 Unterberger has given talks on music and popular culture at public libraries in San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Mateo County, California.He is also a speaker at area bookstores, including The Booksmith in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco.Unterberger has also written on travel, including "The Rough Guide to Seattle" (1996), and co-authored "The Rough Guide to Shopping with a Conscience" (2007), a book about ethical products, investment, and related topics.