KQED's Perspectives

Bailey Malone works in philanthropy, but she had to give herself an education in giving.

Many names are mispronounced. But Youth Radio's Sheila Blandon wasn't sure how to pronounce her own name.

Bhaskar Sompalli is stunned by a desperate man playing the Moonlight Sonata on a campus piano.

Every year Richard Swerdlow's young students ask him what was his favorite toy as a kid.

Forget about breaking bad habits. Kevin Fisher-Paulson says practice some good habits instead.

Therapist Jamie Matter knows too well the difficulty of identifying violent patients' intent on harm.

Therapist Jamie Matter knows too well the difficulty of identifying violent patients' intent on harm.

A dead battery and no phone charger send Amrutha Badrinarayan into digital panic.

Wendy Sinek deplores a missing element in the gun debate: fact-based research.

Wendy Sinek deplores a missing element in the gun debate: fact-based research.

Michael Ellis looks at one California critter among the very few that migrated north in the Great American Exchange.

When Steven Moss marinates himself in zombie lit, the effects on his mind are creepy.

Affording San Francisco is a problem for Darya Mead, but the Alemany farmer's market is the cure.

Affording San Francisco is a problem for Darya Mead, but the Alemany farmer's market is the cure.

At 67, Stan Goldberg shares the pope's acceptance of what they just can't do anymore.