The Pulse Archive
Finding Hope in an Experimental Treatment
Jessie Flynn decided she’d had enough. For years, multiple sclerosis had taken more and more away from her life — her ability to move ...
Air Date: April 15, 2022
Listen 49:39Parents Know Best — or Do They?
Learning how to be a parent can feel overwhelming, and advice is everywhere. There are the things you’re learning from other parents, t ...
Air Date: April 8, 2022
Listen 49:30Getting the right diagnosis can be life-changing. It can mean the end of pain and the beginning of answers; it can mean treatment, a cure ...
Air Date: April 1, 2022
Listen 49:10How a Broadway superhero faced a life-threatening diagnosis
When Jake Odmark was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, his career took a back seat. But accepting the diagnosis led to a more stable future.
4 years ago
Listen 8:55When 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 gener ...
Air Date: March 25, 2022
Listen 49:05On a technical level, noise and sound are the same thing: vibrating molecules that travel in waves straight to our ears. But when sound i ...
Air Date: March 18, 2022
Listen 49:12The soundscape of our lives changes depending on where we are — the murmuring of voices, birdsong in trees, the beeps and dings of tech ...
Air Date: March 11, 2022
Listen 49:04How one man savored the silence pandemic lockdown brought
Noises can be painfully loud for people with hyperacusis, a rare hearing condition. When the March 2020 shutdown quieted the environment, less sound meant less suffering.
4 years ago
Listen 6:47It’s when a dark alleyway makes the hairs stand up on the back of our neck; when a mother just knows that something’s wrong ...
Air Date: March 4, 2022
Listen 49:14The human brain has an incredible capacity for processing information, from sensory data, to casual conversations, to everything we hear ...
Air Date: February 25, 2022
Listen 47:43How Science is Changing Sports
Science is constantly propelling athletes to run faster, jump higher, push harder, and break records. Scientific advances have become suc ...
Air Date: February 18, 2022
Listen 48:55If there’s one thing humans can’t get enough of, it’s love. The spark of a first kiss, the warm glow of a happy couple — even if ...
Air Date: February 11, 2022
Listen 48:50How TikTok’s pupil test works, and what it tells us about love and attraction
A TikTok trend that claims to test if you’re really in love may have some real science behind it.
4 years ago
Listen 6:21How a glitch on a dating app brought one couple together
Tinder told this couple they were less than a mile away and sparked an intercontinental romance.
4 years ago
Listen 6:38From Amazon to Angie’s List, Google, Facebook, and Yelp, we live in a world driven by feedback. In the best of circumstances, honest cr ...
Air Date: February 4, 2022
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