Too Many Questions
6/16/202656 min
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.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsMangesh Hatikudur· Host0:00
This is an iHeart podcast, Guaranteed Human.
Speaker 20:04
Kaleidoscope.
Mangesh Hatikudur· Host0:15
This is Will Pearson, Mango's co-host on Part-Time Genius, here with a quick warning before you listen to the episode. Despite Mango's grandmother's greatest wish, he is 100% not a doctor, and nothing in this episode should count as medical advice. Also, as I mentioned, being the co-host of Part-Time Genius, I'm a little insulted I wasn't asked to be this episode's quizmaster, but I'm sure with time I'll get over that. With that said, enjoy.
Speaker 30:40
[singing] Alone in my room thinking about all the people I could've been. I could have been a doctor, I could have been a lawyer, but I chose to sing. Doubt is an unseen telephone that continues to o- o- ring. Well, if the B has one string, why am I still stuck here thinking about all the people I could've been? Questions no answers, tell me something that I don't know.
Mary Phillips Sandy· Panelist1:23
Woo!
Mangesh Hatikudur· Host1:24
[clapping] Woo-hoo.
Mary Phillips Sandy· Panelist1:26
Yeah.
Mangesh Hatikudur· Host1:26
Oh, you wonderful animals. Thank you so much