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.
Happy 100th Giant Dipper!
The Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk turned 100 years old on May 17th, 2024. We celebrated by interviewing Jessie Durant, the Seaside Company's archivist about the...
Sowing Seeds: Stories of Filipino Immigrants in Pajaro Valley
This is the transcript of the feature by Grace McCarty on Watsonville is in the Heart's exhibit, Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley Me: This is Grace McCarty, the UCSC...
How to Save a Pelican
Hundreds of dead and dying pelicans have washed up on beaches in recent weeks all up and down the California Coast. The staff at the Santa Cruz Native Animal Rescue center have been swamped with...
Redwood Mountain Faire Rides Again
The venerated two day Redwood Mountain Faire is back. Did you know it is produced by 200 volunteers to benefit nonprofits in the San Lorenzo Valley? The lineup this year is exciting and the weather...
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.