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.
The Vacancy Report: What a new study in LA reveals about the lack of affordable housing
Alex Ferrer is co-author of The Vacancy Report (along with Terra Graziani and Jacob Woocher). Alex is a housing researcher and a graduate student in urban planning at UCLA. His work supports tenant...
Tune into the Subtle Realms of the Redwoods
Talk of the Bay on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 focuses on sources of delight to lift your spirits during this period of collective exile due to Covid-19. If going out to shop and dine is on your...
Talk of the Bay: Health Equity Grants Support our Community through a Pandemic
Mimi Hall, Director of the County Health Services Agency, joins Talk of the Bay to speak about public health during a pandemic. Recently County Health awarded $619,900 in health equity grants to 20...
Agape Dance Academy’s Nutcracker Drive-In Movie
Talk of the Bay, Tuesday, December 8, 2020 features the Agape Dance Academy and its founder Melanie Useldinger. The Nutcracker is a Christmas tradition almost everyone has enjoyed. Here in Santa...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, April 10 5:00pm
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.