From Skyline Drive: Organ Trail
Summary
Host Mangesh Hatikudur investigates the dark underbelly of the longevity industry, exploring rumors of human organ farms and cloning. He interviews exiled journalist Mikhail Rubin about Putin’s health obsession, a hacker on the illicit drug market, and startup founders like Alice Gilman of R3Bio. The episode examines the ethical and scientific realities behind radical life-extension claims, from brain replacement theories to growing non-sentient primate organs for testing and transplantation.
Topics discussed
Intro and sponsor ads
Childhood mysteries and the host's investigative approach
The rumor: Putin's organ farms and Mikhail Rubin's exile
Putin's health obsession and Russia's longevity ambitions
Exploring the dark web for longevity drugs with a hacker
The reality of organ trafficking and elite longevity myths
Nakoa Poe's 'Ship of Theseus' brain replacement theory
The limits of organ replacement and finding Alice Gilman
Alice Gilman and R3 Bio's 'organ sacks' concept
Ethics of non-sentient clones and head transplants
Leaked presentations on full body replacement
Conclusion, credits, and final sponsor ads
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