299 episodes

Perspectives are commentaries produced by and for WNIJ listeners, from a panel of regular contributors and guests. If you would like to submit your own Perspective for consideration, send us a script that will run about 90 seconds when read -- that's about 250 words -- and email it to NPR@niu.edu, with "Perspectives" in the subject line.

Perspectives Northern Public Radio

    • Society & Culture
    • 3.7 • 3 Ratings

Perspectives are commentaries produced by and for WNIJ listeners, from a panel of regular contributors and guests. If you would like to submit your own Perspective for consideration, send us a script that will run about 90 seconds when read -- that's about 250 words -- and email it to NPR@niu.edu, with "Perspectives" in the subject line.

    Perspective: Trying on that glass slipper

    Perspective: Trying on that glass slipper

    Rachel Cormier considers nature vs. nurture when it comes to walking in her mom's footsteps.

    • 1 min
    Perspective: How do you know what you want to be when you grow up?

    Perspective: How do you know what you want to be when you grow up?

    NIU student Jonathan Dumois explains how an unconventional game led to an conventional career.

    • 1 min
    Perspective: What's fun got to do with it?

    Perspective: What's fun got to do with it?

    NIU journalism instructor Jason Akst took his JRN 401 students on an adventure this semester — writing and recording their own Perspectives at WNIJ.

    • 1 min
    Perspective: It's not just a fundraiser, it's a community event

    Perspective: It's not just a fundraiser, it's a community event

    Deborah Booth sings the praises of the library book sale.

    • 1 min
    Perspective: Connecting our community with nature

    Perspective: Connecting our community with nature

    Christine Lagattolla looks at how everything in nature — and community — is connected.

    • 1 min
    Perspective: The wisdom of our elders

    Perspective: The wisdom of our elders

    Good or bad, you can always depend on your elders for advice, says Rosie Klepper.

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

3.7 out of 5
3 Ratings

3 Ratings

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

Fail Better with David Duchovny
Lemonada Media
Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
This American Life
This American Life
Inconceivable Truth
Wavland
Shawn Ryan Show
Shawn Ryan | Cumulus Podcast Network