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.
Appreciating Humans as a Keystone Species
On Talk of the Bay, Tuesday July 28, join host Christine Barrington in conversation with Anthropologist Dr. Michelle Merrill as they examine a radical new way of understanding the presence and...
Santa Cruz Schools: Open or Closed?
In this program we hear from Casey Carlson, president of the Santa Cruz City Schools chapter of the American Federation of Teachers and Faris Sabbah, Superintendent of Education for Santa Cruz...
Volunteerism in Santa Cruz is alive and well!
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling speaks with Christina Thurston of the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County. Though Covid-19 has created challenges for fulfilling their mission in some ways,...
Kathleen Miller Creating for Wellbeing
On Talk of the Bay, April 7, 2020, Christine Barrington interviews Kathleen Miller, M.A. about creativity for everyday people. Kathleen uses Wellness Writing and Expressive Art to help people...
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.