508: A Show About Worcester

508 #380: New Hope

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan has a surprisingly optimistic take on Worcester’s future. Audio: Download the mp3 [https://archive.org/download/508_380/508_380.mp3] or see more formats [http://www.archive.org/details/508_380]. Subscribe with iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pie-and-coffee-508/id438673603?mt=2] | Subscribe with Google Play [https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Imjgqkj62nyqpxkqiovwg5iflqe?t] | Contact Info [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/508-2/] | Twitter feed [https://twitter.com/508worcester] | RSS [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/category/podcasts/feed/]

Strategic Voting in Worcester At-Large Elections (508 #579)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike tells Brendan about some analysis Greg Opperman [https://gopperman.github.io/worcester-city-council-2023/] and he have done about strategic voting in Worcester at-large elections. Audio: Download the mp3 [https://archive.org/download/508_379/508_379.mp3] or see more formats [http://www.archive.org/details/508_379]. Subscribe with iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pie-and-coffee-508/id438673603?mt=2] | Subscribe with Google Play [https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Imjgqkj62nyqpxkqiovwg5iflqe?t] | Contact Info [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/508-2/] | Twitter feed [https://twitter.com/508worcester] | RSS [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/category/podcasts/feed/] > Short version of this article: You shouldn’t vote for anyone who’s guaranteed to win or to lose. If there are 6 plausible candidates you like, you should vote for them. If there are fewer than 6, you should vote for fewer than 6. Leaving those ballot slots blank will indeed help them. However, the power of those blank slots is pretty small, so you should not try too hard to have blank slots.

Update (508 #378)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan updates Mike on the state of Worcester, and Mike despairs. Audio: Download the mp3 [https://archive.org/download/508_378/508_378.mp3] or see more formats [http://www.archive.org/details/508_378]. Subscribe with iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pie-and-coffee-508/id438673603?mt=2] | Subscribe with Google Play [https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Imjgqkj62nyqpxkqiovwg5iflqe?t] | Contact Info [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/508-2/] | Twitter feed [https://twitter.com/508worcester] | RSS [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/category/podcasts/feed/]

Hillmaniacs (508 #377)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we discuss losing a judge and gaining a City Manager. Audio: Download the mp3 [https://archive.org/download/508_377/508_377.mp3] or see more formats [http://www.archive.org/details/508_377]. Subscribe with iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pie-and-coffee-508/id438673603?mt=2] | Subscribe with Google Play [https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Imjgqkj62nyqpxkqiovwg5iflqe?t] | Contact Info [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/508-2/] | Twitter feed [https://twitter.com/508worcester] | RSS [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/category/podcasts/feed/] Notes: Timothy S. Hillman is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts [https://ballotpedia.org/Timothy_Hillman] A Tale of Three City Manager Searches [https://nicolecommawoo.wordpress.com/2022/03/28/a-tale-of-three-city-manager-searches/]

508 #376: Endemic Life

508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about the City Council live commentary, Joe Petty’s campaign video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoxbJ5BdJfY], lifting Worcester’s mask mandate, our experiences getting COVID, nuclear war, endemic life, Substack, Brent Crude Oil, Metaculus Prediction Updates [https://twitter.com/MetaculusAlert], Ukraine and its consequences, and COVID brain fog. Audio: Download the mp3 [https://archive.org/download/508_376/508_376.mp3] or see more formats [http://www.archive.org/details/508_376]. Subscribe with iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pie-and-coffee-508/id438673603?mt=2] | Subscribe with Google Play [https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Imjgqkj62nyqpxkqiovwg5iflqe?t] | Contact Info [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/508-2/] | Twitter feed [https://twitter.com/508worcester] | RSS [http://www.pieandcoffee.org/category/podcasts/feed/]