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On Margins

Craig Mod

On Margins is a podcast about making books, hosted by Craig Mod.

Episodes

14 episodes

s02e04 - W. David Marx — Blank Space: A Cultural History of the 21st Century

W. David Marx and I discuss his book Blank Space.

Nov 27, 2025

s02e03 - W. David Marx — The Culture of Fashion in Japan

W. David Marx and I talk about his book Ametora, Japanese culture, and books in translation.

Sep 2, 2021

s02e02 - Sam Anderson (Part 2) — Pandemic Writing

Part two of our interview with award winning New York Times Magazine writer, Sam Anderson.

Feb 8, 2021

s02e01 - Sam Anderson (Part 1) — Town of Booms

An interview with award winning New York Times Magazine writer, Sam Anderson.

Jan 2, 2021

010 - Gray318 — Jon Gray's Infinite Covers

An interview with award winning book cover designer, Gray318 (Jon Gray).

Jul 8, 2019

009 - Lynne Tillman and What She Would Do

An interview with novelist, essayist, and cultural critic, Lynne Tillman.

Mar 31, 2019

008 - Jessica Hische and Tomorrow I'll Be Brave

An interview with designer and letterer Jessica Hische, author of the best-selling children's book, Tomorrow I'll Be Brave.

Feb 28, 2019

007 - Lisa Brennan-Jobs and the design, production, and writing of memoir

An interview with Lisa Brennan-Jobs, author of the best selling memoir, Small Fry. Lisa and Craig Mod discuss the design, production, and wr...

Jan 24, 2019

006 - To make a book, walk in the woods with a book

A walk in the woods with Craig Mod, talking about the economics and production of his book made in collaboration with Dan Rubin, Koya Bound.

May 28, 2018

005 - Jason Kottke — Twenty Years of kottke.org

Jason Kottke has been distilling his brain into kottke.org for twenty years.

Apr 28, 2018

004 - The making of Rebel Girls

Elena Favilli is the co-creator (along with Francesca Cavallo) of Timbukutu Labs, a company that used to make apps and now makes internation...

Apr 7, 2018

003 - Kevin Kelly, photographing and backpacking through Asia in the 1970s

Technologist, futurist, author, and photographer Kevin Kelly discusses traveling during the golden age of global exploration. We cover how p...

Oct 17, 2017

002 - The new golden age of bookmaking

Designer and author Frank Chimero discusses the process behind his seminal design book, "The Shape of Design." We dig into the normalization...

Jul 14, 2016

001 - The years-long road to the Field Study Handbook

Researcher and author Jan Chipchase has a new book — "The Field Study Handbook." We discuss how he came to produce this 500+ page magnum opu...

May 14, 2016