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508 #380: New Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 30:06


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan has a surprisingly optimistic take on Worcester’s future. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Strategic Voting in Worcester At-Large Elections (508 #579)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 23:07


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike tells Brendan about some analysis Greg Opperman and he have done about strategic voting in Worcester at-large elections. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Short version of this … Continue reading "Strategic Voting in Worcester At-Large Elections (508 #579)"

Update (508 #378)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 27:18


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan updates Mike on the state of Worcester, and Mike despairs. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Hillmaniacs (508 #377)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 28:59


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we discuss losing a judge and gaining a City Manager. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Notes: Timothy S. Hillman is a federal judge for the United States District […]

508 #376: Endemic Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 37:24


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the City Council live commentary, Joe Petty’s campaign video, lifting Worcester’s mask mandate, our experiences getting COVID, nuclear war, endemic life, Substack, Brent Crude Oil, Metaculus Prediction Updates, Ukraine and its consequences, and COVID brain fog. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. […]

Kevin Can Forget Himself w/Ali Reid (508 #375)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 25:01


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Ali Reid, Worcester’s pre-eminent critic of public art, about Worcester Monopoly, Kevin Can F**k Himself, Ulysses, and the Abby Kelley Foster Memorial. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed […]

COVID Is Over (Again) (508 #374)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 29:15


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about local election results, Polar Park, COVID, Dune, commodities news, the rise of Bill Shaner, and the fall of underground punk shows. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | […]

Happy Easter (COVID Is Over) (508 #373)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 28:15


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we look at the back of the Polar Park sign and struggle to use the Pulse website. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Post-COVID Imagination Deficit (508 #372)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 24:16


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about COVID in the Commonwealth, police in the schools, and the Worcester Pawsox schedule. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Early rate reductions of SARS-CoV-2 infection and […]

Christmas on Ice (#370 w/Ali Reid)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 31:56


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Ali Reid about Worcester’s skate mayor, “Christmas on Ice,” “Christmas a la Mode,” weird real estate mail, and the post-COVID Worcester of 2021. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter […]

Hot Dog! (508 #370 w/ Shaun Connolly)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 23:20


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Worcester legend Shaun Connolly about drought, banning Halloween, the state of standup, crime rates, and ballot questions. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Hike Worcester (508 #369 w/ Justin Raphaelson and Colin Novick)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 30:41


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Justin Raphaelson and Colin Novick about Justin’s unsupported, continuous run of the Hike Worcester Challenge, rats, trash, demolition, and forest fires. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | […]

Airline Food (508 #368)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 40:21


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the baseball field and related development, flying in and out of the state, restaurants and COVID-19, municipal broadband, and clean air. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | […]

Pre-Post-COVID Worcester (508 #367)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 37:05


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about COVID, Black Lives Matter, school, homicide,

COVID and Kids (508 #366 w/Audrey Smolkin)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 24:36


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about school and childhood trauma in this time of pandemic with Audrey Smolkin, Director of Child and Family Policy at UMass Medical School, and Tracy Novick, Worcester School Committee member. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google […]

COVID 1138 (508 #365)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 36:03


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the ongoing pandemic with Worcester City Clerk Nikolin Vangjeli and Worcester School Committee member (and COVID-19 sufferer) Tracy Novick. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Worcester in the Time of SARS-CoV-2 (508 #364)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 44:26


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Motley Crew Way and SARS-CoV-2 with Brendan Melican, Holmes Wilson, and Tracy Novick. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS Motley Crew Way [PDF] Petty satisfied with […]

State of Emergency (508 #363)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 23:21


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, this week, we look at how Worcester rates on the Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory Index, and share our exhaustion reading about the coronavirus. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | […]

COVID Fever (508 #362)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 28:27


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Worcester’s Libertarian primary, the downside of tax breaks for businesses, and pandemic prepping. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS The Prepared You Don’t Always Get What You Want: The Effect of Financial Incentives on […]

The Alien Cafe (508 #361)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 34:58


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about H.R. Giger, mini city hall, cubicle housing, our forthcoming tiny house villages, the baseball stadium deal, malls, and the Skate Mayor. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | […]

John Aylward (508 #360)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 38:14


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with John Aylward about music in Worcester, teaching at Clark University, and the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | […]

Numbers (508 #359)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 33:15


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we note that in 2019 homelessness in Worcester was down 19%, and that the Diocese of Worcester lost $1.5million. We try to understand these findings, and generally fail to do so. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play […]

Scott Schaeffer-Duffy (508 #358)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 44:10


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with “Worcester’s most-traveled, most-jailed, and most notorious political radical since Abbie Hoffman” about getting hit by a car, cost overruns for the baseball stadium, war with Iran, the bus, and YIMBY consequences. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe […]

s2020e01 (508 #357)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2020 37:45


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about property taxes, Worcester Magazine, Yeats, listener feedback, state capacity libertarianism, and getting through a singularity crisis. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

One More Thing on the Renaissance (508 #356 w/Noah Bombard)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 48:26


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Noah Bombard of masslive.com about journalism, the Worcester Renaissance, murder, and commodities. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Worcester Public Market (508 #355 w/Tina Zlody)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 30:44


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Worcester legend Tina Zlody about the Worcester Public Market, the Market Pantry, and tips for spearheading new projects in the city. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | … Continue reading "Worcester Public Market (508 #355 w/Tina Zlody)"

Long-Term Commercial Lease (508 #354)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 30:44


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Lt. Jason Menard, commercial taxes, Underdog, and Worcester Plaza Tower. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Season Finale (508 #353)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 42:29


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about tax deals, election results, crime stats, bad/good driving, vapes, tarot, the CEMANECT economy, and the season finale of our favorite non-scripted TV drama, “Worcester!” Here’s the Cowen/Gioia interview Mike recommends. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with … Continue reading "Season Finale (508 #353)"

Lawn Signs (508 #352)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 62:22


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the 2019 municipal election and the lawnsigns thereof. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Borrow My Flashlight (508 #351)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 45:47


508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about death and crime in Worcester, Post-Christian America, opioids and religion, property taxes, election mailers, and flashlights. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with Google Play | Contact Info | Twitter feed | RSS

Institutionalized (508 #350)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 48:29


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

Stoned Driving (508 #349)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 52:36


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 … Continue reading "Stoned Driving (508 #349)"

One Year of Food (508 #348)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 53:28


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. … Continue reading "One Year of Food (508 #348)"

Murder Cats (508 #347)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 44:28


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 … Continue reading "Murder Cats (508 #347)"

ASTM D6400 (508 #346)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 32:30


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 … Continue reading "ASTM D6400 (508 #346)"

It’s Seltzer Time! (508 #345 w/Ricky Nelson and Travis Duda)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 38:59


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 | … Continue reading "It’s Seltzer Time! (508 #345 w/Ricky Nelson and Travis Duda)"

Hermorne McConner (508 #344)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 28:38


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

CEMANECT (508 #343 w/Victor Infante)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 49:02


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 | … Continue reading "CEMANECT (508 #343 w/Victor Infante)"

Jermoh Kamara (508 #342)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 48:11


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

The Doge of Venice (508 #341)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 29:13


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?

Mariah Martinez (508 #340)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 26:03


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 #339 (Money Laundering)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2019 52:20


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)"

Laura Clancey (508 #338)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 48:33


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

Worcester’s Most Famous Sentence (508 #337)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 47:45


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

Chantel Bethea (508 #336)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 38:44


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

John Trobaugh (508 #335)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 48:51


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

Cara Berg Powers (508 #334)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 41:20


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

The Baumol Confusion Effect (508 #333)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 51:54


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

Journalism (508 #332)

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 46:22


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

Devil’s Work (508 #331)

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 35:42


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)"

Even More Advice (508 #330)

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2019 52:44


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)"

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