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November 16, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 525-526: November 16, 2021

Episode 525 – Cambridge InsideOut: Nov 16, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Nov 16, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Final Election process; reprecincting; Boncore vacancy; non-implementation of planning efforts in Alewife and Central Square; Alewife and Envision chronology; failure of well-paid councillors to show up for work; deep pockets and the means to achieve good results. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters
[On YouTube] [audio]


Episode 526 – Cambridge InsideOut: Nov 16, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Nov 16, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Detailed election results and analysis; the dominance of incumbency; political spin in the absence of mandates; importance of establishing a loyal political base vs. “movement” candidates; winners & feeders; slate voting results; Siddiqui’s margin of victory and dissatisfaction with other candidates; the Cincinnati problem; ballot transfers, #2 votes, alternate measures of popularity; School Committee campaign finance. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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November 4, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 523-524: November 2, 2021

Episode 523 – Cambridge InsideOut: Nov 2, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Nov 2, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Election Day; turnout; early and mail-in voting; Candidate Page statistics; ballot questions & Quest for Control – selling control as “democracy”; truths about City boards & commissions; civic responsibilities; Federico Muchnik videos – Walden Square, The Tasty; reducing elections to “hot topics”. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters
[On YouTube] [audio]


Episode 524 – Cambridge InsideOut: Nov 2, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Nov 2, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Changing rules for voter registration; auxiliary ballots, provisional ballots; preliminary vs. unofficial vs. official election results; campaign finance for City Council and School Committee; reporting the details of the PR Count; the down side of slate voting and the importance of voting for individuals. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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October 20, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 521-522: October 19, 2021

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

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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September 21, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 517-518: September 21, 2021

Episode 517 – Cambridge InsideOut: Sept 21, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on Sept 21, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Covid updates; municipal elections; candidate forums; political endorsements; “pledging” to not consider other opinions; slates as incumbency protection; dictating “the issues”. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]


Episode 518 – Cambridge InsideOut: Sept 21, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on Sept 21, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Boston and Somerville preliminary elections; lefties vs. townies; Cambridge ballot questions and consequences; in search of the city manager search; major appointments and exits; the inescapable problem of Central Square drug abuse. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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August 18, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 515-516: August 17, 2021

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

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

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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