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

Episode 131-Janet Lee Berg discusses her historical novel “Rembrandt’s Shadow.” (Post Hill Press, 2016) Her book is based on the true story of her husband Bruce Berg’s family during the Holocaust in the Netherlands. Two of his ancestors were art dealers who traded valuable paintings to the Nazis for Jewish lives.

From the Archives-Episode 30, October 10, 2014-Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson, author of “The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789" (Harper Collins-William Morrow, 2014)

Episode 130-Tara Hime Norman has worked five years on her book “The Vindication of Lewis M. Roach” that makes the case that a Montgomery County trial convicted the wrong man in a sensational 1913 murder.

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

From the Archives-Episode 46, February 06, 2015-Maria Riccio Bryce tells of her musical Hearts of Fire that tells the story of the burning of Schenectady by the French and Indians in 1690. She has re-issued the CD of the original cast recording.

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

Episode 129-Sports historian Mike Hauser explores Fulton County connections to major league baseball. For example, Jack McKeon, who played for the Gloversville Glovers in 1950, managed the Florida Marlins to a World Series victory in 2003. The Historians is also featured on ITunes.

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 128-In 1962 Gary Slaughter was on board a U.S. destroyer in what could have been a disastrous confrontation with a Russian submarine; the Russian vessel was armed with a nuclear tipped torpedo. Slaughter’s new book is “Sea Stories: Memoir of a Naval Officer (1956-1967).”

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

From the Archives-Episode 44, January 23, 2015-Author Richard Norton Smith discusses “On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller.” Rockefeller was New York governor for 14 years and U.S. vice president for 3 years.

From the Archives-Episode 103 from March 23. 2016-Our most downloaded podcast: Two young historians, town of Palatine historian Eddie Watt and graduate student Abby Cretser of Ephratah, discuss their work.

Episode 126-Christopher Kelly talks about the Romans, Garibaldi, Mussolini and more in discussing his latest book with Stuart Laycock, “Italy Invades: How the Italians Conquered the World.”

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Magic590 WROW also on 100.5FM

From the Archives-Wednesday, August 24, 2016-Episode 57 from April 19, 2015, Victoria Tokarowski of the National Racing Museum in Saratoga Springs describes their exhibit on the horse breeding Sanford family of Amsterdam. Sam Hildebrandt discusses efforts by the Friends of the Sanford Stud Farm to restore buildings at the historic farm.

Episode 125-Daily Gazette feature writer Bill Buell discusses his recent story on several vacancies in Schenectady area municipal historian positions.

Bob Cudmore interviews Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Talk of The Town. Magic590 WROW. Also on 100.5FM

Bob Cudmore on The Jewish View. Audio from the 30 minute You Tube Presentation. Bob has authored three books about the Mohawk Valley in which he discusses the area’s connection to Kirk Douglas, Sam Goldwyn, Lucius Littauer and Rabbi Bloom. Two mayors of Amsterdam were Jewish. There were many non-Jewish connections as well that would surprise you such as Ed Sullivan and Fredric Remington. This is a fascinating recollection of the Mohawk Valley communities of Amsterdam, Gloversville and Fonda, yes, Henry, Peter and Jane Fonda’s roots are from the Mohawk Valley.

From the Archives of The Historians-Episode 42, January 9, 2015 the author of the novel Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline discusses the program that transported thousands of destitute children from New York and other Eastern cities to foster homes located mainly in rural areas of the Midwest. Kline’s novel is set in Maine and this month Kline has written a New York Times article explaining how her parents “inadvertently started a family compound when they bought a home in Maine.”

Episode 124-History professor Bruce W. Dearstyne discusses his recent NewYork History Blog post: “Five Opportunities to Promote New York History.”

Bob Cudmore and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Talk of The Town on Magic590 WROW

Jay Towne from Amsterdam is in production with his new radio play "Minutiae" The drama will air on WCSS 1490AM

From the Archives-Episode 106 from April 12, 2016-Brien Bouyea, the author of “Bare Knuckles & Saratoga Racing: The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey.” Brien is communications officer of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs.