It’s a crossover episode! Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever x Part-Time Genius join forces to take on Blue Zones—like Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; or Sardinia, Italy—places said to hold the secret of longer, healthier life. But what makes them so special—and why are they blue?!?!?  (Spoiler, it has nothing to do with the ocean.) Is their longevity power real or just a myth? And why did the researchers who started it all have a falling-out that might just last a hundred years, too? 

We’ll be back with a new HTLF episode next Tuesday. In the meantime, subscribe to Part-Time Genius wherever you get your podcasts!

It&rsquo;s a crossover episode! Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever x Part-Time Genius join forces to take on Blue Zones&mdash;like Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; or Sardinia, Italy&mdash;places said to hold the secret of longer, healthier life. But what makes them so special&mdash;and why are they blue?!?!?&nbsp; (Spoiler, it has nothing to do with the ocean.) Is their longevity power real or just a myth? And why did the researchers who started it all have a falling-out that might just last a hundred years, too?&nbsp;
We&rsquo;ll be back with a new HTLF episode next Tuesday. In the meantime, subscribe to <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/part-time-genius">Part-Time Genius</a> wherever you get your podcasts!

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.

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

What Are Blue Zones?

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On a whirlwind trip to the Bay Area, Mangesh reconnects with a childhood friend who’s experimenting with new ways to optimize his health. Then, he heads to the heart of San Francisco to meet the investors, startup founders, tinkerers, and biopunks who are taking longevity science into their own hands. Plus: Skyline Drive’s first-ever musical number, about the bizarre Honduran charter city of Próspera.
Read more about Próspera from Wired and Bloomberg
Visit the Frontier Tower website
Check out Elliot Roth’s work
Learn more about Illumicell
Learn more about Muse Bio
Listen to more of David Nagler’s music
Check out Allie Oops on Tiktok

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

Episode collage art by Vahini Shori.

On a whirlwind trip to the Bay Area, Mangesh reconnects with a childhood friend who&rsquo;s experimenting with new ways to optimize his health. Then, he heads to the heart of San Francisco to meet the investors, startup founders, tinkerers, and biopunks who are taking longevity science into their own hands. Plus: Skyline Drive&rsquo;s first-ever musical number, about the bizarre Honduran charter city of Pr&oacute;spera.
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Read more about Pr&oacute;spera from <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/a-lawsuit-from-backers-of-a-startup-city-could-bankrupt-honduras/">Wired</a> and <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/private-equity/libertarian-city-dream-in-honduras-becomes-11-billion-nightmare">Bloomberg</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Visit the <a href="https://frontiertower.io/">Frontier Tower website</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Check out <a href="https://elliotroth.com/">Elliot Roth&rsquo;s work</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Learn more about <a href="https://www.illumicell.ai/">Illumicell</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Learn more about <a href="https://www.mycells.bio/">Muse Bio</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Listen to more of <a href="https://www.davidnagler.com/records">David Nagler&rsquo;s music</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Check out <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@onlyallieoops">Allie Oops on Tiktok</a></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>.

Heal Thyself

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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.
&nbsp;
<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>
&nbsp;
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>.

Myth Education

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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?
<ul>
<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.

Too Many Questions

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What Are Blue Zones?

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