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.
Ashley Dawson on extreme climate challenges and unfolding opportunities
Ashley Dawson is the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities at the Princeton Environmental Institute, and a regular faculty member at the City...
James Kovacs talks about his new novel, the hero’s journey, and the allegory of healing
James Kovacs is the author of the 2019 novel The Bard and the Bone King. James is a licensed acupuncturist who has been practicing holistic medicine in the Bay Area since 2003. In addition to his...
Dana Frank discusses immigration, asylum seekers at the border, Honduras, and U.S. foreign policy
Dana Frank is Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she researched modern Honduras and US labor history. Since the 2009 military coup in Honduras she has...
Chelsea Adams on the transformative power of outdoor education
Chelsea Adams is the Lead Forest Preschool Teacher at Wild Roots Forest School in Santa Barbara, the oldest Forest School in California. She is a graduate of the Academy of Forest Kindergarten...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, October 14 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.