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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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The non-race for Massachusetts governor 22.08.2022 22:48

The non-race for Massachusetts governor by CommonWealth Beacon

Boston's disappearing kids 15.08.2022 26:20

Boston's disappearing kids by CommonWealth Beacon

MNA chief: No shortage of nurses in state 08.08.2022 25:03

MNA chief: No shortage of nurses in state by CommonWealth Beacon

Daloisio, Clean Energy Center face uncertainty 01.08.2022 23:20

Daloisio, Clean Energy Center face uncertainty by CommonWealth Beacon

Sen. Markey seeks to pack ‘illegitimate’ Supreme Court 25.07.2022 24:39

Sen. Markey seeks to pack ‘illegitimate’ Supreme Court by CommonWealth Beacon

Black girls disciplined in school more often than Whites 18.07.2022 26:40

Black girls disciplined in school more often than Whites by CommonWealth Beacon

Governor’s Council candidate would seek pro-choice, anti-racist judges 11.07.2022 22:51

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

Deja vu for Congressman Lynch 04.07.2022 26:05

Deja vu for Congressman Lynch by CommonWealth Beacon

Gas tax holiday good politics, not good policy 27.06.2022 21:10

Gas tax holiday good politics, not good policy by CommonWealth Beacon

MBTA cuts service to deal with safety concerns 20.06.2022 23:20

MBTA cuts service to deal with safety concerns by CommonWealth Beacon

Speaker Mariano says healthcare regulation needs updates 13.06.2022 29:03

Speaker Mariano says healthcare regulation needs updates by CommonWealth Beacon

Why Black women die from childbirth twice as often as White women 06.06.2022 28:38

Why Black women die from childbirth twice as often as White women by CommonWealth Beacon

Street mural artists explain their craft 30.05.2022 23:54

Street mural artists explain their craft by CommonWealth Beacon

What derailed unemployment insurance commission? 23.05.2022 29:28

What derailed unemployment insurance commission? by CommonWealth Beacon

Haddad is star of energy documentary 15.05.2022 26:13

Haddad is star of energy documentary by CommonWealth Beacon

Massachusetts Exceptionalism: Reputation meets Reality 09.05.2022 31:13

Massachusetts Exceptionalism: Reputation meets Reality by CommonWealth Beacon

Getting the odds on passage of sports betting 02.05.2022 23:25

Sen. Eric Lesser of Longmeadow and Father Richard McGowan analyze the Senate vote on sports betting and the odds of passage by the Legislature.

Challenging the status quo on electricity, heating 25.04.2022 31:09

We talk to Greg Cunningham and Caitlin Peale Sloan of the Conservation Law Foundation.

Public health -- from the local perspective 18.04.2022 30:09

Paul Hattis and John McDonough talk to Phoebe Walker, director of community services at Franklin Regional Council of Governments, and Ruth Mori, president of Massachusetts Assn. of Public Health Nurses and Wayland's public health nurse

The air traffic controller of electricity 11.04.2022 36:43

Gordon van Welie, the president and CEO of ISO-New England, discusses the challenges facing the region's power grid.

Michelle Wu on the need for "bold, urgent" change -- and responding directly to detractors 04.04.2022 28:10

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

Brownsberger and Day on the challenge of making sense of correctional spending 28.03.2022 29:29

Brownsberger and Day on the challenge of making sense of correctional spending by CommonWealth Beacon

GOP's Chris Doughty feels like a governor already 21.03.2022 28:36

GOP's Chris Doughty feels like a governor already by CommonWealth Beacon

A ‘nightmare experience’ yields a few positive takeaways 14.03.2022 24:38

A ‘nightmare experience’ yields a few positive takeaways by CommonWealth Beacon

Chang-Diaz brings progressive fight to governor's race 07.03.2022 26:35

State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, a Democrat running for governor, lays out her progressive vision for a state that deals with everything from public education needs to climate change with greater urgency.