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.
Behind the Mic: Manuel Zavala
Monday, November 8, 2021 host Christine Barrington continues her series Behind the Mic interviewing the hosts and Dj's that make KSQD our community radio for the central coast. Whether it’s music or...
Unheard Voices: Out of Prison and Into Life with Wayne Hedgpeth
On Unheard Voices, November 19, 20201 host Bobby Bishop interviewed Wayne Hedgpeth, Founder and Director of New Jersey's Bridge Program. Together, Bobby and Wayne explore how the Bridge Program...
Nuclear Power and Our Clean Energy Future: Friend or Foe?
Does nuclear power have an important role to play in a clean energy future or is it a toxic demon to be avoided at all costs? On Talk of the Bay, Monday, November 29, Christine Barrington interviews...
UCSC Humanities connects using language, culture, and history
The Humanities Division of UC Santa Cruz has been hard at work on projects that connect what is happening up on the Hill with our local community. Host Suki Wessling talks to UCSC scholars...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, January 23 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.