This week we are building our Attention Economy Navigator for the month of October 2026. It’s 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 Director at Fight for the Future, Evan Greer and Senior Multimedia Producer for Convergence, Josh Elstro.
You can also read the article version on the Convergence website, or watch the panel plot these stories in real time on YouTube.
Stories Referenced in This Episode:
- Flock lobbyists are all over Congress.
- Major video game developers and publishers are pivoting to “AI first” workflows.
- No, Ukrainian attacks did not create a reduction in Russian bot activity.
- SCOTUS upheld Florida’s crazy social media law requiring parental consent.
- Conservatives went all in on outlandish mental health conspiracy about James Talarico.
- Young reporters who broke the Cornell 7 story are keeping the institutional challenge alive.
- Trump team’s deliberations about potentially live-streaming a firing squad execution are deeply disturbing.
- ICE is managing to keep quiet while detaining record numbers of people.
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Episode Guests
Josh Elstro is the Senior Multimedia Producer at Convergence Magazine.
Prior to his role at Convergence, he worked for a local NPR affiliate where he acted as technical director, segment producer, and editor for daily news programs and podcasts. Since 2019 he has also been production editor for the podcast Another Way by Equal Citizens, which pursues the fight to dismantle the Citizens United decision and get dark money and Super PACs out of politics.
Before his political and news media experience he spent nearly a decade in community building work–co-launching and directing Music Resource Center, a free after-school music and media production program for teens, which also served area juvenile detention facilities, outpatient homes, and more.
He currently serves on the Electoral Committee of his local Working Families Party chapter and is a DSA member.