508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Ian Anderson and Brendan Melican.[display_podcast]

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This week we begin a series about how people in Worcester are confronting the Bad Economy. If you know someone with a story to share, contact us at [email protected].

[0:10] We take a look at what drug stuff is on the ground this week.

[2:00] Mike reads a passage from Linchpin by Seth Godin:

The death of the factory means that the entire system we have built our lives around is now upside down. This is either a huge opportunity or a giant threat.

[2:36] Ian talks about his unexpected career as a carpenter/engineer/balloonist.

[21:36] Mike loaned his bike to someone who attended the G-20 summit protests in Toronto and the police hauled it off.