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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Waila - the Desert People Celebrate
The Tohono O'odham Native Americans of southern Arizona believe that everything in the desert - humans, animals and plants - must be treated with reverence.
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Sibley - Birdwatching 101
Some tips on finding birds from the famous author/illustrator.
2 min
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Calling All Loons
According to Native American lore, the cry of a loon is the sound of a warrior, denied passage into heaven.
2 min
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Loons - Do I Stay or Do I Go?
This season, young loons depart for their first annual fall migration. In three years, they'll be back.
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Firewalking
On St. Constantine's Day, worshippers walk across hot coals. How do they do it?
2 min
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Reindeer Wend their Way Home
Reindeer are faced with the disappearance of their traditional migration routes.
2 min
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Stealing Hearts With Stolen Songs
Courting a female lyrebird with a repertoire of purloined calls.
2 min
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The Power of Celebration
For African slaves in the Hudson Valley, the colonial Pinkster celebration offered a rare opportunity for reuniting with family and friends.
2 min
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The Slave King
During the week-long Pinskter celebration in colonial times, Angolan King Charles assumed his royal status.
2 min
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What was once a Dutch celebration of Pentecost ...
Banned from playing drums, African slaves found other ways of performing traditional rhythms.
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Pinkster
What was once a Dutch celebration of Pentecost passed into the hands of African slaves.
2 min
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What is Life - on the edge
Can we grow brain cells that can be trained to see?
2 min
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What is Life - Growing Brains
Finding ways to defeat the Zika virus.
2 min
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What is Life - Organoids
Growing human brains in a laboratory used to be the stuff of science fiction, until now.
2 min
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What is Life - Radiobes
There are times when it's difficult to distinguish between what's alive and what isn't.
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What is Life?
It's a question we humans have carried for a long time.
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Dawn Chorus Day
It's a day to celebrate birds' remarkable singing and listening abilities.
2 min
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Appalachian Spring - Poke and Ramps
Springtime brings the culinary delight of wild ramps to this Appalachian community.
3 min
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Greek Orthodox Easter - Touchstone to a Culture
For Greeks throughout the world, Easter Sunday is the most important holiday of the year.
2 min
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Greek Orthodox Easter
In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday.
2 min
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Cueva De Villa Luz - Lethal But Healthy
If the rotten egg smell doesn't get to you, then maybe the bats, spiders, or dripping sulfuric acid will.
2 min
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Ceremony at a Sacred Cave
Every Spring in Mexico's Cueva de Villa Luz, descendants of Zoque and Mayan Indians hold a rather remarkable ceremony.
2 min
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Edible Insects - Culture
What you consider food has a lot to do with where you come from.
2 min
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Edible Insects - Termites
A group of women in Botswana offer a lesson in termite cuisine.
2 min
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Edible Insects - Weaver Ants and Crickets
In Cambodia, this month is high season for weaver ants and crickets.
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