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.
Protecting Farmworker Health:Luis Alejo on Covid-19 Protocols
100th District Monterey County Supervisor, Luis Alejo talks about a new series of voluntary protocols aimed at protecting farmworker health during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Aid to undocumented workers
In this segment, two parters in the effort to help undocumented workers who were laid off and can't get government assistance, talk about the Undocufund, a new fundraising effort. Maria Cadenas...
Former Natural Resources Secretary, John Laird
John Laird, who was Jerry Brown's Natural Resources Secretary, former assemblymember, and former mayor of Santa Cruz, joins Talk of the Bay to share his experience dealing with wildfires, dam...
Les Wright 37th Parallel Winery
On Talk of the Bay, April 7, 2020 Christine Barrington interviews local vintner Les Wright whose journey from a weekend hobbiest wine maker to a full-blown winery shows what is possible when we...
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.