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.
Amy Hanauer of the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy on tax fairness, recent and proposed changes in the tax code, and the impact of tax policy on all of our lives
Amy Hanauer is the Executive Director of the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP. ITEP provides vision and leadership to bring accurate research and data to tax policy...
Still thriving after all these years: Bargetto Winery turns 90
On Talk of the Bay, third-generation winemaker John Bargetto joins host Suki Wessling to talk about his family winery's history and present. Started the day Prohibition was enacted, the winery...
Two Local Iranian Women Speak About Protests in Iran
As protests continue in Iran despite a brutal government crackdown, two local women speak about their hopes and fears for their home country. Elnaz Sarbar Boczek is an Iranian American women’s...
Behind the Mic: Mathilde Rand
When you tune in to K-Squid or download a podcast, a human being with an amazing story is always there "Behind the Mic." Christine Barrington pulls the curtain back to introduce you to Mathilde...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
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.