![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 508 #96: The local green economy
This week, Mike and Brendan talk with Julius Jones about the local green economy, the non-sale of the Worcester T&G, and Christmas. video, show notes
Keywords: 508; Worcester; Christmas |
| 508 #95: Barnraising
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel is Scott Guzman, Heather Mackenzie, Drew Wilson, and Brendan Melican. show notes, video version
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 6 |
| 508 #94: Journalism
This week, we talk with legendary Telegram & Gazette columnist James Dempsey and his students about the decline of journalism in Worcester and whether citizen journalists can do anything about it. video version, show notes
Keywords: 508; Worcester; James Dempsey
Downloads: 26 |
| 508 #93: Faceplant
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about a skateboard accident. show notes, video version
Keywords: Worcester; 508
Downloads: 32 |
| 508 #92: Bald eagle
508 is a show about Worcester. This week Brendan Melican and Drew Wilson talk about a bald eagle. Also: Buddha Hut’s vegan meatballs a top 10, Saturday is a VegWorcester buffet, Stone Soup porch burned, Rosen’s Roundtable talks taxes, and Hermis Yanis starts a podcast after his radio show is “terminated.” video, show notes
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 36 |
| 508 #91: Fox Cops
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Kevin Ksen, Brendan Melican, and Tracy Novick. We talk about the City Council election. We talk about the School Committee election. We talk about a new Worcester video site Mike’s playing with (and you should, too). We talk about a $10 million lawsuit against Worcester for an incident during the taping of the Fox TV show COPS in 2006. show notes, video version
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 42 |
| 508 #90: Performance Oval
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Gabe Rollins talks about the urban core, the election, and the performance oval. video link, show notes
Keywords: 508; Worcester; Gabe Rollins
Downloads: 34 |
| 508 #89: Challengers
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike, Aria DiSalvo, and Brendan Melican come up with reasons for voting for every challenger in Worcester's upcoming elections. video version, show notes
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 41 |
| 508 #88: First Snow
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike, Brendan, and Drew are snowed on. show notes, video version
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 42 |
| 508 #87: Feedback
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Drew Wilson and Brendan Melican. A lot of viewer feedback this week. show notes, video version
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 31 |
| 508 #86: More Worcester Journalism
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Worcester Magazine News Editor Scott Zoback leaving, what it would take to beef up accountability journalism in Worcester, and legalizing medical marijuana in Massachusetts. show notes, video version
Keywords: 508; Worcester; Scott Zoback; Worcester Magazine; medical marijuana
Downloads: 41 |
| 508 #85: Grace Ross
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Grace Ross, candidate for District 4 City Councilor. Show notes, video link
Keywords: Worcester; 508; Grace Ross
Downloads: 41 |
| 508 #84: Mary Keefe
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes Brendan Melican, Tina Zlody, and Worcester City Council candidate Mary Keefe. Show notes, video link
Keywords: 508; Worcester; Mary Keefe
Downloads: 34 |
| 508 #83: Kola Akindele
This week we interview City Council challenger Kola Akindele and talk about pools and charter change. more info, audio
Keywords: 508; Kola Akindele; Worcester
Downloads: 17 |
| 508 #82: Kate Toomey
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes City Council and Mayoral candidate Kate Toomey, Brendan Melican, and Bruce "Snow Ghost" Russell. More: video link, show notes
Keywords: Worcester; 508; Kate Toomey; Snow Ghost
Downloads: 32 |
| 508 #81: Tracy Novick
508 is a show about Worcester. This week we talk with Worcester School Committee candidate Tracy Novick. More show notes, video formats
Keywords: 508; Worcester; Tracy Novick
Downloads: 39 |
| 508 #80: Heartbroken
508 is a show about Worcester. Show notes, video version.
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 43 |
| 508 #79: Worcester elections 101
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan read the papers and cover some of the basics of Worcester's upcoming election, scarcely 3 months away. show notes, video link
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
Downloads: 41 |
| 508 78: Elm Park art
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan Melican and Brenna Cussen discuss public art, invasive plants, and Christian anarchism. Outro: IKEA by Jonathan Coulton. Show notes, video.
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
Downloads: 26 |
| 508 #77: Secret plans
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan Melican, Tracy Novick, and Kevin Ksen answer the hard questions. What is the secret plan to save the pools? Should the city ban plastic grocery bags? Does it matter who the mayor is? Show notes
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
Downloads: 41 |
| 508 #76: Dumpster Diving
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about dumpster diving in Worcester, and also the New Orleans, Buddha Hut, and Ice Cream fests last weekend. Show notes
Keywords: Worcester; 508
Downloads: 54
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| 508 #75: Wincing and Worcester Mag
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about shopping locally. show notes, video link
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 43
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| 508 #74: "Critical Mass"
video link, show notes 508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we try and fail to attend Critical Mass.
Keywords: Worcester; 508; Critical Mass
Downloads: 123
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| 508 #73: Pikachu
video version, show notes 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panelists are Tracy Novick and Brendan Melican. 508 is now arguably the first local program to be an equal citizen of both the internet and TV. You can watch it on Worcester cable channel 13 Tuesdays at 12:30am and 11:30am. Plenty of local programs from traditional media have some internet component, in most cases, unfortunately, on the periphery of what they do, rather than near the core...
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 149
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| 508 #72: The Woodchuck of Main South
Show notes, video version. 508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Brendan Melican and Scott Zoback. Colin Novick’s ordination is tomorrow (we got this wrong last week); the Save Our Poolz movement looks back at the past year and considers new strategy; Worcester may be getting CORI reform. This week’s Worcester Magazine covers our nation’s hard times by noting the stories of Foothills Theater, Lujon, and Papamoka...
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 35
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| 508 #71: Dime Bags
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk trash and collect trash.
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 73 |
| 508 #71: Dime bags
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panelist is Brendan Melican. Worcester Magazine has a great article and slideshow about our screwed-up taxi system. Cab driver Jeff Barnard has a brief comment; Brendan has proposed solutions in the past. The "vegetarian renaissance" in Worcester continues. VegWorcester has installed 5 newsracks and distributed 1000 veg dining guides in the past couple weeks...
Keywords: 508; Worcester
Downloads: 40 |
| 508 #70: Papers and Poolz
Keywords: 508; Worcester
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| 508 #69: Vegetarian renaissance
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| 508 #68: WPI and PILOT
Video version. 508 is a show about Worcester. This week, I talk to Brendan Melican. Topics include inaccurate predictions, the Telegram & Gazette's website troubles, and WPI making non-tax payments to the city.
Keywords: 508
Downloads: 54 |
| 508 #67: Stone Soup damaged by fire
Stone Soup, Worcester's beloved arts, activism, and community center at 4 King Street, was damaged by a fire late Thursday, March 26. The fire began in the basement--the cause is as yet unknown. No one was injured. The Stone Soup community is committed to continuing and rebuilding, whether at King Street or another site. The building is currently unusable, and member groups are temporarily meeting at the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center, 301 Pleasant Street...
Keywords: 508; Worcester; Stone Soup
Downloads: 112 |
| 508 #66: 2009 predictions
This is the final episode of 508, a show about Worcester. The panel is DeJongh Wells, Tracy Novick, and Scott Zoback. We talk about the ice storm, the response from the authorities, the reporting of WTAG, and Kate Toomey's helpful Facebook updates with official info on the situation. Jeff Barnard found that while the City Councilors want people to shovel their sidewalks, they're doing a poor job with their own sidewalks...
Keywords: 508; Worcester; podcast
Downloads: 94
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| 508 #65: The politics of AIDS prevention
508 is a show about Worcester. This week Cha-Cha Connor talks with a guest about the politics of HIV/AIDS prevention in Massachusetts, especially as regards unprotected anal sex.
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
Downloads: 72 |
| 508 #64: Fax machines
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel is Tina Zlody, Kevin Ksen, and Brendan Melican. Sunday, December 7, from noon-5pm at Worcester's Union Station is the "stART in the Station" arts festival. Seth Godin, from his "Holiday Shopping Guide": Buy handmade items from people you like. stART can hook you up. There was actually some news on the PILOT/BILOT front this week, with the pharmacy school making a small annual donation to the library...
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
Downloads: 65
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| 508 #63: Friendly New Englanders
508 is a show about Worcester. This week Mike is in West Virginia, and Brendan Melican and Bruce Russell are in Worcester. Headline: Elk Collecting Deer Hides for Veterans Mike is comparing blog coverage of Worcester news to the Telegram & Gazette; his first case study shows the blogs doing surprisingly well. Headline: Fly Gets Ten Years in Jail Are New Englanders friendly? We listen to the City Manager talking about the challenges of snow removal, and look forward to having the same discussion ...
Keywords: Worcester; podcast; 508
Downloads: 77
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| 508 #62: Groundhog Day
508 is a show about Worcester. This week we talk with Brendan Melican. How is the Worcester City Council like the movie Groundhog Day? PILOT vs. BILOT? How dark is the future of Worcester journalism? Would local bloggers like to video themselves for TV? Just how charming are holiday shoutouts? Also: Last weekend Kevin Ksen went to a KOMBI event at Coral Seafood to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the standardization of Albanian spelling.
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
Downloads: 84 |
| 508 #61: Embolden the punks
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel features Brendan Melican and Kevin Ksen. The Telegram & Gazette continues to be in financial trouble; things look awful for their parent, the New York Times. Nevertheless, they continue to bird-dog local police misconduct and write about downtown retail. Some local college students aren't happy with downtown Worcester. Mike is going to DC next year to work against torture, and local Catholic Workers were sentenced to community service for praying ...
Keywords: Worcester; podcast; 508
Downloads: 115 |
| 508 #60: telegram.com
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we feature a conversation with Telegram & Gazette News Editor Mike Elfland about telegram.com, the paper's website. Some links mentioned: Volohk complains about Slate's corrections policy a couple years back. I still like their basic format. Example: Andrew Sullivan continuing the conversation Example: Robert Scoble responding in his comments section I may have been wrong in my description of how links to old T&G story revisions work...
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester; Mike Elfland; Telegram & Gazette
Downloads: 71
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| 508 #59: Overwhelming and substantial
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes Bruce Russell and Brendan Melican. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING - Request City Manager and the Economic Development Office provide City Council with OVERWHELMING evidence that provides the Standing Committee on Traffic and Parking SUBSTANTIAL facts that economic development would be a net gain and public safety would be held in balance in making Millbury Street a two-way street Back in May, we sort of joked about the City ban...
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
Downloads: 95
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| 508 #58: Worcester, block-by-block
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Gabe Rollins gives a guided tour of the downtown block bounded by Franklin, Main, Federal, and Portland Streets.
Keywords: Worcester; podcast; 508
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| 508 #57: Question Three
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes Brendan Melican, Jeff Barnard, and Steve Baer. We talk with Steve about his support for Massachusetts ballot Question Three, which would ban dog racing. Mike tags along with some students from the Bronx hunting for Asian Longhorn Beetles in Worcester. (Pix, T&G coverage) Brendan responds to one of these letters in Worcester Magazine. Jeff recaps the situation with Unum...
Keywords: Worcester; podcast; 508
Downloads: 79
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| 508 podcast 56: Shopping Locally
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's pundits include Brendan Melican and Bruce Russell. Out in-depth discussion of Question Three is pushed off a week; instead, we talk about the Q 1-3 advertising we've seen. (Related: Seth Godin on undecided voters, the T&G editorial board on marijuana decriminalization.) Mike has spent the past week shopping only at locally-owned businesses. We discuss "Payment In Lieu of Taxes," also known as "Taxes." (Guidestar info on the Art Museum.) Brendan mourns t...
Keywords: Worcester; podcast; 508
Downloads: 88
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| 508 #55: Round robin
508 is a show about Worcester. Due to technical limitations, this week's show consists of various subsets of Kevin Ksen, "Diamond Dave" Maciewski, Brendan "Buck Paxton" Melican, and Bruce "Snow Ghost" Russell. This week in Worcester, the authorities shot a moose. Image by Duncan A. Kevin talks about protesting the "Spirit of America" pageant (though not the spirit of America) in 2004 and 2008. Mike critiques the new Worcester Magazine feature "Two minutes with..." and skims the InCity Times...
Keywords: Worcester; podcast; 508
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| 508 #54: Two questions
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel is Bruce Russell, Brendan Melican, and "Diamond Dave" Maciewski. We discuss Question One, which would eliminate the Massachusetts state income tax, and conclude it's a bad idea. Question Two would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, and the panel supports it. (Here's the study Brendan mentioned on gateway drugs.) We don't know much about Question Three...
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
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| 508 #53: The law
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes Worcester Magazine's Scott Zoback and Brendan Melican. Scott describes seeing some more Asian Longhorned Beetles. Brendan points out the irony in this article about police details at construction sites: One potential scenario could have city councilors taking up as soon as Tuesday a new municipal ordinance that would carve out an exemption from Mr...
Keywords: Worcester; podcast; 508
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| 508 #52: Episode 52
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel is Tina Zlody, Jeff Barnard, and Brendan Melican. Tina talks about the upcoming arts festival stART on the Street, Sunday September 21, 2008, 11am - 5pm, Park Avenue, between Highland and Pleasant Streets, Worcester, MA. We talk about agenda items for Worcester in the coming year. Jeff agrees with Jordan Levy that swapping out our old city councilors would be helpful...
Keywords: Worcester; 508; podcast; Worcester Magazine
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| 508 #51: Models
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel is Mark Lund, Cha-Cha Connor, Kevin Ksen, Jeff Barnard, and Brendan Melican. We revisit the story of Karon Shea Model Management. Mark ran their 2008 International Modeling and Talent Association program (see Pulse article) and has mixed feelings about the experience. If you have feedback on this issue, you might want to send it to renegade blogger Marc Reese...
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester
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| 508 #50: Worcester Magazine
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes former Worcester Magazine News Editor Noah Schaffer, Jeff Barnard, and Brendan Melican. Worcester Magazine has been sold. We discuss why Allen Fletcher sold it and what this will mean for the future of the magazine. Key documents: memo from new publisher Gareth Charter, Jeff Barnard's overview of WM history, Fletcher's farewell editorial, and Mike's old analysis of WM...
Keywords: Worcester; 508; podcast; Worcester Magazine
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| 508 #49: Asian Longhorned Beetles
508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel is Colin Novick, Anne Lewenberg, Jeff Barnard, and Brendan Melican. Sadly, Bruce "The Snow Ghost" Russell was unable to be on the show to talk about seeing Motörhead live at the Palladium last week. Colin and Anne, as part of the Greater Worcester Land Trust, talk about what's being done to combat Asian Longhorned Beetles in Worcester. Worcester has some good info on Asian Longhorned Beetles: ALB - Regulated Area (PDF 584KB) Asian Longhorned Be...
Keywords: 508; podcast; Worcester; Asian Longhorned Beetles
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| 508 #48: Food Not Bombs
An afternoon with Worcester's Food Not Bombs group.
Keywords: Worcester; 508; podcast; Food Not Bombs
Downloads: 122 |
