Eric Topol Returns (on longevity)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

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4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Eric Topol (Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity) is a cardiologist, researcher, and author. Eric returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss being Monica’s epilepsy consultant after their early interview, recent findings suggesting that AI aids doctors in providing better care, and an intense gag order suppressing getting a detrimental drug taken off the market. Eric and Dax talk about hospital beds that can monitor people as they sleep, no one having yet done a healthy aging study of genomics, and the true anecdote that inspired him to write his new book. Eric explains creating a segue to effectively prevent diseases we never could before, how Viagra was initially a failed blood pressure medication, and why despite troubling trends in diseases he remains optimistic about the future of aging.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad free right now.
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0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:13.9	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert experts on expert.
0:17.6	I'm Mike Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:20.3	Hi.
0:20.7	Hi. Returning guests from the early,
0:23.7	from the bygone era. That's right. And this is, there have been a few guests that have really
0:28.3	captured our heart. It's true. We fall in love with their spirit. We do. And Eric Topol's like at
0:34.3	the top of that list. We think he is the cutest person. And smart as all heck.
0:40.2	Outrageously smart.
0:41.4	He is a cardiologist, a scientist, and author, and the director and founder of Scripps Research Institute.
0:47.9	His books include Deep Medicine.
0:50.8	The Patient Will See You Now.
0:52.3	That's what we had him on for last time.
0:55.5	And now his new book,
1:02.4	which is out, Super Agers, an evidence-based approach to longevity. This was a blast.
1:09.4	Yes, and I want to say his approach to longevity is different from a lot of people's approach that we've had on or talk about a lot of optimization.
1:12.6	He's actually, I mean, he's like with a lot of those people, but he has a lot of other opinions about it as well.
1:18.8	And friendly dustups between Eric and I, because I'm on one side of the spectrum.
1:23.3	Sure.
1:23.7	Please enjoy it. Dr. Eric Topal.
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