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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Thanksgiving Parade Balloons
What does it take to handle a four-story high balloon?
2 min
802
Inflation Day
The sounds of a New York holiday tradition.
2 min
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Sinterklaas - Origins
In Holland, it's the top celebration of the season.
2 min
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Sinterklaas - the Community Calls
Reinventing a Dutch ritual in upstate New York.
2 min
805
Arsenic on Tap
Around the world, people are being poisoned by naturally occurring toxins in drinking water.
2 min
806
Coal Ash and Water
You don't want coal ash to end up in a water supply.
2 min
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Best Tasting Water?
You're in for a surprise.
2 min
808
Poison Ivy - An Unexpected Discovery
A new way of controlling Poison Ivy?
2 min
809
A Life-Saving Charade
To avoid predators, piping plovers have adopted a theatrical strategy.
2 min
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Scorpion Venom
Exciting new medical treatments are being developed from the venom of this feisty arachnid.
2 min
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Ecuador's Cloud Forest
In times of drought, cloudforests, which support the same incredible diversity as rainforests, thrive almost entirely on thick blankets of fog.
2 min
812
A New Home for Sea Bass
Black sea bass are now thriving in the waters of Delaware Bay thanks to the collaboration of marine biologists and the New York Transit System.
2 min
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The Subway Car Reef
Subway cars are being recycled as artificial reefs!
2 min
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Taking the A Train Underwater
A seventeen ton metal box seems an unlikely place for for a marine habitat.
2 min
815
Okefenokee - Sandhill Crane Migration
Each year flocks of migrating Sandhill Cranes descend on Georgia's Okefenokee refuge and join their southern cousins.
2 min
816
Scat, Hair and Other Signs
Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs.
2 min
817
Tracking Grizzlies
Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana?
2 min
818
Snoozing Through Birth
For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity.
2 min
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Like a Waking Sleep
Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation.
3 min
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How to Find a Scorpion
What makes a scorpion glow in the dark?
3 min
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A Telltale Hiss
Don't tread on me!
2 min
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Scorpions 101
They walked the earth before the dinosaurs.
2 min
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You Can't Buy Peace of Mind
The Hindu goddess of good fortune is worshipped during a celebration of light.
2 min
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Bathing the Gods
Divine statues are bathed with milk, honey, and other symbolic offerings during the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
2 min
825
Death Song
The final sound?
3 min