The Business of Staying Young and Living Forever (with Kara Swisher)
About this episode
The episode discusses the modern pursuit of eternal youth and longevity, featuring insights from Kara Swisher on the business and science behind it.
Kings and emperors spent fortunes pursuing the secret of eternal youth - but now it's tech billionaires who want to live forever and are funding research into scientific (and not-so-scientific) ways to beat aging and death. Kara Swisher (host of CNN's new series Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever ) joins Jacob and Robert to discuss the longevity business - from ancient China, via yoghurt enemas and blood swaps, to the latests developments in DNA editing. We also find out how Kara wants to die. Write to us at businesshistory@pushkin.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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