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:
The memory of Sue Henkin-Haas’ mother is failing, but they find peace in creating mandalas together.
Lauren John hated reading "Ulysses," and it changed her life for the better.
Lane Parker's young son makes constructing even the biggest and most complicated things simple, and gives his father an adult lesson in creativity.
When a leader is going the wrong way, teacher David Ellison says it's time for followers to find their own voices.
In 2013, Peter Rahal was obsessed with CrossFit, but noticed it didn't sell any snacks to align with its pro-paleo philosophy. So instead of joining his family's business, Rahal Foods, he recruited his friend Jared Smith to start making their own protein bar. They made the first RXBAR in a Cuisinart in Peter's parents' home in suburban Chicago. By 2016, RXBAR was doing over $36 million in sales, and in November 2017, the founders sold the company to Kellogg's for $600 million. Recorded live in Chicago.
16-year old XiLin Choi has already learned some valuable lessons about how to cope with a boss.
Michael Newland says that when children are in the news its usually because adults have failed them.
Words have power. Some people, like Emily La, get it. Others don't.
Fran Braga Meininger regrets the unraveling that comes with age, but welcomes what’s revealed.
Lisa Price worked in television but had a passion for beauty products. At her mother's suggestion, she began selling her homemade moisturizer at a church flea market. Twenty years later, Carol's Daughter is one of the leading beauty brands catering to African-American women. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," we check back in with Aiden Emilio who, along with her husband Jesse, created RexSpecs — UV-protecting goggles for dogs.
Paula Reinman has lived three lives, and her father is at the center of each.
The family of Youth Radio's Andrea Jiménez fled gang violence in their native El Salvador. Will they ever go back?
Peggy Hansen doesn't grab her fruit from a grocery bin. She plucks it from her own trees. And there's an art to it.
Louise Aronson teaches writing to doctors and nurses who discover the excitement of self-expression through the written word.
Ali Shah says the implosion of biotech firm Theranos is a classic example of Silicon Valley hype and hubris.
