#120: "Just because AI can do something, doesn’t mean it should" - Lara Lewington, Writer and Broadcaster

Published on September 25, 2025

This week on The Tech Leaders Podcast, Gareth sits down with Author, BBC / ITV Presenter, and AI Agony Aunt Lara Lewington. They discuss how AI will revolutionise personalised medicine, its impact on wearable health trackers, and what “Health-span” really means. 

Join us to hear Lara talk about fist bumping card machines, wireless urine monitoring, and being invited to the Moon by a Japanese billionaire… 

Timestamps: 

  • Intro and Good Leadership (2:26)
  • Breaking into TV – Celebrity interviews and Gadget reviews (5:00)
  • Presenting Click, and being invited to the Moon (10:28)
  • Intro to Health-span: Brian Johnson and 103-year-old Mildred (15:22)
  • AI and Personalised Medicine (21:12)
  • Wearables, Trackables and AI (27:09)
  • The AI Agony Aunt (40:48)
  • Editing “Hacking Humanity” (44:17)
  • Health-span in depth (46:58)
  • Hopes and fears for Gen AI, and advice to 19-year-old Lara (54:58)

You can find details of Lara's book here: BOOK | Lara Lewington

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