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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

After a rocky start to his music career in high school, David Levy discovered he was gifted with the ability to pull a tune out of thin air in service of others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An inspiring visit with the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a subtle interaction between birds and their environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do birds hear any differently than we do? The answer will likely surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discovering maps of sound with the mind's ear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet sound artist and field recordist Doug Quin, as we embark on an audio journey to the Antarctic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Headphones on for an immersive soundscape! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A blind musical therapist revels in the sounds of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nanotechnology is making possible a new way of removing Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atonal snores, sonorous gurgles - it's all part of the dance of the soundscape. In this episode we continue to explore the soundscape with nature recordist Lang Elliot, with some wonderfully textured sounds recorded in La Cienega's National Conservation area in Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eddie Lenihan introduces us to the Other Crowd, and by the time he’s finished, the temperature in the room has dropped a few degrees. The Irish take their Fairy Folk very seriously. You’ll never think of leprechauns in quite the same way again. Please don't forget to complete our Listener Survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave. Thank-you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sound objects or sensory immersion? It's all in the ear of the beholder as we explore the soundscape with nature sound recordist Lang Elliot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maori legends weave a pathway for an understanding of natural phenomena. Toni Hoeta is a Science Engagement Coordinator at the Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand. She uses traditional Maori stories to help students open to the world of science. For many years, the Maori, the indigenous inhabitants of NZ, had their language, their music and their traditions suppressed by European settlers who ruled the country. Now, in a period of reconciliation, Maori culture is reemerging and finding its place in Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand. The music music heard in the podcast is from the CD book, “Singing Treasures” by Brian Flintoff, featuring musicians Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns. You can hear more of their music on the album Te Ku Te Whe, 1994, Rattle Records, New Zealand, number RAT- D0004. 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. An inspiring story of perseverance and discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Lang Elliot, one of the best nature sound recordists in the world, and learn his remarkable story. 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

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

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day 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

"We have certain ways we follow.." A conversation with the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a subtle interaction - a kind of feedback loop - between birds and their environment. 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

Do birds hear differently than we do? The answer will surprise you. 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 deep dive into the rainforest soundscape with field recordist Doug Quin. 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

Meet sound artist and field recordist Douglas Quin, as we embark on an audio journey to the Antarctic. 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

Launching our new expanded format with one of my favorite recordings, dawn at Grampians National Park in Australia. Headphones on -- this is a beautiful soundscape!! The park, located west of Melbourne, is managed by First Nation Australians. Their traditional name for the area is Brambuk. This episode includes an excerpt from an interview with Alan Burns, who when this recording was made in 2006, was the park's Cultural Heritage Protection Officer. We welcome your questions and insights at [email protected] or via the contact link at pulseplanet.com. 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