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Jim Metzner
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner
- 50 minutes 52 secondsKen Burns - DaVinci, the American Revolution and more
Join filmmaker Ken Burns as he unpacks the greatest artist/scientist/seeker of all time and the greatest revolution of all time.
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19 November 2025, 10:58 pm - 2 minutes 30 secondsAll Saints' Day in New Orleans - Holt Cemetery
Among the graveyards of New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional. Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground.
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1 November 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsSounds of All Saints' Day
A gospel song and a graveyard party: the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead.
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31 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsRitual in the Amazon
For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song.
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30 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsReunion in the Amazon
The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.
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28 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsVegas Was a Blast
They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.
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24 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsStatues of Wonderland
Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!
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20 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsSpiritual Conservation
In southeast Asia, religious traditions have long saved animals from extinction.
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17 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsIndia's Most Sacred River
India's revered Ganges River has become increasingly polluted.
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13 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsOn the Verge of Extinction
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - a program from our archives:
Why is the chimpanzee disappearing?
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11 October 2025, 4:00 am - 2 minutes 30 secondsUncanny Similarities
In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall, a program from our archives.
"They embrace, they kiss......"
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