Media coverage of Ageless

I’ve been very fortunate to have a lot of fascinating conversations about Ageless on TV, radio, podcasts and for print and online publications. Here are some highlights of the media coverage so far. For reviews, see the reviews page.

If you’d like to interview me about the future of ageing biology and medicine, please get in touch!

TV

• TODAY, NBC, (US) [article on today.com]
• The Russell Howard Hour, Sky (UK)
• NBC Morning News Now (US) [starts at 2 hours 41 minutes]
• Sunday Brunch, Channel 4 (UK)
• The Morning Show, Channel 7 (Australia) [article on 7NEWS]
• The Mehdi Hasan Show, Peacock TV (US)
• The Stream, Al Jazeera English (Qatar)
• Ageless on Book TV, C-SPAN (US)
• Werden wir ewig leben?, 42 – Die Antwort auf fast alles, ARTE (Germany) [in German]
• The Six O’Clock Show, Virgin Media TV (Republic of Ireland) [no longer available]
• Vanessa Feltz show, TalkTV (UK)
• EfectoNaim, Canal RCN (Colombia) [in Spanish]
• Euronews Bulgaria [in Bulgarian]
• Каква е тайната на дълголетието?, Bulgarian National Television [in Bulgarian]
• Да старееш, без да остаряваш, BTV [in Bulgarian]

Radio

• The Chris Evans Breakfast Show – Virgin Radio (UK) [starts at 09:40; short clip on Facebook; accompanying article]
• Can we cure ageing? – The Infinite Monkey Cage, BBC Radio 4 (UK)
• Life Examined – KCRW (US) [article and partial transcript]
• The Next Big Thing: Aging – CBC Spark (Canada)
• Conversations with Sarah Kanowski – ABC Radio (Australia)
• Future Tense with Antony Funnell – ABC Radio (Australia)
• Nine to Noon – Radio New Zealand
• Sean Moncrieff – Newstalk (Republic of Ireland)
• Dave Fanning – RTÉ2 (Republic of Ireland)
• Jenny Kleeman and Chloe Tilley – Times Radio (UK)
• Kait Borsay – Times Radio (UK)
• The Naked Scientists – BBC, ABC, Primedia (South Africa), Talk Radio Europe, RNZ (New Zealand)
• The Unexplained with Howard Hughes – talkRADIO (UK)
• The Dawn Stensland Show – Talk Radio 1210 WPHT (US)
• BBC Radio 5 Live Krishnan Guru-Murthy (UK) [no longer available]
• Times Radio Drive (UK) [no longer available]
• Late nights with Darryl Morris – talkRADIO (UK) [no longer available]
• Jo Good on BBC Radio London (UK) [no longer available]
• Afternoons on BBC Radio Stoke with Perry Spiller (UK) [no longer available]

Articles by me

• The best remedy for our diseases? Aging less – Wall Street Journal
• A drug to treat aging may not be a pipe dream – WIRED
• Is there a cure for ageing? – Sunday Times Magazine
• How to live longer: Health expert reveals how science can stop and even REVERSE ageing (part 1) – Daily Express
• How to live longer: The health resolutions to keep this year – according to science (part 2) – Daily Express
• Could an ordinary diabetes pill slow the ageing process? – Daily Express
• The new science of ageing—and how to stay younger for longer – Telegraph
• The race to stop ageing: 10 breakthroughs that will help us grow old healthily – BBC Science Focus magazine
• ‘This isn’t science fiction’: Why anti-ageing drugs prepare us for pandemics – The Big Issue
• Are we really doomed to grow old and die? – Polytechnique Insights

Newspapers and magazines

UK

• Do we have to age? – Observer Magazine
• The science of how to live to 150 – Telegraph
• A life that lasts 150 years is no longer just a madman’s quest – Times
• Why living until 200 really ISN’T a pipe dream – Daily Mail
• Who wants to live forever? Big Tech and the quest for eternal youth – New Statesman
• CEO spending $2 million a year on anti-aging is probably wasting his money, longevity expert says – Fortune
• Children born in 50 years could live to see their 150th birthdays, say anti-aging experts – The i Paper
• The scientific quest to stop our bodies ageing—and the questions about how society would cope – The i Paper
• How 95-year-old Sir David Attenborough’s busy schedule keeps him young – The i Paper
• Want to live longer? Stop taking your vitamins! Scientist reveals tips on how to slow down aging process – Daily Mail
• Forget living to 100… scientists are aiming for 150! – Daily Mail
• Anti-aging breakthrough as Harvard scientists REVERSE aging of mice – Daily Mail
• Want to live longer? Three top anti-ageing researchers share their tips – Daily Mail
• Will humans live forever? Science writer claims ageing can be overcome – Daily Express
• Scientist shares seven habits you need to have to boost longevity – Daily Express
• How to live longer – Daily Express
• Life of lentils may add an extra decade to your lifespan – Times
• Anti-ageing experts share secret to living longer – Mirror
• The age of anti-ageing – Varsity
• Who wants to live forever? The rise of anti-ageing technology – Saga Magazine
• Oralcare is the new self-care: why you need to start caring for the microbiome in your mouth – Evening Standard
• Are you ageing well? – Healthy for Men
• How to work out your true biological age (and what to do if you’re older than you think) – The i Paper
• Five ideas that are outside this world – The New European

US

• You may live a lot longer – David Brooks, New York Times Opinion
• Seven ‘ageless’ habits a longevity expert follows to slow aging – TODAY
• Healthy habits that helped Queen Elizabeth achieve extraordinary longevity – TODAY
• The end of old age? – Psychology Today
• The surprising habit that can reverse aging—and other science-backed strategies – CNBC
• As King Charles III, at age 74, assumes British throne, here's what to know about his health – Fox News
• Just $100bn To Cure Aging – Forbes
• Researchers say the probability of living past 110 is on the rise—here’s what you can do to get there – CNBC
• The 45-year-old CEO spending $2 million a year on anti-aging is probably wasting his money, longevity expert says – Fortune
• 5 new technologies could turn our world into scary, real-life ‘Peripheral’ – New York Post
• Everybody Ages, But Do They Have To? This Scientist Says ‘No’ – 27east.com, New York
• ‘Ageless’ author, researcher says aging not necessarily inevitable – The Gazette, Iowa
• Oral health, exercise and sleep are important components to aging – Florida Keys Weekly

International

• ¿Una cura para la vejez? Según un científico inglés no sólo es posible, sino que llegará más pronto de lo pensado – Infobae (Argentina)
• Andrew Steele and the science of getting older without getting old – The Sofia Globe (Bulgaria)
• Could 80 become the new 40? – CBC (Canada)
• La clave para detener el envejecimiento está más cerca de lo que pensamos – Hiperdata, RCN Radio (Colombia)
• Fra kvaksalveri til videnskab: Jagten på det evige liv rykker nærmere – Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark)
• La Silicon Valley en quête de jeunesse éternelle – La Vie (France)
• Altern kann geheilt werden—laut einem Forscher ist es schon bald soweit – Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany)
• ואולי אנחנו לא חייבים להזדקן? חוקר אחד משוכנע שאת הזיקנה אפשר לרפא – Haaretz (Israel)
• Alla ricerca dei farmaci anti-aging. Ecco i più promettenti – Spazio50 (Italy)
• Envelhecer é inevitável? Como a ciência está a trabalhar para reverter (ou parar) o envelhecimento – Diário de Notícias (Portugal)
• Andrew Steele: ‘Se tiver um familiar centenário, tem dez vezes mais probabilidade de o ser’ – VISÃO (Portugal)
• Envelhecer é inevitável? ‘Haverá tratamentos para o envelhecimento nos próximos anos’ – TSF Rádio (Portugal)
• Há um livro que explica como é que a ciência pode travar o envelhecimento – Notícias Saúde (Portugal)
• Für immer jung – Weltwoche (Switzerland)

Podcasts

(In reverse alphabetical order)

• Trend Following with Michael Covel
• Teach Me Something New with Brit Morin
• Something You Should Know with Mike Carruthers
• Six Months Later with Tara Newton-Wordsworth and Matthew Chadourne
• Retire Sooner with Wes Moss
• Psychologists off the Clock
• The Professional Athlete Podcast with Ken Gunter
• Optimal Performance Podcast [also available on YouTube]
• On the Edge with Andrew Gold [also available on YouTube]
• Motherhood Unstressed with Liz Carlile
• Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson [also available on YouTube]
• The Lovejoy Hour [Apple Podcasts, Spotify, player.fm]
• London Futurists
• Instant Genius from BBC Science Focus
• Genetics Unzipped
• FUTURES with Luke Robert Mason [also available on YouTube]
• The Doctor’s Kitchen [also available on YouTube]
• Curiosity Daily [I’m also in the following episode!]
• Cosmic Shambles Q&A with Robin Ince, Helen Czerski and Jenny Rohn
• Cocktail Conversations with David Catanese
• Books on Pod with Trey Elling
• [B]OLDER with Debbie Weil
• The Big Questions from IFLScience
• The Art of Making Things Happen with Steve Sims

YouTube

• How to prevent almost ALL disease – Medlife Crisis
• Hack your gut microbiome, live to 110 – Freethink
• The science behind Ageless – The Sheekey Science Show
• The future of anti-aging biotechnology – Lifespan.io
• Is ageing a disease and can it be CURED? – James Bickerton

Talks and conversations

• Sofia Science Festival, 13th May 2023
• The Meaning of Life and Death with Carl Zimmer and Halli Benasutti, Crosscut Festival, May 4th 2022
• Ageing is not inevitable, Royal Institution, March 16th 2022
• In conversation with Michelle Buhman for Prairie Lights Books, February 7th 2022
• Guardian Masterclass: The science of ageing, 31st January 2022
• Cambridge BioSoc and Longevity Society, January 27th 2022
• Norwich Science Festival, October 30th 2021
• Commonwealth Club of California, July 15th 2021
• How to age well, Cheltenham Science Festival, June 10th 2021
• One on One with Andrew Steele, St Louis County Library, March 29th 2021 [also available on Facebook and YouTube]
• Sheffield Libraries, March 11th 2021
• Oxford Society of Ageing and Longevity, March 8th 2021
• UCL Chemical and Physical Society, March 3rd 2021
• London Futurists, 23rd January 2021
• How to get older without getting old, How To Academy, 17th January 2021
• Longevity: Read all about it, The Longevity Forum, November 10th 2020

Blogs and newsletters

• Could we become ageless? – Age UK
• Making 80 the new 60 – Captrust
• The new science of getting older…without getting old – Five Years Inn by Gerri Willis
• Billionaires have reportedly invested in a biotech company aiming to reverse aging – IFLScience
• Biogerontology: How a compost heap in Bristol gave rise to the science of aging – IFLScience
• Andrew Steele: Our goal must be to cure aging – Longevity.Technology
• Andrew Steele: Curing aging is a question of investment, not time – Longevity.Technology
• What I’ve been reading – Marginal Revolution by Tyler Cowen
• The best books for understanding why we haven’t cured cancer… yet – shepherd.com book recommendations
• A beginner’s guide to immortality – Quartz