Bad at Goodbyes

By Joshua Dumas

On Bad At Goodbyes, we offer a calm, clear-eyed, creative look at plants and animals from the IUCN Critically Endangered Red List. Research-based, we share species details, behaviors, habitat, and con... more

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The podcast currently has 55 episodes available.

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December 05, 2024Murray Birch
Murray Birch :: Betula murrayana
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 014
On today’s show we learn about the Murray Birch, a critically endangered small tree, native to middle North America, specifically southeastern Michigan and southern Ontario.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(12:23) Citations
(13:55) Music
(26:43) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/51208029/51208054
Canadian Journal of Botany; Feb 1985 - https://doi.org/10.1139/b85-025
Michigan Natural Features Inventory at the Michigan State University - https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/species/description/13702/Betula-murrayana
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_murrayana

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.
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29min
November 21, 2024Principe Scops Owl
Principe Scops Owl :: Otus bikegila
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 013
The Principe Scops Owl, is a critically endangered avian, native to Principe Island of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, roughly 150 miles off the Western Coast of Africa near Equatorial Guinea.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(14:09) Citations
(15:55) Music
(29:10) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/230025085/231652448
Birds of the World, Macaulay Library at Cornell University - https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.prisco1.01
The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/we-discovered-a-new-species-of-owl-but-we-already-think-its-in-danger-193996
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principe_scops_owl

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.
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32min
November 14, 2024Florida Semaphore Cactus
Florida Semaphore Cactus :: Consolea corallicola
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 012
The Florida Semaphore Cactus is a critically endangered flowering cactus native to southern North America, specifically the Florida Keys, in the United States.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(18:40) Citations
(19:58) Music
(29:01) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16329591/16329597
PBS – https://news.wgcu.org/2020-01-13/as-seas-rise-a-florida-keys-ghost-forest-makes-a-last-stand
US Fish and Wildlife Service – https://www.fws.gov/species/florida-semaphore-cactus-consolea-corallicola
The Journal of Sexual Plant Reproduction; Volume 11 – http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004970050143
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolea_corallicola

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.
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32min
November 07, 2024Mariana Crow
Mariana Crow :: Corvus kubaryi
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 011
The Mariana Crow is a critically endangered avian in the corvus family native to the western Pacific Ocean, to the island of Rota in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(27:58) Citations
(29:55) Music
(42:20) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
Dr. Sarah K. Faegre’s doctoral dissertation from the University of Washington’s entitled “Behavioral Ecology of the Mariana Crow” – https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/items/1ba5ba23-dfe4-4fb1-ab54-d02428388d61
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – https://www.fws.gov/species/mariana-crow-corvus-kubaryi
Birds of the World; Cornell Lab of Ornithology – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.marcro1.01
Dr. John Morton’s “Ode to crows ravens jays and magpies” – https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/life/refuge-notebook-ode-to-crows-ravens-jays-and-magpies/
Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management Vol 6 issue 2 – https://doi.org/10.3996/112014-JFWM-085
“Observations On The Behavior And Ecology Of The Mariana Crow” – The Condor, the Journal of The Cooper Ornithological Society issue 88 – http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1368898
“Population status and nest success of the Critically Endangered Mariana Crow” from Bird Conservation International vol.25 issue 2 – http://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270914000045
Saipan Tribune July 15, 2024 – https://www.saipantribune.com/news/local/ga-population-increasing-through-rear-and-release-program/article_71a30c4e-41ae-11ef-b3c3-a3b3d9a99163.html
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22705959/129626293
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_crow

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.
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45min
October 31, 2024Beard's Mallee
The Beard's Mallee is a critically endangered eucalyptus tree native to Western Australia, near Shark Bay, roughly 350 miles north of Perth.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(17:54) Citations
(19:31) Music
(26:58) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
Australian Biological Resources Study from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water – https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20beardiana
Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase – https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/
Nuytsia, volume 2, issue 4 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53140440#page/56/
The Australian Government’s “Approved Conservation Advice for Eucalyptus beardiana” report – https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/18933-conservation-advice.pdf
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/133374847/133374849
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_beardiana

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.
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29min
October 24, 2024Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee :: Bombus affinis
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 009
The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, is a critically endangered insect, native to North America, mainly in the midwestern United States.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(22:07) Citations
(23:40) Music
(35:10) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44937399/46440196
US Fish and Wildlife Service – https://www.fws.gov/species/rusty-patched-bumble-bee-bombus-affinis
Animal Diversity Web at the University of Michigan – https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bombus_affinis/
BBC Wildlife Magazine – https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/facts-about-bumblebees
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_affinis

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.
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38min
October 17, 2024Giant Quiver Tree
Giant Quiver Tree :: Aloidendron pillansii
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 008
The Giant Quiver Tree, is a large, succulent tree native to the southwestern African continent, specifically the arid west of the country of South Africa and the rugged mountains of southern Namibia.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(17:07) Citations
(18:42) Music
(31:04) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/31016/110113558
South African National Biodiversity Institute – http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=15461-3
Plants of the World Online – https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77125492-1
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection 04 – http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/gep.2016.47001
Quiver Tree Forest at Atlas Obscura (not a scholarly source, but nice pics!) – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/quiver-tree-forest
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloidendron_pillansii

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.
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34min
October 10, 2024Axolotl
Axolotl :: Ambystoma mexicanum
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 007
The Axolotl is a critically endangered amphibian native to southern North America, in Mexico City, Mexico.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(20:01) Citations
(21:29) Music
(32:12) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1095/53947343
San Diego Zoo - https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/axolotl
Animal Diversity Web at the University of Michigan – https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ambystoma_mexicanum/
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl

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.
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35min
October 03, 2024Underground Orchid
Underground Orchid :: Rhizanthella gardneri
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 006
The Underground Orchid is a critically endangered flowering plant, native to Western Australia.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(15:33) Citations
(16:33) Music
(28:34) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/97853037/97854226
Plants, People, Planet, Volume 1, Issue 3 – https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.45
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizanthella_gardneri

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.
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31min
September 26, 2024Sumatran Rhinoceros
Sumatran Rhinoceros :: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Bad at Goodbyes : Episode 005
The Sumatran Rhinoceros is a critically endangered mammal native to Southeast Asia, specifically Indonesia.
(00:05) Intro
(02:05) Species Information
(15:57) Rhino Singing!
(28:53) Citations
(30:40) Music
(39:23) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from
IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6553/18493355
International Rhino Foundation – https://rhinos.org/blog/the-curse-of-the-unicorn/ and singing Delilah – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ-lQ4ABlCU
PBS’s Nature – https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/rare-millennia-sumatran-rhinos-brink-extinction/ and https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/rhinoceros-introduction/1179/
World Wildlife Federation – https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/sumatran-rhino
Animal Diversity Web at the University of Michigan – https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dicerorhinus_sumatrensis/
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatran_rhinoceros

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.
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42min

FAQs about Bad at Goodbyes:

How many episodes does Bad at Goodbyes have?

The podcast currently has 55 episodes available.