Bryan Johnson: Definitely not a vampire!

Decoding the Gurus

Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Science, Leisure, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this life-enhancing episode, Matt and Chris venture into the futuristic world of tech entrepreneur and biohacker Bryan Johnson, clarifying along the way that he’s not the ACDC frontman.

They examine Johnson's Project Blueprint and 'Don't Die' movement—a quest for indefinite lifespan extension through supplements and lifestyle changes—and consider whether their apprehension means they are actually death lovers gorging themselves each day on death burgers and life-draining whiskey.

The decoders analyze his carefully crafted appearance and branding, considering how he presents himself as a revolutionary figure but in reality seems to be peddling some familiar tropes, along with a supplement line and some expensive blueberries.

As usual, they consider the rhetorical moves, parasocial manipulations, and the likelihood for the lofty claims to become a reality.

One thing that is clear by the end: Bryan Johnson is certainly not a modern-day vampire.

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0:00.0	You're going to. and Hello and welcome to Decoding the Gurus, the podcast where an anthropologist and a psychologist
0:29.2	listen to the greatest minds the world has to offer and we try to understand what they're talking about.
0:34.6	I'm Matt Brown, Chris Kavanaugh is my erstwhile co-host. I'm the psychologist, he is the
0:41.4	anthropologist and we have got it decoding for you guys today haven't we Chris?
0:46.4	We do. We have a condensed succinct piece of content at least to look at. Whether we are succinct is a different question, but we are looking
0:59.6	at someone that many people have suggested in recent years and we just haven't got
1:06.2	round to him yet but now he's here and he's not Dr K it's important to mention.
1:10.4	No he's an unusual guru because you you know, most of our guru is not the lead singer of a famous Australian rock band,
1:18.4	you know, not the creator of amazing hit albums like Back in Black. That's right. We're covering Brian Johnson from
1:27.3	ACDC. Yeah. I see they've got the same in the name. That's a very, I'm glad that you clarified the
1:38.8	bond. I didn't know the lead singer was brand. I mean yes so that just to
1:42.4	mention we are looking at Brian Johnson, the American
1:45.5	open to her venture capitalist, biohacker, different guy, Matt, you've made a mistake.
1:51.0	He's not, he's easy. That's a silly mistake. See an Australian couldn't be a guru. Where to down to earth?
1:57.2	Is it Australian? I thought it was American. The AC guy. Well, it's an Australian band, isn't Brian Johnson Australian?
2:04.0	Yes.
2:05.0	Is it going to destroy any other content?
2:07.0	What do hell, he's neither, he's English.
2:09.0	P, P, P, P, P, P, P, ah, see?
2:12.0	Yeah, I knew something was wrong with them.
2:17.0	That explains it.
2:19.0	That explains it. Oh, right.
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