# The immortality bros: the new frontiers of health

An episode of [The Slow Newscast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403), 9 Sep 2025, 42 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/68bf3fdcb494ca82a29d89e9/media.mp3

A city in Honduras is home to a start-up selling experimental gene therapies for $25,000 a dose. Now, those radical ideas are reaching the United States. What happens when biohacking leaves libertarian fringes… and reaches Capitol Hill? Reporter: Patricia Clarke Producer: Madeleine Parr Sound design: Dominic Delargy Artwork: Lola Williams Executive Producer: Matt Russell Editor: Jasper Corbett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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