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.
Scotts Valley Haunted House Raises Funds for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Since 2003 Ghouls, Goblins, Zombies, and other creepy characters have populated the Scotts Valley Haunted House all for a good cause--raising thousands of dollars every year to benefit the Leukemia...
The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover up Climate Change
Renowned climate writer and activist Bill McKibben calls this book, just out in September 2022, “a truly needed compendium of Big Oil’s endless lies.” This interview delves into the story and how it...
Talk of the Bay Ami Chen Mills roundtable on national mid-term elections
Ami Chen Mills takes a look at what’s at stake in the national mid-term elections. Anti-democratic candidates are on the ballot in many states, running for governorships and seats in Congress. Who’s...
Curbside composting comes to Santa Cruz—and more!
On Talk of the Bay with Suki Wessling: A pile of new environmental laws are coming our way in California since Gov. Newsom signed this session’s bills. Although the effects of many of them will be...
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.