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.
John R. Hall–Societal change in the wake of Covid-19
On the 4/14/20 episode of Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington interviews Sociologist and UCSC Research Professor, John R. Hall, who will be leaning on historical perspectives to help us envision...
Grocery Shopping in Coronatimes
This short montage from Gail Borkowski shows the unique ways we are adapting to shopping while trying to maintain respectful distances.
Local Small Business Owners Talk Business During Quarantine
BONUS material on this podcast! Talk of the Bay host Suki Wessling convenes a Business Roundtable to discuss the state of small businesses in Santa Cruz County. Join Yvette Contois of The Art...
Testing,one-two…Covid-19 tests by Ashleigh Papp
At KSQD we're thrilled to have two new interns, Ashleigh Papp and Jesse Kathan. This is Ashleigh's first science radio story for KSQD about how two types of tests for Covid-19 differ and what they...
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.