508 #160: Take the beer by the horns

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Adrienne LaPierre and Brendan Melican.

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You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.


[0:15] Adrienne talks about the “Making a Green Solidarity Economy” conference July 23.

[2:50] Adrienne also talks about Worcester Time Trade. Mike has posted an offer to see what happens.

[9:45] Life is suffering.

[10:00] Beer.

[10:15] News of the month: Paul Stamets unveiled a new “fermentation” method for preparing mushroom culture substrate in a talk at Clark.

[13:10] Blogging Orthodox priest Peter-Michael Preble has been criticized for his management of tornado relief donations. Mike is confused as to what he supposedly did wrong.

[14:50] ICT swimsuit issue.

[15:55] Brendan’s favorite tattoo shop.

[16:15] New Happiness Pony out this week.

[16:20] Worcester restaurant Duck Yao on (Australian) Gizmodo for accepting Bitcoin. Update: We can confirm Duck Yao HAS received Bitcoin for food.

[16:50] Bitcoin app for Android.

[16:55] St. John’s soup kitchen expanding.

[17:20] Abbott’s Worcester offices expanding.

[18:00] Half-assed nazis to return to Worcester for well-protested but poorly-attended meeting.

[18:48] Does Worcester suck?

One thought on “508 #160: Take the beer by the horns”

  1. Worcester commercial property taxes DO suck!

    But, there are plenty of great thing about Worcester, starting with the people!

    Keep up the great work guys!

    –Brad

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