Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim ...
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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Regenerative Medicine - Listening for the Hurt
How to tell where a horse is injured? Listen to its gait!<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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STEM Cells - Divide and Heal
When you're injured, they leap into action.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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STEM Cells on the Bench
They're like having a bench in a sports team.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Hindukush Beekeeping - Honey Hunters
In the high cliffs of the Himalayas, colonies of bees produce prized honey - helping to sustain local ecosystems.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Hindukush Beekeeping - The Bee Project
Hindukush beekeepers benefit from the knowledge of an international bee farming project.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Hindukush Beekeeping - Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous people of the Himalayan Hindukush region offer valuable knowledge to scientists studying bees.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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You Can't Trust Everything You See
Analyzing the workings of the human brain is difficult enough when everything works as it should. Unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't. <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Listening to the Brain
Science Diarist John Beggs gives us a peek (and a listen) into our brains.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Frontiers of the Brain
A new model shows promise in helping Science Diarist John Beggs understand data collected from neurons. <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Doing the Brain Wave
How does a crowd of sports enthusiasts function like a brain? <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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'Shroom Quest
When foraging for wild mushrooms, it helps to know your tree species.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Canterbury Tales in Mexico
The fall, well-known as a time of animal migrations, is also a time of human pilgrimage.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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The Miraculous Statue
In Magdalena, Mexico, a statue of St. Francis Xavier draws thousands of worshippers on pilgrimage.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Magdalena Pilgrimage
Every October, there's a sixty mile pilgrimage to the Mexican village of Magdalena in honor of St. Francis.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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OCTOPUS - Living to Mate
Octopus only reproduce once in their lifetimes-- and once the mating is finished, so are they.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Stellar Sea Lions Prepare
In Alaska's autumn, stellar sea lions are preparing for the winter.
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Marriage, Berber Style
Sights and sounds at an annual festival in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
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Time Capsule of an Ancient Practice
In the rituals performed by the Coptic Church, a Christian denomination with roots in Egypt, little has changed in eighteen hundred years.
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Festival of St. Lazarus
In the Brazilian state of Bahia, St. Lazarus day is a celebration that blends European and African heritages.
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Watch a Launch at the Cape
Witness a genuine E Ticket ride - into space!
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Vegas Was a Blast
They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.
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Statues of Wonderland
Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!
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Gabra - Well Songs
Amongst the Gabra people of northeastern Africa, the dry season provides an opportunity for a ritual gathering of work and song.
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Gabra - Dikhir
Dikhirs are spiritual chants intended to maintain harmony in world of the Gabra people.
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Gabra - Out is Out
For the men of the Gabra, nomadic life demands separation from their families but it also affords an opportunity for friendship and freedom from social pressures.
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