Mag Heroes

Dan Rowden

A podcast about magazines and the people who make and read them. Each episode I chat with a different person in magazines, finding out how they got into magazines and what they're currently working on.

  • 28 minutes 2 seconds
    28 — Ben Mervis (Fare)

    Ben is the founder and editor of Fare, a magazine that explores cities via their food culture. We hear about the process of creating a first issue, why and how Ben travels to new cities for each issue, and using a reliable team of collaborators to create familiarity as the magazine jumps around the world.

    faremag.com
    Instagram

    12 February 2020, 7:38 am
  • 26 minutes 8 seconds
    27 — Cam Held & Christine Reighley (Maine The Way)

    Cam Held and Christine Reighley are the founders of Maine The Way, a magazine about the state of Maine. After two years and eight issues, Christine and Cam have built a loyal readership via crowdfunding and Subsail-powered subscriptions, and we also hear how and why they produce their magazine about Maine locally in-state.

    Maine The Way
    mtwquarterly.com
    Instagram

    Recommended magazines
    Beside
    Delayed Gratification

    29 January 2020, 4:39 am
  • 31 minutes 18 seconds
    26 — Kai Brach (Offscreen)

    Kai publishes Offscreen, a magazine about the “human side of technology.” Now 22 issues in, Offscreen has grown from a title covering tech companies into a publication that challenges how we as humans think about technology. We talked about this progressive change in focus, how to make a magazine sustainable over an 8-year period and his popular newsletter, Dense Discovery, which he sends out weekly to 20,000+ readers.

    Offscreen
    offscreenmag.com
    Instagram
    Twitter

    Show links
    magpile.com/offscreen/
    Dense Discovery
    Offscreen Blog "Production" category
    Heftwerk
    Indie Maganomics post

    17 January 2020, 7:30 am
  • 24 minutes 32 seconds
    25 — Danny Giacopelli (Courier)

    Danny Giacopelli is the editor of Courier magazine, a title that covers business and startups from around the world. We had a great conversation about Danny's start in magazines at Monocle, his move across London to Courier and the magazine's plans for growth.

    Courier
    couriermedia.co Twitter Instagram

    Danny's reading recommendations

    27 November 2019, 9:00 am
  • 27 minutes 31 seconds
    24 — Indhira Rojas (Anxy)

    Indhi Rojas is the founder and creative director of Anxy, a magazine about mental health and our “inner worlds.” Last month Indhi announced she has stopped publishing this multi award-winning magazine so I thought it would be great to hear more about Anxy's story. We talked about why she started a print magazine in a digital world, validating ideas and growing audiences on Kickstarter, and how to make the decision to end a well-loved and well-respected magazine.

    Anxy 
    anxymag.com Twitter Instagram

     

    20 November 2019, 5:42 am
  • 25 minutes 25 seconds
    23 — Alice Pomfret (Akin)

    Alice is founder and editor of Akin, a bi-annual magazine which is inspired by a different person for each issue. Alongside the magazine, Alice has started hosting events for the creative community in her native Norwich, England, and selling indie mags at various popups around the city, which we discuss in our chat.

    Akin
    akinmagazine.com
    Instagram

    Alice
    Twitter
    Instagram

    Alice's reading recommendations

    1 November 2019, 5:42 am
  • 32 minutes 53 seconds
    22 — Sam Diss (Mundial)

    Sam is the Commissioning editor of Mundial, a football culture magazine from London. In our chat, Sam explains how Mundial came about as “a group chat that kind of got out of hand”, Sam's trip to New York for the recently released 19th issue, plus Mundial's latest project, a full-on football team.

    Mundial: mundialmag.com Twitter Instagram
    Sam: Twitter Instagram

    Sam's magazine recommendations

    18 October 2019, 3:45 am
  • 24 minutes 15 seconds
    21 — Robbie Russell (Assistant editor of PUSH)

    Robbie is the assistant editor and commercial manager of PUSH, a new magazine focusing on youth culture. Robbie launched the magazine after university and has big plans. We also delve deep into PUSH's successful free distribution model.

    Sponsored by

    Subsail is a new platform to help you sell recurring magazine subscriptions and manage your subscribers. Built specifically for self-published magazines, Subsail is full of features to make selling and handling subscriptions really easy.

    Where to find Push

    Robbie's reading recommendations

    10 August 2017, 7:58 am
  • 26 minutes 5 seconds
    20 — Felicia Pennant (Editor of SEASON)

    Felicia is editor of SEASON, a football magazine for and about women. We chatted about the magazine's position in giving female football fans a voice, a final-year thesis that sparked the idea for SEASON, and a unique way the magazine engages its readers.

    Sponsored by

    Subsail is a new platform to help you sell recurring magazine subscriptions and manage your subscribers. Built specifically for self-published magazines, Subsail is full of features to make selling and handling subscriptions really easy.

    Where to find SEASON

    Felicia's reading recommendations

    1 August 2017, 7:28 am
  • 31 minutes 47 seconds
    19 — Kai Brach (Editor of Offscreen)

    Kai is the Editor of Offscreen, a magazine that looks at the human side of technology. We talk about the magazine's custom subscription and ordering system, problems Kai had with the magazine's new binding method, and Heftwerk, a Berlin-based collective of companies Kai helped set up to make producing a magazine a lot easier.

    SPONSORED BY

    Subsail is a new platform to help you sell recurring magazine subscriptions and manage your subscribers. Built specifically for self-published magazines, Subsail is full of features to make selling and handling subscriptions really easy.

    Show notes

    Where to find Offscreen

    Kai's reading recommendations

    27 July 2017, 5:33 am
  • 23 minutes 59 seconds
    18 — Bethany Thompson & Sam Bradley (Editors of Counterpoint)

    Sam and Bethany are the editors of Counterpoint, a magazine full of illustrations and writing on a different theme each issue. We had a nice chat about Counterpoint's hand-bound and risograph production processes, moving from online to a very specific print product, and their upcoming issue about food.

    18 July 2017, 6:50 am
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