Rachel Goodman

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 currently teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her interests include the impact of fake news on politics and culture and the connection between advertising and public attitudes about environmental issues.