The Pulse Archive
Searching for Ghosts: The Quest to Prove the Paranormal
From ghosts to ESP, a look at paranormal phenomena and the investigators who chase them.
Air Date: October 24, 2025
Listen 50:04Why urgent care clinics, once derided as ‘doc in a box,’ have spread like wildfire
The number of urgent care centers in the U.S. have doubled, from more than 7,000 to more than 14,000 over the last decade or so.
5 days ago
Listen 9:42Inside the Boom of Urgent Care: How It’s Changing American Medicine
We take a look at the rapid rise of urgent care, what’s fueling it, and how it’s affecting patients
Air Date: October 17, 2025
Listen 48:55How David Fajgenbaum Found His Own Treatment & Launched Every Cure
What if treatments or even cures for devastating rare diseases already existed — and were just waiting to be discovered? On this podcas ...
Air Date: October 14, 2025
Listen 23:03Finding Focus in the Age of Distraction
Why “touching grass” is actually good advice when it comes to taking a break and restoring focus.
Air Date: October 10, 2025
Listen 50:33Chasing giants: One writer’s journey to bring nuance to India’s wild elephant conflict
About 10 years ago, writer Kim Frank set out to learn why wild elephants were trampling people in India. She revealed a complex human-wildlife conflict.
3 weeks ago
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.
4 weeks 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.
2 months ago
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