Stack Magazines

Stack Magazines

Conversations with independent publishers, telling the stories behind the stories in some of our favourite magazines.

  1. The creative chaos of Apartamento magazine

    2 DAYS AGO

    The creative chaos of Apartamento magazine

    Laura Frade is managing editor of Apartamento, one of the world's best known and most beloved independent magazines. As the publication turns 18 years old, I spoke to her about the secrets of its enduring success.

    31 min
  2. The Stack 2025 roundup – part 2

    18/12/2025

    The Stack 2025 roundup – part 2

    Hear from all the independent magazines we delivered from July to December this year, featuring Hotshoe, Troublemakers, Not Here to Make Friends, Cake Zine, Off Licence and Beneficial Shock!

    27 min
  3. Fifteen years of Delayed Gratification

    12/12/2025

    Fifteen years of Delayed Gratification

    Rob Orchard is co-editor of Delayed Gratification, the magazine that launched 15 years ago with the bright idea of using the slowness of print as an advantage. Rather than racing to be first with the news, they dedicate each issue to a three-month period and reflect on events after the dust has settled. In this conversation he reflects on what he and the team have learned from publishing 60 issues of the magazine, including the constant battle with deadlines; the changing demands of social media; and the advantages of advertising on the Underground.

    38 min
  4. The Stack 2025 roundup – part one

    05/12/2025

    The Stack 2025 roundup – part one

    As we come to the end of the year, we're looking back at all the independent magazines we delivered to our subscribers in 2025. This first part covers our deliveries from January to June, and it features the people who make Broadcast from Brooklyn, Solomiya from Kyiv, Skin Deep from London, New York Review of Architecture from New York (of course), Playground from Vilnius and Stockholm, and No One from Amsterdam.

    31 min
  5. Translator magazine reads the world differently

    28/11/2025

    Translator magazine reads the world differently

    Charles Emmerson is the editor of Translator, the magazine that searches for great stories from beyond the Anglosphere, and translates them into English. In this conversation he speaks about the art of translation, the important decisions that have to be made along the way, and how his magazine is helping English speakers to better understand the world.

    35 min
  6. Independent arts in The Toe Rag magazine

    14/11/2025

    Independent arts in The Toe Rag magazine

    Sophie Barshall is editor of The Toe Rag, the free arts magazine distributed at independent and not-for-profit venues across London and beyond. In this conversation she speaks about the importance of arts coverage, the dire state of arts funding in the UK, and why The Toe Rag is not a passion project.

    40 min
  7. Poking holes with Mother Tongue

    31/10/2025

    Poking holes with Mother Tongue

    Melissa Goldstein and Natalia Rachlin are the founders and editors of Mother Tongue magazine, which presents a distinctly grown-up picture of motherhood. Disillusioned by the type of media that was presented to them as mothers, they began, "to poke holes in all the things that exist or have existed historically in this space. Why do they look a certain way and speak a certain way that just doesn't connect to us personally? And surely we can't be the only ones." In this episode they speak about the process of defining a new picture of motherhood, and building a sustainable business out of that initial disillusionment.

    38 min
  8. Offal makes AI fall over

    17/10/2025

    Offal makes AI fall over

    Mark Blacklock and Roderick Stanley are the editors of Offal, a self-proclaimed "haggis of literary culture", created from odd and experimental bits of text that don't quite fit anywhere else. It's a brilliantly anarchic print magazine and digital audio title, and in this conversation they speak about their interest in AI tools, explaining how they push them to glitch and break, sifting through the artistic and aesthetic potential of what remains.

    41 min
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Conversations with independent publishers, telling the stories behind the stories in some of our favourite magazines.

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  • Creator
    Stack Magazines
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    254
  • Rating
    Clean
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