Forever Young

<p>You’ve probably noticed it — the friend group gets smaller as you get older. Turns out, there’s a reason for that, and it’s actually good news. Dr. Laura Carstensen, psychologist and founder of the Stanford Center on...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>After a recent screening of Forever Young, director David Donnelly sat down with Dr. Laura Carstensen for a live...

<p>We’re getting extraordinarily good at extending the machinery of life. But we’re losing the battle for the life within. In this video, psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Lewis delivers a sobering truth that is often ignored in...

<p>What if we told you there’s an intervention that reduces inflammation, improves cardiovascular function, and costs nothing?</p><p>No prescription. No side effects. Available to everyone.</p><p>Here’s what the...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>We live in a culture that has mastered the art of avoiding death.We don’t see it, we don’t talk about it, and we...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Research by Pankaj Kapahi of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging shows that caloric restriction doesn’t just...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Everyone’s talking about extending lifespan — the molecules, the biomarkers, the breakthroughs. Far fewer are...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>In the West, we live in an age of astonishing comfort. Our refrigerators are full, our homes are...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Across the tech world, a quiet faith has taken hold.</p><p>Transhumanism is the conviction that technology can...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>For decades, modern medicine has studied aging through a narrow lens — one that largely excluded the biology of...

<p>What if aging isn’t inevitable — but programmable?</p><p>Every cell in your body carries a clock, quietly ticking inside your DNA. It doesn’t count minutes or hours; it measures the molecular changes that occur as we...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Every day, billions of cells in your body reach the end of their natural life. Most die quietly, making room for...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>“Exercise clearly, with no hesitation, can be said to be the most important, life-prolonging factor that we have...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Dr. Thomas Lewis has been working as a psychiatrist in Northern California for decades. His practice is based in a...

<p>Forever Young is a feature-length documentary premiering at the 2025 Mill Valley Film Festival. The completion of the film marks the beginning of our Substack journey, where our team will dig deeper into the topics...