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The Codcast

Tune into spirited debate, local stories, and insightful analyses with The Codcast. Hosted each week by a CommonWealth Beacon reporter, the half-hour policy podcast delves into the heart of Massachusetts’s most pressing and intriguing topics. Hear newsmakers, historians, and policy experts tackle statewide housing struggles, immigration policies, little-known histories, surprising political fights, and even take to the sea to visit rising offshore wind turbines.

The legacy of health care planning in Massachusetts

26 mins; April 21, 2024

AG Andrea Campbell talks local power and gambling boom

30 mins; April 14, 2024

MBTA Communities panel splits over state vs. local control

31 mins; April 07, 2024

What hospitals owe their neighborhoods

28 mins; March 31, 2024

Pitching a $20 minimum wage

26 mins; March 24, 2024

A labor perspective on the Steward crisis

28 mins; March 17, 2024

At the helm of Old Ironsides

29 mins; March 10, 2024

Eng predicts MBTA ridership will bounce back after service improves

22 mins; March 03, 2024

Steward: A cautionary tale complete with a Snidely Whiplash

29 mins; February 25, 2024

Monuments to equity with Embrace Boston

28 mins; February 18, 2024

Is #mapoli breaking up? (Live)

60 hours 24 mins; February 15, 2024

New tools for development in Boston

28 mins; February 11, 2024

National Grid digs into geothermal

28 mins; February 04, 2024

MassHealth after Covid

26 mins; January 28, 2024

Reading Healey's transportation tea leaves

26 mins; January 21, 2024

Pulling the thread on North Shore racial covenants

28 mins; January 14, 2024

Pandemic food pressures with the Globe's restaurant critic

31 mins; January 08, 2024

Long live the triple-decker

29 mins; December 31, 2023

The road to a new Boston police contract

26 mins; December 24, 2023

Will artificial intelligence make or break newsrooms?

27 mins; December 17, 2023

A race to keep Mass. health care affordable

33 mins; December 10, 2023

Former Gov. Jane Swift on grief and changing times

32 mins; December 03, 2023

Building a safety culture in Massachusetts health care

29 mins; November 26, 2023

On ranked choice, Mass Fiscal looks back and gears up

26 mins; November 19, 2023

The new face of labor

29 mins; November 12, 2023

Dissecting the new CommonWealth Beacon poll

25 mins; November 05, 2023

Is Massachusetts a beacon of democracy?

31 mins; November 02, 2023

"The city doesn't happen by accident"

30 mins; October 29, 2023

The hard work of public health

32 mins; October 22, 2023

What MCAS can, and can't, tell us about student achievement

29 mins; October 15, 2023

DiZoglio's quest to audit the legislature

25 mins; October 08, 2023

Pharmacy Benefit Managers' impact on drug pricing

28 mins; October 01, 2023

A nonprofit news outlet launches in Worcester

24 mins; September 24, 2023

A new food co-op opens in Boston

25 mins; September 17, 2023

Housing Sec. Ed Augustus on shelter squeeze, urban doom loop

25 mins; September 10, 2023

Right to shelter: Is it a migrant magnet?

27 mins; August 27, 2023

Legacy admissions under fire

29 mins; August 20, 2023

Black Boston takes the convention stage

28 mins; August 13, 2023

A boat's-eye view of Vineyard Wind 1

9 mins; August 06, 2023

How local control has harmed preserving community character

32 mins; July 30, 2023

Another swing at ranked choice voting in Boston

27 mins; July 23, 2023

Complicating history at Old North Church

27 mins; July 16, 2023

Why Barnstable is integral to offshore wind plans

23 mins; July 09, 2023

To tackle the opioid crisis, Mass. considers safe consumption sites

27 mins; July 02, 2023

Cape Cod residents share concerns on offshore wind transmission lines

27 mins; June 25, 2023

Medicaid redetermination process off to fast start

37 mins; June 18, 2023

Mass. offshore wind developers could forfeit more than $100m

24 mins; June 11, 2023

Iselin of Blue Cross raises red flag on rising health care costs

28 mins; June 04, 2023

What's Driscoll's role in new administration?

26 mins; May 28, 2023

Like Goldilocks, Glynn trying to fashion ‘just right’ T board

27 mins; May 21, 2023

Attorney General Andrea Campbell picks her targets

25 mins; May 14, 2023

Has party imbalance broken democracy in Massachusetts?

27 mins; May 07, 2023

The promise and the pitfalls of everyday artificial intelligence.

27 mins; April 30, 2023

Taking the long view with the MBTA

29 mins; April 23, 2023

Moulton’s ambitious, expensive, and enthralling transportation vision

22 mins; April 16, 2023

Cain Hayes vows to retain Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts brands

26 mins; April 09, 2023

Jon Santiago’s path to Secretary of Veterans' Services

26 mins; April 02, 2023

Should Massachusetts legalize teachers’ strikes?

28 mins; March 26, 2023

Chambers of Commerce fear not being heard, band together

26 mins; March 19, 2023

Health Equity Compact trying to 'boil the ocean'

29 mins; March 12, 2023

The curious state of Massachusetts’ rent control debate.

25 mins; March 05, 2023

How far will Healey go on tax competitiveness?

25 mins; February 26, 2023

Meet the leaders of the state's two health care conversion foundations

29 mins; February 19, 2023

The debate over Massachusetts vocational high school admission policies

31 mins; February 12, 2023

Michelle Wu makes the case for her planning and development overhaul

34 mins; February 05, 2023

Addressing the nitrogen challenge on Cape Cod

27 mins; January 29, 2023

Two Democrats debate state of Mass Dems

30 mins; January 22, 2023

GBH host Brian O’Donovan faces bleak prognosis with ‘poetry and prayers’

24 mins; January 15, 2023

Lawmakers walk tightrope on wind power contracts

27 mins; January 08, 2023

'Political hobbyism' arrives at the workplace

24 mins; January 01, 2023

Bump says DiZoglio is being ‘well-schooled’ in auditor’s duties

23 mins; December 26, 2022

Could Marylou Sudders be staying on?

30 mins; December 18, 2022

Lessons learned from guaranteed income experiments

26 mins; December 11, 2022

Epidemiologist lays out her COVID-19 ‘campaign of honesty’

23 mins; December 04, 2022

Dreyfus sounds alarm about health care costs

28 mins; November 27, 2022

After four decades as Democratic foot soldier, Kate Donaghue will be a first-term state rep

27 mins; November 20, 2022

The return to one-party rule on Beacon Hill

21 mins; November 13, 2022

Avangrid's Kimmel says wind farm needs 'very modest' price increase

23 mins; November 06, 2022

Suburbs stymie new housing growth

25 mins; October 30, 2022

Devaux says Health Policy Commission needs more power

30 mins; October 23, 2022

Betty Francisco & Mike Leyba on closing the racial wealth gap

40 mins; October 16, 2022

Two key lawmakers say MBTA needs money, but also change

26 mins; October 09, 2022

Two takes on MCAS and its value in driving school improvement

36 mins; October 02, 2022

Top Baker aide sees 'herd mentality' in press corps

27 mins; September 25, 2022

Bumps in the road for cannabis delivery

25 mins; September 18, 2022

Did Charlie Baker win last week's state primary?

27 mins; September 11, 2022

Big money and unfinished Beacon Hill business

37 mins; September 04, 2022

What's the truth in Suffolk DA's race? Does it matter?

31 mins; August 28, 2022

The non-race for Massachusetts governor

22 mins; August 21, 2022

Boston's disappearing kids

26 mins; August 14, 2022

MNA chief: No shortage of nurses in state

25 mins; August 07, 2022

Daloisio, Clean Energy Center face uncertainty

23 mins; July 31, 2022

Sen. Markey seeks to pack ‘illegitimate’ Supreme Court

24 mins; July 24, 2022

Black girls disciplined in school more often than Whites

26 mins; July 17, 2022

Governor’s Council candidate would seek pro-choice, anti-racist judges

22 mins; July 11, 2022

Deja vu for Congressman Lynch

26 mins; July 03, 2022

Gas tax holiday good politics, not good policy

21 mins; June 26, 2022

MBTA cuts service to deal with safety concerns

23 mins; June 19, 2022

Speaker Mariano says healthcare regulation needs updates

29 mins; June 12, 2022

Why Black women die from childbirth twice as often as White women

28 mins; June 05, 2022

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