Is the news actually informing you — or just manipulating you?

In this eye-opening episode, host Dave Roberts sits down with Kira Shishkin, CEO of the Informed Now Project, to unpack how modern media has traded truth for clicks, attention, and emotional triggers.

Kira shares his remarkable journey — born in Ukraine, coming of age in Israel, and building a media reform movement in the United States — and explains why she believes the current news ecosystem is designed to harvest your attention rather than serve you.

🔍 In this episode, we cover:

How sensationalism and clickbait have replaced real journalism

Why critical thinking is in crisis in the age of social media and tribal politics

The cognitive dissonance between media credibility claims and actual content

How Informed Now is giving people back the  ...