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

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

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan with Bob Cudmore on Talk of The Town. Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM

From the Archives-Episode 54, March 29, 2015 Heidi Hill of Schuyler Mansion in Albany and Albany attorney Richard Bader on Alexander Hamilton’s Albany connections

Episode 150-Bob Cudmore interviews Kyle Jenks who portrays President James Madison. Madison and Thomas Jefferson toured New York and New England in 1791. The episode was recorded at a meeting of Historic Amsterdam League.

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

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/

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

From the Archives-Episode 101, March 6, 2016-A journalism professor who lives in Nova Scotia, Dean Jobb is the author of “Empire of Deception,” the story of Chicago swindler Leo Koretz.

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/

From the Archives-Episode 45, January 19, 2015-Railfan Jim Bachorz of the Bridge Line Historical Society, which chronicles the history of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad.http://www.dhbridgeline.org/

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

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore. Talk of The Town is a weekly feature on 590WROW. Also on 100.5FM

David Pietrusza is the guest on The Historians with Bob Cudmore discussing his latest book: “1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny.”

Episode 146-Bob Cudmore discuss bowling and pinsetting in upstate New York during the twentieth century.*** The 2017 fund drive is now underway to support The Historians Podcast! Your donation at https://www.gofundme.com/historians2017 helps cover technical costs and other production expenses. Here’s how to donate by mail. Make the check out to Bob Cudmore. Send the check to Bob Cudmore, 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.*Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore

Talk of The Town. Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590WROW. Also on 100.5FM

Episode 145-Jerry Snyder talks about the many mansions built in the industrial heyday in Amsterdam, N.Y., the subject of this year’s Amsterdam Icons Calendar, produced by Historic Amsterdam League.*** Looking for Mohawk Valley News. Links to The Recorder, Leader-Herald and Mohawk Valley Compass. http://recordernews.com*** http://leaderherald.com*** http://mohawkvalleycompass.com To order a signed copy of one of Bob Cudmore’s books-Lost Mohawk Valley, Hidden History and Stories from the Mohawk Valley-please send a check for $25 made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, N.Y. 12302. The mail order price includes postage, handling and sales tax if applicable. http://bobcudmore.com/lost-mohawk-valley.asp 

Bob’s books are also sold at Liberty Fresh Market, 4867 State Highway 30 in Amsterdam; The Bookhound, 16 East Main St., Amsterdam; Mysteries on Main, 144 West Main St. in Johnstown; Open Door Bookstore, 128 Jay St. in Schenectady; Barnes & Noble at Colonie Center and on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Bob+Cudmore *Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore

From the Archives-Episode 111- Dr. David Wittner is director of the Utica College Center for Historical Research where they digitize historic documents, sponsor frequent public talks and encourage contributions to their history blog. Their students research subjects such as the Ku Klux Klan in New York, the movement for transgender rights and the history of Bosnian women in Utica. The 2017 fund drive is now underway to support The Historians Podcast! Your donation at https://www.gofundme.com/historians2017 helps cover technical costs and other production expenses. Here’s how to donate by mail. Make the check out to Bob Cudmore. Send the check to Bob Cudmore, 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.

Episode 140-History and social media--@ExploringBySign on Instagram that’s spreading the word about New York State historic markers; the Web site Exploring Upstate; the question game Narratopia, a way to gather oral history. The speakers held forth at a meeting of the Mohawk Valley Museum Consortium. All the Bob Cudmore Podcasts are available on Soundcloud/EastlineStudio and WMHT Public Radio in Albany and ITunes. https://soundcloud.com/obudmore http://www.wmht.org/radio/rise/historians/

From the Archives-Episode 95, January 24, 2016-Jewelry designer and historian Aja Raden with an account of how jewels have affected the course of history. Raden is author of “Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession and How Desire Shapes the World.” ***Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore

Episode 144-Michael Cinquanti has stories about the Titanic, a priest who wrote best sellers, a federal official in the Civil War who pioneered in hiring women to work in government and many more tales from “A Year’s Worth of Amsterdam N.Y. Birthdays: Second edition.” (Genium, 2016) https://amsterdamnybirthdays.com/

From the Archives-Episode 130, September 23, 2016-Tara Hime Norman has worked five years on her book “The Vindication of Lewis M. Roach. which makes the case that a Montgomery County trial convicted the wrong man in a sensational 1913 murder. *Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore

Episode 143-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 in the 1940s and 1950s.

From the Archives-Episode 51, March 12, 2015, Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz with Fulton County stories from the Civil War and the former Sacandaga Park in the Adirondacks. *Additional audio and information about The EastlineStudio Podcasts including The Bob Cudmore Podcasts, can be found "hear." Click the link: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore