Joe Rogan, one of the world’s biggest podcasters, has, by his standards, been losing momentum over the past 12 months. However, in April 2025, an episode of joe rogan experience In his heyday, Rogen regularly achieved the kind of instant viral traction that Rogen commanded.
It was his 160-minute interview with biologist and self-proclaimed longevity expert Gary Braca, whose views on the human lifespan have attracted both followers and critics alike. For more than two hours, Rogan and Breka debated diet, workout regimens, as well as more esoteric types of longevity measures — such as red light therapy beds, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, and cold plunge tanks.
Breka’s followers can be seen in the YouTube comments section over the years citing the benefits of his advice. His critics say that since he is not a medical doctor, he has no business advising migraine patients or parents of children with autism (to name just two of Braca’s major concerns).
No matter where you stand on the specifics, the episode’s virality is a reminder that human longevity is a divisive but broadly fascinating topic, one that compels listeners to pay close attention. For example, look at the popularity of American neuroscientist and podcaster Andrew Huberman. Or David Sinclair, whose appearances on podcasts, TV specials and other mainstream media outlets have rocketed him up the popularity charts. his 2019 book Lifespan: Why we age and why we don’t need toA global bestseller, like the one you see on all airport bookshelves. Both Sinclair and Huberman have been featured on Rogan’s podcast over the years.
in the future
Also in India, the ‘Longevity India’ initiative of the Indian Institute of Science is being hosted biopic live Podcast for the last eight months. The episode is co-hosted by Professor Deepak Saini, Convenor of Longevity India. In his view, ‘health span’ is as important as life span – the term for the number of healthy years a person achieves in his lifetime.
As Professor Saini outlines in these episodes, the challenge is to conduct fundamental research into aging and the life span, as well as to influence change at the policy level in both the private and government sectors – after all, much of one’s lifestyle is shaped around the workplace.
Prof. Deepak Saini biopic live podcast.
Air pollution is another issue around which newspaper op-eds and TV debates usually remain heated. And longevity is the posture with which passionate news anchors make their case to audiences: if you’re living in Delhi, the resulting lung diseases mean you’re shaving five years off your life, and so on. In such cultural landscapes longevity is both text and subtext – it is at once the language through which we describe the future, and also the medium that can get us there.
between heaven and hell
So it’s no surprise that the world of streaming is also filled with stories of consciousness being transferred into bodies (converted carbon), about existentialism (silo, Fallout, The Last of Us), and about the immortal, age-old warriors who steer the course of history (old guard,
However, the purest expression of the longevity impulse from the streaming world is that of Amazon Prime Video uploadWhich envisions a kind of digital reincarnation in which wealthy users can transfer their consciousness before their physical demise. It’s essentially a corporate-designed, novelty resort version of the afterlife, complete with AI servant-bots and the like. There’s something innocent and yet very disturbing about its primary-color approach to ‘forever-fun’ and the show plays with the concept of eternity quite well – if you do your favorite thing 24/7, ‘Eternal’ becomes a progressively less attractive prospect over time.
Kristen Bell and D’Arcy Warden nice place,
much like comedy nice placeWhich is set in a literal heaven/hell conflict, upload It also raises some great philosophical questions on the issue of longevity. For example, at what point in our lives should we slow down and think objectively about the end? How can we stop well-meaning sermons about ‘living in the moment’ from destroying any trace of structure in our existence?
And perhaps most important of all, how do we give ourselves the best chance of living not just a long life, but a good life?
The author is working on his first non-fiction book.
published – January 02, 2026 01:29 PM IST