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.
Corals and Sponges: A Refuge within a Refuge
We live on the edge of the Monterey Bay. But unless we’re divers, most of us don’t know what lurks deep beneath the water’s surface. You might be surprised to hear that a rainbow of sponges and...
Behind the Mic: Jennifah Chard of Zombie Jamboree
On Talk of the Bay May 2, 2022 Christine Barrington goes Behind the Mic with Jennifah Chard, Dj and host of the funky, the eclectic, and the always joyful, Zombie Jamboree happening every Friday...
Behind the Mic: Bruce Larson of Don’t Fence Me In
On Talk of the Bay May 2, 2022, Christine Barrington goes Behind the Mic with Bruce Larson, KSQD DJ and co-host of Tuesday's Don't Fence Me In. Local Radio, it turns out, is not just a humdrum...
El Salvador to Santa Cruz -Finding Welcome
The Santa Cruz Welcoming Network was our featured guest on Talk of the Bay this week. In this program I spoke to: Elizabeth (not her real name) Elizabeth and her two teenage sons are from El...
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.