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.

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.”

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  

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”

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.  

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”

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.

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.” 

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.” 

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.

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. 

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

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

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.”

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. 

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.”

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

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.

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