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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Marriage, Berber Style
Sights and sounds at an annual festival in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
3 min
302
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.
2 min
303
Festival of St. Lazarus
In the Brazilian state of Bahia, St. Lazarus day is a celebration that blends European and African heritages.
1 min
304
Watch a Launch at the Cape
Witness a genuine E Ticket ride - into space!
2 min
305
Vegas Was a Blast
They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.
2 min
306
Statues of Wonderland
Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!
2 min
307
Gabra - Well Songs
Amongst the Gabra people of northeastern Africa, the dry season provides an opportunity for a ritual gathering of work and song.
2 min
308
Gabra - Dikhir
Dikhirs are spiritual chants intended to maintain harmony in world of the Gabra people.
2 min
309
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.
2 min
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Gabra - Order and Disorder
In the traditions of the nomadic Gabra people, order is kept through strict attention to ritual observances.
2 min
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Gabra - Small Dry
Songs sung by these nomadic herders reflect a joy shared in togetherness amidst a harsh environment that demands separation.
2 min
312
Gabra - Night Music
In the east African Desert, women of a nomadic tribe fill the evening air with song.
3 min
313
Kuarup- Remembrance and Wrestling
The highlight of the 2-day Kuarup festival is a much anticipated but surprisingly non-competitive wrestling match.
2 min
314
Kuarup- Ritual
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.
2 min
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Kuarup- Reunion
The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.
2 min
316
Casting Off Our Misdeeds
This ancient Jewish New Year's tradition is an exercise in shedding the spiritual debris of the past year.
3 min
317
A Blast of the Ram's Horn
The call of the shofar marks the start of the Jewish New Year and reminds observers to look inward.
2 min
318
High Holy Days
The week following Rosh Hashanah is when Jews repent for their transgressions of the previous year.
2 min
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Menacing Bullfrogs
Catching bullfrogs is no longer child's play.
2 min
320
Celebration for a Nation of Immigrants
A festival imported to America from Ghana is a way of remembering the past, while contributing to the future.
2 min
321
Sound and Silence
The Ga people of Ghana remember the pain of famine and the celebration of harvest.
3 min
322
Tobacco Auction - Thumbs Up
A veteran auctioneer explains the intricacies of his craft.
2 min
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Selling With a Song
Throughout the Southeastern states, August is the season for tobacco auctions.
3 min
324
Rodeo Bullriders
An eight-second ride can seem like forever.
2 min
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Texas Hill Country Rodeo
There are lots of flashier rodeos, but this one's the real deal.
3 min