The Science Behind Why We Age | Lifespan with Dr. David Sinclair #1

- Welcome to the Lifespan Podcast, where we discuss the science of aging, and how to be healthier at any stage of life. I'm David Sinclair. I'm a professor at Harvard Medical School. I run a research lab that studies aging, why we get old and why we may not have to. I've been there for 20 years,

and we've made some breakthroughs we're going to talk about on this podcast. I'm also joined by my lovely co-host, Matt LaPlante - Lovely, talented, brilliant- - Reasonably talented... - Good looking. - You're a great writer. We co-wrote a book called Lifespan together. - I'll take that compliment. Thank you. - And we've been really excited

about the reception of this book, but we thought, why don't we spread the word. Those of you who haven't read the book, that's fine. We're going to go into detail in this episode, to give you a basis for what we're going to talk about in this series. - And if you have read the book, that's okay too,

because so much has changed in the last three years since the book was published. - Right, so a little bit about you, before we get too much into the weeds. You're a writer. You used to be reporter. You've been a war correspondent. What am I missing? - I'm a professor of journalism at Utah State University.

- Right, it's not Harvard University, but it's - - It's the Harvard University of the Mountain West. - Anyway, you're brilliant at writing, and I certainly couldn't have written this book without you. But this podcast... We talk a lot every week. - Yeah. - We're writing another book, which will be due out, we hope, probably next year?

- Oh dear God.[laughs] - Yeah, well.. We're going as fast as we can. So Matt and I talk a lot, and we have these conversations that are pretty funny. And anyone who overhears these conversations says "That should be a podcast." - Wait, they're funny to us. - Well, we'll see.[laughs] They might be funny to other people.