Skyline Drive

About Skyline Drive

Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss) dives into the booming business of living forever—meeting the scientists, biopunks, and entrepreneurs trying to turn immortality into reality, and framing death as a choice. But the more he learns about an immortal future, the more he finds himself drawn to the people he loves…and wondering if an endless life can be a meaningful one. Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever is the follow up to the beloved Skyline Drive (season 1), named a “Series Essential” — an Apple Podcasts honor for top-tier narrative podcasts — and highlighted on several Best of Year lists including NYMag, Guardian, and others.

Publisher

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Nov 2022

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 24 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Introducing So Your Parents Are Old with Vanessa Grigoriadis

   Host Vanessa Grigoriadis shares a brutally honest and often hilarious look at the disorienting stage of caring for aging parents in this interview.

2. 

   22 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Death and Cake

   Host Mangesh explores mortality and life affirmation with Death Cafe founders Jools Barsky and Susan Barsky Reid, discussing legacy and the importance of open conversations about death.

3. 

   4 Aug 2026

   Joymaxxing

   Host Mangesh interviews philosopher John Martin Fischer about embracing eternal life for the profound joy it offers.

Inside a recent episode

Introducing So Your Parents Are Old with Vanessa Grigoriadis

Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So be sure to take a listen. Here's Vanessa. So your parents are old and you're looking for some help dealing with that. Well, I'm Vanessa Grigoriadis and I am here to talk. I've been going through it for a while now. My mom, who has dementia, has become the center of my life. Even as I go about my career, raise my kids, pay my mortgage, and buy my daughter a bunch of shockingly expensive costume jewelry. Like, it's made out of yarn and then has some beads on it that spell out sleigh. Why is it $7? Why? So yes, in the middle of all these just humdrum annoyances of life, there are then a million fires that are burning because of my mom. […]

Who has been a guest on Skyline Drive

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Vanessa Grigoriadis
• Jools Barsky
• Susan Barsky Reid
• John Fischer
• Alua Arthur

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

712 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

268 ratings

Contact Skyline Drive

Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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