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.
Approaching New Music with Phil Collins
For 41 years, Santa Cruz's New Music Works has been presenting works by modern composers ranging from the sublime to the bizarre. Suki Wessling and Brad Kava interview NMW Director Phil Collins...
Dr. Stephen Zunes Middle East Update
Stephen Zunes is an American international relations scholar specializing in the Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, and strategic nonviolent action. He is known internationally as a...
Will jazz survive in Santa Cruz?
We speak with percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Rick Walker about jazz in Santa Cruz. Walker has long been a fixture of the Santa Cruz music scene, best-known for the international live looping festival that he runs every year. But right now Rick’s concern is that the music called “America’s classical music” is dying. With the help of the Jazz Society of Santa Cruz, Walker is working to encourage a new generation of jazz musicians and listeners.
The Great Turning: Dr. Craig Schindler on Planetary Survival
Dr. Craig Schindler is a professor, lecturer, and author of The Great Turning: Personal Peace, Global Victory. He discusses the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, the moment we find ourselves in...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, May 13 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.