John Tregoning joined BBC Radio 4 PM’s Evan Davis and Aleks Krotoski to talk about why people want to live forever. John discussed his book, Live Forever?, in which he documented testing his own organs to learn more about human longevity.

The discussion can be watched here.

Live Forever? has received some great endorsements, including:

‘Warm, uplifting and laugh-out loud funny. But make no mistake, this is also a profound journey through countless frontiers of modern science, jam-packed with big ideas about what it takes to live well and be happy. Ostensibly about death, what comes across is a passion for life.’
Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure and The Secret Body

‘Dr Tregoning returns with another wonderful book about life, death, the body and pretty much everything else. “Live Forever?” is witty, insightful, detailed without being overwhelming for the non-scientist, and deeply thought-provoking. I read it with bated breath and then went and rethought a whole host of my life choices. While often alarming in its clear-eyed examination of the things that might kill us and the inevitability of death, the author holds your hand throughout and keeps the subject light-hearted, optimistic and often laugh-out-loud funny. Essential reading for anyone who’s not immortal.’
Frank Turner, Singer Songwriter

‘Utterly brilliant. Tregoning manages to make scientific scepticism both hilarious and life-affirming. Madcap self-experiments and a healthy sprinkling of toilet humour compound to make a wonderful introduction to human biology and the scientific method.’
Monty Lyman, author of The Immune Mind

‘A thoughtful and highly accessible book from one of the UK’s leading bioscientists, that presents a look at healthy living from an honest and balanced perspective.’
Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer

‘Tregoning becomes a one-man experiment – exploring gene sequencing, microbiome testing, fasting, living in isolation and cold-water swimming to see what might make a difference […] There’s a lot of serious medical information in here, but Tregoning leavens this by writing in an engaging manner with witty asides.’
The Daily Mail

‘It’s a joy to encounter a wise and witty scientist who writes about [healthy ageing] with healthy scepticism, and without his own brand of protein shakes or microbiome-sampling software to sell. This book made me grateful for the wonders of human evolution and ingenuity to have got us this far. And it made me happier and even less likely to waste my time and money on fads. Enjoy your ageing by learning how it happens, even if you can’t stop it.’
Phil Hammond, The Times

‘This is a warm, charming and often laugh-out-loud funny book, and that is entirely down to Tregoning’s willingness to use himself as a guinea pig at every turn […] The beauty of Live Forever? is that it acknowledges the fix we’re all in, but manages to do so in a way that almost feels like a comfort. By taking care of ourselves and, crucially, by leading happy and fulfilling lives, Tregoning reassures us that we can still make a decent fist of a bad hand. We’re all headed for the grave, but he’s as good a person as any to lead us there.’
Book of the Day, The Guardian