The independent magazine about climate crisis took a break after its last issue, but it's back, and editor Jackson Howarth shares what the team has been working on, and what's coming next.

John Power Jr was working as a music PR and writer when the pandemic hit and his work suddenly dried up. Faced with the prospect of nothing to do for months on end, he began thinking about making a little zine about the tabletop games he loves playing. But, he says, "I got carried away, as you do, and suddenly it was a 112-page magazine." In this conversation he shares what he has learned from running Wyrd Science magazine, and explains why now is the time to take the next step up.

Nancy Heley is the editor and creative director of Sandweegies magazine, and she has a passionate love for print, and food, and her adopted home of Glasgow. In this episode she explains how one transcendent chicken sandwich led to a magazine idea, and how it's fast growing beyond its original remit.

Austė Skrupskytė Cullbrand is creative director and editor of Playground magazine, the independent publication that fills its pages with stories about creativity and the creative industries. Based between Lithuania and Sweden, the magazine has always had a Nordic / Baltic character, but it's evolving fast, and leaning further into its regional identity as a way to stand out on international newsstands. In this conversation, Austė shares her thoughts on the magazine's progress so far, and the creative community they are building.

Andy Crysell is editor of No Way Back, an archive publishing project that looks back at music and subcultures of the late 20th century, republishing stories from the music press to show how people experienced key turning points in the moment. It would be easy for No Way Back to slide into fond nostalgia, but instead of distant wistfulness, the magazine's main currency is the immediacy of its writing. Dipping into a story from The Face in 1986, or Rolling Stone in 1979, the reader is carried along on the energy and excitement of the moment, rather than ruminating on what it all means decades later. In this episode, Andy speaks about the ideas behind the project, and his ideas of where it will go next.

Editorial directors Kathryn Tann and Robert Harries share their thoughts on the first year of running Folding Rock, the literary magazine that publishes "new writing from Wales and beyond".

Chris Hassell and Josh Jones created Ralph magazine to swim against the digital tide. In this conversation they explain how they were inspired by the chaotic fun of pop culture magazines from the 90s, and why they decided to make a magazine that's guided by creativity and joy.

The latest issue of Debris opens its editorial on an uncompromisingly negative note: "It's the time of no. No war, no genocide, no corporatism, no big business, no oligarchies, no neo-feudalism, no rapacious plunder of land, no capitulation, no phone, no imperialism, no capital, no future." Editors Cher Tan and Jon Tjhia, and founder Julia Flaster speak about their aims with the magazine, and how saying no, "could possibly mean yes to something else".

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Hillary Brenhouse is editor-in-chief and publisher of Elastic magazine, and Meara Sharma is senior editor, and in this conversation they describe their new approach to psychedelic art and writing. Playing with time and space, and dissolving the conventional lines between genres, they have produced a magazine of, "the ordinary, only slightly, weirdly, off".