Public Affairs

In an encore episode, Steve D'Agostino interviews Craig Blais of the Worcester Business Development Corp. They talk about leveraging Worcester's abundant assets to create significant amounts of new wealth and jobs.

On April 2, Craig Blais, who had been executive vice president of the WBDC, began serving as president and CEO of the WBDC. He replaced David Forsberg, who had retired after serving in the positions since 1999. Craig is responsible for overseeing the $10-million, non-profit corporation.

The club crowd calls it “Special K.” Neurobiologists and psychiatrists call it Ketamine. The club crowd likes the way it makes them feel. The docs like the almost immediate positive effect it has on people suffering from severe depression.

In an encore episode, Steve D'Agostino interviews Marcia Tannenbaum, owner of Solutions Through Mediation. They talk about mediation as a more peaceful, effective way to resolve family legal disputes.

There’s no easy way to get divorced. Our adversarial legal system often worsens what is already a painful, emotionally charged situation. Pitting partner against partner, lawyer against lawyer, the process is long, complex, and expensive—and can damage relationships beyond repair.

On a remote beach in Western Australia it is possible to see living examples of some of the oldest life on the planet. These mounds of micro-organisms also lived two billion years ago and changed the atmosphere of Earth making it hospitable for the organic life we are familiar with. This is just one of the amazing journeys that RICHARD FORTEY made looking for examples of “living fossils” Fortey is the author of many books  and was the Senior Paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London until his retirement in 2006.

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can stop the US Postal Service, well almost. With a $5.2 billion dollar loss last quarter, the US Postal Service has nearly exhausted its credit line with the Federal government. And it defaulted on a $5.5 billion payment two weeks ago, with another $5.6 billion dollar payment due at the end of this month that they won't be able to meet. Why? Many argue that big Government unions have enriched themselves at the expense of American taxpayers.