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
Trees of the Future
The trees that we plant trees today have been through drastic, dramatic climate change, and they're really a product of it. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/priv…
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Mon 25 Jan 2016
Trees That Don't Grow in Brooklyn
What kinds of trees wouldn't you want to have in an urban environment? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
Urban Planner
A canopy of trees helps to moderate the climate we experience as we're walking down a street. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
Lyme Disease - Prevention
If you're going for a walk in the woods, here are some tips on how to avoid being bitten by ticks. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Wed 20 Jan 2016
Lyme Disease - Year Round
Depending upon where you live, disease-carrying ticks can be active year round. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
The Story Behind the Dream
The surprising backstory of Martin Luther King's most famous speech. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mon 18 Jan 2016
Untold Stories
Oral histories often reveal untold stories of people you may never find in a history book or a newspaper headline, but whose lives and work were truly significant. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated…
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Fri 15 Jan 2016
Hidden History
The stories of everyday people form an important and often overlooked part of our history. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Thu 14 Jan 2016
Lyme Disease - Spreading
For years, Lyme has often gone undiagnosed. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Wed 13 Jan 2016
Plough Monday - Tradition
Imagine a holiday like Halloween, with a bit of Mardi Gras thrown in, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what Plough Monday was like - in 18th century rural England. Our GDPR privacy policy was up…
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Tue 12 Jan 2016
Plough Monday - Purpose
Once a year, riotous behavior gave farm workers an escape from social constraints in 18th century England. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more info…
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Mon 11 Jan 2016
Smells - Memories
One of the strongest triggers of memory is odor. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fri 08 Jan 2016
Smell - Miasmas
If it smells bad, it probably is bad for you. That was the prevailing wisdom once and for many years, it influenced the ways we tried to prevent the spread of disease. Our GDPR privacy policy was upd…
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Thu 07 Jan 2016
Three Kings Day - Parranda
It's Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style! In the days leading up to the Feast of Epiphany, the sounds of Parrandas are heard throughout the island. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8…
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Wed 06 Jan 2016
Three Kings Day - The Magi
One of our listeners returns to his homeland of Puerto Rico each year for the celebration of the Epiphany. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more info…
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Tue 05 Jan 2016
Smell - Relentless Sense
We've developed lots of ways to cover our ears, but not so many ways to cover our noses. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mon 04 Jan 2016
Yoiks - Carrying On The Tradition
The nomadic Sami herdsmen of Scandinavia have preserved their oral history in a unique form of story-song called a "yoik." Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/priva…
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Fri 01 Jan 2016
Yoiks - Reindeer Jazz
An indigenous style of singing created by nomadic reindeer herdsman is kept alive in contemporary Scandinavia. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more …
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Thu 31 Dec 2015
Snapping Turtles - Mercury
In an ecosystem polluted by toxins like mercury, do mother turtles pass these substances on to their young? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more inf…
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Wed 30 Dec 2015
International Surprise
Human beings are apparently hardwired to remember things that surprise us. how does this translate to cultures where people typically aren't encouraged to deviate from the normal way of doing things?…
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Tue 29 Dec 2015
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