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Rachel Goodman

(She/Her)
Santa Cruz
As seen in: KSQD-FM (Santa Cruz )
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Rachel Goodman’s Biography

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Rachel Goodman has been in the field of broadcast journalism for the past 40-plus years. She earned a Peabody award for her work on the NPR series “The DNA Files” and produced several popular long-form radio documentaries, including “Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farmworkers” and “Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country Music.” Ms. Goodman is the founder of KSQD community radio in Santa Cruz where she is the board chair and hosts a weekly talk show, Talk of the Bay. She cur…

Rachel Goodman’s Journalist Portfolio

Nonviolence Amid Escalating Social Tensions

Nonviolence Amid Escalating Social Tensions

As we watch public meetings devolve into shouting, politicians doxing and being doxed, private and public fig…

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Fred Keeley Reflects on Threats After Council Vote

Fred Keeley Reflects on Threats After Council Vote

Fresh off a meeting with the person who threatened to kill him over his vote on a council resolution regardin…

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The Santa Cruz Welcoming Network Helps Immigrants

The Santa Cruz Welcoming Network Helps Immigrants

The Santa Cruz Welcoming Network was founded a few years ago because local people felt the need to do somethi…

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Why We Need to Be Wild-Jessica Carew Kraft

Why We Need to Be Wild-Jessica Carew Kraft

In her book, Why we Need to be Wild, author and journalist Jessica Carew Kraft writes about her quest to live…

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Protesting US Military Aid to Israel

Protesting US Military Aid to Israel

Michael Gasser has lived in Santa Cruz since 2012, before which he taught informatics and cognitive science a…

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It Needs to be Told: Native Californians Reflect on Mission History

It Needs to be Told: Native Californians Reflect on Mission History

How can native people in California have their histories told in Mission state parks? That's the question I p…

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Articles

Facebook’s $18B settlement + AI in the classroom

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By Rachel Goodman
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Talk of the Bay from KSQD Facebook's $18B settlement + AI in the classroom Apple Podcasts RSS Spotify TuneIn YouTube Embed Download file | Play in new window | Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Spotify | TuneIn | YouTube UCSC professor Nolan Higdon has a unique take on the impact of the recent court settlement of nearly $18 billion, plus some changes in the platform. How much will it matter to the overall impact of the platform on society at large?
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Swimming California’s Coast-Catherine Breed on Endurance and Ocean Conservation

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By Rachel Goodman
| KSQD-FM (Santa Cruz )
Talk of the Bay from KSQD Swimming California's Coast-Catherine Breed on Endurance and Ocean Conservation Apple Podcasts RSS Spotify TuneIn YouTube Embed Download file | Play in new window | Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Spotify | TuneIn | YouTube Athlete Catherine Breed is fearless as she aims to swim the 900- mile coast of California.
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Banshees and Shamrocks-UCSC Students Share Podcasts from Ireland

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By Rachel Goodman
| KSQD-FM (Santa Cruz )
Why Santa Cruz Community Health is against Prop. 44 On Nov. 3, voters across California will have an opportunity to weigh in on Proposition 44. The measure, if passed, ... Enter Our T-Shirt Contest! K-Squid T-shirt contest! Open to all listeners. KSQD wants YOU to design our next t-shirt, to be featured in our ... Single Woman Double Clutches Wearing Many Hats Longtime Monterey and Santa Cruz County resident Kate Hitt calls her small poetry press Many Names Press, but she's a ...
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering city council elections for a college radio station.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, a Smith Corona

How is social media changing news?

It is polluting the information ecosystem so totally that most young people cannot tell journalism from opinion. Algorithms stoke extremism.