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.
Youth Action Network gives young Santa Cruzans a voice
In the past, adults thought that if they just told teens what to do, teens would make better decisions. It didn't work. Now, adults who work with teens are flipping the model. Instead of talking,...
Holistic women’s health grows in Santa Cruz
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling interviews Dana Ramsey, a nurse-midwife and holistic women's health practitioner, about women's health and fertility in Santa Cruz and beyond. Indicators of...
Danny Sheehan and Sara Nelson of The Romero Institute – centering survival around justice
Sara Nelson is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Romero Institute and former National Executive Director and co-founder of the Christic Institute. Daniel Sheehan is President and...
National Health Center Week in Santa Cruz County
On Talk of the Bay, Monday, August 9, 2021 Christine Barrington interviews leaders from the Health Center partners who work in Santa Cruz County to help create and coordinate the critical...
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.