Immortality ft. Crustaceans

Nick and Ellie discuss potential breakthroughs in anti-aging technologies from the biology of giant clams, opossums, and lobsters. We discuss the work and life of former lion tamer and current professor Dr. Steven Austad and whether living as a lobster would be a worthy price of immortality.

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).