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.
Celebrate Creativity with Print Day in May!
Print Day in May is coming soon! For 24 hours, as the day unfolds around the globe, participants in over 80 countries join in this powerful celebration of creativity. By nightfall they share their...
Sand City’s West End Celebration
In this chat with founder/organizer Steve Vagnini, we look at the evolution of this local street festival into a major music event in the area.
Mountain Community Theater’s “The Viewing Room” Preview
On May 19th Mountain Community Theater will present "The Viewing Room" a comedy full of gallows humor in which the patriarch of a family comes back to settle old scores and seek reconciliation for...
Downtown Santa Cruz moves forward
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling welcomes four guests to talk about downtown plans for the summer and beyond. We feature Jorian Wilkins, the Executive Director for the Downtown Association of...
Host Bios
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
NEXT SHOW
Thursday, April 24 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.