Whatever the hell bitcoin and blockchain are (we have the same questions!) their promise is clear: decentralized economies where the consumer-creator is in control. But as we consider how these technologies spawn from and support certain paradigms of violence, we’re left wondering… is Web3 just the upper octave of our present cyber landscape? Do th…

CW: This episode contains mentions of sexual violence. “I would like my work to do two things: be as demanding and sophisticated as I want it to be, and at the same time be accessible in a sort of emotional way to lots of people, just like jazz. That's a hard task. But that's what I want to do." — Toni Morrison "What are the methods... of holding t…

"It can't be overstated that the solutions have got to come from the people locally and not top down" -AW In the wake of the Supreme Court's official decision to strike down Roe v. Wade last week, poor Black people across the US face an expansion of reproductive control and violation. This month, Jon Jon interviews Ash Williams, a Black non-binary …

"Everything goes back to desire... I'm always figuring out how I can move further away from the hegemonic desire that we're socialized into. Who am I desiring, and why?" -DLH ... This episode contains mentions of sexual violence. It's Spring, and May Flowers bring Mo' Knowledge! This month, Jon Jon interviews writer, editor, and abolitionist Da'Sha…

"Every piece of art... in order for it to actually be subversive, to actually be important, to think beyond the end the world— it has to engage power." In this absolute smorgasbord of a Season 3 Premier, resident psychoanalyst and African-American Studies doctoral student Gilberto Rosa-Duran catches up with Jon Jon for a sweetly winding, dare we sa…

What's love got to do with *New York voice* SLA-VER-Y? In the final episode of Season 2, jon jon is joined by African-American Studies Ph.D. student Jordan Mulkey to ask: what exactly makes "black love" so black? With special unauthorized appearances by Angela Davis, Cornel West, and Ronald McDonald. Become a monthly supporter of this exciting work…

Why don't Black people report being abducted by UFOs? What does Miss Saturn have to do with Miss Slavery? In this very special two-year anniversary episode, AbolitionISH producer wyLee interviews jon jon about his article on blackness and the UFO abduction phenomenon forthcoming in Qui Parle. And the team shares more about the astronomical implicat…

jon jon welcomes AbolitionISH producer wyLee to talk about astrology, history, and what it means to look to the stars while Black. wyLee, aka feat.wyLee is a Shona multi-disciplinary artist & astrologer-in-training based in Johannesburg. They’re excited to experiment with community-based approaches to Black knowledge production & we are mad lucky t…

Content Warning: This episode features explicit discussion of Black suicide and suicidal ideation. We're thrilled to welcome two newbies to the podcast for complementary conversations on afropessimism and black mental health. First up is swim., a Philly-raised musician and PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature at UC Irvine. After …

After a really fucking long hiatus, we're Black with a new season. Houston cultural critic and writer Tirhakah Love (@tirhakahlove) talks to us about rap, addiction, and his recent New York Times' nod to the life and deathly sounds of DMX Princeton Theological Seminary PhD student and writer RAW (@_RawilCox) reflects on her recent essay about Black…

EPISODE 7: Election and Empire, September 14, 2020 Jon Jon is now in Chicago and from the Windy City comes the most recent installment of AbolitionISH: a podcast at the end of the world. GUESTS Democratic-Socialist and Former 2020 Candidate for Oregon's 3rd Congressional District Albert Lee (@AlbertLee2020) Young historian and incoming grad student…

after a pandemic-induced hiatus, we’re back at it! jon jon welcomes best friend and Boston-area equity-oriented educator and creative Anissa Waterhouse and attorney/#8toabolition co-author Nnenna Amuchie (@theafrolegalise) to discuss abolition, education, and imagination. This episode features music from L.A. based experimental pop/hip-hop duo Clos…

jon jon welcomes #COLA4All organizers breanna byrd (UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies) and angie lou (Fmr. UC Santa Cruz Ethnic Studies), along with UCLA Sociology ph.d. student and writer anthony james williams, to discuss the graduate students strikes across the UC, cultivating anti-capitalist futures (fuck work, be lazy) and the toll that COVID-19 …

jon jon welcomes long-term homie and uc irvine culture & theory phd candidate mehra gharibian to the podcast to talk about getting older and theorizing in grad school, catfishing, orientalism, video games, and why spongebob squarepants is the critique of modernity you didn’t know you needed. it all makes sense, we promise. --- Send in a voice messa…

Obama has a bone to pick with "woke" niggas. Seeing as he's unlikely to shut up, let's get real about his desires and stop faking the funk. Find this essay published in RaceBaitr: https://racebaitr.com/2019/11/26/yes-we-cant-undoing-obamas-regulation-of-black-political-imagination/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…

jon jon and his roommates-- african-american studies phd students kevin rigby jr. and gilberto rosa-duran-- talk about saidiya hartman, getting blocked from tinder, our first crushes, and the (im)possibility of empathizing with black people. featuring music by stush kaiser and poetry by ariana brown. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.…

we're back and this time we have mics! the debut episode of abolitionish finds jon jon and his roommate-- african-american studies phd student gilberto rosa-duran-- reflecting on the impact of toni morrison and crowning the first ever brown clown of the week. featuring music by the psychonuat. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify…

here goes.... everything. hosted weekly by jon jon moore @hoodqueer. AbolitionISH is a podcast dedicated to Black culture, philosophy, politics & shit talking hosted weekly straight from the brink of apocalypse by way of Oakland, CA, right here on Anchor and with your help, the first episode will be live and on your favorite platform in no time. Ex…