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 Your Right to Vote
Confused about the ballot or how to vote for president if you're a no party preference or independent voter? Wondering how secure Santa Cruz County's voter system is? We hear from Gail Pellerin, the...
Could we bring back the woolly mammoth? Should we?
Join Brad Kava and Suki Wessling in our conversation with Sabrina Shirazi and Molly Cassatt from the Paleogenomics Lab at UC Santa Cruz. In this fascinating, wide-ranging conversation we discuss...
11th Hour Coffee Run by 24-year-old Entrepreneur
Why did brothers Brayden and Joel Etsby name their coffee roasting company and coffee shop 11th Hour Coffee? What is the meaning of the 11th hour? Is it that time is running out, or that one should...
Adam Scow Runs for Congress
Adam Bolanos Scow is a democrat running for the 20th Congressional District seat currently held by Jimmy Panetta. Fashioning his campaign after those of Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, September 9 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.