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.
Talk of the Bay Thursday August 25, 2022 Ami Chen Mills: homelessness
Ami Chen Mills continues her series on homelessness. The Santa Cruz City Council has voted to evict hundreds of people from their camping space along the San Lorenzo River. And the Oversized Vehicle...
Cat & Cloud is about much more than a good cup o’ joe
What does it mean to create a business based on values that seem to have little to do with the product being sold? Cat & Cloud Coffee co-owner Jared Truby visited Talk of the Bay to speak on...
Michael Gene Sullivan of San Francisco Mime Troupe on theater, satire, the creative process, and the upcoming show
Michael Gene Sullivan (he/him) (Head Writer, San Francisco Mime Troupe Collective) has performed with all four of the Bay Area’s Tony award-winning theaters: American Conservatory Theater,...
Talk of the Bay with Ami Chen Mills – Homeless Update
Ami Chen Mills welcomes Evan Morrison, Executive Director of The Free Guide, Santa Cruz's newest homeless services agency, and 2 other guests working with the homeless. The city has contracted The...
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Airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 PM
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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.