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.
Local Rabbis Try to Get Arrested for Gaza
On Monday, August 11, roughly 18 San Francisco Bay Area rabbis and cantors sat down in the street after speaking in front of the barricaded Israeli Consulate building, in opposition to...
Immigration and the Apocalypse
How have Christians--going back to Columbus--used religion, and especially the Book of Revelation, to frame migration and immigration both by colonists (to justify colonization and genocide) and by...
Stories from UCSC Students’ Journey to Ireland
This summer, I taught 25 UC Santa Cruz students podcasting. They'd never tried anything like it, but dove in feet first. The assignment was to come up with a topic about a local cultural practice or...
Community Wellness Day in Watsonville’s Pinto Lake August 16
Kymberly Lacross of Growing Greatness has a message for people feeling isolated. Come on out and play! Information is below: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kymberly Lacrosse Growing Greatness Phone:...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, January 8 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.