# The Media Odyssey Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582.md RSS feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-media-odyssey Author: The Media Odyssey Episodes: 88 ## Resource Each week, two of media’s most influential thinkers, Evan Shapiro & Marion Ranchet, take on the hottest media topics with their hottest takes, helping their audience chart a course through the maelstrom that is today’s Media Odyssey. Based in the US, Evan Shapiro is the Media Industry’s official Cartographer, known for his well-researched and provocative analysis of the entertainment ecosystem in his must read treatises on Media’s latest trends and trajectories. Marion Ranchet, French expat based in Amsterdam, has become the industry’s go-to expert in all things streaming, building a following for turning even the most complex problems into easily digestible and actionable insights. Ranchet and Shapiro are known for their sharp-yet-accessible content on Media consumption, audience trends, and the shifting fundamentals of the business itself. Even during the toughest of topics, they each make talking about Media fun. Together every week, these two will offer entertaining, often humorous, and always educational content on today’s Media Odyssey. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-media-odyssey-7131582 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582.md ## Episodes - [AI SLOP, GATEKEEPERS, AND THE KID'S MEDIA CRISIS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/ai-slop-gatekeepers-and-the-kid-s-media-crisis) — 2026-06-25T06:00:00+00:00 - [THE WHOLE CONSUMER: A CARTOGRAPHER'S BLUEPRINT](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-whole-consumer-a-cartographer-s-blueprint) — 2026-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 - [VALERIE'S PLACE WITH VALERIE BERTINELLI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/valerie-s-place-with-valerie-bertinelli) — 2026-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 - [THE CLIP ECONOMY & HOW TO COVER A WORLD CUP WITHOUT BUYING RIGHTS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-clip-economy-how-to-cover-a-world-cup-without-buying-rights) — 2026-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 - [MEDIA M&A MANIA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/media-m-a-mania) — 2026-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 - [THE FILMTOK EFFECT: BONUS EPISODE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-filmtok-effect-bonus-episode) — 2026-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 - [THE NEW PRODUCTION PLAYBOOK](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-new-production-playbook) — 2026-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 - [UPFRONT 2026: THE CROWN JEWEL OF TV ADS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/upfront-2026-the-crown-jewel-of-tv-ads) — 2026-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 - [THE FAN-FUNDED FILM REVOLUTION](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-fan-funded-film-revolution) — 2026-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 - [WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KIDS…CONTENT, THE AI LOOP, AND FRANCE TV UNDER THREAT](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/what-s-the-matter-with-kids-content-the-ai-loop-and-france-tv-under-threat) — 2026-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 - [MY DRAMA AND THE VERTICAL TAKEOVER](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/my-drama-and-the-vertical-takeover) — 2026-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 - [STREAM TV EUROPE UNPLUGGED](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/stream-tv-europe-unplugged) — 2026-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 - [THE SUBSCRIPTION GAP](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-subscription-gap) — 2026-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 - [THE MAKING OF A HIT PODCAST](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-making-of-a-hit-podcast) — 2026-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 - [AIVE: EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/aive-everything-everywhere-all-at-once) — 2026-04-02T06:00:00+00:00 - [INSIDE THE MIND OF A CREATOR WUNDERKIND](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/inside-the-mind-of-a-creator-wunderkind) — 2026-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 - [TWO REPORTS, ONE EPISODE: THE PARAMOUNT INVESTOR DECK & THE STREAM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/two-reports-one-episode-the-paramount-investor-deck-the-stream) — 2026-03-19T11:00:00+00:00 - [THE SIGNAL FROM EUROPE: Q4 EARNINGS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-signal-from-europe-q4-earnings) — 2026-03-12T20:35:00+00:00 - [THE TRANSFORMATION OF ITV STUDIOS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-transformation-of-itv-studios) — 2026-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 - [DISCO BROS AND NEPO BABIES: Q4 EARNINGS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/disco-bros-and-nepo-babies-q4-earnings) — 2026-02-28T00:39:34+00:00 - [EARNINGS SEASON: PINTEREST, TF1, & ROKU](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/earnings-season-pinterest-tf1-roku) — 2026-02-19T20:00:00+00:00 - [EARNINGS SEASON: AMAZON, ROBLOX, & MORE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/earnings-season-amazon-roblox-more) — 2026-02-12T20:20:00+00:00 - [GOOGLE & DISNEY EARNINGS BREAKDOWN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/google-disney-earnings-breakdown) — 2026-02-05T16:00:27+00:00 - [APPLE, META, & MICROSOFT EARNINGS BREAKDOWN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/apple-meta-microsoft-earnings-breakdown) — 2026-01-30T21:49:28+00:00 - [THE CREATOR BILL OF RIGHTS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/the-creator-bill-of-rights) — 2026-01-29T07:00:00+00:00 - [GOOGLE, APPLE, HBO MAX, NETFLIX, RTL & SKY: NEW YEAR, BIG CHANGES!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/google-apple-hbo-max-netflix-rtl-sky-new-year-big-changes) — 2026-01-22T07:00:00+00:00 - [BREAKING DOWN NETFLIX Q4](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/breaking-down-netflix-q4) — 2026-01-21T19:45:00+00:00 - [IS 2026 MEDIA'S DARK AGES?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/is-2026-media-s-dark-ages) — 2026-01-15T07:00:00+00:00 - [WHO WILL WIN 2026?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/who-will-win-2026) — 2026-01-08T07:00:00+00:00 - [REGIFTED: THE CTO PLAYBOOK FOR SURVIVING FRAGMENTATION](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/regifted-the-cto-playbook-for-surviving-fragmentation) — 2026-01-01T07:00:00+00:00 - [REGIFTED: TURNING STRUGGLE INTO SCALE WITH DHAR MANN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-odyssey-7131582/regifted-turning-struggle-into-scale-with-dhar-mann) — 2025-12-25T07:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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