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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Nikhilesh Kumar has found an unlikely haven for those, like him, who suffer from food allergies -- fast food outlets.
In 1978, college drop-out John Mackey scraped together $45,000 to open his first health food store, "Safer Way." A few years later he co-founded Whole Foods Market — and launched an organic food revolution that helped change the way Americans shop. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," how Kyle Ewing created waterproof paper through his company TerraSlate.
Paul Staley says forget the Garden of Eden’s Tree of Knowledge. Modern man has become addicted to the Tree of Convenience.
Todd Adler’s mom was unconventional, but she drove her family safely through the storm.
Carla Koop helps care for blue herons trying to make a home of Oakland.
Psychiatry resident Matt Hirschtritt finds that all his mental health skills are inadequate to a patient who is losing his home.
On National Teacher Day, Richard Swerdlow recalls fellow teachers who did so much more that reading, writing and arithmetic.
In 1972, Maureen and Tony Wheeler bought a beat-up car and drove from London "as far east as we could go." They wound up in Australia, by way of Afghanistan, India and Thailand. Their notes on how to travel on a shoestring became a book, which grew into Lonely Planet — the largest travel guide publisher in the world. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," how 15-year-old Michael Mendicino, with help from his mom, took a teenage trend and turned it into a board game called Bottle Flip.
Reka Pigniczky is proud of her name and the cultural heritage that comes with it.
Michael Ellis says when you’re talking about superlatives of the natural world, you’re talking California.
It’s nearing graduation season, and Youth Radio’s Grace Vaughan Brekke is looking forward to college and a future career path where women are underrepresented.
Holly Hubbard Preston’s answer to the inevitability of death is to embrace life.
Mike Newland's young daughter becomes curious about the contents of a family urn.
Samantha Schoech’s experience with San Francisco public schools is at odds with their often unflattering reputation.
As a kid, Troy Carter dreamed of being a rapper, but soon discovered he was a better manager than a musician. He took Lady Gaga from obscurity to stardom – helping shape both her music and her brand. Then he turned his gift for spotting talent to spotting investment opportunities with his company Atom Factory.
