508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the symbolic collapse of Worcester’s mainstream media, Worcester’s lack of housing permits , the City Council agenda , and driveway freedom. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about housing, transit, and digital activism with Holmes Wilson of Fight for the Future . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS WRTA board wary more cuts would render bus service useless Heroin, squatters and absent owners: How one Worcester developer plans to save the city’s ‘worst property’ Wikipedia on Fight for the Future...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about municipal commissions, gambling, cryptocurrency, and education with Christian Holden of The Hotelier . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about affordable housing, cryptocurrency, Brent Crude, and the USS Flagg with Chad Julian of That’s Entertainment . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Statewide efforts target affordable housing shortage Housing Bond Bill Reported Out Favorably by House Bonding Committee Is regulation to blame for the decline in American entrepreneu...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the City Council agenda, the Dream Van, and economic development. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Tony Scavone of Disc Jam, Electric Haze, and the Palladium about music, economic development, and stonecutting. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we have lots of audio and video trouble, including losing most of the first half of the show. On the plus side, pop culture journalist Kayti Burt joins them to talk about the pros and cons of life in Worcester and the stories we tell about it. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan and Mike discuss the stories we tell about Worcester, which ones are helpful, and which ones we should reexamine in 2018. This show was taped in the studios of Unity Radio, broadcasting with 0.0000001 gigawatts of power on 102.9FM in Worcester. It’s possible this setup was too much for Mike to manage… Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | ...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Joyce Mandell talks with Julius Jones about the ins and outs of busking in Worcester. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Joyce Mandell: A San Francisco/East Bay wake-up call — will Worcester’s renaissance benefit all?...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with people at the weekly peace vigil in Lincoln Square, a demonstration that’s been going on for nearly 30 years. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Video: Various formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Nicole Melone and Greg Opperman about the history of Vegworcester and the upcoming 8th annual New England VegFest . (Sunday, April 30, 2017, 11am-5pm, DCU Center, Worcester, Mass.) Also: Crime. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Crime stories: “Worcester man allegedly bought restaurants, other properties with illegal drug money...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican and Juliet Feibel. We talk about The Pulse magazine’s “2017 People to Watch.” We also talk about ways in which 2016 was a great year for Worcester, art in the city, and housing policy. Mentioned: The Research Bureau: Worcester by the Numbers: Housing and Land Use [PDF] McKinsey Global Institute: Closing California’s Housing Gap Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [displa...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we tour Technocopia’s new downtown space with Nick Bold, Joe Forjette, and Adam Zelny. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Laura Marotta takes us on a tour of the old Boys & Girls Club and explains the plan to turn it into Creative Hub Worcester . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the Worcester Redevelopment Authority’s latest Urban Redevelopment Plan with urban planner Paul Dell’Aquila. [PDF of the plan.] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk to Mat Schmalz about his new book Mercy Matters . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week we talk to Dee Wells of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder about being a sneakerhead and that New York Times Magazine article on Worcester . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guests are Victor Infante of the Telegram & Gazette and Chad Julian of That’s Entertainment! We talk about Supergirl, Dungeons & Dragons, and vinyl. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info | Twitter feed...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week is our pre-election special. We talk about LARPing ombudsmen, the expected value (in dollars) of your vote, and how to vote strategically in the election. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info | Twitter feed “Why Voting Is Like Donating Thousands of Dollars to Charity” The Myerson-Weber tactical voting strategy Q: “Did you like being the mayor?” Ex-Mayor Konnie Lukes: “It was an overwhelming t...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council District 2 challenger Candy Mero-Carlson . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where w...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council at-large challenger Linda Parham . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where would the jobs come from that wou...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week we visit Technocopia , a Worcester makerspace. Their dream is to move from their Gateway Park location to the Printer’s Building downtown, alongside the Worcester Think Tank and IA Design. You can support this project and also back an open-source robotics project developed there. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council District 4 challenger Jacqueline Kostas . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where would the jobs come from t...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s Mike and Brendan endorse candidates for the 2015 Preliminary Election , and talk about the best voting strategies . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council At-Large challenger Carmen Carmona . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where would the jobs come from that w...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk to Jessica Walsh and tour Worcester Wares , a new store in the DCU Center. Audio: Download the mp3 [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council District 2 challenger Jennithan Cortés . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where would the jobs come from th...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council At-Large challenger Matt Wally . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where would the jobs come from that would...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council District 1 challenger Cindy Nguyen . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where would the jobs come from that w...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Worcester City Council At-Large challenger Tina Zlody. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed The questions: Why are you running, and how have you been active in public life in Worcester up till now? Do we have enough housing in Worcester? What should the City Council do about this? What should the City Council’s role be regarding the public schools? Where would the jobs come from that would ...
