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.
Diaspora’s Children: A New Work by Stan Rushworth
“When the eyes of my heart look into the eyes of your heart, and see only good, and the eyes of your heart look into the eyes of my heart, and see only good, then we can talk.“ ...
Early Childhood Education thrives in Santa Cruz, despite restrictions
On Talk of the Bay we talk Early Childhood Education with Lisa Mendez, preschool director at Simcha Preschool in Aptos and Sarah Mast, known by her biggest fans as Teacher Sarah, who teaches at the...
Santa Cruz City Council Politics w/ Mike Rotkin
Few people have been around Santa Cruz city politics longer or been the mayor more times (5) than Mike Rotkin. He is currently not on the council, but nonetheless has many opinions and observations...
Prepping for a Coup
It's shocking to read those words, let alone consider the possibility of a coup in the U.S., but since a sitting president has cast doubt on the peaceful transfer of power and called into question...
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.