The program manager and head of adult assessment at the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas at Dallas joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what makes a “super ager,” common health ailments for senior citizens, and if age makes a demanding job more difficult.
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Venki Ramakrishnan, structural biologist and Nobel Prize winner, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the quest to live forever, if that’s even ethical, and what it looks like to alter our physiology.
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Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, the “Father of Aerobics,” joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his life’s work in the physical fitness field, which links cardiovascular health to longevity.
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Coleen T. Murphy, professor of genomics and molecular biology at Princeton, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how worms and other simple organisms offer insights into the aging process and how we might slow it down.
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Elder justice expert M.T. Connolly discusses the needs of older people – everything from health care to financial advice to companionship – and how we can make their golden years easier and more enjoyable.
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Steven Kotler, Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his quest to keep his mental and competitive edge with trick skiing.
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Nicklas Brendborg is a Ph.D. student studying molecular biology at the University of Copenhagen. He joins to discuss what some of Earth’s longest-living creatures can tell us about the human lifespan.
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Wired senior editor Tom Simonite discusses breakthroughs in doubling lifespans of animals, how this could lead to better aging therapies for humans, and why the FDA has not gotten involved yet.
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Journalist Eilene Zimmerman joins us to discuss the protein known as GDF11, which has sometimes shown promise stimulating the growth of the brain and blood vessels.
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Becca Levy, a professor of epidemiology and psychology, discusses the beliefs around aging and how policy changes and positive thinking can create successful outcomes.
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Daniel Levitin is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University, and he joins us to talk about what he calls human life’s two stages: “healthspan” and “diseasespan,” and explain how brain science can promote the former.
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Katy Butler joins us to talk about how we can better manage our later years and maintain a high quality of living even at the end.
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