The Pulse
Series produced by WHYY
Weekly subscribable series.
Host Maiken Scott leads this one-hour, weekly tour of the people and places at the heart of health and science.
The Pulse is a show for curious people who ask: "Yeah, why is that?" Often surprising and always captivating, The Pulse makes science and discovery personal. Produced at WHYY in Philadelphia, the show features scientists, doctors, innovators and storytelling from across the country.
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It’s one of the first questions we hear on detective shows after a heinous crime has occurred: “What’s the motive?” For hundreds of years, criminol...
- Added: Sep 16, 2021
- Length: 59:00
As a materials scientist, Anna Ploszajski was trained to analyze materials on a number of levels — their atomic structure, their chemical propertie...
- Added: Sep 23, 2021
- Length: 59:00
On this rebroadcast of The Pulse - Who becomes a physician in this country — and who never gets that chance? It’s a question a lot of medical schoo...
- Added: Sep 29, 2021
- Length: 58:59
Jessie Flynn decided she’d had enough. For years, multiple sclerosis had taken more and more away from her life — her ability to move, her freedom,...
- Added: Oct 07, 2021
- Length: 59:00
On this rebroadcast of the Pulse - The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, ra...
- Added: Oct 13, 2021
- Length: 59:00
The search for solutions to address climate change is urgent. People want action now, something that will move the needle. But every solution that’...
- Added: Oct 21, 2021
- Length: 59:00
A lot of us had our first taste of remote medical care during the pandemic — telemedicine checkups performed right in our own homes. It has its adv...
- Added: Oct 28, 2021
- Length: 59:00
There are 19 million veterans in the U.S. who have served in the armed forces. For many, the military gave them a sense of shared purpose, a strong...
- Added: Nov 04, 2021
- Length: 59:00
On this rebroadcast of The Pulse - Humans have been obsessed with Mars from a distance for thousands of years. At first, maybe it was the fact that...
- Added: Nov 08, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Thanksgiving is near, which means many families will come together with loved ones over a shared meal that celebrates abundance. But along with the...
- Added: Nov 18, 2021
- Length: 59:00
The human brain has an incredible capacity for processing information, from sensory data, to casual conversations, to everything we hear and read —...
- Added: Nov 24, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Living on a planet that’s been inhabited by humans for hundreds of thousands of years means pretty much every piece of ground that you walk on hold...
- Added: Dec 02, 2021
- Length: 59:00
In 2018, Owen Rivers woke up in a hospital bed after a fentanyl overdose — and could no longer form new memories. It was a terrifying experience; h...
- Added: Dec 09, 2021
- Length: 58:59
On this rebroadcast of The Pulse, humans have long tried to mitigate their own destructive impact on the planet through conservation efforts. Often...
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 59:00
On this rebroadcast of The Pulse- As a materials scientist, Anna Ploszajski was trained to analyze materials on a number of levels — their atomic s...
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 59:00
It seems like every week, we hear about new breakthroughs in cancer treatment — new discoveries, new medications, new hopes for a cure. The war on ...
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 58:59
The new year often feels like a good time to make a fresh start, to tackle some issue that’s giving you grief — eating habits, work-life balance, h...
- Added: Jan 06, 2022
- Length: 59:00
When it comes to generosity, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how far we’ll go for others. There’s buy-your-friends-dinner generosity, donate-to...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 59:02
Americans love their pets — as many as seven out of 10 households are home to cats, dogs, birds... or more unusual animal choices. What defines a p...
- Added: Jan 20, 2022
- Length: 59:01
Sleep — we all need it, but most people aren’t getting enough of it. Ideally, we spend about a third of our lives asleep. When we’re well rested, w...
- Added: Jan 27, 2022
- Length: 59:01
