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.
What’s Left of the Left? (Part 2)
“What’s Left of the Santa Cruz Left?” We continue our deep dive into this city’s ongoing growth machine and its economic and social collateral damage. Is all this growth good for Santa Cruz? And...
Talk of the Bay: KSQD Celebrates with Santa Cruz Pride!
June is Pride month across the nation and Santa Cruz set off the celebrations with their joyous parade on June 2. KSQD was there and captured the voices and spirit of one of longest-running Pride...
How changing land use patterns can reduce housing costs and municipal budgets and make transit viable – a conversation with Eric Lombardo
Eric Lombardo is a conservationist and housing and transit advocate. He is interested in how land use affects everything we do, from where we live to how we move. He works as Policy Manager...
Local farmer and educator David Shaw on building connections through permaculture and the Right Livelihood Center
David Shaw is a whole systems designer, naturalist, farmer, educator, and musician. His focus is building connections – with ourselves, with each other, and with nature. David founded Santa...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
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.