Joe Kloc

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How Sausalito’s bohemian community of boaters defined the ‘wild west of the water’

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Joe Kloc |Zack Ruskin

Journalist Joe Kloc is the author of “Lost at Sea: Poverty and Paradise Collide at the Edge of America.” Photo: Author portrait by Kathryn HumphriesJoe Kloc’s book on Sausalito’s “anchor-out” community initially began as an expansion of his award-winning Harper’s feature on the alternative society of boaters.
Buscar la vida eterna: las fórmulas más insólitas y las verdades de la ciencia

1 month ago | clarin.com | Joe Kloc

La industria de la longevidad atraviesa, tal vez, su mejor momento histórico. La esperanza de vida aumentó unas tres décadas desde 1900 hasta situarse en torno a los 78 años en 2023 , según estadísticas de los Estados Unidos. Pero para muchas personas, 78 años no son suficientes.
A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled

2 months ago | publishersweekly.com | Alex Green |Joe Dunthorne |Joe Kloc |Jeanne Carstensen

Green, a Harvard lecturer on public policy, debuts with an enthralling biography of Walter E. Fernald (1859–1924), a controversial doctor who shaped much of 20th-century American government policy toward the disabled.
The Centuries-Old, Incredibly Male Quest to Live Forever

2 months ago | rethinking65.com | Joe Kloc

The longevity industry is coming off perhaps its best run on record. The expected span of an American life has increased by about three decades since 1900 — to around 78 as of 2023. But for many people, even 78 years just won’t do. The Methuselah Foundation, a biomedical charity, for example, wants to “make 90 the new 50,” and scientists at one biotechnology firm have argued that, unencumbered by disease, the body could potentially make it all the way to age 150.
The centuries-old, incredibly male quest to live forever

Jan 21, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Joe Kloc

Supplements, surgery, diets and changing location have all been tried in pursuit of longevity. Photo / 123RFPeople, and men in particular, have long mixed solid science and serious quackery in the pursuit of longevity. The longevity industry is coming off perhaps its best run on record. The expected span of an American life has increased by about three decades since 1900 – to around 78 as of 2023. But for many people, even 78 years just won’t do.
The centuries-old, incredibly male quest to live forever

Jan 18, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Joe Kloc

The longevity industry is coming off perhaps its best run on record. The expected span of an American life has increased by about three decades since 1900 — to around 78 as of 2023. But for many people, even 78 years just won’t do. The Methuselah Foundation, a biomedical charity, for example, wants to “make 90 the new 50,” and scientists at one biotechnology firm have argued that, unencumbered by disease, the body could potentially make it all the way to age 150.
The Centuries-Old, Incredibly Male Quest to Live Forever

Jan 18, 2025 | nytimes.com | Joe Kloc

The longevity industry is coming off perhaps its best run on record. The expected span of an American life has increased by about three decades since 1900 - to around 78 as of 2023. But for many people, even 78 years just won't do. The Methuselah Foundation, a biomedical charity, for example, wants to "make 90 the new 50," and scientists at one biotechnology firm have argued that, unencumbered by disease, the body could potentially make it all the way to age 150.
The Dangerous Problem

Jan 2, 2025 | harpers.org | Joe Kloc

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82 Sentences, Each Taken from the ‘Last Statement’ of a Person Executed by the State of Texas Since 1984 | Joe Kloc

Aug 29, 2024 | nybooks.com | Joe Kloc

Um, I don’t know what to say. I am not as strong as I thought I was going to be, but I guess it only hurts for a little while. I sat in my cell many days wondering what my last words would be. I’m not going to shout, use profanity, or make idle threats. I am not going to play a part in my own murder, no one should have to do that. Can you hear me? This here is a tragedy. They are fixing to pump my veins with a lethal drug the American Veterinary Association won’t even allow to be used on dogs.
Can the Rich Buy a Longer Life Expectancy?

Jul 18, 2024 | nymag.com | Joe Kloc

Illustration: Zohar Lazar The lifestyles of the ultrarich can be deadly. Private planes are 32 times more likely to crash than commercial airliners, and crash they do, killing 23 people on U.S.-registered jets alone last year. In an especially chilling incident, from 1999, a luxury jet flew across the U.S. off-course and unmanned for 1,500 miles before slamming into a field in South Dakota.