The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa

Can we really live to 180 or even beyond?

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Dave Asprey believes the future of longevity is arriving much faster than most people realize. He explains why personalized medicine, gene therapies, AI, and biohacking could fundamentally change how we age, and why simply extending healthspan isn't an ambitious enough goal.

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Could AI redefine what it means to be human or put humanity itself at risk?

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As AI races toward AGI, Emad Mostaque explores the biggest questions facing humanity. He explains why the next few years could determine whether AI becomes humanity's greatest tool or its greatest threat.

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What happens when AI becomes smarter than humanity and are we ready for it?

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The race toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is accelerating faster than most people realize. This conversation explores why some experts believe human-level AGI could arrive within just a few years and why the transition to superintelligence may happen even fas...

What’s the biggest problem in longevity today: bad science, hype, or misplaced optimism?

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This debate brings together leading voices in longevity to separate evidence from speculation. They discuss why misinformation is growing and why many people chase advanced treatments before addressing basic health.

The panel explores longevity escap...

Can AI help us defeat aging or are we still missing the pieces that matter most?

In this episode, Adam and Nathan explore the growing intersection of AI and longevity. They discuss whether accelerating artificial intelligence could unlock breakthroughs in medicine, or if biology remains too complex for current models to solve.

The conversation breaks down the major approaches to extending human lifespan, from cellular replacement and organ engineering to cryopreservation and partial reprogramming. They examine the promises, limitations, and biggest unanswered questions facing the field today.

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Joe Betts-LaCroix and Retro Biosciences recently raised funding at a $1.8 billion valuation. In his first podcast appearance since the announcement, Joe shares his vision for extending healthy human lifespan and the breakthroughs driving the longevity industry forward.

Joe Betts-LaCroix explains why aging is becoming a legitimate scientific target. He shares how new discoveries are turning longevity from speculation into measurable biology.

The conversation explores how AI is accelerating research, while highlighting why biology remains one of the hardest problems to solve. Even with smarter models, real-world testing and clinical...

Could AI help humanity cure aging and dramatically extend human life?

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming medicine and longevity research. Scientists now believe AI could dramatically accelerate drug discovery, personalized healthcare, and treatments for aging itself.

In this episode, Derya Unutmaz explains why he believes humanity could reach “longevity escape velocity” within the next decade. He discusses digital twins, AI-powered drug discovery, superintelligence, and the future of human health.

Derya also explores the risks of advanced AI, arguing that the greatest danger is not the...

Could Cuba become America’s next geopolitical flashpoint?

Cuba remains one of the most politically charged issues in American foreign policy. More than 60 years after the Cuban Revolution, debates around sanctions, regime change, and military intervention are once again intensifying.

In this episode, Mikael Wolfe explains why Cuba is fundamentally different from Venezuela and Iran, and why a U.S. intervention would be far more complicated than many assume. He discusses Donald Trump’s approach to Cuba, the influence of Marco Rubio and Cuban-American politics, and how decades of sanc...

Can we really slow aging or even reverse it?

Aging is no longer viewed as an untouchable part of life. According to Eric Verdin, scientists are beginning to treat aging itself as a biological process that can be slowed and potentially reversed.

In this episode, Eric explains why longevity research is entering a new era. He discusses how AI, women’s health, metabolic therapies, and partial reprogramming are reshaping medicine. He highlights GLP-1 drugs as one of the most promising tools today and explains how resetting cells to a yo...

Are conspiracy theories really increasing or are we just noticing them more?

Conspiracy theories feel more visible than ever. From politics to public health, it seems like belief is rising fast. But the data says otherwise. According to Joseph Uscinski, belief has stayed mostly stable and sometimes even declined.

In this episode, Joseph explains why events like COVID-19 didn’t create more believers. They made existing views more visible. When uncertainty rises, people pay closer attention to others’ beliefs, especially when those beliefs affect them.

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What if the most powerful superfood on Earth has been overlooked all this time?

Nutrition is getting more complicated. People rely on stacks of supplements, yet still feel low energy and out of balance. At the same time, toxins in our environment are increasing, affecting how our bodies function at a deeper level.

Microalgae offers a different approach. It is one of the oldest life forms on Earth and one of the most nutrient-dense. But despite decades of research, it remains largely unknown outside of Asia.

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We may be preparing children for a world that no longer exists.

Education is falling behind. The world is changing fast, especially with AI. Old systems are no longer enough. Grades are still the focus, but real-life skills are often ignored.

At the same time, mental health is declining. Stress and anxiety are rising. Many children are losing their natural confidence and happiness.

Some call for better tools. Others call for a deeper shift. The real challenge is helping children stay grounded while preparing...

Space exploration is accelerating faster than most people realize.

What was once a race to the Moon is now evolving into a long-term plan to live, work, and potentially stay beyond Earth driven by new technology, commercial players, and a growing push toward Mars.

Some see this as the next giant leap for humanity, unlocking resources and expanding our future. Others warn it’s becoming a high-stakes “celestial gold rush,” filled with geopolitical tension, ethical dilemmas, and unanswered questions about human survival in space.

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Progress is accelerating but clarity isn’t always keeping up.

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From longevity and AI to the future of healthcare, innovation is moving fast but understanding is still catching up. The result is a growing tension between what’s being promised and what’s actually proven.

Today, David Ewing Duncan brings a grounded, big-picture perspective on these shifts. Drawing from his work at the interse...

Regenerative medicine is advancing faster than most people realize.

What once sounded like science fiction using your own cells to heal, regenerate, and even slow aging is quickly becoming a real and emerging pillar of healthcare. From stem cells to exosomes, breakthroughs are opening the door to treatments that don’t just manage symptoms, but actively repair the body at a cellular level.

Some believe this could redefine medicine entirely, shifting us from reactive care to personalized, biology-driven therapies. Others caution that the field is still early, with inconsistent da...

Longevity is advancing faster than most people realize.

What started as simple health habits and supplements is rapidly evolving into biotech breakthroughs that can prevent disease, reverse aging at the cellular level, and potentially extend human life far beyond today’s limits.

Some experts believe we’re on the verge of a “longevity drug” that could transform healthcare, while others warn the industry is filled with hype, misinformation, and unclear standards.

Today, Phil Newman breaks down the real state of longevity, from what you can do n...

Neurotechnology is advancing faster than most people realize.

What started as meditation, therapy, and basic mental health practices is rapidly evolving into a new frontier where we can measure, train, and even optimize the brain in real time using wearable devices and emerging biotech.

Some experts believe this could transform how we treat anxiety, trauma, and cognitive decline, unlocking long-term brain changes without relying solely on medication while others warn the science is still early, complex, and filled with unanswered questions.

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AI is evolving faster than society can keep up. 

What started as chatbots is turning into autonomous AI agents capable of running tasks, businesses, and entire systems. 

Some experts believe this could replace huge portions of today’s jobs while others warn we barely understand the risks.

Today, experts break down where this technology is heading and what could go wrong. The real question is whether society can keep up.

Special thanks to:Georg Zoeller, AI Security Researcher, ex-Meta Busi...

Perhaps it is not the world that’s collapsing but our capacity to cope.

Today, Julian welcomes Sophie Grégoire Trudeau to discuss what it truly means to feel safe, seen, and authentic in a world that moves too fast and demands too much. She unpacks why so many of us feel disconnected not because we’re broken, but because our nervous systems are stuck in survival mode. From the impact of early childhood bonding to the erosion of trust in society, she explains how performance culture, social media, and polarization have pulled us away...

What happens when the machines we build begin to reshape the world faster than we can understand it?

In this thought-provoking conversation, Peter Norvig reflects on his decades-long journey through artificial intelligence, from experimenting with early AI systems in the 1980s to witnessing today’s explosion of large language models. He shares how even pioneers in the field were surprised by the path AI took, especially the rise of neural networks trained on massive data rather than carefully hand-coded rules. Together, the discussion explores how AI has evolved, what it means for everyday users, an...

What if your body was never designed to fall apart but to defend, repair, and even outsmart disease?

Dr. William Li joins Julian in a conversation to reframe how we think about cancer, aging, and longevity. Instead of focusing only on what goes wrong, he explores what goes right, how our bodies are constantly forming microscopic cancers, yet eliminating them daily through powerful built-in defense systems. From early-onset cancer and environmental toxins like microplastics to epigenetics and immune resilience, this episode challenges the fear-based narrative around disease and replaces it with informed optimism rooted...

What happens when AI agents stop waiting for instructions and start acting on their own?

Julian sits down with Ramesh Raskar and Maria Gorskikh for an urgent conversation about the rise of proactive AI and the emerging “agentic web”. This isn’t about chatbots answering questions anymore, it’s about autonomous agents that can send emails, execute tasks, coordinate schedules, and interact with other agents without constant prompting. 

As open-source tools like OpenClaw make it easier for developers to spin up agents, we may be witnessing a shift from centraliz...

What if living longer isn’t about chasing immortality but about quietly staying one step ahead of aging?

Julian sits down with George Church for a wide-ranging conversation that challenges how we think about longevity, aging, and medical progress. Rather than promising overnight breakthroughs, they explore why extending human life is a complex, multi-layered challenge and why meaningful progress may already be happening so gradually that it’s easy to miss. From the concept of “longevity escape velocity” to the difficulty of measuring aging itself, the discussion reframes what it truly means to live longer a...

Are billionaires building the future or breaking it?

Julian steps out of the studio and into the real world, putting a single uncomfortable question in front of everyday people: should billionaires exist at all? From candid street interviews to the polished halls of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and finally to the stark realities of Cape Town, South Africa, the responses reveal a world deeply divided on wealth, power, and fairness.

As opinions collide, innovation versus inequality, ambition versus responsibility, this episode doesn’t offer easy answers. Instead, it...

What if the future of healthcare is already here, just unevenly distributed?

Physician-scientist and innovator Daniel Kraft joins Julian to unpack what’s actually happening right now in health, medicine, and longevity and what’s coming faster than most people realize. From AI-powered wearables and digital twins to personalized cancer vaccines and the rise of “health agents,” Daniel explains why he calls himself a now-ist, not a futurist: the tools to radically improve health already exist, but mindset, incentives, and systems are lagging behind.

They explore the shift from reactive...

Should the U.S. just take Greenland because it can?

As the Arctic melts and critical minerals become the new oil, Greenland has gone from forgotten ice sheet to geopolitical prize. In this Davos street debate, world leaders, policy insiders, and global citizens clash over an unthinkable question: should Greenland become a U.S. state or would that cross the line into modern-day imperialism? Some argue it’s a strategic necessity in a world racing toward conflict with China and Russia. Others warn it would shatter NATO, alienate Europe, and revive the ugliest chapters of...

What happens when artificial intelligence stops being something we use and starts becoming something that shapes who we are?

Julian sits down with Ramesh Raskar for a hopeful, wide-ranging conversation about where AI is actually headed and where it should go. Instead of leaning into the usual doomsday fears, they talk about a different risk, a future where intelligence is centralized, creativity is squeezed out, and people slowly lose their sense of purpose.

They discuss what an “agentic” future could look like, one where everyone has their own AI agen...

What happens when economic decline, cultural identity, and technological acceleration all collide at once?

Julian sits down with Razib Khan to explore the forces reshaping the US, Europe, and the wider West. They unpack why tariffs, zero-sum thinking, and reactionary politics may be symptoms of deeper structural decline, while also examining why optimism, migration patterns, and cultural norms have historically fueled American dynamism. From Brexit and European stagnation to the rise of populism and questions around national identity, the discussion challenges easy narratives from all sides.

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What if aging is not an inevitable decline but a solvable systems problem hiding in plain sight?

Julian sits down with Carina Kern, a scientist working at the intersection of longevity research and medicine, for a wide ranging conversation on how aging actually works inside the body. Together, they explore why traditional medicine has struggled to address age-related decline and why treating one disease or one organ at a time may be missing the bigger picture. Carina introduces a systems level way of thinking about aging, explaining how cellular damage spreads across the body...

What does it really mean to be human in a world that’s increasingly lived through screens?

Julian sits down with neuroscientist and author, Baroness Susan Greenfield for a wide-ranging conversation about the brain, technology, and the future we’re quietly creating. From the way social media shapes attention, identity, and mental health to how our brains adapt to the environments we spend the most time in, Susan breaks down why today’s digital world may be changing us more deeply than we realize.

Rather than framing technology as simply...

Are we using artificial intelligence as a tool or allowing it to reshape how we think, work, and relate to ourselves without fully realizing it?

AI educator and company founder Joshua Wöhle, alongside AI writer and former big-tech product designer Georgia Lewis Anderson, bring a rare behind-the-scenes perspective on how today’s AI systems are actually being built, adopted, and misunderstood. Drawing from their work training executives, designing human-machine interactions, and guiding organizations through rapid AI adoption, they reveal why most people aren’t falling behind because of technical skill but because of minds...

Are you living life or living in a constant state of survival without realizing it?

HRV expert and nervous system educator Salim Najjar helps unravel what’s happening beneath the surface. He opens up about how early childhood loss, Lebanese cultural conditioning, and years of nonstop striving wired him to live in a constant state of alertness. Through his story, he explains how the body holds onto unprocessed emotions, how ancestral trauma can shape our sense of safety, and why heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the most revealing signals of our internal wo...

What happens when the future of humanity is no longer something we wait for but something we can choose?

When science gives us that kind of power, the real question becomes how wisely we’re prepared to use it. Today, Jonathan joins Julian to break down the fast-evolving world of embryo selection and what it could mean for the future of human evolution. Jonathan explains how IVF has grown from a niche medical procedure into a window into chromosomal health, genetic risk, and now polygenic traits that influence everything from disease risk to intelligence. Th...

What if the real secret to aging well isn’t found in a futuristic lab, but in understanding your body more honestly than you ever have before?

From the very first question, this conversation challenges the assumptions most of us carry about health, longevity, and what it means to “measure” how well we’re aging. Instead of getting lost in the noise of biological clocks, trends, and high-priced diagnostics, Julian, Andrea, and Matt bring everything back to practical, evidence-backed fundamentals, the kind of markers any person can track, understand, and actually do something about. It’s a r...

What if the future of longevity isn’t just about living longer but finally understanding what your hormones have been trying to tell you?

Dr. Amy Killen joins us to unpack the science of longevity through the lens of women’s health and modern medicine. From hormone therapy and metabolic health to GLP-1 medications and cold plunging, Amy explains how small, evidence-based shifts can transform not just how long we live but how well we age.

But beyond the science, this episode is also about empowerment. Dr. Killen reminds us t...

Is measuring your “biological age” really the key to living longer or just clever marketing?

In this fascinating debate, three leading voices in longevity, Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, Dr. Aubrey de Grey, and Dr. Gordan Lauc, join Julian to unpack what it really means to measure aging and whether modern “biological clocks” actually tell us anything useful to the great challenges facing longevity moving forward.

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What if your body’s greatest healer was already inside you, waiting to be switched on?

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In this episode, stem cell scientist, author and STEMREGEN® founder Christian Drapeau shares three decades of research into the idea that adult stem cells are the body’s natural repair system - not science fiction, not just IV clinics for the elite, but a daily physiological reality.

We explore how stem cells circulate to repai...

What if optimism wasn’t just a mindset but a daily act of strength and self-belief?

In this episode, psychiatrist and author Dr. Sue Varma unpacks the science and soul of practical optimism, a philosophy that blends positivity with action, helping us move from wishful thinking to real change. Drawing from her work with 9/11 survivors, her personal story of burnout, and decades in mental health, Dr. Varma reveals how optimism isn’t about ignoring pain, it’s about believing in the possibility of good while doing the work to make it happen.

What if the real path to longevity is mastering fundamentals while measuring what matters?

In this episode, recorded at Copenhagen Health Week, Siim Land - author, longevity educator, and anthropology graduate - breaks down a pragmatic roadmap to living longer and better. We get honest about diet debates, biomarkers, and what to do before you touch a single peptide or pharmaceutical.

We cover why adaptation defines human health, how to use blood work and objective markers to see risk decades ahead, the case for sleep, movement, diet, and environment, and where rapamycin, metformin, and methylene...

What if longevity could be designed into your daily life? In this episode, Allen Law shares how he went from turning around a foreclosed hotel at 23 to building Morrow, a $170M wellness ecosystem that applies Lifestyle Medicine, coaching, community, and AI to close the gap between healthspan and lifespan.

We talk about the real bottleneck in health — action, not knowledge — and how to turn diagnostics and wearables into decisions you can stick with. Allen explains why he prices for the median, not the elite, what Singapore’s “engineered Blue Zone” gets right, and where the market is heading by...