Hike Worcester (508 #369 w/ Justin Raphaelson and Colin Novick)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with Justin Raphaelson and Colin Novick about Justin’s unsupported, continuous run of the Hike Worcester Challenge, rats, trash, demolition, and forest fires.


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COVID and Kids (508 #366 w/Audrey Smolkin)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about school and childhood trauma in this time of pandemic with Audrey Smolkin, Director of Child and Family Policy at UMass Medical School, and Tracy Novick, Worcester School Committee member.


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COVID 1138 (508 #365)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the ongoing pandemic with Worcester City Clerk Nikolin Vangjeli and Worcester School Committee member (and COVID-19 sufferer) Tracy Novick.


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Worcester in the Time of SARS-CoV-2 (508 #364)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about Motley Crew Way and SARS-CoV-2 with Brendan Melican, Holmes Wilson, and Tracy Novick.


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State of Emergency (508 #363)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, this week, we look at how Worcester rates on the Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory Index, and share our exhaustion reading about the coronavirus.


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The Alien Cafe (508 #361)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about H.R. Giger, mini city hall, cubicle housing, our forthcoming tiny house villages, the baseball stadium deal, malls, and the Skate Mayor.

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John Aylward (508 #360)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with John Aylward about music in Worcester, teaching at Clark University, and the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.

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