Talk of the Bay
Talk of the Bay is committed to covering political, social, and cultural topics from around the Monterey Bay. We focus on current events and people making news locally (from the central coast to Sacramento). We also consider national and international issues, their impact on the central coast, and local responses. We tackle perennial topics like housing, homelessness, transportation, education, and more from a new angle.
Santa Cruz County’s Mobile Response Unit Saves Lives
As local governments try to stretch their budgets to accommodate a new wave of mental health cases, a new program is trying to shift the emergency response from uniformed officers to trained mental...
Remembering Jeremy Lansman, Radio Pioneer
This Thursday at 5pm on Talk of the Bay, Rachel Anne Goodman hosts a remembrance of radio and television pioneer, Jeremy Lansman, who was the founder (along with Laura Ellen Hopper and Don Mussell)...
What’s Up at the Henry Miller Memorial Library?
On Talk of the Bay Monday at 5:30 pm, Magnus Toren, Director of the Henry Miller Memorial Library since 1993 shares his vision of the past, present and future of the Henry Miller Library: The place...
Winter Reading Treats from Narrative Species’ Rick Kleffel
On Talk of the Bay, Christine Barrington welcomes Rick Kleffel of Narrative Species with 12 book recommendations from his honed literary lens. Wintery days are a delicious treat for those who love...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, January 16 5:00pm
HOSTED BY
Rachel Anne Goodman
Since 1980, Rachel has hosted radio shows on public stations around the U.S. where she interviewed many amazing figures. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, A Labor of Love: Midwifery in the South, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. Ms. Goodman has a Peabody award for her work on The DNA Files for NPR. She currently teaches at Cabrillo College
in Aptos and at UC Santa Cruz.