Too Many Questions

Mangesh hops a train to Boston, where he tries on a special suit that turns him into an 80-year-old, discovers the connection between elderly worms and high-end longevity supplements, and meets a scientist who’s growing brains in petri dishes (when she’s not throwing dance parties for mice). Plus: What really happened to Ted Williams’ frozen head? • Learn more about AGNES and Joe Coughlin’s work at the MIT AgeLab • Learn more about William Mair’s work with the Harvard Healthy Aging Initiative • • Read Lenny Guarante’s research on SIR2 and the mechanisms of aging • Watch Li-Huei Tsai’s TED Talk • about treating Alzheimer’s with light and sound, and learn more about the MIT Aging Brain Initiative • Special thanks to Azadi Records and Bliss Samsa for their beautiful tracks, and Botany for the score. Episode collage art by Vahini Shori. CORRECTION FOR THIS WEEK: Lenny was contacted by Sequoia, and a then-Sequoia partner is the co-founder and CEO of Elysium, but Sequoia is not an Elysium investor. The company is backed by other venture capital firms.

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