 on The Historians, Bob Cudmore tells the story of Jacob Snell. Snell was a large man in size and in political influence in New York State.  Snell is the topic in this visit to the archives of Bob Cudmore's Focus on History column in the Daily Gazette.  This story is also found in Bob's book, Hidden History of the Mohawk Valley.

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Minutiae Episode 10 features the McDonald family in transition, from grieving the loss of Jason to adapting to new realities privately, with flashbacks in the beginning and end showing young Jason and Noemi sorting themselves out. All Minutiae episodes are recorded in Amsterdam, NY with talent from throughout the Capital region. Minutiae is a Jay Towne Production.

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Episode 204, Saturday, March 3, 2018, David Rocco recounts the life of U.S. Navy officer Dixie Kiefer.  Rocco and Don Keith are the authors of “The Indestructible Man: The True Story of World War II Hero Captain Dixie.”

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 The Historians-Episode 203-Paul Dixon discusses a children’s book series, “The Adventures of Papa Lemon’s Little Wanderers,” written by his cousin Lehman Riley and inspired by their African American grandfather. http://papalemonedu.com/

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Troy Mayor Patrick Madden on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic590 WROW

Broadcast, Friday, February 23, 2018

 

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Episode 202, February 16, 2018, Bob Cudmore discuss a proposal to use blighted city buildings as a resource for new construction.  Plus stories about World War II and the biography of Mary Van der Veer, an Amsterdam, N.Y., artist.

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Episode 201, Sunday, February 11, 2018, Peter Betz, history columnist for the Leader Herald newspaper, has stories on the local impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic, some notorious Fulton County jail escapes, and the Airship Gelatin, funded by Johnstown’s Knox family.

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Bob Cudmores guest on Talk of The Town, Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin on Magic 590 WROW. http://www.albanymagic.com/

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Episode 200-Carol Kammen from Ithaca talks about her experiences as Tompkins County historian.  Kammen is well-known in the New York State history community and also has done work on the history of Cornell University. Tompkins County History:http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/historian

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Talk of The Town on The Historians. Bob Cudmore spoke with Times Union news columnist Chris Churchill. Talk of The Town is broadcast each Friday at 12:05pm on Magic590 WROW http://www.albanymagic.com/

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The Historians, Episode 197, Bob Cudmore discuss the Recordio, a consumer device that enabled people in the 1940s and 1950s to make their own 78 or 33 1/3 rpm records.  Bob also talks about the history of Woodworth Lake Scout Reservation in the southern Adirondacks.

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Episode 194-Charley Valera, My Father's War

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Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic590 WROW.

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This weeks guest, Chris Churchill of the Albany Times Union

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Episode 192-David Brooks describes unfulfilled plans to build a canal linking the Erie Canal with Johnstown, Gloversville and the Sacandaga Valley in the Adirondacks.  The story first appeared in New York History Blog.  Brooks is education coordinator at a state Erie Canal history site, Schoharie Crossing in Fort Hunter.

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Episode 191-Actress and singer Renae Baker takes a look at the history of well known Christmas carols. For the past 20 years she has led a large troupe of holiday carolers from the New York City theater community. I S.m.i.l.e. in New York

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Episode 190-General Electric did research work on jet engines in the 1940s at the Schenectady County Airport in Glenville.  Today the airport is home to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum. Volunteer Peter Russo describes the exhibits.

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Episode 185-Leader Herald newspaper history columnist Peter Betz reports on how American General Nicholas Herkimer died after being wounded in the Battle of Oriskany.  Plus a story about a discouraged author and a tale about Sunday baseball. 

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Dan McCoy/Albany County Excutive on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore.

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Episode 184-Annette Libeskind Berkovits worked three decades at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. She helped develop that institution’s worldwide science education programs. Her new book is called "Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator."

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Friday, October 13, 2017 the guests on Talk of the Town Vietnam war veteran Dr. Gus Kappler of Amsterdam and Matt Rogowicz, producer of the WMHT-TV documentary The Wounds We Feel at Home. Listen each week on Line at 12:05PM Albany Magic 590WROW www.albanymagic.com/

 

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Episode 183-Bob Cudmore discuss heavyweight champion Gene Tunney who trained for his 1920s fights in Speculator in the Adirondacks. Bob also discuss memories of Amsterdam NY provided by city native Fred Wojcicki.

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Episode 182-The stories of American heavyweight champions from John L Sullivan to Mike Tyson with Paul Beston, author of “The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring.”

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Town of Glenville Supervisor Chris Koetzle is the guest this week on Talk of The Town on Magic 590WROW. Also on 100.5FM

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Episode 181-Bob Cudmore tells the story of an exclusive hunting and fishing club that existed for most of the twentieth century in western Quebec province in Canada.  Amsterdam native Tom Pikul contributed anecdotes for the story.

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Episode 180-C.S. Taylor discusses his historical novel, “Nadya’s War,” that describes how Russian women piloted bombers and fighter planes in World War II, most notably in the prolonged battle at Stalingrad.

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Minutiae Episode 8, A Jay Towne Production. Episode 8 of Minutiae marks a transition, the beginning of several new dramatic threads which will expose the truth about several characters, and explore new themes of truth, justice, and the American Way. " 

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Albany City School Superintendent Kaweeda G. Adams is the guest on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590and100.5 FM WROW www.albanymagic.com/

Listen on line each Friday at 12:05 pm. Ms. Adams is a Louisiana native and longtime Nevada educator. 9700 students in The Albany City School District.

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Episode 179-Curator Dennis Malcolm talks about the eclectic collections at the Village of Ames Museum. Ames, between Canajoharie and Sharon Springs, is one of the smallest incorporated villages in New York State. Author E.B. White’s talking mouse, Stuart Little, visited Ames and liked it very much.

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Troy Mayor Patrick Madden is the guest on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590and100.5 FM WROW http://www.albanymagic.com/. 

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Episode 178-Christopher Kelly on his new book written with Stuart Laycock, “America Invaded: A State by State Guide to Fighting on American Soil" Amazon; www.amazon.com/America-Invaded-S…Christopher+Kelly 

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Episode 177-Amsterdam N.Y. city historian Robert von Hasseln, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, discusses the history of the Order of the Purple Heart and other military topics.  He also has an update on a study of a former carpet mill power house in Amsterdam.

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Bob Cudmore interviews astronomer Richard Monda about the solar that took place on Monday, August 21, 2017. Talk of The Town on Magic 590 WROW each week. http://www.albanymagic.com/

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This week on Talk of the Town on Magic 590 plus 100.5 FM, Bob Cudmore’s guest is Drew Matonak, president of Hudson Valley Community College in Troy.

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Episode 176-Historian Jerry Snyder looks at the history of electric trolleys in Amsterdam, N.Y.  Snyder recently spoke on the topic at a meeting of Historic Amsterdam League.

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Episode 175-Baltimore sports writer John Eisenberg discusses his book “The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball’s Most Historic Record.” Eisenberg tells the story of baseball’s legendary “Iron Men,” Cal Ripken Jr. and Lou Gehrig, who each achieved the record of most consecutive games played.

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Episode 173-Bob Cudmore covers the restoration project at the Green’s Corners one-room school, built in the  1800s in West Glenville, N.Y.  Featured is a conversation with Ann Belfance Farina who is 100 years old and who attended the school in the 1920s.

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Episode 174-Tugboat captain and historian Art Cohn discusses canal schooners, the tractor trailers of the Erie Canal.  Cohn was interviewed during the summer tour of the replica canal schooner Lois McClure. Picture shows canal schooner Lois McClure docked at Amsterdam's Riverlink Park.  Also on this episode, a visit to an authors’ fair at the Fulton County Museum in Gloversville.

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Episode 7-Minutiae, A Jay Towne Production.Minutiae is a serial drama, based in Amsterdam, NY, and Episode 7 serves as a turning point for the series, with Jason on his deathbed, in the valley of decision, weighing his own past actions against the moral imperative he has dodged his whole life. With appearances by those he loved most, plus a special guest, Episode 7 threatens to be a worthwhile listen. ...or, whatever.

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Minutiae-Episode 6 Jay Towne Production.Minutiae is a serial radio drama, set and produced in Amsterdam, NY, in a time of great change for the McDonald family, who learn how their favored son, Jason, was kidnapped, attacked, and left to die in a South Side,  Amsterdam field. Their struggle to cope with the family's loss forms the backbone of the show, and leads them to understand their world in a differently similar light. Produced with the help of a wonderfully talented cast and crew, Minutiae can also be currently heard on WCSS 1490 AM on a semi-regular basis.

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Episode 172-Roger Seiler has written an historical novel “Master of Alaska,” based on the story of Aleksandr Baranov, a merchant who served as governor of Russian Alaska from 1799 to 1818.

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Episode 171-Bob Cudmore discuss two of Bob’s Daily Gazette columns—the story of Amsterdam, N.Y., opera singer Albert Sochin DaCosta and late 19^th century folk artist Kris Vogt, a homeless man who made sketches of the homes of others.

Youtube recording of Amsterdam, N.Y., native Albert Sochin DaCosta, a prominent opera singer until his untimely death in 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=662wKJQLl8k

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Episode 168-Part One. American Revolution in The Mohawk Valley Conference was held Thursday, June 8-Sunday, June, 11, 2017. There was a tour of Mohawk Country Historic Sites. These sites included the following: Fort Plain/Fort Rensselaer (the Fort Plain Museum), the 1747 Nellis Tavern, Fort Klock, the Stone Arabia battlefield, the Stone Arabia Church, the Grave of Colonel John Brown (the Hero of the Battle of Stone Arabia), and Old Fort Johnson. The Historians with Bob Cudmore covered the event.

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Episode 169-Part Two- Coverage of the 2017 American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley Conference. Loyalist historian Gavin Watt, professor William Fowler on George Washington, history blogger Peter Feinman, author and reenactor Phil Weaver.

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Episode 170- Ron Fierstein is author of “A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War.

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Episode 162-Bob Cudmore provides his Top Ten List of Amsterdam, N.Y., broadcasters.

 

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Episode 161-Archaeologist and historian Wayne Lenig discusses Mohawk chief Joseph Brant’s 1780 raids in the Mohawk Valley. http://www.fortplainmuseum.com/index.aspx

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Episode 163-Norm Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum previews this year’s American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley Conference. The event includes ten speakers, two bus tours of historic sites, a documentary film sceening and more. More information is at www.fortplainmuseum.com

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Episode 166- Best-selling author Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the Romanov tsars of Russia, the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries.  Montefiore has written “The Romanovs: 1613-1918.

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Minutiae, Episode Five, is the latest installment in the McDonald's saga, and it brings the family closer to finding their son's killer. Jason is also seen in flashbacks and in his writing as his family and friends' lives interconnect and move toward an uncertain future. Produced in Amsterdam, NY, and performed in front of a live audience." A Jay Towne Production. All The Minutiae Episods are available here on The Historians. Scroll Down.

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Episode 165- The curator at Fort Ticonderoga, Matthew Keagle, gives a fascinating account of the history of this important northern New York 18^th century fort, held at various times by the French, the British and American revolutionaries.

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Episode 158-Folksingers Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle perform songs from the early days of the Erie Canal. Construction of the canal began two hundred years ago this year.

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Episode 164-Author Wanda Burch discusses her book, “The Home Voices Speak Louder than the Drums: Dreams and the Imagination in Civil War Letters and Memoirs.” (McFarland Publishing, Summer 2017)  Singer-songwriter John Kenosian has set some of these letters and memoirs to music.  Kenosian and Burch are performing a concert series in New York’s Montgomery County called “Home Voices: The American Civil War Experience through Words and Music.

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Episode 159-Peter Betz has stories about the Gloversville soda battle of 1933, Prohibition and the 1949 visit of the Freedom Train,  Peter writes a biweekly history column for the Leader Herald newspaper in Gloversville.

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Episode 4, Minutiae, The Jay Towne Production.

Minutiae is a serial radio drama based in Amsterdam, NY. The saga deals with a family grieving for a lost son, Jason, a possible murder victim, by keeping him alive in their memories using flashbacks and short fiction from Jason’s diary. By doing so they memorialize him and serve the story as moral fable. Scroll down to catch up with Episodes 1-3. www.facebook.com/Minutiaedrama/

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Episode 160-Dennis Webster looks back at a precedent setting murder case in his new book, “Murder of a Herkimer County Teacher: The Shocking 1914 Case of a Vengeful Student.”

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Bob Cudmore on line. Links to Mohawk Valley Web and You Tube Video. Bob Cudmore's Recent Focus on History Columns in The Daily Gazette and past programs on You Tube. Click the links. http://mohawkvalleyweb.com/montgomery/focusonhistory.php https://youtube.com/watch?v=HmNVbaMt3Wc https://youtube.com/watch?v=N50rdqgMXdA https://youtube.com/watch?v=82NVFqOh-LY The Historians on the program schedule at WMHT Public Radio in Albany. http://www.wmht.org/radio/rise/historians/

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Episode 157-Former CIA historian Nicholas Reynolds discusses author Ernest Hemingway’s involvement with American and Soviet spy agencies in the 1940s.  Reynolds is author of “Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy.

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The Historians with Bob Cudmore is now featured on Apple ITunes and GooglePlay. Search The Historians or Eastline Studio. Episode 127-Bob Cudmore with two stories: how a single mother made a living boarding soldiers who were guarding the New York Barge Canal in World War I and how a German native became an American war hero in World War II.

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Episode 153-Michael Barrett has an account of the eastern end of the Erie Canal in the 1880s which had numerous locks and a reputation for payoffs and rowdiness. Barrett is executive director of the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway in Troy.

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Episode 155-Christina Baker Kline discusses her historical novel “A Piece of the World.” The book deals with artist Andrew Wyeth and Christina Olson, pictured in his provocative 1948 painting, “Christina’s World.” Kline was author of the best-selling historical novel, “Orphan Train.”

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Episode 149-History teacher Doug Kaufman discusses the 1911 Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in New York City. Steve Jankowski of Broadalbin, N.Y., tells how he escaped from the scene of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City in 2001. They spoke at an event sponsored by Amsterdam (N.Y.) Reads on the historical novel “A Fall of Marigolds” by Susan Meissner.

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Minutiae-Episode two continues the saga of the McDonald family, recovering from their son Jason’s untimely death. An episodic moral fable, utilizing the techniques of flashbacks, memories, and readings of short fiction by Jason, Minutiae moves toward the mystery of his death, and toward the family’s understanding of each other. Produced by Jay Towne in Amsterdam, New York. A new episode of Minutiae is broadcast each month on WCSS Radio in Amsterdam 1490AM and on line. http://wcss1490.com/

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Minutiae Episode three continues the saga of the McDonald family, recovering from their son Jason’s untimely death. An episodic moral fable, utilizing the techniques of flashbacks, memories, and readings of short fiction by Jason, Minutiae moves toward the mystery of his death, and toward the family’s understanding of each other. Also on Soundcloud/EastlineStudio

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Minutiae-Episode 1-Minutiae is the saga of one family in Amsterdam, New York, who face a new reality after the death of their gifted only son, Jason. The story revolves around the choices the family makes in dealing with their loss and the fallout in their communities. An episodic moral fable created by Jay Towne. A new episode of Minutiae is broadcast each month on WCSS Radio in Amsterdam 1490AM and on line. http://wcss1490.com/

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Episode 156-Sam Maggs discusses her book on women who made often unheralded contributions, “Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History.”

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Episode 152-Reverend Walter Smith of northern New York discusses his lifelong fascination with railroads. Reverend Smith writes the Reminiscing column in the Bulletin of the Bridge Line Historical Society.All The Historians Podcast are on ITunes and GooglePlay.

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From the Archives-Episode 143, December 23, 2016-Gloversville Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz with stories about animals making history, an attempted bombing of a Fulton County deputy sheriff’s car and a nostalgic look back at the introduction of television.

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Episode 154-Lynn Herzig describes life in a hamlet on New York’s Tug Hill Plateau over fifty years ago. Herzig is author of “Where’d you go?” “Out!” “What’d you do?” “Nothing!”: Unique memories of growing up in Beaver Falls, N.Y. during the 1950s. “Spike” grew up in the Adirondacks, graduated from Central City Business Institute, hired on as a part-time tour escort for High Adventure Tours in Syracuse and two years later became President of the company.

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From the Archives, Episode 30. Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson, author of “The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789" (Harper Collins-William Morrow, 2014)

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Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Barbara Blaisdell has been portraying Susan B. Anthony for 24 years on behalf of The National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, N.Y. Barbara (and Susan B. Anthony) explore the opinions of the human rights leader on women’s rights, slavery, temperance and more on Bob Cudmore’s Historians Podcast. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Liz Covart is host of “Ben Franklin’s World,” a history podcast focusing on the American Revolution and the early years of the American Republic. She is writing a book on the impact of the American Revolution in the Albany area. Ms.Covart earned a Ph.D. in history at the University of California in Davis. With her podcast, blogs and other writing she strives to bridge the gap between academic and popular history. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan eack week on Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 151-Amsterdam (N.Y) Recorder history columnist Dan Weaver describes actress: Debbie Reynolds’s connection to Amsterdam. Weaver also talks about the Cabbage Patch doll and Coleco and the story of Derby, the blind proprietor of a newsstand in the city post office.***Night lunch wagons were popular a century ago. Bob Cudmore story on Mohawk Valley Web-http://mohawkvalleyweb.com/index.php?id=809

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From the Archives-Episode 54, March 29, 2015 Heidi Hill of Schuyler Mansion in Albany and Albany attorney Richard Bader on Alexander Hamilton’s Albany connections Download MP3

Episode 150-Bob Cudmore interviews Kyle Jenks who portrays President James Madison. Madison and Thomas Jefferson toured New York and New England in 1791. The episode was recorded at a meeting of Historic Amsterdam League. Download MP3

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The Historians Podcast guest is Don Papson of Plattsburgh, one of the founders of the North Star Underground Railroad Museum. Papson and Tom Colarco are co-authors of "Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives." http://northcountryundergroundrailroad.com/

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Each week Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 101, March 6, 2016-A journalism professor who lives in Nova Scotia, Dean Jobb is the author of “Empire of Deception,” the story of Chicago swindler Leo Koretz. Download MP3

Episode 148-Mary Lou Reid takes a look at life in the convent fifty years ago when she was a novice in the order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Reid, who left the religious order for a career in media and financial planning, discusses this historical topic in the context of her self-help program, The Convent Diet.http://conventdiet.com/

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From the Archives-Episode 45, January 19, 2015-Railfan Jim Bachorz of the Bridge Line Historical Society, which chronicles the history of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad.http://www.dhbridgeline.org/ Download MP3

Episode 147-Alice Flynn discusses her book about the World War II Battle of the Bulge, “The Heroes of Hosingen.” Flynn’s father fought in the battle and she has helped descendants of other Battle of the Bulge veterans learn more about what happened to their loved ones.http://www.heroesofhosingen.com/ Also on ITunes

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Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore. Talk of The Town is a weekly feature on 590WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

David Pietrusza is the guest on The Historians with Bob Cudmore discussing his latest book: “1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny.” Download MP3

Episode 146-Bob Cudmore discuss bowling and pinsetting in upstate New York during the twentieth century.*** The 2017 fund drive is now underway to support The Historians Podcast! Your donation at https://www.gofundme.com/historians2017 helps cover technical costs and other production expenses. Here’s how to donate by mail. Make the check out to Bob Cudmore. Send the check to Bob Cudmore, 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.*Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore Download MP3

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Episode 145-Jerry Snyder talks about the many mansions built in the industrial heyday in Amsterdam, N.Y., the subject of this year’s Amsterdam Icons Calendar, produced by Historic Amsterdam League.*** Looking for Mohawk Valley News. Links to The Recorder, Leader-Herald and Mohawk Valley Compass. http://recordernews.com*** http://leaderherald.com*** http://mohawkvalleycompass.com To order a signed copy of one of Bob Cudmore’s books-Lost Mohawk Valley, Hidden History and Stories from the Mohawk Valley-please send a check for $25 made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, N.Y. 12302. The mail order price includes postage, handling and sales tax if applicable. http://bobcudmore.com/lost-mohawk-valley.asp • Bob’s books are also sold at Liberty Fresh Market, 4867 State Highway 30 in Amsterdam; The Bookhound, 16 East Main St., Amsterdam; Mysteries on Main, 144 West Main St. in Johnstown; Open Door Bookstore, 128 Jay St. in Schenectady; Barnes & Noble at Colonie Center and on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Bob+Cudmore *Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 111- Dr. David Wittner is director of the Utica College Center for Historical Research where they digitize historic documents, sponsor frequent public talks and encourage contributions to their history blog. Their students research subjects such as the Ku Klux Klan in New York, the movement for transgender rights and the history of Bosnian women in Utica. The 2017 fund drive is now underway to support The Historians Podcast! Your donation at https://www.gofundme.com/historians2017 helps cover technical costs and other production expenses. Here’s how to donate by mail. Make the check out to Bob Cudmore. Send the check to Bob Cudmore, 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302. Download MP3

Episode 140-History and social media--@ExploringBySign on Instagram that’s spreading the word about New York State historic markers; the Web site Exploring Upstate; the question game Narratopia, a way to gather oral history. The speakers held forth at a meeting of the Mohawk Valley Museum Consortium. All the Bob Cudmore Podcasts are available on Soundcloud/EastlineStudio and WMHT Public Radio in Albany and ITunes. https://soundcloud.com/obudmore http://www.wmht.org/radio/rise/historians/ Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 95, January 24, 2016-Jewelry designer and historian Aja Raden with an account of how jewels have affected the course of history. Raden is author of “Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession and How Desire Shapes the World.” ***Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore Download MP3

Episode 144-Michael Cinquanti has stories about the Titanic, a priest who wrote best sellers, a federal official in the Civil War who pioneered in hiring women to work in government and many more tales from “A Year’s Worth of Amsterdam N.Y. Birthdays: Second edition.” (Genium, 2016) https://amsterdamnybirthdays.com/ Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 130, September 23, 2016-Tara Hime Norman has worked five years on her book “The Vindication of Lewis M. Roach. which makes the case that a Montgomery County trial convicted the wrong man in a sensational 1913 murder. *Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore Download MP3

Episode 143-Gloversville Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz with stories about animals making history, an attempted bombing of a Fulton County deputy sheriff’s car and a nostalgic look back at the introduction of television in the 1940s and 1950s. Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 51, March 12, 2015, Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz with Fulton County stories from the Civil War and the former Sacandaga Park in the Adirondacks. *Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 142-Peter Ames Carlin, author of “Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon.” (Henry Holt, 2016) Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 49, March 2, 2015 Larry Gooley, author of "Terror in the Adirondacks," the story of serial killer Robert Garrow. Download MP3

Episode 141-Bob Cudmore and Bob’s newspaper column readers look at the local history of “duck and cover”: Civil Defense in the atomic age. All the Bob Cudmore Podcasts are available on BobCudmore.com, Soundcloud/EastlineStudio, WMHT Public Radio in Albany and ITunes. Download MP3

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Dan Weaver and Bob Cudmore talk about Kirk Douglas on WCSS 1490AM Amsterdam. http://wcss1490.com/ Kirk Douglas is an American actor, producer, director, and author. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he had his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers with Barbara Stanwyck. Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 80, October 4, 2015-Mary Zawacki, Michael Maloney and Kaitlin Morton-Bentley give an overview of the Schenectady County Historical Society at their two facilities: the Mabee Farm Historic Site in Rotterdam Junction and the Grems-Doolittle Library and Schenectady History Museum in the historic Stockade district of Schenectady. Download MP3

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From the Archives-Episode 56, April 12, 2015-Times Union reporter and historian Paul Grondahl on CBS commentator Andy Rooney and Albany public relations man Ed Lewi.http://www.timesunion.com/ All the Bob Cudmore Podcasts are available on BobCudmore.com, Soundcloud/EastlineStudio, WMHT Public Radio in Albany and ITunes. Download MP3

Episode 139-T. Martin Bennett, author of “Wounded Tiger” (Onstad Press, 2016): The true story of the pilot who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, whose life was transformed by an American prisoner and by a girl he never met. Also on ITunes Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 113, May 27, 2016-Bob Cudmore discuss veterans’ housing projects built in Amsterdam and other New York cities after World War II. Bob also tells stories of two local connections to the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Download MP3

Episode 138-Bob Cudmore interviews authors who attended the recent Chronicle Book Fair in Glens Falls. Topics include the Grant cottage in Wilton, the Battle of Lake George, a murder in the town of Palatine and the life of a woman who was an icon of the women’s suffrage movement.Also on ITunes Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590WROW. Also on100.5FM Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 112, May 20, 2016-Dan Weaver tells the story of how Montgomery County men made it possible for Ulysses S. Grant to spend his last days writing his memoirs at Mount McGregor in Saratoga County. Dan Weaver owns Amsterdam’s Bookhound bookstore and writes a history column for the Amsterdam Recorder. http://recordernews.com Also on ITunes Download MP3

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan with Bob Cudmore on Talk of The Town. Magic 590 WROW and 100.5FM Topics this week, the election and issues in the city of Albany. Download MP3

Episode 137-Christopher Kelly, editor of “An Adventure in 1914: The True Story of an American Family’s Journey on the Brink of World War I” by T. Tileston Wells. Also on ITunes Download MP3

From the Archives, Wednesday, November 9, 2016- Episode 114, June 3, 2016- documentary filmmaker Mark Zwonitzer is author of “The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism.” Also on ITunes Download MP3

Episode 136-Annette Libeskind Berkovits is author of “In the Unlikeliest of Places.” The memoir tells the story of her father, Nachman Libeskind, who survived the Nazis in Poland and the gulags of the Soviet Union, ending up as a respected artist in the United States. Also on ITunes Download MP3

From the Archives- Episode 110, May 6, 2016-Brandeis University professor Jonathan Sarna has stories from his book “Lincoln and the Jews.” Also on ITunes Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 135-James Richmond, author of “War on the Middleline – The Founding of a Community in the Kayaderossras Patent in the Midst of the American Revolution.” (Lulu.com, 2016) Events described in Richmond’s book took place in Saratoga County, New York. Also on ITunes. Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 50, March 8, 2015-David Brooks has excerpts from an 1869 journal written by a Fort Hunter man. David is education coordinator at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter. Also on ITunes Download MP3

Episode 134-Tom Lindsay, who performs with Michael Eck as the Lost Radio Rounders, has songs from American Presidential elections going back to an 1840 musical tribute to Martin Van Buren. Also on ITunes Download MP3

From the Archives- Episode 60, May 10, 2015-Bob Cudmore with interviews from the 2015 conference on the American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley: Jim Kirby Martin, Don Hagist, Kyle Jenks, Jacqueline Murphy, John Warren and Brian Mack. Also on ITunes Download MP3

Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore and Troy Mayor Patrick Madden on Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 133-Matt Ryan of WMHT public television discusses his documentary, “Mario Cuomo: Poetry and Prose,” that makes use of archival video from the long-running statewide program “Inside Albany.” Also on ITunes Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 49, February 27, 2015-Lawrence Gooley, author of "Terror in the Adirondacks," the story of serial killer Robert Garrow. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan each week on Magic590WROW also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 132-Don Rittner discusses his latest book, “The History of the Vale: Schenectady’s Historic Rural Cemetery.” Rittner is a former city and county historian in Schenectady. Also on ITunes Download MP3

From the Archives- Episode 34, November 07, 2014-Julia Blackwelder, history professor, Schenectady County native and author of “Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady” Also on ITunes Download MP3

Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 131-Janet Lee Berg discusses her historical novel “Rembrandt’s Shadow.” (Post Hill Press, 2016) Her book is based on the true story of her husband Bruce Berg’s family during the Holocaust in the Netherlands. Two of his ancestors were art dealers who traded valuable paintings to the Nazis for Jewish lives. Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 30, October 10, 2014-Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson, author of “The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789" (Harper Collins-William Morrow, 2014) Download MP3

Episode 130-Tara Hime Norman has worked five years on her book “The Vindication of Lewis M. Roach” that makes the case that a Montgomery County trial convicted the wrong man in a sensational 1913 murder. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan each week on Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 46, February 06, 2015-Maria Riccio Bryce tells of her musical Hearts of Fire that tells the story of the burning of Schenectady by the French and Indians in 1690. She has re-issued the CD of the original cast recording. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 129-Sports historian Mike Hauser explores Fulton County connections to major league baseball. For example, Jack McKeon, who played for the Gloversville Glovers in 1950, managed the Florida Marlins to a World Series victory in 2003. The Historians is also featured on ITunes. Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 54, March 29, 2015, Heidi Hill of Schuyler Mansion in Albany and Albany attorney Richard Bader on Alexander Hamilton’s Albany connections. Download MP3

Episode 128-In 1962 Gary Slaughter was on board a U.S. destroyer in what could have been a disastrous confrontation with a Russian submarine; the Russian vessel was armed with a nuclear tipped torpedo. Slaughter’s new book is “Sea Stories: Memoir of a Naval Officer (1956-1967).” Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Talk of The Town. Magic590WROW also on 100.5FM Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 44, January 23, 2015-Author Richard Norton Smith discusses “On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller.” Rockefeller was New York governor for 14 years and U.S. vice president for 3 years. Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 103 from March 23. 2016-Our most downloaded podcast: Two young historians, town of Palatine historian Eddie Watt and graduate student Abby Cretser of Ephratah, discuss their work. Download MP3

Episode 126-Christopher Kelly talks about the Romans, Garibaldi, Mussolini and more in discussing his latest book with Stuart Laycock, “Italy Invades: How the Italians Conquered the World.” Download MP3

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From the Archives-Wednesday, August 24, 2016-Episode 57 from April 19, 2015, Victoria Tokarowski of the National Racing Museum in Saratoga Springs describes their exhibit on the horse breeding Sanford family of Amsterdam. Sam Hildebrandt discusses efforts by the Friends of the Sanford Stud Farm to restore buildings at the historic farm. Download MP3

Episode 125-Daily Gazette feature writer Bill Buell discusses his recent story on several vacancies in Schenectady area municipal historian positions. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Talk of The Town. Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Bob Cudmore on The Jewish View. Audio from the 30 minute You Tube Presentation. Bob has authored three books about the Mohawk Valley in which he discusses the area’s connection to Kirk Douglas, Sam Goldwyn, Lucius Littauer and Rabbi Bloom. Two mayors of Amsterdam were Jewish. There were many non-Jewish connections as well that would surprise you such as Ed Sullivan and Fredric Remington. This is a fascinating recollection of the Mohawk Valley communities of Amsterdam, Gloversville and Fonda, yes, Henry, Peter and Jane Fonda’s roots are from the Mohawk Valley. Download MP3

From the Archives of The Historians-Episode 42, January 9, 2015 the author of the novel Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline discusses the program that transported thousands of destitute children from New York and other Eastern cities to foster homes located mainly in rural areas of the Midwest. Kline’s novel is set in Maine and this month Kline has written a New York Times article explaining how her parents “inadvertently started a family compound when they bought a home in Maine.” Download MP3

Episode 124-History professor Bruce W. Dearstyne discusses his recent NewYork History Blog post: “Five Opportunities to Promote New York History.” Download MP3

Bob Cudmore and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Talk of The Town on Magic590 WROW Download MP3

Jay Towne from Amsterdam is in production with his new radio play "Minutiae" The drama will air on WCSS 1490AM Download MP3

From the Archives-Episode 106 from April 12, 2016-Brien Bouyea, the author of “Bare Knuckles & Saratoga Racing: The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey.” Brien is communications officer of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs. Download MP3

Episode 123-Instructor Diana Carter reports on archaeological digs along the Mohawk River and in the Stockade section of Schenectady done by the Community Archaeology Program at Schenectady County Community College. Download MP3

Troy Mayor Patrick Madden is the guest on this week’s Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590 AM and 100.5 FM. Troy is seeing some major downtown development but the neighborhoods in the city need work. Madden tackles issues ranging from infrastructure and finances plus he takes a look back at the political campaign that elected him mayor. Download MP3

Episode 122-Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz has two stories about elephants in Fulton and Montgomery Counties plus the tale of a failed effort to keep a Northville summer theater going in the 1960s. Download MP3

This week in Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590 AM and 100.5 FM the guest is Colonie town supervisor Paula Mahan. Download MP3

Episode 121-Jack Kelly discusses topics as diverse as the origin of the Mormon religion and how Americans learned how to make cement in his book “Heaven’s Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal” (St. Martin’s Press, 2016) Download MP3

Episode 116-Christopher Kelly, co-author of “America Invades: How We've Invaded or Been Militarily Involved With Almost Every Country on Earth.” Download MP3

Episode 120-Jamie Bologna of WBUR-FM’s Radio Boston interviews Bob Cudmore on Cudmore’s years as a radio reporter in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, when General Electric was beginning to downsize its operations there. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 119-Bruce Venter discusses his book “The Battle of Hubbardton: the Rear Guard Action that Saved America.” (Arcadia, 2015) Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene talk about Montgomery County political boss Jacob Snell and Fonda newspaper columnist and minister, Washington Frothingham. Download MP3

Episode 118 featuring Lois Huey, co-author of “Molly Brant: A Legacy of Her Own;” Phil Weaver with the history of the “Jersey Grays” who served in the Mohawk Valley region in 1776 and President James Madison on the founding of America as portrayed by actor Kyle Jenks. A future episode will include an interview with Bruce Venter, author of “The Battle of Hubbardton: the Rear Guard Action that Saved America.” The second annual conference was organized by the Fort Plain Museum and featured talks by historians, tours of Mohawk Valley Revolutionary War sites and dinner at an historic home. Over 200 people attended from the United States and Canada. Next year’s conference will take place June 8 – 11, 2017. The program also airs on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and visually impaired in the Capital District of New York. Download MP3

Episode 117-Interviews from the 2016 American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley Conference: the entrepreneurship of George Washington, four stolen cannons in Revolution-era Massachusetts and the story of the online Journal of the American Revolution. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan each week on Magic590WROW Albany. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 115-Historic Site Manager Wade Wells on “The Price of Loyalty: The Confiscation of Johnson Hall in Johnstown” at the start of the American Revolution. Download MP3

Thank You for the support. Bob reports a good turn out at the Oneida County Historical Society in Utica. The link posted here is to an interview recorded on Thursday, June 2, 2016 on WUTQ 100.7 Radio in Utica. Download MP3

Episode 114-Mark Zwonitzer is author of “The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism.” Author and public speaker Mark Twain and Secretary of State John Hay were friends for many years. Hay began his career in public service as Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary during the Civil War. Download MP3

Episode 113-Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discuss veterans’ housing projects built in Amsterdam and other New York cities after World War II. Bob also tells stories of two local connections to the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Download MP3

Episode 112-Dan Weaver tells the story of how some Montgomery County men made it possible for Ulysses S. Grant to spend the last days of his life writing his memoirs at Mount McGregor in Saratoga County. Dan Weaver owns Amsterdam’s Bookhound bookstore and writes a column for the Amsterdam Recorder. danieltweaver@gmail.com Download MP3

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan talks to Bob Cudmore on the latest broadcast of Talk of The Town on Magic590WROW Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 110, May 6, 2016- Brandeis University professor Jonathan Sarna has stories from his book “Lincoln and the Jews,” co-authored by Benjamin Shapell. Download MP3

Episode 109-Albany Times Union reporter Paul Grondahl talks about his recent series of articles on the history of immigration in the Capital District. Since joining the Times Union in 1984, Paul Grondahl has covered both news and features and has been recognized with numerous awards. He holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Puget Sound and a master's in English literature from the University at Albany. He is the author of ''Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma'' and "I Rose Like a Rocket," a biography of Theodore Roosevelt's early political career in Albany. Contact him at (518) 454-5623 or by e-mail at pgrondahl@timesunion.com. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 108-Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discuss two of Bob’s recent Daily Gazette columns. One is on Monsignor William Browne, who founded Amsterdam’s St. Mary’s Hospital and the other is a history of the Amsterdam Free Library. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Talk of The Town. Download MP3

Episode 107-David Kinney, co-author of “The Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich.” Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590 WROW. Download MP3

Episode 106-Brien Bouyea, the author of Bare Knuckles & Saratoga Racing: The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey. Brien is communications officer of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs. Download MP3

Episode 105-Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz explores various theories on the origin of the name of the Montgomery County hamlet of Tribes Hill. He also recounts horse runaway stories from Fulton County. Download MP3

Episode 104-Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discuss the history of Bowler’s Brewery in Amsterdam, a horrific trolley accident in Gloversville in 1902 and a Vail Mills native credited with inventing email. Download MP3

Each week on Magic590WROW, Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Also on: 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 103-Two young historians, town of Palatine historian Eddie Watt and graduate student Abby Cretser of Ephratah, discuss their work. Also on Soundcloud.com/EastlineStudio Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan each week on Magic590WROW and 100.5FM. Also on: Download MP3

Episode 102- Neil Yetwin, a history teacher, is author of a book on a War of 1812 hero who became the first Jewish New York State Assemblyman, “To My Son: The Life and War Remembrances of Captain Mordecai Myers.” Also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Download MP3

Each week on Magic590WROW, Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Also on Soundcloud.com/EastlineStudio Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590WROW and 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 100-Phillip Bowler has tales of Bowler’s Brewery in Amsterdam and his own world travels. Phillip Bowler writes, "I am on a four month road tour from Burlington, Vt., Knoxville, I-40 west to Las Vegas, Monterey, Long Beach, CA., and I am now generally headed east along I-10 to Sebring, Florida. I will be back in Burlington in late April/early May. I have traveled about 5700 miles so far. I do a quasi-daily travelogue on my adventures." Download MP3

Episode 99-David Fiske is author of “Solomon Northup’s Kindred: The Kidnapping of Free Citizens before the Civil War.” Download MP3

Each week Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. On Magic590WROW and 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 98-Timothy Starr has written 15 books on Saratoga County and Capital District history. He focuses on the history of the town of Milton in this episode. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehen on Magic590WROW Also on 100.5FM Download MP3

Episode 97-Bob Cudmore explores a sensational murder case that took place in 1895 in Amsterdam. Another topic: research done on a Walt Disney subsidiary that did cartoon TV ads for Mohawk Carpets in the early 1950s. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehen. Each week on Magic590WROW and now on 100.5 FM Download MP3

Episode 96-Danielle Sanzone of WMHT explains how the Capital District PBS station is sharing information on local people and their ancestry on social media in conjunction with the national program “Finding Your Roots.” Download MP3

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Talk of The Town. Magic590WROW and 100.5FM. Download MP3

Episode 95-Aja Raden on The Historians with Bob Cudmore Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World. As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history, jeweler and scientist Aja Raden tells an original and often startling story about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of human desire. Also on: Download MP3

January 23, 2016 Bob Cudmore talks with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590WROW Download MP3

Episode 94, January 20-Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discuss a landlocked “lighthouse” that helped motorists on a busy Mohawk Valley highway. Another topic: A quest to find recordings of radio talks done by a popular Amsterdam rabbi years ago. Download MP3

Welcome to the World of Internet Radio - Radio George! Over 100 channels specializing in oldies from 1955-1975 and Smooth Jazz. Enjoy. George Woods. Click Soundcloud.com/EastlineStudio to link with RadioGeorge Download MP3

Jerry Snyder talks about this year’s Historic Amsterdam League calendar focusing on that city’s vanished industries. Plus Kelly Farquhar and Norm Bollen report on a recently found letter from a Revolutionary leader in the Mohawk Valley that makes reference to the Boston Tea Party. Download MP3

Talk of The Town/Bob Cudmore with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Saturday January 9, 2016 Broadcast on Magic590WROW. Now on 100.5FM Download MP3

Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene set the wayback machine back to 1947 for tales of carpet school, the mill shutdown and big bands. Download MP3

Retired Fulton County historian and Leader Herald columnist Peter Betz has stories from 1890s Christmas letters to Santa. Also on: Download MP3

Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Broadcast each week on Magic590 WROW Albany. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene explore the history of the Great Sacandaga Lake in the southern Adirondacks. Plus a story about a Mohawk Valley man’s collections. Also on Soundcloud.com/EastlineStudio Download MP3

Craig Tolosky today on The Historians with Bob Cudmore. Craig Tolosky, secretary/treasurer of the East Line Union Cemetery in Malta, with his perspective on challenges facing cemeteries in New York State. Also on Soundcloud.com/EastlineStudio Download MP3

Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discuss three Amsterdam, N.Y. tragedies remembered by many: the Schuyler Street fire, the explosion on High Street and the deaths of eight Mexican railroad workers hit by a speeding train. Download MP3

The Historians Podcast covers the Chronicle Book Fair The Historians Podcast debuts an audio report om the recent Chronicle Book Fair in Glens Falls, New York. Podcast host Bob Cudmore was among the writers at the well-attended event. Cudmore’s latest history book is “Lost Mohawk Valley.” History authors interviewed for the program included Larry Gooley, (“Escape from Dannemora”); Don Papson, (“Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City”); Sheila Myers, (the historical novel “Imaginary Brightness”); John Briggs, (young adult biographies of Pete Seeger and Judy Garland); and David Fiske, (“Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave”). Also interviewed were book fair organizer Cathy DeDe plus authors Chuck D’Imperio (“Unknown Museums of Upstate New York”); Barry Damsky (“The Peas Were Cold”); Russell Dunn (“Adventures Around The Great Sacandaga Lake”) and Jim LaBate (“Mickey Mantle Day in Amsterdam”). The Historians Podcast is found on www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians and on www.soundcloud.com, search for Eastline Studio. The program is aired twice a week by RISE, WMHT’s service for the visually impaired in the Capital District. Download MP3

Talk of The Town. Saturday November 21, 2015 Bob Cudmore and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Magic590WROW Download MP3

Bob Cudmore and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Magic590WROW Download MP3

Abby Chandler, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts, joins Bob Cudmore on The Historians Podcast. Chandler is the author of “Law and Sexual Misconduct in New England, 1650-1750.” Also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Download MP3

Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene chat about two local history stories—pioneer radio broadcaster credited with saving historic church in Montgomery County and a superhighway, never built, that would have linked Amsterdam and northern Maine. Also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Download MP3

Bob Cudmore on The Roundtable on WAMC Albany Public Radio. WAMC's The Roundtable is an award-winning, nationally recognized eclectic talk program. The show airs from 9am to noon each weekday and features news, interviews, in-depth discussion, listener call-ins, music, and much (much) more! Hosted by Joe Donahue and produced by Sarah LaDuke, The Roundtable tackles serious and lighthearted subjects, looking to explore the many facets of the human condition with civility, respect and responsibility. Also on: Download MP3

Today on The Historians with Bob Cudmore. Peter Feinman of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education says the New York State Path through History program has not lived up to its early promises. Download MP3

Talk of The Town October 24,2015. Bob Cudmore talks to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan each week on Magic590 WROW. Also on: Soundcloud.com/EastlineStudio Download MP3

Jerry Snyder of Historic Amsterdam League talks to Bob Cudmore about that group’s Green Hill Cemetery tour, Ghosts of the Past. ------------------------------------- Also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Download MP3

Each week on Magic590 WROW Bob Cudmore talks with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan Also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Download MP3

Brian Mack from The Fort Plain Museum Today on The Historians with Bob Cudmore. The Fort Plain Museum features exhibits focusing on the American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley. Brian Mack from the museum has stories from history and tells of efforts to encourage American Revolution tourism in the region. Podcast also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Download MP3

Today on The Historians with Bob Cudmore Mary Zawacki, Michael Maloney and Kaitlin Morton-Bentley give an overview of exhibits and genealogical resources at the Schenectady County Historical Society at their two facilities: the Mabee Farm Historic Site in Rotterdam Junction and the Grems-Doolittle Library and Schenectady History Museum in the historic Stockade district of Schenectady. Download MP3

More Lost Mohawk Valley Stories. Also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Download MP3

Dennis Webster on The Historians with Bob Cudmore Dennis Webster has written “Old Main: New York State Lunatic Asylum in Utica, N.Y.” Opened it 1843, it was the first insane asylum in New York State and the second one in the nation. ------------------------ Bob Cudmores new book "Lost Mohawk Valley". Enjoy “Coffee with Cudmore” as Bob does his first book signing from 10 a.m. to Noon on Saturday, September 26 at Old Peddler’s Wagon, 175 Church St. / Rt. 67 in Amsterdam. ----------------- Also on Soundcloud.com/Eastline Studio Produced at Eastline Studio Download MP3

On The Historians Podcast Michael Cinquanti, who publishes a daily blog celebrating birthdays of people born in his home town of Amsterdam, N.Y. http://amsterdamnybirthdays.com Cinquanti also keeps track of the birthdays of major sports stars. His Pinstripe Birthday Blog was the tenth most-read blog on the Major League Baseball Web site.. Listen or download at www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians or https://soundcloud.com/obudmore The Historians Podcast is also heard Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled. The program is produced at Dave Greene’s Eastline Studio in Ballston Lake. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Please support The Historians Podcast with a donation to www.gofundme/thehistorians or send a check to Bob Cudmore, 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, N.Y. 12302. Bob Cudmore's books: Lost Mohawk Valley, Hidden History of the Mohawk Valley, Stories from the Mohawk Valley and You Can't Go Wrong Download MP3

Nick Bunker is author of “An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America.” The book is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and is available at Amazon.com www.amazon.com/Empire-Edge-Brita…words=Nick+Bunker The Historians with Bob Cudmore www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/ is produced at Eastline Studio. Download MP3

Dave Northrup is editor of Hugh Donlon's “The Mohawk Valley.” Written during the 1930’s when he was a reporter and columnist for the Amsterdam Evening Recorder, “The Mohawk Valley” is Donlon’s history of his native region from the end of the ice age to 1940. Part 1 Also on Soundcloud.com Eastline Studio The Historians is produced at Eastline Studio e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Dave Northrup is editor of Hugh Donlon's “The Mohawk Valley.” Written during the 1930’s when he was a reporter and columnist for the Amsterdam Evening Recorder, “The Mohawk Valley” is Donlon’s history of his native region from the end of the ice age to 1940. Part 2 Also on Soundcloud.com Eastline Studio Produced at Eastline Studio e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Capital District Genealogical Society-Part 1 Genealogy is the topic on The Historians Podcast, featuring Eric Johnson on African American history; Terri Moran with a family history that stretches from Upstate New York to Sweden; and Jim Richmond, author of The Middleline, the story of the founding of a Saratoga County community. All three are members of the Capital District Genealogical Society. Listen or download at www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians or https://soundcloud.com/obudmore The Historians Podcast is also heard Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled. The program is produced at Eastline Studio. Download MP3

Capital District Genealogical Society-Part 2 Genealogy is the topic on The Historians Podcast, featuring Eric Johnson on African American history; Terri Moran with a family history that stretches from Upstate New York to Sweden; and Jim Richmond, author of The Middleline, the story of the founding of a Saratoga County community. All three are members of the Capital District Genealogical Society. Listen or download at www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians or https://soundcloud.com/obudmore The Historians Podcast is also heard Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled. The program is produced at Eastline Studio. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore’s Historians Podcast features coverage of the first annual American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley Conference. Recorded this past spring. The Historians Podcast may be downloaded at www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians and at www.soundcloud.com search for Eastline Studio. The show also airs Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled in Albany. The half hour episode features interviews with conference participants Jim Kirby Martin, co-author of “Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution; Jack Kelly, author of “Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence;” and Don Hagist, author of “The Revolution’s Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs.” Also on the program will be conference attendees Kyle Jenks of “Drums Along the Mohawk Outdoor Drama,” retired Montgomery County Historian Jacqueline Murphy and John Warren, editor of the New York History Blog. Brian Mack of Fort Plain Museum will be heard as well. Mack, Norm Bollen and other members of the Fort Plain Museum organized the first annual conference which included a full day of history talks held at the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie and a bus tour of Revolutionary era historic sites in western Montgomery County. More than 100 people attended. Historic sites in western Montgomery County include Fort Plain Museum, Nellis Tavern, Fort Klock, Isaac Paris House, Van Alstyne Homestead, Stone Arabia Church, Palatine Church and the Margaret Reaney Library in St. Johnsville, all within minutes of Thruway Exit 29 in Canajoharie. Download MP3

Jane Spellman on The Historians with Bob Cudmore/Part 1. Jane Spellman is author of “Women Belong in History Books: Herkimer and Oneida Counties, 1700-1950.” Among the women in the book is Catherine Petrie Herkimer, mother of Revolutionary War hero Nicholas Herkimer. Download MP3

Jane Spellman on The Historians with Bob Cudmore/Part 2. Jane Spellman is author of “Women Belong in History Books: Herkimer and Oneida Counties, 1700-1950.” Among the women in the book is Catherine Petrie Herkimer, mother of Revolutionary War hero Nicholas Herkimer. Download MP3

David Claire Jennings Part 1-- David Claire Jennings on The Historians with Bob Cudmore today Sunday August 2, 2015. David Claire Jennings is author of the historical novel After Bondage and War. www.davidclairejennings.com The novel tells of people impacted by slavery through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Jennings returned to college at age 70 to study history. www.amazon.com/After-Bondage-War…nal/dp/0692466584 The Historians with Bob Cudmore is produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

David Claire Jennings Part 2-- David Claire Jennings on The Historians with Bob Cudmore today Sunday August 2, 2015. David Claire Jennings is author of the historical novel After Bondage and War. www.davidclairejennings.com The novel tells of people impacted by slavery through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Jennings returned to college at age 70 to study history. www.amazon.com/After-Bondage-War…nal/dp/0692466584 The Historians with Bob Cudmore is produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Jessica Parr on The Historians with Bob Cudmore. Jessica Parr is author of “Inventing George Whitefield: Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon.” (Mississippi, 2015) Whitefield is regarded as a founding father of American Christian evangelicalism in the 1700s. Benjamin Franklin was impressed that Whitefield had a speaking voice that could be heard for ten city blocks. The Historians is produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Sheila Myers is the author of the novel, “Imaginary Brightness: A Durant Family Saga.” The story is based on the family who marketed Adirondack great camps as vacation homes for wealthy American industrialists. Available on Amazon.http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00K2YTA0A Thanks to Sheila Myers for her donation to The Historians Podcast Go Fund Me Drive. The Historians is produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Steven Engelhart of Adirondack Architectural Heritage is the guest on The Historians Podcast with Bob Cudmore. Steven has fascinating comments on Adirondack structures--bridges, fire towers, great camps and even prisons.The Historians is produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Bernard Cornwell is the author of “Waterloo:The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles.” (Harper, 2015) The author of best-selling historical novels, “Waterloo” is Cornwell’s first work of non-fiction. The Historians with Bob Cudmore is produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Historian, Ken Davis, is the author of “The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah.” (Hachette, 2015) Davis is author of the Don’t Know Much About series of history books, with more than 4 million copies in print worldwide. Podcast produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch from Buffalo is Bob Cudmore's guest on The Historians Podcast.Hear Dave Ruch on The Historians Podcast on Bob Cudmore dot com and on Soundcloud, search Eastline Studio. The Historians also airs twice each week on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled.Podcast produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

Tom Calarco is an authority on the history of the Underground Railroad in which slaves sought to escape from captivity in the United States to Canada. Calarco and Don Papson are co authors of “Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and The Record of Fugitives.” Podcast produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail greene@nycap.rr.com Download MP3

This week The Historians Podcast with Bob Cudmore welcomes Daily Gazette features writer Bill Buell as the guest. Bill Buell is the author of history books on Schenectady and Albany; he is working on a book on Schenectady’s Socialist Mayor, George Lunn. A native of Glenville and resident of Schenectady's Stockade section, Bill is a 1971 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake graduate and a 2001 University at Albany graduate, with a degree in history. He started working with the Gazette as a sports writer in 1977. As a features writer he currently covers diverse topics including history, religion and the theater. The Historians Podcast is available on www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians and on www.soundcloud.com , search for Eastline Studio. The Historians Podcast is aired every Monday at 11:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 11 a.m. on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled in the Albany area.The Historians is produced at Eastline Studio. More information e-mail davegreeneproductions@gmail.com Download MP3

Bruce Dearstyne is a history professor and former director of the state archives. He is author of “The Spirit of New York: Defining Events in the Empire State’s History." Sunday May 3 Download MP3

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On The Historians Podcast Victoria Tokarowski of the National Racing Museum in Saratoga Springs describes it's new exhibit on the horse breeding Sanford family of Amsterdam. Sam Hildebrandt, son of Sanford jockey Lou Hildebrandt, has more on efforts by the Friends of the Sanford Stud Farm to restore remaining buildings at the historic farm. Download MP3

Bob Cudmore was the guest on Dan Weaver’s Valley Vox on 1490 AM WCSS in Amsterdam, online at http://www.wcss1490.com/ Download MP3

"The Historians" podcast features author and Albany Times Union Reporter Paul Grondahl. Grondahl has an update on his biography-in-progress on CBS news commentator Andy Rooney. Plus Grondahl discusses the career of long time Albany promoter Ed Lewi. Grondahl collaborated with Lewi on the book “A Wild Ride: Bears, Babes and Marketing to the Max.” Grondahl has also written books on longtime Albany Mayor Erastus Corning and Theodore Roosevelt. The Historians podcast can be downloaded at www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians and at www.soundcloud.com , search for Eastline. And The Historians podcast is heard every Wednesday at 11 a.m. on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled in the Albany area. Download MP3

Ann Peconie of the Walter Elwood Museum of the Mohawk Valley talks about the lives of women factory workers years ago in Amsterdam’s carpet making industry. Ann also discusses the elephant’s foot and other objects at the museum, donated by the family of big game hunter Robert Frothingham. Download MP3

David Brooks has excerpts from an 1869 journal written by a Fort Hunter man. David is education coordinator at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter. Download MP3

Lawrence Gooley, author of "Terror in the Adirondacks," the story of serial killer Robert Garrow Download MP3

Norm Bollen of Fort Plain Museum on the new Mohawk Country Heritage Association. The association promotes eight American Revolution-era historic sites in western Montgomery County. Download MP3

Maria Riccio Bryce tells of her musical Hearts of Fire that tells the story of the burning of Schenectady by the French and Indians in 1690. She has re-issued the CD of the original cast recording. Download MP3

Author Richard Norton Smith discusses “On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller” (Random House, 2014). Rockefeller was New York governor for 14 years and U.S. vice president for 3 years. Download MP3

The author of the novel Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline discusses the program that transported thousands of destitute children from New York and other Eastern cities to foster homes located mainly in rural areas of the Midwest. Kline’s novel is the 2015 book selection of Amsterdam Reads, based at Amsterdam Free Library. Download MP3

On this episode Jeff Wilkin of Daily Gazette on newspaper coverage of local history, Dan Weaver of Historic Amsterdam League and a few minutes from the final broadcast of Bob Cudmore's WVTL radio show on 11-14-14. Download MP3

Julia Blackwelder, history professor, Schenectady County native and author of “Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady” Download MP3

Former Assemblyman and historian Jack McEneny of Albany on politics, the Pine Hills, the Qauackenbush House and more Download MP3

Author Don Williams, "Adirondack Tales of Tragedy and Tidings Between the Sacandaga River Bridges" Download MP3