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.
A world beyond war – what’s there to gain, and how is it possible?
Host Len Beyea talks with 3 members of the Board of Directors of the international organization World Beyond War. World BEYOND War is a global nonviolent movement to end war and establish a just and...
Equine-Assisted Therapy in Santa Cruz County
Divine Equine Assisted Therapy Center is always looking for volunteers to help out with the horses and around the ranch. To find out how you can volunteer, you can contact Kristy through the website...
All work and no play leads to less learning!
Host Suki Wessling interviews Rebecca London, Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz, and Mariah Roberts, Executive Director of County Park Friends, Santa Cruz, about the importance of play and...
KSQD’s Immigration Collaboration with Watsonville and Santa Cruz Public Libraries
KSQD is partnering with the Watsonville and Santa Cruz Public Libraries to celebrate local immigration and identity stories The Izumizaki Family in Watsonville's strawberry fields. They had recently...
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.