Sept. 25, 2026

Learning from the Dark Side, Part I: 6 Tricks from Advertising

Learning from the Dark Side, Part I: 6 Tricks from Advertising
Learning from the Dark Side, Part I: 6 Tricks from Advertising
Can We Have Your Attention?
Learning from the Dark Side, Part I: 6 Tricks from Advertising

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Anyone can buy an ad (well, almost anyone…). But what are some of the tricks of the trade? Are we really suckers for shiny things? And what does Gillian Anderson have to do with it?

The answers to the above are yes, and everything, always. Join Claire and James this week as they talk tricks of the trade - live, in the same room, for the first time in twenty years.

Can We Have Your Attention? is a podcast all about attention. Join hosts Claire Coady and James Wickham as they dive into how your attention is attracted, tracked, traded, and manipulated in the modern attention economy.

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