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.
With Open Studios suspended because of Covid, art lives on in Santa Cruz!
Join Talk of the Bay to talk art and community with Ann Ostermann, the Open Studios & Events Director for Arts Council Santa Cruz County, and artist Liz Lyons Friedman, who is the only artist...
Alternatives to Policing – What would safety look like without police?
Talk of the Bay host Len Beyea interviews journalist April M. Short and local activists Ariana Jones and Esabella Bonner about Alternatives to Policing. April M. Short is an editor, journalist and...
Equal Access Santa Cruz: High-Speed Internet for Every Home Regardless of Income
On Talk of the Bay this Tuesday, October 13, 2020, listeners will enjoy a beautiful story of powerful collaboration to meet a serious local challenge. With the rise of Covid-19, an existing problem...
Sarah Cruse and Ya’s Ya’s Kitchen
On Talk of the Bay this Tuesday at 5:30 pm Christine Barrington visits with Sarah Cruse from the local musical collaborative Ya's Ya's Kitchen. Sarah is an artist, actress, and therapeutic...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, April 7 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.