{"podcast":{"title":"Curiosity Weekly","slug":"curiosity-weekly-8507","podcast_index_feed_id":8507,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/64f1f67000d9130011234429","website_url":"https://www.discovery.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/64f1f67000d9130011234429/1736289542396-9dee1bdb-6055-48cb-828c-fdabd8e8be99.jpeg","author":"Warner Bros. Discovery","episode_count":1619,"summary":"Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T16:20:55.825941+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curiosity-weekly-8507"},"episode":{"title":"Why Scientists Can’t Agree on Aging","slug":"why-scientists-can-t-agree-on-aging","published_at":"2026-01-07T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curiosity-weekly-8507/why-scientists-can-t-agree-on-aging","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curiosity-weekly-8507","url":"https://shows.acast.com/curiosity/episodes/why-scientists-cant-agree-on-aging","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64f1f67000d9130011234429/e/694596b79ff9a18986c75b21/media.mp3","summary":"It’s a new year which means many of us are focusing on resolutions designed to take better care of our bodies as we age. But, even those conducting research on healthy aging find it a complicated concept to define. To help navigate the topic, Dr. Samantha Yammine is joined by Dr. Paul Robbins, a professor and co-director of the Masonic Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism at the University of Minnesota. Then, Sam investigates what researchers learned from studying the biology and lifestyle of a woman who lived to the age of 117 and how manipulating the mitochondria in a cell can prevent degeneration.     Link to Show Notes  HERE     Follow Curiosity Weekly on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with   Dr. Samantha Yammine  — for free! Still curious? Get science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to  https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity  to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"It’s a new year which means many of us are focusing on resolutions designed to take better care of our bodies as we age. But, even those co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1656,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/curiosity-weekly-8507/episodes/why-scientists-can-t-agree-on-aging/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curiosity-weekly-8507/why-scientists-can-t-agree-on-aging.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}