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:

 Sweet and Sour | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:23

Manel Kappagoda limits her daughter's soda intake, but could use some help.

 The End of Death | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:30

Bob Finlayson says death may be the next victim of technology's march.

 The End of Death | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:23

Manel Kappagoda limits her daughter's soda intake, but could use some help.

 Hybrid | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:19

Paul Staley looks for the balance between dependence on government and the anarchy of individualism.

 My New Hero | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:27

The struggle of an elderly woman to get dressed teaches Hanna Clements-Hart a lesson in guts.

 Wynken, Blynken and Nod | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:27

When Jolie Kanat looks at government she doesn't see "them." She sees "us."

 Weeds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:29

What makes a weed a weed? Michael Ellis has the answer.

 Branch and Root | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:24

Youth Radio's Bianca Brooks discovers that her family tree has unexpected branches and roots.

 We Built This City | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:27

It was bad music then, and its bad music now. But Fred Etheridge has a new attitude about it.

 Loving Betta | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:22

Helen Smolinski's severely disabled child isn't the gift she'd hoped for, but her gifts are profound still.

 Saved by the Safety Net | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:28

Bhaskar Sompalli's life is testimony to the good the education and a social safety net can do.

 Stats That Matter | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:00

Teacher Matt Mitchell is fine with test-score-based evaluations, but not all statistics are born equal.

 I Already Gave | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:19

A credit card reader asks Wichita Sims to "donate to breast cancer."

 Three Perspectives | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:29

High schooler Raba Sbeih-Rosales is a Palestinian, a Latina and an American.

 Animal Nation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:13

Paul Staley says it isn't just elephants and donkeys going to the polls on election day.

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