Can We Have Your Attention?

Can We Have Your Attention?

Your guide to surviving and thriving in the modern 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 spent a career inside the 24-hour news machine. They talk about the players fighting for your focus – from the algorithms optimising your feeds to the ad tech and brand strategies that keep you scrolling. And about how to fight back - with digital wellbeing, media literacy, and practical mental health tools to help you build resilience against distraction and burnout. Whether you want to understand the creator economy, manage your screen time, or simply reclaim your mind from big tech, join them to learn how to pay attention to what matters most. New episodes each Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts.

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Jan. 12, 2026

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 previous episode on radicalisation, we look at what happens to those...
Dec. 22, 2025

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 to films, games to music. All links available via the website: ca...
Dec. 15, 2025

The Branding of Fear: How ISIS & The Far-Right Market to Men (ft. Dr Stephen Herron)

A recent surge in ISIS activity has reminded the world that Islamist extremism remains a potent and active threat. For many, the recent attack by ISIS felt like a shock - a ghost returning from the past. But as we discuss in ...
Dec. 8, 2025

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 brilliant work on how to build resilience through increasing our toleranc...
Dec. 1, 2025

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 & broadcaster James Wickham. This episode is about ADHD. Claire and our gue...
Nov. 25, 2025

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, and the affect it’s having on their attention spans. Included are r...