The Will Brownsberger Podcast

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Matt Hanna

5 episodes

1 week ago

In this episode, Will invites Cindy Friedman (Massachusetts State Senator and Senate Chair of the Committee on Health Care Financing) on the podcast to discuss the state of health care in Massachusetts from the need to shift the focus to patients, getting a handle on the health care assets in the state, what's currently driving costs, the new player of private equity in health care, and the effect federal changes will have going forward. For more information on Will and to share your thoughts...

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The Will Brownsberger Podcast

The State of Health Care in Massachusetts: A Conversation With Senator Cindy Friedman

1 week ago

37 minutes

The Will Brownsberger Podcast

Climate Change in Massachusetts: A Conversation with Senator Mike Barrett

In this episode, Will invites Mike Barrett (Massachusetts Senate Chair of the Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy) on the podcast to discuss Massachusetts' evolving approach to climate policy, starting with the earlier environmental movement and the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act, which leads to conversation on wind, solar, the electrical grid, the transportation and building sectors, and how these all tie into Massachusetts' efforts on climate moving forward. For more i...

1 month ago

52 minutes

The Will Brownsberger Podcast

The Continuing Conversation on Housing in Massachusetts

Today's episode is a second conversation on housing in Massachusetts. In this episode, we talk about recent shifts in households by income levels and gentrification. We dig into some space and infrastructure considerations and limitations. We talk about how people are planning regionally and the uniqueness of that in Massachusetts. We talk about how different types of government in different municipalities approach the issue differently. We talk about abundance and why Senator Brownsberger is...

3 months ago

39 minutes

The Will Brownsberger Podcast

Biographic Interview With Senator Will Brownsberger

This is a rebroadcast of an interview with Senator Will Brownsberger on the Little Local Conversations podcast. Listen in to hear about his career in criminal justice (and how his views evolved over the years), his political journey from municipal leadership to the state level, his takes on transparency in government, transportation, the reality of the battle with climate change, housing, and more. For more information and to share your thoughts, please head over to willbrownsberger.co...

3 months ago

32 minutes

The Will Brownsberger Podcast

How Do We Address the Housing Crisis in Massachusetts?

Today's topic is housing in Massachusetts. In this conversation, Senator Brownsberger explains how the issue is at the top of the list of concerns for him and his colleagues, as it's the single biggest part of the affordability squeeze that people are feeling. We discuss what the state is doing to help people in different income brackets, the legislation passed, such as the Affordable Homes Act and the MBTA communities law, and what those are doing. We talk about how experts believe we should...

3 months ago

38 minutes