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KQED's Perspectives

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Our series of of daily listener commentaries since 1991.
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Episodes

Larry Lee: A New Racist Trope

A recent local instance of anti-Asian stereotyping leaves Larry Lee fuming at never-ending racism.

Nov 01, 2021•4 min

Meg Waite Clayton: Nasty

Political change doesn't come easily, but Meg Waite Clayton says it helps to have some nasty friends.

Oct 26, 2021•4 min

Bora Reed: A Season to Remember

The Giants season ended recently, but Bora Reed and a legion of fans cherish memories of a season like no other.

Oct 25, 2021•4 min

Karen Trippe Mannix: Napa Valley Wine

The Northern California wine industry faces many challenges from fire, drought, climate change and more, but Karen Trippe Mannix says its future is rooted in people and place. The winery where I work is suffused with the smell of fermenting grapes. Tall redwood doors are thrown open, cool morning air clearing out carbon dioxide that’s gathered overnight as yeasts ferment each ripe grape. Cream-colored bins brim with tight clusters of grapes waiting to journey from vine to bottle. The crush pad i...

Oct 19, 2021•4 min

Mark Clevenger: Your Child

Mark Clevenger's daughter is off to college and everything has changed, except what matters.

Oct 06, 2021•4 min

Richard Levitt: The Sunday Paper

As newspapers struggle with declining revenues and shrinking pages, Richard Levitt clings fast to a tradition that defies the digital age.

Oct 04, 2021•4 min

Christine Schoefer: The Value of Food

Food banks are overwhelmed and people are hungry, yet we waste food shamelessly. A child of post-war Germany, Christine Schoefer vows to change her ways.

Sep 28, 2021•4 min

Pete Gavin: Salute

It was a habit that survived for a very long time, but even ingrained habits can change. Pete Gavin has this Perspective. In 1966 my parents purchased eight acres just outside Mendocino. Their dream was to eventually leave Berkeley and retire on the land. In 1985 they achieved it. There’s a creek just north of Mendocino called Jack-Peter’s Creek. A bridge on 101 crosses the creek. My father, Jack, who served in the Navy, used to salute when we hit that bridge; if I was in the car, I too saluted,...

Sep 27, 2021•4 min

Peggy Hansen: Gardens

Peggy Hansen finds lessons for humanity in the joy and hard work of tending a garden.

Sep 23, 2021•4 min

Richard Swerdlow: Masking in School

Richard Swerdlow says re-opened school feel pretty much like back-to-normal—with one big exception. It’s September and students are heading back to school. Unlike last year, when the pandemic forced schools to shutter and students to pivot to learning online, this fall schools are open for in-person instruction. Although COVID continues to disrupt life, with 100,000 Americans diagnosed and 1,000 deaths every day, school feels surprisingly normal. There a few indications of contagious illness—han...

Sep 21, 2021•4 min
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