LEVITY
de Peter Ottsjö
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LEVITY is a podcast offering high-quality, science-informed editorial content focused on aging science and radical life extension. This includes discussions on lifestyle, biotechnology, ethical considerations of life extension, healthcare innovations, research breakthroughs and the role artificial intelligence might play. Our mission is to explore and communicate the scientific and societal pathways toward solving aging.
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- #37 The Anti-Catastrophe League · 45 minTom Ough tells us about the Big Things that may end humanity - and what we can do and in some cases have done to prevent these. Did you know that if all the risks, the one that…
- #36 How crypto is sparking a longevity frenzy · 1 h 48 min · Épisode 36Today we’re diving into one of the strangest and most ambitious ideas in longevity: using crypto trading to fund real-time lifespan experiments. Benji Leibowitz, founder of…
- #35 The Anti-Aging Uprising: Felix Werth’s Political Attack on Death Itself · 1 h 24 min · Épisode 35Valuable time is being lost because there is not enough funding for science with real life-extending potential. No major political party is promising to address aging, even…
- #34 Biomarkers of aging: How close are we, really? - A conversation with Sara Hägg · 1 h 36 min · Épisode 34Sara Hägg, PhD is an associate professor at Karolinska Institutet, where she leads the Molecular Epidemiology of Aging Group. Her work focuses on human biomarkers of aging…
- #33 “Can death be the answer?" A conversation with philosopher Nicholas Agar · 1 h 44 min · Épisode 33We are always excited about the next technological solution. But what if it does not come? Or what if it comes only for the few, or with terrible side-effects? And while we are…
- #32 “Medical malpractice”: Matt Kaeberlein on biological age tests · 1 h 50 min · Épisode 32One idea I’ve had lately is to put together a list of people to trust in geroscience and the longevity field more broadly. (And I might do it - keep an eye on reachlevity.com…
- # 31 He wants to save your pet with cryo - The Kai Micah Mills interview · 2 h 8 min · Épisode 31When you give a child a pet, you also expose them to death—since most pets pass away long before their owners. But what if we could cryopreserve Buddy or Tiger, and bring them…
- #30 Soon you'll take a drug designed by AI | Alex Zhavoronkov · 2 h 13 min · Épisode 30As you may have heard, AI-designed medicines have crossed a historic line. In this episode, Alex Zhavoronkov - CEO of Insilico Medicine and founder of ARDD walks us through how…
- #29 The Mindset behind longevity & strength at 75 - Natasha Vita-More · 1 h 55 min · Épisode 29Anyone who is interesed in emerging science and futurism will come across the name Natasha Vita-More; a suggestive name for a charismatic and important philosopher and artist…
- #28 These rats don't age - here's why | Prof. Rochelle Buffenstein · 1 h 43 min · Épisode 28Even though it’s undeniably...aesthetic-challenged, the naked mole-rat is the envy of the longevity world. Its risk of death barely changes with time; it shrugs off cancer, stays…
- Can this 5-day diet rewind your biological age? - A conversation with Andrea Ghirardi · 37 min🎁 Our giveaway is live! 10 winners will receive FMD kits from Prolon. It’s free to enter – just follow the link below 👇…
- #27 The mind-blowing science to bring you back from death - neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow‑Johnston · 1 h 58 min · Épisode 27When is someone really dead? What does it mean to survive? Is mind-uploading really a possible future way of surviving? These are some of the questions we are discussing with Dr…
- #26 Inside Shift Bioscience’s single-gene rejuvenation breakthrough — Exclusive with CEO Daniel Ives · 1 h 59 min · Épisode 26Just about the hottest thing in longevity science right now is partial reprogramming - using Yamanaka factors to rewind the biological clock in our cells. Billion-dollar giants…
- #25 What exactly is so bad about death? · 2 h 13 min · Épisode 25We think that death is bad, but why exactly is it bad? We cannot suffer when we do not exist, so why would it be bad? In this episode we have a long, deep conversation with…
- #24 Dr. Valter Longo - The BIG 2025 interview · 1 h 56 min · Épisode 24There were two reasons why Dr. Valter Longo was featured so prominently in my longevity book Evigt Ung (2022). First, if you had to name a single scientific thread running…
- #23 Hilarious, brilliant and deadly serious: José Cordeiro's quest to defeat death · 1 h 57 min · Épisode 23This is our first — and probably our last — episode where the guest has brought with him an actual punch card and proceeds to explain why it is, in fact, caca (which is Spanish…
- #22 Aging will be cured within 20 years — here's why | Prof. Derya Unutmaz · 1 h 52 min · Épisode 22Lately, there's been growing pushback against the idea that AI will transform geroscience in the short term. When Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis told 60 Minutes that AI could help…
- #21 A Physicist's Controversial Take on Why Age Reversal Will Never Work | Peter Fedichev · 1 h 28 min · Épisode 21Peter Fedichev is a visionary scientist, biotech entrepreneur, and physicist at the forefront of longevity research. With a background in theoretical physics, he has seamlessly…
- #20 Want a quick $2 million? Help this guy find a longevity city! | Laurence Ion · 1 h 54 min · Épisode 20In this episode of LEVITY, we speak with Laurence Ion, a tech entrepreneur whose experience with a rare genetic disease led him to tackle one of humanity's greatest challenges…
- #19 What are the chances humanity will survive this century? | Anders Sandberg · 2 h 9 min · Épisode 19We have another amazing guest for this episode: Anders Sandberg is a visionary philosopher, futurist, and transhumanist thinker whose work pushes the boundaries of human…
