Bad at Goodbyes

Red Wolf :: Canis rufus

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 003

The Red Wolf is a critically endangered mammal native to southeastern North America, specifically the coast of North Carolina.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (29:06) Citations
• (30:46) Music
• (41:47) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3747/163509841
• Journal of Heredity, Volume 109, Issue 5 – https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esy020
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – https://www.fws.gov/project/red-wolf-recovery-program
• National Wildlife Federation – https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/Red-Wolf 
• Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute – https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/red-wolf 
• Journal of Biological Conservation, Volume 262, October 2021 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109321
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wolf 

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show, and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Chinese Swamp Cypress :: Glyptostrobus pensilis

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 002



The Chinese Swamp Cypress is a critically endangered conifer native to southeast Asia, specifically south and southeastern China, Laos, and southern Vietnam.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (23:05) Citations
• (24:50) Music
• (32:56) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32312/177795446
• International Dendrology Society’s “Trees and Shrubs Online Database” – https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/
• The Gymnosperm Database – https://www.conifers.org/
• Plant diversity; volume 41, issue 4 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2019.06.007
• Arnoldia; volume 78, issue 3 – https://arboretum.harvard.edu/stories/discovering-the-majestic-mai-hing-sam-of-laos/
• US Forest Service’s “Anatomy of a Tree” – https://www.fs.usda.gov/learn/trees/anatomy-of-tree
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptostrobus_pensilis 

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show, and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Sinai Baton Blue Butterfly :: Pseudophilotes sinaicus

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 001

The Sinai Baton Blue is a critically endangered butterfly native to north east Africa, specifically the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (23:30) Citations
• (24:56) Music
• (33:44) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/195289/2376696
• Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory – https://www.cambridgebutterfly.com/all-about-butterflies/
• Egyptian Journal of Biology, vol 8 – https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejb/article/view/56534
• Wandering Through Wadi’s Third Edition by Bernadette Simpson – https://wanderingthroughwadis.com/
• The Rufford Foundation https://www.rufford.org/
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudophilotes_sinaicus 

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show, and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Welcome to Bad at Goodbyes. On each episode we spotlight a plant or animal from the IUCN Critically Endangered Red List, sharing species details, research, and conservation information. And then we spend the 2nd half of the show offering an improvised ambient soundscape, a space for contemplation, awe, reflection, and perhaps grief. There is a very low likelihood that  these species will survive the 21st Century. And so perhaps we might acknowledge their passage with a moment of our attention, a recognition of our kinship, and with a commitment to personal and systemic change. Thank you for listening.