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.
Open Studios and the Arts in Monterey County
In this episode, we hear from Jacqui Atchison, Executive Director of the Arts Council of Monterey County about their Open Studios weekend, arts in the schools, and how local venues for performing...
Community members discuss housing affordability and the battle over rent control
Talk of the Bay host Len Beyea leads a discussion about housing affordability and, in particular, the rent control initiative on California's November ballot, Proposition 33. Participants...
Alan Tigay presents the Global 500 Greatest Songs of all time
Since 2015, Alan Tigay has been the host of the website World Listening Post, on which he has reviewed albums from 95 countries; most recently on the site, he published a list of The Global...
Rainbow Conference Highlights LGBTQIA Youth and Parents
On September 28th, the Queer, Trans, & Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast held a day-long event. In this interview, we hear from three people involved in organizing it. The guests were:...
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.