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.
Derek Whaley shares the history of train routes through the Santa Cruz Mountains and how they changed the destiny of this region
Derek R. Whaley is a historian and research librarian, who was born and raised in Felton, California. He earned a doctorate in history from the University of Canterbury in 2018. He began...
22 High-Resolution Automated License Plate Readers in Santa Cruz Intersections. Do We Need Them?
On Talk of the Bay we explore a controversial new proposal to install 22 high-speed automated license plate image capture cameras at busy intersections in the city of Santa Cruz. The proposal has...
Broadsides: Art and Poetry Mix at MK Contemporary Art
On Talk of the Bay Monday, November 27 at 5:30: Join host Christine Barrington with guests Melissa Kreisa, Rose Sellery and Donna Mikes to learn about Broadsides a curated show from MK Contemporary...
Growing Meaningful Futures for the Disabled at Common Roots Farm
How do you have a meaningful day when you have a significant disability? For the past decade, The Founders of Santa Cruz’s Common Roots Farm have been on an odyssey to answer this question. Heidi...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, January 23 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.