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What if the very science promising to extend your life is quietly stealing the one thing that makes it worth living? Documentary filmmaker David Donnelly joins Michelle Dutro to pull back the curtain on the longevity revolution — and the loneliness crisis hiding inside it.

Donnelly's upcoming documentary Forever Young, out this summer, takes an unflinching look at what happens when we optimize for lifespan while neglecting the human connections that actually make life meaningful. In this conversation, he shares what years of filming inside the world of longevity science taught him about purpose, community, AI, and what it really means to age well.

In this episode:

• Why health span and lifespan are not the same thing — and why that gap is costing us
• What the science of aging reveals about purpose and community as longevity tools
• How AI is accelerating the loneliness epidemic inside the very industry promising longer life
• What conscious longevity actually looks like when human connection is part of the equation

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