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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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.
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Sound and Silence
The Ga people of Ghana remember the pain of famine and the celebration of harvest.
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Tobacco Auction - Thumbs Up
A veteran auctioneer explains the intricacies of his craft.
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Selling With a Song
Throughout the Southeastern states, August is the season for tobacco auctions.
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Rodeo Bullriders
An eight-second ride can seem like forever.
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Texas Hill Country Rodeo
There are lots of flashier rodeos, but this one's the real deal.
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Tiger Moths - Jamming Sonar
A sound defense against bats!
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Serenading Moths
Tiger moths woo their partners with a series of clicking sounds.
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Finding Meteorites
They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite?
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Blood Meal
The surprising truth about why mosquitoes need your blood.
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Controlling Zika - Transgenic Mosquitos
Making male mosquitos with the "Nix Gene".
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Refuge
Great Gull Island is one of the few remaining places where terns can nest and raise their young in safety.
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A Feast for Voles
What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
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Elephants and Orvilles
Who says elephants can't fly?
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Sealing our Fate, Just Like Birds
An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird.
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Hornbills and Humans
Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think.
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Mushroom Hunting - Morels
On the trail of the world's most sought-after mushroom.
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Mushroom Hunting - Unseen World
In any forest, there's a complex interdependent web of life underground.
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Mushroom Hunting - What Lies Beneath
A mushroom is the visible part of a much larger organism.
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Bears at McNeil River- An Essential Meal
Bears at Alaska's McNeil River have come to rely on an annual fish feast.
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Bears at McNeil River
Over a hundred brown bears in Alaska have learned that every July, the McNeil River is THE place to catch fish.
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Black Skimmers
This summer, an endangered seabird will find one of its last remaining safe havens on the salt marshes off the coast of New Jersey.
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Parallax View
Fledgling seabirds must the trick of catching fish beneath the surface of the water.
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Hajj: Sacred Gathering
Millions of Muslim pilgrims gather this week in Mecca, in a gathering which transcends the barriers of caste, color, race and gender.
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Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca
At least once in their lives, all Muslims who are physically and financially able are enjoined to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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