Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology

Maori legends weave a pathway for an understanding of natural phenomena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand's southernmost islands are home to a remarkable collection of birds, but they've had to work to save them from invasive predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The instruments are teaching you how to play them." Jen Cattermole listened and learned to play an array of Maori flutes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you survive a winter in Antarctica? Prepare for extraordinary sounds. This archival program is in memory of our friend Rolf Bjelke, an intrepid sailor who together with Deborah Shapiro, sailed the Northern Light around the world, and over-wintered in the Antarctic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the best nature sound recordists in the world doesn't actually hear much of what he's recording! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not only does it support virtually every tree, plant and crop on earth, soil can also help control toxic waste and help mitigate climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I spent a few weeks asking people what songs their mothers sang to them when they were kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you find an injured or orphaned bird, who're you going to call? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a story to curl up with on a chilly night - a visit with the "Other Crowd," told by a master storyteller. You'll never think of leprechauns the same way again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the past twenty years, wildlife bird rehabilitator Annie Mardiney has rescued thousands of birds. "They're hungry all the time!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation with Hutke Fields, the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. "You have to listen to everything, including Mother Earth" A taste of the Natchez Language, the no-holds-barred game of Stickball, and what it feels like to be chosen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand's Maori are a living example to indigenous peoples worldwide of how to reclaim and rediscover their rich cultural heritage and their land.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hatsumode is the ritual first visit of the year to a Japanese Shinto or Buddhist temple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The flamboyance of the Mummers' Parade arose from the masquerade balls of Philadelphia society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Revered in Philadelphia since 1902. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to Scottish legend, visitors to your door on the night of Hogamanay, will determine your luck for the New Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Be careful with fire!" is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of our most enduring Christmas traditions date back to the pre-Christian era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In "the most famous small town in the world",  how will Santa arrive this year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand's Maori are a living example to indigenous peoples worldwide of how to reclaim and rediscover their rich cultural heritage and their land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Young Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rituals of light in the darkness of winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices