Cambridge Civic Journal Forum

October 20, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 521-522: October 19, 2021

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Episode 521 – Cambridge InsideOut: Oct 19, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Oct 19, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Election Countdown; Zoom candidate forums don’t cut it; baseball; Toomey Park & Slide; North Mass. Ave. bike/bus lane controversy; pledging to never listen; coronagendas; Covid update. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters
[On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 522 – Cambridge InsideOut: Oct 19, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Oct 19, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Carl Barron Plaza – fact vs. fiction; what hostile architecture isn’t; hostile bus shelters and CDD stonewalling; Ballot Questions; Boards & Commissions – definitions, history, ideas, institutional memory; lazy councillors. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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October 6, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 519-520: October 5, 2021

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Episode 519 – Cambridge InsideOut: Oct 5, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Oct 5, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Wild Card baseball; voter registration and voting options; tax classification & taxes, councillors wanting to tax & spend; over-reliance on commercial development, residential exemption and the condo sweet deal; neighborhood associations, community schools, & neighborhood councils; topics for candidates. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters
[On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 520 – Cambridge InsideOut: Oct 5, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Oct 5, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Tim Toomey Park and happy reunions; from carpetbagger to townie; voting history and supervoters; reprecincting; PACs and candidate slates; campaigning door-to-door; using City Council committee meetings for political organization and promotion. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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August 18, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 515-516: August 17, 2021

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Episode 515 – Cambridge InsideOut: Aug 17, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Aug 17, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Baseball; Covid updates; recent gun violence; the wisdom of Christine Elow and Ellen Semonoff; pathways for Cambridge young people; Port Pride Day. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 516 – Cambridge InsideOut: Aug 17, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Aug 17, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Election updates – early voting and mail-in voting; voter turnout speculation; Boston and Somerville mayoral elections; political organizations, slates, & Independent Expenditure PACs; Candidate Pages & leveling the playing field; social media, retail politics; US Census data. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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August 4, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 513-514: August 3, 2021

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Episode 513 – Cambridge InsideOut: Aug 3, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Aug 3, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: City Manager search; Manager-Clerk-Auditor; questioning the Charter Change ballot questions; the ABC war against landmarking, conservation districts, and historic preservation; vetting candidates for boards & commissions; Orders & Resolutions re: gun violence; on conflicting rallies and coexistence; the legacy of Robert Parris Moses. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 514 – Cambridge InsideOut: Aug 3, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Aug 3, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Candidates on the municipal ballot; political organizations & slates; Big Money & Independent Expenditure PACs; case studies in simple-mindedness, great eloquence, and callous disregard; an 8-1 thank you to Police Commissioner Branville Bard; mixed prospects in our battle vs. Covid. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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July 21, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 511-512: July 20, 2021

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Episode 511 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 20, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on July 20, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: NYC mayoral RCV primary completed; Boston mayoral election and Independent Expenditure PACs; Cambridge candidates and nomination papers, esp. Kathleen Kelly & Caroline Hunter; Candidate Pages; political “times”; buzzards circling for #2 votes behind ill-fated candidates. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 512 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 20, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on July 20, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: “car storage”, rhetorical warfare, subverting the dominant paradigm; real vs. Potemkin changes; Animal Farm and strategic political dishonesty; Cambridge water – treatment, quality, watershed, fire protection, redundancy. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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July 7, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 509-510: July 6, 2021

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Episode 509 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 6, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on July 6, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Nomination papers; candidates; “movement politics” and PACs/slates; Toomey, Bowman exit; full-time or part-time; registered voter facts; turnout; prospects for no-excuse absentee (mail-in) voting. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 510 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 6, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on July 6, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: NYC mayoral primary and Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in fits and starts; RCV fallout among partisan pundits; Tree Protection Ordinance amended; creeping toward statism; car “storage” and rhetorical aggression; cannabis zoning and promotion; $65 million in Covid rescue funds eyed as free money; Charter Change may be heading to ballot or State Legislature; political approval for City boards and the abandonment of proportionality. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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June 15, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 507-508: June 15, 2021

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Episode 507 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 15, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on June 15, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Flattening the curve; reopenings; Temple Street and varying views of environmental justice; AHO realities; Central Square Library rhetorical competition; progressive vs. sensible; misrepresenting “the community”; alternatives to the misguided Missing Middle; rejecting unilateralism. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 508 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 15, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on June 15, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Tree Protection Ordinance; misrepresenting “the community”; lack of civic education and targeting “low-information voters”; afterschool programs & community schools; overeagerness to spend $ from American Rescue Plan; federal funding and the long view on infrastructure projects; City Manager hiring process continues; NYC mayoral primary and RCV; candidate updates. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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June 2, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 505-506: June 1, 2021

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Episode 505 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 1, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on June 1, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Optimistic Covid update; serendipity; Planning Board seeks members; Charter review and the quest for power; conflict between elected mayor and city council; FY22 Budget coming to a vote; Gaza via Zoom and Public Comment as political theater. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 506 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 1, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on June 1, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Petition to gut Neighborhood Conservation Districts, echoes of Robert Moses and “urban renewal, remembering Jane Jacobs; Missing Middle Muddle and fictional zoning narratives; nothing to address the general affordability of housing; The “HEART” proposal vs. the Task Force on the Future of Public Safety; misrepresenting “the community”; when will City buildings reopen?; Redistricting coming; mayoral races in Somerville, Boston, and NYC. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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