The Pulse Episode Archive

Most of us dread mosquito season — but on some level, you’ve got to admire these pesky bloodsuckers. Over the millennia, they’v ...

You know you’ve made it when you get parodied on Saturday Night Live … by none other than Brad Pitt. And you really know you’ve ...

It feels like we’ve been invaded by an invisible enemy — so scary we don’t even want to go to the grocery store. Inside of hospital ...

Optimizing our brains has become an obsession of the modern world. We meditate, take supplements, read books on productivity — all in t ...

What does it take to get through a global pandemic? How do you keep going, keep working, get up every day and hope for the best? Around t ...

The COVID-19 outbreak is creating increased demand for mental health services — lots of people are feeling anxious, or are getting depr ...

We rely on our friends for all kinds of things — companionship, laughter, and right now — support in times of crisis. But it’s ...

Communities around the world are scrambling to slow the spread of COVID-19: closing businesses and schools, canceling gatherings, and lim ...

Think about the millions of details stored in your memory: what you had for breakfast; how to get to work; the smell of lavender; your fi ...

Medicine is always changing. New treatments become available. Old ones become obsolete. But how does a treatment become established? How ...

COVID-19 — a coronavirus disease — is spreading around the world, putting people and governments on high alert. How will we respond t ...

Sadness seemingly comes out of nowhere sometimes: a song, a photo, a movie scene, a memory, and there it is. Your heart seems heavy. Tear ...

“It’s not fair!” That’s a common refrain anyone with kids is familiar with. From the time they learn to talk, kids begin protesti ...

What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It’s all of those t ...

Movies may not be real — but in a lot of ways, they’re real to us. Great films help us understand the world, history, and one another ...