508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Lucas Glenn, Eric L’Esperance, and Joy Murrieta talk about The Woo, and Mike and Brendan talk friendship.

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[0:49] PSA from Brendan.

[1:14] We talk about The Woo church and being a “Jesus-centered community.”

[11:55] Canseco.

[13:36] All of the Sunshine Week petitions have made it out of committee, and the City Council will vote on them soon.

[16:44] Brad Wyatt, sinister puppetmaster and genial friend of the show, engineered a coup among local delegates to the Republican National Convention.

[20:25] Extreme Restaurant.

[26:50] Meeting people.

508 calendar:

• May 21: Tornadoes home opener with Jose Canseco
• June 3: stART on the Street
• June 8 etc: Carmen
• June 11: Book launch party for “This Truth Never Fails: A Zen Memoir in Four Seasons”
• July 1: LMFAO
• August 6: Main Idea art day camp

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan Melican, Tracy Novick, and David Dae An Rynick Roshi talk about Zen and school.

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[0:00] David Rynick talks about being a Zen priest in Worcester and about his forthcoming book, This Truth Never Fails: A Zen Memoir in Four Seasons.

[15:30] We talk about the possibility of an exam school in Worcester, International Baccalaureate, and schools for addicted kids.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week we talk a lot about the Worcester VegFest and the local competitive beer pong scene, too much about the Tea Party and the Forts kid, and just the right amount about the police chief’s Twitter account.

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[0:33] The Forts kid.

[2:24] Sweater Polyathlon.

[3:18] Pro beer pong.

[5:08] 300 people at Tea Party event. 3,000(?) at Worcester VegFest.

[11:22] Stand Against Racism, 3pm, Common, April 27.

[11:55] How to get Mike to loan you money.

[12:20] Paris Cinema facade is gone.

[13:30] Chief Gemme’s Twitter acct is gone. Brendan mounts a passionate defense of the Chief’s tweeting. GoLoco coverage, T&G coverage, Jim Kersten.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Paula Harrison, Coqui Negron, and Doug Slinn.

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[0:23] Beloved musician Scott Ricciuti has died.

[1:06] Occupy Worcester is planning a 24-hr presence at City Hall between Tax Day and Earth Day, and a big Earth Day.

[6:00] Worcester’s ban on outdoor tobacco ads was found unconstitutional in US District Court.

[6:45] Worcester Magazine’s fascinating “Power List” includes stART honcho and sometime-508er Tina Zlody.

[9:23] WRTA Hub groundbreaking.

[9:40] Stone Soup is rebuilding! For real!

[17:57] Four Loko Worcester dropped the ball in their coverage of the Cahill corruption indictment.

[18:37] Bishop intervenes, Anna Maria changes commencement speaker.

[19:27] Chief Gemme’s favorite character on The Wire? Gus Haynes.

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508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican and the man the T&G called “Worcester’s most-traveled, most-jailed, and most notorious political radical since Abbie Hoffman,” Scott Schaeffer-Duffy.

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[0:00] Scott talks about the Foley 5K and the Worcester Marathon.

[10:35] Worcester Sunshine Week update.

[12:00] Worcester wants lifeguards.

[12:08] Tracy Novick & Nicole Apostola had striking photos in the T&G this week.

[14:00] Worcester Parent Expo March 31.

[14:15] Bookmobile.

[14:25] City Councilor George Russell is pushing some transparency issues of his own.

[15:26] Distant Castle anniversary.

[15:35] VegFest is April 15.

[16:20] Worcester Police tweeted surveillance camera photos.

[17:00] We are frustrated that the Juggalo tattoo fiasco happened in Spencer. Mike: “I don’t condone this behavior, but if it has to happen I want it to happen in the city of Worcester.”

[19:10] Via Facebook: Does Scott like the Swamp Thing?

[20:48] Question: why is there suddenly so much public opposition to Worcester Police Chief Gary Gemme? Also: Not Chief Gemme and BIZARRO LUKES.

This week’s 508 is a panel discussion about Sunshine Week and government transparency.

The panelists are Mike Benedetti, Thomas Caywood, Jeremy Shulkin, Kevin Ksen, and Mauro DePasquale.

Mentioned: Sunshine Week petitions to the City Council, Bootleg 2008 Worcester City Council video archives

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508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Tracy Novick.

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[0:36] Q: If the Mac Daddy returns to the Daddy Mac, what does the Daddy Mac return to? A: The Mac Daddy.

[1:54] Whiskerite coming up.

[3:06] Stone Soup is planning groundbreaking on their fire renovation for early April.

[7:35] Tempers flared at a recent City Council meeting. We talk a little about the issues and a lot about parliamentary procedure.

[24:20] New “Give a Book, Take a Book” shelf at Union Station.

[25:08] We talk more about Matt Feinstein’s award from the T&G.

[25:55] Jack Hoffman wrote a column about being fired for sexual harassment.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the HX Library and transparency in Worcester government with Michael Morisy, Jen Burt, Nicole Apostola, Jeremy Shulkin, and Kevin Ksen.

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We talk a bit about the posting of public meetings. This info is available at this link.

[0:58] Matt Feinstein won a Young Leader award from the T&G.

[1:11] Jen tells the story of the HX Library.

[2:34] In preparation for Sunshine Week, we talk about why government transparency is important, Michael’s website MuckRock, and some proposals for increasing transparency in Worcester.

[18:51] The InCity Times honored Abbie Hoffman for Black History Month.

[19:20] More transparency.

Worcester Sunshine Week Forum, 2007

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Susan Gately, Jim Kersten, and Brendan Melican.

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[0:00] Sue and Jim talk about the library and being on the Worcester Public Library Board.

[16:40] Pullup challenge: Mike vs. Brendan.

[18:40] Mike talks about the debut of GoLocalWorcester, like the Pulse but newsier.

[21:00] Worcester free papers: Vocero, the Onion.

[21:38] Mike reads from Joe DeGeorge’s Fugazi Owl Babies.

[22:28] More library talk.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Chris Robarge of the Citizens Advisory Council (and ACLU) talks about Worcester Boards and Commissions. Also: sharpening a Ka Bar Fighting Knife
with a Spyderco Sharpmaker and a Chef’s Choice 130.

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Also: FYC closing, Occupy/Tea Party protest against the NDAA.

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