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Essential listening for anyone who cares about what they read – and how they read it. The Stack is Monocle’s take on the world of print, focusing on everything from the glossiest fashion title to the grittiest newspaper.

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WePresent, ‘Facility’ and ‘What Do People Do?’:

This week on the show we speak to the head of WeTransfer editorial platform WePresent, flick through a magazine about bathrooms and meet ‘What Do People Do?’, a Lithuanian title about creative work.

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39122 Feb 2020
30 min

WePresent, ‘Facility’ and ‘What Do People Do?’: 

This week on the show we speak to the head of WeTransfer editorial platform WePresent, flick through a magazine about bathrooms and meet ‘What Do People Do?’, a Lithuanian title about creative work.

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39015 Feb 2020
30 min

‘Arena Homme+’, ‘Holiday’ and ‘LifeWear’: 

We speak to Ben Kelway about his book celebrating 25 years of ‘Arena Homme+’. Plus: Pamela Fiori on her book telling the history of travel title ‘Holiday’ and we review the latest edition of Uniqlo’s magazine, ‘LifeWear’, which features a Monocle guide to Tokyo.

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3898 Feb 2020
30 min

Oscars: 

This week on The Stack we look at the Oscars… in print. We welcome film critic Karen Krizanovich to discuss how the coverage of the event has changed through the years and speak with Gwilym Mumford – editor of ‘The Guide’, the Saturday cultural supplement of ‘The Guardian’ newspaper – and Ben Zauzmer, author of ‘Oscarmetrics’.

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3881 Feb 2020
30 min

‘Dog’ and ‘SambaZine’: 

This week on The Stack we welcome Julian Victoria and Emily Rogers of ‘Dog’ magazine and head to Brazil to speak to Juliano Corbetta from new title ‘SambaZine’.

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38725 Jan 2020
30 min

‘Vogue Polska Man’, ‘Vogue Poland’ and ‘Americas Quarterly’: 

We speak to Filip Niedenthal, editor in chief of Polish ‘Vogue’, who also recently launched the first issue of ‘Vogue Polska Man’. Plus: we meet Brian Winter, editor in chief of 'Americas Quarterly'.

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38618 Jan 2020
30 min

Monocle, Gloria and Elsie: 

This week on The Stack we look inside Monocle’s new issue on gentle living. Plus: we speak to the founder of ‘Elsie’ and explore the vibrant art-book scene in New Zealand.

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38511 Jan 2020
30 min

‘Sandwich’, ‘Ìrìn Journal’ and ‘The Golfer’s Journal’: 

This week we speak to the editors of two new magazines – ‘Sandwich’ and ‘Ìrìn Journal’. Plus: beautiful sports quarterly ‘The Golfer’s Journal’.

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3844 Jan 2020
30 min

The First Stack: 

This week on The Stack we speak to the CEO of ‘The Texas Tribune’. Plus: Austrian title ‘Salt & Wonder’ and celebrating 25 years of ‘Saveur’.

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38328 Dec 2019
30 min

Best of 2019: 

This week on The Stack we look back at the best interviews from 2019.

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38221 Dec 2019
30 min

‘Point.51’ and Lodestars Anthology: 

This week we speak with Rob Pinney from ‘Point.51’ magazine; the Monocle team tell us what they want for Christmas print-wise and we welcome back Liz Schaffer from ‘Lodestars Anthology’.

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38114 Dec 2019
30 min

'Zagat' and 'Delayed Gratification': 

This week on The Stack we mark the 40th-anniversary edition of restaurant guide ‘Zagat’. Plus: we meet Matthew Lee of slow journalism publication ‘Delayed Gratification’.

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3807 Dec 2019
30 min

Monocle Christmas Market special: 

Tyler Brûlé is joined by Georgina Godwin and a host of festive favourites in this special programme broadcast live from the Monocle Christmas Market.

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37930 Nov 2019
30 min

The world in print: 

This week on The Stack we go from the hyperlocal to the global: from a new title covering the best of one of London’s most exciting neighbourhoods to a photographer’s book about the nostalgic idea of old shopping malls. Plus: cartophile Ian Wright from Brilliant Maps and new Jakarta-based title, ‘Further Reading’.

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37823 Nov 2019
30 min

The Stack: Live, with Mario García: 

A special edition of The Stack, recorded at our Dufourstrasse studios in Zürich. Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, sits down with Mario García to discuss ‘The Story’, the legendary newspaper designer’s book about the future of newsrooms and newspapers.

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37716 Nov 2019
30 min

James Ball, Anne-Sophie Garrigou, Lewis H Lapham and Fabian Saul: 

This week we speak with James Ball from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Anne-Sophie Garrigou from ‘The Beam’ magazine, Lewis H Lapham from ‘Lapham’s Quarterly’ and Fabian Saul from ‘Flaneur’.

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