What happens at a longevity festival?

VideoSTATus Report What happens at a longevity festival? A STAT reporter’s dispatch — and surprising takeaways Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article By Alex HoganJune 4, 2026 Senior Multimedia Producer Alex Hogan[email protected]Alex Hogan is STAT’s senior multimedia producer and host of STATus Report, STAT’s weekly video series. You can follow him on Bluesky.

The longevity movement is often associated with people that have enough money for a thousand lifetimes — and want to live long enough to spend it all. When my STAT colleague Sarah Todd recently attended the longevity festival known as Vitalist Bay, however, she discovered that the movement isn’t all wealthy Silicon Valley tech bros. In this week’s STATus Report, I chat with Sarah about her trip to this California conference, the science of longevity, what the heck a “bodyoid” is, and more.

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