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April 7, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 497-498: April 6, 2021

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut,covid — Tags: Cambridge, City Council, COVID-19, elections, housing, Housing Choice, Judy Nathans, Plan E, recycling, Robert Winters, School Committee, Schools, zoning — Robert Winters @ 12:04 am

Episode 497 – Cambridge InsideOut: Apr 6, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Apr 6, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Covid forecast, school reopening, Superintendent decision; remote possibilities; Day of Reckoning for colleges; appointments to Boards & Commissions and City Council meddling; Housing Choice and voting thresholds, one-way zoning. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 498 – Cambridge InsideOut: Apr 6, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Apr 6, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Housing Choice and legalities; composting, recycling realities, City purchase of rubbish toters; City Council micromanagement; worst outcomes of Charter change; political patronage; emerging candidates and 2021 Municipal Election Calendar. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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March 16, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 495-496: March 16, 2021

Filed under: Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut,Central Square,City Council,covid,schools — Tags: Cambridge, Cambridge government, Central Square, City Council, City Manager, COVID-19, Patrick Barrett, Plan E, Robert Winters, School Committee, Schools — Robert Winters @ 10:47 pm

Episode 495 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 16, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Mar 16, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Heros of Central Square through the pandemic; flexibility w/City agencies as a philosphy; Arts & Music, busk stops, and what is to come. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 496 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 16, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Mar 16, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Popportunity and its progeny; Starlight Square; city manager search; charter change and the lust for power; Covid-19 updates and the misreading of data; real human services; Cambridge schools during Covid; School Superintendent search. Hosts: Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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March 2, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 493-494: March 2, 2021

Filed under: Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut,campaign finance,City Council,covid — Tags: Alewife, Cambridge, campaign finance, City Council, COVID-19, Envision Cambridge, Judy Nathans, Robert Winters, zoning — Robert Winters @ 11:59 pm

Episode 493 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 2, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Mar 2, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Tree protection and reasonable latitude; Mayor Joe Curtatone of Somerville won’t seek reelection; campaign finance limits at the Ordinance Committee; legal issues with early/no-excuse absentee voting; roughing up the Voting Rights Act. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 494 – Cambridge InsideOut: Mar 2, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Mar 2, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Alterations to single-family zoning up for discussion; Cambridge as a sandbox for national organizations and movements; factual vs. fictional history of Cambridge zoning; questioning support/guidelines for “neighborhood groups”; distinguishing neighborhood groups vs. advocacy groups vs. political groups; community schools program and neighborhood councils; Covid-19 update; Alewife zoning and a brief mention of the “land bank” proposal from 1990. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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February 16, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 491-492: February 16, 2021

Filed under: Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut — Tags: Cambridge, City Council, COVID-19, density, eduspeak, elections, housing, impeachment, Judy Nathans, Missing Middle, Red Sox, Robert Winters, robots, School Committee, School Superintendent, Schools, socialists, SRO, zoning — Robert Winters @ 11:57 pm

Episode 491 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 16, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Feb 16, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Impeachment and acquittal; redefinition of major parties; Red Sox; Covid update; observations on density and the “missing middle” petition; loosening of single-family zoning. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 492 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 16, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Feb 16, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: In search of a Superintendent of Schools and the mythical visionary; eduspeak; young socialist robots invade public comment; democracy by the pound; SROs – an idea whose time may have come again; organically grown local politics. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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February 3, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 489-490: February 2, 2021

Filed under: Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut,City Council,covid — Tags: Alewife, Alewife Quadrangle, Alewife Triangle, Cambridge, City Council, hallucinogens, housing, Judy Nathans, Kendall Square, Lisa Peterson, Liza Paden, Missing Middle, recycling, Robert Winters, Susan Fleischman, transportation, zoning — Robert Winters @ 12:19 am

Episode 489 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 2, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Feb 2, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Covid-19 status and vaccination roll-out; challenges of non-congregate housing; Kendall Square Urban Redevelopment Plan; Alewife Quadrangle/Triangle planning and transportation for real; Jerry’s Pond optimism; significant retirements. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 490 – Cambridge InsideOut: Feb 2, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Feb 2, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Early days of Cambridge Recycling; Retirements of Lisa Peterson, Susan Fleischman, and Liza Paden; false advertising and the “Missing Middle Housing” zoning petition; how dense is dense enough?; hostile architecture – or not?; Cambridge City Council on hallucinogens. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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January 19, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 487-488: January 19, 2021

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut — Tags: Cambridge, Central Square, COVID-19, elections, Inauguration, insurrection, Joe Biden, Judy Nathans, political theater, populism, Robert Winters, Schools, vaccination — Robert Winters @ 11:37 pm

Episode 487 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 19, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Jan 19, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Inauguration & Insurrection; Apr 1971 vs. Jan 2021 in DC; I Beg your Pardon; Starting up the Biden Administration; avoiding civil war; Covid-19 Status and vaccination roll-out; Schools, Superintendent resignation, between a rock and a hard place. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 488 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 19, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Jan 19, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Public Safety and Populist Politics; hostile architecture, the MBTA and ADA; public discourse vs. political theater; civics vs. politics; the paradox of liberalism; municipal election candidates and wild cards. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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January 5, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 485-486: January 5, 2021

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut,Central Square — Tags: Cambridge, Central Square, City Council, COVID-19, elections, Georgia, Green Ribbon Open Space Report, Judy Nathans, Riverbend Park, Robert Winters, Vail Court — Robert Winters @ 11:26 pm

Episode 485 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 5, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Jan 5, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Post-War America 2021; Georgia on our Minds; municipal election candidates and prospects; Covid update. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 486 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 5, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Jan 5, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Green Ribbon Open Space Report and political forgetfulness; $18.5 million open space acquisition; Executive Session mysteries and the $1.4 million question; Vail Court and lost opportunities; future mobility realities; Riverbend Park on hiatus; shared streets; sour grapes and Rep. DeLeo; and CCTV congratulations. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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December 16, 2020

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 483-484: December 15, 2020

Filed under: Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut,elections — Tags: Cambridge, campaign finance, City Council, elections, history, housing, Judy Nathans, Patrick Barrett, Robert Winters — Robert Winters @ 12:02 am

Episode 483 – Cambridge InsideOut: Dec 15, 2020 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Dec 15, 2020 at 6:00pm. Topics: electoral college; first Covid vaccinations, testing, transmission; neighborhood groups; Dec 7 and Dec 14 City Council highlights; local history – sanitized or real; who speaks for “the community?” Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 484 – Cambridge InsideOut: Dec 15, 2020 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Dec 15, 2020 at 6:30pm. Topics: 2021 municipal candidates; OCPF; advocates vs. representatives; Covid-19 changes the issues; good intentions vs. reality; housing non-policies; renter’s market; ABC war against single-family homes; Starlight Square updates. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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February 16, 2021

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February 3, 2021

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January 19, 2021

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January 5, 2021

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December 16, 2020

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