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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Apr 22, 2023
‘The New Yorker’, ‘Agência Pública’ and ‘Capsule’
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This week on The Stack we speak with a great trio of writers and publishers: the award-winning ‘New Yorker’ writer Adam Gopnik; Natalia Viana, co-founder of ‘Agência Pública’, Brazil’s first not-for-profit investigative journalism outlet; and Alessio Ascari, the publisher and creative director of ‘Capsule’, a design title that is a hybrid between a magazine and a book.
This week on The Stack, we speak to Jonathan Knight, head of games at ‘The New York Times’. He is responsible for the successful Wordle to the iconic NYT crossword. Plus we chat with the founder of ‘Footnotes’, a title dedicated to type design and typography.
This week on The Stack we speak with Fenton Bailey, co-founder of World of Wonder and producer of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’, about his new book, ‘ScreenAge: How TV Shaped Our Reality From Tammy Faye to RuPaul’s Drag Race’. We also speak with ‘Bon Appétit’ editor-in-chief, Dawn Davis, and editor, Jennifer Hope Choi, on the magazine’s new travel issue.
This week we speak with James Daunt, CEO of Barnes & Noble and Waterstones Managing Director, on the success of his bookstores this year. Plus the return of renowned Argentinean English-language publication ‘Buenos Aires Herald’ and an annual print title on Lisbon’s restaurant scene.
We speak with photographer and designer Robert Spangle about his book ‘Afghan Style’, a fashion study of the Afghan man. Plus: Kunigunde Weissenegger and Barbara Elias da Rocha from ‘Josef’, an insider’s travel book to South Tyrol.
We speak with the team behind the French design title ‘Sloft’, which specialises in smaller spaces. Plus: Markus Hippi travels to Beirut to speak with Hatem Imam from ‘Journal Safar’ and Mohamad Abdouni from ‘Cold Cuts’.
This week on ‘The Stack’ we celebrate cinema in all its forms. Charles Finch talks about his new magazine, ‘A Rabbit’s Foot’, which celebrates the power of film. Plus: we visit London gallery At The Movies to talk with owner Liza Tesei about the art of film posters.
This week on The Stack we speak with ‘Vanity Fair’ editor in chief, Radhika Jones, to celebrate the magazine’s 29th annual Hollywood issue. Plus: we visit Paperground bookshop in Madrid.
Jay Fielden on men’s magazines and Debika Ray from ‘Crafts’
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This week on The Stack we discuss the state of men’s magazines with Jay Fielden, former editor-in-chief of ‘Esquire’, ‘Town & Country’ and ‘Men’s Vogue’. Plus: Debika Ray on the revamped ‘Crafts’ magazine.
This week we speak with creative director Benjamin Grillon about his publication ‘The Colour Journal’, plus Kirsten Algera and Alix de Massiac of ‘MacGuffin’ magazine chat to us about their new podcast ‘Chains’.