
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...


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Hosted by Sam Buntz · arts · EN
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Signup to Generate a PitchTHE BUNTZCAST is hosted by Sam Buntz. The show has published 26 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Buntzcast 25: Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky (Featuring Phil Klay)" (14 October 2026, 75 minutes), "Buntzcast 24. Grace Morgan (The Media Training Episode)" (11 August 2026, 132 minutes), and "Buntzcast 23. The Magic Mountain (Feat. Boschian Belle)" (26 May 2026, 73 minutes).
THE BUNTZCAST publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 90 minutes across 26 episodes.
Booking probability for THE BUNTZCAST is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. THE BUNTZCAST requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. THE BUNTZCAST's contact route on record: verified email.
Sam Buntz hosts THE BUNTZCAST, an arts podcast with 26 episodes published.
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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...

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...

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...

Episode #23
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

Episode #22
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...

Episode #21
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...

Episode #20
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...

Episode #19
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...

Episode #18
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...

Episode #17
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...

Episode #16
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...

Episode #15
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...

Episode #14
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...

Episode #13
A link to Thomas' journalistic output with VICE: https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/thomas-morton/

Episode #12
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...

Episode #11
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...

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.

Episode #9
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...

Episode #8
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...

Episode #7
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...
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