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.
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December 18, 2025 • 3 mins
A favorite program and an important announcement!
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November 1, 2025 • 2 mins
Among the graveyards of New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional. Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground.
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October 31, 2025 • 2 mins
A gospel song and a graveyard party: the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead.
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October 30, 2025 • 2 mins
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.
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October 28, 2025 • 2 mins
The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.
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October 24, 2025 • 2 mins
They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.
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October 20, 2025 • 2 mins
Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!
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October 17, 2025 • 2 mins
In southeast Asia, religious traditions have long saved animals from extinction.
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October 13, 2025 • 2 mins
India's revered Ganges River has become increasingly polluted.
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October 11, 2025 • 2 mins
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - a program from our archives:
Why is the chimpanzee disappearing?
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October 10, 2025 • 2 mins
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall, a program from our archives.
"They embrace, they kiss......"
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October 9, 2025 • 2 mins
They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite?
(In Memory of Meteorologist Douglas Revelle)
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October 6, 2025 • 2 mins
What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
(In memory of ornithologist Helen Hays, 1931 - 2025)
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October 4, 2025 • 2 mins
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall -
Throughout her lifelong study of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall made some amazing discoveries.
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October 3, 2025 • 2 mins
An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird.
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September 29, 2025 • 2 mins
Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think.
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September 26, 2025 • 2 mins
On the trail of the world's most sought-after mushroom.
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September 23, 2025 • 2 mins
In any forest, there's a complex interdependent web of life underground.
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September 19, 2025 • 2 mins
A mushroom is the visible part of a much larger organism.
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September 15, 2025 • 2 mins
Yet another reason to have electric cars!
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