Recorded just ahead of the first Corona lockdown, this Germany-themed episode sees Ricarda Messner from Sofa & Flaneur join Jeremy Leslie at the magCulture Shop to flick through Eyeyah!, Leslie, Fervour and Sandwich and discuss the brand new Sofa. Plus editor-in-chief of ZEITmagazin Christoph Amend updates us on plans for his magazine. The featured back issue is Econy.

After a flick through new issues including Interview, Varoom and Holiday, editor/founder of Port magazine Dan Crowe talks with Jeremy about the development of Port across 25 issues, the return of creative director Matt Willey and the origins of their working relationship on Zembla. After discussion of the pros and cons of multiple front covers, Dan reveals plans for an exciting new magazine, Inque.

The Gourmand co-founder David Lane joins Jeremy Leslie for a flick through some new magazines (Family Portrait, South London Review of Hand Dryers, Vogue Italia, Rubbish FAMzine). The two talk about the 13th issue The Gourmand, and David discusses art directing Frieze magazine. Our back issue this time is the 2011 launch issue of Buffalo Zine. Check the i-D post Jeremy mentions here.

Jeremy Leslie shares his highlights of 2019 alongside a host of indie magazine publishers, including the editors of Buffalo Zine, MacGuffin, Flaneur and Sabat. He also meets Martha Dillon (above) to discuss her essential mag It’s Freezing in LA! Plus an excerpt from the recent magCulture Meets Good Trouble event, with editor Rod Stanley introducing the upcoming third issue of his newspaper.

Jeremy Leslie and Marc Robbemond (above) from Amsterdam’s Athenaeum shop share tales of magazine retail and look back at the recent magCulture Live and Stack Awards. Ariane Spanier of Fukt discusses her latest issue, and we hear an excerpt of David Hillman and Caroline Baker remembering their sixties classic Nova, from their recent magCulture Shop event.

Jeremy and Liv discuss the return of The Face and are joined briefly by Erik from Lyrics As Poetry before heading off down a crazy magazine archeaology rabbit hole with guest Danny No. Marie O’Riordan, editor of Marie Claire from 2001-2008, reflects on the demise of the magazine’s print edition before Penny Martin, editor-in-chief of The Gentlewoman, discusses her magazine’s tenth anniversary.