Lev Mandel works on projects exploring money, systems, and how people choose to spend their time.
Wealth, in perspective. Because money is human.
Essays and a guided journal exploring our relationship with money.
KQED Perspectives · Apr 20, 2026
I’ve been trying to trace my relationship with money back to its origin story. One memory that sticks out happened when I was in fourth grade.
Lev Mandel at KQED in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2025. (Spencer Whitney/KQED)