Your Undivided Attention
Co-hosts Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin, and Daniel Barcay explore the unprecedented power of emerging technologies: how they fit into both our lives and a humane future. Join us every other Thursday as we confront challenges and explore solutions with a wide range of thought leaders and change-makers.
Your Undivided Attention is produced by Executive Producer Sasha Fegan and Senior Producer Julia Scott. Our Researcher/Producer is Josh Lash.
Episode 19
The Fake News of Your Own Mind with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman
Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman have helped thousands of people find their way out of a mental loop, by moving deeper into it. It’s a journey inward that reveals an important lesson for the architects of the attention economy.
Episode 18
The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to Saving the Planet with Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres, one of the main architects of the Paris Agreement, is intimately familiar with the high stakes of climate change negotiation. We explore how a shift in Silicon Valley’s vision could lead 3 billion people to take action.
Episode 17
The Spin Doctors Are In. Guest: Renée DiResta
Renée DiResta traces conspiracy theories back to their source, showing how disinformation spreads in the age of COVID-19.
Episode 16
When Attention Went on Sale. Guest: Tim Wu
Tim Wu, Columbia law professor, author of The Attention Merchants and The Curse of Bigness, takes us through the birth of the eyeball-centric news model and ensuing boom of yellow journalism, to the backlash that rallied journalists and citizens around creating industry ethics and standards.
Episode 15
Changing our Climate of Denial with Anthony Leiserowitz
Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, talks us through his approach to shifting public opinion on climate change.
Episode 14
Stranger than Fiction with Claire Wardle
Claire Wardle, co-founder and executive director of First Draft, studies the gray zones of information warfare, where bad actors mix facts with falsehoods, news with gossip, and sincerity with satire.
