Today Darien catches up with R. Shawn Abrahams, a genderqueer black scientist practicing ascent with modification. They study phylogenomics, evolution, and super powers! This conversation about evolution, food politics, extinction and the Anthropocene is a wonderful demonstration of the fact that understanding risk involves appreciating the deep interrelationships of all life. 

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Further information:

In the Molecular Ecologist

Our guests: 

R. Shawn Abrahams (@Young_Eukaryote)

Music this week from "Never Asking" by Garrett Bevins.