508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Nikki Erskine about this year’s stART at the Station, the lack of large indoor festival space in Worcester, Worcester 2019 election campaign issues, 2018 election results for Worcester County District Attorney and 17th Worcester District State Representative , David LeBoeuf’s Xxxtreme Agenda , and ewoks. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Nov 23, 2018•49 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the redesign of Kelley Square, a distributional analysis of the tax systems of all fifty states , “Taxachusetts,” hating masks, the New French Extremity , and Nicolas Cage . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Nov 22, 2018•48 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Frank Kartheiser about how Worcester could annex Holden, the Mustard Seed, Worcester Interfaith, and community organizing. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Nov 19, 2018•54 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about being a gay-friendly city, crime, the transit service cuts that never came, a new platform at Union Station, the Research Bureau’s transit report, and the 100th anniversary of the death of Cornelius Kelley. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Nov 18, 2018•46 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Worcester legend Joe Finneral about theater in Worcester, growing up in Lowell, being a pedestrian, looking like Gandalf, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe, Emily Dickinson, Jim Carroll, the spirit of New England, the 100th anniversary of the death of Cornelius Kelley, the birth and growth of Kelley Square, and why Kelley Square isn’t like a werewolf. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Googl...
Nov 16, 2018•29 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk to Chilean immigrant Romina Barria as she prepares to move from Worcester to Oregon. We also cover George Frisbie Hoar vandalism, stART, the ACLU’s COPD, pervasive surveillance, why are conversations limited to four people? , giving MDMA to octopuses, giving LSD to dolphins, Worcester’s most-endangered buildings, and the Mt Carmel deed restriction. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | ...
Oct 26, 2018•46 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with once-and-future-Worcesterite Kevin Oliver about Worcester’s excellent drivers, the midwest, Kelley Square, how to get a square named after you, the World War I Worcester Telegram, Cornelius Kelley falling off a tiny train, does the parking part of the stadium deal make sense?, psychopathy by U.S. state, great city council orders. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info |...
Oct 15, 2018•47 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Worcester’s bad drivers , yuppie diversion , the liking gap , and the beautiful Holy Cross campus . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Oct 08, 2018•46 min
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about baseball sloganeering, why the pope should not resign, and our favorite moments from this week’s episode of “Worcester, Massachusetts.” Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Sep 07, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Holden Man, the “perfect game,” the “poorly-attended game,” and the Worcester Red Sox with Worcester baseball historian Brian Goslow. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Sep 07, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about the logic of SimCity, “ Holden Man Gets 5 Years for Worcester Sandwich Shop Robberies ,” the lack of master thieves , the NM couple who left behind a $100 million stolen painting , the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist , how home ownership influences political behavior [PDF] , how the demolition of Notre Dame des Canadiens is the Altamont of Worcester Catholicism, “ Assumption College President Cesareo to Oversee Allegations of S...
Aug 18, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we discuss a non-renaissance framing for city events in 2018, MassLive on Worcide, volunteer fixers, Father John Madden on panhandling, YIMBY dynamics, and the sad truth about happiness scales. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Aug 13, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Geri DiNardo about helping found Worcester’s Mustard Seed Catholic Worker community and soup kitchen, Ofo bikes , the wisdom of not framing 2018 Worcester as a “Renaissance,” recycling ( Worcester , Australia [PDF] ), how Boston increases Worcester housing costs , and the future of handicapped transit. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Aug 12, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with documentarians Tyler Brown and Nori Needle about “Uncommonwealth: Permit To Build” and gentrification in Worcester. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Uncommonwealth: Permit To Build from Future Focus Media Co-op on Vimeo ....
Jul 21, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about leaving Worcester, the recently-demolished Worcide , the long-demolished Davis Tower , the continuing (!) Catholic sex abuse scandal , Peach Rockets, gypsy moths , and state-of-the-art litter surveillance with Olivia W-B . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Jul 14, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about next season’s Worcester storylines and the Klan Meeting & Riot of 1924 with Kayti Burt . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Jun 30, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about suicide and remaking Main Street with Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell and Worcester Magazine writer Bill Shaner. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Jun 30, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the last 11 years in Worcester and 299 episodes of the 508 show with Kevin Ksen, the sexiest of men. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Jun 20, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan ramble about old-timey Worcester stuff like the 1924 Klan riot and the sleigh business. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Jun 14, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about hiking, the city’s capital improvement budget, and opioid overdoses with Colin Novick. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Jun 14, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week: Brendan on Gary Rosen on Star Wars 2017 Annual Report: Worcester Regional Transit Authority [PDF] Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (Mike totally gets the chronology of this franchise wrong) Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
May 22, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Worcester legend Ted Conna about saving Notre Dame church, new transit ideas, and night golf. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
May 16, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we do an “exit interview” with departing Worcesterite Chris Humphrey, debate raising the minimum wage, and look at some sweet knives. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS “Making Exit Interviews Count” “State’s bishops urge support for increase in minimum wage” “Save Notre Dame Alliance makes another appeal to delay church demolition in Worcester” HUD: Compreh...
May 09, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about summer, Worcester’s colleges, and the bus. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Links: The Promise and Potential of Transformative Transit-Oriented Development in Gateway Cities WRTA floats idea of penny gas tax for transit The Four Problems Of Urban Transportation And The Four Separate Solutions...
May 02, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about violins, violas, coyote attacks , a giant mosaic of the city seal, and the Neighborhood Strings program with Ariana Falk and Peter Sulski of the Worcester Chamber Music Society . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Apr 24, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about farming, fungi, and Kendrick Lamar with Brad Allain of Wildwood Mushrooms and Mackenzie May of Central Mass Grown . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Apr 17, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about vegetarianism, tax rates, and opioid abuse with New England Vegfest lead organizer Nicole Melone. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Worcester, Sutton reap what they sow Holden man accused of fleeing police, ramming Worcester cruiser The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime State funds for overdose-re...
Apr 11, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about beer brewing, co-op businesses, and finding large piles of money with Heather O’Dell and Dave Howland of the 3cross Fermentation Co-op . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Worcester City Council agenda “Who Benefits from Targeted Property Tax Relief? Evidence from Virginia Elections” “Falling transit ridership poses an ‘emerge...
Apr 03, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. we talk about mass transit , human trafficking, and mini-pigs with City Councilor Sarai Rivera. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
Mar 21, 2018
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about pedestrian fatalities, CCOPS, and Method Man with Chris Robarge of the ACLU. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . [display_podcast] Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Worcester City Council agenda Pedestrian Fatalities by State [PDF] Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS)...
Mar 06, 2018
