The Secret to a Long Life
Radiolab
WNYC Studios
4.6 • 43.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Producer Sindhu Gnanasambandan wants to know how she can live the longest feeling life possible. The answer leads her on a journey to make one week feel like two. And the journey leads her to a whole new answer.Special thanks to Jo Eidman, Nathan Peereboom, Kristin Lin, Stacey Reimann, Ash Sanders… and an extra special thanks to Jae Minard for editorial supportEPISODE CREDITSReported by - Sindhu GnanasambandanProduced by - Sindhu GnanasambandanOriginal music and sound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloomwith mixing help from - Arianne WackFact-checking by - Emily Kreigerand Edited by - Pat Walters
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| 0:00.0 | Wait, you're listening to Radio Lab from WNYC. |
| 0:19.5 | This is Radio Lab, I'm Lula Miller, and we're going to start this one with our producer |
| 0:26.6 | Cindy Nianasambundan. |
| 0:28.6 | I had to take the tape off from my wall, who a few weeks ago brought me into the studio |
| 0:33.8 | to show me a very large poster. |
| 0:38.2 | Life calendar and lots of red X's. |
| 0:41.1 | Yeah, so this is a poster that I keep across from my bed. |
| 0:44.6 | Okay. |
| 0:45.6 | It's basically this like giant grid of boxes. |
| 0:49.4 | There's like 52 going across, 90 going down. |
| 0:54.2 | And every Sunday, I use this red marker to cross off a box. |
| 0:59.6 | So 52 weeks for a year, so each box is a week? |
| 1:03.9 | Exactly. |
| 1:04.9 | And like in theory, you'll maybe make it to 90 years. |
| 1:07.4 | Exactly. |
| 1:08.4 | If I live to be 90 years old, every single box will be checked off. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm triggered. |
| 1:13.2 | I am. |
| 1:14.2 | I am. |
| 1:15.2 | I am. |
| 1:16.2 | Why on earth? |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah. |
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