The Pulse Episode Archive
What Will It Take to Diversify Medicine?
Air Date: October 1, 2021
Listen 50:58Watch ‘In Du Bois’ Footsteps: The Health of our Cities, Then & Now’
WHYY & The Pulse hosted a conversation about the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois' ground-breaking book,"The Philadelphia Negro" and the path towards more equitable cities.
3 years ago
Air Date: September 24, 2021
Listen 48:52Criminology Under the Microscope
Air Date: September 17, 2021
Listen 49:00Air Date: September 10, 2021
Listen 1:00:48In New York 20 years on, O’Hara’s honors 9/11 and first responders
Owner Mike Keane was at the bar the day the towers came down just two blocks away. He works to keep the memory alive.
3 years ago
Listen 06:42Research has shown a link between exposure to racism and birth outcomes. The terror attacks offered a unique window on the effects of anti-Arab racism.
3 years ago
Listen 08:53Air Date: September 3, 2021
Listen 47:24Will remote work become more of a long-term option for workers with disabilities?
Employers typically resisted alternatives for workers with disabilities. But the pandemic turned the idea from special accommodation into everyday practice.
3 years ago
Listen 11:29The pandemic continues to take a toll on children’s mental health
3 years ago
Air Date: August 27, 2021
Listen 49:33The Pulse Presents: Half Vaxxed — The Rise and Fall of Philly Fighting COVID
The first episode looks at the promise of the nimble, young startup that pledged to vaccinate Philadelphia.
Air Date: August 25, 2021
Listen 25:06Air Date: August 20, 2021
Listen 49:00‘We are in a state of emergency’: What's behind the rising suicide rate among Black kids
Today, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Black children ages 10 to 19. And that rate is rising faster for them than for any other racial or ethnic group.
3 years ago
Listen 16:48Losing a grandmother brings questions about grief, and why we feel what we feel
The task, experts said, is figuring out how best to carry on, while still honoring the person who’s no longer with us
3 years ago
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