Podcasts by Aural Pleasures for the Ride to BRC
Stuff to listen to on the way to Black Rock City. Or if you're stuck in D Lot. Or anywhere, anytime.
Further podcasts by Burning Man Project
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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Mayors of Columbia, SC and Reno, NV Interviewed on Playa from 2018-10-23T20:40:47
Burning Man Project Communications Director Megan Miller interviews Mayor Stephen Benjamin of Columbia, South Carolina and Mayor Hillary Schieve of Reno, Nevada during their visit to Black Rock Cit...
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Burning Man And AI Have Co-Evolved (Anselm Engle) from 2018-08-01T18:08:56
It's often said that Burning Man and the internet grew up together: both started emerging at around the same time in the late 80s, went through a "wild wild west" phase in the 1990s, when they were...
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The Human Symphony (Michael Bess) from 2018-05-22T16:35:41
Vanderbilt Professor of History Michael Bess is the author of the forthcoming book What makes us human? From neurons to the Sistine Chapel, and is studying the technologies that may destroy us, inc...
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Paradox Is the Heart of Humanity (Kirk Schneider) from 2018-04-16T18:16:48
In his previous work, leading Existential Psychologist Kirk Schneider has put the experience of "awe" at the center of human psychology. Without experiencing awe, life tends to become flat, mechani...
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Artificial Intelligence Is Just a Story, and We Can Tell a Better One (Jaron Lanier) from 2018-03-09T18:01:32
Amazon has recently confirmed reports that its home operating system "Alexa," has been spontaneously laughing for no apparent reason, occasionally refusing to obey commands, and sometimes performin...
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Empowering Robots Are Ethical Robots (Christoph Salge) from 2018-02-20T18:57:47
The problem with the way we try to give AI ethics is that we design these ethics to work for the status quo, the way things are right now.
But things never stay the same for long, the stat...
How To Practice Being Human (Dr. Sherry Turkle) from 2018-02-06T18:46:31
Our problem isn't that Artificial Intelligence is getting better at being human, it's that human beings are getting worse at it.
That's one of the conclusions that MIT psychologist Dr. She...
Burning Love Ep. 1: Until the End of the Playa from 2017-08-21T16:45:23
Meet Tony and Daniel Wichowski, also known as Mr. Pepperdine and Scratch.
Tony and Daniel met on playa in 2014 and married there legally in 2015. They remain unmistakably in love today.
Awe, Ritual, and Risk (Kirk Schneider) from 2017-08-09T00:57:57
We don't usually think of "Awe" as one of the essential human emotions, but licensed psychologist and American Psychological Association Fellow Dr. Kirk Schneider's research suggests that we should...
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Flora Resplendica from 2017-08-08T21:33
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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The Thing We Share from 2017-08-08T21:33
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Step Forward from 2017-08-08T21:33
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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The Shrine of La Santisima Muerte from 2017-08-08T21:33
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Action Figure Family from 2017-08-08T21:33
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Dragonfly Mating Ritual from 2017-08-08T21:33
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Celestial Field from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Altar de Reflexion from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Incinerator for Obsolete Resentments from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Fire Ancestor from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Tara Mechani from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Margarita Appalachia from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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House of Enlightenment from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Gummy Bear Pyramid from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Interspecies Communication from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Light Years Away from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Methuselah v2 from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Hurry Up Slowly from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Your Own Personal Jesus from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Dance for Dawn from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Reaching Through from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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House of Dog from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Solipmission from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Cosmic Space Worm from 2017-08-08T21:32:59
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Art Discovery Guide Intro from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Temple of Gravity from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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La Victrola from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Phoenicopterus Rex from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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The Temple of Awareness from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Pulsefield from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Efflorescence from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Flight of Illumination from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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The Tomb of Nahtaivel from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Field of Fairies from 2017-08-08T21:32:58
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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The Flower Tower from 2017-08-08T21:32:57
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Tree of Ténéré from 2017-08-08T21:32:57
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Magnetic Waltz from 2017-08-08T21:32:57
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Shibari Sanctuary from 2017-08-08T21:32:57
A guide to the Honorarium art and artists at Burning Man 2017. A great way to get fired up about the amazing art that's going to be on playa! Listen while you're packing, driving to Black Rock City...
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Using Ritual to Set the Context for the Sacred (Crimson Rose) from 2017-07-25T00:08:21
We don’t usually think of rituals as dangerous, but Crimson Rose literally dances with fire. Her ritual practice has clear and obvious stakes: if something goes wrong, people get burnt.
Cr...
The Link Between Creative Expression and Civic Engagement (Walker Fisher) from 2017-05-18T11:49:56
Has it ever seemed to you that there are more ways to be a citizen of Black Rock City than there are to be a citizen of anyplace else you live? Your home town, your county, your state?
Wel...
The Evolution of Gifting (Theresa Duncan) from 2017-05-18T11:42:26
Theresa Duncan spent her whole adult life doing development and fundraising work for non-profits. But after she went to her first burning man, she realized she hadn't understood gifts at all. On pl...
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Burning Man As the Hero's Journey (Anselm Engle) from 2017-04-12T13:51:40
Burning Man tech staff member Anselm Engle put the pieces together, suggesting that the experience of going to Burning Man is itself a manifestation of the “Hero’s Journey” — a kind of mythical jou...
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Ritual as Play (Megan Heller) from 2017-03-29T22:47:59
UCLA Anthropologist Dr. Megan Heller studies play — how we do it, why we do it, what impact is has — and when I asked her if she had any thoughts about this year’s theme, “Radical Ritual,” she came...
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Ritual Practice and Mental Health (Tanya Luhrmann) from 2017-03-23T16:51:58
Ritual, Dr. Tanya Luhrmann says, is the way we connect the world as it ought to be with the world as it is – and orient ourselves to it.
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Fascinating Stranger - Obscure Existentialists at Burning Man from 2016-08-16T18:43:04
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Accuracy Third: Yeah, They’re Not Going to Like You at the Goldmine from 2016-08-16T00:14:50
DPW is in the studio today in the form of Xeno, the guy you want to talk to if you need a crew to build you official, DPW-certified shade structures. That’s if you can locate him, because there are...
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Accuracy Third: How Smoke Daddy Got His Job from 2016-08-16T00:13:20
Accuracy Third is a podcast collecting an oral history of Black Rock City. We are looking for your very best stories about That Thing in the Desert. Our inaugural episode introduces your hosts, Rex...
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Unofficial Burning Man Survival Guide Part 3: How to Un-fuck Your Burn from 2016-08-15T23:39:45
Written, edited, and produced by: Accuracy Third
Featuring music by: Midtown Social
Unofficial Burning Man Survival Guide Part 2: How Not to Fuck Up Burning Man from 2016-08-15T23:32:53
Written, edited, and produced by: Accuracy Third
Featuring music by: Vagabondage
Unofficial Burning Man Survival Guide Part 1: How Not to Fuck Up Going to Burning Man from 2016-08-15T23:24:57
Written, edited, and produced by: Accuracy Third
Featuring music by: Midtown Social
Chapter 1: In Through the Out Door, Pt. 1 from 2016-08-10T00:00
Stories of the wild '90s and the formation of DPW from Burning Man's first storytelling fellowship recipient, Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet, Superintendent of Black Rock City.
This is an exce...
Chapter 1: In Through the Out Door, Pt. 2 from 2016-08-10T00:00
Stories of the wild '90s and the formation of DPW from Burning Man's first storytelling fellowship recipient, Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet, Superintendent of Black Rock City.
This is an exce...
Chapter 2: City of Permission from 2016-08-10T00:00
Stories of the wild '90s and the formation of DPW from Burning Man's first storytelling fellowship recipient, Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet, Superintendent of Black Rock City.
This is an exce...
Chapter 3: A Night at the Opera from 2016-08-10T00:00
Stories of the wild '90s and the formation of DPW from Burning Man's first storytelling fellowship recipient, Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet, Superintendent of Black Rock City.
This is an exce...
Chapter 4: Inferno from 2016-08-10T00:00
Stories of the wild '90s and the formation of DPW from Burning Man's first storytelling fellowship recipient, Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet, Superintendent of Black Rock City.
This is an exce...
Chapter 5: God’s Flashlight from 2016-08-10T00:00
Stories of the wild '90s and the formation of DPW from Burning Man's first storytelling fellowship recipient, Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet, Superintendent of Black Rock City.
This is an exce...
Seeing humanity for what it really is from 2016-08-07T00:00
Seeing humanity for what it really is
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