Western Massachusetts
Elizabeth Román
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NEPM
The student quiz show began in 1961 and is the longest continuously running broadcast show of its kind in Massachusetts.
![The UMass campus overlooking academic buildings and the W.E.B. Du Bois library [far left].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/27e95cf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa9%2F56%2F25581c7a4eb1bd73805ad27419e4%2Fimg-0521.jpg)
Kaliis Smith
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NEPM
We check out the Global Game Jam at Hampshire College, learn about local winery Black Birch Vineyards and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.
![This week's panel for The Rundown includes Hallie Claflin [not pictured], reporter for Commonwealth Beacon; Dave Eisenstatder [not pictured], state editor for MassLive; Ryan McCollum, political consultant for RMC Strategies; and NEPM’s own Monte Belmonte of The Fabulous 413.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/eb0484d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x495+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F05%2F4580a80042bab6a66c2323d7e789%2Fgrove.png)
Ayu Suryawan
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NEPM
We plow through the impacts of this week's major snowstorm, the Trump administration's attempts to deconstruct critical government programs that support people facing homelessness, how the state and residents are responding to rising utility bills.
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When SNAP funding was cut for residents in early November Hameed Bello and his wife Ayo, co-owners of Farm Store 99 in Springfield, continued to serve customers, even when they couldn't pay.
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