The Stack
For print and publishing lovers. Covering everything from indie magazines to major publications and the evolving world of print media.
Latest Episodes
‘National Geographic Food’
A legacy title steps out of its comfort zone with a standalone spin-off focused on food, and we explore the pleasures and sorrows of covering technology in print. Plus, a new style and culture…
‘Lodestars Anthology: Pathways’
Launched a successful magazine? Why not take the next logical step and dip your to into the world of book publishing? Today, one of our favourite travel journals goes hardbound. Plus: the man who…
Live from the Monocle Christmas Market
Tyler Brûlé is joined by Georgina Godwin and a host of festive favourites in this special live programme broadcast from the Monocle Christmas Market. Luxury correspondent Sagra Maceira de Rosen shares her list of…
The Stack Awards 2017
The people who make independent magazines aren’t motivated by fame or fortune. They simply want their passion projects to reach an appreciative community of like-minded readers. Still, given the long hours and unpredictable financial…
‘Fantastic Man’
Find out how one of the most influential magazines of the past decade-and-a-bit has broken the habit of a lifetime with its latest cover. Plus: a title from Germany to boost your hosting skills…
Cultural capital
The editors of legacy newspapers’ arts sections can be a gloomy bunch: on top of their sensitive dispositions, sadly they’re often the first casualties when management wields the axe. This week: a conversation with…
The Modern Magazine 2017
Your favourite independent magazines are compiled through hours of solitary and near-solitary toil by industry fanatics hunched over InDesign, stuck in what can sometimes feel like a state of purgatory. No wonder this (usually)…
Il Paradiso
A treat for our German-speaking listeners this week, with a travel manual designed to guide them gently but firmly off the beaten track. Plus: a mag full of mutts and the view from Australia.
S-Magazin
We’re used to newspapers spicing up their weekend editions with colour supplements: but why would a magazine want to launch a magazine? Plus: blockbuster titles from Paris and the US, and a new food…
