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Katie Couric (0:00)
What about my fish oil?
Dr. Jeffrey Swisher (0:01)
Yeah, your fish oil's good. Yeah, except you get fish breath with fish oil.
Katie Couric (0:07)
You burp a lot.
Dr. Jeffrey Swisher (0:08)
You do.
Kara Swisher (0:20)
Hi everyone from New York magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is on with Kara Swisher and I'm Kara Swisher. As you might know, my new CNN series debuted this past weekend. It's called Kara Swish Wants to Live Forever. It's a big look at longevity, anti aging and the huge industries popping up around all these topics. I wanted to cut through all the scams and hype and talk about the real science around how to live longer, healthier lives. I do not want to live forever, by the way. Longevity is also the subject of today's show and I've got three experts with me to talk about it. Katie Couric is a journalist. She's also been a longtime advocate for people to get cancer screenings after her first husband died of colon cancer and she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Amy LaRocca is an award winning journalist and author of the book how to Be Navigating Our Self Care Epidemic One Dubious Cure at a Time. She is in the series and so is my brother, Dr. Jeffrey Swisher. He's the chairman of the department of anesthesiology at the California Pacific Medical center in San Francisco and he recently caught, before it happened, the possibility of a so called widowmaker heart attack. His wife has also been diagnosed with stage three colon cancer and is actually doing really well. It's a really interesting time to talk to these people because all of them have dealt with health in a very different way. Katie obviously was groundbreaking in bringing really good information to people about colon cancer in a time where people didn't know about it. And what Katie did was saved a lot of people's lives by being a great reporter with facts and science on her side. Amy just blows up in this series, as you'll see, talking about how wellness went from a thing to make you feel better to a luxury item and how dangerous that could be. And of course, Jeff is my brother and he's really smart about these issues. And I will tell you, he is the first person that told me that Elizabeth Holmes was full of shit when she was pedaling that blood machine that never really worked. All right, let's get into my conversation with Katie, Amy and Jeff. Stick around. Support for this show comes from back market. You don't always need the newest tech, no matter what your social media algorithm says. Sometimes newer doesn't exactly mean better. Backmarket is the world's leading premium refurbished tech marketplace Backmarket offers a range of high quality tech inspected and refurbished by professionals. It's all they do. They have phones, computers, gaming consoles, vacuum cleaners, and even ipods. Back Market is also on a mission to reduce the environmental toll that FastTech has on our planet. As refurbished tech is proven to use less raw materials, leave behind less waste and create fewer carbon emissions than new, making their refurbished tech not only more affordable but more sustainable. As shop now@backmarket.com. Support for this show comes from AMC Awards Buzz calls the Audacity a sharply engaging and zany comedic drama. A once buzzy Silicon Valley startup is losing steam thanks to its narcissistic CEO Duncan Park. In his desperation to reclaim his IT factor, he'll take down anything or anyone who gets in his way. Executive produced by Jonathan Glatzer, a writer, producer of Succession and Better Call Saul. Billy Magnuson, Sarah Goldberg and Zach Galifianakis star in this absurd look at 21st century techno royalty. Watch the Audacity Sundays only on AMC and AMC. Learn more at amcplus.com.
