508: A Show About Worcester

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Thu Nguyen, Callista Perry, and District 4 City Councilor Sarai Rivera. We talk about life on the City Council, economic development, youth services, and growing up in Worcester. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at … Continue reading "508 #225: Sarai Rivera"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week: a reading of “The Adventurer in Armor” from The Cloud Bird (1916) by Margaret C. Getchell. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike, Brendan and Thu Nguyen attempt to tape a show using Google Hangouts. Topics: a Trayvon Martin demonstration, residency requirements. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about the new transit center and coyotes. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about panhandling, slot machines, youth filmmaking, Open Meeting Laws, buying the T&G, and questions. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about a printout of the Turtle Boy, resignations, and questions [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. [0:00] We have made a 3D printout of the Turtle Boy. [3:05] Some, but by no … Continue reading "508 #220: Questions"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is School Committee member Tracy Novick and Emily Jones and Maureen St. Cyr from Community Legal Aid. (For legal help, you can contact CLA at 508-752-3718, ot you can contact a private attorney.) [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can … Continue reading "508 #219: Fair Lending"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week we mostly talk about ‘s body at the Graham Putnam and Mahoney funeral home in Worcester. We talk a little about a drawing of the proposed Worcester slots parlor. We have an interview from the final Dive Bar Thursday Music Night. And we talk about other awful … Continue reading "508 #518: A terrible week"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week: more about a proposed slots parlor in Worcester. Also: what issues do you want City Council candidates to be talking about as election season approaches? [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week: a shockingly frank and measured discussion of casinos in Worcester. Also we roll the d20 and read Nassim Taleb. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. Related videos:

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan talks about how Worcester is “the snowiest city this winter in the United States”, and talks about his concerns over a possible slot machine casino and hotel in the city. Mike tries to avoid ranting by reading a brief statement on panhandling, then rants about how … Continue reading "508 #215: We’re #1!"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about local journalism, past, present, and future, with participants in the Worcester Institute for Senior Education at Assumption College. Special thanks to Tracy Novick and Karl Hakkarainen. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact … Continue reading "...

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy and Brendan Melican discuss and debate an upcoming anti-gun protest at the local Walmart. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. Press release … Continue reading "508 #213: Guns and Walm...

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy, Robert Peters, and Brendan Melican discuss Worcester’s anti-panhandling laws and opposing them with civil disobedience. On a related note, here’s a good 2013 article on Saint Francis. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact …...

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk Worcester at the Paris Of The Eighties Cafe with Chris Besaw, Gina Migliozzi, Erika Dunn, Martha Assefa, Jen Burt, Asa Needle, Nicole Apostola, and Dante Comparetto. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Video: Downloads and more formats. Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe … Continue reading "508 #211: Paris Of...

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Amy Chase, Chris Robarge, and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Video: Downloads and more formats. Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. [0:00] This week’s show … Continue reading "508 #210: Bobcat Was...

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican, Shane Capra, Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell, Jen Burt, and Holly C.K. Jones. Not on this week’s show: the now 3 North High altercations. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe with iTunes | Contact Info You … Continue reading "508 #209...

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican, Jen Burt, Nicole Apostola, and Colin Novick. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. [1:30] City Hall ice rink opens. [5:35] Weed at … Continue reading "508 #208: Round Robin"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican and Jen Burt. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. [0:00] [0:18] Are those real handcuffs? [0:43] Water outage this week. Mike’s looked … Continue reading "508 #207: 508H2O"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we geek out on the details of Worcester Election Day 2012 with Chris Robarge of the Voter Protection Network, poll warden Colin Novick, and Democratic poll observer Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You … Continue reading "508 #206: Election Day...

508 is a show about Worcester. This weeks panel is Nicole Apostola, Martha Assefa, and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. To get an e-mail each week alerting you of the new … Continue reading "508 #205: WAFT"

508 is a show about Worcester. This weeks panel is Nicole Apostola, Jen Burt, and a bunch of Juggalos. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. [2:18] … Continue reading "508 #204: Interview with the Juggalo"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Chris Robarge and Brendan Melican. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13. Chris recaps the October 11 Election Commission meeting that was a follow-up on … Continue reading "508 #203: Voting Update"

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s episode is a “clip show” about Occupy Worcester, edited for the one-year anniversary. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats. Twitter | Facebook Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA … Continue reading "508 #202: A...

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Kevin Ksen and Brendan Melican. We talk about winning local elections and controversies surrounding voting in Worcester. [display_podcast] Audio: Download the mp3 or see more formats. Video: Download via BitTorrent or see more formats. Subscribe with iTunes Contact info. You can watch 508 Fridays at … Continue reading "508 #201: KSEN...