Science, Consent & Centering Survivors

In part 1 of our two part series on Science, Consent, and Centering Survivors we speak with twerk enthusiast and ratchet revolutionary Jewel the Gem. We discuss abolition as a praxis of love, centering survivors to transform systems, and the historical legacy of anti-Black racism in the medical industrial complex. Trigger/Content Warning: This episode does talk about domestic violence, sexual assault, and rape which begins around 14 minutes.

Instruments for Multiple Words

In this episode, we speak with Jeffrey Yoo Warren an artist, community scientist, illustrator, and researcher. Jeffrey’s work aims to disrupt and dismantle the dominant framing of knowledge production by connecting with predecessor science and creating instruments for multiple worlds.


Blackgirl Geographies

Blackgirl geographies, radical love, and freedom lands are the focal point of our conversation with Loren Cahill. We discuss cartography as a settler colonial project and also explore the many lessons to be learned from Harriet Tubman in our fight for abolition.


Zines, Technology, and Ethics of Care

In this episode, we speak with several members from Color Coded. Color<Coded> is a collective based in Tongva Land/Los Angeles, holding space for BIPOC to co-teach, co-create, and co-own technologies. We speak to them about how they organize in community and embody abolition.

Radical STEMM Educators

In this episode, we speak to several members from Radical STEMM. They are a group of STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Making) educators in the Bay Area committed to PK-12 education grounded in liberation pedagogy.

Creating Balance In An Unjust World Conference

In this episode, we speak with the organizers from the Creating Balance in an Unjust World (CBUW) conference. This was CBUW’s 9th conference bringing together educators, parents, students, activists, and community members to explore the connections between STEAMM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, and making) education and social justice. The program was held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in January 2020.

Technology, Activism & Abolition

In this episode, we speak with several members from Color Coded. Color<Coded> is a collective based in Tongva Land/Los Angeles, holding space for BIPOC to co-teach, co-create, and co-own technologies. We speak to them about how they organize in community and embody abolition.

DNA Technology and Racial Becoming

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Devin A. Heyward, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies about her work around genetic ancestry testing, DNA, and racial becoming. Dr. Heyward's work intersects Black diasporic studies, urban studies, psychology, history, and theatre. Check out this conversation as it crosses a wide range of issues and fields of study!

Join Our Reading Group

Come join our first virtual reading group to read and discuss Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s book, Race After Technology! Listen in for more details.

“Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within.” — Ruha Benjamin

Afrofuturism & Math Ed

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Nathan Alexander, mathematics educator, researcher and James King, Jr. Visiting Professor of Mathematics Teaching at Morehouse College. Dr. Alexander's work aims to improve an understanding of how we learn, our collective knowledge of justice and injustice, and our relationship with mathematics. Listen in as we talk with him about Afrofuturism and Black futurity and how he connects these concepts to mathematics education.

BIPOC: Navigating Grad School

In this episode, we have an informal conversation with fellow doctoral students, Robert P. Robinson and Wendy Barrales, about our experiences in graduate school. We highlight some ways BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) navigate the so called “Ivory Tower”. What does this mean to critically engage and develop our work within an academic institution. Listen in to this candid conversation.

introducing season three

We’re back! Get ready for a fresh batch of dope episodes. In this episode, we introduce new topics and the amazing guests who will share their work. We also introduce our first Abolition Science Radio reading group starting this April.

Three sessions.

One book. Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Dr. Ruha Benjamin

Check out Abolition Science socials for more details. Our first full episode drops Tuesday, February 25th!!