Can you create a digital version of yourself that talks to your loved ones after you die? Connie Mason speaks with Chris Williams, founder of Afterlife AI, about griefbots - AI technology that lets people build interactive digital replicas of themselves for family and friends to communicate with after death. What are the ethical questions? Who is using this, and why?

In the Before We Go segment, Rob Kaldor talks to Dr. Predencia Dixon about the Jamaican Nine Nights wake celebration. They explore the cultural significance of this nine-day ritual, the communal support it provides with food and music, and how it helps guide the deceased's spirit to its final resting place. To read more about Nine Nights - here is a link to Predencia's book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Jamaican-Death-Rituals/dp/B0FS7BXW8W

Passing Thoughts is a podcast about life’s final chapter told with honesty, compassion, and heart. It’s a space to talk about what we often avoid, because facing death and grief might just teach us how to live better.

📧 Contact the team at passingthoughts@2rph.org.au

👍 Like us on Facebook and connect with others exploring these conversations. 🎧

🎧 This series is made with the support of the Wicking Trust and Radio 2RPH.

Can you create a digital version of yourself that talks to your loved ones after you die? Connie Mason speaks with Chris Williams, founder of Afterlife AI, about griefbots - AI technology that lets people build interactive digital replicas of themselves for family and friends to communicate with after death. What are the ethical questions? Who is using this, and why?
In the Before We Go segment, Rob Kaldor talks to Dr. Predencia Dixon&nbsp;about the Jamaican Nine Nights wake celebration. They explore the cultural significance of this nine-day ritual, the communal support it provides with food and music, and how it helps guide the deceased's spirit to its final resting place. To read more about Nine Nights - here is a link to Predencia's book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Jamaican-Death-Rituals/dp/B0FS7BXW8W
Passing Thoughts is a podcast about life&rsquo;s final chapter told with honesty, compassion, and heart. It&rsquo;s a space to talk about what we often avoid, because facing death and grief might just teach us how to live better.
📧 Contact the team at <a href="mailto:passingthoughts@2rph.org.au">passingthoughts@2rph.org.au</a> 
👍 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578856716570">Like us on Facebook and connect</a> with others exploring these conversations. 🎧
🎧 This series is made with the support of the Wicking Trust and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.2rph.org.au/passing-thoughts/">Radio 2RPH.</a>

Passing Thoughts is an Australian podcast about death, dying, grief, and everything that comes with life’s final chapter. Hosted by Rob Kaldor, each episode covers topics Australians are increasingly asking about — palliative care, voluntary assisted dying, aged care, wills, near-death experiences, and the grief journey. Honest, warm, and sometimes surprisingly funny. Funded by the Wicking Trust, produced with Radio 2RPH.

For too long, death has been treated as a taboo. Passing Thoughts aims to shift that by improving death literacy through honest, engaging, and sometimes surprising conversations. Expect laughter, a few tears, and a whole lot of real talk. Funded by the Wicking Trust and produced with the support of Radio 2RPH, Passing Thoughts opens up the final chapter of life with warmth, curiosity, and humanity.

Our regular contributers are Barbara Sullivan, Jane Mundy and Connie Mason.

Passing Thoughts is an Australian podcast about death, dying, grief, and everything that comes with life&rsquo;s final chapter. Hosted by Rob Kaldor, each episode covers topics Australians are increasingly asking about &mdash; palliative care, voluntary assisted dying, aged care, wills, near-death experiences, and the grief journey. Honest, warm, and sometimes surprisingly funny. Funded by the Wicking Trust, produced with Radio 2RPH.
For too long, death has been treated as a taboo. Passing Thoughts aims to shift that by improving death literacy through honest, engaging, and sometimes surprising conversations. Expect laughter, a few tears, and a whole lot of real talk. Funded by the Wicking Trust and produced with the support of Radio 2RPH, Passing Thoughts opens up the final chapter of life with warmth, curiosity, and humanity.
Our regular contributers are Barbara Sullivan, Jane Mundy and Connie Mason.