home  select a topic arts & literature education & learning history & culture home & how-to kids & family local focus news & public affairs science & nature all programs radio Perspectives audio archive submissions about tv arts & literature education & learning history & culture home & how-to kids & family local focus news & public affairs science & nature radio FAQ tv FAQ   about KQED   support KQED   the guide online   email newsletters   DTV transition   KQED store   help & FAQ   contact info Perspectives: Archive Sun, Apr 27, 2008 Week of May 4, 2008 Fri, May 9, 2008 -- 7:37 AM Ruling the Roost The name on the deed says "Michael Ellis," but as the naturalist found out, a lot of his neighbors couldn't care less.  more Listen (entire program) Download (MP3) Email this episode Thu, May 8, 2008 -- 7:37 AM Beloved Susan Dix Lyons thought she was witnessing a heart operation. But what she really saw was devotion discovered at the edge of peril.   more Listen (entire program) Download (MP3) Email this episode Wed, May 7, 2008 -- 7:37 AM Merit Pay Teacher Matt McDonell warns that merit pay proposals popular on the presidential campaign trail could make the problems of under-performing public schools worse, not better.  more Listen (entire program) Download (MP3) Email this episode Tue, May 6, 2008 -- 7:37 AM Sprinklers With water systems under such stress, Holly Hubbard Preston wonders whether running through sprinklers on a hot day will become a yesteryear story she tells her grandchildren.   more Listen (entire program) Download (MP3) Email this episode Mon, May 5, 2008 -- 7:37 AM The Olympics of Politics Keeping politics out of our greatest spectacle of sport is a popular refrain, but to Dick Meister the Olympics are inherently political from start to finish.   more Listen (entire program) Download (MP3) Email this episode site map | terms of service | privacy policy Copyright © 1994-2008 KQED. All Rights Reserved.		SPONSORED BY: