This week on The Historians Podcast, Dana Cudmore is the author of Underground Empires: Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure and Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country (Black Dome Press, 2021). Cudmore focuses on caves of Schoharie and Albany counties, including the Howe Caverns tourist attraction. [Read more…] about New York’s Cave Country (Podcast)
The Dark Side of Memory: South America’s Disappeared Children
This week on The Historians Podcast, Tessa Bridal, a native of Uruguay, tells the stories of people who disappeared during South American political turmoil in the 1970s in her book The Dark Side of Memory (Rio de La Plata, 2021). [Read more…] about The Dark Side of Memory: South America’s Disappeared Children
Historians Podcast: A Highlights Edition
This week on The Historians Podcast, a highlights edition with five podcast excerpts-Spiritualism in Lilydale in Western New York; the Freethought Trail; race relations in Utica, NY; Pennsylvania industrialist Sarah Cochran; the Fourth of July 200 years ago in Johnstown, NY. [Read more…] about Historians Podcast: A Highlights Edition
Amsterdam’s Racetrack and Other Mohawk Valley Stories
This week on The Historians Podcast, Bob Cudmore has stories from his Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder Focus on History columns including Amsterdam’s horse racing track, the life of a volunteer nurse in the Civil War and Amsterdam radio announcers who served in Armed Forces Radio. [Read more…] about Amsterdam’s Racetrack and Other Mohawk Valley Stories
British Prison Ships in the American Revolution
This week on The Historians Podcast, Katie Turner Getty discusses the prison ships that the British used to hold prisoners of war during the American Revolution. Turner Getty, a Boston lawyer and independent historian, addressed this topic at a conference sponsored by the Fort Plain NY Museum. She writes articles that appear in the Journal of the American Revolution. [Read more…] about British Prison Ships in the American Revolution
WMHT’S Radio Information for the Blind History
This week on The Historians Podcast, Joyce Stah on the history of RISE, WMHT’s radio information service for the blind and print disabled in New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley.
RISE volunteers read articles from newspapers, periodicals and books to audiences who would otherwise be unable to access such information. RISE also carries each episode of The Historians Podcast. [Read more…] about WMHT’S Radio Information for the Blind History
9-11 Heroism The Subject of Historians Podcast
This week on The Historians Podcast, New York City correspondent Jim Kaplan with the story of Richard Rescorla, the English born security director of Morgan Stanley. Rescorla died while saving the lives of thousands of Morgan Stanley employees at the World Trade Center when the twin towers in lower Manhattan were attacked by two passenger planes piloted by Islamic terrorists on September 11th, 2001. [Read more…] about 9-11 Heroism The Subject of Historians Podcast
The Late Tom Flynn On The Freethought Trail in Central New York
This week on The Historians Podcast, the late Tom Flynn of the Center for Inquiry is heard discussing Central New York’s Freethought Trail, including the Dresden, NY birthplace of the 19th century’s best known agnostic speaker, Robert Green Ingersoll.
Tom Flynn was interviewed for this podcast in July. On August 23rd The Center for Inquiry reported Tom Flynn had died. He was 66. Condolences to his friends and family. [Read more…] about The Late Tom Flynn On The Freethought Trail in Central New York
Celebrating July 4th in Johnstown 200 Years Ago; NY Gov Enos Throop
This week on The Historians Podcast, Leader Herald newspaper columnist Peter Betz has documented how Johnstown celebrated the Fourth of July 200 years ago with cannon shots, a parade and celebration at a local hotel. Some Revolutionary War veterans were still alive for these festivities. Betz also has details on Johnstown native Enos Throop who served as governor of New York from 1829 to 1832. [Read more…] about Celebrating July 4th in Johnstown 200 Years Ago; NY Gov Enos Throop
The Coal Queen of Western Pennsylvania
This week on The Historians Podcast, Kimberly Hess discusses A Lesser Mortal: The Unexpected Life of Sarah Cochran (Books Fluent, 2021). Cochran lived in Pennsylvania and headed companies that processed coal and coke. A distant ancestor of Hess, Cochran advocated for women’s suffrage and was a philanthropist. [Read more…] about The Coal Queen of Western Pennsylvania