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In Defense of Plants Podcast

Ep. 399 - Remembering a Cycad Defender

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This episode is dedicated to the memory of world-renowned cycad expert Dr. Nathalie Nagalingum who sadly passed away. I first spoke with Dr. Nagalingum back in 2017 where she opened my eyes to the plight of cycads. Did you know that cycads are the most endangered group of organisms on the planet? We are officially facing a cycad crisis but luckily there are people like Dr. Nathalie Nagalingum from the California Academy of Sciences who have devoted their life to understanding and protecting these so-called living fossils. This episode was produced in part by Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defense of Plants Podcast, the official podcast of

0:04.2

In Defense of Plants.com.

0:05.9

What's up?

0:06.9

This is your host Matt, welcome to the show.

0:07.9

How is everyone doing this week?

0:09.6

This episode is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Natalie Nagolingham, who unfortunately

0:14.7

passed away back in August.

0:16.4

Dr. Nagolingham was an incredible botanist who had a special fondness for psycads and

0:21.4

their conservation, and her work really put psycads at the forefront of many people's

0:25.6

minds.

0:26.6

Mine included.

0:27.6

I spoke to Dr. Nagolingham back in 2017 and she really changed the way I looked at psycads

0:32.7

and thought about endangered species and the way we approach conservation on this planet.

0:37.0

And I hope this conversation can give you a taste of what she as a scientist was all

0:40.5

about.

0:41.5

So let's just jump right into it without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Natalie

0:45.5

Nagolingham.

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I hope you enjoy.

0:57.6

My name is Natalie Nagolingham and I am a curator at the California Academy of Sciences.

1:08.1

I work on two groups of plants.

1:10.1

I work on ferns and I also work on a group of plants called the psycads and psycads

1:16.0

are really prehistoric plants and so I started off my career as a paleo botanist and psycads

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