What If Your Great-Great-Grandma Had a Podcast?

What if your great-great-grandmother had a podcast?

Let’s just take a moment and imagine the possibilities.

You open Spotify. You scroll past your usual suspects—news roundups, murder mysteries, the one where two comedians read Yelp reviews of haunted inns—and land on a new episode of:

"Keeping It Real with Grandma Ruth"

Episode 213: “Corsets, Courting, and Canning: A How-To”

The intro music is a little tinny because, well, she’s recording on a crank-operated Edison wax cylinder, but her voice comes through clear as a bell:

“Hello, dear listeners. Today we’re tackling the age-old question: what do you do when your sourdough starter gets too sentient?”

Welcome to the Archive of Your Dreams

If this sounds like something out of a Black Mirror episode written by Nora Ephron, you’re not wrong. But here’s the kicker—it doesn’t have to be a joke. We are closer than ever to being able to preserve the voices, quirks, stories, and wisdom of the people we love in a way that feels... well, alive.

We’ve all got that one relative whose stories light up a room. Or a grandparent whose life was packed with so many adventures it made your childhood feel like a sitcom’s B-plot. Or maybe it’s the way they told it: the pause, the cackle, the eye roll you could hear even over the phone.

Now, imagine if all of that lived on—not just in memory, but in a form you could talk to, laugh with, even ask questions. Not just some stiff “audio diary,” but a dynamic, interactive experience that feels like sitting across from them with a warm cup of tea and way too many cookies.

That’s the world Reflekta is helping build.

A Very Special Episode

Let’s go back to that podcast.

Episode 314: “War, Wool Socks, and Why I Punched a Nazi (With Special Guest: My Sister Alma)”

Grandma Ruth and Alma argue (lovingly) about what really happened at the 1944 USO dance. There’s a long sidebar about ration stamps. Someone burps. It’s perfect.

You learn something new. You laugh. You feel connected to something larger than yourself. And you think, “Why don’t I record a few stories of my own? Or help Mom do it? Or maybe even Dad, if I can catch him between golf and complaining about golf.”

Future-Proofing the Family Tree

We spend so much time chasing what’s next—new tech, new tools, new content. But what about who came before? What about the stories that built us?

Reflekta isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about continuity. It’s about taking the richness of a lived life and giving it a future. It’s about turning “I wish you could have met her” into “Here, let’s go talk to her.”

Because your great-great-grandma should have had a podcast. And maybe, in a way, now she can.

Want to start building your own family podcast—without the mics or editing software? Visit reflekta.ai and begin preserving the voice, stories, and spirit of someone you love.

Because the best podcasts don’t come from studios, they come from our kitchens, our front porches, and our hearts.