Pulse of the planet
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Pulse of the Planet is a syndicated daily American radio series presented by Jim Metzner Productions and the National Science Foundation
, which highlights world cultures, environmental and scientific issues and discoveries. The program provides listeners with a two-minute audio snippet of the subject, blending interviews and topical ambience to bring lesser publicized themes to the mainstream. The series began on September 23, 1989 and continues through present day. It is broadcast across 179 public and commercial radio stations around the world, including on the Voice of America
and Armed Forces Radio Network.
. In June 2009, Pulse of the Planet launched a Twitter
account, linking to MP3
clips of the radio program on the Daily Program webpage with a short teaser of the topic. The Pulse Blog has also been formed as a collection of scientific diaries, including Metzner's, as well as over a dozen other scientists in a variety of fields and one for listener contributions as well.
The website expands on one story each month for its Monthly Features page, supplementing the original radio spot with additional text and photographs.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
, which highlights world cultures, environmental and scientific issues and discoveries. The program provides listeners with a two-minute audio snippet of the subject, blending interviews and topical ambience to bring lesser publicized themes to the mainstream. The series began on September 23, 1989 and continues through present day. It is broadcast across 179 public and commercial radio stations around the world, including on the Voice of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
and Armed Forces Radio Network.
Other Avenues
Since its launch in 1989, Pulse of the Planet has extended out from radio, into several other directions with the rise of the internetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. In June 2009, Pulse of the Planet launched a Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account, linking to MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
clips of the radio program on the Daily Program webpage with a short teaser of the topic. The Pulse Blog has also been formed as a collection of scientific diaries, including Metzner's, as well as over a dozen other scientists in a variety of fields and one for listener contributions as well.
The website expands on one story each month for its Monthly Features page, supplementing the original radio spot with additional text and photographs.