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508 #226: Michael Gaffney

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with City Council candidate Michael Gaffney . [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Aug 28, 2013

508 #225: Sarai Rivera

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Thu Nguyen, Callista Perry, and District 4 City Councilor Sarai Rivera. We talk about life on the City Council, economic development, youth services, and growing up in Worcester. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Aug 21, 2013

508 #224: The Adventurer in Armor

508 is a show about Worcester. This week: a reading of “The Adventurer in Armor” from The Cloud Bird (1916) by Margaret C. Getchell. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Aug 13, 2013

508 #223: Hanging’ Out

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike, Brendan and Thu Nguyen attempt to tape a show using Google Hangouts. Topics: a Trayvon Martin demonstration, residency requirements. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Jul 25, 2013

508 #222: Catching Up

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about the new transit center and coyotes . [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Jul 11, 2013

508 #221: Whip Pan

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about panhandling, slot machines, youth filmmaking, Open Meeting Laws, buying the T&G, and questions. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Jun 20, 2013

508 #220: Questions

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about a printout of the Turtle Boy, resignations, and questions [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [0:00] We have made a 3D printout of the Turtle Boy. [3:05] Some, but by no means all, area politicians have resigned. [3:43] Happy birthday Holly! [4:00] What issues do you want the candidates to be discussing as they run for Worcester City Council this fall? Based ...

May 30, 2013

508 #219: Fair Lending

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is School Committee member Tracy Novick and Emily Jones and Maureen St. Cyr from Community Legal Aid . (For legal help, you can contact CLA at 508-752-3718, ot you can contact a private attorney.) [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . Legal Aid is ready to help you with lending discrimination or foreclosure problems. We listen to “Legal A” by Bruce “Snow Ghost” ...

May 16, 2013

508 #518: A terrible week

508 is a show about Worcester. This week we mostly talk about ‘s body at the Graham Putnam and Mahoney funeral home in Worcester. We talk a little about a drawing of the proposed Worcester slots parlor. We have an interview from the final Dive Bar Thursday Music Night. And we talk about other awful stories you will have to google yourself. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . Bombing suspect’s body buried “St...

May 09, 2013

508 #217: Slots 2

508 is a show about Worcester. This week: more about a proposed slots parlor in Worcester. Also: what issues do you want City Council candidates to be talking about as election season approaches? [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Apr 25, 2013

508 #216: Mea culpa

508 is a show about Worcester. This week: a shockingly frank and measured discussion of casinos in Worcester . Also we roll the d20 and read Nassim Taleb. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . Related videos:...

Apr 12, 2013

508 #215: We’re #1!

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan talks about how Worcester is “the snowiest city this winter in the United States” , and talks about his concerns over a possible slot machine casino and hotel in the city. Mike tries to avoid ranting by reading a brief statement on panhandling, then rants about how the city should encourage competition by easing restrictions on food carts. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes |...

Mar 21, 2013

508 #214: The Future of Journalism

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about local journalism, past, present, and future, with participants in the Worcester Institute for Senior Education at Assumption College. Special thanks to Tracy Novick and Karl Hakkarainen . [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . If you’re curious about our city meetings preview/recap emails, you can subscribe here...

Mar 15, 2013

508 #213: Guns and Walmart

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy and Brendan Melican discuss and debate an upcoming anti-gun protest at the local Walmart. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . Press release about the protest: On this Saturday, March 9, from noon to 1 PM, please join a vigil to oppose the sale of assault weapons, handguns, and ammunition by Walmart, A...

Mar 07, 2013

508 #212: What Would Francis Do?

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy, Robert Peters, and Brendan Melican discuss Worcester’s anti-panhandling laws and opposing them with civil disobedience . On a related note, here’s a good 2013 article on Saint Francis . [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Feb 07, 2013

508 #211: Paris Of The Eighties Cafe

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk Worcester at the Paris Of The Eighties Cafe with Chris Besaw, Gina Migliozzi, Erika Dunn, Martha Assefa, Jen Burt, Asa Needle, Nicole Apostola, and Dante Comparetto. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Downloads and more formats . Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [0:00] We talk about the newly-opened Paris of the Eighties Cafe , saving the ...

Jan 24, 2013

508 #210: Bobcat Was Rabid

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Amy Chase , Chris Robarge, and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Downloads and more formats . Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [0:00] This week’s show is taped at Crompton Collective , a mall of antiques and artisan goods, right off Kelley Square. [2:16] Palladium saved ! (When I told Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell about th...

Jan 10, 2013

508 #209: UPDATED BREAKING

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican, Shane Capra, Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell, Jen Burt, and Holly C.K. Jones. Not on this week’s show: the now 3 North High altercations . [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [0:20] 1970 Worcester power chart , revisited. [0:30] Robert Stoddard, the Telegram & Gazette, the John Birch Society, and ...

Dec 13, 2012

508 #208: Round Robin

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican, Jen Burt, Nicole Apostola , and Colin Novick. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [1:30] City Hall ice rink opens. [5:35] Weed at the City Council. [9:40] School funding/auditing discussion at the City Council . Some or all of this discussion may be inaccurate. [21:30] Kevin has some open meeting co...

Dec 07, 2012

508 #207: 508H2O

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican and Jen Burt. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [0:00] [0:18] Are those real handcuffs? [0:43] Water outage this week. Mike’s looked into storing water for use during outages . [9:45] Book of the week: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. [10:04] What are you thankful for? [11:00] You should visit the...

Nov 15, 2012

508 #206: Election Day 2012

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we geek out on the details of Worcester Election Day 2012 with Chris Robarge of the Voter Protection Network, poll warden Colin Novick, and Democratic poll observer Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 ....

Nov 08, 2012

508 #205: WAFT

508 is a show about Worcester. This weeks panel is Nicole Apostola , Martha Assefa, and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . To get an e-mail each week alerting you of the new episode of 508, join the e-mail list: Email: We won’t share this list with others. [1:05] An ice skating rink is indeed coming to the Common. Nicole agrees it is cool but has so...

Oct 25, 2012

508 #204: Interview with the Juggalo

508 is a show about Worcester. This weeks panel is Nicole Apostola , Jen Burt, and a bunch of Juggalos. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [2:18] Juggalo interviews. [8:40] Jen harvests honey. Previously: the bees . [9:48] Paris Cinema sign auctioned. [13:02] Will the City Hall skating rink be operational this yea...

Oct 18, 2012

508 #203: Voting Update

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Chris Robarge and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . Chris recaps the October 11 Election Commission meeting that was a follow-up on problems with the recent Worcester primary, most of them surrounding voters being put on the “inactive voter” list and Tea Party pollwatchers being kicked out of the ...

Oct 12, 2012

508 #202: A Look Back at Occupy Worcester

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s episode is a “clip show” about Occupy Worcester, edited for the one-year anniversary. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats . Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . See also: A Quick History of Occupy Worcester...

Oct 05, 2012

508 #201: KSEN LEVEL YELLOW

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Kevin Ksen and Brendan Melican. We talk about winning local elections and controversies surrounding voting in Worcester. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [ 0:15 ] KSEN LEVEL YELLOW . [ 0:49 ] Worcester primary election results. [ 2:11 ] Kevin’s advice on winning local elections. ...

Sep 13, 2012

508 #200: Connect

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican , Nicole Apostola , Dee Wells , Nat Needle, Matt Feinstein, Claire Schaeffer-Duffy, Gabe Rollins, Stephanie Richardson, and Asa Needle. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [ 0:00 ] How can newcomers to the city meet people and make friends? [ 8:18 ] Mini Sunshine Wee...

Sep 02, 2012

508 #199: Vegan Daycare Co-op

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Kevin Ksen talks about fires in the Piedmont area, and Alfee Westgroves and Angela Mather-Keil talk about the Taking Turns Childcare Cooperative. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [0:35] Do you have a copy of Dhalgren you could donate? [1:00] The surprising truth about the Brontosaurus . [2...

Aug 23, 2012

508 #198: Stone Soup Groundbreaking

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Jen Burt takes us on a tour of the partially-rebuilt Stone Soup [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . [0:00] Stone Soup is coming back! [2:00] Stone Soup tour. [19:23] Are there local shops that provide such a good experience you’d rather go in there than just order it from Amazon? [23:55] Bill Eddy hates on roller derby ....

Jul 27, 2012

508 #197: Open Meeting Laws

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panelist is Kevin Ksen. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13 . The first 15 minutes, Kevin talks about the City Council and Open Meeting Laws. The second 15 minutes, Mike complains about the City’s latest anti-panhandling plan ....

Jul 18, 2012
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