Chasing Immortality
An episode of the Distillations | Science History Institute podcast, hosted by Science History Institute, titled "Chasing Immortality" was published on August 17, 2021 and runs 40 minutes.
August 17, 2021 ·40m · Distillations | Science History Institute
Episode Description
Since humans have been living we've also been dying—best case scenario: after eight or nine decades and plenty of good times. But we're not wholly content with that. Never have been, probably never will be.
In fact, working on how not to die is one of the most human things about us. It's occupied the minds of everyone from ancient Chinese emperors and medieval European alchemists to now, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. They think it's within sight and completely different from how this quest was approached in the past. Or is it?
Credits
Hosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago
Senior Producer: Mariel Carr
Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez
Audio Engineer: Jonathan Pfeffer
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