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The Codcast

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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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Episodes

Public health -- from the local perspective

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

Apr 18, 202230 min

Chang-Diaz brings progressive fight to governor's race

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.

Mar 07, 202227 min

Local-option COVID approach slammed

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.

Feb 28, 202235 min
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