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Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

by iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever—meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn immortality into reality, and framing death as a choice. But the more he learns about an immortal future, the more he finds himself drawn to the people he loves…and wondering if an endless life can be a meaningful one. Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever is the follow up to the beloved Skyline Drive (season 1), named a “Series Essential” — an Apple Podcasts honor for top-tier narrative podcasts — and highlighted on several Best of Year lists including NYMag, Guardian, and others. 

Latest episodes

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A Life Supreme

At the end of his longevity journey, Mangesh struggles to make sense of the growing belief that death can—or should—be optional. He spends time with death doula Alua Arth

Jul 28
52 min

Untapped Potential

Because the vast majority of longevity research is based on white people, Mangesh asks the question, what about HIS body? He talks with a Yale researcher from Delhi who e

Jul 21
59 min

Organ Trail

The game’s afoot! Many powerful people—from world leaders to Silicon Valley billionaires—have been whispering about the possibility of living forever via organ replacemen

Jul 14
1 h 00 min

What Are Blue Zones?

It’s a crossover episode! Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever x Part-Time Genius join forces to take on Blue Zones—like Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; or Sardinia, Italy—

Jul 7
28 min

Heal Thyself

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 S

Jun 30
57 min

Myth Education

According to “mortality curmudgeon” Dr. Stephen Cave, humans have been inventing stories about immortality since the beginning of time. On a quest to unravel some of thes

Jun 23
56 min

Too Many Questions

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

Jun 16
55 min

The Longevinauts

When an astrologer tells Mangesh that he’ll (probably) die early, he takes it in stride. But his family and friends (not to mention all the Don’t Die longevity influencer

Jun 9
51 min

Introducing Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever—meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn i

Jun 2
4 min

Homecoming

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  In this final episode, Mangesh makes some trips to an old family home, a seaside town in South G

Feb 28 2023
35 min

Chalta Hai

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  Mangesh travels to India to find a horoscope written about him centuries ago and waiting for him

Feb 21 2023
1 h 01 min

George and the Experience Treadmill

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  As George navigates the Los Angeles dating scene, one thing keeps derailing his relationships: e

Jan 26 2023
43 min

A Little More Asian Than I Thought

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  As Annie attempts to clean out her parents’ garage and sort their finances, she has an unusual q

Jan 17 2023
46 min

Minisode 2: Sam

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  As a child preacher in a Baptist church, Sam grew up believing that astrology was a sin. Then a

Jan 10 2023
14 min

Minisode 1: The Newsroom Astrologer

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  In this week's mini-episode, Mangesh spends time with Maxine Taylor, CNN's first astrologer, and

Jan 3 2023
17 min

BTS Grandpas

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  Michelle’s friends are desperate to get her a reading. But all she wants is a peek into her favo

Dec 20 2022
48 min

Trickle-Down Astrology

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  Mangesh and Mary dig into the bizarre astrology scandal that rocked Ronald Reagan’s final year i

Dec 13 2022
38 min

The Truth According to Jean

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  Meet Jean, a 74-year old romantic who decides she's finally open to astrology as she works to re

Dec 6 2022
39 min

It's Supposed to Be Fun

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential!  Mangesh begins his journey into the weird, wonderful world of astrology with a little help from:

Nov 29 2022
38 min

Introducing: Skyline Drive

Skyline Drive has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential! Listen ad-free for a limited time. Introducing Skyline Drive. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr

Nov 22 2022
2 min

Chart trend

Position in the Documentary chart (US), last 90 days.

#2
all-time peak
1
day in the top 3 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 5, 2026).

#103 ▼ 2 Documentary US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Despite listening to podcasts for well over a decade, I’m not sure I’ve ever left a review? This show (both seasons) are perfect. Deeply researched, marvelously narrated. So engaging and fun. You laugh, you learn, you call your mom. I’ve recommended it to many friends, and now, to the world. I want more episodes but I also want Mangesh to get some rest!! Life, like this podcast, is beautiful because it ends. Thank you to the team that made this! You guys are great at your job.

Tipppppps · Jul 2026

Both seasons have pulled at my heart and made me see the world differently. Reflective, heartfelt, endlessly interesting. Each episode goes down a rabbit hole but wraps around to musing about life and our place in the world. I can’t say enough good things about this podcast. Thank you for making it.

jo mccall · Jul 2026

Beautiful storytelling and special host. Interesting humanist way into popular topic overrun with grifters

Bradley G / Lane 2 · Jun 2026

I listened to this on a whim, usually not one to listen to documentary narrative type podcasts but this one piqued my interest and I’m so glad I gave it a chance. I’ve been dealing with grief from losing my mother and a couple years later my religious beliefs and this podcast met me so warmly and sincerely in that. You also encouraged me to maybe give astrology a chance sometime. Thank you for sharing this story with us.

iverae · Feb 2026

This series was so fun to listen to. I loved the conversations, music, vulnerability, honesty and energy. I learned a lot and was thoroughly entertained. Beautiful.

Twicklife · Mar 2026

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