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.
Episodes
April 17, 2024 • 9 mins
If you find an injured or orphaned bird, who're you going to call?
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March 16, 2024 • 20 mins
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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February 17, 2024 • 15 mins
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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January 16, 2024 • 13 mins
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 Stickball, and what it feels like to be chosen.
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January 8, 2024 • 22 mins
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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January 7, 2024 • 2 mins
Hatsumode is the ritual first visit of the year to a Japanese Shinto or Buddhist temple.
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January 6, 2024 • 2 mins
In Haiti, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in both Catholic and Vodou traditions.
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January 5, 2024 • 2 mins
Three Kings Day is a festival for the palate.
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January 2, 2024 • 2 mins
The flamboyance of the Mummers' Parade arose from the masquerade balls of Philadelphia society.
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January 1, 2024 • 2 mins
Revered in Philadelphia since 1902.
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December 31, 2023 • 2 mins
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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December 30, 2023 • 2 mins
"Be careful with fire!" is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year.
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December 28, 2023 • 2 mins
Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style!
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December 25, 2023 • 2 mins
Some of our most enduring Christmas traditions date back to the pre-Christian era.
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December 24, 2023 • 2 mins
In "the most famous small town in the world", how will Santa arrive this year?
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December 17, 2023 • 22 mins
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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December 16, 2023 • 2 mins
Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem.
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December 15, 2023 • 2 mins
Dipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden.
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December 14, 2023 • 2 mins
Young Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual.
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December 13, 2023 • 2 mins
Rituals of light in the darkness of winter.
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