We're not getting any younger... yet.
Episodes
Cynthia Kenyon: Switching on Resilience
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Verdin sits down with Dr. Cynthia Kenyon, a true pioneer in the field of geroscience and the Vice President of Aging Research at Calico. Dr. Keny...
Ana Maria Cuervo: Cellular Recycling
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the secret to a longer, healthier life isn’t found in a new supplement or a complex medical procedure, but in your cells' own innate ab...
Jamie Justice: The New Metrics of Functional Aging
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
XPRIZE Healthspan Executive Director Jamie Justice joins Brianna Stubbs to discuss the $101 million race to restore 10 years of muscle, cognitive, and...
Tony Wyss-Coray: Rejuvenating the Brain
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eric Verdin, CEO of the Buck Institute, and Stanford University’s Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray discuss the groundbreaking science of brain r...
Rewriting The Rules of Aging
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if aging is less a fate and more an engineering challenge? We sit down with George Church to unpack a future where gene therapy, cellular reprogr...
Season 3 Trailer
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! Meet our new hosts Eric Verdin, CEO of the Buck Institute, and Brianna Stubbs, Director of Translational Science at the Buck. We&apos...
Nathan Price: Scientific Wellness and AI at the Forefront
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do we really want from our healthcare system, and how can AI help us get it sooner? In our final episode of season two, Gordon talks with visiona...
Luigi Ferrucci: Resilience as Medicine
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Few people have as much experience with patient care and long-term research as the celebrated geriatrician and epidemiologist Luigi Ferrucci. Listen i...
Andrea Maier: From Potential to Practice
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The movement to integrate longevity treatments into clinical care is making strides. How can we ensure they are evidence-based, accessible, and person...
Daniel Belsky: Measuring the Pace of Aging
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our chronological age doesn’t tell us much about how well our bodies are aging, but scientists have developed many ways to measure changes at the ce...
Kristen Fortney: Finding Targets for Aging Interventions
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the biochemical changes that occur with aging, what really matters? How can we use the incredible amount of health data available today to disc...
Valter Longo: Fasting for Health and Longevity
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is the relationship between diet, chronic disease, and aging? Can we delay or reverse the effects of aging at the cellular level by following a f...
Satchin Panda: The Age of Circadian Disruption
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our modern world is full of potential disruptions to sleep. But as we learn more about circadian rhythm, we find that it influences everything from me...
Laura Carstensen: The Purpose and Promise of Longer Lives
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is the goal of living longer? It’s not simply to celebrate a number, but to do something meaningful with that time. Renowned Stanford psycholog...
Season Two Coming Soon!
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! In season one, we investigated the biology of aging in many different organisms to learn why and how we age. This season we'll t...
Between the lines: Mobilizing the immune system
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon and Stella revisit key concepts from the conversation with Arne Akbar, such as using sestrins to modulate T-cells and telomeres. Looking back o...
Arne Akbar: Immunity and Beyond
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What role does the immune system play in aging? How do senescent cells evade it and promote inflammation? And what does it reveal about developing eff...
Between the lines: The many fates of cells
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the conversation with Monica Driscoll, Gordon and show editor Stella connect to discuss the link between cell death and aging, what we can learn...
Monica Driscoll: Exploring the Wild World Within
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do different cells in our bodies age differently? What exactly happens when a neuron takes out its trash? In this episode, neuroscientist Monica D...
Between the lines: Genetics and geroprotectors
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a wide-ranging conversation with Nir Barzilai, Gordon and show editor Stella discuss efforts to turn research on geroprotective mechanisms into ...
Nir Barzilai: The Secrets of Centenarians
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is aging truly inevitable? Can we study the genetics of long-lived people to learn how to delay or reverse aging? In this episode, Gordon talks with D...
Between the lines: Trade-offs and timing in aging interventions
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon and show editor Stella revisit key concepts from the conversation with Linda Partridge, such as what we can learn from evolutionary biology and...
Linda Partridge: The Nature of Aging
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aging appears to progress similarly across species, from worms and flies to mice and humans, and involves pathways related to early development. Guest...
Between the lines: Stress and aging
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following the episode with Rhonda Patrick, Gordon and Stella discuss the complex relationship between stress and aging, and preview the next conversat...
Rhonda Patrick: Training to Age Better
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the relationship between stress, metabolism, and aging? How can we use “good” stress to enhance our ability to weather the challenges of g...
Between the lines: Senescence and aging
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon and Stella revisit the discussion with Judy Campisi to understand the role senescence plays in aging, and look forward to the next conversation...
Judy Campisi: Understanding Senescence
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Campisi has been at the forefront of studying cellular senescence for decades, revealing the mysteries of these not-exactly-dead cells and their r...
Between the lines: Using information theory to reverse aging
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon and show editor Stella revisit highlights from the conversation with David Sinclair, and get ready for the next episode with Judy Campisi.Suppo...
David Sinclair: An Information Theory of Aging
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is life essentially an information process driven by biochemical interactions? If so, can we simply correct any errors in that process? In this episod...
Between the lines: Reflections on why we age
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Gordon and show editor Stella connect over Zoom to discuss the highlights of Gordon’s conversation with Steve Austad, the renowned biologist, a...
Steve Austad: Why do we age?
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we think of aging, we typically think of human aging, but the biological processes that cause cellular damage are shared by many species. Few peo...
Season 1 Trailer
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing a new podcast from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging: We're not getting any younger... yet. Join host Gordon Lithgow to invest...