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Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
by Jim Metzner
Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
Episodes
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Whale Rescue
A favorite program and an important announcement! Please visit our new incarnation on Substack jimmetzner.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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All Saints' Day in New Orleans - Holt Cemetery
Among the graveyards of New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional. Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sounds of All Saints' Day
A gospel song and a graveyard party: the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ritual in the Amazon
For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Reunion in the Amazon
The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Vegas Was a Blast
They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Statues of Wonderland
Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Spiritual Conservation
In southeast Asia, religious traditions have long saved animals from extinction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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India's Most Sacred River
India's revered Ganges River has become increasingly polluted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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On the Verge of Extinction
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - a program from our archives: Why is the chimpanzee disappearing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Uncanny Similarities
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall, a program from our archives. "They embrace, they kiss......" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Finding Meteorites
They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite? (In Memory of Meteorologist Douglas Revelle) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A Feast for Voles
What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants? (In memory of ornithologist Helen Hays, 1931 - 2025) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Redefining Man
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - Throughout her lifelong study of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall made some amazing discoveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sealing our Fate, Just Like Birds
An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hornbills and Humans
Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Morels
On the trail of the world's most sought-after mushroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Unseen World
In any forest, there's a complex interdependent web of life underground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Lies Beneath
A mushroom is the visible part of a much larger organism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Lovebugs Meet Their Nemesis
Yet another reason to have electric cars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Wind is Up
Fierce windstorms in the Gobi Desert force scientists to think fast and run faster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hippos - How Low Can They Go?
These three-ton animals may communicate using sounds below the range of human hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Tobacco Auction - Thumbs Up
A veteran auctioneer explains the intricacies of his craft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Butter - Think Global
Analyzing butter to detect pollutants worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Butter Detector
A cheap and effective pollution monitoring tool? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Seeds, Weeds and Natives
They're good for the environment, but what's the best way to find native plants? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Black Skimmers
This summer, an endangered seabird has found one of its last remaining safe havens on the salt marshes off the coast of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Parallax View
Fledgling seabirds must the trick of catching fish beneath the surface of the water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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An Essential Meal
Bears at Alaska's McNeil River have come to rely on an annual fish feast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bears at McNeil River
Over a hundred brown bears in Alaska have learned that every summer, the McNeil River is THE place to catch fish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Siberian Throat Singing
Some remarkable music highlights Siberia's annual Tun Payram festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Planting Native Species
There's something we all can do to help protect local animals and plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Butter Mythology
The food millions of people spread on their toast every morning has inspired legends in many cultures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Making Your Own Butter
Churn your own butter at home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Wildebeests
In Africa's Serengetti Park, more than a million animals are making their annual trip north, driven by the rains and guided by their own instincts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Butter Making
When it comes to making butter, older methods may be better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Awakening the Earth with Dance
An old English folk tradition thrives on both sides of the Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bullfrogs
A bullfrog's croak promises warm nights to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fireflies
What's behind the summer's most famous flying light show? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Edible Insects - Termites
A group of women in Botswana offer a lesson in termite cuisine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Edible Insects --Silkworms
Silkworm pupae, fried and served with onions, is a popular snack in some parts of China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Edible Insects
Insects are an important source of protein for many societies around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ventana - We're Still Here
The Ohaloni Rumsin people proudly practice traditions of generations past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ventana: Dances of Our People
A grandmother's story inspires a young boy to seek knowledge and share wisdom about his Indian heritage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Waila - A Party With Deep Roots
When the Tohono O'odham Native Americans dance to Waila, their traditional social music, the party lasts all night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Waila - the Desert People Celebrate
The Tohono O'odham Native Americans of southern Arizona believe that everything in the desert - humans, animals and plants - must be treated with reverence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ruby Throated Hummingbirds
Meet the bird with the fastest wings in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Songs Our Mothers Sang - Special Program
I spent a weeks asking friends, relatives and passers-by whether or not their mother ever sang to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sperm Whales - Breeding
It's mating season for sperm whales in the Indian Ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Cherry Blossom - Spirit of the Samurai
In Japanese culture, the blossoming of the Cherry Tree represents an ancient code of honor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
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Jim Metzner
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