

The Codcast
Tune into spirited debate, local stories, and insightful analyses. 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.
Episodes


Reconsidering happy hour

Environmental justice in climate legislation

Aging in community

Moulton explains "transformative" Rail Link

Massachusetts health care by the numbers
In this podcast, Lauren Peters, the Executive Director of MassCHIA, discusses how her agency analyzes healthcare data in Massachusetts. MassCHIA monitors healthcare spending and holds organizations accountable to cost growth benchmarks. The conversation delves into issues surrounding Steward Healthcare's financial prac...

Microtransit and rural accessibility

Community-centered equitable development

Decarbonizing New England's power grid

Steward Health Care in court

Senate leadership breaks down the budget

Safety and free speech at campus protests

Paul Grogan reflects on 50 years of civic leadership

The legacy of health care planning in Massachusetts

AG Andrea Campbell talks local power and gambling boom

MBTA Communities panel splits over state vs. local control

What hospitals owe their neighborhoods

Pitching a $20 minimum wage

A labor perspective on the Steward crisis

At the helm of Old Ironsides
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