Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 1777
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Bison Winter at Yellowstone
Even the "chief of all animals" must struggle to survive the winter.
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00:02:30 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
It May Sound Like a Harley, But..
Elephant seals on Ano Nuevo island.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
Northern Elephant Seals Mate
Sex, violence, and two-ton marine mammals.
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00:02:30 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
It Knocks a Great Hole in Winter
The Up Helly Aa festival gives the people of the Shetland Islands a chance to torch a replica of a Viking galley.
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00:02:30 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Desert Wind
Poetry and Sounds of the Anza Borego Desert
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00:02:30 |
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Cleaning Up Water with the Power of a Tornado
One of nature's most destructive forces has inspired a new technology.
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00:02:30 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Seeding the Oceans
Nanotechnology is making possible a new way to remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere.
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00:11:10 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Teakettle Acoustics
How does a tea kettle make its whistling sound? The answer isn't as simple as it may seem.
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00:02:30 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Removing Nanoparticles From Our Waterways
A new water-purifying technology may provide a way to remove nanoparticles from our waterways.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Hatsumode
Hatsumode is the ritual first visit of the year to a Japanese Shinto or Buddhist temple.
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00:02:30 |
Sun 12 Jan 2025
Dancing the Machete
The ritual of Coupez Gateau is one of the ways the celebration of Epiphany has been incorporated into Haitian Vodou.
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00:02:30 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Day of the Kings
In Haiti, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in both Catholic and Vodou traditions.
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00:02:30 |
Tue 07 Jan 2025
Food Fit For Kings
Three Kings Day is a festival for the palate.
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00:02:29 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Twelfth Night
It's said that at midnight on Twelfth Night, farm animals start talking.
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00:02:30 |
Sun 05 Jan 2025
Hogmanay
According to Scottish legend, visitors to your door on the night of Hogamanay, will determine your luck for the New Year.
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00:02:30 |
Thu 02 Jan 2025
Russian Christmas in Alaska
In rural Alaska, carolers wend their way from house to house, sharing in communal gifts.
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00:02:30 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Year End Fire Watch
"Be careful with fire!" is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year.
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00:02:30 |
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Starring
Russian traders left the legacy of their traditions in Anchorage Alaska, including the Christmas-time practice of Starring.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 30 Dec 2024
The Etymology of Christmas
Ever wonder where "Xmas" came from?
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00:02:30 |
Sat 28 Dec 2024
Kwanzaa Traditions
This week, millions of people around the world celebrate Kwanzaa, a relatively new holiday with roots in the ancient harvest festivals of Africa.
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00:02:30 |
Fri 27 Dec 2024
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