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.
Fire Safe Santa Cruz: Evacuation Preparation Still Urgent
On Talk of the Bay, October 20, 2020 Christine Barrington welcomes back Liz Anne Jensen from the Fire Safe Santa Cruz County Executive Committee. Fire Season is ongoing for our region, and Liz Anne...
Humbled: How California’s Monterey Bay Escaped Industrial Ruin
Authors Kathy McKenzie and Glenn Church talk about their new book and the history that led to the defeat of what would have been a giant industrial site in Moss Landing. Today, Monterey Bay is a...
Rishi Kumar, Congressional Candidate
Democratic challenger to the seat currently held by Rep. Anna Eshoo, Rishi Kumar discusses his views on campaign finance, reigning in tech companies' power, and other important topics.
Rene Moya talks about money in politics, housing, and the CA proposition 21 campaign
Len Beyea interviews Rene Moya, the Campaign Director for California's Yes on 21 campaign. Rene Christian Moya is the Director of Housing Is a Human Right, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's housing...
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.