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.
Zoom fatigue? Here’s why!
In this feature by Ashleigh Papp, our science communications intern, we learn why we feel tired after an online meeting or group chat. Your digital calendar dings on the hour, letting you know it's...
Aliens Have Landed Radio Drama
This radio drama was produced by the students in my Cabrillo College journalism class, "Writing for the Broadcast Media".
Environmental Scientist Joanna Nelson on Right Relationship between Land, Sea, and Humans
On Talk of the Bay Tuesday June 2, 2020 host Christine Barrington will be talking with environmental scientist and social activist Joanna Nelson about right relationship and how it forms the...
DIY Workshop Turns to Mask Production
Photo Credit: Idea Fab Labs This story first aired on Talk of the Bay. It is produced by Science Communications intern, Jesse Kathan. Transcript On the westside of Santa Cruz, the imposing Wrigley...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, April 3 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.