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.
Awakening to Black Love with Queen Reverend Mutima Imani
On Talk of the Bay, Monday March 7, 2022, Christine Barrington interviews Queen Reverend Mutima Imani about her racial healing work based on tipping point concepts that can lead to systemic change....
UCSC Climate Coalition Makes Strides
In this interview, I talk with two members of UCSC's Climate Coalition, Gwen Parden and Maya Caminado, about plans to start a new interdisciplinary minor in Climate Studies, plus plans for...
UCSC Student Helps Pass Menstrual Equity Bill
UCSC student Amanda Safi helped get a new California law passed that requires public schools to stock restrooms with free menstrual products—a move activists say is a first step toward rectifying...
The fentanyl epidemic viewed through different lenses
In the last year, fentanyl has claimed scores of lives in Santa Cruz County. Yet few locals understand the problem. The Santa Cruz drug scene has a reputation that encourages us to view this latest...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, December 23 6:00am
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.