Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

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—places said to hold the secret of longer, healthier life. But what makes them so special—and why are they blue?!?!?  (Spoiler, it has nothing to do with the ocean.) Is their longevity power real or jus...

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 c...

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 these myths, Mangesh finds himself wrestling with a literal fountain of youth in Chicago, playing left-handed tennis with an ambidexterity expert in San Diego, and discovering the Greek way of life with an old friend from...

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 supplements, and meets a scientist who’s growing brains in petri dishes (when she’s not throwing dance parties for mice). Plus: What really happened to Ted Williams’ frozen head? Learn more about AGNES and Joe C...

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 influencers on his FYP) feel differently… and besides, if science can keep his brain sharp and his tennis game strong for longer, why not take advantage? So he visits Dr. Nir Barzelai, the world’s leading aging rese...

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 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 Goa,  and visits with a Tantric astrologer (it's not what you think!), as he tries to get closure.  We made you a mixtape. Listen to Sounds from Skyline Drive Vol 1 and Vol 2 .  Like what you hear? Follow us @ksco...

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 in a shop in rural Tamil Nadu... but it isn't long before everything starts going wrong!  Listen to the Skyline Drive mixtape Vol 1 and Vol 2 .  Like what you hear? Follow us @kscope_nyc on Instagram and Twitter . Se...

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: every girl he’s into is "too into astrology." Plus, Mangesh’s mom tells him about a bizarre curse that’s been plaguing his family for generations, and we discuss why your astrologer might ask you to get married...

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 question for our astrologer. Meanwhile, Mangesh learns how astrology is affecting the world of C-sections, discusses reading babies' palms in utero, and hears a surprising story from his sister.   PLEASE NOTE: th...

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 chance encounter in a bookstore made him see things differently.  Listen to the Skyline Drive mixtape Vol 1 and Vol 2 .  Like what you hear? Follow us @kscope_nyc on Instagram and Twitter .   See omnystudio.com/l...

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 proposes putting her on a postage stamp. Listen to the Skyline Drive mixtape Vol 1 and Vol 2 .  Like what you hear? Follow us @kscope_nyc on Instagram and Twitter . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 favorite band BTS’ future. Plus, we dig into baseball astrology, and discover why you might consider trading in your emeralds for bananas.  LINKS:  Janelle Belgrave: our wonderful house astrologer for this ser...

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 in office. Plus, they mine through old Johnny Carson clips and read way too many Presidential biographies.  Listen to the Skyline Drive mixtape Vol 1 and Vol 2 . Like what you hear? Follow us @kscope_nyc on Instagram...

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 rebuild her life. Meanwhile, NYC astrologer Janelle Belgrave joins the team to offer some much-needed counsel; we interview a midwestern therapist who secretly uses astrology to better understand her clients, and Mangesh and his...

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: his mom, a science writer, a famous musician, and one very sneaky author! But when an ominous prediction suddenly comes true, his life turns upside down. We made you a mixtape! Listen to Sounds from Skyline Drive  Vol 1 a...

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