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The mindbodygreen Podcast

525: The genetics of longevity & how to live to 122 | William J. Kole, editor and foreign correspondent

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

“No conversation about lifespan is complete without a discussion of healthspan," says William J. Kole William, a veteran reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent, joins us to discuss how to stay healthy and mobile well into your 80s, 90s, and even 100s of years, plus: - Common themes with the longest living humans (~00:08) - How much of a role does genetics play? (~01:31) - Lifestyle methods that make a difference in longevity (~04:48) - The power of a positive attitude (~07:01) - The dangers of loneliness (~10:20) - Why we should prioritize intergenerational connections (~15:18) - The role of retirement in longevity (~19:05) - What we can learn from Jane Goodall (~21:26) - Why you should never stop learning (~23:54)   - The power of purpose (~27:23) - The link between faith, prayer & longevity (~29:59) - Should aging be classified as a disease? (~34:00) - The future of immunotherapy (~36:20) - How radiopharmaceuticals change the longevity game (~41:21) - What William has changed based on his research (~42:49) Visit shop.mindbodygreen.com/whey20 to get 20% off whey protein isolate+. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Referenced in the episode: - William's book, The Big 100. - New England Centenarian Study. - Livingto100.com - A study on positive attitudes & longevity. - The Centenarian Portrait Project. - mbg Podcast episode #504, with Ellen Langer, Ph.D. - mbg Podcast episodes #363, #217 & #170, with David Sinclair, Ph.D. - Cleerly. - mbg Podcast episode #344, with Lisa Miller, Ph.D. - Research on depressive feelings & higher resource communities. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video onYouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkib, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.

0:07.0

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plus. The UN estimates there will be eight times more

1:03.7

centenarians in the world by the year 2050,

1:06.7

and half of today's five-year-olds can expect to live to 100.

1:11.8

Welcome to the era of super aging. But as we know longevity is not just

1:16.4

about adding more years to your life. How do we stay happy, healthy, and

1:19.9

mobile well into our 80s, 90s, and even hundreds.

1:24.0

William J. Cole is here to find answers.

1:26.8

He is a veteran reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent to his research what we can all learn from the longest living people think Jane Goodall and

1:36.0

Jean comment who famously lived to 122 years and 164 days.

1:44.0

What are some of the common themes you found to be really interesting

1:49.0

in your personal research of the longest livingest living humans.

1:53.0

Well, you know, I actually covered the very longest living human when I was based in Paris for AP, Jean Calaman, who lived to 122 years and 164 days and never got a one-on-one conversation with her but covered her as she held news conferences and so forth.

2:17.6

And I think, you know, a takeaway with her and you see this with centenarians and super centenarians, the oldest of us, an incredibly

2:27.1

positive attitude. I mean this was a woman who liked to crack jokes at 121.

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