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)

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.”

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/

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.”

 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/

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

Broadcast, Friday, February 23, 2018

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.

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.

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

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

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/

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.

Episode 194-Charley Valera, My Father's War