The Pulse
Hosted by Liz Tung and Maiken Scott and Alan Yu · WHYY
4.6from 316 ratings
- 198
- Episodes
- 86
- Transcribed
- 316
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The Pulse
Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse takes you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world's foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.
- Publisher
- WHYY
- Category
- health & fitness · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Feb 2021
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
86 of 198 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How the Cereal Industry Won Breakfast
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Science of Eating: What We Get Wrong About Diet and Nutrition
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Under Pressure: How Weather Affects our Health
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How the Cereal Industry Won Breakfast
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Lisa started working for Kellogg's in 2010, soon after the company had stopped making claims that Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies could, quote, support your child's immunity. And between 2008 and 2009, Kellogg's had falsely claimed that eating frosted mini-wheats was clinically shown to improve children's attentiveness by nearly 20%. Which, I mean, put the company under a 20-year consent order with the FTC for misleading consumers in advertising. So those were, I think those were, you know, to say that if our kids eat a particular cereal, they're going to be 20% more attentive in school and do better. […]
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- Marion Nestle
- Lisa Sutherland
- Daniel Lieberman
- Joe Faranda
- Jay Lopez
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- 4.6 / 5
- 316 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Questions about The Pulse
Who hosts The Pulse?
Liz Tung and Maiken Scott and Alan Yu host the show. Published by WHYY.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Pulse take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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