Stack Magazines

Last month we delivered Anxy magazine to our subscribers around the world, so we were very pleased to have contributing editor Kati Krause drop into the office to speak about their mission to smash stigmas around mental health. This first issue is themed around anger, and Kati speaks about why that made for a good starting point, how they approached their subject, and why anger isn't necessarily a bad thing.

This week's episode isn't ideal for listening with small children. Louis Jensen runs Illegal! magazine, which exists to empower drug addicts and encourage open conversation about the reality of drugs, addiction and criminality. I loved speaking to him about the growth of the magazine so far, but there is some swearing and of course some quite adult topics of conversation. You have been warned...

Recorded at the Byline festival of journalism, Riposte magazine editor Danielle Pender and her husband Dan Ziglam speak about creativity, balancing work with family life, and the ridiculous stress of organising live events.

We all know Little White Lies as a brilliant film magazine, but these days it's also a film podcast hosted by none other than James Richardson (TV presenter of Football Italia, World's Strongest Man, etc). I dropped in on editor David Jenkins and digital editor Adam Woodward to hear how the podcast found its way into the world, and to catch up on the print magazine, now 70 issues in and under the artistic influence of new creative director Lauren Boglio.

The last 12 months has seen a new wave of British independent magazines made by people of colour, so we brought a group of them together for a panel discussion at The Book Club in London on Tuesday 23 May. Featuring Mariel NO, assistant arts and culture editor of gal-dem; Campbell Addy, founder of Nii Journal; Rhona Ezuma, founder of Thiiird; and Jason Nicco-Annan, co-founder of Signatures.

Dogear is the bookmark that thinks it's a magazine – a lovely, unassuming piece of print that we were lucky enough to send out on Stack this month as a special little extra gift for subscribers. I caught up with editor and co-founder Joe Hedinger to hear about the project so far, and his plans for where Dogear might take him next.

Cathy Olmedillas began publishing her independent children's magazine 10 years ago, and in this conversation she reveals the process of evolution that saw it transform from a passion project into a sustainable business. As she admits, she has a "disease" for starting magazines, and she speaks about some of Anorak's successful siblings, as well as the ones you won't be seeing on a newsstand near you any time soon.

The latest issue of Printed Pages is out now, with Ted Parker's big pink grin beaming out from newsstands around the world. It's Nice That's magazine has built up a reputation for selling out in super-fast time, so I dropped into their office to speak to editor Owen Pritchard about wrangling content, commissioning top creative talent, and making a phenomenally popular piece of print.

Pylot is the analogue photography magazine that promises to never retouch its images for beauty. With the latest issue hitting shelves right now, editor Max Barnett and fashion director Patricia Villirillo stopped by to talk about why analogue is so important to them, what they've learned along the way, and why there's more to their magazine than meets the eye. (Also featuring a special guest appearance by a helicopter hovering above Somerset House.)

There are loads of really great music magazines out there, so how do you make one that stands out from the crowd? Liv Siddall's solution was to make a music magazine without commissioning a single music writer – instead she turns to the bands themselves and the staff at the Rough Trade record shops to create a totally unique title that's packed full of fun and idiosyncratic charm.