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508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican and Paul Cooney. We hash out the questions we’d like to ask this year’s Worcester City Council challengers. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter feed

Every election year, inspired by Jay Rosen, we ask: “What do you want the candidates to be discussing as they compete for votes in this year’s Worcester City Council election?” We sift through the suggested questions and pick 3 or 4. Then, we try to interview every City Council challenger on the show, asking those … Continue reading "508 #254: Questions"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with some Worcester Public Schools art teachers, at the opening of their group show at the Sprinkler Factory, “Making Our Mark.” Guests include Keri Anderson, Jay Benotti, Christine Cross, Alana Juneau, Stacy Lord, Cory Shepherd, Michael Walden, and Fran Warner. Audio: Download the mp3 or … Continue reading "508 #253: Making Our Mark"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guests are former Worcester Magazine editor Brittany Durgin, and former T&G online director Mark Henderson, now of The Worcester Sun. We talk about the state of Worcester journalism, exciting new projects, and staying warm. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. [display_podcast] Contact Info | Twitter … Continue reading "508 #252: You Won’t Believe What These Journalists Just Said About Worcester"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Julius Jones. We talk about the Pulse’s “Ones to Watch” list, Communities United and #BlackLivesMatter, and the rapidly diminishing ranks of local pro journalists. Also: Follow us on Twitter. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. [display_podcast] Contact Info Headline stories: “Pulse Magazine’s 15 … Continue reading "508 #251: #blacklivesmatter"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Chris Robarge. We talk about our new permanent City Manager, eight stolen gargoyles, and Jodorowsky. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. [display_podcast] Contact Info Headline stories: New City Manager ICP visits Worcester (see 508’s own “Interview with the Juggalo”) There have been gang … Continue reading "508 #250: So Much Stuff"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Noah Bombard of MassLive. We recap this week’s primary election, talk about the state of the Telegram & Gazette and the future of local news, and ask if there’s any non-conspiracy-theory way to understand Worcester’s City Manager search. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more … Continue reading "508 #249: Politics and Journalism"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about crosswalks, internet silliness, and municipal broadband. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. [display_podcast] Contact Info Municipal Broadband Thoughts from Brendan There is a plan for Comcast to move into Central MA if their mergers receive FCC approval. You may not … Continue reading "508 #248: The Presence of Metal"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Jim Kersten. This week’s show was taped on a raft floating in Worcester’s Indian Lake. We talk about blue-green algae in the lake, the search for a new head librarian, the American Antiquarian Society and Wormtown Brewery winning national awards, and openings on Worcester’s municipal … Continue reading "508 #247: Indian Lake"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we walk around downtown Worcester talking about the wayfinding project [pdf], the legal uses of the City Seal, and changes to the Common. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info Fact checking: Obama’s Worcester visit cost $186k. From this week’s City Council agenda: 14d. … Continue reading "508 #246: Wayfinding"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about what we need to research before discussing the T&G resale, the push for a strong mayor, state political races, panhandling, local drones, SWIP, marijuana, veg food, and maker spaces. We forgot to talk about West Tatnuck. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. … Continue reading "508 #245: NewsBitz"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk with Mauro DePasquale, Executive Director of WCCA TV13, Worcester’s cable access station (and the home of the 508 show). Mauro had just finished interviewing some guests for his own show, Soapbox, so we taped 508 on the Soapbox set. Audio: Download the mp3 … Continue reading "508 #244: Between Two Dumbcanes"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk to Heather Mangione, Ryan Taylor Williams, and Ashley Emerson Gilbert about their series of events for the queer and open-minded, Airspray. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Nicole Belanger about WCUW, Worcester’s community radio station. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we hang out at the grand reopening of Stone Soup, an artist/activist community center. And we talk to a few of the people involved. Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guests are Lauren Monroe and Adam Zelny of the Think Tank, an alternative education center. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, the HX library of radical and science fiction books moves to Stone Soup. An uncut, uncompromising look. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info There is not too much online about the Firecracker bookstore. But there is this old Worcester Phoenix article: Best … Continue reading "508 #239: HX Library"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about medical marijuana, the plan to find a new City Manager, a new city health plan, the South Worcester Industrial Park, trees, and free public wifi. jjjj [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Nicole Apostola, Chris Robarge, and Tracy Novick. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info We talk about the reopening of Stone Soup, Worcester Magazine’s story on the American Antiquarian Society, the hunt for a new City Manager, and how to explain … Continue reading "508 #237: The City Manager Hunt"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the Pulse’s “14 to Watch in 2014” and PILOT. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info Links: News is bad for you