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We're back for the second season of the Who Has Time For This? Podcast! In this episode, we unpack how American media became an attention economy built on clicks, conflict, and constant stimulation – and how that shift changed not just journalism, but us.
Why you’re being fed political content on social media even when you’re not looking for it.
Why outrage travels faster than context. Why livestreaming the Epstein files isn’t the same thing as investigative reporting the Epstein files.
And how the far left and far right can end up sounding eerily similar online: not because they agree, but because the algorithm rewards the same emotional extremes.
Our attention is the product. Our outrage is the fuel. And our politics are downstream of both.
If you’ve ever felt exhausted by the news but unable to look away, this episode helps explain why.
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SOURCES:
The Sirens’ Call by Chris Hayes
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sirens-call-how-attention-became-the-world-s-most-endangered-resource-chris-hayes/4df976eea7b35f6a8?ean=9780593653111&next=t
Charlie Kirk’s letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
https://x.com/RealSaavedra/status/1972763775377064136
Antisemitism/No-Win Dynamic
https://www.pantsuitpoliticsshow.com/p/the-no-win-dynamic-understanding
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/american-anti-semitism-youth/685261/
How young Americans get their news
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/12/03/young-adults-and-the-future-of-news/
Wise words from Terry Moran
https://terrymoran.substack.com/p/reality-bites
Max Read’s Platform Temperance
https://substack.com/home/post/p-176764384
On Leftists Thread (@heyjohnnathan)
https://www.threads.com/@heyjohnnathan/post/DU0njCWkfQG?xmt=AQF0Zqc63JEoSWvdvmGj78KTTvZ4N53XsqPq6LSRkSCVXA
On Politicians vs Freedom Fighters Thread (@ahbeeolah)
https://www.threads.com/@ahbeeolah/post/DU8oGgrDWfI?xmt=AQF0Zqc63JEoSWvdvmGj78KTTvZ4N53XsqPq6LSRkSCVXA
By Who Has Time For This?We're back for the second season of the Who Has Time For This? Podcast! In this episode, we unpack how American media became an attention economy built on clicks, conflict, and constant stimulation – and how that shift changed not just journalism, but us.
Why you’re being fed political content on social media even when you’re not looking for it.
Why outrage travels faster than context. Why livestreaming the Epstein files isn’t the same thing as investigative reporting the Epstein files.
And how the far left and far right can end up sounding eerily similar online: not because they agree, but because the algorithm rewards the same emotional extremes.
Our attention is the product. Our outrage is the fuel. And our politics are downstream of both.
If you’ve ever felt exhausted by the news but unable to look away, this episode helps explain why.
—
SOURCES:
The Sirens’ Call by Chris Hayes
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sirens-call-how-attention-became-the-world-s-most-endangered-resource-chris-hayes/4df976eea7b35f6a8?ean=9780593653111&next=t
Charlie Kirk’s letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
https://x.com/RealSaavedra/status/1972763775377064136
Antisemitism/No-Win Dynamic
https://www.pantsuitpoliticsshow.com/p/the-no-win-dynamic-understanding
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/american-anti-semitism-youth/685261/
How young Americans get their news
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/12/03/young-adults-and-the-future-of-news/
Wise words from Terry Moran
https://terrymoran.substack.com/p/reality-bites
Max Read’s Platform Temperance
https://substack.com/home/post/p-176764384
On Leftists Thread (@heyjohnnathan)
https://www.threads.com/@heyjohnnathan/post/DU0njCWkfQG?xmt=AQF0Zqc63JEoSWvdvmGj78KTTvZ4N53XsqPq6LSRkSCVXA
On Politicians vs Freedom Fighters Thread (@ahbeeolah)
https://www.threads.com/@ahbeeolah/post/DU8oGgrDWfI?xmt=AQF0Zqc63JEoSWvdvmGj78KTTvZ4N53XsqPq6LSRkSCVXA