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The Shoestring
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
On this week's episode, a discussion about the threats to local news and how we and our peers are pushing back.
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
In this week's episode of Trippin' on The Shoestring, we discuss the 2024 election.
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
On this week's podcast, a discussion about the U.S. military, its impact on the world, and the people who participate in it with three...
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
The dissident scholar Vijay Prashad, who has deep ties to western Mass, explores the connection between local politics and U.S. foreign policy.
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
Trippin’ on the Shoestring takes on a heavy topic: how we as a society respond to those in our communities experiencing crisis.
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
Dusty and Shelby share updates and highlights from the episodes of the first half of the year.
Education
UMass professor Kevin Young and grad student Max Greenberg talk Palestine organizing and the school's response.
Housing
On the podcast, we discuss how tenants and homeowners can fight back amid the state's worsening housing crisis.
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
After floods wiped out crops across the region last year, what is the future of farming in the Valley?
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
The Holyoke city councilor sits down to talk politics, policing, history and more.
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
Leaders of the national independent union, founded in Hadley, discuss their latest struggles taking on the grocery giant.