The magCulture Podcast

Jeremy Leslie talks to Fantastic Man founders Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers about life in lockdown, reinventing their magazine, their new Reuse issue, and how details matter. Plus Emmanuelle Goutal pops by the magCulture Shop to introduce her beautiful interiors mag Objection. The back issue is German design mag Form+Zweck – check their archive at: https://digital.slub-dresden.de/en/workview/dlf/131153/1/0/ Big thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the Podcast. Episode edited by Sam Williams

This 23rd episode features 23 magazines, opening with issue 23 of The Gentlewoman and closing with a look back at issue 23 of music mag ’Sup. In between, Jeremy Leslie takes a look at new issues of Backstage Talks and Failed States, introduces new launch The Home, and talks to The Plant’s Carol Montpart about making their new issue. Jeremy also meets magazine collector Steven Lomazow, who discusses his archive and the role of magazines in recording history. Steven also previews the exhibition ‘Magazines and the American Experience’ he has curated in New York. Check the magCulture Journal for images and links relating to the exhibition. Edited by Sam Williams With grateful thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast.

Our first Podcast of 2021 is a special episode dedicated to i-D as it celebrates its 40th birthday. Jeremy Leslie talks to GQ editor Dylan Jones about his first job at i-D, then meets the magazine’s founder Terry Jones and his wife and collaborator Tricia. They discuss the start of Terry’s design career, working at Vogue, and the origins of i-D as a stapled zine, responding to what Terry saw on London’s streets as the liberation of the DIY punk years spilled over into new trends and tribes. We hear about the support the magazine received from Time Out’s Tony Elliott, its subsequent sale to Vice Media, and Terry’s ongoing work with the i-D archive. Jeremy also highlights recent issues of The Modernist, Pin-Up and Quarantimes. Big thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of this Podcast. Episode edited by Sam Williams

Recorded at the magCulture Shop, Jeremy Leslie introduces the latest Podcast, opening with magCulture updates and news. He's joined by James Hyman and Tory Turk to discuss their Hymag magazine archive – over 150,000 magazines collected together as the basis for a genre-defining digital database of content. The three start with a look at recent releases, including Interview, Racquet, Post and The Believer, before looking at Hymag’s crowdfunding campaign, a vital project to make sure the archive has a future. Jeremy also meets Oriane Leckert, Senior Outreach Lead, Publishing, Comics, and Journalism at Kickstarter to hear why the platform works so well for magazine launches. Oriane highlights some recent succesful campaigns and shares some tips for prospective fundraisers. Our back issue this time is nineties interiors mag Nest, a beautiful run of 26 issues that is about to be celebrated by a new book from Phaidon. Support Hymag here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/help-hymag-the-worlds-largest-collection-of-magazines Big thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of this Podcast. Episode edited by Sam Williams

After a gap of a few months, the magCulture Podcast returns as the UK loosens the lockdown. The episode opens with an overview of recent magazines – including Barter Baby, Creative Review, Here and British Vogue – and general observations from Jeremy Leslie, before moving on to Eye. Recorded during the special one-day Every Eye Ever event at the magCulture Shop, we eavesdrop on part of a conversation between co-owner/art director Simon Esterson and founding editor Rick Poynor (left and right above). Standing in front of the complete set of 100 issues displayed at the Shop, the two highlight some of the themes and common factors that make an Eye front cover, refering to work by previous art directors Stephen Coates and Nick Bell as well as Esterson. Rick Poynor then joins Jeremy Leslie for a conversation about the 1990 origins of Eye and its application of a critical rather than reporting style of design writing. Poynor still writes for Eye, has just written a biography of David King, and teaches at Reading University. The back issue is US graphic design magazine Émigré, a unique project both about and of the late eighties/early nineties graphics scene, at the beginning of the Apple Macintosh and DTP revolution. --------------------------- Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast. Podcast edited by Ella Atcheson. Release date: 17 July 2020

This episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago, ahead of the current Coronavirus shutdown. We post it here as an antidote to all the other current news, but plan to address the effect of the virus on publishing in our next episode. --------------------------- Ricarda Messner from Sofa and Flaneur joins Jeremy Leslie at the magCulture Shop to talk magazines, and editor-in-chief of ZEITmagazin Christoph Amend updates us on his plans from Amsterdam. After a flick through new issues including Eyeyah!, Leslie, Fervour and Sandwich, Ricarda and Jeremy discuss the new issue of Sofa, as well as the current plans for the next Flaneur. Ricarda also talks about working with ZEITmagazin, before we hear from its editor-in-chief Christoph Amend about his magazine’s podcast and new launch plans. The back issue this time is nineties German business mag Econy, the precursor to today’s Brand Eins. --------------------------- Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast. Podcast edited by Ella Atcheson. Release date: 27 March 2020

Editor/founder of Port magazine Dan Crowe joins Jeremy Leslie at the magCulture Shop to talk magazines. After a flick through new issues including Interview, Varoom and Holiday, Dan talks about the development of Port across 25 issues, the return of creative director Matt Willey and the origins of their working relationship on Zembla. After discussion of the pros and cons of multiple front covers, Dan reveals plans for an exciting new magazine, Inque. We also hear from Mundial editor Dan Sandison and Ro Jackson of Slowe, in an excerpt from the audience Q&A at the end of our recent We Love Sport event. And finally, our back issue is ‘The Most Melancholy Magazine,’ Finland’s Kasino A4. Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast. Podcast edited by Ella Atcheson.

Recorded at the magCulture Shop, Jeremy Leslie introduces our first podcast of 2020 with a look at some upcoming launches, before introducing David Lane, co-founder of The Gourmand. The two take a look at some recent magazines (Family Portrait, South London Review of Hand Dryers, Vogue Italia, Rubbish FAMzine), chat about the brand new 13th issue of The Gourmand, and David’s work for Frieze. The episode ends with a look back at the first edition of Buffalo Zine (2011). Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast. If you enjoy the magCulture Podcast please give it some love on iTunes, Soundcloud or wherever you’re listening. And drop us an email with suggestions: podcast@magculture.com Edited by Ella Atcheson

Our final Podcast of 2019 looks back at the year. Recorded at the magCulture Shop, Jeremy Leslie shares his highlights of 2019 alongside a host of indie magazine publishers, including Buffalo Zine, MacGuffin, Flaneur and Sabat. Plus he meets Martha Dillon to discuss her essential magazine It’s Freezing in LA! There’s also an excerpt from our recent magCulture Meets Good Trouble event. Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast If you enjoy the magCulture Podcast please give it some love on iTunes, Soundcloud or wherever you’re listening. And drop us an email with suggestions: podcast@magculture.com Edited by Lucy Dearlove

For this episode, Jeremy Leslie is joined at the magCulture shop by Marc Robbemond from Amsterdam’s Athenaeum magazine shop. We also hear from Ariane Spanier of Fukt magazine, listen in on David Hillman and Caroline Baker of sixties classic Nova in an excerpt from their recent magCulture Shop event, and podcast producer Lucy Dearlove removes her headphones to share the effect a zine had on her own podcast. If you enjoy the magCulture Podcast please give it some love on iTunes, Soundcloud or wherever you’re listening. And drop us an email with suggestions: podcast@magculture.com Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast Podcast edited by Lucy Dearlove.

Our latest Podcast, recorded at the magCulture Shop in London, is a bumper edition that hangs loosely around the theme of change. The episode opens with Jeremy and Liv flicking through recent new mags, starting with The Face, freshly relaunched after a 15 year hiatus. Can it possibly live up to expectations? The pair also look at this year’s print edition of gal-dem and the exciting new Buffalo Zine, and are joined briefly by Erik from Lyrics As Poetry before heading off down a crazy magazine archeaology rabbit hole with guest Danny No. The ups and downs of the contemporary women’s magazine are reflected in the next two guests: Marie O’Riordan, editor of Marie Claire from 2001-2008, reflects on the demise of the magazine’s print edition. And Penny Martin, editor-in-chief of The Gentlewoman, discusses her magazine’s tenth anniversary. Both highlight the need for character and USP in a magazine. There’s just time for a Back Issue – the first ever edition of Berlin’s 032c, a very different publication to today’s glossy quarterly – before the episode signs off with news of changes of our own. If you enjoy the magCulture Podcast please give it some love on iTunes, Soundcloud or wherever you’re listening. And drop us an email with suggestions: podcast@magculture.com Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast Podcast edited by Lucy Dearlove

Jeremy Leslie and Liv Siddall talk magazines, recorded at the magCulture Shop in London. The episode opens with a look at magCulture’s late summer plans, leading into a an overview recent new issues including the first issue of Belissimo and fourth issue of Safar Journal. We also hear from Steven Gregor at Gym Class about the zine-y nature of his new edition and Anna Broujean of Club Sandwich reveals future plans. Jeremy and Liv take a close look at the challenging recent issue of German photo mag Der Greif. The images it contains were deemed so potentially offensive that Stack Magazines offered subscribers an opt-out – Stack’s Steve Watson explain why and how. Our final conversation excerpt from MagMagMag in NYC presents Rob Hewitt (OH-SO) and Caitlin Thompson (Racquet)discuss working with brands. The episode signs off with our latest Back Issue – celebrated eighties NY satirical mag Spy. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast. The magCulture Podcast is edited by Lucy Dearlove.

Jeremy Leslie and Liv Siddall talk magazines, recorded at the magCulture in London with a dash to Manhattan for some chat from our NY visit. The episode opens with a look back at how The Sunday Times Magazine reported the Apollo 11 moon landings, 50 years ago. Jeremy and Liv discuss this years Stack Awards, which have just been launchec, and then flick through new issues of Club Sandwich, C 41 and student magazine Garment from Amsterdam. We then switch to New York to listen in on part our MagMagMag event at Vitsoe; editors Alison Lewis (American Chordata) and Felix Burrichter(Pin-Up)discuss business and creative issues with Jeremy. We end with news of the magCulture Live (7 November) and a look at the March 1985 issue of The Face and the design of an interview with Andy Warhol. Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support for the magCulture Podcast. Edited by Lucy Dearlove.

Jeremy Leslie and Liv Siddall talk magazines, recorded at the magCulture in London with interviews from our recent New York residency. The episode starts with an overview of new mags, including the Neat Review, Banana and Dazed. Plus the new book about RayGun magazine, from founder Marvin Scott Jarrett. We then switch to New York, where we hear from ModMagNYC speakers Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff (gal-dem), Beth Wilkinson (Lindsay), Ian Birch (‘Uncovered’) and Douglas McGray (California Sunday, Pop-Up Magazine) plus guests Josef Reyes (Day Plus Night), Deidre Dyer (No Man’s Land), Alison Branch (Park) and Cath Caldwell (CSM). Liv and Jeremy then pick their ModMagNYC highlights and Jeremy looks back at nineties culture mag Speak. Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support for the magCulture Podcast. This epsiode was edited by Caroline Whiteley.

Jeremy Leslie and Liv Siddall talk magazines, recorded at the magCulture in London and at our New York MagMagMag popup. The episode starts in London; Jeremy and Liv take a look at a selection of recent arrivals including Violet Book, Apartamento, RAID and Subway. Plus we hear from photographer Jenny van Sommers about shooting the latest cover of The Gourmand. We then switch to our MagMagMag pop-up in New York. To open this collaboration with our friends at Vitsoe, we welcomed a series of guests to discuss their magazines with Jeremy. Here, he meets Adam Moss, generally regarded as one of the best magazine editors working today. Moss reflects on his fifteen years as Editor-in-chief of New York magazine, a post he recently left. His views on the role of the editor make compelling listening. Huge thanks to our friends at Park Communications for their support of the magCulture Podcast. Production and editing by Lucy Dearlove.