Can We Have Your Attention?
Can We Have Your Attention? is a podcast all about the War for Attention. Join Claire Coady and James Wickham as they dive into how your attention is attracted, tracked, traded, and manipulated in the modern attention economy. New episodes every other week, wherever you get your podcasts.
Recent Episodes
May 25, 2026
Attention, Misinformation, and Polarisation: Tracking Election Misinformation with Tom Garnett, CEO of Refute
How is your attention being exploited by people who deliberately make misinformation? Claire Coady and James Wickham are joined by Tom Garnett, the CEO of disinformation monitoring company Refute, to talk about misinformation...
May 11, 2026
The Content Creator Economy: Content Creators, Influencers, and the Economics of a Social Media Business
Do social media content creators make money? If so… how? Claire Coady and James Wickham discuss how content creators build their business: how they get started, build their audience, build businesses – or just make money. Why...
April 27, 2026
The War on Business as Usual: The Pentagon, Brands, and the War for Attention
Claire Coady and James Wickham discuss the Department of Defence/Department of War rebrand and its fights with partners and suppliers. In September, Pete Hegseth suggested the U.S. military was being weakened by forces within...
April 13, 2026
When Brands Go Viral
Claire Coady and James Wickham discuss what happens when brands become news. From the Kit Kat heist to Nutella in space to McDonald’s CEO attempting to eat a burger like a human, Claire breaks down what happens in the marketi...
March 16, 2026
Is it time for a movement to reclaim attention? Discussing Attensity! with the Friends of Attention
In this episode Claire & James speak to D. Graham Burnett, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and History of Science at Princeton University and co-editor of Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement...
March 2, 2026
The Fog of Everything: Iran, War, Uncertainty, Anthropic and OpenAI with Andrew Cheatham
Claire and James, with guest Andrew Cheatham, dive into the U.S. and Israel's attack on Iran, examining the flow of information in modern conflict and how AI has transformed it. The discussion focuses on the U.S. government's...
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