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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.

Childcare provider: 'I'm scared for my business'

23 mins; June 14, 2020

Holmes, Idowu on George Floyd and where we go from here

36 mins; June 05, 2020

Time of reckoning for New England Aquarium, Museum of Science

25 mins; May 31, 2020

Mayor Marty Walsh takes stock of COVID-19 crisis

34 mins; May 25, 2020

Senator says nursing home industry collapsing

32 mins; May 17, 2020

Poftak wary of taking hard policy stances at T

22 mins; May 10, 2020

Bristol County Jail Audio File

3 mins; May 06, 2020

Sweden's coronavirus gamble

32 mins; May 03, 2020

Coronavirus and our unease with end of life questions

23 mins; April 26, 2020

Baker accused of misplaced COVID-19 priorities

24 mins; April 19, 2020

We have a problem in aisle 5

28 mins; April 12, 2020

Is transportation still a priority?

26 mins; April 05, 2020

Healing spirits in the coronavirus era

23 mins; March 29, 2020

Those on the margins will bear brunt of virus toll

24 mins; March 22, 2020

A report from the frontlines at MGH

20 mins; March 15, 2020

The Codcast feat. Anthony Amore and Amy Carnevale

23 mins; March 08, 2020

Straus lays out rationale for transpo revenues

25 mins; March 01, 2020

Evan Horowitz & the Center for State Policy Analysis

23 mins; February 23, 2020

One year in, Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins take stock

36 mins; February 18, 2020

Steve Walsh raises concerns about urgent care clinics

30 mins; February 09, 2020

TransitMatters feat. State Sen. Brendan Crighton

32 mins; February 02, 2020

The Codcast feat. Developer Tom O'Brien

25 mins; January 26, 2020

Anita Walker betting culture is good for your health

28 mins; January 19, 2020

Tunneling under the Charles River

33 mins; January 12, 2020

TransitMatters 2019 Retrospective

34 mins; January 06, 2020

Partners vowing to end surprise billing

28 mins; December 29, 2019

The Codcast with Bill Weld

31 mins; December 22, 2019

Saving Hampshire College

34 mins; December 16, 2019

Atrius Health reaching back to its managed roots

28 mins; December 08, 2019

What's behind the split within the Mass. GOP

26 mins; December 01, 2019

Is Walsh preparing to go ‘bold’ on transportation?

43 mins; November 24, 2019

Anderson: No revenue shortage for transportation

24 mins; November 17, 2019

Monica Bharel, realistic optimist

31 mins; November 10, 2019

MassINC Insights, Part 2: The education funding debate, explained

14 mins; November 07, 2019

Biz officials: New transportation funds needed

30 mins; November 03, 2019

MassINC Insights

10 mins; October 30, 2019

Ex-rep: DeLeo told me, vote for transpo bill or lose chairmanship

31 mins; October 27, 2019

BONUS EPISODE: Pollster explores commuter rail survey

43 mins; October 24, 2019

Suffolk sheriff explains decision to cancel ICE ties

29 mins; October 20, 2019

Clark backs supervised drug injection sites

27 mins; October 13, 2019

T control board’s stance on revenues evolving

35 mins; October 06, 2019

BMC chief backs Medicaid for all

33 mins; September 29, 2019

Widespread praise for ed funding bill

23 mins; September 22, 2019

7 healthcare questions for Rick Lord

31 mins; September 15, 2019

Defense attorney: Judge Sinnott 'has no leg to stand on'

27 mins; September 08, 2019

Taking the bus to a whole new level

31 mins; September 01, 2019

Corruption or advocacy?

18 mins; August 25, 2019

Building connections one story at a time

24 mins; August 18, 2019

Breaking down “Operation Clean Sweep”

30 mins; August 11, 2019

Why did things go wrong at the Registry?

21 mins; August 04, 2019

Alex Morse wants to change how Washington works

29 mins; July 28, 2019

Immigrant advocates slam Trump asylum changes

27 mins; July 21, 2019

Rosenthal says pharma must do its part

21 mins; July 14, 2019

Two views of the pause in ICE courthouse arrests

30 mins; July 07, 2019

Kicking the tires on transpo politics

29 mins; June 30, 2019

Was Stop & Shop strike a turning point?

28 mins; June 23, 2019

Campbell: Blue Hill Ave. conversation needed

43 mins; June 16, 2019

CHIA good source of data about Mass. healthcare

28 mins; June 09, 2019

Putting standardized testing to the test

34 mins; June 02, 2019

Dogged advocate for putting more bodies on trains

26 mins; May 27, 2019

Putting out a welcome mat for housing

31 mins; May 19, 2019

Slowing down the ‘stroads’ of Boston

29 mins; May 12, 2019

Health care chairs vow action on price variation

36 mins; May 05, 2019

Baker increasingly isolated on transportation taxes

34 mins; April 28, 2019

New voices, proposals emerging in Boston’s biz community

27 mins; April 21, 2019

When muskets defended the editorial page

24 mins; April 14, 2019

A health care leader from the grassroots

25 mins; April 07, 2019

Immigrant voices on immigration reform

29 mins; April 01, 2019

H-P chief: Medicare for all debate is good

31 mins; March 24, 2019

Councilor Wu, Paul Regan dissect the MBTA fare hike

30 mins; March 17, 2019

Special LIVE Edition: Alice Paul still resonates in today’s Boston

69 hours 48 mins; March 12, 2019

Osgood details mayor’s transportation initiatives

35 mins; March 10, 2019

Nursing home industry sounds alarm

24 mins; March 03, 2019

Expanding our view of health

32 mins; February 24, 2019

Are you tired of electoral spoilers?

27 mins; February 18, 2019

The campaign money man

23 mins; February 10, 2019

The life (and death) stories that drive Andrea Campbell

35 mins; February 03, 2019

Salvucci, Aloisi liken Pollack to Sargent

31 mins; January 27, 2019

Dreyfus highlights Blue Cross experiments

36 mins; January 21, 2019

Getting to yes on new education funding

35 mins; January 13, 2019

Rules reform battle in House not over

30 mins; January 06, 2019

Transportation advocates list priorities

27 mins; January 01, 2019

A Transit Holiday Season

1 min; December 23, 2018

For 2018, it's a wrap

28 mins; December 20, 2018

Sudders talks health care

30 mins; December 16, 2018

'Beat the Press' celebrates 20 years

22 mins; December 09, 2018

Aiello on the state of the T, new revenues

36 mins; December 02, 2018

How to combat displacement in Roxbury

30 mins; November 25, 2018

Rep. O'Day discusses National Grid legislation

18 mins; November 18, 2018

Charter school lesson plans

30 mins; November 12, 2018

Making getting to Logan easier

36 mins; November 04, 2018

Nassour, Mermell talk housing, campaigns

31 mins; November 03, 2018

Everybody talks about transportation

31 mins; October 30, 2018

Natl. Grid says lockout all about its customers

26 mins; October 28, 2018

A question of money and speech

28 mins; October 21, 2018

Bellotti going strong at 95

35 mins; October 14, 2018

Lindstrom, Adrien dissect their races

32 mins; October 08, 2018

The women of pot

22 mins; September 30, 2018

The ‘Harvard tax’ plus transgender rights on the ballot

32 mins; September 23, 2018

Bus lane: Everett just did it

28 mins; September 16, 2018

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