In My Experience
The In My Experience series aims to shed light on experiences often analyzed through data or debated by experts, but rarely discussed in the first person. It is an occasional series produced with the help of KQED's Public Insight Network.
Episodes
Forum | Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013, 9:00 AM

In My Experience: The Iraq War
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq. As part of our "In My Experience" series spotlighting the personal stories of local residents, we'll talk with four people whose lives have been profoundly affected by the Iraq War.
Forum | Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013, 10:00 AM

In My Experience: Working With the Dead
As part of our "In My Experience" series, we talk with people who work with the dead for a living. A crematorium director, a woman who specializes in at-home funerals and a student who dissects cadavers all join us to share their stories. How has working with the dead changed their own views on life?
Forum | Tuesday, May 01, 2012, 10:00 AM

In My Experience: Adoption
As part of our "In My Experience" series highlighting the personal stories of our listeners, we talk with a panel of people who are adopted. We'll hear about their process in searching for their identity and, in some cases, looking for and meeting their birth parents. And we'll hear the experiences of our listeners.
Forum | Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012, 10:00 AM

In My Experience: Incarceration
As part of our "In My Experience" series spotlighting the personal stories of our listeners, we talk with a panel of former prisoners about their crimes, their experience inside prison and their struggles to make it on the outside.
Forum | Friday, Dec 16, 2011, 10:00 AM

In My Experience: A Multi-Racial Heritage
As part of our series "In My Experience," spotlighting the personal stories of our listeners, we talk with a panel of biracial and multi-racial people about race, identity and what it's like to grow up looking different from your neighbors and even your parents. We listen to their stories, and we welcome yours.
Forum | Friday, Nov 04, 2011, 9:00 AM

In My Experience: Long-term Unemployment
California's unemployment rate is now at a dismally high 11.9 percent. We talk to some of the people behind those numbers as part of our new "In My Experience" series, spotlighting personal stories of Northern Californians. For our inaugural show we talk with people who have been unemployed for more than a year about their efforts to find work, and about their personal struggles with unemployment.

