Bob Cudmore’s Talk of the Town guest this week Sunday is Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy. Broadcast each week on www.albanymagic.com Posted as a podcast on The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
Friday, May 25, 2018-Historians Episode 216- Rachel Slade is the author of “Into the Raging Sea: 33 Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of El Faro.” The container ship sank and all on board died during Hurricane Joaquin in the Atlantic Ocean in 2015. http://www.rachelslade.net/ The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
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Monday, May 21, 2018-The Pedestrian-In this edition of The Story Behind the Story Bob Cudmore discuss Bob’s most recent Focus on History column on a marathon walker’s visits to Amsterdam, N.Y., over a hundred years ago. The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy is Bob Cudmore’s guest this week on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town. Listen at 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and posted as a podcast on The Historians
Friday, May 18, 2018-Historians Episode 215- Michael Doyle is the author of “The Ministers’ War: John W. Mears, the Oneida Community, and the Crusade for Public Morality.” A new book on a 19th century utopian community in upstate New York. The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
Sacandaga Documentary-In this edition of The Story Behind the Story Bob Cudmore discusses his Focus on History column on the recent documentarfy on creation of what is now called Great Sacandaga Lake.
Glenville Town Supervisor Chris Koetzle is Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town, Hear the program Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5
Historians Episode 214-Excerpts are heard from the popular new documentary: Harnessing Nature-Building the Great Sacandaga Lake. One of the producers, Saratoga County historian Lauren Roberts, discusses how the film came to be.
Skating Rink-In this edition of The Story Behind the Story, Bob Cudmore talks through last Saturday’s Daily Gazette history column on an Erie Canal skating rink, the story researched by Jerry Snyder.
Bob Cudmore's guest on Magic 590's Talk of the Town, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. Listen at 6:30 a.m. each Sunday on Magic 590 and 100.5. Later posted as a podcast on The Historians The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
Historians Episode 213-Tim Wendel is author of a family memoir about the 1960s medical team at Roswell Park in Buffalo who made great strides in treating cancer: “Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia.” The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
Monday, April 30, 2018-The Story Behind the Story of Saturday’s Focus on History column about Amsterdam Mayor Burtiss Deal.
Bob Cudmore’s Talk of the Town guest today, Sunday, April 29, 2018 on Magic 590 AM and 100.5 FM is Troy Mayor Patrick Madden. www.albanymagic.com The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
Friday, April 27, 2018--Historians Episode 212, Norm Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum outlines the events of this year’s American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference. The fourth annual conference takes place from Thursday, June 7 through Sunday, June 10, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018-Daily Gazette news columnist Sara Foss joins Bob Cudmore on Talk of the Town to discuss fire safety in Schenectady, the governor’s race and an urban farm. Listen Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5. Now posted as a podcast on The Historians. The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
Episode 211, April 20, 2018, Marcia Gillis is president of the board of the Fulton County Historical Society which operates the Fulton County Museum on Kingsboro Avenue in Gloversville. A middle school history teacher, Gillis describes the collections of the museum and discusses museum programs this summer. The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
The guest on Talk of the Town with Bob Cudmore today, Sunday, April 15, 2018 is Chris Churchill, news columnist for the Albany Times Union. Topics include the child victims act, the governor’s race and driverless cars. Listen for Talk of the Town at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 and then posted as a podcast on The Historians.
Episode 210, April 15, 2018, history author Jim Richmond discusses “Milton, New York: A New Town in a New Nation." Richmond and Milton town historian Kim McCartney are co-authors of the book about a Saratoga County town that includes new information on religious conflicts, slavery, mill town history and Civil War soldiers. The Historians http://bobcudmore.com/
In this week’s Story Behind the Story, Bob Cudmore pays tribute to a longtime contributor to Focus on History, Amsterdam native Fred Wojcicki, the subject of the latest Focus on History column in the Daily Gazette. (