Jim Metzner
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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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Episodes
Small Things, Big Challenges - Inside the World of Nanotech 27.03.2025 27:57
The tiniest bits of matter have a very large impact on our environment and our lives. Join Geoscientist Marc Michel on a deep dive into the science of nanotechnology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Packie Manus Byrne - A Life of Irish Music 18.03.2025 8:53
Couldn't resist another story in the sprit of Ireland. There's no intro, no host narrator. Just dive in and meet the late Packie Byrne - a friend, storyteller and musician of renown. We met in 2007 in the town of Ardara, near Donegal, where Irish music lives and thrives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day With A Story 17.03.2025 20:53
Master storyteller Eddie Lenihan weaves a tale from the Other Side. You'll never think of the wee folk in quite the same way again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tickling Society 04.03.2025 2:30
In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As Long as There's Been an Earth 03.03.2025 2:30
Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Donnez-moi Un Petit Sou 02.03.2025 2:30
In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Biggest Day 01.03.2025 2:30
"Forget about your job, your worries, your bills.." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feast Before Fast 28.02.2025 2:30
The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oasis 27.02.2025 2:30
Headphones on! Picture being under a palm tree next to a burbling brook in the middle of California's Anza-Borrego desert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Immunizing Plants 26.02.2025 2:30
Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sandhill Cranes - Captive Breeding 25.02.2025 2:30
Keeping rare birds home on the range. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mississippi's Sandhill Cranes 24.02.2025 2:30
Up close with one of the rarest bird populations in North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ice Boats 21.02.2025 2:30
When the weather's been cold and the Hudson River freezes over, that's when ice boats may be sailing on the river. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aussie Birds 20.02.2025 2:30
Australia is home to about one tenth of the world's living bird species. Here's a sampling of a few of them - headphones on! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mt. Lewis Wind 19.02.2025 2:30
Headphones on for a sound portrait of a cloud forest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Drop in the Bucket 18.02.2025 2:30
It's sugaring time in the northeast woods of the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Snoozing Through Birth 17.02.2025 2:30
For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Scat, Hair and Other Signs 13.02.2025 2:30
Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tracking Grizzlies 12.02.2025 2:30
Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Creator, Trickster, Thief 11.02.2025 2:30
Through trickery and ingenuity, ravens are surviving the winter in Alaska Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Call to Mate or a Call to Arms? 10.02.2025 2:30
The precise role of the humpback whale's song is unknown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Honoring the Needles of Yore 08.02.2025 2:30
Harikuyo is a memorial service for the broken sewing needles of the past year, celebrated across Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giant Pickles With Wings 07.02.2025 2:30
They might be the source of many ocean myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elders of the Forest 06.02.2025 2:30
The wail of the Indri lemur signals the mating season of these primates that some tribes consider the ancestors of humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Loons Migrate 05.02.2025 2:30
The Common Loon is anything but common, and they're on their way South. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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