Minutiae Episode three continues the saga of the McDonald family, recovering from their son Jason’s untimely death. An episodic moral fable, utilizing the techniques of flashbacks, memories, and readings of short fiction by Jason, Minutiae moves toward the mystery of his death, and toward the family’s understanding of each other. Also on Soundcloud/EastlineStudio

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Minutiae-Episode 1-Minutiae is the saga of one family in Amsterdam, New York, who face a new reality after the death of their gifted only son, Jason. The story revolves around the choices the family makes in dealing with their loss and the fallout in their communities. An episodic moral fable created by Jay Towne. A new episode of Minutiae is broadcast each month on WCSS Radio in Amsterdam 1490AM and on line. http://wcss1490.com/

Episode 156-Sam Maggs discusses her book on women who made often unheralded contributions, “Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History.”

Episode 152-Reverend Walter Smith of northern New York discusses his lifelong fascination with railroads. Reverend Smith writes the Reminiscing column in the Bulletin of the Bridge Line Historical Society.All The Historians Podcast are on ITunes and GooglePlay.

From the Archives-Episode 143, December 23, 2016-Gloversville Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz with stories about animals making history, an attempted bombing of a Fulton County deputy sheriff’s car and a nostalgic look back at the introduction of television.

Episode 154-Lynn Herzig describes life in a hamlet on New York’s Tug Hill Plateau over fifty years ago. Herzig is author of “Where’d you go?” “Out!” “What’d you do?” “Nothing!”: Unique memories of growing up in Beaver Falls, N.Y. during the 1950s. “Spike” grew up in the Adirondacks, graduated from Central City Business Institute, hired on as a part-time tour escort for High Adventure Tours in Syracuse and two years later became President of the company.

From the Archives, Episode 30. Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson, author of “The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789" (Harper Collins-William Morrow, 2014)

Episode 151-Amsterdam (N.Y) Recorder history columnist Dan Weaver describes actress: Debbie Reynolds’s connection to Amsterdam. Weaver also talks about the Cabbage Patch doll and Coleco and the story of Derby, the blind proprietor of a newsstand in the city post office.***Night lunch wagons were popular a century ago. Bob Cudmore story on Mohawk Valley Web-http://mohawkvalleyweb.com/index.php?id=809

The Historians Podcast guest is Don Papson of Plattsburgh, one of the founders of the North Star Underground Railroad Museum. Papson and Tom Colarco are co-authors of "Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives." http://northcountryundergroundrailroad.com/

Episode 148-Mary Lou Reid takes a look at life in the convent fifty years ago when she was a novice in the order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Reid, who left the religious order for a career in media and financial planning, discusses this historical topic in the context of her self-help program, The Convent Diet.http://conventdiet.com/

Episode 147-Alice Flynn discusses her book about the World War II Battle of the Bulge, “The Heroes of Hosingen.” Flynn’s father fought in the battle and she has helped descendants of other Battle of the Bulge veterans learn more about what happened to their loved ones.http://www.heroesofhosingen.com/ Also on ITunes