Cleaning Up Water with the Power of a Tornado
One of nature's most destructive forces has inspired a new technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episodes
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.
Episodes
Seeding the Oceans
Nanotechnology is making possible a new way to remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Teakettle Acoustics
How 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
Removing Nanoparticles From Our Waterways
A new water-purifying technology may provide a way to remove nanoparticles from our waterways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hatsumode
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
Dancing the Machete
The 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
Day of the Kings
In Haiti, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in both Catholic and Vodou traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Food Fit For Kings
Three Kings Day is a festival for the palate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Twelfth Night
It's said that at midnight on Twelfth Night, farm animals start talking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hogmanay
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
Russian Christmas in Alaska
In rural Alaska, carolers wend their way from house to house, sharing in communal gifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
Starring
Russian 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
The Etymology of Christmas
Ever wonder where "Xmas" came from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kwanzaa Traditions
This 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
Christmas Eve in Woodstock
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
Breaking Bread
The Polish Christmas tradition of Wigilia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Christmas Bonfires
Along 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
Parranda
Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Deep Dive into the Realm of Natural Sound
Atonal snores, sonorous gurgles - all part of the dance of the soundscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Las Posadas
Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kalas
Dipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Crown of Candles
Young Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Masquerade at Your Doorstep
Jonkonnu 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
Santa Lucia
Rituals of light in the darkness of winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
All I Want For Christmas is a Relativity Cloud
With 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
Chasing Mr. Claus
Switzerland's Klausjagen blends a Catholic holiday with a much older celebration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Celebrating Klausjagen
Whips, bells and a giant paper bishop's hat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sinterklaas
Change 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
An Ever-Changing Orchestral Masterpiece
Sound objects or sensory immersion? It's all in the ear of the beholder! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices