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Burning Man LIVE

Burning Man Project

Meet those who make Burning Man happen, beyond the desert and out in the world. Artists, activists, and innovators. Builders and Burners, freaks and fools. Burning Man floats on a sea of stories, and the Burning Man LIVE podcast is a plucky little boat with a microphone.

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00:41:26

The Streets of Black Rock City

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/06/15

Stuart and Burning Man’s Community Services head honcho Terry “Retro” Schoop riff on the streets of our fair city and the naming thereof, from the controversial to the miraculous to the misunderstood. Black Rock City has elaborate art themes, each with street names, each with curious conditions. Why does our recreational refugee camp even need street names? Were they always alphabetical around an imaginary clock face? And what’s a clock anyway? Hear this year’s art theme (ANIMALIA) express itself

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00:48:32

Steven Blumenfeld: The Tech of Art and the Art of Tech

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/06/02

Yes, Burning Man has a Chief Technology Officer, and his name is Steven Blumenfeld. In this episode Stuart chats with “Bloom” about art, innovation, immediacy, and the power of the unexpected, with trippy side trips into AR, VR, and AI (and TLA).Yes, we have a CTO. We have all the enterprise tech needs of any not-small non-profit, with the added complications of ridiculously challenging work sites, a staff that’s mostly seasonal volunteers, and an ethos rooted in Ten Principles that don’t always

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00:46:34

John Turner Trippingly Yours

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/05/17

Psychedelics advocate and amateur Burning Man scholar John Turner’s two passions come together in one interdimensional rabbit-hole of a website: Trippingly.net. In compiling the ultimate fan site of Burning Man history, John has captured a lot of great playa stories, and he shares some of the best in this conversation with Stuart.He explores the subjective unknowns of Burning Man events and psychedelics as same-same-but-different. Bring your neural nets to be plasticized. Bring your ego to be

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00:42:33

Roxane Jessi: Once Upon a Time in the Dust

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/04/20

She traveled to six continents for Burning Man Regional Events, to get to the heart of an ever-evolving global culture that creates community in a disconnected world. She wrote a book about it, and we published it!It chronicles her odyssey toAfrikaburn (South Africa)Black Rock City (USA)Blazing Swan (Australia)Burning Japan (Japan)Fuego Austral (Argentina)Midburn (Israel)Nowhere (Spain)Hear Roxane's impressions of each wildly unique event in this audio travelog. She talks with Stuart about how she

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00:53:27

Let's Go Build a City: Camp Symposium 2023

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/04/06

Most people in Black Rock City live together in placed camps, aka theme camps, the most unique aspect of a most unique event. There are almost 1300 camps in BRC. The annual Camp Symposium brought together dozens of staff and volunteers to talk out what they do to gift their interactive camp to BRC.Hear (or read) highlights from the Plenary, many voices sharing knowledge and exploring ideas. Bryant Tan, aka Level, Associate Director of Placement, and a spaghettification of speakers: Breedlove:

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00:44:20

Katie Hazard: Art is How We Got Here

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/03/23

Katie Hazard leads Art Management for Burning Man and the committee that grants more than a million dollars to artists each year to create art that’s first stop (and sometimes only stop) is Black Rock City.She shares about some of the grant recipients that align with this year’s Black Rock City art theme (ANIMALIA). She and Stuart Mangrum discuss Burning Man’s art movement in relation to, and sometimes in opposition to, “capital-A art,” and the default art world's manufactured scarcity and

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00:43:22

Monique Schiess and AfrikaBurn

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/03/01

As a founder and co-producer of one of the largest and oldest Burning Man events, Monique Shiess has a lot going on. AfrikaBurn does too. Started in 2007, it averages 10,000 participants annually in recent years. Monique shares its origins with Stuart and Andie. From the EDM scene, gallery spaces, queer community, and producers of “weird gatherings,” they birthed AfrikaBurn with roots in anarchy, trickster energy and hippie-dom. They explore how to be welcoming, not just radically inclusive, in the

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00:43:29

Athena Demos and the Principled Metaverse

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/02/08

Athena is a wanderer, an adventurer, a muse. She is Regional Contact emerita from Los Angeles, founder of their nonprofit The LA League of Arts, and a founder of BRCvr — a crown jewel in the tiara of our multiversal experiences online.Athena talks with Stuart about how Radical Inclusion and Immediacy foster human connection, and about how a balance of decommodified spaces and commercial spaces can lead to true Gifting. She says that BRCvr conjured a tight-knit community of creators who love helping

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00:51:28

Terry Pratt and Profiles in Dust

Burning Man LIVE ·

2023/01/19

How are films shot in Black Rock City? Why? And really, HOW? "Profiles in Dust" is the most prolific video troupe that dares to document the dynamic Burning Man events. Since 2011 they have produced 50 mini-documentaries, profiling the inspirational creators in the scene, and behind the scenes. Terry Pratt is their nominal leader. He talks with Stuart about the joy and the turmoil, and adventures had everywhere from Egypt to Ukraine. and with Crimson Rose, Larry Harvey, Pablo González Vargas, and

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00:51:20

Buck Down and the Cult That Joins You

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/11/30

What happened at BRC? What didn’t happen? Why did it seem that we couldn’t get back to interdependence? After the traumas of the pandemic and political vilification, we somehow didn’t trust each other at BRC. Or if we did, we didn’t seem to know it, or feel it, or enjoy it. Andie Grace swaps stories with Buck Down, a 25-year Burner, Gate Manager, musician, and author of the wildly popular article “What the Fuck Just Happened at Burning Man?”They spitball on how to encourage more play, work, and

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00:59:26

Kids Take the Mic - Youth Voices of Black Rock City

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/10/26

The kids ask the questions this time. These longtime Burners have participated in BRC most of their young lives. 6-year-old Teapot offers sage advice on the radio. Teen brothers Atticus and Colby interview deep-rooted DPW adults: Coyote is the city superintendent of BRC, and author of the book, Built to Burn: Tales of the Desert Carnies of Burning Man. Melissa Waters is an office administrator and a wellness educator for Burning Man Project.Atticus and Colby are their sons. Who better to ask

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00:48:24

The Science of Generosity

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/10/05

More and more studies are happening at transformative events around the world. This summer a research paper was published about how transformative effects of these gatherings are lasting. This 5-year experiment compared findings from a half-dozen mass gatherings. The results explore generosity and altruism, describe collective effervescence, and consider the biases of self-selection and psychedelic substances. People report that transformative experiences are common, increase over time, and include

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00:56:57

The Gift of Things Going Wrong

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/09/23

We’re back from Black Rock City, and we miss it already. If you miss it too, or you missed it altogether, here are some sounds and sentiments of being there. BRC is filled with amateurs, people doing it as a labor of love. When things go wrong, we celebrate it as a glorious opportunity to adapt, or simply as things going the way they go. When the going gets tough, and it’s tough going in the world these days, spaces like BRC allow for joy, mourning and reflection. Spaces like BRC are practice

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00:46:53

Candace Locklear on Culture Jamming and Welcoming

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/08/25

When Candace found Burning Man in 1996, she jumped right in to help the media tell the whole story of Black Rock City, not just the sensationalism. She also jumped right into culture jamming, twisting iconic characters, from Cacophony Society’s santas to public pranking as porn clowns, and playfully pushing people in immediate theater. She also brings the transformative power of interactive art to public spaces around the world, as part of a non-profit We Are From Dust, and she’s working to have all

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01:09:50

Pro Tips for Black Rock City

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/08/03

Listen in as longtime Burners talk about the aspects of thriving in Black Rock City: mental, physical, material, and relational.Andie, kbot, Molly, Stuart and Vav explore:· socks secrets· FOMO variants· saying yes and saying no· giving and accepting help· No Friends Monday· and all else!Featuring cameos from other longtime Burners: Anjelika, Chef Juke, Crimson Rose, DA, Dave X, Halcyon, KJ, and Lulu Lurine.They discuss doing it all, doing it right, and doing it wrong as access to being real. Don't

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00:49:16

Kay Morrison and the Overall Wonderment Quotient

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/07/20

Who can share about the beginnings of Burning Man Project’s Board of Directors, the Meta-Regional Committee, and a blacksmithing collective? Kay Morrison can.Who can tell of getting banned from a country, cooking at Fly Ranch, and hosting a croquet match between Army burners and Navy burners? Kay Morrison can.She laughs with Stuart Mangrum about how everything in Black Rock City (in VR and in IRL) is seven times greater, be it a win, a loss, or a sandwich. Warning: This eloquent and expressive

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00:48:03

Desert Arts Preview: Artists of Waking Dreams

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/07/06

It’s really real. Makers are making. Planners are planning. Crews all over the world are creating installations for Black Rock City. Katie Hazard, Head of Burning Man Arts, speaks with ten of the 400 artists whose work will rise on the playa. Hold onto your headlamp: We’ve got an alien drive-thru, a library for solar power, and architecture that defiles the laws of physics. We’ve got stories from France, South Africa, the Netherlands, and oh so much more.Ezra Livingston: Shrine of the MacabreJared

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00:51:33

Remember How to Burning Man: Steven Raspa

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/06/22

For 25 years now $teven Ra$pa has directed discussions for Black Rock City and Regional communities. Hear him and kbot explore why this Burning Man thing is so important for humanity and the world.BRC is a city of imagination, a social experiment, organically cultivated and running on pure encouragement.They discuss the inspired interactions that allow for reinvention big and small for one and all.Burning Man Journal: Raspa LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

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00:58:58

Sweaty Dynamite: The Dave X Story

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/06/08

When dynamite is aged the wrong way it gets sweaty with little crystals that can cause spontaneous explosions.Dave X. Man of fire, bacon, and “the ponytail of approachability.” An enigmatic shaman of fireworks, flame effects, and deep thoughts, his stripper name is Sweaty Dynamite. His spiritual calling is to bring joyful, fiery experiences to the masses. His secret weapon: a thick binder. Huh? More on that later. Could one man be a hippie and a redneck, and in charge of Fire Art Safety in Black

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01:01:26

Return to Black Rock City

Burning Man LIVE ·

2022/05/25

In May, staff and core collaborators gathered to disclose what’s new and true in the big community experiment that is Black Rock City. How Center Camp changedTurning down turnkey campingThe bumper crop of inclusive artThe hive platform for teaching, learning, and up-leveling leadershipListen as they share about jobs, classifieds, and the Survival Guide, about behind-the-scenes machines for emergency response, decommodification deals, sustainability solutions, and diversity discussions.This is a

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