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Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

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About this Podcast:

Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever—meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn immortality into reality, and framing death as a choice. But the more he learns about an immortal future, the more he finds himself drawn to the people he loves…and wondering if an endless life can be a meaningful one.Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever is the follow up to the beloved Skyline Drive (season 1), named a “Series Essential” — an Apple Podcasts honor for top-tier narrative podcasts — and highlighted on several Best of Year lists including NYMag, Guardian, and others.

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What is Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever about?

Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever, meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn immortality into reality, and framing death as a choice.

What has Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Introducing So Your Parents Are Old with Vanessa Grigoriadis" (22 September 2026, 3 minutes), "Death and Cake" (22 August 2026, 25 minutes), and "Joymaxxing" (4 August 2026, 27 minutes).

How often does Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever publish?

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 22 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever?

Booking probability for Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever are Scientific Research & Development and Investing & Wealth Management. Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever has a society audience.

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Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever is a society podcast with 22 episodes published.

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  • Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

    Death and Cake

    Aug 22, 202625 minS2

    Imagine sitting down with a group of strangers to discuss your mortality. Sound terrifying? It shouldn’t be. Jools Barsky and Susan Barsky Reid lead a global movement called Death Cafe, which offers non-judgmental...

  • Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

    Joymaxxing

    Aug 4, 202627 minS2

    Philosopher John Fischer thinks you should want to live forever…but not so you can see the stars or run your start-up forever. He thinks you should choose life because living can bring so much joy. And that made...

  • Episode #7

    A Life Supreme

    Jul 28, 202652 minS2

    At the end of his longevity journey, Mangesh struggles to make sense of the growing belief that death can—or should—be optional. He spends time with death doula Alua Arthur, who explains how accepting...

  • Jul 21, 20261 hourS2

    Because the vast majority of longevity research is based on white people, Mangesh asks the question, what about HIS body? He talks with a Yale researcher from Delhi who explains how centuries of colonialism have shaped...

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  • Episode #5

    Organ Trail

    Jul 14, 20261 hourS2

    The game’s afoot! Many powerful people—from world leaders to Silicon Valley billionaires—have been whispering about the possibility of living forever via organ replacement. But is their dream a...

  • Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

    What Are Blue Zones?

    Jul 7, 202628 minS2

    It’s a crossover episode! Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever x Part-Time Genius join forces to take on Blue Zones—like Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; or Sardinia, Italy—places said to hold the secret...

  • Episode #4

    Heal Thyself

    Jun 30, 202658 minS2

    On a whirlwind trip to the Bay Area, Mangesh reconnects with a childhood friend who’s experimenting with new ways to optimize his health. Then, he heads to the heart of San Francisco to meet the investors, startup...

  • Episode #3

    Myth Education

    Jun 23, 202657 minS2

    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...

  • Jun 16, 202656 minS2

    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...

  • Jun 9, 202651 minS2

    When an astrologer tells Mangesh that he’ll (probably) die early, he takes it in stride. But his family and friends (not to mention all the Don’t Die longevity influencers on his FYP) feel...

  • Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

    Introducing Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

    Jun 2, 20265 minS2

    Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever—meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn immortality into reality, and framing death...

  • Episode #8

    Homecoming

    Feb 28, 202335 minS1

    Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. In this final episode, Mangesh makes some trips to an old family home, a seaside town in South Goa,  and...

  • Episode #7

    Chalta Hai

    Feb 21, 20231h 1mS1

    Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. Mangesh travels to India to find a horoscope written about him centuries ago and waiting for him in a shop in...

  • Jan 26, 202344 minS1

    Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. As George navigates the Los Angeles dating scene, one thing keeps derailing his relationships: every girl...

  • Jan 17, 202346 minS1

    Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. As Annie attempts to clean out her parents’ garage and sort their finances, she has an unusual question for...

  • Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

    Minisode 2: Sam

    Jan 10, 202315 minS1

    Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. As a child preacher in a Baptist church, Sam grew up believing that astrology was a sin. Then a chance encounter...

  • Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

    Minisode 1: The Newsroom Astrologer

    Jan 3, 202318 minS1

    Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. In this week's mini-episode, Mangesh spends time with Maxine Taylor, CNN's first astrologer, and proposes putting...

  • Episode #4

    BTS Grandpas

    Dec 20, 202249 minS1

    Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. Michelle’s friends are desperate to get her a reading. But all she wants is a peek into her favorite band...

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