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
The Half-Deaf Recordist
One of the best nature sound recordists in the world doesn't actually hear much of what he's recording!
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00:05:28 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Secrets of Soil
Not only does it support virtually every tree, plant and crop on earth, soil can also help control toxic waste and help mitigate climate change.
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00:13:27 |
Fri 17 May 2024
Songs of Our Mothers
I spent a few weeks asking people what songs their mothers sang to them when they were kids.
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00:08:04 |
Sun 12 May 2024
The Bird Lady
If you find an injured or orphaned bird, who're you going to call?
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00:09:45 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
St Patricks Day Special - Irish Storyteller Eddie Lenihan
Here's a story to curl up with on a chilly night - a visit with the "Other Crowd," told by a master storyteller. You'll never think of leprechauns the same way again!
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00:20:53 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
All Birds Great and Small
For the past twenty years, wildlife bird rehabilitator Annie Mardiney has rescued thousands of birds. "They're hungry all the time!"
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00:15:04 |
Sat 17 Feb 2024
Sacred Ground and the Little Brother of War
A conversation with Hutke Fields, the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. "You have to listen to everything, including Mother Earth" A taste of the Natchez Language, the no-holds-barred game of St…
00:13:35 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Remembering Where We’re From – the Maori of Aotearoa
New Zealand's Maori are a living example to indigenous peoples worldwide of how to reclaim and rediscover their rich cultural heritage and their land.
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00:22:59 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
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 07 Jan 2024
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 |
Sat 06 Jan 2024
Food Fit For Kings
Three Kings Day is a festival for the palate.
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00:02:29 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
Mummers Parade - History
The flamboyance of the Mummers' Parade arose from the masquerade balls of Philadelphia society.
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00:02:30 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
Mummers Parade - String Bands
Revered in Philadelphia since 1902.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 01 Jan 2024
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 |
Sun 31 Dec 2023
Tokyo's 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 |
Sat 30 Dec 2023
Parranda
Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style!
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00:02:30 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Roots of Christmas
Some of our most enduring Christmas traditions date back to the pre-Christian era.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 25 Dec 2023
Christmas Eve in Woodstock
In "the most famous small town in the world", how will Santa arrive this year?
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00:02:30 |
Sun 24 Dec 2023
Remembering Where We’re From – the Maori of Aotearoa
New Zealand's Maori are a living example to indigenous peoples worldwide of how to reclaim and rediscover their rich cultural heritage and their land.
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00:22:59 |
Sun 17 Dec 2023
Las Posadas
Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem.
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00:02:30 |
Sat 16 Dec 2023
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