Friday, July 24, 2020-Episode 328-Amy Catania of Historic Saranac Lake explains how that upstate New York community became a center for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #17.  The Mayor talks about the corona virus and topics including a roundabout the state plans to start work on this September in the city of Amsterdam. 

Grant Cottage on Mount McGregor in northern Saratoga County is now open for the season.  For more information-https://www.grantcottage.org/  Episode 327-Tim Welch discusses Grant Cottage in northern Saratoga County where Ulysses S. Grant died after finishing his memoirs of the Civil War.

Thursday, July 16, 2020-Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort is the guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #16. Ossenfort reports an increase in corona virus cases in the county.

Friday, July 10, 2020-Episode 326-A look at the history of the Albany County town of New Scotland with Alan Kowlowitz, president of the New Scotland Historical Association, and town historian Bob Parmenter.

Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #15.  The Mayor talks about the corona virus, the return of Amsterdam Mohawks baseball and city finances. 

Friday, July 3, 2020-Episode 325-Archaeologist and historian Wayne Lenig is author of “Fort Plain, Fort Plank, Fort Rensselaer: The Revolutionary War Forts of Canajohary.”

Wednesday, July 1, 2019--The guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #14 is Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort.  Ossenfort has timely information on the COVID 19 virus outbreak among workers at a manufacturing plant in Fonda, a Buy Montgomery Campaign and more.

Friday, June 26, 2020-Episode 324- Janny Venema came to Albany, New York, from The Netherlands 35 years ago and went to work translating New Netherland colony early Dutch manuscripts with project director Charles Gehring.  She is retiring now and heading back to The Netherlands.  Venema is author of “Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664” and a biography, “Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World.”

Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #13.  The Mayor talks about the corona virus and city finances. 

Friday, June 19, 2020-Episode 323-Historian Wanda Burch tells stories from her book “The Home Voices Speak Louder than the Drums: Dreams and the Imagination in Civil War Letters and Memoirs.”

Controversy over Charging Bull and Fearless Girl, two Manhattan statues, is the topic on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #12.  Jim Kaplan is the guest. Thursday Podcast "20 Minutes"

Friday, June 12, 2020-Episode 322- Archaeologists Kathleen O’Neal Gear and her husband W. Michael Gear have written over 60 novels about prehistoric North America.  Their latest book, set in what is now Utah, is “People of the Canyons.”

Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #11.  The Mayor talks about the Black Lives Matter demonstration in Amsterdam, the re-opening of city hall, the corona virus pandemic and other issues.

Friday, June 5, 2020-Episode 321-Movie historian and SUNY Albany lecturer emeritus Audrey Kupferberg discusses film preservation.

What will the COVID 19 crisis mean for future generations? Some thoughts from Patricia Walsh Chadwick on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #10.  Chadwick previously appeared on Historians Podcast discussing her memoir, “Little Sister.” Podcast "21 Minutes" https://www.patriciachadwick.com/

Friday, May 29, 2020-Episode 320-Researcher and historic actor Phil Weaver discusses his new book, “The 3rd New Jersey in New-York: Stories from ‘The Jersey Greys’ of 1776.”

Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Special Edition #9.  The Mayor talks about issues facing the city in the wake of the corona virus shutdown.

Friday, May 22, 2020-Episode 319-Hear about the Miracle on Ice and more from sports journalist and skater Christie Sausa, author of the book “Lake Placid: Figure Skating, A History.”

Thursday, May 21, 2020-Jim Kaplan lives in New Rochelle, the first hot spot in the corona virus outbreak in New York State.  He has the latest on efforts to save historic sites dedicated to American Revolution pamphleteer Thomas Paine in New Rochelle on Historians Podcast Special Edition #8.  For information on how you can help the Thomas Paine cause, email savepaineslegacy@gmail.com  

Friday, May 15, 2020-Episode 318-Nina Sankovitch talks about her new book on the American Revolution:  “American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution”

Amsterdam Mayor Mike Cinquanti is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Historians Podcast Extra Edition #7.  The Mayor talks about how the easing of the virus restrictions in Montgomery County will affect Amsterdam, and other topics.  

Friday, May 8, 2020-Episode 317-Brad Balukjian tracks down ballplayers from a single pack of 1986 baseball cards for his book “The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife”

Historians Podcast Extra Edition #6 features Wanda Burch with a presentation on the imagery and energy of dreaming.  Wanda is a 30 year breast cancer survivor and author of the book “Healing through Dreamwork.”  Wanda’s talk on this topic was part of a retreat for women with chronic illness that was cancelled because of the pandemic.