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.
Richard Hodge, retired lawyer and judge, shares stories from courtroom battles, contracts, mediations, and life lessons
When he was a young man of college age, Richard Hodge was attending seminary and thought he was going to become a Methodist minister. As the fates would have it, he instead went on to become...
Oh, San Francisco, Where Art Thou? Part III
What do Silicon Valley Tech oligarchs want from the rest of us? San Francisco and the East Bay have become a learning laboratory for studying the designs of billionaire tech executives on the nation...
Critical Conversation on PVUSD Cuts Impacting Student Mental Health
KSQD Community Radio Hosts Critical Conversation on PVUSD Cuts Impacting Student Mental Health On Talk of the Bay From the Streets, we aired a one-hour program addressing recent cuts within Pajaro...
Civil Rights of Voters, Renters’ Rights, Investigations and Censure in Salinas – Talk of the Bay
On Talk of the Bay host Meilin Obinata, welcomes Christopher Barrera of the Salinas chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens known as LULAC and Salinas City Councilmember Andrew...
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.