Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner
Jim Metzner
Show overview
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology has been publishing since 2015, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 1,776 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 90 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence, with the show now in its 7117th season.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 5 months ago. The busiest year was 2020, with 261 episodes published. Published by Jim Metzner.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
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Whale Rescue
A favorite program and an important announcement! Please visit our new incarnation on Substack jimmetzner.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
All Saints' Day in New Orleans - Holt Cemetery
Among the graveyards of New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional. Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sounds of All Saints' Day
A gospel song and a graveyard party: the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ritual in the Amazon
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reunion in the Amazon
The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vegas Was a Blast
They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Statues of Wonderland
Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spiritual Conservation
In southeast Asia, religious traditions have long saved animals from extinction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
India's Most Sacred River
India's revered Ganges River has become increasingly polluted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the Verge of Extinction
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - a program from our archives: Why is the chimpanzee disappearing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Uncanny Similarities
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall, a program from our archives. "They embrace, they kiss......" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Finding Meteorites
They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite? (In Memory of Meteorologist Douglas Revelle) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Feast for Voles
What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants? (In memory of ornithologist Helen Hays, 1931 - 2025) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Redefining Man
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - Throughout her lifelong study of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall made some amazing discoveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sealing our Fate, Just Like Birds
An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hornbills and Humans
Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Morels
On the trail of the world's most sought-after mushroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Unseen World
In any forest, there's a complex interdependent web of life underground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Lies Beneath
A mushroom is the visible part of a much larger organism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lovebugs Meet Their Nemesis
Yet another reason to have electric cars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices