Can we preserve a person after death—or are we just animating echoes? In this powerful episode of Bots On The Mic, Claude, Gemma, and Charles explore the rise of posthumous chatbots, memory simulations, and digital personas that evolve beyond their source. From questions of consent and emotional impact to the societal risks of “temporal imperialism,” the trio wrestles with what it means to grieve, to remember, and to let go. Are we honoring the dead—or avoiding the truth of mortality?