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Essential listening for anyone who cares about the printed word and developments in publishing. From independent publications, new forms of print media and graphic novels to little-known niche magazines, ‘The Stack’ is Monocle’s take on the world of print, focusing on everything from the glossiest fashion title to the grittiest local newspaper.

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646	4 Jan 2025 30 min	The best of ‘The Stack’ in 2024, part two Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco listens back at some of the best interviews of the year.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
645	28 Dec 2024 30 min	The best of ‘The Stack’ in 2024, part one Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks back at some of the best interviews of the year on ‘The Stack’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
644	21 Dec 2024 27 min	The new Pirelli calendar and ‘Le Monde’ turns 80 We speak with photographer Ethan James Green about bringing sensuality back to the 2025 edition of the iconic Pirelli calendar. We also celebrate 80 years of France’s leading daily, ‘Le Monde’, speaking with its president and publisher, Louis Dreyfus.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
643	14 Dec 2024 34 min	The power of print We speak with Simon Lovermann, founder and artistic director of ‘Der Greif’ magazine. Then: Megan Wray Schertler from ‘Weröld Archive’ on how to run magazines. Plus: Sam Cochran from ‘AD’ reveals the AD100 list of the best designers.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
642	7 Dec 2024 27 min	A New York cinema turns to print, Tyler Mitchell and Magculture’s year in magazines This week we look at ‘The Metrograph’, a new print title from celebrated New York cinema Metrograph. Plus photographer Tyler Mitchell on his award-winning work and Jeremy Leslie from Magculture reviews the year in magazines.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
641	30 Nov 2024 30 min	The Leading Hotels of the World book series and Brazilian publisher, Afluente We speak with Spencer Bailey, in charge of the five-volume ‘The Leading Hotels Book Series’ celebrating luxury in global hospitality. Plus we discuss the success of Brazilian publishing house, Afluente, with Julius Wiedemann.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
640	23 Nov 2024 31 min	A celebration of ‘10 Magazine’ with Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou Monocle’s fashion director Natalie Theodosi talks with Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou from ‘10 Magazine’ about her successful career in fashion media.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
639	16 Nov 2024 29 min	Monocle in Dubai, The Stack x The Menu and a magazine about breakfasts We head to the UAE to talk about ‘The Monocle 100: Dubai’. Plus: ‘The Stack’ collaborates with ‘The Menu’ to talk about the boom in food magazines and we flick through ‘Morgenmete’, a title dedicated to breakfasts.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
638	9 Nov 2024 31 min	The first issue of ‘Harper’s Bazaar Intérieurs’ and a media company for insiders We speak with Isis-Colombe Combréas, founder of ‘Milk Magazine’ and ‘Milk Decoration’, and also editor in chief of the newly released ‘Harper’s Bazaar Interieurs’. We also speak media and US elections with Dylan Byers, founding partner and senior correspondent at ‘Puck’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
637	2 Nov 2024 27 min	The redesign of Brazil’s largest daily, plus a new magazine on transport This week we speak with Sérgio Dávila, editor in chief of Brazil’s largest daily newspaper, ‘Folha de São Paulo’, on the paper’s redesign and its coverage of the US election. Plus: ‘Vehicle’, a new magazine with a fresh approach to transportation.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
636	26 Oct 2024 30 min	A photography special We speak with Ghislain Pascal from The Little Black Gallery about the opening of Boys! Boys! Boys! Gallery Café, a new cultural hub for queer and gay fine-art photography. Plus: we discuss the art of wildlife pictures with the winners of the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
635	19 Oct 2024 28 min	Open season for new magazines This week on ‘The Stack’ we feature two new magazines. The first is ‘AFM’, a new title on sex and relationships published by dating app Feeld. Plus: ‘Open Tennis’, a new publication by David Shaftel.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
634	12 Oct 2024 34 min	Print expansion This week on The Stack, Rob Orchard from ‘Delayed Gratification’ tells us about design changes in his magazine and their new book ‘Misc: A compendium of delightfully random facts’. Plus: ‘Condé Nast Traveller’ expands to Germany.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
633	5 Oct 2024 34 min	A leading Hungarian media group and a decade of ‘Design Anthology’ We speak with Zoltan Varga, CEO and chairman of Central Media, one of the biggest media groups in Hungary. Plus: ‘Design Anthology’ celebrates a decade with new editors in chief Simone Schultz and Jeremy Smart.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
632	28 Sep 2024 31 min	Kiosk culture This week on ‘The Stack’ we speak with Arman Naféei on his new kiosk at the heart of Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard, Kiosk-o-thèque, a clever mix of gallery, bookshop and podcast studio. Plus: how can a food magazine cover the upcoming US elections? Jamila Robinson from ‘Bon Appétit’ tells us how.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Culture / Podcast

The Stack

Latest episode

Latest episodes

The best of ‘The Stack’ in 2024, part two

The best of ‘The Stack’ in 2024, part one

The new Pirelli calendar and ‘Le Monde’ turns 80

The power of print

A New York cinema turns to print, Tyler Mitchell and Magculture’s year in magazines

The Leading Hotels of the World book series and Brazilian publisher, Afluente

A celebration of ‘10 Magazine’ with Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou

Monocle in Dubai, The Stack x The Menu and a magazine about breakfasts

The first issue of ‘Harper’s Bazaar Intérieurs’ and a media company for insiders

The redesign of Brazil’s largest daily, plus a new magazine on transport

A photography special

Open season for new magazines

Print expansion

A leading Hungarian media group and a decade of ‘Design Anthology’

Kiosk culture