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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George Noory and Dr. Ken Hanson discuss the ancient texts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Messiah character described in the scrolls who is not Jesus, and if End Times and worldwide catastrophe are predicted in the Scrolls.

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Guest host Richard Syrett and engineer Brooks Agnew discuss how the rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence may shape humanity's future.

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Guest host Connie Willis and author James Gilliland discuss strange happenings at the ECETI Ranch.

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Guest host Connie Willis and astrologer Mark Lerner discuss the new Steven Spielberg movie 'Disclosure Day,' the astrological predictions for Spielberg and the actors in the film, and a famous UFO sighting that happened before Roswell in 1947.

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The Wizard is out on secret location but please enjoy this best of show called Human Sacrifice! Does it Work?

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The Wizard is out on secret location but please enjoy this best of show called Human Sacrifice! Does it Work?

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Join Sandra and explore incredible accounts of skeptics, doctors, and nurses who clinically died, faced their past, and woke up completely transformed. Plus, explore powerful evidence of reunions with your loved ones and pets in the light.

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Join Sandra and explore incredible accounts of skeptics, doctors, and nurses who clinically died, faced their past, and woke up completely transformed. Plus, explore powerful evidence of reunions with your loved ones and pets in the light.

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