508 #219: Fair Lending

posted by Mike on May 15th, 2013

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.)

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508 #518: A terrible week

posted by Mike on May 9th, 2013

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 stories you will have to google yourself.

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508 #217: Slots 2

posted by Mike on April 24th, 2013

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?

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508 #216: Mea culpa

posted by Mike on April 12th, 2013

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.

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508 #215: We’re #1!

posted by Mike on March 20th, 2013

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 the city should encourage competition by easing restrictions on food carts.

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508 #214: The Future of Journalism

posted by Mike on March 15th, 2013

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.

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508 #213: Guns and Walmart

posted by Mike on March 6th, 2013

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.

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508 #212: What Would Francis Do?

posted by Mike on February 6th, 2013

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.

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508 #211: Paris Of The Eighties Cafe

posted by Mike on January 24th, 2013

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.

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508 #210: Bobcat Was Rabid

posted by Mike on January 10th, 2013

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Amy Chase, Chris Robarge, and Brendan Melican.

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