508_033 audio 508_worcester audio_podcast audio_misc 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan Melican</a>. You wouldn't know it from reading the <em><a href="http://www.telegram.com">Telegram & Gazette</a></em>, but, <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/04/30/the-future-history-of-newspages/">as at other papers</a>, their <a href="http://worcesteria.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/telegrams-circular-decline/">circulation is still dropping</a>. The news <a href="http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/28/newspapers-down-35-tg-down-4/">could be worse</a>. Mike notes <a href="http://telegram.com/article/20080430/NEWS/804300700/1008/NEWS02">a goofy headline</a>. (Brendan mentions the <a href="http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060721/NEWS/607210688/1116/NEWSREWIND">2-headed kitten in Milbury</a> and a T&G column that <a href="http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070125/COLUMN01/701250768/0/FRONTPAGE">made it to Fark</a>.) We have an exclusive interview with two of the kids behind the play <a href="http://www.wccatv.com/node/12459">The Dragon Sorcerer</a>, which will be performed in Worcester May 9 and 10. Mike summarizes this week's <em>InCity Times</em> and praises Annie's Clark Brunch. We listen to <a href=="http://worcesterite.com/node/4349">Gary Rosen speak</a> about the possible <a href="http://www.masscann.org/080309.shtml">decriminalization of marijuana in Massachusetts</a>. Brendan:<blockquote>Next fall marijuana will be decriminalized in the state of Massachusetts. There's no doubt about it . . . . All the <a href="http://radioball.net/2008/04/11/william-breault-stupidest-person-in-worcester/">Billy Breaults</a> in the world are not going to stand in the way of this happening. There's just too much public support out there.</blockquote> Brendan shares his thoughts on the <a href="http://telegram.com/article/20080430/NEWS/804300690/1008/NEWS02">resolution</a> of the strip club zoning issue. We finish the show with an excerpt from the <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/littlebrotheraudiobook/">audiobook</a> of Cory Doctorow's new young adult novel <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/Retailer.aspx?isbn=9780765319852"><em>Little Brother</em></a>. Mike is going to buy a copy for a teen he knows who likes civil liberties and dislikes The Man. 2008-05-02 2008 508; Worcester; podcast http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 2008-05-02 16:03:19 2008-05-02 16:02:41 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2008-05-02 16:04:37 Mike Benedetti