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:
A persistent question makes grieving the loss of her sister to COVID much harder for Anna Beuselinck.
At age 7, Mateo Berger traveled to Guatemala to meet his birth mother and explore endless questions.
A night long ago in a Balkan village highlights for Richard Friedlander the changed standards for how we treat the elderly.
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau carves up the notion that eating meat is manly.
Putting the perception of others over our own values can often lead us down a slippery slope. At a young age, Teiji Futamase learned a valuable lesson in trusting your instincts and the importance of family. What would you do if your loved one needed your support — but you let peer pressure get the … Continue reading Teiji Futamase: Little Brother →
Joe Epstein says 'near-sourcing' is one answer to the badly broken supply chain.
Li Miao Lovett remembers how the Civil Rights Movement helped to diversify America.
Michael Ellis celebrates pomegranates, a healthy fruit with a special place in ancient mythology.
When my parents generously offered to give me their 20-year- old Acura sedan, my first thought was: Me, a car-free, transit-riding, e-bike loving San Francisco resident, take possession of a fossil-fuel-burning, climate-change machine? But in an impulsive act of quarantine indulgence, I accepted their offer. I named the white car Casper, after the friendly ghost. … Continue reading Paige Miller: The Transit Activist’s Dilemma →
It is the beginning of a new year which means that friends, even my very best friends, who should know by now how much I distaste making resolutions, are sending me emails with titles like this: “Resolutions For a Life Worth Living: Attainable Aspirations Inspired by Great Humans of the Past (including Seneca, Baldwin, Whitman, … Continue reading Sara Alexander: Annoying Resolutions →
Paul Staley says the marketplace of ideas isn't the emporium of free thought it's cracked up to be.
Christine Schoefer sees intricate beauty in the common vegetables on her kitchen counter.
Chinese Americans like Charles Feng must confront the the persistent questioning of their American-ness.
Engaging other journalists of color has helped YR Media's Shaylyn Martos find her career path, and much more.
Gillian Reynolds has learned that being exceptionally unexceptional at everything she tries can be pretty exceptional.
