Putin's billion-dollar bet against death | If You're Listening
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A hot mic caught Vladimir Putin telling Xi Jinping that human organs can be continuously transplanted, and that living long enough might even mean achieving immortality. Now, Russia is reportedly pouring $26 billion into anti-aging research, including growing human organs inside genetically modified mini pigs, all overseen by a scientist obsessed with scanning Egyptian mummies. But this obsession with cheating death isn't new. Russian leaders have spent the better part of a century trying to achieve some form of eternal life, and their efforts have left behind some genuinely bizarre history. So how far back does Russia's quest for immortality actually go, and how much of it is really about the people, versus the man at the top? Watch all episodes of If You're Listening - in our playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTPrMoGHssAfgMMS3L5LpLNFMNp1U_Nq&si=8PbNZ381z7UkYtUJ #ifyourelistening #areyoulistening Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Note: In most cases, our captions are
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