
The Pulse Archive
Amid 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.
2 days 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.
4 days 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.
4 days 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 weeks 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
Listen 50:03Could wearing headphones be damaging your hearing?
Over a billion young people are at risk of hearing loss in part due to headphone use. Audiologists weigh in on the risk, and how to protect your ears.
2 weeks ago
Listen 13:36Do concerts have to be so loud that you need earplugs?
Earplugs can prevent permanent hearing damage from concerts. Venue staff and musicians say that now it’s common, even cool, to have them.
3 weeks ago
Listen 09:48We explore what researchers are learning about the connections between noise, hearing loss, and our well-being.
Air Date: August 8, 2025
Listen 50:03Three years after the school shooting in Uvalde, survivors struggle to find ongoing support
On May 24, 2022, a shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 students and two teachers. Survivors still navigate barriers to getting support.
4 weeks ago
Listen 5:50Cancer survivorship programs and clinics can help patients figure out what long-term recovery might look like and address the physical and mental effects of treatment.
4 weeks ago
Listen 12:28We explore what comes next after surviving something extraordinary.
Air Date: August 1, 2025
Listen 44:31When Organ Donation Goes Wrong
More than a hundred thousand people in the U.S. are on the national transplant list waiting for a life-sa ...
Air Date: July 30, 2025
Listen 35:48Remember when swimsuits weren't allowed? A history of nude swimming
While it might be unbelievable today, boys were once required to swim nude at YMCA pools — yet some recall the experience with no shame.
1 month ago
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