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:
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau looks at just some of the body parts whose names have their origin in the animal kingdom.
America, it is said, has a love affair with the automobile. That would not include Steve McMoyler.
It's Memorial Day and Winston Tharp has this tribute to a veteran whose promise was lost.
Andrew Lewis says an effective vaccine wipes from collective memory the very problem it was created to solve.
For YR Media's Pratham Dalal, COVID looms large over his graduation year.
The pandemic distorts our sense of time, but Vanessa Dueck sees it marching on in small but meaningful ways.
Food banks are overwhelmed and people are hungry, yet we waste food shamelessly. A child of post-war Germany, Christine Schoefer vows to change her ways.
Larry Lee says that in trying times Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are finding their voices in opposition to hate and discrimination.
Michael Ellis discovers that a labyrinth is much more than an elaborate maze.
The pandemic varies greatly depending on the country you live in, but Sandhya Acharya says the world is united by COVID.
The tragic death of cycling icon Joe Shami reminds Tom Epstein that cyclists are vulnerable to distracted drivers.
Stephanie Denman says a simple thank you can help us all to feel appreciated.
Gender fluid children pose certain challenges for Sarah Hoffman and other adults who support them.
High schooler Jose Castro says adults don't appreciate the stress of high tech classrooms.
Richard Swerdlow says the return to school is testing – and exhilarating – teachers and students alike.
