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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.

Street mural artists explain their craft

23 mins; May 29, 2022

What derailed unemployment insurance commission?

29 mins; May 22, 2022

Haddad is star of energy documentary

26 mins; May 15, 2022

Massachusetts Exceptionalism: Reputation meets Reality

31 mins; May 08, 2022

Getting the odds on passage of sports betting

23 mins; May 01, 2022

Challenging the status quo on electricity, heating

31 mins; April 24, 2022

Public health -- from the local perspective

30 mins; April 17, 2022

The air traffic controller of electricity

36 mins; April 10, 2022

Michelle Wu on the need for "bold, urgent" change -- and responding directly to detractors

28 mins; April 03, 2022

Brownsberger and Day on the challenge of making sense of correctional spending

29 mins; March 27, 2022

GOP's Chris Doughty feels like a governor already

28 mins; March 20, 2022

A ‘nightmare experience’ yields a few positive takeaways

24 mins; March 13, 2022

Chang-Diaz brings progressive fight to governor's race

26 mins; March 06, 2022

Local-option COVID approach slammed

34 mins; February 27, 2022

Defense lawyer dismisses Baker marijuana bill as ‘junk science’

28 mins; February 20, 2022

Freidman, Senate push transparency in drug costs

22 mins; February 13, 2022

New Bedford arts groups making connections

17 mins; February 06, 2022

Tracing the origins of the Mass General Brigham fight

31 mins; January 30, 2022

Making sense of COVID policies in schools

28 mins; January 23, 2022

2 mayors explain their ARPA spending strategies

31 mins; January 16, 2022

How Boston escaped the national spike in homicides

37 mins; January 09, 2022

Should we try a bit of Maryland in Mass.?

29 mins; January 02, 2022

A tumultuous first year in Congress for Rep. Jake Auchincloss

36 mins; December 26, 2021

Meet the chair of the new MBTA Board

27 mins; December 19, 2021

Mariano sees offshore wind as top priority

25 mins; December 12, 2021

What does Baker's exit mean for Mass. politics?

31 mins; December 05, 2021

The bullseye on Mass General Brigham's back

29 mins; November 28, 2021

Study brings transparency to plea deals

27 mins; November 21, 2021

HPC, Stuart Altman moving to next level

34 mins; November 14, 2021

Michelle Wu's historic win: A look back and ahead

30 mins; November 07, 2021

GLX manager Dalton wants to stick around

25 mins; October 31, 2021

A fix for the crisis at Mass. and Cass?

32 mins; October 24, 2021

The great offshore wind debate

21 mins; October 17, 2021

Wu and Essaibi George in the homestretch

25 mins; October 11, 2021

Two takes on municipal harbor plan

26 mins; October 03, 2021

Fusion energy nears Kitty Hawk moment

19 mins; September 26, 2021

Annie Hawkins and her Vineyard Wind lawsuit

20 mins; September 19, 2021

Boston mayor's race -- in the homestretch

27 mins; September 12, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 8: Government

35 mins; August 19, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 7: Love

32 mins; August 12, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 6: School

38 mins; August 05, 2021

Spilka defends deliberative approach on fed aid

26 mins; August 01, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 5: Work

37 mins; July 28, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 4: Food

34 mins; July 22, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 3: Transportation

36 mins; July 09, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 2: Home

29 mins; June 30, 2021

Mass Reboot Episode 1: Art

27 mins; June 23, 2021

The Horse Race presents: Mass Reboot

2 mins; June 16, 2021

Highway administrator talks traffic, Allston

23 mins; June 13, 2021

Tax tutorial by Sen. Adam Hinds

24 mins; June 06, 2021

Annissa Essaibi George: A 'Boston girl' shaped by immigrant roots

33 mins; May 30, 2021

Baker pressed on Holyoke labor agreement

27 mins; May 23, 2021

COVID-19 testing not going away

22 mins; May 16, 2021

Ed Glaeser on the post-pandemic future for cities

25 mins; May 09, 2021

Dickson's plan for greater health care equity

36 mins; May 02, 2021

Danielle Allen: A scholar eyeing a run for governor with a firm grounding outside the ivory tower

32 mins; April 25, 2021

Four questions for MBTA GM Steve Poftak

24 mins; April 18, 2021

New Bedford mayor calls offshore wind generational opportunity

30 mins; April 11, 2021

Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins and the no-prosecution study findings

27 mins; April 04, 2021

Dr. Michael Mina’s rapid test theory

26 mins; March 28, 2021

Beacon Hill's public health priorities

37 mins; March 21, 2021

Chelsea leaders reflect on COVID's toll on state's hardest hit community

29 mins; March 14, 2021

Sneak peak of this year’s transportation debate

30 mins; March 07, 2021

Pandemic leads to rethinking of childcare

25 mins; February 28, 2021

For Ben Downing, politics are personal

33 mins; February 21, 2021

Tom Croswell, Harvard Pilgrim-Tufts merger architect

32 mins; February 14, 2021

Michael Bobbitt, state's new arts leader

27 mins; February 07, 2021

Paul Biddinger, head of state vaccine advisory group

31 mins; January 31, 2021

Judd-Stein: Casinos haven't asked for COVID relief

24 mins; January 24, 2021

Baker under fire on climate bill

26 mins; January 17, 2021

Developer O'Brien: We need offices, cities

30 mins; January 10, 2021

Sens.-elect Gomez, Cronin stress equity

24 mins; January 03, 2021

Sudders says she is hopeful for the first time

34 mins; December 27, 2020

Restaurants -- a COVID catastrophe

33 mins; December 20, 2020

Soon-to-be Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark

27 mins; December 13, 2020

Jim Hunt and the Mass. League of Community Health Centers

26 mins; December 06, 2020

What's holding up marijuana home delivery?

26 mins; November 29, 2020

Retiring rep, rep-elect share insights on State House opacity

26 mins; November 22, 2020

In-school learning a necessary but cautionary tale

37 mins; November 15, 2020

Mass. Democratic Party chair showdown

31 mins; November 08, 2020

Mail-in voting may be here to stay

22 mins; November 02, 2020

Biden's lead has supporters....nervous

34 mins; October 25, 2020

The two sides of ranked choice voting

27 mins; October 18, 2020

Health care in the age of COVID

44 mins; October 11, 2020

Andrea Campbell says Boston primed for change

28 mins; October 04, 2020

Michelle Wu's personal path to politics

33 mins; September 27, 2020

Even basics in dispute on Right to Repair ballot question

25 mins; September 21, 2020

No worries with ‘crowded’ Red Line train

25 mins; September 13, 2020

Parent frustration about schools is rising

32 mins; September 06, 2020

Rep. Barber spotlights ‘draconian’ MassHealth asset recovery policies

30 mins; August 30, 2020

Markey-Kennedy race in the homestretch

25 mins; August 23, 2020

Curtatone, Novick hit Baker reopening guidance

29 mins; August 16, 2020

Downing, Vennochi voice concerns on Baker

28 mins; August 09, 2020

Opponents debate merits of Maine hydro project

32 mins; August 02, 2020

As local news withers, we’re losing sense of identity

17 mins; July 26, 2020

Sharp split on need for new transpo revenues

28 mins; July 19, 2020

Michael Curry: Waging a duel-front war on the pandemic and racism

34 mins; July 13, 2020

Contact tracing effort scaled way back

32 mins; July 05, 2020

Spilka makes a case for substance over process

30 mins; June 28, 2020

Black Lives Matter: Where do we go from here?

30 mins; June 21, 2020

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