Deathless
FiksjonIt's been almost 10 years since we stopped dying. Let's talk about that. I interview people with unique relationships to immortality, attempting to answer the question of the decade: Does life still have meaning if it never ends?
Siste episoder av Deathless podcast
- The Thaw (with W1ghtH@) (00:22:44)
Send us a textW1ghtH@ is a member of the vigilante hacker group: The Thaw. After assuming a fake identity, he spent two years cryogenically frozen in a Permadorm holding facility. Several months ago, The Thaw staged a cyber attack to rescue him. He has a very specific - and troubling - message to impart about cryostasis.(***W1ghtH@ is portrayed by Gregory Perri)Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspodAnd one more thing... How's your immortality going?
- Deadly Dinner / Donor Discount (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:11:59)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Main Story: Deadly Dinner The newest craze in culinary tourism. Emphasis on "craze". On the Lighter Side: Donor Discount Permadorm announces their latest program to make cryogenic stasis more affordable. But it will cost you in other ways. (***Hannah Altenbach is portrayed by Becc...
- Touching the Bridge (with Minnie Rohne) (00:40:46)
Send us a text Minnie Rohne is a psychic medium who is bridging the decade long gap between the living and the dead. Her clients range from everyday people to public figures; including the infamous founder of The Mortiferum. We talk about spiritual readings, simulation bros, and... possibly my late father? (***Minnie Rohne is portrayed by Jenson Smith, @readingswithjenson . Jenson truly is a psychic medium. To learn more about her and how to schedule a reading, visit readingswithjenson.com ...
- Apoptosis / Norah's Ark (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:10:48)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Main Story: Apoptosis Geneticists are exploring a new gene therapy that would program human cells to die all at once. In effect: a death virus. On the Lighter Side: Norah's Ark The latest death alternative is a closed-loop cruise line designed specifically for the super elderly. Bo...
- Black Hole Boogie (with Dr. Cliff Heideker) (00:32:20)
Send us a textDr. Cliff Heideker is an astrophysicist at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) who studies anomalies from space. He's here to answer once and for all the question that's been burning up the internet: Was The Event caused by two black holes merging into one?We talk about rogue waves, neutron stars, and DragonCon.(***Cliff Heideker is portrayed by Seth Roffe)Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspodAnd one more thing... How's your immortality going?
- Blood & Rudd (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:11:25)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Main Story: Blood Donation Bi-monthly blood donations for paramortal hospitals are now a tax write-off. Download the app to start saving. On the Lighter Side: Who Murdered Paul Rudd? A new unscripted comedy podcast about the murder of adorkable Hollywood icon, Paul Rudd. Hosted by Paul R...
- Raving on Chladni Plates (with EKG) (00:30:45)
Send us a textEKG is a sonic experimentalist who remixes The Event to create transcendent techno raves. He even treated your host to a unique experience involving a bathtub on a bed of speakers. It was as trippy as it sounds, but oddly healing.We talk about Chladni plates, the possibility of sound unlocking immortality, and dentistry.(***EKG is portrayed by Nick Carrillo)Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspodAnd one more thing... How's your immortality going?
- The Lost (00:10:55)
Send us a textFor Jonah.CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains sensitive and disturbing content. Listen with care. Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspodAnd one more thing... How's your immortality going?
- Brain Trees (with Sophie Scott, CBE) (00:29:58)
Send us a textProfessor Sophie Scott is a neuroscientist and Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at University College London (UCL). Her research investigates the cognitive neuroscience of voices, speech and laughter.We talk about the medical benefits of laughter, tree-like connectors in the brain, and how best to rewire our most complex organ for an immortal world. (***Sophie Scott, CBE FMedSci FBA)Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspodAnd one more thing... How's your immortality going?
- Rhizotomy Cluster / Boomer Babies (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:08:56)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Main Story: Rhizotomy Cluster The World Health Organization just approved an experimental but promising surgery that kills the pain response throughout the entire body. On the Lighter Side: Boomer Babies During The Event (which lasted 8.3 seconds), at least 13 children were born. And gu...
- Eating Insects (with Chef Ari Westin) (00:48:46)
Send us a text Ari Westin is the head chef at Chrysalis, a Michelin star restaurant in Chelsea that combines fine dining with eating bugs. She is also the face of HOPPER, one of this podcast's sponsors. Ari helps me cook a delicious dinner of cricket tacos. We talk about turning a cicada infestation into a business, buggy meal kits, and an exciting new cooking show. (***Ari Westin is portrayed by Lacy Dunn) Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspod And one more thing... How's your immorta...
- Oxy Party / My Old Man (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:08:43)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Main Story: Oxy Party The United States may no longer be a two party system. The Adaptavist Party is quickly growing in support, but we take a deeper look into where they get their funding. On the Lighter Side: My Old Man Congratulations to Karim Iqbal, who just had his first child... a...
- Puppetry in Perpetuity (with Danny Watanabe) (00:36:48)
Send us a text Danny Watanabe is the creator of "The Wowzers", an Emmy winning show that uses puppets to teach children about immortality. He's been called the Fred Rogers of the deathless era. We talk about weight/breath/gaze, what goes into creating a puppet, and Great Grampa Okra's bootcamp. (***Danny Watanabe is portrayed by Kennedy Kanagawa) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays License code: 8ED5XUIEH0ACX51M Follow us on Instag...
- Sentinelese / Orbus! (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:08:17)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Main Story: Sentinelese In the Bay of Bengal, a tribe of uncontacted peoples have made their own traditions and practices in the face of deathlessness. On the Lighter Side: Orbus The latest sport out of Denmark, quickly supplanting football as an American pastime. And so much fun to say...
- Under the Influence (with Cambria Wallis) (00:49:29)
Send us a text Cambria Wallis is an influencer who promotes party/drug culture on her enormous platform. When asked in a magazine interview how she felt for being famous for 9 public overdoses, she responded "Ask me again after 10." But despite the glamor and reckless behavior, there's more to this internet mogul than meets the eye. We talk about her (many) brand collabs, an unconventional kind of business school, and the indy rock band 'Shiver Creek'. (***Cambria Wallis is portrayed by All...
- F.I.C.A.S. / Life Sentence (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:12:15)
Send us a text Welcome to the first mini episode of Deathless, Season 2, where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Since Last Time: F.I.C.A.S. After attending their 3rd annual conference, we were invited to partner with F.I.C.A.S. (Foundation for Immortal Conversations And Studies). We're back, baby! Main Story: Life Sentence Hannah Altenbach, always the busy bee, wrote a best sellin...
- Calling All Angels (with Jackson Dellario) (00:31:04)
Send us a text Jackson Dellario is a founding member of the Angel Guard, an elite team of professional heroes who dive head first into catastrophes. They've saved hundreds from cave-ins, mudslides, hurricanes, tsunamis, explosions, and sink holes. Their motto is "No One Is Abandoned", even in the most extreme of paramortal situations. We talk about gator tours in the Everglades, sink holes, and the craziest meet cute you’ve ever heard. (***Jackson Dellario is portrayed by Ruffin Prent...
- Deathless Gets New Life (00:01:20)
Send us a text We're back! Thanks to FICAS, the Foundation for Immortal Conversations and Studies, Deathless is getting a second season. Stay tuned for 8 all new episodes with amazing guests, plus weekly bonus content with fan favorite: Hannah Altenbach. We're diving deeper into immortality than ever before. It's time we finally found out just what happened to us. And what we're going to do about it. It's been over 10 years since people stopped dying. Let's talk about that. Follow us...
- Stayin' Alive (with Matthew LaBanca) (00:35:35)
Send us a textMatthew LaBanca is a performer and teacher helping the youngest generation to navigate immortality through stories and music. He also just so happens to be my husband. We discuss schools, marriage, and the success of this whole podcasting experiment.Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspodAnd one more thing... How's your immortality going?
- Gamescom / Goodbye (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:07:55)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. On the Lighter Side: Gamescom Imani Otieno designs a VR game for her ailing grandfather that may help prolong the effects of dementia and Alzheimers. Main Story: Goodbye Sadly, following the contentious interview with Permadorm CEO Elias Kingsleigh, our sponsors have all pulled out. Than...
- The Permadorm Problem (with Elias Kingsleigh) (00:35:08)
Send us a text Elias Kingsleigh is the CEO of Permadorm, who turned a refrigeration appliance company into one of the most successful and controversial brands in the world. He addresses the future of cryogenics and a recent cyberterrorism attack. We discuss the process of going into cold storage, why the cost of cryo is so high, and whether or not a leaked video from a Permadorm facility is real or a deep fake. (***Elias Kingsleigh is portrayed by Simon Pearl) Follow us on Instagram @deathl...
- Happy Birthday Agnes / Cyberterrorism (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:08:07)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. On the Lighter Side: Happy Birthday Agnes Agnes Gottsmundottir, the oldest person in the world, celebrates her 125th birthday. Main Story: Cyberterrorism A Permadorm cold storage facility in Bangladesh falls prey to a cyberterrorist attack. (***Hannah Altenbach is portrayed by Becca Sch...
- Living Shiva (with Rabbi Allegra Caravida) (00:36:05)
Send us a text Allegra Caravida is a rabbi who, after a sabbatical to Japan, was inspired to adapt traditional Jewish practices to fit our new deathless world. She pioneered the concept of a Living Shiva, a kind of funeral rite to mark -- not a death -- but a passage into a new stage of life. We talk about her nomadic childhood, sabbatical to Japan, and thinking of death as a universal dis-integration. (***Allegra Caravida is portrayed by NB Mager) Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspod And ...
- Birthing Bans / Rubber Bullets (with Hannah Altenbach) (00:08:22)
Send us a text Welcome to this mini episode of Deathless where we break down the latest headlines in the news about immortality. To help me, Pulitzer winning journalist from The Times... Hannah Altenbach. Main Story: Birthing Bans China enacts a new policy to reduce population growth. On the Lighter Side: Rubber Bullets Police departments in large US cities switch to rubber bullets, as "lethal force" is now definitionally impossible. (***Hannah Altenbach is portrayed by Becca Schneider) ...
- Undead Eleganza (with CaCoffiny) (00:35:14)
Send us a textCaCoffiny (nee Cacophony) is a drag queen known for theatrically un-aliving herself on stage. Audiences fell in love with her campy transformation just as she was about to retire from drag. A surprisingly philosophical discussion... with a few dick jokes for good measure.She's a true triple threat: Broadway, Disney, and Death.Follow us on Instagram @deathlesspodAnd one more thing... How's your immortality going?