508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the loss of institutions like the Columbus Day Parade , the Dive Bar , and pencils . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about public health policy and NATO watch bands. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Naomi Martin: First vaping-related death in Mass. Matt Stout and Naomi Martin: Charlie Baker pushes bill that would target stoned driving Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy and IQ Scores in Offspring in Canada HHS Announces New Action Plan...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Paul Letsky’s funeral , the vape ban, improving regional rail , “every fountain a running fountain,” reducing our waste by 30% , Greg Sestero at the Sprinkler Factory, downtown ambassadors , the Greendale Mall, houses and condos , school attendance , Walmart’s fulfillment center , and buying one year of food . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Paul Letsky, mountain lions, vaping, City Council candidate forums, the federal judiciary, fountains, the Midtown Mall, and cybersecurity. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Worcester in 60 Seconds : There has been all sorts of alarming crime stuff, like a man trying to set his family on fire , a meth lab bust , and a loaded .22-caliber firearm...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we discuss the climate strike, Worcester’s plastic bag ban, election analysis, and dogs in strollers at stART. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Worcester in 60 seconds: There were lots of crime stories this week, including an attempted kidnapping and a child-porn bust. After a hand-count of the results of the municipal preliminary election, Ralph Tiscione ...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk machetes, Worcester, politics, and opening foods and beverages on the internet with Travis Duda & Ricky Nelson of the Seltzer Time podcast. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Worcester School Committee challenger Hermorne McConner. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Victor Infante of the Telegram & Gazette and Worcester Magazine about journalism, the local economy, and The Man from the Train. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Womag: A never-ending journey: The life and times of Worcester’s undocumented immigrants The 2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard is not a helpful report Midnight Meat Train The Worce...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we interview School Committee challenger Jermoh Kamara. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we discuss the Worcester economy, plastic bags, election by lot, and the WRTA. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS What is the most bizarre government in world history?...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we interview School Committee challenger Mariah Martinez. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we discuss Womag, Worcester musicians, downtown, money laundering, Oxford Man, gas leaks, homelessness vs. climate, the Beatles, ICE and surveillance, the Parking Committee, and commodities prices. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Hey! What happened to WoMag!?!?! Wrecking Crew: An oral history of the musicians at the heart of Worcester’s rock ‘n’ roll scen...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we interview School Committee challenger Laura Clancey. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we discuss the most famous sentence written in Worcester, recycling, and other pressing issues. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we interview School Committee challenger Chantel Bethea. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we interview School Committee challenger John Trobaugh. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we interview School Committee challenger Cara Berg Powers. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about obsolete transit , bad student homelessness stats , the coming corn famine , and the Baumol cost effect . Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about who’s running for local offices, the crash of Worcester journalism, making the bus free, and overdose deaths. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about running for office, Kayti Burt on “The Incomparable,” Joyner Lucas’s “Devil’s Work,” cars, recycling, the Midtown Mall, and the Worcester Economic Index. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Worcester City Election 2019: Who’s on the ballot? May 14 is the last day to submit the signatures you need to get on the Worcester election ballot. Since la...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Mike True, Paul Ropp, Konnie Lukes, who’s pulled nomination papers, HOLDEN MAN, housing, apps, transit, housing, church, weed, surveillance, and the tenth annual New England VegFest. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Michael True, 1933-2019, RIP After 30 years on City Council, Konnie Lukes opts not to seek re-election in Worcester Worcester Ci...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we ask, “What do you want Worcester School Committee candidates to be discussing as they compete for votes?” Our guest is Tracy Novick, legendary former School Committee member and 2019 candidate. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS We’re formulating the questions we’ll ask School Committee candidates this year. The first draft is below. These questions aren’...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the late Bishop Rueger, transit plans, more Worcester apartments, Airbnb economics, volunteer opportunities, plastic bag bans, hard drugs, and the Didache. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Bishop George E. Rueger dies at 89 WRTA administrator Dennis Lipka has a laundry list of goals to improve city’s transit system Vacant building on Worceste...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Grace Sliwoski of the REC about Earth Day cleanups, the Midtown Mall, extremely-low-income renter households, rat park, and the holy mountain. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . 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 School Committee, the Midtown Mall, transit, infrastructure, and the Four Unrelated People. The audio version includes episode #325, recorded March 8, 2019. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Agenda #5 School Committee March 21, 2019 Feature: It takes a village: Tenants see opportunity in Midtown Mall Misgivings aired on redevelop...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Worcester urbanist Eleanor Gilmore about problems and solutions around affordable housing and gentrification in Worcester. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Show notes : Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard Worcester gets ‘aggressive’ on affordable housing Does Upzoning Boost the Housing Supply and Lower ...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we interview Amanda Kidd Schall of the Worcester Arts Council, master picture framer at Framed in Tatnuck, sometime Clark University art professor, visual artist, and long-time Worcesterite. Topics include the Worcester arts scene, local funding, great art in Worcester, recent news from the Catholic clergy abuse crisis , money laundering in contemporary art, John Wick, and Hamlet. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subs...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Conan O’Brien, policy choices in a post-woo society, and clear-bag recycling. The audio version of the show also includes a previously-unreleased radio episode from late 2018 on municipal finances. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Megan Myers, professional hockey player, captain of the Worcester Blades, and assistant coach of the Becker College women’s hockey team, about hockey, the Worcester Ice Center, newly-opened weed stores, Doctor Who, Marvel + Netflix shows, and Liam Neeson. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we navigate technical difficulties and talk about snow removal, how Worcester can best regulate marijuana, weed as a 2019 campaign issue, Smokey and the Bandit , Taken vs. The Grey, Massachusetts tourism, regulating Christmas tree sales, and the local response to the Catholic clergy abuse scandal. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats . Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS...
