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.

Episode 123-Instructor Diana Carter reports on archaeological digs along the Mohawk River and in the Stockade section of Schenectady done by the Community Archaeology Program at Schenectady County Community College.

Troy Mayor Patrick Madden is the guest on this week’s Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590 AM and 100.5 FM. Troy is seeing some major downtown development but the neighborhoods in the city need work. Madden tackles issues ranging from infrastructure and finances plus he takes a look back at the political campaign that elected him mayor.

Episode 122-Leader Herald history columnist Peter Betz has two stories about elephants in Fulton and Montgomery Counties plus the tale of a failed effort to keep a Northville summer theater going in the 1960s.

This week in Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic 590 AM and 100.5 FM the guest is Colonie town supervisor Paula Mahan.

Episode 121-Jack Kelly discusses topics as diverse as the origin of the Mormon religion and how Americans learned how to make cement in his book “Heaven’s Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal” (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)

Episode 116-Christopher Kelly, co-author of “America Invades: How We've Invaded or Been Militarily Involved With Almost Every Country on Earth.”

Episode 120-Jamie Bologna of WBUR-FM’s Radio Boston interviews Bob Cudmore on Cudmore’s years as a radio reporter in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, when General Electric was beginning to downsize its operations there.

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

Episode 119-Bruce Venter discusses his book “The Battle of Hubbardton: the Rear Guard Action that Saved America.” (Arcadia, 2015) Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene talk about Montgomery County political boss Jacob Snell and Fonda newspaper columnist and minister, Washington Frothingham.

Episode 118 featuring Lois Huey, co-author of “Molly Brant: A Legacy of Her Own;” Phil Weaver with the history of the “Jersey Grays” who served in the Mohawk Valley region in 1776 and President James Madison on the founding of America as portrayed by actor Kyle Jenks. A future episode will include an interview with Bruce Venter, author of “The Battle of Hubbardton: the Rear Guard Action that Saved America.” The second annual conference was organized by the Fort Plain Museum and featured talks by historians, tours of Mohawk Valley Revolutionary War sites and dinner at an historic home. Over 200 people attended from the United States and Canada. Next year’s conference will take place June 8 – 11, 2017. The program also airs on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and visually impaired in the Capital District of New York.

Episode 117-Interviews from the 2016 American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley Conference: the entrepreneurship of George Washington, four stolen cannons in Revolution-era Massachusetts and the story of the online Journal of the American Revolution.

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

Episode 115-Historic Site Manager Wade Wells on “The Price of Loyalty: The Confiscation of Johnson Hall in Johnstown” at the start of the American Revolution.

Thank You for the support. Bob reports a good turn out at the Oneida County Historical Society in Utica. The link posted here is to an interview recorded on Thursday, June 2, 2016 on WUTQ 100.7 Radio in Utica.

Episode 114-Mark Zwonitzer is author of “The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism.” Author and public speaker Mark Twain and Secretary of State John Hay were friends for many years. Hay began his career in public service as Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary during the Civil War.

Episode 113-Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discuss veterans’ housing projects built in Amsterdam and other New York cities after World War II. Bob also tells stories of two local connections to the 1912 sinking of the Titanic.

Episode 112-Dan Weaver tells the story of how some Montgomery County men made it possible for Ulysses S. Grant to spend the last days of his life writing his memoirs at Mount McGregor in Saratoga County. Dan Weaver owns Amsterdam’s Bookhound bookstore and writes a column for the Amsterdam Recorder. danieltweaver@gmail.com

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan talks to Bob Cudmore on the latest broadcast of Talk of The Town on Magic590WROW Also on 100.5FM

Episode 110, May 6, 2016- Brandeis University professor Jonathan Sarna has stories from his book “Lincoln and the Jews,” co-authored by Benjamin Shapell.

Episode 109-Albany Times Union reporter Paul Grondahl talks about his recent series of articles on the history of immigration in the Capital District. Since joining the Times Union in 1984, Paul Grondahl has covered both news and features and has been recognized with numerous awards. He holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Puget Sound and a master's in English literature from the University at Albany. He is the author of ''Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma'' and "I Rose Like a Rocket," a biography of Theodore Roosevelt's early political career in Albany. Contact him at (518) 454-5623 or by e-mail at pgrondahl@timesunion.com.