Aging
Subject in Society & Culture
Aging has come up in 21 episodes across 12 podcasts in TMT, including Good Hang with Amy Poehler, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Huberman Lab. 12 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jonathan SchoeffPracticing spine-access surgeon and longevity physician based in Denver; his label also carries a brief opening show-intro clip voiced by Tony Robbins
Schoeff argues high performers assemble advisory teams for everything except a healthspan strategy.
“But there's one chair that's always uniformly empty, and that's their healthcare or healthspan strategy”
Habits and Hustle: Episode 595: Dr. Jonathan Schoeff: Biohacking for Longevity: What Works, What's Overhyped, and What Matters (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 55:35
Schoeff calls current biological age testing a waste of money and a hustle.
“The way biologic age testing is being used today is just a hustle, right?”
Habits and Hustle: Episode 595: Dr. Jonathan Schoeff: Biohacking for Longevity: What Works, What's Overhyped, and What Matters (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 41:34
Schoeff says he is convinced that aging is fundamentally defined by muscle.
“The idea that aging is really defined by muscle. That's where I'm wholly convinced”
Habits and Hustle: Episode 595: Dr. Jonathan Schoeff: Biohacking for Longevity: What Works, What's Overhyped, and What Matters (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 16:39
Amy PoehlerAmerican actress, comedian and podcast host, formerly of Saturday Night Live
Poehler described The Odyssey as a meditation on aging that resonated with her at midlife.
“But I'm thinking about it as this meditation on aging”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Matt Damon (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 15:31
Poehler, 54, says her fifties have been her favorite decade and that people don't talk enough about how life can improve with age.
“The 50s have been my favorite decade”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Brandi Carlile (Mar 31, 2026) · Listen from 37:28
David SedarisAmerican humorist, essayist and diarist
Sedaris says writing daily for 50 years is so central to his identity that he does not know who he would be without it.
“i've i've done it every single day of my life for the last 50 years so i don't know who i would be without it”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 58:22
Sedaris says he finds decrepitude harder to contemplate than death.
“it's easier to, to conceive of our death than it is of our decrepitude, you know”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 55:33
Ekin OzlenFormer Ford model and singer; founder and CEO of the stem cell skincare and haircare brand KERACELL
Ozlen frames aging as a wound and says her products are designed to treat it that way.
“Carousel attacks the aging process as if it were a wound. That's the best way to explain what these products and what these ingredients topically are doing”
Coffeez with Joe Shalaby: From Supermodel to Stem Cell Skincare Empire | Ekin Ozlen | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 321 (Oct 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:47
Stacey E. RosenCardiologist, executive director of Northwell Health's Katz Institute for Women's Health and immediate past volunteer president of the American Heart Association
Rosen argued it is never too late for prevention, noting her healthy 87-year-old mother just started a statin.
“And it's never too late. My mother just started on a statin. She is 87 years old”
Next Question with Katie Couric: The Art Of Aging: The Heart Of The Matter (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:37
Chris RockComedian Devine cites as showing up to clubs alone without an entourage
Rock says that later in a comedian's career audiences judge only results, much as a veteran athlete gets short contracts tied to performance.
“But later on, you're like LeBron. You're like, it's all results, and we'll give you a one-year deal as long as you play like LeBron”
The Daily: Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About Forgiveness (Oct 3, 2026) · Listen from 44:02
Sonja MorganAmerican reality television personality, original-era cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City
Morgan describes her 60s as bittersweet but a time when real connection becomes more valuable.
“it's bittersweet because you have less time on earth and you start to really value real connection”
Call Her Daddy: Sonja & Luann: Pirates, Palm Beach & Picking Up Men (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 46:43
Luann de LessepsAmerican reality television personality and cabaret performer known as 'The Countess'
De Lesseps says the best part of getting older is independence and not needing a man.
“the best part is, you know, being in the driver's seat and not having to need a man, right, at this point in life and being busy”
Call Her Daddy: Sonja & Luann: Pirates, Palm Beach & Picking Up Men (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 45:35
Sylvester StalloneAmerican actor, screenwriter and director known for the Rocky and Rambo franchises; author of the memoir The Steps
Stallone says years of physical punishment left him with nine back operations, three neck fusions and heart problems, and advises young actors to use stuntmen.
“I've had nine back operations, three neck fusions. I've had heart problems”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.” (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 59:13
Joey DiazComedian and podcaster known for The Church of What's Happening Now
Diaz argues that boredom and social isolation are the biggest dangers at his age, which is why he goes to gyms.
“At this age, this is the biggest thing that'll get you. Yeah. Is boredom and not having social”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #685 - Joey Diaz (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:36:57
Arthur BrooksSocial scientist, Vanderbilt University professor and Harvard Business School senior fellow who studies happiness
Brooks argues the conventional retirement model of all work followed by all leisure is a recipe for misery.
“It was all suffering without reward. And then it's all reward without suffering. That's neurophysiologically unsound, but it's also philosophically unsound”
Huberman Lab: The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:19
Jared RutterAmerican biochemist, professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator specializing in mitochondria and metabolism
Rutter says mitochondria almost universally become less energized and less effective with age, though the reasons remain largely unclear.
“it's almost... universally the case that mitochondria become less energized, less effective, let's say, as we age”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 6:36
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 5 episodes
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 2 episodes
- Huberman Lab · 2 episodes
- Coffeez with Joe Shalaby · 1 episode
- Habits and Hustle · 1 episode
- Next Question with Katie Couric · 1 episode
- The Daily · 1 episode
- Call Her Daddy · 1 episode
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 1 episode
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 1 episode
- My First Million · 1 episode
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
From Supermodel to Stem Cell Skincare Empire | Ekin Ozlen | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 321Coffeez with Joe Shalaby · Oct 14, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Joe Shalaby talks with KERACELL founder Ekin Ozlen about modeling, Miss Turkey, losing her first husband, IVF, and building a stem cell skincare brand.
The Ultimate Guide to Male Hormones & Men’s HealthThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Mel Robbins and Stanford urologist Dr. Michael Eisenberg discuss testosterone, erectile dysfunction, male fertility, prostate and pelvic floor health, and their links to longevity.
Episode 595: Dr. Jonathan Schoeff: Biohacking for Longevity: What Works, What's Overhyped, and What MattersHabits and Hustle · Oct 6, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Jen Cohen and surgeon-longevity physician Dr. Jonathan Schoeff sort biohacking trends into worth it or overhyped, covering strength training, peptides, GLP-1s, hormones, and sleep.
The Art Of Aging: The Heart Of The MatterNext Question with Katie Couric · Oct 6, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Katie Couric and cardiologist Stacey Rosen discuss heart disease in women, from research bias and symptoms to life-stage risks, cholesterol, testing and prevention.
Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About ForgivenessThe Daily · Oct 3, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Chris Rock tells David Marchese about his film Misty Green, forgiveness, cancel culture, therapy and an NVLD diagnosis, Hollywood, and why comedy needs nuance.
Sonja & Luann: Pirates, Palm Beach & Picking Up MenCall Her Daddy · Sep 30, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Alex Cooper talks with Sonja Morgan and Luann de Lesseps about their new E! series The Golden Life, RHONY memories, dating, aging, and friendship.
SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 28, 2026 · 1 h 29 min
Jay Shetty interviews Sylvester Stallone about his painful childhood, rejection, creating Rocky, his parents, career slumps, health, marriage and his memoir The Steps.
#685 - Joey DiazThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 h 1 min
Theo Von and Joey Diaz talk in Asbury Park about Diaz's mother's death, raising his daughter, his move to New Jersey, Austin comedy plans, and sobriety.
The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur BrooksHuberman Lab · Sep 14, 2026 · 2 h 50 min
Andrew Huberman and Arthur Brooks discuss the three macronutrients of happiness, the four worldly idols, leisure, addiction, faith, and questions for finding meaning.
Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutesMy First Million · Sep 9, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview skateboarder Tony Hawk about his early career, the 900, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater royalties, Birdhouse, investing and aging.