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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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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.
Among the graveyards of New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional. Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground.
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A gospel song and a graveyard party: the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead.
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For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song.
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The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.
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In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - a program from our archives:
Why is the chimpanzee disappearing?
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In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall, a program from our archives.
"They embrace, they kiss......"
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They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite?
(In Memory of Meteorologist Douglas Revelle)
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Every October, there's a sixty mile pilgrimage to the Mexican village of Magdalena in honor of St. Francis.
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What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
(In memory of ornithologist Helen Hays, 1931 - 2025)
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Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall with a program from our archives:
" Our closest living relatives...."
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In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall -
Throughout her lifelong study of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall made some amazing discoveries.
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An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird.
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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.