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.
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.
Housing for People Gathers Signatures for Initiative
A citizen's initiative is busy gathering signatures in the city of Santa Cruz that would allow residents to vote on the height of buildings over the current limit in the general plan and would...
Making ecocide an international crime – A conversation with Jojo Mehta of Stop Ecocide International
Jojo Mehta co-founded Stop Ecocide alongside barrister and legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, to support the establishment of ecocide as a crime at the International Criminal Court. As...
Good burning for ecological health – an interview with Jared Childress of the California Prescribed Burn Association
As the Program Manager and Burn Boss for the Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association for the UC Cooperative Extension, Jared Childress identifies and implements prescribed fire projects...
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.