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.
The Distinguished Artists Series with Founder John Orlando
Christine Barrington hosts John Orlando, the Director of the Santa Cruz Distinguished Artists Concert and Lecture Series, which he founded in 1985. The Distinguished Artist’s Series brings...
Seymour Discovery Center’s New Exhibit: Water’s Extreme Journey!
There is so much to know and celebrate about Santa Cruz's rich water resources, and the Seymour Marine Discovery Center is the perfect guide to help you do just that. In this episode you will hear...
Transborder: The Bracero Legacy Project
In this interview, I have a fascinating, wide-ranging conversation/rumination about immigration, identity, politics and creeping fascism. Daniel Ruanova is a painter and sculptor and self-described...
Short Play Festival 8 Tens and 8 Returns
The short play festival finally returns after a couple of covid false starts with 10 new plays. In this interview, we get a little preview of two of the pieces and talk with the actors and directors...
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.