The 2 Best Unlocking The Fountain Podcast Episodes
1) Episode 1: 150 Candles
Are we on the verge of medical breakthroughs that will extend healthy human life by decades? Some scientists say the first human to reach 150 years is already alive. Is it you?
2) Unlocking Bryson's Brain, Episode 1: The Mystery Disease
Bryson seems like a perfectly healthy baby. But soon doctors confirm his parents’ worst fears: something is wrong with Bryson’s brain. Despite dozens of tests over nearly a decade, doctors come up emp...Show More
3) Episode 8: Dream or Dystopia?
What does a world with extreme longevity look like? What effect would it have on the population and the health of our planet? Could governments afford the increased costs for health care and social se...Show More
4) Episode 7: Dog Years
The animal world is full of age-related curiosities. Tiny aquatic creatures called hydras don’t age at all, while small dogs live twice as long as big ones. Pets may be the first to benefit from medic...Show More
5) Episode 6: How to Live Longer
Making the right choices around what we eat, how much we exercise and how we manage our stress can add a decade or more to our lives. In this episode: A science based blueprint for building your own f...Show More
6) Episode 5: Expiration Date
Keith and Laura get tested to find out if they’re genetically predisposed for longevity. Another test promises to reveal their biological ages. Have stress and disease conspired to make them older tha...Show More
7) Episode 4: Fountain in a Pill
Scientists have identified several drugs that appear to slow aging. Some are already widely used in humans to treat other diseases. But how do you get a cure approved when regulators don’t see aging a...Show More
8) Episode 3: The 11-Year-Old Scientist
Why do we age, and how can we reverse it? We meet a researcher whose discoveries overturned everything we thought we knew about aging. We learn about the levers that cause aging to speed up or slow do...Show More
9) Episode 2: Phony Fountains
Today’s aging science is built on shaky foundations, from Ponce de Leon’s legendary quest for the fountain of youth, to surgeons who transplanted monkey testicles into men. We also look at cryonics an...Show More
10) Unlocking the Fountain - Trailer
If there were a pill that could add decades to your life, would you take it? Unlocking the Fountain is a podcast about the mysteries of aging and the scientific quest to slow, stop or reverse it. Host...Show More