Dying often involves a set of choices, rituals, and conversations we tend to avoid until we can’t. In the Bay Area, people are confronting that reality head-on: talking openly in Death Cafes, seeking natural burials, flying loved ones home across borders to honor final wishes. On this episode of North Gate Radio, 5 reporters examine death and dying in The Bay and Silicon Valley's promise of digital immortality. A full transcript for this episode can be found at https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/radio/show/death-doulas-and-digital-afterlives/.