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Can We Have Your Attention?
Can We Have Your Attention? is a podcast all about 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 Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts.
Your Guides to the Attention Economy: Hosted by Claire Coady, a marketing expert who has advised governments and global brands on how to win the battle for attention, and James Wickham, a former BBC journalist who has…
Episodes
- Can We Have Your Attention?
Is Monoculture Dead? Rein Me In, Algorithms and Music
Is monoculture dead? Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's Rein Me In became the longest-running UK number one, yet plenty of people say they have never heard it. James…
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The Social Reckoning - and what the film tells us about how social companies operate
Claire and James discuss Aaron Sorkin’s film, The Social Reckoning, a companion to The Social Network. The film follows former Facebook employee Frances Haugen…
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Learning from the Dark Side, Part II: 5 - or is it 7? - Tricks from News
You can also watch this episode on our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@CanWeHaveYourAttention We all know what the news is. But how is it put…
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Learning from the Dark Side, Part I: 6 Tricks from Advertising
You can also watch this episode on YouTube! Anyone can buy an ad (well, almost anyone…). But what are some of the tricks of the trade? Are we really suckers…
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“If Tony Soprano were alive today, he’d be in ad tech” - Understanding Ad Tech w/ Check My Ads
Ad tech, the backbone of digital advertising, is a lucrative business. But why? Who is profiting from it? And at what cost? Claire and James are joined this…
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Fact-Based Election Advertising with Alex Tait & Reform Political Advertising
For the past 25 years, claims on packets of crisps have been subject to more regulation than claims in election campaigns. But that could finally be about to…
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Is what's Good for News, Bad for Society?
We're told the news is an important part of a functioning society. But is our 24-hour, always-on news culture, with bad news to the fore, actually harming us…
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AI and Disinformation with Sam Stockwell (The Alan Turing Institute)
Is AI like steroids for disinformation? Claire Coady and James Wickham are joined by Sam Stockwell from The Alan Turing Institute to discuss their research…
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Attention! The Revolution has Already Begun
Has the Age of Attention Scarcity given way to the Attention Revolution? Recent data from Ofcom shows that over the past 12 months, discontent with online life…
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How can the BBC win trust when nobody trusts anything? Legacy media, disinformation, and winning tactics with Rebecca Skippage
Trust in news is down, and news avoidance is up. Many people don’t know what to believe, or who to trust. How can legacy media convince audiences to trust them…
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Tired of Britain, Tired of Life? Populism, Polarisation, and Discontented Britain with Steven Lacey
Is Britain broken, or is everyone just tired? Steven Lacey from cultural research company The Outsiders and the think tank Resilience & Reconstruction joins…
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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…
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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…
Can We Have Your Attention?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…
Can We Have Your Attention?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…
Can We Have Your Attention?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…
Can We Have Your Attention?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…
Can We Have Your Attention?Turning our attention onto… this podcast: what we’ve learned about making a podcast (so far)
In this episode, James & Claire - who host the show - talk about... the show. We have not, promise, completely vaulted over our own collective shark. Instead…
Can We Have Your Attention?How the NFL decided to ignore sports and start entertaining
In this episode of the Can We Have Your Attention? podcast, hosts Claire Coady and James Wickham get overexcited about the upcoming Super Bowl between the…
Can We Have Your Attention?Strongmen, Algorithms, Stans and Kendrick Lamar: How the War for Attention reached Davos
Has President Trump’s foreign policy become the ultimate celebrity beef? Claire and James unpack how Trump uses international relations to flex his strongman…
Can We Have Your Attention?Can X’s rage baiting strategy survive? X, Grok AI, algorithms, and the war for attention
In this episode of the Can We Have Your Attention? podcast, hosts Claire Coady and James Wickham dive into the escalating crisis around algorithms, free…
Can We Have Your Attention?How to make friends and influence yourself: lessons from prison on fighting isolation
In this episode, James & Claire are joined by Dr Katherine Albertson, a senior lecturer in Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University. Following on from our…
Can We Have Your Attention?A Christmas Special: What's grabbed our attention in 2025
In this special episode of Can We Have Your Attention? for Christmas, James & Claire talk about the things that have taken their attention in 2025 - from books…
Can We Have Your Attention?The Branding of Fear: How ISIS & The Far-Right Market to Men (ft. Dr Stephen Herron)
This episode was recorded at the start of December 2025. A recent surge in ISIS activity has reminded the world that Islamist extremism remains a potent and…
Can We Have Your Attention?Episode 5: Why am I so *&^%ing TIRED all the time?
This week Claire & James explore uncertainty with Katherine Templar-Lewis, an expert in neuroscience and the science of uncertainty. Katherine has done…
Can We Have Your Attention?Episode 4: ADHD and attention
Episode 4 of the Attention Economy podcast, Can We Have Your Attention? hosted by Claire Coady, the founder of The Attention Practice, and journalist &…
Can We Have Your Attention?Episode 3: Teenagers, Social Media & The Axe Effect
Claire Coady, the Founder of the Attention Practice, and journalist and broadcaster James Wickham discuss how teenagers are coping with the social media age…
Can We Have Your Attention?Episode 2: Everything, everywhere, all at once.
In this episode the founder of the Attention Practice, Claire Coady, and broadcaster & journalist James Wickham consider who is selling your attention, who's…
Can We Have Your Attention?"Don't worry Sweetie, you're just having a breakdown...."
Claire Coady and James Wickham explore the concept of attention, its significance in the modern world, and the challenges posed by the attention economy. They…
Can We Have Your Attention?Welcome to Can We Have Your Attention: The Attention Economy podcast
In this trailer for the upcoming series, Claire Coady, Founder of The Attention Practice (https://www.theattentionpractice.com/) and broadcaster & journalist…