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.
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...
What about the Trees?
As the Rail-Trail moves into development of Sections 8 and 9 (a 2.2-mile bicycle and pedestrian system that extends from the Beach Street/Pacific Avenue Roundabout to the eastern side of 17th...
How to Grow a Radio Station: Q&A with KSQD’s Rachel Goodman and Sandy Stone
KSQD's two new signals 89.5 & 89.7 will launch very soon. Your dedicated community radio leadership is working hard behind the scenes to make it happen. In this Q&A with Board Chair Rachel...
What’s Home? Artists Inspire Homeless Dialog
We hear from two artists, Cynthia Strauss, a performance artist, and Angela Gleason, a metal and jewelry artist about their collaborations with unhoused locals on expressing and discussing this...
Host Bios
[Coming soon]
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.