
The Pulse Archive
The Search for the Golden Toad and Other Adventures in the Wild
Tales of adventure in search of lost and elusive species, from the golden toad to India’s wild elephants.
Air Date: October 3, 2025
Listen 50:33Surviving ‘The Biggest Loser’: Tracey Yukich Lane's untold story
16 years after "The Biggest Loser", Tracey Yukich Lane opens up about her experience, being painted a villain, and keeping the weight off.
1 week ago
Listen 18:05Lessons on Weight Loss from ‘The Biggest Loser’
What The Biggest Loser taught us about metabolism, shedding pounds — and what it takes to keep weight off.
Air Date: September 26, 2025
Listen 59:02Different Patients, Different Outcomes
A look at some of the recently discovered factors that shape health, disease, and survival.
Air Date: September 19, 2025
Listen 59:02The Science and Beauty of Muscles
A celebration of muscles — from their beauty and biology, to the history of how weightlifting went mainstream.
Air Date: September 12, 2025
Listen 50:04Podcast Extra: Odd Couples and the Science of Attraction
An exploration of the mysteries of attraction and the science of optimizing online dating.
Air Date: September 9, 2025
Listen 37:17Mars Mania: How America Became Obsessed with Mars
Tracing the history of our obsession with Mars, from modern efforts to colonize to belief in a Martian civilization.
Air Date: September 5, 2025
Listen 50:03Why It’s Time to Rethink Productivity
It’s something we’ve all said to ourselves at some time or other: “I just have to get through this week” — as if next week will ...
Air Date: August 29, 2025
Listen 50:03Amid fears of ICE raids, one California doctor is meeting farmworkers where they are
Mobile HeaL brings health care directly to farm workers and trains physicians in Fresno County.
1 month ago
Listen 08:33Ban it or use it? How teachers are grappling with generative AI in the classroom
Generative AI tools have transformed classrooms. But local teachers and school districts are still deciding on whether, and how, to use them.
1 month ago
Listen 12:29Kids, often barely out of elementary school, are internalizing the idea that their futures depend on getting into an Ivy League school.
1 month ago
Listen 8:07Back to School in a Rapidly Changing World
How the AI revolution and the long shadow of COVID are transforming education.
Air Date: August 22, 2025
Listen 50:00How Scientists Discovered Legionnaires’ Disease
In the summer of 1976, when 2,000 people came to Philadelphia for a national convention of the American Legion, a strange illness gripped ...
Air Date: August 18, 2025
Listen 26:32As farmworkers face longer, hotter harvest seasons, their risk of heat-related illness grows
Agricultural workers in the U.S. are 35 times more likely to die from heat-related stress than people working in any other field.
2 months ago
Listen 12:08Protecting the People Who Grow Our Food
A look at the growing health challenges affecting farmers and people who produce our food.
Air Date: August 15, 2025
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