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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 … Continue reading "508 #339 (Money Laundering)"

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 … Continue reading "Devil’s Work (508 #331)"

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 … Continue reading "Even More Advice (508 #330)"

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 … Continue reading "Worcester School Committee 2019 Election Issues (508 #329 w/Tracy Novick)"

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 | … Continue reading "Freak the Man Freely (508 #328)"

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 | … Continue reading "Earth Day (508 #327 w/Grace Sliwoski)"

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 | … Continue reading "508 #326 (w/#325)"

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: … Continue reading "Affordable Housing in Worcester (508 #324 w/Eleanor Gilmore)"

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, … Continue reading "Amanda Kidd Schall (508 #322)"

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 … Continue reading "Unwooable (508 #321 b/w #320)"

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 … Continue reading "Megan Myers of the Worcester Blades (508 #319)"

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: … Continue reading "Unlimited Weed Licenses (508 #318)"

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: … Continue reading "stART at the Station (508 #317 w/Nikki Erskine)"