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20 July 2024

We speak with cultural historian W David Marx about the appeal of Japanese magazines, from ‘Popeye’ to ‘Brutus’. Plus ‘Tempura’, a French publication dedicated to exploring Japan’s cultural trends, and a book celebrating…

13 July 2024

This week we speak with Enric Pastor and María Alcocer from design title ‘Manera’ about their new edition ‘Manera México’. Plus: we head to the Greek island of Hydra to speak with Josh Hickey and Filip Niedenthal about the…

6 July 2024

This week on The Stack we speak with Caitlin Thompson and Steph Chung from ‘Racquet’ magazine. Plus: creative director Veronica Ditting on her print work at an exhibition at ddd gallery in Kyoto and Jeremy Leslie from…

29 June 2024

This week on The Stack we speak with Roman Coppola and Johan Chiaramonte on their new magazine, ‘Enthousiasmos’, featuring Luca Guadagnino on the cover. Plus: US author and stationery connoisseur Brett F Braley-Palko.

22 June 2024

This week on The Stack we speak with Emanuele Farneti, editor in chief of all ‘la Repubblica’ magazines - ‘d’, ‘door’ and the recently released men’s title ‘U’. Also on the show, Sterling Crawford from new culture and…

15 June 2024

We speak with David Lane about his new book with Taschen, ‘The Gourmand’s Lemon’. Then: ‘Troublemakers’, a new title from Tokyo that tells the stories of misfits, and beautiful essays in music on ‘You Spin Me Round’. Plus…

8 June 2024

This week we speak with French-Moroccan creative director, entrepreneur and publisher Ramdane Touhami about his new magazine ‘Useless Fighters’ on the cultural and political importance of mountains. Plus: photographer…

1 June 2024

This week we speak with artist Michael McGregor about his book, ‘Room Service’, featuring his drawings on hotel stationery. Plus, we leaf through a magazine dedicated to street photography and Milan’s Mudec museum launches…

25 May 2024

This week on ‘The Stack’, we speak with the editor in chief of ‘Garden & Gun’, a magazine celebrating the American South. We also discuss the Mexican elections with Brian Winter from ‘Americas Quarterly’ and talk to Liz…

In Germany, one typographer and his team are pressing for visibility in print in new and innovative ways.

18 May 2024

This week we speak to David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro about their new weekly series from ‘The New York Times’ called ‘The Interview’. We also speak to Sandra Reichl and Karin Novozamsky from the Austrian title ‘A…

11 May 2024

This week on The Stack we speak with Corey Stokes from ‘Essence’ magazine. Plus: the closure of Singapore’s most beloved newsstand and the latest iteration of ‘The Monocle Companion’.

4 May 2024

This week we speak with Emily Tobin, the new editor of ‘The World of Interiors’. Plus we pay a visit to NY’s Art Book Fair and preview our new title, ‘France: The Monocle Handbook’.

27 April 2024

We speak with Mitchell Kaplan, founder of Books & Books, a leading independent bookshop chain based in South Florida. Plus: Tom Ellis, editor in chief of Greece’s ‘Kathimerini English Edition’, and we find out more about…

20 April 2024

We speak with ‘Wildsam Magazine’ editor in chief Taylor Bruce. Plus: we talk to the founder of Paper Café in Nairobi and visit an exhibition on Japanese music books at Japan House London.