Eurovision Song Context

Episode 80: Tiny Vinyl & Big Eurovision with Jesse Mann and Ruben Planting

February 12th, 2026  |  48 mins 46 secs

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Here’s a clean, listener-facing episode summary — tight, confident, not defensive:

What happens when you shrink vinyl down to four inches — but keep it fully playable?

In this episode, Bradley is joined by Jesse Mann, co-founder of Tiny Vinyl, and Dutch vinyl manufacturing consultant Ruben Planting to explore the resurgence of physical media in a streaming world. Tiny Vinyl is a fully playable four-inch record format that turns songs into collectible keepsakes — part merch object, part design experiment, part cultural artifact.

We talk about vinyl manufacturing, sustainability in pressing plants, the realities of scaling physical media, and why people still want something they can hold in their hands.

And because this is Eurovision Song Context, we test the idea on two entries that feel tailor-made for the format: Sébastien Tellier’s “Divine” (France 2008) and Joost Klein’s “Europapa” (Netherlands 2024).

Is Eurovision the ultimate collectible culture? And does tiny vinyl capture that spirit?