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.

Phil Barrett and Bob Cudmore at Albany Broadcasting

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.

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/

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

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.

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

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

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.”

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.”

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 

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.

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

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.”

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

Hear Talk of The Town each Sunday on WROW Radio in Albany

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.

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

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.

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