KQED's Perspectives show

KQED's Perspectives

Summary: Perspectives is KQED Public Radio's series of daily commentaries by our listeners. Essays cover a broad range of social and political issues, cultural observations and personal experiences of interest to KQED's Northern California audience.

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Podcasts:

 Learning to Fear | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

School children are massed in a windowless room to protect them from violence, but Kora Fillet sees kids learning to fear.

 Shake It Up, Baby | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:21

To keep friends like Giles Goodhead, the San Francisco Symphony needs to think more creatively about its program.

 BART Impasse | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:31

John Logan says the parties in the BART dispute have spent more energy on public relations than private negotiations.

 BART Impasse | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:31

John Logan says the parties in the BART dispute have spent more energy on public relations than private negotiations.

 My Heart Belongs to Daddy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:27

Kevin Fisher-Paulson bemoans his demotion from "Daddy" to "Dad."

 Tough on Underdogs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:25

Steve Woolpert says recent Supreme Court decisions tilt the burden of proof against underdogs.

 Parent Trap | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

Back home with her parents after graduating college, Jenny Marshall notices a strange personal transformation.

 Parent Trap | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

Back home with her parents after graduating college, Jenny Marshall notices a strange personal transformation.

 Homeland Security | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:28

To Lorrie Goldin, Janet Napolitano's hiring as head of the UC system symbolizes the importance of education to homeland security.

 Upstanders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:14

A high school friend teaches Amber Reyes the difference between a bystander and an upstander.

 Upstanders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:14

A high school friend teaches Amber Reyes the difference between a bystander and an upstander.

 Return of Harbor Porpoises | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

Michael Ellis celebrates the return of harbor porpoises to San Francisco Bay.

 From Oscar to Trayvon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

Youth Radio's Pendarvis Harshaw draws parallels between the stories of Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin.

 The Weight of Race | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

Just because he's white doesn't mean that Simon Abramowitsch doesn't feel the weight of race in the Trayvon Martin case.

 Architecture | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

The hunt for a Spanish apartment shows Clarence Wong the difference between construction and architecture.

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