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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.

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Local-option COVID approach slammed 28.02.2022 34:32

Carlene Pavlos, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Health Association, says the Baker administration’s policy of leaving many of the major COVID decisions to local boards of health helps explain why local officials are facing harassment and many are leaving public service.

Defense lawyer dismisses Baker marijuana bill as ‘junk science’ 21.02.2022 28:10

Defense lawyer dismisses Baker marijuana bill as ‘junk science’ by CommonWealth Beacon

Freidman, Senate push transparency in drug costs 14.02.2022 22:57

Freidman, Senate push transparency in drug costs by CommonWealth Beacon

New Bedford arts groups making connections 07.02.2022 17:06

New Bedford arts groups making connections by CommonWealth Beacon

Tracing the origins of the Mass General Brigham fight 31.01.2022 31:51

Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute and John McDonough of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University trace the origins of the fight over Mass General Brigham’s $2.3 billion expansion plan back to the 1990s.

Making sense of COVID policies in schools 24.01.2022 28:20

Students are contracting COVID-19, occasionally in school – but medical experts say school is the safest place for kids. Parents are urged to vaccinate their children against COVID, though children are unlikely to get seriously ill. State policymakers are encouraging schools to increase one form of COVID testing, while ramping down another. Education policy during COVID is complex, with no easy an...

2 mayors explain their ARPA spending strategies 17.01.2022 31:39

2 mayors explain their ARPA spending strategies by CommonWealth Beacon

How Boston escaped the national spike in homicides 10.01.2022 37:42

How Boston escaped the national spike in homicides by CommonWealth Beacon

Should we try a bit of Maryland in Mass.? 03.01.2022 29:46

Interview with Josh Sharfstein, an architect of the Maryland health care rate-setting system.

A tumultuous first year in Congress for Rep. Jake Auchincloss 27.12.2021 36:26

Rep. Jake Auchincloss is finishing his first year in Congress representing the state's 4th Congressional District. The Newton Democrat saw an insurrection at the Capitol and took an impeachment vote against the president in his first days in office. That set the tone for a year in which he said he's had to struggle to represent the values of his constituents -- Auchincloss won't co-sponsor legisla...

Meet the chair of the new MBTA Board 20.12.2021 27:30

Interview with Betsy Taylor, the chair of the MBTA Board.

Mariano sees offshore wind as top priority 13.12.2021 25:57

House Speaker Ron Mariano wants to make a robust offshore wind industry, delivering electricity at reasonable rates, part of his legacy -- and he doesn't plan to stay in power as long as his predecessor, Robert DeLeo, to accomplish it.

What does Baker's exit mean for Mass. politics? 06.12.2021 31:23

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

The bullseye on Mass General Brigham's back 29.11.2021 29:55

The bullseye on Mass General Brigham's back by CommonWealth Beacon

Study brings transparency to plea deals 22.11.2021 27:42

Study brings transparency to plea deals by CommonWealth Beacon

HPC, Stuart Altman moving to next level 15.11.2021 34:21

HPC, Stuart Altman moving to next level by CommonWealth Beacon

Michelle Wu's historic win: A look back and ahead 08.11.2021 30:17

Boston journalists Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner and Gin Dumcius of the Dorchester Reporter look back at Michelle Wu's landslide win in the Boston mayor's race and look ahead to what a Wu administration in City Hall could portend.

GLX manager Dalton wants to stick around 01.11.2021 25:17

GLX manager Dalton wants to stick around by CommonWealth Beacon

A fix for the crisis at Mass. and Cass? 25.10.2021 32:16

A fix for the crisis at Mass. and Cass? by CommonWealth Beacon

The great offshore wind debate 18.10.2021 21:49

The great offshore wind debate by CommonWealth Beacon

Wu and Essaibi George in the homestretch 12.10.2021 25:33

Wu and Essaibi George in the homestretch by CommonWealth Beacon

Two takes on municipal harbor plan 04.10.2021 26:00

Two takes on municipal harbor plan by CommonWealth Beacon

Fusion energy nears Kitty Hawk moment 26.09.2021 19:45

Fusion energy nears Kitty Hawk moment by CommonWealth Beacon