Sam Kunkel
Scholar specializing in Orphic literature, weird fiction, and European symbolism, and translator/annotator of Satie's letters and the Metropolitan Church materials featured in Know Me To Be Your Superior in Everything.
Best podcasts with Sam Kunkel
Ranked by the Snipd community
21 snips
Feb 11, 2026 • 52min
Erik Satie & the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor with Sam Kunkel
Sam Kunkel, a scholar of Orphic literature and European symbolism, discusses translating Erik Satie's Metropolitan Church of Art materials. Short takes cover Satie's odd career, proto-ambient "furniture music," his Péladan connection and theatrical parody, the church's pamphlets and mock hierarchy, and whether the whole project was satire, sincere ritual, or both.
