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.
How CARES Act funds enriched profitable private equity firms instead of helping those impacted by COVID – Taylor Lincoln of Public Citizen
As director of research at Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division, Taylor Lincoln has authored or co-authored numerous reports on subjects concerning regulations, health care, worker...
County Health receives additional funding for outreach and services
Each year experts see a decline in mental health during the holidays. This year, Covid adds another layer to an already complex issue. Host Suki Wessling is joined by three experts from County...
Heather Houston: The Transformational Power of Song
Talk of the Bay, December 6, 2021 features local songstress, vocal coach, and communal chorus virtuoso, Heather Houston. Heather is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, transforming...
Winter Reading with Bookshop’s Jason Cohen
On Talk of the Bay, December 6, 2021 Christine Barrington welcomes Jason Cohen one of Bookshop Santa Cruz' managers, as well as an artist and writer himself. As darkness deepens into the holiday...
Host Bios
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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.