508: A Show About Worcester

508: A Show About Worcester

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508: A Show About Worcester episodes

  • Stop Making Your Own Driveway (508 #287)

    508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the symbolic collapse of Worcester’s mainstream media, Worcester’s lack of housing permits, the City Council agenda, and driveway freedom.

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    49 min
  • Save the Internet, Save the Bus (508 #286 w/Holmes Wilson)

    508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about housing, transit, and digital activism with Holmes Wilson of Fight for the Future.

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    • WRTA board wary more cuts would render bus service useless
    • Heroin, squatters and absent owners: How one Worcester developer plans to save the city’s ‘worst property’
    • Wikipedia on Fight for the Future

      • 50 min
    • The Gambler (508 #285 w/Christian Holden)

      508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about municipal commissions, gambling, cryptocurrency, and education with Christian Holden of The Hotelier.

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      46 min
    • The Power of the Force (508 #284 w/Chad Julian)

      508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about affordable housing, cryptocurrency, Brent Crude, and the USS Flagg with Chad Julian of That’s Entertainment.

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      • Statewide efforts target affordable housing shortage
      • Housing Bond Bill Reported Out Favorably by House Bonding Committee
      • Is regulation to blame for the decline in American entrepreneurship?
      • Sex, Drugs, and Bitcoin: How Much Illegal Activity Is Financed Through Cryptocurrencies?
      • Brent Crude
      • USS Flagg
      • Great

        • 48 min
      • The Dream Van (508 #283)

        508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the City Council agenda, the Dream Van, and economic development.

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        17 min
      • Technical Difficulties w/Kayti Burt (508 #281)

        508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we have lots of audio and video trouble, including losing most of the first half of the show. On the plus side, pop culture journalist Kayti Burt joins them to talk about the pros and cons of life in Worcester and the stories we tell about it.

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        27 min
      • Cheers, Worcester (508 #280)

        508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan and Mike discuss the stories we tell about Worcester, which ones are helpful, and which ones we should reexamine in 2018. This show was taped in the studios of Unity Radio, broadcasting with 0.0000001 gigawatts of power on 102.9FM in Worcester. It’s possible this setup was too much for Mike to manage…

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        57 min
      • Busking in Worcester (508 #279)

        508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Joyce Mandell talks with Julius Jones about the ins and outs of busking in Worcester.

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        Joyce Mandell: A San Francisco/East Bay wake-up call — will Worcester’s renaissance benefit all?

        49 min
      • Protestors (508 #278)

        508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with people at the weekly peace vigil in Lincoln Square, a demonstration that’s been going on for nearly 30 years.

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        25 min

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      A show about Worcester, Massachusetts.