{"podcast":{"title":"Bad at Goodbyes","slug":"bad-at-goodbyes-7020095","podcast_index_feed_id":7020095,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/bad-at-goodbyes/","website_url":"https://badatgoodbyes.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/8af2a82b-1b93-451d-82b5-beaabc20cb24/SB_zn_D4I9q5fNgqRU5jzz3d.jpg","author":"Joshua Dumas","episode_count":84,"summary":"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 conservation information. And then at the end of each show we perform an ambient soundscape, to hold space for contemplation, delight, awe and perhaps grief. Without dedicated conservation action, some of these species will not survive the 21st century. And so, though listening and learning, perhaps we might acknowledge that journey with a moment of our attention, in recognition of our kinship. Thanks for listening.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T00:19:17.204280+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095"},"episode":{"title":"Spindle Palm","slug":"spindle-palm","published_at":"2026-07-01T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/spindle-palm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095","url":"https://badatgoodbyes.com/spindle-palm.html","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8e430880-c303-4775-bd78-26a36e475251.mp3","summary":"Spindle Palm :: Hyophorbe verschaffeltii Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 082 On today’s show we learn about the Spindle Palm, a critically endangered flowering palm native to the Republic of Mauritius on Rodrigues Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Its scientific name is Hyophorbe verschaffeltii and it was first described in 1866. For more information about conservation on the islands of Mauritius please see the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation at https://www.mauritian-wildlife.org (00:05) Intro (02:05) Species Information (18:43) Citations (20:25) Music (27:11) Pledge Research for today’s show was compiled from: Bailey, L. H. (1942). Palms of the Mascarenes. Gentes Herbarum, 6, 51–85. – https://media.e-taxonomy.eu/palmae/protologe/palm_tc_121020_P.pdf Botânico, M. P., & Angyalossy, V. (2013). Is the secondary thickening in palms always diffuse? [Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Science 85(4)] Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 85(4), 1461–1472. – https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-37652013108612 Friedman, M. H., Andreu, M. G., Quintana, H. V., & McKenzie, M. (2010). Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, Spindle Palm: FOR 241/FR303, 5/2010. EDIS, 2010(4). – https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fr303-2010 Henderson, A. (2024). Pollination Systems of Palms (Arecaceae). Journal of Pollination Ecology, 36, 144–248. – https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2024)782 iNaturalist - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?captive=false&nelat=-19.653424450781902&nelng=63.51122182&quality_grade=research&subview=map&swlat=-19.779143834184264&swlng=63.317004655&view=species Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved June 24, 2026. – https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667456-1 Maunder, M., Page, W., Mauremootoo, J., Pa…","meta_description":"Spindle Palm :: Hyophorbe verschaffeltii Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 082 On today’s show we learn about the Spindle Palm, a critically endangered flowering…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1744,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/episodes/spindle-palm/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/spindle-palm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}