Maiken Scott is the host and executive producer of WHYY’s weekly health and science show “The Pulse.” “The Pulse” explores stories about the people and places at the heart of health and science.
“Hosting a health and science show allows me to talk about everything — from baking a perfect dinner roll to freezing kidneys, or finding a giant dinosaur. What else could a woman ask for?”
Maiken has covered behavioral health since 2008, and has hosted “The Pulse” since its launch in 2013.
Before that, she produced several weekly radio shows for WHYY.
More from the Contributor
Reading a person’s mind is ‘skill, not magic’
Max Major looks more like a European soccer star than a magician, with his lean, athletic physique and stylish hairdo – somewhere b ...
9 years ago
Listen
New study tracks paths of assault victims before the attack
We all have some assumptions about areas or neighborhoods where we might be more likely to be assaulted, but a new study from the Univers ...
9 years ago
‘Violence is contagious’: Treating shootings like disease
Could we reduce gun violence using the same methods used in halting epidemics such as AIDS or Ebola? Gary Slutkin is a Chicago epi ...
9 years ago
Listen
Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health broadening approach to care
What’s a good outcome for a person living with a mental illness? Ten years ago, Philadelphia’s Department of Behaviora ...
9 years ago
Mind-reading as science, not magic
Wouldn’t you love to be able to tell if another person is lying to you — or, better yet, read their minds?Philadelphia’s Fr ...
9 years ago
) " title="needle" width="1" height="1"/>via Wikimedia Commons) " title="needle" width="1" height="1"/>
Why are we not testing more people for Hep C?
The majority of people who have Hepatitis C don’t even know they have it. So why are we not testing more people for it? ...
9 years ago
Listen
Talking climate change with Bill Nye
Bow-tied and boisterous, Bill Nye recently discussed his new book in a live interview with Pulse host, Maiken Scott, at the Franklin Inst ...
9 years ago
Listen
In-house counselors help doctors connect victims of domestic violence to services
Hospital visits can provide a rare window of opportunity to offer help to victims of domestic violence. Aria Health on Frankford Avenue i ...
9 years ago
Does our fear of death govern our reaction to tragedy?
‘It makes us realize we’re going to die, that we could die at any time, and really, that we are not much more enduring than l ...
9 years ago
Listen
Outrunning cancer and beating the odds with a positive attitude
In September of 2014, sports medicine physician Michael Ross received a shocking diagnosis: Stage 4 colon cancer. Ross is an avid athlete ...
9 years ago
Listen
‘Super lice’ are outliving normal treatments, but don’t panic
Head lice have upped their game — recent research confirms that many of them have become resistant to most of the potions we use to kil ...
9 years ago
Listen
Experts say schools overreact to head lice
Recent research found that head lice have mutated genetically to become resistant to most over-the-counter treatments. This is likely a r ...
9 years ago
Listen