Ep. 40: Bread and Magazines ft. Sarah Leonard of Lux


This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Sarah Leonard, editor in chief of Lux Magazine, a feminist magazine of politics and culture founded in 2021. Sarah is also a contributing editor to Dissent and The Nation, and her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Republic, and elsewhere.
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Lux Magazine
References
Interview with Sarah: Creative Independent
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Timestamps
00:00 American tourists irritate American tourist
09:10 The joys and difficulties of print media
12:33 Designing a website that feels like a magazine
15:02 Customizable databased for your personal life
17:18 Fundraising for a politically opinionated media business
19:27 The versatility of an editor
23:19 Who is the Lux reader?
32:13 Helping young writers
43:21 Highlights from Lux
50:15 Don't fall into the clout trap
56:56 How the internet works