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:

 Bioluminescence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:25

Michael Ellis finds a Bay Area version of fireflies shimmering on Tomales Bay.

 Who's Fat and Who's Not? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:19

Youth Radio's Bria Bryant finds the link between body image and health isn't a simple formula.

 Celebration | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:18

Raised in communist Romania, Gabriela Pasat revels in her first vote as an American citizen.

 Mailing It In | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:22

Absentee ballots are fine, but Debbie Broeker finds something special about Election Day voting.

 Foucault's Pendulum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:22

Bhaskar Sompalli, and small children, are fascinated by a giant pendulum that knocks over small pins like clockwork.

 Optimal Illusion | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:23

Politicians lie, says Jeremy Sherman, because they have to.

 You Like Me, You Really Do | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:07

Mac Clayton 'connects' on Facebook. Well, sort of.

 Flaming Pumpkins | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:23

Cameron Walker's father feared fire, flaming pumpkins included.

 One of Those | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:26

Three decades ago Sophie Abitbol was a child of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

 Surrounded by Walls | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:27

After a stay in Brazil, Evan Sagerman knows the difference government can make.

 The Biggest Leaf | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:15

Peggy Hansen goes hunting for the biggest leaf in the forest.

 Good Enough | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:19

Like everyone else, Christine Canty worries that she's not good enough.

 It Has to Stop | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:27

Richard Swerdlow has seen the ugliness of bullying in his own school.

 Pooling Resources | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:21

As a kid, Hal Stemmler wanted a basketball he couldn't afford. What he got was a civics lesson.

 Pooling Resources | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:21

As a kid, Hal Stemmler wanted a basketball he couldn't afford. What he got was a civics lesson.

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