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508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is TED Fellow Jessica Colaço, Brendan Melican, and Holmes Wilson of the Participatory Culture Foundation. The show was taped at the iHub in Nairobi, and in a snow cave in Worcester. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats Contact info. There … Continue reading "508 #143: Co-working"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican. We talk about The Pulse’s “Ones to Watch” list; last year we did an in-depth analysis. We revisit the “travel spending scandals” of city employees. Today is Orthodox Christmas. The weather in Nairobi is better than the weather in Worcester. There’s a Worcester … Continue reading "508 #141: Conspiracy theories"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Nicole Apostola, Kevin Ksen, and Dee Wells. We talk about the dual tax rate, the T&G blog article, the Crompton Park skating rink, the lack of bidders on the old courthouse, city employee travel expense controversies and government transparency, and good stuff in Worcester. [display_podcast] … Continue reading "508 #140: Tax rates and other thrilling adventures"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week: Christmas. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats Contact info. Thanks to: Nicole, Sarah, Gerald, Rebecca, Jon, Jim, Bruce, and DeJongh. “Pathe News Christmas with Their Cameramen and Crews ‘Round the World (1950)” by Warner Pathe News is in the public domain. … Continue reading "508 #139: Christmas Spectacular! 2010"

This week’s show is a “highlight reel” of the late Jeff Barnard’s appearances on the show. Produced by Mike Benedetti and Nicole. Co-hosted by Brendan Melican. Featuring Jacob Berendes, Kevin Ksen, Anne Lewenberg, Nat Needle, Bruce Russell, and Scott Zoback. Like the episodes from which it was compiled, this show has a tremendous amount of … Continue reading "508 #137: Jeff Barnard"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panelist is Brendan Melican.[display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats Contact info. [0:29] There is an “earthy smell.” [2:03] Mike reviews this year’s Mystery Band concert. Here’s a video from an older one. [5:22] City Councilor Joff Smith accused of being soul-less, … Continue reading "508 #130: Earthy smell"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is EPOCA. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats Contact info. [0:34] After years of struggle, CORI reform passed in Massachusetts; the governor signed the bill into law today. The ex-prisoners of EPOCA talk about this. (I haven’t found a really … Continue reading "508 #123: CORI reformed"

From a memorial mass for Gerard LaRochelle at 29 Merrick St, Worcester. Dan Dick was also remembered. [display_podcast] More formats

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats [0:31] Dan Dick died this week; his funeral today. Among other things, Dan was a long-time activist who worked on civil rights, ending the Vietnam War, Catholic church reform, and environmentalism. … Continue reading "508 #122: Dan Dick"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Stephanie Katz, Jen Burt, Colin Novick, and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats [0:00] We investigate the “moss animals” living in a Worcester pond. These invertebrates are also known as Bryozoa or Ectoprocta. This species is Pectinatella … Continue reading "508 #119: Moss animals"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Raianne Richards, Mark Mandeville, Jenny Jade Albert, and Chris Bell stop in Worcester and perform a show, as part of a walking tour across Massachusetts. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats 508 contact info

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Jeff Barnard and Brendan Melican.[display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats 508 contact info If you would like to boycott 508, please contact us at pieandcoffee@gmail.com. Various epic Worcester stories climaxed this week. [0:30] Unum signed a lease to became … Continue reading "508 #114: Denouement"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week we mostly talk about the Worcester Tea Party.[display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats 508 contact info [0:30] Turns out the skull found in the woods near the city likely was a black woman who “appears to have suffered a brain aneurism.” … Continue reading "508 #109: Tea Party aftermath"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Tim Hart, Pam Toomey, Brendan Melican, and Carly. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, Downloads and other formats 508 contact info We discuss proposed Worcester pit bull restrictions and think they are a bad idea. (You might enjoy this Malcolm Gladwell article about pit bulls.) Clark students … Continue reading "508 #107: Pit Bulls"

508 is a show about Worcester. This weeks panelists are Greg Opperman, Tracy Novick, Brendan Melican, and Mike Benedetti. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats 508 contact info Tracy, a School Committee Member, talks about fundraising efforts for the vandalized Belmont Street Community School. You can help. We spend … Continue reading "508 #99: Schools ‘n’ cheese"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican and Drew Wilson. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats 508 contact info We talk about a Brazilian policeman charged with the killing of a Worcester man, Salvation Army people denigrating the Worcester schools, and Planned Parenthood ads … Continue reading "508 #97: Surveillance"

Not long before he retired, Fr. Ed Bell began his Christmas homily by asking if anyone remembered any of his past Christmas homilies. After an embarrassed silence, he laughed and said he didn’t remember any of them, either. That’s OK–Christmas isn’t about homilies. (Or blog posts.) mp3: “If I Had One Christmas Wish” Words by … Continue reading "Merry Christmas!"

This week: the 508 Christmas Spectacular! The panel is Julius Jones and Mr. Brendan Melican. Theme song: “If I Had One Christmas Wish.” Words by Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell, music by Mike Benedetti. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats 508 contact info Buddha Hut buffet Saturday; Stone Soup party … Continue reading "508 #96: The local green economy"

Last night there was a forum on “Shaping a Local Green Economy” at Clark University in Worcester. People experimenting with Worcester green initiatives, along with institutional players, spoke briefly about their work. The keynote speaker was Omar Freilla of the Bronx-based Green Worker Cooperatives. [display_podcast] My video of the event was only so-so, so I’m … Continue reading "“Shaping a Local Green Economy” in Worcester"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Aria DiSalvo and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feed Video: Downloads and other formats 508 contact info Aria DiSalvo tells us about the “Stop Spewing Carbon” anti-biomass incinerator campaign. Election molehills: Mayor Lukes’s husband has cars registered outside Worcester! Candidate O’Brien linked … Continue reading "508 #89: Challengers"