Dope Labs Creators & Guests

Zakiya is a host of the Dope Labs Podcast.

Co-host of Dope Labs Podcast | Co-host of Dissect Season 6 | PhD | lover of science and all things dope.

LeVar Burton is an actor, director, educator & co-founder of the award-winning Skybrary App, host and Executive Producer of PBS's Reading Rainbow, and lifelong children's literacy advocate.

Dr. Kinitra Brooks is the Audrey and John Leslie Endowed Chair in Literary Studies in the Department of English at Michigan State University.

Chryl N. Laird is an assistant professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College, writer, and author of the book Steadfast Democrats.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, conservation strategist, founder of Ocean Collectiv & Urban Lab, and an adjunct professor at New York University.

Anne Helen Petersen is a writer and journalist.

Angela Saini (born in London, 1980) is a British science journalist, broadcaster and the author of books, of which the third, Superior: The Return of Race Science, was published in 2019. Her work has appeared in Science, Wired, The Guardian, The New Humanist and New Scientist. She is also a presenter on BBC radio.

Rachel Bitecofer is an assistant director of the Wason Center for Public Policy.

Aminatou Sow is a businesswoman, digital strategist, writer, podcast host, and co-founder of Tech LadyMafia.