Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology

Fierce windstorms in the Gobi Desert force scientists to think fast and run faster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These three-ton animals may communicate using sounds below the range of human hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A veteran auctioneer explains the intricacies of his craft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analyzing butter to detect pollutants worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A cheap and effective pollution monitoring tool? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're good for the environment, but what's the best way to find native plants?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This summer, an endangered seabird has found one of its last remaining safe havens on the salt marshes off the coast of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fledgling seabirds must the trick of catching fish beneath the surface of the water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bears at Alaska's McNeil River have come to rely on an annual fish feast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over a hundred brown bears in Alaska have learned that every summer, the McNeil River is THE place to catch fish.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some remarkable music highlights Siberia's annual Tun Payram festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's something we all can do to help protect local animals and plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The food millions of people spread on their toast every morning has inspired legends in many cultures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Churn your own butter at home! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Africa's Serengetti Park, more than a million animals are making their annual trip north, driven by the rains and guided by their own instincts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to making butter, older methods may be better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An old English folk tradition thrives on both sides of the Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bullfrog's croak promises warm nights to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's behind the summer's most famous flying light show? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fireworks, marching bands, and words from some famous Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Migrating birds find Central Park an oasis amidst the metropolitan landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Correctly identifying bird sounds is like earning a second language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some tips on finding birds from the famous author/illustrator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group of women in Botswana offer a lesson in termite cuisine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silkworm pupae, fried and served with onions, is a popular snack in some parts of China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Insects are an important source of protein for many societies around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ohaloni Rumsin people proudly practice traditions of generations past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A grandmother's story inspires a young boy to seek knowledge and share wisdom about his Indian heritage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the Tohono O'odham Native Americans dance to Waila, their traditional social music, the party lasts all night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tohono O'odham Native Americans of southern Arizona believe that everything in the desert - humans, animals and plants - must be treated with reverence.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet the bird with the fastest wings in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I spent a weeks asking friends, relatives and passers-by whether or not their mother ever sang to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's mating season for sperm whales in the Indian Ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Japanese culture, the blossoming of the Cherry Tree represents an ancient code of honor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Holy Week culminates on Easter Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tiniest bits of matter have a very large impact on our environment and our lives. Join Geoscientist Marc Michel on a deep dive into the science of nanotechnology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join filmmaker Ken Burns in an exploration of the greatest artist/scientist/seeker of all time, plus a preview of Ken's next series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Couldn't resist another story in the sprit of Ireland. There's no intro, no host narrator. Just dive in and meet the late Packie Byrne - a friend, storyteller and musician of renown. We met in 2007 in the town of Ardara, near Donegal, where Irish music lives and thrives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Master storyteller Eddie Lenihan weaves a tale from the Other Side. You'll never think of the wee folk in quite the same way again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Forget about your job, your worries,  your bills.." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Headphones on! Picture being under a palm tree next to a burbling brook in the middle of California's Anza-Borrego desert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keeping rare birds home on the range. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up close with one of the rarest bird populations in North America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the weather's been cold and the Hudson River freezes over, that's when ice boats may be sailing on the river. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australia is home to about one tenth of the world's living bird species. Here's a sampling of a few of them - headphones on! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Headphones on for a sound portrait of a cloud forest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices