Elaine Walker and Zack Varkaris

Elaine Walker and Zack Varkaris

Author: KGRA Digital Broadcasting April 6, 2025 Duration: 1:56:10
Transhumanist Party invites Elaine Walker and Zack Varkaris to discuss Austin Biotec’s recently pioneered Rejuvacyte procedure, which uses autologous stem cells and exosomes to return endogenous hormone production within perimenopausal or menopausal women. Elaine Walker will discuss her experiences as a recent patient of the Rejuvacyte procedure and her aspirations for achieving rejuvenation and longevity escape velocity. This Salon will also include a scientific discussion of the procedure, with questions posed by distinguished panelists such as Dr. Aubrey de Grey.   
Elaine Walker is an electronic musician and inventor. She is a proponent of humans-in-space and superlongevity, and a cryopreservation member of Alcor. She spent five summers in the High Arctic on the NASA Haughton-Mars Project analog missions. She is the author of a non-fiction physics/philosophy book, “Matter Over Mind: Cosmos, Chaos, and Curiosity”. It illuminates the deeper dynamics of the world and a better way forward for humanity, both on Earth and beyond.
Visit the personal website of Elaine Walker at http://ZiaSpace.com.  
Learn about “Matter Over Mind: Cosmos, Chaos, and Curiosity” at https://www.ziaspace.com/philosophy/matterovermind/.
Zack Varkaris is the founder and Scientific Director of Austin Biotec, which works in the anti-aging and fertility domains and applies emerging medical technologies in the effort to overcome the problem of female infertility.
Zack Varkaris is also a biologist, author, diver, and sporting pugilist. Of Greek descent, Zack grew up in London. After studying Marine Biology at Heriot-Watt University, he spent a number of years in the field of renewable energy and conservation before turning his hand to writing novels. 
Visit Zack Varkaris’s website at https://varkaris.com/.
Visit the website of Austin Biotec at https://www.austinbiotec.com/

Hosted by KGRA Digital Broadcasting, Transhumanist Party Enlightenment Salon revives the tradition of thoughtful discourse for a new age. This podcast convenes experts and visionaries from fields that shape our tomorrow: longevity research, artificial intelligence, futurist philosophy, political theory, and cultural critique. The aim is to weave together these often-separate threads, fostering connections that can lead to genuine breakthroughs in how we see the world and our place within it. Each episode is structured as a deep, extended conversation, allowing ideas the space and time they need to fully unfold. You’ll hear discussions that grapple with the practical and ethical implications of emerging technologies, examine the philosophical underpinnings of a transhumanist future, and consider how art and politics intersect with radical scientific advancement. It’s a forum dedicated to rigorous, long-form dialogue in pursuit of a more rational and informed society. Tuning into this podcast means joining a modern salon, one where complex questions about human enhancement, societal evolution, and collective intelligence are explored with seriousness and intellectual curiosity. The conversations recorded here are not soundbites; they are immersive journeys into the minds at the forefront of redefining what it means to be human.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Duration: 1:54:22
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Tim Wass [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:02
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Duration: 1:56:07
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Duration: 1:54:32
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Charlie Painter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55:40
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