Stack Magazines

Stack Magazines
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Stack Magazines Podcast

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

  1. Moan pictures the female gaze

    3 DAYS AGO

    Moan pictures the female gaze

    For this first episode of the new season I’ve got a conversation with Kat, the woman who makes Moan, a magazine of sensuality and eroticism that prioritises the female gaze. It has a lot of explicit imagery, but it’s definitely not pornographic, and in fact there’s something about the risograph print and production that makes it feel like more of an art book than anything else. Hear what she has learned from publishing the magazine for the last five years, and how she's planning on taking it to the next level.

    30 min
  2. The Movement Movement expands sport

    JUL 26

    The Movement Movement expands sport

    Ellie Jackson is the editor-in-chief and creative director of The Movement Movement, the women’s sports magazine that is committed to broadening our understanding of what sports coverage should look like. Issue one came out a few weeks ago, but that was preceded by issue zero, which came out in 2022, and in this episode she speaks about the delay between the two issues, and the struggle to stay on track when life gets in the way.

    32 min
  3. A new spin on Racquet magazine

    JUL 12

    A new spin on Racquet magazine

    Steph Chung is managing partner at Racquet, the New York-based magazine that takes a fresh, anti-elitist look at the world of tennis. There have been some big changes since the last issue, with editor David Shaftel and art director Larry Buchanan both leaving the magazine, and a more commercial emphasis across the pages, with a big Gucci photo shoot on the cover and inside, and a partnership with Seoul-based cultural creators Ssoldot. It’s all part of a plan to take advantage of what Steph calls, “the convening power of the magazine”, and in this conversation she outlines their plan for making it more commercially successful, while expanding further into events, merchandise, and other activities based around tennis.

    25 min
  4. The power of quitting in Backstage Talks

    JUN 28

    The power of quitting in Backstage Talks

    Zuzana Kvetková is executive editor of Backstage Talks, the magazine that grew out of Bratislava’s By Design Conference. Their new issue will be landing in shops very soon, and as she explains in this podcast, it marks something of a watershed. Because after 10 years they’ve decided that it’s time to stop running the conference, which in turn prompts lots of questions about what the magazine should be.

    26 min
  5. Meeting misfits in Troublemakers

    JUN 14

    Meeting misfits in Troublemakers

    Yuto Miyamoto is editor of Troublemakers, a new Tokyo-based interview magazine that fills its pages with ordinary people living variously extraordinary lives. It’s a very personal magazine – he makes it with his wife, Manami Inoue, who is the art director, and interviewees are photographed at home, with lots of space dedicated to exploring their thoughts and beliefs. They're stretching the dictionary definition of 'troublemakers', and having some fun along the way.

    26 min
  6. When a bookshop makes a magazine

    MAY 31

    When a bookshop makes a magazine

    Tom Rowley runs the Backstory bookshop in Balham in South London. He was previously a journalist for The Telegraph and The Economist, which he describes as his dream job, but when the pandemic knocked everything sideways he decided it was time to reassess and follow his other dream of running a bookshop. As he puts it, though, he felt the pull of ink in his veins, and started publishing Backstory magazine, which allows him to dig into the stories behind the stories in the books that he loves, reflecting on the experience of reading and writing.

    29 min
  7. Bringing the Erotic Review back into print

    MAY 17

    Bringing the Erotic Review back into print

    Lucy Roeber is editor and publisher of the Erotic Review, a magazine that became particularly well known as a bimonthly title in the late 90s and early 2000s. It had since switched to publishing online and it was going to close altogether, and in this episode she tells how she set out to bring it back as a fully-fledged print magazine. In her hands it has become a lovely, thick literary magazine, aimed at an international readership and dedicated to reaching, “outside the embarrassed parameter” to explore the rich subject of desire.

    28 min
  8. Stammering pride in Dysfluent

    MAY 3

    Stammering pride in Dysfluent

    Conor Foran is editor of Dysfluent, a magazine based on his experience of stammering, which aims to become a publication of stammering pride. Using a custom typeface with letters that get stretched out, or chopped up and repeated, Dysfluent aims to reflect the sound of a stammer, representing individuals' voices as closely as possible.

    30 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 - 2024
  • Episodes
    219
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Stack Magazines

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