Just in time for Halloween, the news hit that Kanye West gifted his wife a hologram of her late father as a 40th birthday surprise. Is this the best or worst present ever? And should we be treating this as a weird headline about those crazy celebrities, or as a wakeup call for us all? <a href='https://www.elainekasket.com/'>Elaine Kasket</a>, psychologist and author <a href='https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/elaine-kasket/all-the-ghosts-in-the-machine/9781472141880/'>of All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data</a>, talks to <a href='http://www.patrickstokes.com/'>Patrick Stokes</a>, philosopher based at Deakin University in Australia and author of the upcoming <a href='https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/digital-souls-9781350139145/'>Digital Souls</a>, about the massive societal issues raised by Kim&apos;s milestone birthday gift. More context: <a href='https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1321955644736303104'>Kim&apos;s tweet</a> about &apos;the most thoughtful gift of a lifetime&apos;, where you can watch the hologram delivering its message Tamara&apos;s Kneese&apos;s <a href='https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/herman-cain-death-twitter.html'>article on Slate</a> about Herman Cain and the problems with tweeting after death Music: &apos;Confidence is Key&apos; by Arthur Benson and &apos;Jaded&apos; by Blue Steel, both from <a href='http://epidemicsound.com'>Epidemic Sound</a>

Immortality through Story: Scott and Annie

They say that the dead are not dead as long as their names are still spoken. Dr Elaine Kasket - psychologist, speaker and author of All the Ghosts in the Machine - examines how the dead live on through us, through our stories, and through technology.