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:

 Debbie Duncan: Update Your Priors | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:17

Changing times mean it's time to change. Debbie Duncan says "update your priors."

 Heather Lattimer: Double Pell | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:16

Dean Heather Lattimer looks at the high cost of college and what to do about it.

 Marilyn Englander: Future Self | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:12

Marilyn Englander's procrastinating, last-minute self withered during the pandemic.

 Connie Champagne: The Year That Got Away | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:06

It's been a rough year for San Francisco's eclectic entertainment community, but Connie Champagne hopes better time aren't just somewhere over the rainbow.

 Leticia Monroy: There Is No Perfect Child | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:14

Leticia Monroy juggles work, school and her young child's early learning challenges.

 Ali Shah: America, The Super League | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:19

Ali Shah says the failure of a proposed soccer super league is a rare defeat for American-style elitism.

 Alice Chen: Other | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:13

Alice Chen says anti-Asian racism is all about excluding Asian Americans as "other."

 Kevin Cool: More Than a Poker Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:18

The resumption of Kevin Cool's poker game is at hand. It's about time.

 Olive Savoie: That’s So Gay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:18

Olive Savoie stands up to her peers when they utter a bigoted phrase.

 Luke Thomas: Turning Emotions Into Art | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:09

YR Media's Luke Thomas experienced the year of the pandemic through the lens of a camera.

 Kimberly Higareda: Not Ready For Real Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:06

Teenager Kimberly Higareda feels pressured to take on responsibilities she may not be ready for.

 Karen Chau: You Only Live Once | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:07

Teenager Karen Chau says the pandemic has taught her to treasure opportunities from the mundane to the exceptional.

 Alina Jafri: Ms Marvel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:02

Alina Jafri finds a role model in a comic book.

 Michael Ellis: The Deserts of California | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:16

Michael Ellis tours the three types of desert in California.

 Laura Weil: How We Die | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:53

Laura Weil says the pandemic has made us look at everything differently, including how we die.

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