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The Pulse

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Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse takes you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world's foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.

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226 episodes

  1. Rediscover the Joy of Doing Nothing 50:23
  2. The Ghost in the Machine: When Tech Seems to Have a Mind of Its Own 49:22
  3. Why Nurturing Connection is Good for Your Health 49:34
  4. The Peptide Craze: Benefits, Risks and the Science Behind Them 49:34
  5. Adult ADHD: Why You Know What to Do But Can’t Do It 49:34
  6. The Fight to Save Rural Hospitals — and Access to Healthcare 49:31
  7. The Strange Science of Color — And Our Quest to Understand It 49:34
  8. How the Cereal Industry Won Breakfast 28:01
  9. The Science of Eating: What We Get Wrong About Diet and Nutrition 49:18
  10. Under Pressure: How Weather Affects our Health 49:33
  11. 'I Could Have Been Lindsay Clancy’ 40:40
  12. The Search for Life on Mars: From Mars Mania to NASA’s Rovers 49:34
  13. Jon Ronson, 101 Princesses, and a World of Unraveling Men 49:19
  14. The Search for Wilderness 49:24
  15. What's Really Going On Inside Animals' Heads? 49:34
  16. Quitting Antidepressants: From Withdrawal to Tapering One Step at a Time 49:29
  17. The Science of Imagination: Transforming How We Think, Feel, and Live 29:00
  18. Think Inside the Box: How Limits Fuel Creativity 24:12
  19. The Future of Pain Relief: Managing Chronic Pain, Laughing Gas, and Safer Opioids 49:34
  20. Jet Lag, Cruise Outbreaks, and Vacation Constipation: How to Deal with Travel Health Woes 49:34
  21. How Reliable Is Forensic Science? The Truth About Criminal Profiling and Investigations 49:34
  22. Chasing Wildlife: From the Golden Toad to Giant Elephants 49:34
  23. From Buzz to Burnout: How Alcohol Affects the Brain and Body 50:07
  24. How Science and Ingenuity Built Early America 1:03:04
  25. The Body Remembers: Exploring the Invisible Wounds Left by Serious Illness 49:34
  26. You’ve Heard of ‘Dad Bod’ But How About ‘Dad Brain?’ 41:57
  27. How Music Shapes Memory, Emotion, and Imagination 49:34
  28. When Healthcare Meets the Law: Abortion, Cannabis, and Corporate Medicine 49:34
  29. Engineering Happiness into Our Daily Lives 49:34
  30. The Strange Science of Color — And Our Quest to Understand It 49:28
  31. What It Takes to Survive a Disaster 49:34
  32. The Complexity of Motherhood 49:34
  33. Healing with Psychedelics: Veterans, PTSD, and the Science of Mind-Altering Drugs 49:34
  34. 40 Years After Chernobyl: What Caused the Disaster — and How It Changed Nuclear Energy 49:34
  35. So Many Cravings, So Few Rewards: Understanding How Dopamine Works 49:34
  36. What Greenland Can Teach Us About The Earth’s Past and Future 49:34
  37. Inside the Boom of Urgent Care: How It’s Changing American Medicine 47:56
  38. Why We Need to Talk About Poop 44:17
  39. The Problem with Being Perfect: How Unrealistic Standards Hurt Our Minds and Bodies 49:54
  40. Unearthing the Hidden Stories of Women Scientists 49:34
  41. When Love Becomes Caregiving: How Illness Changes Relationships 49:50
  42. Already Forgotten About Your New Year’s Resolution? Here’s Why 31:52
  43. Hello? From Bell’s First Call to Gen Z’s Telephobia: 150 Years of the Telephone 49:39
  44. Beyond Anthropomorphism: The Science of Animal Emotions 49:34
  45. Revenge Feels Great — But the Cost is High 49:18
  46. Will My Doctor Be a Bot? AI and the Future of Medicine 37:33
  47. Finding Your Match: The Science of Love and Attraction 49:34
  48. Closing the Gap: Improving Health Outcomes for Black Americans 49:34
  49. From Buzz to Burnout: How Alcohol Affects the Brain and Body 49:34
  50. Challenger at 40: How the Disaster Shaped the Future of NASA 37:45