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CBC Podcasts
Unlocking The Fountain
What if there were a pill that could add decades to your life? Would you take it? For thousands of years, people have searched for elixirs that could delay death and extend human life. Could new advances in medicine finally make this a reality? From madcap medicine to cutting-edge science, the quest to unlock the fountain of youth is teeming with dreamers, skeptics and charlatans alike.
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4.4 stars from 406 ratings
So much navel-gazing
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“The science is a Trojan horse for so much late Gen X/Millennial navel-gazing driven by a disability-as-identity subjectivity. Worse still, McArthur uses his own son — a vulnerable, young, child with very real health concerns — as a “motivation” to make a podcast. (That alone makes this project...”Read full review »
Oberon6 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/06/23
Awesome podcast!
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“I was especially interested as I am participating in a clinical trial of Rapamycin, and my epigenetic age test has me 12 years older than my biological age - not great news for anyone! I thought the explanations in the fourth episode about Mtor, telemeres, etc., were so well done - I really...”Read full review »
pianopeople via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/23/23
Love love this Podcast
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“It makes me feel hopeful and empowered!”
Constanza from NY via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/30/22
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Published 11/08/21
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