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Good News from Planet Earth
Voiceover for the Planet
6 episodes
2 weeks ago
Hey everyone, it’s Brandon Perry — normally behind the soundboard at Good News from Planet Earth at Soundnectar Studios. But today, stepping out from the shadows to talk about one of his absolute favorite creatures: bats. Bats are spooky, mysterious, and completely misunderstood — but they’re also essential night-shift pollinators keeping ecosystems alive. Over 500 plant species worldwide rely on bats for pollination or seed dispersal, from bananas and mangoes to figs and agave. While bees sl...
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Hey everyone, it’s Brandon Perry — normally behind the soundboard at Good News from Planet Earth at Soundnectar Studios. But today, stepping out from the shadows to talk about one of his absolute favorite creatures: bats. Bats are spooky, mysterious, and completely misunderstood — but they’re also essential night-shift pollinators keeping ecosystems alive. Over 500 plant species worldwide rely on bats for pollination or seed dispersal, from bananas and mangoes to figs and agave. While bees sl...
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Nature
Society & Culture,
News,
Science,
Documentary
Episodes (6/6)
Good News from Planet Earth
Bats and the Night Shift: Pollinators That Work in the Dark
Hey everyone, it’s Brandon Perry — normally behind the soundboard at Good News from Planet Earth at Soundnectar Studios. But today, stepping out from the shadows to talk about one of his absolute favorite creatures: bats. Bats are spooky, mysterious, and completely misunderstood — but they’re also essential night-shift pollinators keeping ecosystems alive. Over 500 plant species worldwide rely on bats for pollination or seed dispersal, from bananas and mangoes to figs and agave. While bees sl...
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2 months ago
6 minutes

Good News from Planet Earth
Coffin Cave Bugs: The Underworld’s Tiny Guardians
You’re listening to Good News from Planet Earth. For this Spooky Season of Good News, we’ve explored haunted forests and rotting pumpkins. Now, we’re going deeper — into the caves. It’s cold, damp, and dark. Drips echo in the silence, and somewhere beneath your feet, tiny pale creatures crawl through the soil. They look like something from a nightmare — but their story is surprisingly hopeful. Meet the Coffin Cave mold beetle, one of the rarest insects on Earth. Smaller than a grain of rice, ...
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2 months ago
5 minutes

Good News from Planet Earth
Pumpkin Rot — From Jack-O’-Lantern to Climate Hero
Welcome back to Good News from Planet Earth! For this Spooky Season of Good News, we’re digging into the afterlife of one of Halloween’s most iconic symbols: the jack-o’-lantern. Carved into grinning faces, lit with flickering candles… and then left to slump, sag, and rot. At first glance, that post-Halloween pumpkin seems like nothing more than trash. But in reality, how we handle pumpkin rot can have a big impact on the planet. In landfills, rotting pumpkins produce methane, a greenhouse ga...
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2 months ago
4 minutes

Good News from Planet Earth
Ghost Forests: The Haunting That Brings New Life
Welcome! You’re listening to Good News from Planet Earth. For this Spooky Season of Good News, we’re venturing to some of the eeriest places along the U.S. coastline: ghost forests. Imagine rows of pale, lifeless trees standing knee-deep in saltwater, their trunks bleached and skeletal, branches bare, rattling in the wind like a forest of bones. Creepy, right? Ghost forests form when rising seas or storm-driven saltwater push into coastal woodlands. The salt poisons trees that once thrived in...
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2 months ago
4 minutes

Good News from Planet Earth
The Fungus That’s Saving Forests (and Might Outlive Us All)
Welcome to Good News from Planet Earth! In this Spooky Good News episode, we’re uncovering a secret network beneath our feet that’s silently saving the world. Close your eyes… Imagine a web stretching across a forest. A living, breathing network hiding in the dark soil, whispering between roots. Sounds like Stranger Things? Maybe — but this isn’t the Upside Down. It’s fungi. Spooky. Silent. Essential. Fungi don’t just break down dead stuff. About 80–90% of land plants rely on them in a partne...
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2 months ago
7 minutes

Good News from Planet Earth
Spooky Season Trailer
It's the time of year when things get darker in the Northern hemisphere of Planet Earth, and on Good News from Planet Earth, we're shining a light in that darkness to tell you all of the good, yet spooky news that is happening all around us at this time of year! From fungi that communicate underground, to smashing pumpkins, it's time to get snuggled under that blanket and listen to some spooky good news! Anne and Ally from Voiceover for the Planet are here to give you a glimpse into next mont...
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2 months ago
1 minute

Good News from Planet Earth
Hey everyone, it’s Brandon Perry — normally behind the soundboard at Good News from Planet Earth at Soundnectar Studios. But today, stepping out from the shadows to talk about one of his absolute favorite creatures: bats. Bats are spooky, mysterious, and completely misunderstood — but they’re also essential night-shift pollinators keeping ecosystems alive. Over 500 plant species worldwide rely on bats for pollination or seed dispersal, from bananas and mangoes to figs and agave. While bees sl...