KQED's Perspectives

Michael Ellis wades into tidepools and finds one of his favorite creatures.

Marilyn Englander finds that travel to a wet environment is a perfect get-away for drought-stricken Californians.

Another schoolhouse shooting, and Nirmy Kang says a familiar and predictable debate follows. 

Al Gilbert says the secret to a successful job interview is to realize it's not an interview.

It's Memorial Day and Winston Tharp has this tribute to a veteran whose promise was lost.

Christine Schoefer discovers that the secrets held in books are not always the work of authors.

For Maui-born Hiwa Greig spam has been a staple of their food and culture. But once they moved to Oakland, they realized folks hold a lot of preconceptions towards spam and those who eat it. This perspective was produced by YR Media.

A poem in a volume pulled from a bookstore shelf, helps Simone Green navigate her journey of discovery.

Taste and smell may be our senses most taken for granted, unless, that is, you’ve had COVID. Conor Hagen has this Perspective.

Vicki Larson wonders why old notions that women are little more than child bearers persist.

Margaret Stawowy, like most, wanted to keep her mother in familiar surroundings when she began to decline. It was easier said than done.

Feeling stressed out? A nice warm bath might help. But if that’s not practical, Carol Arnold can suggest a different kind of bath to soothe the anxious mind.

Craig Isom says the recent black hole images developed by the Event Horizon Telescope are evidence of the profound genius of Albert Einstein.

First-year medical student Brian Smith has seen the difference between guilt and shame in his patients and their families.

The world is full of doers, all busy and buzzing about just doing things, while the rest—people like Lane Parker—take a more measured approach, calmly weighing just when to do most anything.