In February 2021, a post on Twitter by a Concordia University student in Canada went viral. Aaron Ansuini had emailed his lecturer a question. He didn't get an answer, for a very good reason.

During the global Covid-19 pandemic, every lecturer I know is pre-recording lectures, or capturing them live. What happens to those recordings? Could a university actually keep on using those lectures after the lecturer leaves - or really leaves? And if so, who benefits?

Elaine Kasket, author of All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data, speaks with sociologist Carla Sofka, philosopher Patrick Stokes, and privacy lawyer Albert Gidari about questions we could never have asked 20 years ago, such as: What are the pros and cons of being educated by the dead?

Written and produced by: Elaine Kasket

All music used under license from Epidemic Sound. In order of play:
Stay Whimsical (Arthur Benson)
Sneaky Sam (Jerry Lacey)
Sad Clowns (Alexandra Woodward)
Confused Mind (Stationary Sign)
It’s Not That Serious (Arthur Benson)
Gas$ Money, Instrumental Version (Xavy Rusan)
Carmen, Act II: No 14 Couplets (Traditional)
The King of Thieves (Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen)