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Intrigue

Investing in immortality - the tech pioneers who want to live forever. Aleks Krotoski explores the frontiers of extreme longevity.

Radio 4,11 episodes

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The Immortals
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Investing in immortality – the tech pioneers who want to live forever.
29 Aug 2023,1 min
The Immortals
1. Dracula
Aleks Krotoski tracks the imminent cure for aging and the push by Silicon Valley to own it
04 Sep 2023,14 mins
The Immortals
2. The Experiment
Does injecting the blood plasma from young people really reverse aging?
04 Sep 2023,15 mins
The Immortals
3. The Plasma Clinic
Inside the US plasma clinic promising to reverse ageing with the blood of the young.
04 Sep 2023,14 mins
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4. The Hype Cycle
The hype around young blood backfires for a US entrepreneur who courted tech billionaires.
04 Sep 2023,15 mins
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5. The Trial
Aging is just something that happens. Isn’t it? There’s no cure for it. Is there?
04 Sep 2023,14 mins
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6. Longevity Escape Velocity
Why settle for an additional 20 healthy years when you might eliminate death entirely?
04 Sep 2023,14 mins
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7. Vitalik
A cryptocurrency billionaire’s experiment to loosen laws and create a longevity paradise.
04 Sep 2023,14 mins
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8. The Prophet
Will our immortal future only come if we merge with machines and become “post-human”?
04 Sep 2023,14 mins
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9. Nerd Rapture
An immortalist is excommunicated for speaking out against the techno-utopian movement.
04 Sep 2023,14 mins
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10. After the Dragon
Immortality - does anyone other than Silicon Valley billionaires want it?
04 Sep 2023,15 mins