PULSE OF THE PLANET CELEBRATES FIFTEEN YEARS ON THE AIR
Two Minute Daily Program Tracks the Rhythms of Nature, Culture & Science

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PULSE OF THE PLANET, Jim Metzner’s award-winning daily radio feature is celebrating the start of its fifteenth year of production - more than 3000 programs! “Imagine if the world was recording its own personal audio journal,” says producer Jim Metzner, “and imagine you could hear it everyday.  It’s news from the real world.”  The series is currently heard on 300 stations in 30 countries. “It’s a sound portrait of the daily rhythms of life on earth,” observes Metzner, “a way to see human activity in the context of the whole planet.” 

Jim Metzner opens our ears to the sounds of life flapping, barking, baying and mooing all around us. I am a constant fan of his efforts. - National Public Radio Weekend Edition host, Scott Simon.

Twenty-five years of producing radio has brought Metzner numerous honors for reporting on science and the environment, including the American Institute of Biological Sciences’ 2001 Media Award.

 PULSE OF THE PLANET enters its fifteenth year with the support of the National Science Foundation.

Renowned for excellent field recording and top-notch writing, Metzner presents a rich acoustic tapestry in each broadcast.  From Santiago, Cuba, where Afro-Cuban music sets the streets on fire - to Siberia, for the magical resonance of Mongolian throat singing, Pulse of the Planet captures pilgrims, naturalists, celebrants, astronomers, tribal folk, and anthropologists, as they interpret the their environments.  
 	
Pulse travels the world and explores the universe in our backyards.  “There are so many remarkable things going on right now that are seldom reported,” says Metzner.  “Pulse gives us a chance not just to hear about them, but to hear them for ourselves.”
	
PULSE OF THE PLANET is produced by Jim Metzner Productions and is distributed free to qualified stations on compact disc each month, exclusively by Murray Street Enterprise, New York. 
The program is also available in Spanish as, El Pulso del Planeta.