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.
Kieren Rudge on the intersection between climate adaptation and justice
Kieren Rudge is a doctoral student in the Society & Environment Division of the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. Their research interests lie at...
Is There Hope for Lasting Peace? with Nobel Prize-nominee, Palestinian Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
In this extraordinary interview with Palestinian Dr. and Professor Izzeldin Abuelaish, who lost three daughters and a niece to Israeli tank shelling in Gaza in 2009—the same day, 15 years ago, as...
The Rail and Trail: 2006-2018 featuring George Dondero, John Leopold and Cory Caletti
This Monday on Talk of the Bay features episode #2 in a KSQD series about the Rail and Trail. This episode highlights the enormous accomplishments related to the Rail & Trail under the tenure of...
Fake News and the Presidential Elections
As the presidential primary season gets underway, how will fake news influence how people, or whether people vote? How will it impact the views people hold about the nominees? What are deep fakes...
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.