Mangesh hops a train to Boston, where he tries on a special suit that turns him into an 80-year-old, discovers the connection between elderly worms and high-end longevity supplements, and meets a scientist who’s growing brains in petri dishes (when she’s not throwing dance parties for mice). Plus: What really happened to Ted Williams’ frozen head?
Learn more about AGNES and Joe Coughlin’s work at the MIT AgeLab
Learn more about William Mair’s work with the Harvard Healthy Aging Initiative 
Read Lenny Guarante’s research on SIR2 and the mechanisms of aging
Watch Li-Huei Tsai’s TED Talk about treating Alzheimer’s with light and sound, and learn more about the MIT Aging Brain Initiative 

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

Episode collage art by Vahini Shori.

CORRECTION FOR THIS WEEK: Lenny was contacted by Sequoia, and a then-Sequoia partner is the co-founder and CEO of Elysium, but Sequoia is not an Elysium investor. The company is backed by other venture capital firms.

Mangesh hops a train to Boston, where he tries on a special suit that turns him into an 80-year-old, discovers the connection between elderly worms and high-end longevity supplements, and meets a scientist who&rsquo;s growing brains in petri dishes (when she&rsquo;s not throwing dance parties for mice). Plus: What really happened to Ted Williams&rsquo; frozen head?
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<li aria-level="1">Learn more about AGNES and Joe Coughlin&rsquo;s work at the <a href="https://agelab.mit.edu/methods/agnes-age-gain-now-empathy-system">MIT AgeLab</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Learn more about William Mair&rsquo;s work with the <a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/healthy-aging/">Harvard Healthy Aging Initiative</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Read Lenny Guarante&rsquo;s research on <a href="https://guarentelab.mit.edu/mechanisms-of-aging-research/">SIR2 and the mechanisms of aging</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Watch Li-Huei Tsai&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS0K0XOMNwA">TED Talk</a> about treating Alzheimer&rsquo;s with light and sound, and learn more about the <a href="https://picower.mit.edu/research/aging-brain-initiative">MIT Aging Brain Initiative</a>&nbsp;</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>.
CORRECTION FOR THIS WEEK: Lenny was contacted by Sequoia, and a then-Sequoia partner is the co-founder and CEO of Elysium, but Sequoia is not an Elysium investor. The company is backed by other venture capital firms.

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

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time.

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.

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time.
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

Too Many Questions

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