WHERE IT'S AT … with Jefferson Hack

In this special Holiday episode of Where It's At... Jefferson Hack sits down with Jon Gray, one of today’s most compelling cultural connectors, to discuess food as a tool for storytelling, activism, and care. Jon reflects on his personal journey from the streets to launching Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-born multidisciplinary culinary collective on a mission to redefine the world's view of food.Poet Aja Monet recites her piece “Black Power Kitchen,” reframing food as communal ritual and collective power. Jon and Jefferson are joined by special guests Denise Lee (Jons Mum), Dr. Jessica B. Harris, and longtime collaborator A$AP Ferg, their exchanges touching on plant-based philosophy, the significance of African American cultural holiday Kwanzaa, and the generational wisdom that shapes what and how we eat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ruth Rogers is one of London's great cultural connectors, having held the River Cafe for over 40 years, and with her successful podcast, she has hosted, hung out with, interviewed some of the most amazing minds of our time. In this conversation, recorded at her home, originally designed by her late husband, Richard Rogers, Jefferson Hack discusses food as conversation and collaboration. She shares the stories of how she met Richard, became food educated, how she came to start the River Cafe with Rose Gray and how two women running an out of the way canteen in Fulham became the new epicenter of London. The stuff of creative lore and culinary legend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this intimate conversation and first filmed episode of Where It’s At, Jefferson Hack meets with icon Tilda Swinton to reflect on her ever-expanding artistic legacy, shaped by creative relationships that continue to redefine the boundaries of cinema. Swinton meditates on the alchemy forged when singular minds dance together – from her earliest work with avant-garde filmmaker Derek Jarman, filming the un-filmable with Sally Potter, and channeling her grandmother's makeup routine for Wes Anderson.Jefferson’s curiosity amplifies Tilda’s poetic disposition during a lively exchange about creative process and identity – and how the boundaries between art and life dissolve across friendship and collaboration. Jefferson caught up with Tilda just as a dedicated exhibition ‘Tilda Swinton – Ongoing’ opened at Amsterdam’s @eyefilmNL (until 8th February 2026). In her curation of the exhibition, Tilda pays homage to her pioneering collaborators across art, film, and fashion. Featuring: Jefferson Hack & Tilda Swinton Producer: Noor Miah Commissioning Director: Katie MetcalfeDOP: Harold Williams Camera Assistant: Nick ChandlerAudio Engineer: Craig Heptinstall Studio Assistant: Andres Albert Audio Engineer: James Nicolau Editor: Cayetano García Sahurie, Panos Agamemnos Set Designer: Ellen Wilson Florist: Hamish Powell Hair Stylist: Declan Sheils Makeup Artist: Sam Bryant  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Where It’s At, Jefferson Hack is joined by fashion writer Cathy Horyn. Cathy Horyn is one of the few great fashion writers who really know their history and still dare to speak their mind. Described as the most feared and fearsome critic in fashion, she’s also one of the most respected by designers and readers alike. The conversation covers Cathy’s incredible career and controversies from her time as Chief Fashion Critic at the New York Times to her role now as fashion critic at large at New York Magazine’s The Cut.  Cathy also talks about the less well known other part of her life as a farmer. She single handedly runs a 100 acre flower farm in Madison County, Virginia relishing the contrasting realities of bush-hogging in Virginia with sitting in the front row or the Paris collections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Where It’s At, Jefferson Hack is joined by Raul Lopez, founder and creative director of LUAR - the hottest label on the New York Fashion calendar.Raul Lopez has always had an outsized influence on fashion being at the epicentre of the New York underground club and fashion scenes for the last two decades. He shares his story with Jefferson, growing up as a queer Latin boy in Williamsburg in the 90s, his wild ride from humble and hard won beginnings to the importance of community and fandom from Beyoncé, Solange and Madonna - a fashion fairytale worthy of its own TV series.Thanks to…Executive Producer: Faye YoungAssistant Producer: Jaime Burford Sound Recordist and Editor: Chris Smith Title music: Jack PeñateGraphic identity: Sam HallAdditional graphics and motion design: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra TalachaEditors for anothermag.com: Sophie Bew and Violet Conroy Special thanks to Harry Slater, Sophie McElligott, Susanne Waddell, and 180 Studios for the loan of their studio space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Launching season 2 of Where It’s At, Jefferson Hack is joined by Mark Ronson to discuss his new memoir, Night People. Ronson tracks the characters and legends of the evolution of 90s New York club and Hip Hop culture that made the city hum. He brings us right into the mood and atmosphere of the nights he spent cutting his teeth as a fledgling DJ along with anecdotes about influential figures like Biggie Smalls, Prince, Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse and candidly traces the highs and lows of this hedonistic time that built the foundation of the artist and super producer he is today.Thanks to…Executive Producer: Faye YoungAssistant Producer: Jaime Burford Sound Recordist and Editor: Chris Smith Title music: Jack PeñateGraphic identity: Sam HallAdditional graphics and motion design: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra TalachaEditors for anothermag.com: Sophie Bew and Violet Conroy Special thanks to Harry Slater, Sophie McElligott, Susanne Waddell, and 180 Studios for the loan of their studio space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of the debut series of Where It’s At… Jefferson Hack talks to critic, author, curator and artistic director of Serpentine Galleries, Hans Ulrich Obrist. Spanning his early career trajectory, the importance of analysing unrealised projects, video games in contemporary art and the power of public art, their exchange is as pluralistic and wide-ranging as Obrist’s prolific output and interactions with the world of art and culture at large. Thanks to…Executive Producer: Faye YoungAssistant Producer: Jaime Burford Sound Recordist and Editor: Chris Smith Title music: Jack PeñateGraphic identity: Sam HallAdditional graphics and motion design: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra TalachaEditors for anothermag.com: Sophie Bew and Violet Conroy Special thanks to Harry Slater, Sophie McElligott, Susanne Waddell, and 180 Studios for the loan of their studio space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jefferson Hack is joined by two-time Olivier Award-winning stage designer and artist Es Devlin in a free-ranging and awe-inspiring exchange. Devlin’s collaborators have ranged from U2, Adele and Beyoncé to Sam Mendes and Nicolas Ghesquière, and her sets take on an equally epic scale, with floating platforms, jumbo screens, vast bridges and a giant ring of fire in the Agafay desert in Morocco to name a mere few. Her work is incredibly powerful, imbued with a wonder for nature, humanity and technology and, in her hypnotic voice, her words here are too.Thanks to…Executive Producer: Faye YoungAssistant Producer: Jaime Burford Sound Recordist and Editor: Chris Smith Title music: Jack PeñateGraphic identity: Sam HallAdditional graphics and motion design: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra TalachaEditors for anothermag.com: Sophie Bew and Violet Conroy Special thanks to Harry Slater, Sophie McElligott, Susanne Waddell, and 180 Studios for the loan of their studio space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Renowned physicist Carlo Rovelli joins Jefferson Hack on this week’s episode of Where It’s At, ten years since the launch of his bestselling book, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, taking on quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. A poet, philosopher and rebel thinker, Rovelli debunks unified theories of just about everything – as such, their conversation expands and zig-zags, illuminating the unimaginable and unquantifiable.Thanks to…Executive Producer: Faye YoungAssistant Producer: Jaime Burford Sound Recordist and Editor: Chris Smith Title music: Jack PeñateGraphic identity: Sam HallAdditional graphics and motion design: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra TalachaEditors for anothermag.com: Sophie Bew and Violet Conroy Special thanks to Harry Slater, Sophie McElligott, Susanne Waddell, and 180 Studios for the loan of their studio space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Where It’s At, Jefferson Hack joins New York-based fashion designer Willy Chavarria in celebrating ten years of his joyous, community-building brand. Presenting his packed-out shows in barber shops and episcopal churches, Chavarria has dedicated his designs to celebrating chicano culture, confronting contemporary politics and uplifting the queer community. In this warm and candid conversation, Chavarria delves into his own spirituality, journeys of self-discovery, and the importance of self-love.Thanks to…Executive Producer: Faye YoungAssistant Producer: Jaime Burford Sound Recordist and Editor: Chris Smith Title music: Jack PeñateGraphic identity: Sam HallAdditional graphics and motion design: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra TalachaEditors for anothermag.com: Sophie Bew and Violet Conroy Special thanks to Harry Slater, Sophie McElligott, Susanne Waddell, and 180 Studios for the loan of their studio space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.