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March 21, 2023

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 583-584: March 21, 2023

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Episode 583 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 21, 2023 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Mar 21, 2023 at 6:00pm. Topics: Cambridge Police Department (CPD) policies, analysis, bodycams, tasers, alternatives, rarity of officer-involved shootings; HEART, potential conflicts with CPD; PSL protests and threatened occupation; naiveté of the press and blogosphere. Hosts: Robert Winters, Judy Nathans [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 584 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 21, 2023 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Mar 21, 2023 at 6:30pm. Topics: Municipal Broadband, CCTV funding, Cable TV vs. Internet and streaming, financial exposure/risk, consumer viewpoint; Charter Review and request for extension; history of Cambridge Charter from Town to Plan E – video program coming; shoutout to the Office of the City Clerk. Hosts: Robert Winters, Judy Nathans [On YouTube] [audio]

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March 8, 2023

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 581-582: March 7, 2023

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Episode 581 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 7, 2023 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Mar 7, 2023 at 6:00pm. Topics: David Leslie, Sam Corda, Robert Steck; “Tenant Protection Act” and Rent Control as political decisions; contradictory rhetoric – local control is good or bad depending on whose ox is gored; regulatory taking; pro-YIMBY bill, legality of municipally-funded housing voucher programs; ARPA as political patronage. Hosts: Robert Winters, Patrick Barrett [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 582 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 7, 2023 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Mar 7, 2023 at 6:30pm. Topics: The politics of ARPA, patronage, and mayoral fiat; Plan E as answer to patronage; the story of the failed Ombudsman proposal; property valuation, Prop 2½, tax-exempt properties, hunger for programs, and Tax Classification – and why commercial development paid (and still pays) the bills; some truth about rents; beware of averages. Hosts: Robert Winters, Patrick Barrett [On YouTube] [audio]

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February 21, 2023

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 579-580: February 21, 2023

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Episode 579 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 21, 2023 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Feb 21, 2023 at 6:00pm. Topics: Charter Review, previous charters based on need and not political fortune, proportional representation and the Plan E Charter, 1972 PR repeal chronology, Belin decision; Cambridge Chronicle as paper of record; Cambridge Candidate Pages as successor to League of Women Voters; informed citizenry. Hosts: Robert Winters, Judy Nathans [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 580 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 21, 2023 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Feb 21, 2023 at 6:30pm. Topics: Landmarking studies; atlascope.org; Memorial Drive closures and traffic impacts in Riverside; the promise of DCR plans and Mass Pike realignment; BEUDO revisions, Eversource realities, engineering by wishful thinking; lost initiatives; Cambridge Police alternatives – bodycams, less-than-lethal options; Planning Board and other appointments pending – proving ground for city manager. Hosts: Robert Winters, Judy Nathans [On YouTube] [audio]

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February 7, 2023

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 577-578: February 7, 2023

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Episode 577 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 7, 2023 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Feb 7, 2023 at 6:00pm. Topics: Black History Stroll; Alice Wolf 1933-2023; Council meetings disrupted by Socialists; bodycams, PRAB reports, police alternatives; electricity alternatives – mandate or choice; repetitive petitions; Brown Petition; Council lust for control. Host: Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 578 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 7, 2023 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Feb 7, 2023 at 6:30pm. Topics: BEUDO conflict; abuse of the word “crisis”; volunteer opportunities – Planning Board and the changing face of “activism”; Charter Review and options under consideration; redress of grievances; PR election fixes; the AHO Behemoth Proposal and the coming election. Host: Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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January 17, 2023

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 575-576: January 17, 2023

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Episode 575 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 17, 2023 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Jan 17, 2023 at 6:00pm. Topics: Fatal police-involved shooting in Cambridgeport; few answers, plenty of activism; leadership vs. opportunism; test for City Manager, Mayor, Police Commissioner; alternatives. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 576 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 17, 2023 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Jan 17, 2023 at 6:30pm. Topics: Covid updates and optimism; status of lab ban proposals and analysis – wrong conversations and false dichotomies; BEUDO, proposed stretch energy codes, lack of public outreach and disclosure; wanting to be first not the same as leadership; changing the narrative to push the agenda. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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January 3, 2023

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 573-574: January 3, 2023

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Episode 573 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 3, 2023 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Jan 3, 2023 at 6:00pm. Topics: Sheila Doyle Russell – fond memories and good friends, Senior Center, modernization of elections; 2022 highlights; chronology of actions, reactions, and inactions of City and City Council – especially bike lanes, golf course controversy. Host: Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 574 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 3, 2023 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Jan 3, 2023 at 6:30pm. Topics: 2022 chronology of actions, reactions, and inactions of City and City Council; choosing Auditor, Clerk, and City Manager; FY2023 Budget; charter review; expectations for the coming municipal election year. Host: Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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December 6, 2022

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 571-572: December 6, 2022

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Episode 571 – Cambridge InsideOut: Dec 6, 2022 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Dec 6, 2022 at 6:00pm. Topics: Charter Review Ups & Downs; Caroline Hunter elected to School Committee in Vacancy Recount – and memories from 1994; Covid update; and a good word for the Manager’s 90-day update. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 572 – Cambridge InsideOut: Dec 6, 2022 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Nov 15, 2022 at 6:30pm. Topics: This episode was recorded on Dec 6, 2022 at 6:30pm. Topics: Truth-Telling; the Inconvenient truths about proposed lab bans; Pride in the good things; the value of nuance vs. broad proposals; the problem with movements and binary thinking. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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November 16, 2022

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 569-570: November 15, 2022

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Episode 569 – Cambridge InsideOut: Nov 15, 2022 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Nov 15, 2022 at 6:00pm. Topics: The Replacements – esp. for departing School Committee member Akriti Bhambi, how vacancy recounts are conducted in Cambridge; Covid optimism; positive and negatives from the Covid experience – outdoor patios, virtual meetings; Charter Review dominated by uninformed gripes. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 570 – Cambridge InsideOut: Nov 15, 2022 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Nov 15, 2022 at 6:30pm. Topics: Climate Resiliency zoning, flood-prone areas, building elevations, “green score”, ADA compliance, intended and unintended consequences; learning from history – a Muddy River illustration; the value of “the 80% solution”, economic slowdown, especially labs; floating Linkage; reasonable outcomes in federal elections; listening vs. telling, pushing back on the ideologues; City Boards & Commissions – professionalism vs. politics. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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