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.
Earth Day Stories
On Talk of the Bay, Monday, April 19, 2021 host Christine Barrington sharies local voices telling their stories of why they love the Earth. According the Yale Program for Climate Communication it is...
Our Nature Connection with Kai Siedenburg
On Talk of the Bay, April 19, 2021 Christine Barrington interviews Kai Siedenburg about her work leading individuals and groups into a deeper connection with the world of nature through experiential...
Local Asian Community Speaks Out Against Hate Crimes
Last week Congressman Jimmy Panetta convened a panel of local members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community from the Monterey Bay area. They spoke about their experiences with racism...
Joe Goldman of HIAS on refugees, asylum-seekers, and what’s really going on at our southern border
Joe Goldman is the Community Engagement Director for the Western Region at HIAS, the world’s oldest – and only Jewish – international humanitarian agency serving refugees and asylum seekers of all...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, December 18 5:00pm
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.