The Old Campaign Playbook Is Dead
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube How do you build a winning campaign for the era of AI? In the aftermath of the 2024 race, Democrats have been struggling to adapt to the new logic of the attention economy. On this episode of Galaxy Brain, Rob Flaherty, the deputy campaign manager for Kamala Harris’s campaign, joins Charlie Warzel to talk about what went wrong and how Democrats need to embrace a new theory of attention. They discuss AI’s collision course with electoral politics ahead of the midterms and how to identify candidates who can use the internet to their advantage. The following is a transcript of the episode: Rob Flaherty: Digital content is how people consume the brand of your campaign. And I think people in politics traditionally—establishment politics—miss that all the time. [Music] Charlie Warzel: I’m Charlie Warzel, and this is Galaxy Brain, a show where today, we’re going to talk about how to win elections in the attention economy. In the aftermath of the 2024 election, during their online victory lap, …



