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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In this week's mini-episode, Mangesh spends time with Maxine Taylor, CNN's first astrologer, and
Jan 3 2023 17 min
BTS Grandpas
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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
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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
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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
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Mangesh begins his journey into the weird, wonderful world of astrology with a little help from:
Nov 29 2022 38 min
Introducing: Skyline Drive
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Nov 22 2022 2 min
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I just finished this podcast, and I feel the same way I feel upon finishing a long, beloved book:
I'm going to miss this.
What a gorgeous celebration of humanity. Each episode is a multifaceted installment of adventure, confusion, incapacitating loss,
the surprise of hope from unexpected places, the disappointment of hope misplaced, and all the fears, laughs, losses, awkwardness, trepidations, rock bottoms, elations, dreams, wishes, and heartbreaking joys that all get rolled together in the experience of this life.
Plus, the music is dope.
This story beautifully scratches an itch that human beings have for the spiritual, and weaves together an audible communion between listener and creators in a way that transcends our own individual understandings of what it means to be human.
Did I mention the soundtrack?
Thank you to Mangesh Hattikudur for being vulnerable enough to record everything he went through, and to his team and guests for making the final product possible.
Stephahnee · Nov 2024
It’s more than a podcast about astrology, but about our efforts to understand why we’re here and what we’re meant to do. Losing a parent can make you question both those things and it’s amazing that Mangesh opens up to let us experience his grief. That perspective makes the podcast feel more essential and more relatable. Beautifully told and very much worth a listen and re-listen.
laineydav · Nov 2024
This podcast is one of the most enjoyable I’ve ever heard. The storytelling is captivating, the story authentic, and the whole production is just wrapped together so beautifully. I hope they make a season two!
Luvpitbulls23 · Oct 2024
I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. But I’m so glad I hit play. First, I just love hearing Mangesh talk about anything. Himself, his family, his thoughts. When he says he feels he’s unsure of himself I want to say, oh my gosh, you’re so inspiring. You’re so amazing. He’s so humble and brings so much thoughtfulness, humor, pathos and hope into each episode. For a while I didn’t even know his name. You have to wait for the end credits because he doesn’t announce himself like every other podcaster. I think I’m maybe on episode 5, so I’m not sure how many episodes there are, but I really hope this just keeps going. I would love to listen to anything he does.
CandiceMcF · Apr 2024
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