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.
Santa Cruz Shakespeare Shakes Off Covid Blues in New Season
During the past year, live theater took a big hit to its main mission: Live plays to live audiences. Now that things are opening up, find out what Santa Cruz Shakespeare has in store for its new...
Equal Access Santa Cruz Promotes Broadband Equity Across the County
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling speaks with Freny Cooper, Chief Operating Officer of Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, and James Hackett, Director of Business Operations at Cruzio Internet....
How to talk about climate change
KSQD is pleased to feature the reporting of students from UCSC's Science Communications program. Here is a report by Nikk Ogasa. Lead in: Climate change, climate change, climate change… Host :...
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...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, April 7 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.