Podcasts by Mag Heroes

Mag Heroes

A podcast about magazines and the people who make them. Every fortnight we hear from an indie magazine maker about why they started, how they put together new issues and the trials and challenges of producing a printed publication. Hosted by Dan Rowden of Magpile.com, Subsail.com and @dansmags.

Further podcasts by Dan Rowden

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Mag Heroes
7 — Rosa Park (Editor of Cereal) from 2023-12-14T10:29:15.273394

This episode is sponsored by Newsstand.

Rosa Park is the Editor of “t...

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11 — Lene Haugerud (Editor of Brygg) from 2023-12-14T10:29:15.258089

Lene is the editor of Brygg, a magazine about "conversation and coffee." We discuss Brygg's past as a Norwegian-language coffee magazine, it's change to an ...

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12 — Sean Dagan Wood (Editor-in-chief of Positive News) from 2023-12-14T10:29:15.251988

Sean is the Editor-in-chief of Positive News, a publication focused on good journalism about the good things that are happening. We chat about the magazine's...

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13 — Johnny Crisp (Deputy editor of Perdiz) from 2023-12-14T10:29:15.245464

Johnny is Deputy editor and Translator at Barcelona-based Perdiz, a magazine "about people and the things that make them happy." We talk about some of the interesting stories unearthed...

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17 — Christi Barnes (Managing editor of Woven) from 2023-12-14T10:29:15.224247

Christi is the managing editor of Woven, a Seattle-based magazine that interviews artists, creatives and entrepreneurs. We talked about the magazine's journey from a digital platform to a printe...

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20 — Felicia Pennant (Editor of SEASON) from 2023-12-14T10:29:15.211520

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 fin...

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23 — Alice Pomfret (Akin) from 2023-12-14T10:29:15.197618

Alice is founder and editor of Akin, a bi-annual magazine which is inspired by a different person for each issue. Alongside the magazine, ...

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28 — Ben Mervis (Fare) from 2020-02-12T07:38:01

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 ...

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27 — Cam Held&Christine Reighley (Maine The Way) from 2020-01-29T04:39:17

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, ...

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26 — Kai Brach (Offscreen) from 2020-01-17T07:30:39

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...

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25 — Danny Giacopelli (Courier) from 2019-11-27T09:00:14

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...

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24 — Indhira Rojas (Anxy) from 2019-11-20T05:42:07

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 ma...

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22 — Sam Diss (Mundial) from 2019-10-18T03:45:15

Sam is the Commissioning editor of Mundial, a football culture magazine from London. In our chat, Sam explains how Mundial came about as “a g...

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21 — Robbie Russell (Assistant editor of PUSH) from 2017-08-10T07:58

Robbie is the assistant editor and commercial manager of PUSH, a new magazine focusing on youth culture. Robbie launched the magazine after university ...

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19 — Kai Brach (Editor of Offscreen) from 2017-07-27T05:33

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 s...

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18 — Bethany Thompson&Sam Bradley (Editors of Counterpoint) from 2017-07-18T06:50

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 pr...

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16 — Wendy Huynh (Editor of Arcades) from 2017-06-30T06:56

Wendy is the editor of Arcades, a magazine which buries itself in a city's suburbs for each issue. In our chat we talked about the magazine's origins as a student project, how the cities she fea...

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15 — Lucy Chesters (Editor of Ethos) from 2017-06-23T12:20

Lucy is the editor of Ethos, a magazine reporting on ethical and progressive businesses and business people. We chat about Ethos' crowdfunding campaign from last year, their collaborative publis...

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14 — Matthew Porter (Editor of DOG) from 2017-06-14T06:40

Matthew is an editor of DOG, a "modern lifestyle magazine exploring the presence and influence of dogs and their owners in society.” It was great to hear from Matt about the magazine’s orig...

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10 — Steven Watson (Founder of Stack Magazines) from 2017-01-23T07:44

Steve is the founder of Stack Magazines, a magazine subscription service that sends you a different independent magazine every month. Steve is slowly bui...

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9 — Elliot and Samantha Stocks (Lagom) from 2015-03-30T09:25

Elliot and Samantha Stocks are the husband and wife team behind Lagom, a new magazine which looks at creativity, and the balance between work and play. In the...

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8 — Gail Bichler (Design Director, The New York Times Magazine) from 2015-03-14T05:00

Gail Bichler has the envious job of Design Director at The New York Times Magazine, a publication setting trends in cover design, r...

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6 — Ryan Essmaker (Creative Director of The Great Discontent) from 2015-02-12T07:05

This episode is sponsored by Hemlock.

Ryan Essmaker is half of the husban...

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5 — Kai Brach (Editor of Offscreen) from 2015-01-19T05:00

Kai Brach is the man behind Offscreen, a magazine about people who work on the web and with apps. We talk about Kai's transition from web designer to indep...

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4 — Alec Dudson (Editor of Intern) from 2014-02-13T06:00

Alec is Editor of Intern, a new magazine highlighting work by interns and sparking the debate about intern culture. We discuss the genesis of his publication, his work as an intern for other ind...

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3 — Philip Diprose (Editor of The Ride Journal) from 2014-01-16T18:00

Philip is the Editor of The Ride Journal, an illustration-filled, storytelling biking magazine from the UK. We discuss Philip's passion for biking (and his bike collection) and how this fuelled ...

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2 — Ibrahim Nehme (Editor of The Outpost) from 2013-12-16T06:00

Ibrahim is the Editor-in-Chief of The Outpost, a Beirut-based “magazine of possibilities.” We discuss The Outpost's origins in a region of flux and the current publishing climate in the Middle ...

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1 — Luke Tonge (Art Director of Boat) from 2013-11-25T07:00

Luke is the Art Director of Boat Magazine, a magazine that travels to and reports from a different city each issue. We talk about how Luke got into design, what he does in his day job and how he...

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0 — Intro from 2013-11-21T17:20

This first episode introduces Mag Heroes and lays out my thoughts behind starting this show.

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