AGEIST

David Stewart
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The AGEIST podcast is where we rewrite life after 50. Hosted by David Stewart, founder of AGEIST and Super Age, we talk with extraordinary people—scientists, creatives, and thinkers—about living vibrantly in your 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. From longevity science to emotional well-being, fitness to purpose, we explore the tools and mindsets that help us stay curious, energized, and deeply engaged with life. This isn’t about aging gracefully—it’s about living boldly.

  1. Dr. William Li: Food, Fear, and Control

    2d ago

    Dr. William Li: Food, Fear, and Control

    In this re-aired favorite conversation, Dr. William Li makes the case for a more reasonable way to think about health, one that gives people agency without trapping them in food fear, rigid rules, or social media panic. He reframes some of the biggest anxieties around aging, including cancer, inflammation, glucose, vascular health, and protein, with a physician-scientist’s insistence on context. The practical takeaways are clear: support blood vessel health, feed the microbiome, choose protein intelligently after 50, and understand how added sugar and natural sugars do very different things in the body. This is a conversation about using food as medicine in daily life, without turning health into another source of stress. Join Us at the 2026 Super Age Games! Visit games.superage.com to learn more. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors True Nutrition: Stop settling for what's on the shelf and build the protein blend that fits your lifestyle at truenutrition.com/AGEIST and use code AGEIST for 20% off your first custom blend. Timeline Nutrition: Our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners can now get 20% off their first Timeline purchase by using the code “AGEIST” at checkout at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes: Try the all-new Lemonade Iced Tea! Our #1 electrolyte mix for optimal hydration. Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase by using our link here. Find your favorite LMNT flavor, or share with a friend. Key Moments “One of the biggest myths about inflammation is that it is categorically bad. And that's just not true.” “But we all have cancer in our body, even children. Everybody has cancer.” “Health care isn't what actually happens in the medical clinic. Medical clinics are used for disease care. Sick care. Health care is what actually happens at home.” Connect with Dr. William Li Website Book Instagram Eat to Beat Disease Newsletter Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Tune in to hear more on this episode of The AGEIST Podcast or check out the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

    57 min
  2. Stephanie Fairyington: When the World Stops Looking

    Jun 18

    Stephanie Fairyington: When the World Stops Looking

    What happens when aging and sexuality change not only how we look, but how much of the world looks at us? In this episode, writer Stephanie Fairyington joins David Stewart for a sharp conversation about beauty, the idea of “ugliness”, gender, queer identity, and the strange relief that can come when midlife loosens the grip of outside judgment. Fairyington, author of Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter, argues that ugliness is not a personal failure but a cultural construction, one tied to femininity, visibility, motherhood, and power. The conversation moves from aging and female desirability to icons like Tammy Faye and Barbra Streisand as well as department-store mirrors and the work of deciding which cultural scripts are worth resisting. Join Us at the 2026 Super Age Games! Visit games.superage.com to learn more. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors True Nutrition: Stop settling for what's on the shelf and build the protein blend that fits your lifestyle at truenutrition.com/AGEIST and use code AGEIST for 20% off your first custom blend. Timeline Nutrition: Our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners can now get 20% off their first Timeline purchase by using the code “AGEIST” at checkout at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes: Try the all-new Lemonade Iced Tea! Our #1 electrolyte mix for optimal hydration. Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase by using our link here. Find your favorite LMNT flavor, or share with a friend. Key Moments “I experienced the wider culture's disinterest in me as a kind of gift. Like it's a shield or protection from unwanted detention so I can kind of move through the world peacefully without feeling like I'm being assessed and measured against whatever standard because I'm not young anymore.” “I don't think that female desirability has an expiration date.” “There's no real liberation from it. Like you can kind of become aware of the strings puppeteering your behavior, right? But you can't clip the strings, right?” Connect with Stephanie Fairyington Website Book Author Page Muck Rack Instagram: @stephaniefairyington Email: StephFair@gmail.com Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Click Here for the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

    46 min
  3. Adam Smith: Why We Feel So Fragmented

    Jun 11

    Adam Smith: Why We Feel So Fragmented

    Adam Smith, MA, Senior Spiritual Wellness Provider at Canyon Ranch Tucson, brings clinical spiritual care training, pastoral care education, and years of experience supporting people through trauma, hospice, loss, and life transitions to the table. In this conversation with David Stewart, he argues that modern life has left many people overstimulated, over-measured, and disconnected from the deeper practices that make a life feel complete. . Adam explains how choosing uncertainty over worry can create calm, why walking meditation can reconnect us to the body, and how flow state depends more on adaptability than mastery. As you listen, take note of his suggestions for practical language in resilience after 50: less obsession with control, more self-compassion, more presence, and a willingness to trade the spectacular for the nourishing. Join Us at the 2026 Super Age Games! Visit games.superage.com to learn more Special Thanks to Our Sponsors Timeline Nutrition: Our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners can now get 20% off their first Timeline purchase by using the code “AGEIST” at checkout at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes: Try the all-new Lemonade Iced Tea! Our #1 electrolytes for optimal hydration. Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase by using our link here. Find your favorite LMNT flavor, or share with a friend. Connect with Adam Smith Canyon Ranch Sign up for the LONGEVITY8 Retreat with Adam and David Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Tune in to hear more on this episode of  The AGEIST Podcast or check out the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

    55 min
  4. Dr. Mohamed Abdulhamid: Restarting The Mind-Body Connection

    Jun 4

    Dr. Mohamed Abdulhamid: Restarting The Mind-Body Connection

    What happens when the body no longer responds to effort the way it used to? Neurosurgeon and founder of Royal Spine Surgery, Dr. Mohamed Abdulhamid joins David Stewart to explain how recovery depends on communication between the brain, nerves, muscles, and joints, especially after surgery, injury, or long periods of compensation. David shares his own experience after knee surgery, when EXOMIND and Emsculpt Neo helped him feel calmer, sleep better, and get dormant muscles firing again. The conversation reframes personal bests as something less tied to youth and more connected to signal quality, resilience, and restoring trust in the body. Join us at the Super Age Games Key Moments “Interestingly, what we really did is what I call ‘bioelectrical medicine.’” “I would rather call it a neuromuscular reactivation.” “I look at mental health and mental wellness as something no different than physical wellness.” Connect with Dr. A Website: royalspinesurgery.com About Dr. Abdulhamid: royalspinesurgery.com/about Instagram: instagram.com/the.dr.a/ Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Click Here for the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

    1 hr
  5. Dr. Nicole Moyen on The Body Clock We Ignore

    May 28

    Dr. Nicole Moyen on The Body Clock We Ignore

    For a generation raised to admire endurance, Dr. Nicole Moyen makes the case for sleep as a daily form of biological respect. In this conversation, she and David look at why body clocks become more important with age, why sleep regularity may matter more than people think, and why the 3 a.m. wakeup has become such a familiar midlife complaint. Nicole explains the science behind core temperature, deep sleep, REM, light sleep, glucose regulation, hot flashes, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular recovery, including Eight Sleep’s research on temperature regulation for peri- and postmenopausal women. The episode gives listeners a practical framework for thinking about the bedroom as an environment that can either support recovery or work against it. Special Thanks to Our Partner Eight Sleep: Our favorite sleep brand helps you rest cooler, deeper, and more consistently by automatically adjusting your bed temperature throughout the night. Improve your recovery, energy, and mornings by visiting eightsleep.com/ageist. Key Moments “So I would say this is like the forgotten biological lever or key to good quality sleep.” “And we saw that just sleeping on the pod with active temperature regulation throughout the night reduced hot flashes by 56 % on average.” “Well, your body is essentially paralyzed. Your muscles are paralyzed during REM sleep. And your temperature regulation is also impaired during REM sleep.” Connect with Dr. Moyen and Eight Sleep Website: eightsleep.com Nicole Moyen author page Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Click Here for the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

    41 min
  6. Angélica Fuentes On A New Era of Women Leading

    May 21

    Angélica Fuentes On A New Era of Women Leading

    Angélica Fuentes, business executive, founder, and women’s equality advocate, belongs to a generation of women refusing the old script that ambition narrows with age, power comes from status, and reinvention has a deadline. She talks about building companies in male-dominated industries, becoming a CEO at 29, advocating for women long before corporate equality became fashionable, and starting NOWFUL in her 60s. Listen to gain a sharper way to think about rest, resilience, self-worth, and the daily practices that make a person harder to break. Fuentes’ story is not about returning to who she was before loss, but about using age, motherhood, and hard-earned wisdom to build from a deeper place. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors True Nutrition: Looking for a way to customize your protein to fit exactly what you need, you have to try True Nutrition!Right now, they’re offering our listeners 25% off for their Memorial Day Sale from May 22nd through May 25th. Build your own blend by going to truenutrition.com/AGEIST and use code AGEISTSUMMER to get your custom protein blend today! Timeline Nutrition: Our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners can now get 20% off their first Timeline purchase by using the code “AGEIST” at checkout at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes: Try the all-new Lemonade Iced Tea! Our #1 electrolytes for optimal hydration. Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase by using our link here. Find your favorite LMNT flavor, or share with a friend. Key Moments "Men and women need to either cooperate or the needle is not going to move very far." "...teach people that rest is power and that coming back to yourself is knowledge and those two put together will allow you to achieve anything you want, because it's allowed me to do it." "Your worth is determined only by you alone." Connect with Angélica Fuentes NOWFUL Instagram: @angelicafuentes63 Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Click Here for the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

    47 min
  7. Dr. Suzanne Gilberg: What Doctors Miss in Menopause

    May 14

    Dr. Suzanne Gilberg: What Doctors Miss in Menopause

    This week on The AGEIST Podcast, Dr. Suzanne Gilberg explains why menopause care needs more science, more honesty, and more respect for women’s ability to make informed choices. Listeners will learn how to think about HRT, breast cancer risk, testosterone, brain health, bone health, and the limits of one-size-fits-all medical advice. She also explains why community matters, why menopause education has been neglected, and why women should keep asking harder questions of their doctors and the medical system. This episode gives listeners a clearer way to advocate for themselves, assess the flood of menopause information, and build a practical path through midlife health. The Super Age Games are here! Get your tickets to the first longevity fitness competition today at games.superage.com Special Thanks to Our Sponsors LMNT Electrolytes: Try the all-new Lemonade Iced Tea! Our #1 electrolytes for optimal hydration. Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase by using our link here. Find your favorite LMNT flavor, or share with a friend. Timeline Nutrition: Our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners can now get 20% off their first Timeline purchase by using the code “AGEIST” at checkout at: TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Key Moments “Science is not a religion. It is not a monolith, it is not unchanging and unmoving. That is not what science is. Science is a process of inquiry. Period. End of sentence.” “There’s actually quite a bit of data on the potential health benefits of estrogen specifically in all of us and in breast cancer survivors.” “This is not a disease; this is a state of being alive. So you have options in terms of how you want to live and age well, whatever that means to you.” Connect with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg Website Instagram (@askdrsuzanne) LinkedIn YouTube Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Click Here for the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

    49 min
  8. Dr. Florence Comite: Own Your Health Destiny

    May 7

    Dr. Florence Comite: Own Your Health Destiny

    This week on The AGEIST Podcast, Dr. Florence Comite,  clinician-scientist, and author of Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer, explains why “normal” lab results can miss the early signals that shape long-term health. Learn how sugar, insulin, A1C, cholesterol patterns, HDL, and free testosterone can reveal metabolic changes before a conventional diagnosis appears. She makes the case for tools like CGMs, deeper family history, better sleep, strength training, and hormone awareness as practical ways to understand what is happening beneath the surface. The episode gives the audience a clear framework for asking better questions, acting earlier, and taking more precise ownership of the next decades of their health. Are you competing in the Super Age Games? Join us at the first longevity fitness competition on Nov 7, 2026. Visit games.superage.com to learn more. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors Timeline Nutrition: Our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners can now get 20% off their first Timeline purchase by using the code “AGEIST” at checkout at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes: Our #1 electrolyte brand for optimal hydration, and their new 12oz sparkling cans are officially for sale online! Get a free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase by using our link here. Find your favorite LMNT flavor, or share with a friend. Key Moments “I want everyone to own their future health destiny.” “The first phrase that's completely wrong is you're in the normal range and everybody relaxes.” “Aging is not a disease, it's a gift.” Connect with Dr. Comite Website ComiteMD Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer Connect with AGEIST Newsletter Instagram Website LinkedIn Click Here for the full interview transcript. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

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The AGEIST podcast is where we rewrite life after 50. Hosted by David Stewart, founder of AGEIST and Super Age, we talk with extraordinary people—scientists, creatives, and thinkers—about living vibrantly in your 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. From longevity science to emotional well-being, fitness to purpose, we explore the tools and mindsets that help us stay curious, energized, and deeply engaged with life. This isn’t about aging gracefully—it’s about living boldly.

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  • Creator
    David Stewart
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    293
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 AGEIST
  • Show Website
    AGEIST

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