508: A Show About Worcester

508: A Show About Worcester

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508: A Show About Worcester episodes

  • Public Transit: Day of Reckoning (508 #297)

    508 is a show about Worcester. This week:

    • Brendan on Gary Rosen on Star Wars
    • 2017 Annual Report: Worcester Regional Transit Authority [PDF]
    • Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (Mike totally gets the chronology of this franchise wrong)

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      47 min
    • Save Notre Dame (508 #296 w/Ted Conna)

      508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Worcester legend Ted Conna about saving Notre Dame church, new transit ideas, and night golf.

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      47 min
    • The Exit Interview (508 #295 w/Chris Humphrey)

      508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we do an “exit interview” with departing Worcesterite Chris Humphrey, debate raising the minimum wage, and look at some sweet knives.

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      • “Making Exit Interviews Count”
      • “State’s bishops urge support for increase in minimum wage”
      • “Save Notre Dame Alliance makes another appeal to delay church demolition in Worcester”
      • HUD: Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses
      • Benchmade Bugout
      • CRKT Drifter
      • Canary Cardboard Cutter
      • Ferrum Forge Gent
        • 55 min
      • Summer (508 #294)

        508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about summer, Worcester’s colleges, and the bus.

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        • The Promise and Potential of Transformative Transit-Oriented Development in Gateway Cities
        • WRTA floats idea of penny gas tax for transit
        • The Four Problems Of Urban Transportation And The Four Separate Solutions

          • 54 min
        • Violin vs. Viola: Requiem (508 #293 w/ the Worcester Chamber Music Society)

          508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about violins, violas, coyote attacks, a giant mosaic of the city seal, and the Neighborhood Strings program with Ariana Falk and Peter Sulski of the Worcester Chamber Music Society.

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          46 min
        • Mushrooms from Space (508 #292 Mackenzie May and Brad Allain)

          508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about farming, fungi, and Kendrick Lamar with Brad Allain of Wildwood Mushrooms and Mackenzie May of Central Mass Grown.

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          49 min
        • Vegfest 2018 (508 #291 w/Nicole Melone)

          508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about vegetarianism, tax rates, and opioid abuse with New England Vegfest lead organizer Nicole Melone.

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          • Worcester, Sutton reap what they sow
          • Holden man accused of fleeing police, ramming Worcester cruiser
          • The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime
          • State funds for overdose-reversing Narcan run dry, raising prices for municipalities
          • Demand outstrips supply as Central Mass. housing market heats up
            • 51 min
          • 3cross (508 #290)

            508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about beer brewing, co-op businesses, and finding large piles of money with Heather O’Dell and Dave Howland of the 3cross Fermentation Co-op.

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            • Worcester City Council agenda
            • “Who Benefits from Targeted Property Tax Relief? Evidence from Virginia Elections”
            • “Falling transit ridership poses an ‘emergency’ for cities, experts fear”
            • “Clearchannel took over America’s local radio, Bain Capital took over Clearchannel, Clearchannel went bankrupt”
            • “Chris Slavinskas hid $330K of Kevin A. Perry Jr.’s drug money in a church, using part of it for Atlantic City vacation”

              • Worcester’s New Official City Seal

              51 min
            • The Bus (508 #289 w/ Sarai Rivera)

              508 is a show about Worcester. we talk about mass transit, human trafficking, and mini-pigs with City Councilor Sarai Rivera.

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              51 min
            • Dog Tags (508 #288 w/ Chris Robarge)

              508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about pedestrian fatalities, CCOPS, and Method Man with Chris Robarge of the ACLU.

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              • Worcester City Council agenda
              • Pedestrian Fatalities by State [PDF]
              • Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS)

                • 49 min

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              A show about Worcester, Massachusetts.