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.
A local nurse’s radio diary
KSQD host and producer Gail Borkowski asked a local nurse to record a daily audio diary for a week to tell us what it is like to work at two local hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is...
Queer Youth Leadership Awards Nominees
The Queer Youth Leadership Awards recognizes queer youth across Santa Cruz County for being leaders within their community. Being a leader encompasses many attributes and spans across all...
Local startup shifts from fuel to masks
(Photo by LiPo Ching) In this piece, producer Ashleigh Papp explores the conversion of an alternative fuel startup company into a mask-making factory. I'm Ashleigh Papp for KSQD with a story about...
Zenith Virago Deathwalker
On Talk of the Bay Tuesday, May 14, 2020, Christine Barrington interviews Zenith Virago. Zenith believes everyone has the inherent capacity to deal with death, dying, and loss well. With Covid-19...
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.