THE BUNTZCAST

Jan 29 2025 17 ep. 89 mins
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The Buntzcast: stimulating conversations with some of the world's best writers and thinkers

  Arts  Society & Culture  Religion & Spirituality
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BUNTZCAST 17: RFH - Part I

Jan 29 2025 103 mins  
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 Chicago is secretly a spiritual Mecca, hollow earth theories, flat earthers, and the horri

BUNTZCAST 16: August Lamm

Jan 15 2025 86 mins  
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 States, her forthcoming novel "Lambing Season," and much else besides! This was a great co

BUNTZCAST 15: Jake Longstreth

Dec 19 2024 72 mins  
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.

BUNTZCAST 14: Jordan Castro

Nov 26 2024 82 mins  
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.

BUNTZCAST 13: Thomas Morton

Oct 17 2024 132 mins  
Thomas Morton pops by the Buntzcast. You will recall Thomas from his trailblazing investigative journalism with VICE, including such memorable video segments as "Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan," "Living in the Sewers of Colombia," and "Uganda's Moonshine Epidemic," among many others. Thomas also hosted Viceland's investigative series "Balls Deep," in which he observed Ramadan, went

BUNTZCAST 12: Matt Gasda

Oct 09 2024 73 mins  
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 available on Amazon.

BUNTZCAST 11: Whit Stillman

Sep 19 2024 60 mins  
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 retro-utopia, and the mysteries of faith.

BUNTZCAST 10: Katherine Dee (aka Default Friend)

Nov 29 2023 73 mins  
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.

BUNTZCAST 9: MemeAnalysis (aka Chris)

Nov 01 2023 66 mins  
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.

BUNTZCAST 8: HENRI POILEVEY

Mar 01 2023 181 mins  
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..