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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Bullfrogs
Their croaks promise warm nights to come.
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Room with a Hawkeye View
A pair of Red Tailed hawks found rent free accommodation on a New York City high rise.
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The Unwelcome Bird
Once an endangered species, Giant Canada geese have become unpopular urban neighbors.
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The Neck Dip
The carefully timed spring dating rituals of Canada Geese.
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Raucous Sounds of Spring
Canada Geese provide their own vernal cacophony.
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Pulse of the Peeper
Scientists suspect that amphibian populations are on the decline worldwide.
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Frog Watch
Monitoring amphibian populations by listening to them.
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Get Stuffed
It's a tough life for male paper wasps.
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A Good Strategy for Wasps
Usurpers, foundresses, abandoned nests - welcome to the world of the paper wasp.
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Firewalking
On St. Constantine's Day, worshippers walk across hot coals. How do they do it?
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Reindeer Wend their Way Home
Reindeer are faced with the disappearance of their traditional migration routes.
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Evolution of a Holiday
In colonial times, fears of a slave revolt caused a popular celebration to be outlawed.
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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.
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The Slave King
During the week-long Pinskter celebration in colonial times, Angolan King Charles assumed his royal status.
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Hambone
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.
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Stealing Hearts, Stolen Songs
Courting a female lyrebird with a repertoire of purloined calls.
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Animal Migrations Meet Cities
Wildlife and urban life are colliding near Kenya's largest city.
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Cormorant Fishing Season
Forget lures, lines and bait. How about a trained bird that catches fish for you?
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A German - Native American Musical Hybrid
The Waila music of the Tohono O'odham Native Americans in southern Arizona sounds surprisingly like polkas, and there's a good reason why.
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Dawn Chorus Day
It's a day to celebrate birds' remarkable singing and listening abilities.
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Waila - A Party With Deep Roots
When the Tohono O'odham Native Americans dance to Waila, their traditional social music, the party lasts all night.
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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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Cueva De Villa Luz - Extreme Cave
Snot-tites and sulfur. Could this be a preview of what Mars is like?
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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.
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