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THE BUNTZCAST
by Sam Buntz
It's like if My Dinner With Andre were a podcast.
Episodes
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Buntzcast 25: Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky (Featuring Phil Klay)
Phil Klay, National Book award-winning author and newly elected President of PEN America, pops into the Buntzcast to compare the merits of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. I’m Team Tolstoy, Phil’s Team Dostoevsky—though we find a lot to like about both authors. Nothing seems to stimulate the literary…
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Buntzcast 24. Grace Morgan (The Media Training Episode)
Foreign policy expert, frequent CSPAN viewer, radical feminist, fiction writer, and future Chicago mayoral hopeful Grace Morgan pops into the Buntzcast to engage in media training for her political career and air her nuanced and often surprising views. This is a conversation that can justly be...
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Buntzcast 23. The Magic Mountain (Feat. Boschian Belle)
Switching things up. Normally, the Buntzcast is a Marc Maron/Terry Gross style podcast, in which the guest distills his or her essence for the audience. We’re doing it a little different this time: this is the first installment of the Buntzcast Book Club. Boschian Belle...
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Buntzcast 22: Galen Wolfe-Pauly
Link to sign up for Tlon: tlon.io/buntz Links to some books mentioned in the episode: Tools of Conviviality by Ivan Illich: https://a.co/d/9kWZCWr Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich: https://a.co/d/52wh3i8
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Buntzcast 21: moonandmouth
Poet moonandmouth pops into the Buntzcast to chat about the paranormal, chaos magick, precognitive visions, the secret occult currents that flow through Texas, and much more. A feast of reason. She also gives us a sneak peek of her new poetry collection, Cataclysm Moves Me I Regret to Say.
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BUNTZCAST 20: Noah Kumin
Noah Kumin, editor of The Mars Review of Books and author of the new novel Stop All the Clocks, pops into the Buntzcast. We take a deep dive into the world of literature and publishing. We talk about New York, Chicago, the "Old Man of the Mountains," J.D. Salinger, Dimes Square, Noah's book, and...
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BUNTZCAST 19: Georgina Rose
Georgina Rose (aka Da'at Darling), a popular Youtuber, podcaster, and expert on all things magical and occult, drops by the Buntzcast. We have a wide-ranging and intriguing discussion, touching on the best places to do magic, planetary influences, the perils of casting love spells, finding your...
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BUNTZCAST 18: Eugene Kotlyarenko
Filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko pops by the Buntzcast to chat about his upcoming film "The Code," starring Dasha Nekrasova and Peter Vack. We also cover his childhood amongst Russian émigrés in Brighton Beach, the magical abundance of American buffets, the future of the film industry, and his prior...
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BUNTZCAST 17: RFH - Part 2
I don't know if you're prepared for this episode. Not sure how deep you want to go... In part two of my discussion with RFH, we cover the mysteries of Saturn's hexagon, RFH's Ayn Rand phase, the true purpose of Aztec human sacrifices, the secrets of the Jesuits, the false messiah Sabbatai Zvi…
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BUNTZCAST 17: RFH - Part I
The internet's most famous anonymous radical feminist, RFH, drops by the Buntzcast for a wide-ranging tour of religion, spirituality, esoteric secrets, and conspiracy theories. Our conversation takes many whimsical and unexpected turns, diving into topics such as Mormonism, reincarnation, why...
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BUNTZCAST 16: August Lamm
Artist and writer August Lamm pops into the Buntzcast to explain why you don't need a smartphone. We discuss her new pamphlet "You Don't Need a Smartphone," the joys and challenges of living without one, the devious designs of our tech overlords, the differences between life in the UK and the...
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BUNTZCAST 15: Jake Longstreth
Jake Longstreth, painter and co-host of the Apple Beats 1 radio show Time Crisis, pops into the Buntzcast to chat about Connecticut, the Grateful Dead, the mythic status of Chicago, delivering sushi to the Google campus, seed oils, and much more.
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BUNTZCAST 14: Jordan Castro
Jordan Castro, author of The Novelist, stops by the Buntzcast. We chat about the new online magazine he's editing (The Cluny Journal), along with his writing, the Cleveland punk scene, Christianity, his new "dark academia" novel, Nicholson Baker, and more.
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BUNTZCAST 13: Thomas Morton
A link to Thomas' journalistic output with VICE: https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/thomas-morton/
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BUNTZCAST 12: Matt Gasda
Playwright and novelist, Matt Gasda, drops by the Buntzcast. We chat about the current state of the theatre, Harold Bloom, the Dimes Square scene, the impact of AI on the arts, his forthcoming novel (Sleepers), and much more besides. His collection of plays, Dimes Square and Other Plays, is...
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BUNTZCAST 11: Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman, auteur and chronicler of the urban haute bourgeoisie (UHB), stops by the Buntzcast. We talk about the perils of writing while hyper-caffeinated, the work of J.D. Salinger, the unexpected joys of using voiceover, the dance culture of a former time and its potential to inspire a...
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BUNTZCAST 10: Katherine Dee (aka Default Friend)
Noted journalist, cultural commentator, and online personality Katherine Dee stops by the pod. We chat about deepfakes, neopaganism, the bowdlerization of Roald Dahl's work, "Otherkin," and a lot more. A feast of reason.
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BUNTZCAST 9: MemeAnalysis (aka Chris)
Chris, the man behind Youtube's popular channel MemeAnalysis, stops by the BuntzCast to talk about magic, Aleister Crowley, sacred languages, the real scoop on aliens, the secret depths of nursery rhymes, why asthma is "the occultist's disease," and more. This was a fantastic conversation.
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BUNTZCAST 8: HENRI POILEVEY
Henri Poilevey drops by the Buntzcast, or rather, I drop by his advanced living room podcast recording studio. We chew the fat about esoteric Christianity, the perils of drug mysticism, the wild vibes of the West Coast, the future of music, and more. Mystery... Madness..
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The BUNTZCAST 7: Nathan Worcester
The Buntzcast roars back into action after our hiatus. Journalist and raconteur Nathan Worcester stops by to chat about Louis Farrakhan, Chicago lore, the nature of the WASP gentry, ChatGPT, Dutch farmer protests, and more.
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BUNTZCAST 6: Hadrian Belove
Film producer Hadrian Belove drops by the Buntzcast. We talk about 'TFW No GF' and 'Alex's War,' teen documentaries, Dimes Square, the NPCC Film Fest, the need for alternatives to institutions in the film and publishing industries, and more. A great chat!
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BUNTZCAST 5: Dean Kissick
Dean Kissick stops by the pod to chat about art, A.I., NFTs (and why they aren't art), why the Mona Lisa became famous, the future of beauty, and more. Dean is a leading art critic, and you can check out his writing for Spike here: https://www.spikeartmagazine.com/?q=subjects/dean-kissick
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BUNTZCAST 4: Esme Partridge
Esme Partridge, an exceptional writer focusing on religion, tradition, and modernity, joins the Buntzcast to chat about human particularity, Witch Tok, Islamic metaphysicians, the perils of goblin mode, beauty standards, and more! You can find Esme on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EsmeLKPartridge
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BUNTZCAST 3: Duncan Reyburn
Duncan Reyburn, a seer of the digital and professor of information design, stops by the Buntzcast for a delightful chat about the horrors of a managerial society, the pitfalls of digital identity, and Nietzsche's Last Man. This podcast is brought to you by green tea and Lion's Mane mushroom...
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BUNTZCAST 2: Michael Shindler
Writer, thinker, D.C. social lion, and noted Twitter personality Michael Shindler lands on the podcast, eloquently answering queries about Whit Stillman, Modern Art, pea coats, Taliban Twitter, chamomile, and more!
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The BUNTZCAST 1: Reality Gamer
Reality Gamer stops by to discuss his Freudian interpretation of Kanye West's collaboration with Jay Z, Watch the Throne. We then veer off into talking about the historical Jesus, the anxiety of influence, William Blake, and how it's actually incel behavior to hate on Pete Davidson, among various...
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It's like if My Dinner With Andre were a podcast.
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