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:

 Steven Birenbaum: Joy in Warriorville | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 180

The Warriors have another championship and Steven Birenbaum has this tribute. 

 Jim McClellan: E Pluribus Unum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 176

Our unofficial national motto is e pluribus unum, but Jim Mcclellan finds neither pluribus nor unum in our political discourse.

 Vanessa Dueck: Swimming Episode | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 145

Vanessa Dueck struggles to keep up with shifting notions of good parenting brought on by a shifting pandemic.

 Deidre Green: Remembering My Father | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 181

In observance of Father's Day, Deidre Green remembers her father.

 Craig Isom: Asleep At The Wheel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 179

Craig Isom is paying dearly for his decision to replace one gas guzzler with another. 

 Bryan Gillette: Putting a Bad Day in Perspective | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 166

When things aren't going as planned and the hassles mount, Bryan Gillette looks for a little perspective. 

 Peggy Hansen: Twilight Zone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 180

While human lives are upended, life is normal for the plants and creatures of Peggy Hansen's farm.

 Paul Staley: The Marketplace of Ideas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 176

Paul Staley says the marketplace of ideas isn't the emporium of free thought it's cracked up to be.

 Tristen Deacon: Theatre Kid | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 177

Sixth grader Tristen Deacon joins a theater group for fun and personal growth. 

 Valerie Kirk: Protection | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 174

Valerie Kirk doubts a gun would have protected her from the intruder that dark night.

 Richard Swerdlow: Pride and Prejudice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 179

June is Pride month, and Richard Swerdlow celebrates unquestioned progress amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ laws and sentiment.

 Michael Ellis: Butterflies of the Sea | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 182

Michael Ellis wades into tidepools and finds one of his favorite creatures.

 Marilyn Englander: A Perfect Vacation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 177

Marilyn Englander finds that travel to a wet environment is a perfect get-away for drought-stricken Californians.

 Nirmy Kang: It Has Happened Again | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 177

Another schoolhouse shooting, and Nirmy Kang says a familiar and predictable debate follows. 

 Al Gilbert: A Job Interview Is An Audition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 182

Al Gilbert says the secret to a successful job interview is to realize it's not an interview.

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