This month on the Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d assume.

Joining to help build this month's Attention Economy Navigator in real time are friends of the pod Shaira Chaer, Senior Strategist at ReFrame, and Jess St. Louis, an organizer and narrative strategist based in North Carolina.

Just a quick content note: this discussion includes stories about murder, gun violence, an antisemitic attack against a house of worship, revenge porn, and child sexual abuse material. It's been a rough few weeks in the headlines, please take care of yourself!

Find the full navigator chart here. You can also watch the panel plot these stories in real time on YouTube.

Stories we referenced in this episode:

• “Transgender Athletes Ask Supreme Court to Overturn State Bans” covered in many outlets.
• “Project 2026: Restoring America’s Promise” from the Heritage Foundation/Heritage Action for America.
• “Raw eggs, ‘Scripture-backed fitness’ and a Porsche: The online world of the man accused of burning Mississippi’s largest synagogue” by Michael Goldberg and Molly Minta in Mississippi Today; Beth Israel is committed to rebuilding.
• The murder of Renee Nicole Good, the narrative meaning of which is being hotly contested right now.
• Grok’s deepfake features are being used to create nonconsensual pornographic images and other abuse material, only relenting after the government of the UK came after them.
• “ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires” by Drew Harwell and Joyce Sohyun Lee in The Washington Post; this echoes what Shaira found researching QAnon in 2023.
• “War Profiteers Furious After Polymarket Refuses to Pay Out on Venezuelan Invasion Bets” by Joe Wilkins in Futurism.

We swear we wanted to talk about something lighter that still provides insight, but it’s been a rough couple weeks.

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