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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Does Kara Swisher Really Want to Live Forever? Should We?

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.84.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

John welcomes longtime Silicon Valley chronicler, bestselling author, and host of two hit podcasts—“On with Kara Swisher” and “Pivot” with Scott Galloway—to discuss her new, six-part CNN docu-series “Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever” on the science, culture, and business of longevity. Swisher weighs in on what’s real and what isn’t in the wellness industry, the narcissism driving the tech bro fascination with immortality, and why Steve Jobs was right that accepting the inevitability of death is essential to living a good life. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:26.2

Aloha Namaste and welcome to Impolitic with John Heilman, a puck and Odyssey Joint.

0:39.6

And for all of you out there, a vast number of people, I am certain, who spent the past few weeks struggling to cope with the more or less nonstopstop discussion of two deeply unpleasant and upsetting topics.

0:41.4

War and Donald Trump, or really the wars of Donald Trump, from his literal war in Iran

0:48.0

to his War of Words with Pope Leo the 14th to his social media war on the sensibilities

0:53.8

and sensitivities of the world's

0:55.1

two billion Muslims and 2.4 billion Christians, first by mocking Allah and dropping the F-bomb on

1:02.4

Easter Sunday, and then the next Sunday, just yesterday, posting an image of himself as Jesus.

1:09.6

Yes, Jesus, ministering to the sick. For all of you who have absorbed

1:17.1

all of that and more and need nothing more desperately, urgently, and immediately, than a

1:23.1

break, a blessed respite from all of that. Well, friends, I have some good news for you. The arrival of a new,

1:31.5

limited documentary series that I am close to 100% certain will provide you with just the kind

1:36.4

of change of pace you need. Now, you might ask why I'm so confident about that. And I'll tell you,

1:42.9

because the series in question is thoroughly diverting, engrossing, and best of all, ongoing. The first episode dropped

1:49.0

this past weekend on CNN, and the next five episodes will be premiering every Saturday at

1:53.6

9 p.m. for the next five straight Saturday nights. Also, the topic of the series, which is

2:00.2

the science, culture, and business of longevity,

2:02.6

from the wellness industry to the quest for life extension and even immortality, is super timely,

2:08.6

infinitely rich and tied to broader topics from healthcare and economic equality,

2:12.6

to the culture of innovation and tech bro narcissism in Silicon Valley because the treatment of these

2:19.1

topics in the series is smart, probing, and bullshit free, also fun, funny, entertaining, and

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