In the early 1980s, she began making documentaries for Channel Four television, developing and producing the world-music show Big World Cafe.

Goldman lived in Paris for a year and a half, where she was a member of new wave duo Chantage, which gained modest fame in France.

[3] Later the song "Launderette" was included on Gomma Records' "Anti NY" compilation and the Chicks On Speed-produced Girl Monster collection.

Goldman is also a documentarian and adjunct professor of punk and reggae at New York University's (NYU) Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.

In January 2007 BBC America began a regular Ask the Punk Professor feature on their website, with Goldman answering questions and commenting on current events.