Podcast Appearances: AI, Digital Wellbeing & Cyberpsychology

Elaine Kasket is a frequent podcast guest and expert commentator on AI, digital wellbeing, cyberpsychology, digital afterlife, and technology’s impact on relationships and work. To inquire about having Elaine as a guest or commentator, get in touch.

Across international podcasts, she discusses topics including AI companions and online relationships, the psychology of motivation in the age of AI, digital grief and legacy, and how individuals and organisations can navigate technological change while retaining human agency.

To explore these themes in more depth, see her keynote topics on AI at Work, Digital Wellbeing, Digital Afterlife, and AI Companions.

Future Tense Ep 2: Immortality (Audible Original, 2025) Click the image to listen as cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Richard Ayoade and Warwick Davis as expert guest on the Audible Original comedy-science podcast Future Tense, alongside Prof. John Tregoning and science wrangler Helen Keen. The episode tackles digital immortality, eternal digital replicas, fighting ageing, and what happens to your data after death. Elaine brings the science on digital remains and digital afterlives while Ayoade and Davis bring the laughs. An Audible exclusive — available at audible.co.uk.

Stompcast Pt 1: What Happens to Your Data When You Die? | Dr Elaine Kasket (Dec 8) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Dr Alex George to explore digital remains — what happens to your data and social media accounts after you die. They discuss why technology can't shortcut grief, and why AI can never replicate human emotion. Based on themes from Reset and All the Ghosts in the Machine.

The People's AI: AI and Life After Death — Griefbots, Digital Ghosts, and the New Afterlife Economy (Dec 17) Elaine Kasket joins Justin Harrison (You, Only Virtual) and Jed Brubaker (CU Boulder Identity Lab) on The People's AI podcast to discuss grief bots, AI avatars, and the new afterlife economy. Elaine addresses the psychological reality that grief is idiosyncratic, the dangers of grief policing, and who controls our data and identity after death.

Jo Durrant's Beautiful Universe Ep 219: Dr Elaine Kasket (Jan 15) Elaine Kasket discusses her work as a cyberpsychologist, including her book Reset: Rethinking Your Digital World for a Happier Life. Topics include privacy online, surveillance technology, and the digital afterlife.

Marketplace Tech: Is Grieving with AI a Healthy Way to Cope? (Sep 2) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket speaks with Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino about the rise of AI tools that 'resurrect' deceased loved ones — from animated photographs to full AI clones trained on audio, video, and diaries. Elaine explores whether these digital resurrection technologies help or harm the grieving process.

Stompcast Pt 3: Do Digital Detoxes Actually Work? | Dr Elaine Kasket (Dec 10) Part three of Elaine Kasket's conversation with Dr Alex George on Stompcast. Elaine explains how to mitigate the negative effects of AI, whether digital detoxes work, and shares practical tips to stop mindless scrolling. They also explore the surprising environmental impacts of artificial intelligence. Based on themes from Elaine's book Reset.

BBC Woman's Hour (Sep 22) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket and her teenage daughter discuss sharenting from both sides of the child-parent dynamic — a rare example of media centring children's experience in digital parenting. A conversation about privacy, consent, and what it feels like to grow up with a digital footprint you didn't choose. Themes from Reset.

The Real Story: Prince Harry — Dealing with Grief in the Public Eye (BBC World Service, Jan 13 2023) Click the image to listen as cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Ritula Shah's expert panel on BBC World Service's The Real Story alongside Catherine Mayer and Angela Levin to discuss grief, celebrity, and public mourning. The panel examines how Prince Harry's memoir Spare reopened questions about processing loss in the spotlight, the psychology of public grieving, and the cultural forces shaping how we talk about death and bereavement. A 49-minute deep-dive into grief, identity, and the pressures of mourning under public scrutiny.

Stompcast Pt 2: Can AI Replace Therapists — and Should It? | Dr Elaine Kasket (Dec 9) Part two of Elaine Kasket's conversation with Dr Alex George on Stompcast. Elaine unpacks the impact of AI relationship bots on modern society, the dangers of using AI chatbots as a replacement for therapy, and whether we can ever live without AI again. They also discuss how many of us have fallen into a toxic relationship with technology.

Meredith for Real Ep 203: Is Posting Kid Pics Online a Bad Idea? (Sep 4) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Meredith Hackwith Edwards to discuss sharenting — the practice of parents sharing children's photos and information online. They explore the risks to children's privacy, identity, and digital footprint, and why the decisions parents make now will shape their children's online lives for years to come. Elaine also appeared on Ep 175 of the same podcast discussing digital ghosts, deep fakes, and what happens to our online presence after death. Themes from Reset and All the Ghosts in the Machine.

Should I Delete That?: Is Screen Time the Enemy? with Dr Elaine Kasket (Aug 26) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Alex Light and Em Clarkson on Should I Delete That? to discuss the rise of negativity and hate online, and what cyberpsychology tells us about what's happening beneath the surface. A conversation about screen time, digital habits, and our relationship with technology. Based on themes from Elaine's book Reset.

Meredith for Real Ep 175: What is a Digital Ghost? The Date of the Dead and Deep Fakes (Feb 20) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Meredith Hackwith Edwards to discuss digital ghosts — the online presence of the deceased that persists after death. They explore deep fakes, AI-generated content using the dead, and the ethical questions raised when technology blurs the line between the living and the deceased. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

We Need to Talk About Death: My Digital Legacy (BBC Radio 4, with Joan Bakewell) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Baroness Joan Bakewell's panel on BBC Radio 4 alongside James Norris (founder, Digital Legacy Association) and the late Lucy Watts MBE, disability activist and palliative care advocate. The panel examines what happens to our digital assets and online presence after we die, how to manage a digital legacy, and whether we should treat digital possessions like physical ones. Part of a landmark BBC Radio 4 series confronting the questions about death we fear most. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

Still Spoken: Can Social Media Companies Profit off the Dead? (Dec 13) Elaine Kasket interviews Dr Carl Öhman of Uppsala University, best known for predicting the date at which the dead will outnumber the living on Facebook. They discuss the platformisation of grief, how social media companies monetise the data and profiles of the deceased, and the ethics of corporate exploitation of digital remains.

The Future of You Ep 8: Digital Identity and Death with Dr Patrick Stokes and Dr Elaine Kasket (Sep 7) Elaine Kasket and philosopher Patrick Stokes (author of Digital Souls) join futurist Tracey Follows on the award-winning Future of You podcast (Best Technology Show, Independent Podcast Awards 2023). They discuss what happens to the millions of digital profiles of the dead, how deep fakes and AI-generated material using the deceased will reshape our understanding of history, the death of nostalgia, and the therapeutic possibilities of digitally reanimating the dead.

This is Your Life on Tech: Why Everyone Should Care about Digital Afterlives (Feb 2) Elaine Kasket speaks with Dr Debra Bassett (author of The Creation and Inheritance of Digital Afterlives) and Dr Edina Harbinja (Reader at Aston University Law School, author of Digital Death, Digital Assets and Post-mortem Privacy) about why digital afterlives are relevant to everyone — touching on data security, dead labour, corporate accountability, and what happens when AI meets digital remains.

The Prospect Podcast: Living Through Digital Afterlives with Elaine Kasket (Apr 24) Elaine Kasket joins Prospect Magazine to discuss digital afterlives, grief, big tech, and what it means to live forever on Facebook. Based on themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

This is Your Life on Tech: Hope in a Polycrisis (Mar 26) A reperformance of Elaine Kasket's talk at the House of Beautiful Business / PolyOpportunity Berlin Salon in 2025. Elaine explores how cyberpsychology can help us navigate converging crises — technological, environmental, social — and where to find grounds for hope.

Wednesday's Ghost: System Error (Feb 1) An iPhone glitch that couldn't possibly be a glitch, and what the algorithms can’t know about love. The mystery remains unsolved — even after a fight with ChatGPT. Elaine originally performed this story at The Moth in London. This is the longer, stranger telling.

Future Imperfect: What Happens to Your Digital Stuff When You Die? (Sep 29 2021) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Jason Kingsley OBE on Future Imperfect to discuss digital ownership in the 21st century — what happens to our digital possessions after we die, who controls our data when we pass on, and whether privacy ends at death. A wide-ranging conversation about digital legacy, digital remains, and the gap between what we think we own online and what the terms and conditions say. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

Still Spoken: The Dead Professors' Society (Apr 14) Elaine Kasket discusses dead labour in education with philosopher Patrick Stokes and privacy lawyer Albert Gidari. They explore what happens when deceased academics' knowledge, materials, and digital presence are used in teaching — and the ethical, legal, and occupational implications of the digital dead in higher education.

The Digital Human: Last Word (BBC Radio 4, Jan 31 2014) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Aleks Krotoski on BBC Radio 4's The Digital Human to discuss Facebook as a modern-day medium — how the bereaved use social media profiles to maintain continuing bonds with the dead. The episode also features Vered Shavit of Digital Dust, who set up the site after dealing with her late brother's digital legacy. Elaine explores how our persisting digital selves continue our presence for those left behind. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

Resistance is Futile: A.I. Zombie Apocalypse — The Curious Phenomenon of 'Dead Labour' (Mar 24 2024) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Jamie and the Resistance is Futile team for a humorous exploration of 'dead labour' — how our digital selves can persist and operate long after we've passed away. From grief bots and posthumous AI to the ethics of consent, privacy, and digital remains, a conversation that might make you add a 'Don't Bot Me' clause to your will. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

Priv8 Podcast: Social Media and the Digital Afterlife with Dr Elaine Kasket (Mar 9) Elaine Kasket joins host Derek E. Silva on the Priv8 Podcast for a conversation about digital immortality, who owns your social media profile in the afterlife, and how to protect your legacy online. Based on themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

CNN Terms of Service with Clare Duffy: What Happens to Your Digital Footprint When You Die? (Feb 18) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins CNN's Clare Duffy to discuss digital remains, the millions of dead accounts on social media, and how to prepare your digital legacy. Elaine explains why grief is too idiosyncratic for one-size-fits-all solutions, and why your data can be a liability even after death. Author of All the Ghosts in the Machine.

BBC Business Daily: Your Digital Legacy (BBC World Service, Nov 2020) Click the image to listen as cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins presenter Ed Butler alongside Tom Ainsworth (Memories) and Rikard Steiber (GoodTrust) to discuss what happens to your online life after death. Elaine explores the phenomenon of digital death in the pandemic era, and why digital legacies may be less permanent than we think. A BBC World Service episode on managing digital remains, online memorial services, and taking control of your data after death.

Age Better with Liz Earle: Do You Need a Digital Detox? (Nov 15) Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Liz Earle to discuss what social media and technology are doing to our health. They cover the impact of technology on mental health and relationships, how to maximise social connections, the positives of modern tech, comparison on social media, setting healthy boundaries with tech at work, and your digital footprint after death. Based on Elaine's book Reset.