Incorruptible Mass

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It's the most important elected office almost nobody has heard of. The Governor's Council confirms every judge, clerk magistrate, and parole board member in Massachusetts, and signs off on pardons and commutations. Jordan and Jonathan sit down with Governor's Councilors Tara Jacobs and Paul DiPaolo to explain what the council does, how they vet nominees for lifetime appointments, and why they say "rubber stamp" doesn't fit. We'll also get into the recent parole board rejection, what parole is actually for, and why you should never skip voting for Governor's Councilor on your ballot.

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Our government has a choice to make. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act created a federal school voucher program, and states have until New Year's to decide whether to opt in or out. We'll speak with MassBudget education policy analyst Anthony Clough to address what school vouchers are, what their effects on our educational system would be, and why our state should reject this path for our kids.

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Big tech companies are hoovering up more and more of our own personal data than ever, whether to sell us products or to sell our data to others. At what point does our government step in and protect our right to privacy? Our state legislature is currently considering two versions of a Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act to do just that. We're joined by Kade Crockford, the Director for Technology and Justice Programs at the ACLU of Massachusetts, to discuss what legislators have been working on, the differences between the two versions of the bills, and how it could help protect all of us in this digital age.

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The Celtics are the greatest NBA franchise in history and won another championship in 2024. Last year, a private equity billionaire bought the team. This year, the Celtics claim they don't have enough money to pay for a competitive team and are sending some of their best players away. It's easy to dismiss it as just the realm of billionaires and millionaires, or pretend it's not somehow connected in any way to the "real" things that matter: but could the current state of American sports teach us something about wealth, worker wages, and regulation in the rest of our society?

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More than 2.3 million voters in Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly to approve an audit into our state legislature — but now the legislature says, actually, it doesn't want to comply with what over 70% of us voted for directly. We'll chat about what exactly this audit is, what the legislature is trying to change it to be, and why it's so important for all of us to see it through.

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It's happened in Australia and the UK, but could Massachusetts be next to propose social media legislation? We'll have a discussion with Fight for the Future director Evan Greer about regulations that have been proposed, what their consequences might actually hold for children and adults alike in our state, and what to do to protect both our privacy and safety online.

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This week, one of the people who worked behind the scenes to make this podcast happen steps in front of the mic to discuss our State House. We'll have a discussion with filmmaker (and former Incorruptible Mass video editor) Aaron Singer about his forthcoming documentary on the State House, what it's taught him about how politics work in Massachusetts, and what we can do with that knowledge to make our state a better place for everyone who lives here.

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This week, Incorruptible Mass takes a hard look at how schools are funded here in our home state. We'll have a conversation with Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Neville, a candidate running for reelection to the Chelsea School Committee, about the impact of ICE and other federal immigration policies, how rising inflation nationally and globally affects kids here in Massachusetts, and what aspects of our own state's education system makes the situation here so unique.

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This week, Incorruptible Mass explores what we can do to prevent gun violence here in Massachusetts. We'll have a discussion with Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence CEO Ruth Zakarian about recent legislation and an upcoming referendum at the state level, the difference between focusing on gun violence and gun control, and what we can do to make our communities safer places to live.

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This week, Incorruptible Mass takes a hard look at incarceration in our state, particularly at women's prisons. We'll have a discussion with Families for Justice as Healing codirector Mallory Hanora about what incarceration does to women and their communities, how the state is proposing to expand the system, and what we can do instead.

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