The Codcast

CommonWealth Beacon

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.

  1. Reviving the American dream: Raj Chetty's prescription [Live at The WBUR Festival]

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    Reviving the American dream: Raj Chetty's prescription [Live at The WBUR Festival]

    For generations, it was virtually guaranteed that American children would out-earn their parents. But as Raj Chetty explains in this special live episode of The Codcast, recorded at the recent WBUR Festival, that dream is fading. What factors are contributing to economic stagnation? How can we increase upward mobility? How do these trends vary across neighborhoods, race, gender, and immigration status? Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iT7qj0kakg8 Host: Michael Jonas, executive editor of CommonWealth Beacon Guest: Raj Chetty, Professor of economics at Harvard University and the director of Opportunity Insights

    50 min
  2. The World Cup has arrived

    8 jun

    The World Cup has arrived

    Matches in the world’s biggest sports spectacle will kick off this week across North America. With Boston as one of the host cities — seven matches will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, which will be renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup tournament — Massachusetts will be in the spotlight as it hosts thousands of international fans and will need to safely move people between the city and a stadium some 22 miles away by rail. Are we ready? And is hosting these sorts of mega-events even worth it? This week on The Codcast, Chris Dempsey, the former co-chair of No Boston Olympics joins CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jordan Wolman to discuss whether this time is any different from more than a decade ago when Dempsey successfully fought against Boston’s bid to play home base for the 2024 Olympics.  Guest: Chris Dempsey, partner at Speck Dempsey and former co-chair of No Boston Olympics Host: Jordan Wolman, reporter for CommonWealth Beacon Further Reading: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/healey-backs-later-last-call-for-once-in-a-generation-summer/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/economy/the-inside-story-of-no-boston-olympics/

    29 min
  3. Lessons from Boston for Mass. school desegregation lawsuit

    1 jun

    Lessons from Boston for Mass. school desegregation lawsuit

    Massachusetts has been busing students between neighborhoods and school districts for 60 years, but segregation within the school system persists – and in some places it’s actually gotten worse over recent decades. This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith talks with Dan O’Brien, professor of public policy and urban affairs and director of the Boston Area Research Initiative at Northeastern University, about a new lawsuit brought against the state. Students and civil rights organizations want the state to step in to address segregation across school districts, and Boston’s long and fraught history of attempted desegregation may offer some lessons. Guest Dan O'Brien, professor of public policy and urban affairs and director of the Boston Area Research Initiative at Northeastern University Host: Jennifer Smith, senior reporter at CommonWealth Beacon Further Reading https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-answer-to-the-school-desegregation-lawsuit-revive-urban-communities/

    33 min
  4. How OB3 is reshaping healthcare in Massachusetts

    25 may

    How OB3 is reshaping healthcare in Massachusetts

    On this month’s edition of Health or Consequences, hosts John McDonough and Paul Hattis are joined by Victoria Pulos, a health law attorney at the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, to discuss the fallout of OB3, or the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” for Massachusetts residents. Who is likely to lose coverage? How has the state responded to federal cuts? And if Democrats win the midterms, can any of these actions be reversed? Hosts: John McDonough of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthPaul Hattis of the Lown InstituteGuest: Victoria Pulos, senior health law attorney at the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI)

    32 min
  5. A Brief History of CommonWealth: from Magazine to Beacon

    19 may

    A Brief History of CommonWealth: from Magazine to Beacon

    Dave Denison was the first editor of CommonWealth Magazine and oversaw the publication of its first issue 30 years ago, in the spring of 1996. Mirroring similar publications in other states, CommonWealth’s mission was to dive deep into how policy actually impacts people, no easy task in a state where politicians held their cards close. Today, Laura Colarusso, editor of CommonWealth Beacon, helms the publication with a similar goal. Although much has changed about the country, the state, and the organization since the 1990s, Denison and Colarusso discuss the enduring mission of creating a more transparent political system for the common good. Host: Laura Colarusso, editor of CommonWealth Beacon Guest: Dave Denison, writer at large for The Baffler

    35 min
  6. What does it mean to be “middle class” in Massachusetts?

    11 may

    What does it mean to be “middle class” in Massachusetts?

    Defining the middle class is harder than it might seem – it might mean owning a home, having steady work, keeping a pot of savings, or the kids and white picket fence vision of the “American Dream.” Historian Andrew Seal, whose research and writings focus on how the middle class thinks of itself, joins CommonWealth Beacon senior reporter Jennifer Smith on The Codcast to interpret recent Bay State polling and dive into how a middle-class identity intersects with race, media portrayals, and American individualism. . Host: Jennifer Smith, senior reporter for CommonWealth Beacon Guests: Andrew Seal, senior lecturer at the University of New Hampshire  . https://commonwealthbeacon.org/middle-class/in-mass-the-middle-class-is-holding-on-but-financial-anxiety-continues-to-climb/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/middle-class/for-mass-residents-housing-is-where-affordability-hits-hardest/ https://paulcollege.unh.edu/person/andrew-seal . Join us on May 14th for our 30th anniversary celebration: www.commonwealthbeacon.org/30th

    33 min
  7. Without employee housing, fears that the Cape will crumble

    4 may

    Without employee housing, fears that the Cape will crumble

    Massachusetts’s extreme housing crunch is no secret, but who is actually in charge of fixing it? This week on The Codcast, state Sen. Julian Cyr and Local Journalism Project executive director Janet Lesniak join CommonWealth beacon reporter Jennifer Smith to talk about the role of employee housing on the Cape and Islands – how sustainable is it to expect small businesses to become landlords for their workers, what happens when there’s nowhere for workers to live, and what should the state be doing to help seasonal communities help themselves with new housing tools? . Guests Janet Lesniak, Local Journalism Project executive director State Sen. Julian Cyr Host Jennifer Smith, senior reporter for CommonWealth Beacon . commonwealthbeacon.org/30th

    35 min
  8. Mail-in-voting is back on the chopping block

    27 abr

    Mail-in-voting is back on the chopping block

    What does the latest executive order aimed at changing how people cast their votes mean for Massachusetts? Two lawsuits are currently working their way through District Court in the state challenging a directive from President Trump that the US Postal Service only deliver mail ballots to voters on a federal citizenship list. Celia Canavan, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, and Davin Rosborough of the ACLU Voting Rights Project join to discuss their suit. . Host: Jennifer Smith, senior reporter for CommonWealth Beacon Guests: Celia Canavan, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts  Davin Rosborough, ACLU Voting Rights Project . Join us May 11 www.commonwealthbeacon.org/30th

    28 min
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Información

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.

Ficha técnica

  • Creado por
    CommonWealth Beacon
  • Años en activo
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodios
    458
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Derechos de autor
    © CommonWealth Beacon
  • Sitio web del podcast
    The Codcast

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