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.
“I was granted the gift of time”—starting a small business during the pandemic
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling interviews two county residents who made the decision to start a business...during the pandemic. Are they crazy? Apparently not. Research shows that businesses...
Behind the Mic: Erik Nelson
On Talk of the Bay, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Christine Barrington continues her series Behind the Mic interviewing Erik Nelson, DJ of Saturday’s Creative Bandwidth and Monday’s Dead-Air. It is said...
Behind the Mic: Sandy Stone
On Talk of the Bay, January 5, 2021 host Christine Barrington interviews KSQD's Sandy Stone for the ongoing series: Behind the Mic KSQD is grassroots radio created mostly by community members...
Prison Arts: big returns for a small investment
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling interviews two people who have worked for thirty years to bring the arts to prisons around California. Jack Bowers is a Senior Arts Mentor in the William James...
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.