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.
Cabrillo College Name Change: The Impacts of Colonization on Native Americans
The Cabrillo College name change process has inspired both admiration and divisiveness. Amidst the controversy, the core reasons impelling the name change are often sidelined. On the Talk of the...
Big Basin State Park Regenerates Itself
Big Basin State Park is the oldest state park in California and also the most devastated by the CZU Fire that swept through in 2020. In this show, we hear from Bonny Hawley, Executive Director of...
Fire Preparedness in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Sometimes conventional wisdom fails in the face of new scientific discoveries about how fire behaves and how to protect your home. Adrienne Edwards is a plant ecologist with a new book that...
Congressman Jimmy Panetta on Veterans Compensation
Jimmy Panetta addresses several issues facing veterans, including funding available for veterans who suffered illness from toxic burn piles in the field.
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Monday, October 2 6:00am
HOSTED BY
Suki Wessling and Christine Barrington (Mondays)
Chris Krohn (Tuesdays)
Len Beyea (Wednesdays)
Rachel Anne Goodman (Thursdays)
Rick Kleffel/Clara Shirley-Appel (Fridays)
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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.