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Jim Metzner

Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner

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    Tickling Society

    In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem.

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    4 March 2025, 5:00 am
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    As Long as There's Been an Earth

    Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song.

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    3 March 2025, 5:00 am
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    Donnez-moi Un Petit Sou

    In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.

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    2 March 2025, 5:00 am
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    The Biggest Day

    "Forget about your job, your worries,  your bills.."

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    1 March 2025, 5:00 am
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    Feast Before Fast

    The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.

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    28 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Oasis

    Headphones on! Picture being under a palm tree next to a burbling brook in the middle of California's Anza-Borrego desert.

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    27 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Immunizing Plants

    Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently.

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    26 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Sandhill Cranes - Captive Breeding

    Keeping rare birds home on the range.

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    25 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Mississippi's Sandhill Cranes

    Up close with one of the rarest bird populations in North America. 

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    24 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Ice Boats

    When the weather's been cold and the Hudson River freezes over, that's when ice boats may be sailing on the river.

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    21 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Aussie Birds

    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!

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    20 February 2025, 5:00 am
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