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.
Swing Left and Wisconsin’s Supreme Court: Progressives act to protect a liberal majority
The 2025 race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is shaping up to set national records for campaign spending and will determine the ideological control of the court for at least a year with...
Labor Strikes Then and Now
Filmmaker Jon Silver talks about his film "Watsonville on Strike" about the Watsonville cannery strike, an 18-month strike forty years ago and his follow-up film, "Daughters of the Strike". The...
Santa Cruz Water Director Heidi Luckenbach opens the gates on local water supply
Heidi Luckenbach is the Water Director for the City of Santa Cruz. In this role, she is responsible for maintaining the water system's infrastructure, ensuring a reliable climate-resilient...
Today on Talk of the Bay – Beware of Billionaires Bearing Gifts
On Today’s Talk of the Bay, with your host Meilin Obinata, you will meet Max Sárosi, an organizer of Jews Against White Supremacy, who has studied how billionaire philanthropy impacts the...
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, April 7 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.