Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Scary, with Charisma 08Aug17
Is the alligator's fierce reputation a case of mistaken identity? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
History of Extinction 07Aug17
Part of Lewis and Clark's mission was to find dinosaurs! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ivory Billed Woodpecker- Dead or Alive? 04Aug17
Is the largest woodpecker in North America truly extinct? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Large Numbers, Anyone? 03Aug17
Do large numbers effect our decision making? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Numerosity 02Aug17
Are we unconsciously influenced by the size of a number? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Seeing Red 01Aug17
Subliminal selling messages in a department store? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hidden Persuaders 31Jul17
Could colors affect our willingness to purchase a product? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bicycles of the Future 28Jul17
Bikes are evolving in their design and the way they fit into the cityscape. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Taking Back the Streets 27Jul17
Want to improve your health, brighten your day and lessen air pollution in one easy step? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Commuter Bike 26Jul17
The ideal bike to ride to work? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bike to Work! 25Jul17
In the Netherlands, about one-quarter of all trips in the entire country are made by bicycle. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rediscovering the Bicycle 24Jul17
Many US cities have come to a new appreciation of two-wheel transport. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cultural Forest 21Jul17
Learning from indigenous Thailanders how to manage an endangered ecosystem. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Saving Organs - A Pipe at a Time 20Jul17
Can chemistry keep some of the world's oldest organs from turning to dust? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More Than a Caw 19Jul17
Are crows songbirds? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Flying Toolmaker 18Jul17
Humans aren't the only animals using tools. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Raven Language 17Jul17
Gurgles, knocks and bells! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Raven or Crow? 14Jul17
Crows and ravens may both be large, black birds, but they have very distinct voices. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Sticky Business 13Jul17
A woodpecker has devised a clever strategy to protect its nests from snakes. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Master of Excavation 12Jul17
It's the only woodpecker that excavates cavities in a living pine tree. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Woodpecker Who Stays Home 11Jul17
Young Red Cockaded Woodpeckers help raise their brothers and sisters until their father dies. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Musical Empathy, Wired 10Jul17
Science and art intertwine to explore the relationship between emotion and music. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Digital Luthier 07Jul17
Tapping into the emotional states of performers and their audience. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emotions Become Music 06Jul17
Can we translate emotions directly to musical sound, with a little help from computers? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Decision-Making - Art or Science? 05Jul17
Do we base our understanding on evidence or opinion? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is Science? 04Jul17
Let the evidence lead the answer to your hunch, not the other way around. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cancer, Mutations and Evolution 03Jul17
Could there be positive outcomes from cancer as a result of mutation? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bringing in a Dinosaur 30Jun17
Getting a dinosaur skeleton from the field to the lab is a tricky process. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cancer - the Ultimate Endgame 29Jun17
Finding a strategy to combat cancer is like playing chess against a Grandmaster. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Fine Feathered Dinosaur 28Jun17
Close relatives of Tyrannosaurs Rex actually had some kind of feathering coating! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cancer - the Immune System 27Jun17
Shutting down an overzealous immune response. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cancer - Treating Tumors Without Surgery 26Jun17
Veterinarians are using gold nanoparticles to control the growth of cancerous tumors. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If Buildings Could Help 23Jun17
Instead of looking for Child Finder stickers, first responders to an emergency might one day be checking their iPads. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chimpanzees - a Deadly Trait 22Jun17
Chimps, like humans, commit acts of deadly violence against their own kind. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chimpanzees - Getting the Message Across 21Jun17
Chimps communicate with each other with both voices and gestures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chimps - Toolmakers, too 20Jun17
Chimpanzees make their own tools for all sorts of different needs and behaviors. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dino Lab - 200 Million Year Old Glimpse 19Jun17
On being the first person to uncover an animal that lived 210 million years ago. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If Buildings Could Harvest Electricity 16Jun17
Can a building transform the motion that takes place inside it into electricity? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disaster Preparation Meets Social Media 15Jun17
"it's much harder to establish the truthfulness of what somebody is saying." Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dino Lab - One Scrape at a Time 14Jun17
Find a fossil dinosaur in the field, bring it to the lab, and the work of extracting it begins. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If Buildings Could Listen 13Jun17
With over 200 vibrometers, this building is keeping track of the movements of its inhabitants. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If Buildings Could Talk 12Jun17
One of the world's most instrumented buildings is a living laboratory of vibrations. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disaster Preparation - Too Much of a Good Thing 09Jun17
Sending supplies to a disaster stricken area may be best left to relief organizations. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Roma - Crank It Up! 08Jun17
Roma music is eclectic, contemporary and loud! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disaster Preparation - Help Gets in the Way 07Jun17
When a natural disaster strikes, one of the problems that relief agencies run into are people who want to help! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disaster Preparation - Partners 06Jun17
When planning for a natural disaster, local knowledge is critical. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Roma - Largest Minority in Europe? 05Jun17
For the Roma, census-taking is not just a matter of counting heads. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas - Dying 02Jun17
What is keeping St. Bees Island's koala population in check? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Roma - Nomadic 01Jun17
Gypsies are not aimless wanderers. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fossils – the Art of Seeing 31May17
It's like playing "Where's Waldo", with Waldo being a few hundred million years old. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices