The magCulture Podcast returns after a brief break, with a double-header featuring two new, but very different, magazines. First, Jeremy talks to Andreea Samoila, founder of smart new indie All Things Measured, and then he meets Marie-Pierre Lannelongue, editorial director of new biannual glossy, M Le Monde International.

For this 40th anniversary episode, Jeremy is joined by Danielle Pender, founder of Riposte, and Kai von Rabenau, founder of mono.kultur. They discuss the return to print of the two magazines after a three-year gap, the changes and learnings the two publisher/editors have noted over the long runs of their magazines, and the details of their new editions.

This episode looks at the role of illustration in publishing, with two guests whose magazines rely on drawn images to bring their pages to life. Cathy Olmedillas has built an international audience for her magazine Anorak’s themed quarterly editions over the past 18 years; and Charles Baker edits The Fence, a quarterly mix of humour, investigation and fiction packed with bold, monochrome illustration.

Danielle and Jeremy discuss some current favourites from our shop shelves before Jeremy talks to Penny Martin, editor-in-chief of The Gentlewoman, about The Gentlewoman Club, which has just marked its 10th anniversary. Then we switch to the Indiecon festival in Hamburg, where Jeremy interviewed two of the team from The Irregular Times—co-founder Tarini Sethi and features editor Vasudhaa Narayanan.

Two big interviews for this episode. First, Rob Orchard, co-founder of Delayed Gratification, discusses the 50th issue of the original slow journalism magazine. Then Gail Bichler, creative director of The New York Times Magazine and one of the most influential editorial designers of our time, shares thoughts on collaboration, team chemistry and the digital-first direction of her award-winning magazine as it approaches a redesign.