“I trusted what [the press] were telling me for the most part… and then social media comes along and says ‘Not so fast democracy!’ and it really just pulls everybody into their corners to never emerge.”

• Evan Shapiro, Media Cartographer, CEO of ESHAP

In this episode of the Media Roundtable, we’re blowing things up and getting back to our roots–talking with a giant who’s making a ruckus about topics we care deeply about–the fragmentation and polarization of media and its impacts on democracy.

Back on the host microphone is Oxford Road founder and CEO Dan Granger, along with fellow Oxford Road luminary Neal Lucey. In the hot seat is Evan Shapiro. Evan is a media cartographer and the CEO of ESHAP with one of the more fascinating backgrounds you’re ever going to find. He’s an adjunct professor, the Former EVP of NBCUniversal Media, the Former President of IFC (thanks for Portlandia, Evan!), and his substack, Media War & Peace, is a must-read for Neal and over 9,000 other subscribers. Together we’re talking the decades-long decay of trust in the news post-Watergate, our social media echo chambers, and of course, we “follow the money”. Let’s dig in.