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 founders, tinkerers, and biopunks who are taking longevity science into their own hands. Plus: Skyline Drive’s first-ever musical number, about the bizarre Honduran charter city of Próspera.

• Read more about Próspera from Wired and Bloomberg
• Visit the Frontier Tower website
• Check out Elliot Roth’s work
• Learn more about Illumicell
• Learn more about Muse Bio
• Listen to more of David Nagler’s music
• Check out Allie Oops on Tiktok

Special thanks to Azadi Records and Bliss Samsa for their beautiful tracks, and Botany for the score. 

Episode collage art by Vahini Shori.

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