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.

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.”

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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.

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

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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.

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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