Shows
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyLike a Waking SleepBears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-1402 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyScat, Hair and Other SignsGrizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-1302 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyTracking GrizzliesAre Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-1202 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyCreator, Trickster, ThiefThrough trickery and ingenuity, ravens are surviving the winter in Alaska Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-1102 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyA Call to Mate or a Call to Arms?The precise role of the humpback whale's song is unknown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-1002 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyHonoring the Needles of YoreHarikuyo is a memorial service for the broken sewing needles of the past year, celebrated across Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-0802 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyGiant Pickles With WingsThey might be the source of many ocean myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-0702 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyElders of the ForestThe wail of the Indri lemur signals the mating season of these primates that some tribes consider the ancestors of humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-0602 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyLoons MigrateThe Common Loon is anything but common, and they're on their way South. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-0502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyBison Winter at YellowstoneEven the "chief of all animals" must struggle to survive the winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-0402 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyIt May Sound Like a Harley, But..Elephant seals on Ano Nuevo island. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-0302 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyNorthern Elephant Seals MateSex, violence, and two-ton marine mammals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-3102 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyIt Knocks a Great Hole in WinterThe Up Helly Aa festival gives the people of the Shetland Islands a chance to torch a replica of a Viking galley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-2802 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyDesert WindPoetry and Sounds of the Anza Borego Desert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-2502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyCleaning Up Water with the Power of a TornadoOne of nature's most destructive forces has inspired a new technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-2202 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySeeding the OceansNanotechnology is making possible a new way to remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-1711 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyTeakettle AcousticsHow does a tea kettle make its whistling sound? The answer isn't as simple as it may seem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-1502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyRemoving Nanoparticles From Our WaterwaysA new water-purifying technology may provide a way to remove nanoparticles from our waterways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-1302 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyHatsumodeHatsumode 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
2025-01-1202 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyDancing the MacheteThe ritual of Coupez Gateau is one of the ways the celebration of Epiphany has been incorporated into Haitian Vodou. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-1002 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyDay of the KingsIn Haiti, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in both Catholic and Vodou traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-0702 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyFood Fit For KingsThree Kings Day is a festival for the palate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-0602 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyTwelfth NightIt's said that at midnight on Twelfth Night, farm animals start talking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-0502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyHogmanayAccording 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
2025-01-0202 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyRussian Christmas in AlaskaIn rural Alaska, carolers wend their way from house to house, sharing in communal gifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-01-0102 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyYear End Fire Watch"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
2024-12-3102 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyStarringRussian traders left the legacy of their traditions in Anchorage Alaska, including the Christmas-time practice of Starring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-3002 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyThe Etymology of ChristmasEver wonder where "Xmas" came from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-2802 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyKwanzaa TraditionsThis week, millions of people around the world celebrate Kwanzaa, a relatively new holiday with roots in the ancient harvest festivals of Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-2702 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyChristmas Eve in WoodstockIn "the most famous small town in the world", how will Santa arrive this year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-2402 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyBreaking BreadThe Polish Christmas tradition of Wigilia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-2302 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyChristmas BonfiresAlong the banks of the Mississippi River, a line of Bonfires lights the way for Papa Noel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-2202 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyParrandaChristmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1802 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyA Deep Dive into the Realm of Natural SoundAtonal snores, sonorous gurgles - all part of the dance of the soundscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1709 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyLas PosadasCommemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1602 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyKalasDipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyA Crown of CandlesYoung Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1402 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyMasquerade at Your DoorstepJonkonnu revelers sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1302 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySanta LuciaRituals of light in the darkness of winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1102 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyAll I Want For Christmas is a Relativity CloudWith a little help from quantum physics, Santa could have all the time he needs to make Christmas deliveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1002 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyChasing Mr. ClausSwitzerland's Klausjagen blends a Catholic holiday with a much older celebration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-0902 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyCelebrating KlausjagenWhips, bells and a giant paper bishop's hat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-0802 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySinterklaasChange Santa Claus's team of reindeer into a single white horse, replace his costume with a bishop's robes, and you'll begin to get a picture of Sinterklaas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-0702 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyAn Ever-Changing Orchestral MasterpieceSound objects or sensory immersion? It's all in the ear of the beholder! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-11-1708 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyWindows to the WorldTake a deep dive into the hobby of presidents, kings, movie stars and ordinary people - Stamp Collecting! A free-wheeling conversation with Cheryl Ganz, president of the American Philatelic Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-10-1724 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyEyes of the God - Science Meets CultureMaori legends weave a pathway for an understanding of natural phenomena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-09-1815 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyPristine IslandsNew 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
2024-08-1408 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyEven Stones Sing"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
2024-07-1714 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyANTARCTIC WINDS - The Sound and FuryHow 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
2024-06-2702 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyThe Half-Deaf RecordistOne 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
2024-06-1305 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySecrets of SoilNot 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
2024-05-1713 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySongs of Our MothersI 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
2024-05-1208 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyThe Bird LadyIf you find an injured or orphaned bird, who're you going to call? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-04-1709 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySt Patricks Day Special - Irish Storyteller Eddie LenihanHere'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
2024-03-1620 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyAll Birds Great and SmallFor 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
2024-02-1715 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySacred Ground and the Little Brother of WarA 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
2024-01-1613 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyRemembering Where We’re From – the Maori of AotearoaNew 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
2024-01-0822 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyHatsumodeHatsumode 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
2024-01-0702 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyDay of the KingsIn Haiti, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in both Catholic and Vodou traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-01-0602 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyFood Fit For KingsThree Kings Day is a festival for the palate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-01-0502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyMummers Parade - HistoryThe flamboyance of the Mummers' Parade arose from the masquerade balls of Philadelphia society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-01-0202 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyMummers Parade - String BandsRevered in Philadelphia since 1902. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-01-0102 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyHogmanayAccording 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
2023-12-3102 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyTokyo's Year End Fire Watch"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
2023-12-3002 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyParrandaChristmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-2802 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyRoots of ChristmasSome of our most enduring Christmas traditions date back to the pre-Christian era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-2502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyChristmas Eve in WoodstockIn "the most famous small town in the world", how will Santa arrive this year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-2402 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyRemembering Where We’re From – the Maori of AotearoaNew 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
2023-12-1722 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyLas PosadasCommemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-1602 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyKalasDipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-1502 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyA Crown of CandlesYoung Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-1402 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySanta LuciaRituals of light in the darkness of winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-1302 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyOpening the DoorAfter 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
2023-11-1711 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyEvery Step a PrayerAn inspiring visit with the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-10-1712 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyLanguage of the BirdsThere is a subtle interaction between birds and their environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-09-1716 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyA Deep Dive into the World of BirdsongDo birds hear any differently than we do? The answer will likely surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-08-1720 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyExploring the AmazonDiscovering maps of sound with the mind's ear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-07-1716 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySinging IceMeet 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
2023-06-1916 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyAustralian DawnHeadphones on for an immersive soundscape! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-05-2908 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyThe Umbilical Cord to LifeA blind musical therapist revels in the sounds of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-05-0807 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySeeding the OceansNanotechnology is making possible a new way of removing Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-04-1711 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyA Deep Dive into the Realm of Natural SoundAtonal 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
2023-03-2709 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyCelebrate Saint Patrick's Day with a World Class Storyteller and a Rousing "Seisiun" at an Irish PubEddie 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
2023-03-1722 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyAn Ever-Changing Orchestral MasterpieceSound 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
2023-03-0608 min
Talking AcousticsEp 21 -Jim MetznerJim Metzner has spent a lifetime recording soundscapes, from which he has produced records, radio programs and now podcasts. His podcast Pulse of the Planet, started on radio in 1988 and is now also heard widely as a podcast. In 2020, Jim's sound archive was acquired by the US Library of Congress which will be the new home of the Metzner archive: 40 years of soundscapes, programs, interviews, music and non-categorizable audio.
2023-03-0152 minPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyEyes of the God - Science Meets CultureMaori 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...
2023-02-1315 min
SciFriSound Recordist Jim Metzner Has Been Listening To The Planet For Decades. Here’s What He’s Learned.Jim Metzner, a pioneer of science radio, looks back on his lifetime of recordings, now heading for the Library of Congress.
2022-09-3017 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyThe Future of Kenya's Wildlife ParksIn memory of famed conservationist Richard Leakey... In a 1989 interview with Jim, Leakey predicts there will fences around wildlife parks. 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
2022-04-0602 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyElephants and IvoryRemembering the late Richard Leakey, famed anthropologist and conservationist. In a 1989 interview with Jim, he unveiled his strategy to protect Kenya's elephants. 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
2022-04-0402 min
The Natural Curiosity ProjectEpisode 142 - Interview With Jim MetznerJim Metzner has been producing the radio show, Pulse of the Planet, since 1988. But he’s so much more than that: he’s a musician, an author, a traveler, and a dedicated and insightful supporter of the natural world. In this episode we catch up with Jim via Zoom at his home in Kingston, New York. Jim’s a master storyteller—don’t miss this one.
2021-08-2621 min
The Sample Chapter PodcastJim Metzner: Sacred MoundsEpisode 150 brings a delightful chat with sound producer and author, Jim Metzner! Listen to Jim describe his long-running radio show, Pulse of the Planet, discovering the sounds around you, and learn new and fascinating things about the inspiration for his novel, Sacred Mounds, a book thirty years in the making! Sacred Mounds website (not the musical group lol) Jim Metzner on Amazon Pulse of the Planet Website at Jim Metzner Productions Adelaide Books LLC Scrivener (enter coupon code CHAPTER to save 20% on the regular desktop version!) Pop...
2020-11-0352 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyLegends of the MandrakeOn Halloween eve, it's an essential part of any witch's sorcery kit. Following this episode - a preview of Sacred Mounds, Jim Metzner's new audiobook!! 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
2020-10-3007 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyA Prehistoric SoundscapeYou'll never think of koalas as placid, leaf-chewing marsupials again after hearing the racket they make during breeding season!Following this episode - a preview of Sacred Mounds, Jim Metzner's new audiobook!! 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
2020-10-2306 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyTurning Junk Land into Bee HabitatsThe land beneath powerlines is a prime spot for native bees to thrive.Following this episode - a preview of Sacred Mounds, Jim Metzner's new audiobook!! 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
2020-10-1607 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyFrontiers of the BrainScience Diarist John Beggs explains what makes neuroscience like the Wild West.Following this episode - a preview of Sacred Mounds, Jim Metzner's new audiobook!! 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
2020-10-0907 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologyFish and FloodsCan fish just ride out a flood? Following this episode - a preview of Sacred Mounds, Jim Metzner's new audiobook!! 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
2020-10-0504 min
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | TechnologySynchretismoAfrican spiritism blends with Catholic ritual on a saint's day in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.Stay tuned at the end of the program for a preview of "Sacred Mounds", Jim Metzner's novel of historical fiction and magical realism. 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
2020-07-0606 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Sacred Mounds by Jim MetznerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/458661to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Sacred Mounds
Author: Jim Metzner
Narrator: Jim Metzner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Release date: June 16, 2020
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A novel of historical fantasy from Jim Metzner, producer and host of the Pulse of the Planet radio series and podcast, with a foreword by Hutke Fields, principal chief of the Natchez Nation Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex—just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he’s swept back to precolonial times, walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian—who, in tur...
2020-06-1610h 58
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Title: Sacred Mounds
Author: Jim Metzner
Narrator: Jim Metzner
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
Release date: 06-16-20
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Indigenous
Publisher's Summary:
Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex - just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he’s swept back to precolonial times, walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian - who, in turn, has been transported into Salvador’s body in present-day America. Four hundred years apart, they’re bound by a mission to rescue our world...
2020-06-1610h 58Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalSacred Mounds by Jim MetznerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/458661to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Sacred Mounds
Author: Jim Metzner
Narrator: Jim Metzner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Release date: June 16, 2020
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A novel of historical fantasy from Jim Metzner, producer and host of the Pulse of the Planet radio series and podcast, with a foreword by Hutke Fields, principal chief of the Natchez Nation Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex—just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he’s swept back to precolonial times, walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian—who, in tur...
2020-06-1610h 58