134. Will You Live to Be 100?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 19 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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How far would you go to extend your life? What’s the best way to stay sharp as your brain ages? And does Keith Richards deserve a Nobel Prize?

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0:00.0	I could imagine you as like a fifth grade math teacher.
0:05.3	What an amazing guest, Stephen.
0:06.8	I'm Angela Duckworth.
0:09.2	I'm Stephen Dubner.
0:10.2	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:13.6	Today on the show, what do the world's oldest living people have in common?
0:18.6	I have no idea who with Lucila was.
0:20.3	I can barely pronounce it.
0:28.4	Angela, I was recently reading about a research project called the Super Agers Family Study.
0:34.9	I'll be honest with you.
0:35.9	The reason I clicked on this article from the Boston Globe was because I liked the name
0:39.5	Super Agers.
0:40.5	I know.
0:41.5	Good branding.
0:42.5	It is good branding.
0:43.5	Not just like old people or old old people.
0:46.4	You know that's the technical term.
0:47.6	I think it's called old old age.
0:49.2	I think there's a lot of words that are coming into the, I almost called it the gastroenterology
0:53.5	space.
0:54.5	I think it's called the gerontology space.
0:56.0	Although there is some correlation, I'm guessing.
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