Myth Education

About this episode

Mangesh explores myths of immortality through various experiences and conversations with experts.

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 . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Mangesh

Topics covered

• immortality
• myths
• fountain of youth
• ambidexterity
• Greek culture
• storytelling

Keywords

• immortality
• myths
• fountain of youth
• ambidexterity
• Greek culture
• Dr. Stephen Cave
• Mangesh
• AmbiLife
• TED Talk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Azadi Records, Bliss Samsa, Botany, AmbiLife

Books & works: Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization

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