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.
The Watershed Rangers: Budding Scientists Along the San Lorenzo River’s Edge
Join the Watershed Rangers as they learn about the San Lorenzo River watershed on their field trips with the Coastal Watershed Council’s “Watershed Rangers” education program offered through schools...
Heavy winter rainfall a relief but not a solution
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling is joined by three people who have dedicated their careers to water management. Sierra Ryan, County of Santa Cruz Water Resources Program Manager, oversees the...
Patrice Keet and Melissa LaHommedieu share the story of foster care tragedies and triumphs in “Melissa Come Back”
Patrice Keet and Melissa LaHommedieu are co-authors of the just-released book Melissa Come Back. Patrice Keet was a marriage and family therapist for thirty years with experience in private...
San Lorenzo Valley Art Tour
May 20 & 21 launches the 2nd annual San Lorenzo Valley Art Tour featuring dozens of artists from a multitude of genres who will welcome guests into their studios. Artists Mick Singer and Raf...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, April 17 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.