All Episodes

Perspective: The NIU Art Museum

Perspective: Education isn't dying in one place. It's being dismantled everywhere.

Perspective: Public broadcasting, I have your back!

Perspective: Words will not save us, but they can point the way

Perspective: You need a rest

Perspective: It's time to speak out in favor of life

Perspective: Support your public media

Perspective: It's time for more research on this rare disease

Perspective: The awful irony of nuclear proliferation

Perspective: Guilt

Perspectives: My legs, my choice

Perspective: Toxic boss behavior

Perspective: Ships, colleges, and John Coltrane

Perspective: There's no better time than now to dive in

Perspective: My tech is aging faster than I am

Perspective: It's called 'Elderspeak,' hon.

Perspective: Laundry calamities

Perspective: Gracie, a pandemic gift

Perspective: With apologies to President Lincoln...

Perspective: Watch out! Your walk in the park may get ruined

Perspective: Only one branch of government? Keep fighting to preserve our democracy

Perspective: College students should read more

Perspective: The first 169 days

Perspective: The Fascism Cycle

Perspective: Let's talk about tax cuts

Perspective: Teaming up with Dolly Parton

Perspective: No greater value

Perspective: Gardens of Resistance

Perspective: We are a 'banana republic'

Perspective: Make hay while the sun shines

Perspective: Puppies, unicorns, fire-breathing dragons

Perspective: Goodnight, Beloit College

Perspective: Resistance and celebration

Perspective: Yes, waste time!

Perspective: My summer watch list

Perspective: Sparkle & shine vs. food divine

Perspective: Let's find the common ground

Perspective: Not my clown, not my circus

Perspective: The forgotten details of history

Perspective: The root of all evil

Perspective: For the price of a yearly cup of coffee...

Perspective: Summer reading lists should be generated by humans, not by A.I.

Perspective: The continuing saga of Monty and Rose

Perspective: Getting help with the loss of our dear pet, Betty

Perspective: Is Chicago's Pope up to the job?

Perspective: Thank you!

Perspective: It's a bad, not beautiful, budget bill

Perspective: Surely it couldn't happen here

Perspective: Treating others with dignity is one way to heal America

Perspective: Sailing away with Yacht Rock

Perspective: Family estrangement and grandparent alienation

Perspective: The circus is in town, part II

Perspective: Elder, not elderly

Perspective: The grace of lifelong friends

Perspective: A distorted view of 'refugees'

Perspective: A simple sentence

Perspective: It's time to act for endangered species

Perspective: Coming together over kittens

Perspective: The flat

Perspective: Liver makes me shiver

Perspective: The beauty of our dreams

Perspective: Raise your voice for AmeriCorps

Perspective: Homework

Perspective: The digital bar mitzvah

Perspective: About that book you borrowed...

Perspective: Due process

Perspective: Animal rescuers should give us hope -- and inspiration

Perspective: Broken but unbowed

Perspective: Protests work

Perspective: Logging and mining National Forests won't solve wildfires

Perspective: The strange arc of Russian/American relations

Perspective: Celebrate Earth Day by saving money

Perspective: Dysfunction at the micro and macro levels

Perspective: The time capsule

Perspective: The love behind the anniversary

Perspective: The perilous path of tariffs

Perspective: Farmers, food insecurity, and chainsaws

Perspective: I dream of ferries

Perspective: A secret affair

Perspective: The bright side of Doomsday

Perspective: From carbon footprint to civic footprint

Perspective: Who are the most evolved politicians?

Perspective: Why research matters

Perspective: A few words of gratitude

Perspective: A reading from George Orwell

Perspective: Finding hope in a Tolkien deep-cut

Perspective: What has your government done for you lately?

Perspective: The alarming pile of disregards

Perspective: OK, Betty, you win

Perspective: What if something happens?

Perspective: The slow worm

Perspective: Wordsworth's Wisdom

Perspective: What is merit?

Perspective: Beer and hymns?

Perspective: The New Sheriff

Perspective: Spring migration -- Which way to go?

Perspective: Get informed, then vote!

Perspective: You want privacy with that?

Perspective: We will welcome every baby

Perspective: Rockford welcomes all people