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The Shoestring is an alternative local news collective based in Western Massachusetts. In our new podcast Trippin on the Shoestring, we'll be discussing recently published articles and happenings about town.

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Ep 17: Police Accountability and the Media
Sierra Dickey facilitates a live discussion of one of our core coverage areas: policing. Reporters Dusty Christensen and Shelby Lee are joined by Daniel Cannity of Northampton's Policing Review Commission to discuss the state of post-2020 transparency reforms, the role of the media as a resource for communities demanding new forms of public safety, and more. Recorded at Abandoned Building Brewery in front of a live audience on November 16, 2023. Produced by Javier Luengo-Garrido, music by An Archaeologist.

20 Nov, 2023 - 74:14
Ep 16: Remembering the era of COVID spending with Michael Hanson and Lin Gen
As a follow up to our written series, The Long March 2020, editor Brian Zayatz speaks with Hadley musician Michael Hanson about the ways stimulus checks and expanded unemployment impacted both of their lives in 2020 and 2021. In the second part of the episode, Zayatz speaks with Lin Gen, an organizer with the Franklin County People's Fund, which helped redistribute stimulus checks to those who were excluded from eligibility. Unfortunately, audio from Carolina Peña, a fellow organizer at the People's Fund, was lost to technical difficulties.

11 Jul, 2023 - 37:26
Ep 15: Cookouts and Cash: Sheriff Nick Cocchi's campaign warchest with Dusty Christensen
We speak to writer Dusty Christensen about his latest piece on Sheriff Nick Cocchi's campaign fundraising. Cocchi raised more than any other sheriff in the state to run unopposed. We explore what this says about the politician's power and influence in the region and the state. Read the piece here. https://theshoestring.org/2022/11/11/cookouts-and-cash-sheriff-nick-cocchi-raises-big-money-to-run-unopposed/ To contribute to The Shoestring https://theshoestring.org/donate/

12 Dec, 2022 - 29:16
Ep 14: Climate Justice with Terry Gibson and Basav Sen
Shoestring reporters Sierra Dickey and Sarah Robertson speak to Terry Gibson and Basav Sen about climate justice efforts in Springfield, MA and beyond and how those struggles overlap with struggles for police & prison abolition.

1 Dec, 2022 - 42:49
Ep 13: Cathy McNally on Taking Down her Black Lives Matter Sign
In a new episode of Trippin on The Shoestring, co-editor Will spoke with Cathy McNally about why she took down her Black Lives Matter sign. To read the paper mentioned in the episode: http://jaredkclemons.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/117532940/clemons_2022_-_from_freedom_now_to_blm.pdf

19 Oct, 2022 - 31:22
Ep 12: Dash Cams, Motorola Solutions, Northampton, Oh My
In this episode we talk with defense attorneys Rachel Weber and Dana Goldblatt, Ben Brucato, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Framingham University, and Chris K., a local anti-surveillance activist about Northampton City Council's recent decision to enter a five year contract with Motorola Solutions.

2 Mar, 2022 - 74:16
Ep 11: Covid-19 and the media w/ Dr. Steven Thrasher
In this episode we talk with Dr. Steven Thrasher, a professor of journalism at Northwestern University, and author of the upcoming book, The Viral Underclass. We discussed the responsibility of media during the COVID 19 pandemic and more. But first, a quick update about what we're up to here at The Shoestring and the goings on at Northampton City Council.

17 Feb, 2022 - 51:53
Ep 10: Ten Forward with Sarah Lanzilotta
In this episode we share an interview we conducted in January with Sarah Lanzilotta, the owner of Ten Forward in Greenfield, about the challenges faced by the independent music venue during the pandemic. But first, a quick update about what we're up to here at The Shoestring and the goings on at Northampton City Council.

8 Feb, 2022 - 40:09
Ep 9: Investigative Reporter Dusty Christensen
We sit down with investigative reporter Dusty Christensen of the Daily Hampshire Gazette to discuss his recent work on the internal affairs of the Northampton Police Department.

1 Feb, 2022 - 42:09
Ep 8: Covid Data and its Discontents w/Joe Pater
The Shoestring's Covid data columnist Joe Pater joins us to discuss how public information about the virus has been disseminated and how it hasn't. He compares the local response to that in his home town in Ontario, exposing the scattershot standards between different municipal responses and much more. Pater is a linguistics professor at UMASS Amherst.

19 Sep, 2021 - 21:53
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