According to “mortality curmudgeon” Dr. Stephen Cave, humans have been inventing stories about immortality since the beginning of time. On a quest to unravel some of these myths, Mangesh finds himself wrestling with a literal fountain of youth in Chicago, playing left-handed tennis with an ambidexterity expert in San Diego, and discovering the Greek way of life with an old friend from last season. Plus: Meet Mr. Wonderful.

 
Watch Stephen Cave’s TED Talk and get his book, Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization
Check out Jim Houliston’s website, AmbiLife, and learn more about Ambidex Fitness 
Check out George Aivaliotis’s comedy on Instagram

 

Special thanks to Azadi Records and Bliss Samsa for their beautiful tracks, and Botany for the score. 

Episode collage art by Vahini Shori.

According to &ldquo;mortality curmudgeon&rdquo; Dr. Stephen Cave, humans have been inventing stories about immortality since the beginning of time. On a quest to unravel some of these myths, Mangesh finds himself wrestling with a literal fountain of youth in Chicago, playing left-handed tennis with an ambidexterity expert in San Diego, and discovering the Greek way of life with an old friend from last season. Plus: Meet Mr. Wonderful.
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<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Watch Stephen Cave&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB7xs7UpIfY">TED Talk</a> and get his book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/immortality-the-quest-to-live-forever-and-how-it-drives-civilization-stephen-cave/bec8c8f02ccc4739?ean=9781510716155&amp;next=t">Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Check out Jim Houliston&rsquo;s website, <a href="https://ambilife.org/">AmbiLife</a>, and learn more about <a href="https://ambidex.fitness/">Ambidex Fitness</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Check out George Aivaliotis&rsquo;s comedy on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/grassfedgeorge">Instagram</a></li>
</ul>
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Special thanks to <a href="https://azadirecords.com/">Azadi Records</a> and <a href="https://linktr.ee/blisssamsa">Bliss Samsa</a> for their beautiful tracks, and <a href="https://botany.bandcamp.com/music">Botany</a> for the score.&nbsp;
Episode collage art by <a href="https://www.vahinishori.com/">Vahini Shori</a>.

Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever—meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn immortality into reality, and framing death as a choice. But the more he learns about an immortal future, the more he finds himself drawn to the people he loves…and wondering if an endless life can be a meaningful one.

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever is the follow up to the beloved Skyline Drive (season 1), named a “Series Essential” — an Apple Podcasts honor for top-tier narrative podcasts — and highlighted on several Best of Year lists including NYMag, Guardian, and others. 

Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever&mdash;meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn immortality into reality, and framing death as a choice. But the more he learns about an immortal future, the more he finds himself drawn to the people he loves&hellip;and wondering if an endless life can be a meaningful one.
Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever is the follow up to the beloved Skyline Drive (season 1), named a &ldquo;Series Essential&rdquo; &mdash; an Apple Podcasts honor for top-tier narrative podcasts &mdash; and highlighted on several Best of Year lists including NYMag, Guardian, and others.&nbsp;

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

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When Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Humans Growing Stuff) set out to do a big, sweeping show on astrology, he didn’t realize the first interview would change the course of his life. But as he tries to put his world back together, he realizes the incredible ways astrology presents itself in modern society: from NASA employees who keep their belief in astrology in the closet, to world leaders who’ve used astrologers to guide foreign policy, to moneyball statisticians who use astrology more than statistics to build baseball teams, to a little shop in India where your fortune was written for you centuries ago, and is waiting for you to come claim it. Over the course of 8 episodes, Mangesh tries to decipher why we keep looking to the stars for answers, and what happens when you don’t believe in astrology, but astrology keeps happening to you.

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When Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Humans Growing Stuff) set out to do a big, sweeping show on astrology, he didn&rsquo;t realize the first interview would change the course of his life. But as he tries to put his world back together, he realizes the incredible ways astrology presents itself in modern society: from NASA employees who keep their belief in astrology in the closet, to world leaders who&rsquo;ve used astrologers to guide foreign policy, to moneyball statisticians who use astrology more than statistics to build baseball teams, to a little shop in India where your fortune was written for you centuries ago, and is waiting for you to come claim it. Over the course of 8 episodes, Mangesh tries to decipher why we keep looking to the stars for answers, and what happens when you don&rsquo;t believe in astrology, but astrology keeps happening to you.

Skyline Drive

Myth Education

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Imagine sitting down with a group of strangers to discuss your mortality. Sound terrifying? It shouldn’t be. Jools Barsky and Susan Barsky Reid lead a global movement called Death Cafe, which offers non-judgmental spaces for people to share their thoughts and feelings about death. Mangesh had a wonderfully life-affirming conversation with them about the legacy of their brother and son Jon Underwood, Death Cafe’s founder; the ways in which death conversations help us make the most of our lives; and why cake is really, really important.
Visit the Death Cafe website
Find a Death Cafe event near you
Try an easy snacking cake recipe

Imagine sitting down with a group of strangers to discuss your mortality. Sound terrifying? It shouldn&rsquo;t be. Jools Barsky and Susan Barsky Reid lead a global movement called Death Cafe, which offers non-judgmental spaces for people to share their thoughts and feelings about death. Mangesh had a wonderfully life-affirming conversation with them about the legacy of their brother and son Jon Underwood, Death Cafe&rsquo;s founder; the ways in which death conversations help us make the most of our lives; and why cake is really, really important.
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Visit <a href="https://deathcafe.com/">the Death Cafe website</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Find <a href="https://deathcafe.com/deathcafes/">a Death Cafe event near you</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Try an easy <a href="https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/cake?menu%5Bcategory_lvl0%5D%5B0%5D=Cake&amp;menu%5Bcategory_lvl0%5D%5B1%5D=Single+layer+cake">snacking cake</a> recipe</li>
</ul>

Death and Cake

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Philosopher John Fischer thinks you should want to live forever…but not so you can see the stars or run your start-up forever. He thinks you should choose life because living can bring so much joy. And that made his argument for living forever the one Mangesh found most compelling…compelling enough that he wanted to share their conversation in this mini-episode with you, our favorite longevinauts. 

John Martin Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Riverside.
You can read his extended (and much more high-minded) debate with our favorite longevity curmudgeon, Stephen Cave, in their book:Should You Choose to Live Forever: A Debatefrom Routledge Press.
Read about near-death experiences and other touches with immortality in John’s study for the Templeton Foundation: The Science of Immortality.
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray

Special thanks to Botany for the score.

Philosopher John Fischer thinks you should want to live forever&hellip;but not so you can see the stars or run your start-up forever. He thinks you should choose life because living can bring so much joy. And that made his argument for living forever the one Mangesh found most compelling&hellip;compelling enough that he wanted to share their conversation in this mini-episode with you, our favorite longevinauts.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.amacad.org/person/john-martin-fischer">John Martin Fischer</a> is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Riverside.
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">You can read his extended (and much more high-minded) debate with our favorite longevity curmudgeon, Stephen Cave, in their book:<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Should-You-Choose-to-Live-Forever-A-Debate/Cave-Fischer/p/book/9780367615406"> Should You Choose to Live Forever: A Debate</a> from Routledge Press.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Read about near-death experiences and other touches with immortality in John&rsquo;s study for the Templeton Foundation: <a href="https://www.templeton.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/JTF_Immortality_fnl.pdf">The Science of Immortality</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250800251/felinephilosophy/">Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life</a> by John Gray</li>
</ul>
Special thanks to <a href="https://botany.bandcamp.com/music">Botany</a> for the score.

Joymaxxing

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At the end of his longevity journey, Mangesh struggles to make sense of the growing belief that death can—or should—be optional. He spends time with death doula Alua Arthur, who explains how accepting mortality allows people to live with purpose, and meets a longevity researcher whose tidy economic models are complicated by a tragic loss in her own life. Then, as he weighs the optimism of young longevinauts with the fear of losing what makes us human, he confronts the question he’s really been asking all along.

 
Watch Alua Arthur’s TED Talk and learn more about Going with Grace
Check the Aevitas House events calendar
Read Chloe Mango’s newsletter, Chloe’s Lab Notes
Learn more about Starsuit, Owen Zoyt’s next-gen spacesuit
Check out Bishoy Tadros’s books, podcast, and coaching
Visit the Why Philanthropy Matters website and read Rhodri Davies’ essay on longevity
Explore Raiany Romanni-Klein’s work on longevity, ethics, and economics

Special thanks to Azadi Records and Bliss Samsa for their beautiful tracks, and Botany for the score. 

Episode collage art by Vahini Shori.

At the end of his longevity journey, Mangesh struggles to make sense of the growing belief that death can&mdash;or should&mdash;be optional. He spends time with death doula Alua Arthur, who explains how accepting mortality allows people to live with purpose, and meets a longevity researcher whose tidy economic models are complicated by a tragic loss in her own life. Then, as he weighs the optimism of young longevinauts with the fear of losing what makes us human, he confronts the question he&rsquo;s really been asking all along.
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkeuKPZxEhM">Alua Arthur&rsquo;s TED Talk</a> and learn more about <a href="https://goingwithgrace.com/">Going with Grace</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Check the <a href="https://luma.com/calendar/cal-eQ8PRfmCf0LMnSr?period=past">Aevitas House events calendar</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Read Chloe Mango&rsquo;s newsletter, <a href="https://chloemango.substack.com/">Chloe&rsquo;s Lab Notes</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Learn more about <a href="https://starsuit.co/">Starsuit</a>, Owen Zoyt&rsquo;s next-gen spacesuit</li>
<li aria-level="1">Check out Bishoy Tadros&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.bishoytadros.com/">books, podcast, and coaching</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Visit the <a href="https://whyphilanthropymatters.com/">Why Philanthropy Matters website</a> and read Rhodri Davies&rsquo; <a href="https://whyphilanthropymatters.com/article/philanthropy-and-the-quest-for-eternal-life/">essay on longevity</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Explore Raiany Romanni-Klein&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.raianyromanni.com/">work</a> on longevity, ethics, and economics</li>
</ul>
Special thanks to <a href="https://azadirecords.com/">Azadi Records</a> and <a href="https://linktr.ee/blisssamsa">Bliss Samsa</a> for their beautiful tracks, and <a href="https://botany.bandcamp.com/music">Botany</a> for the score.&nbsp;
Episode collage art by <a href="https://www.vahinishori.com/">Vahini Shori</a>.

A Life Supreme

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