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

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.

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/

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. 

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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