Podcasts by Burning Man LIVE

Sweaty Dynamite: The Dave X Story from 2023-12-12T20:04:47.527268

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 enigmat...

Racial & Radical Inclusion: What Can Burners Do? from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.238785

How does the Burning Man community engage in the fight for racial justice? What skills do we have to share? Senior Communications Manager Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley speaks with three guests who hav...

Harley K. Dubois and the Evolution of Black Rock City from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.237468

Stuart talks with one of the Founders Harley K. Dubois about how Burning Man evolved since the 1990s... and what now…
Power, money, and consumer substitutions for real experiences.
Rain an...

Art on Fire: To Build, Film and Burn in Black Rock City from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.100103

Stuart talks about Burning Man art, making art, and making art about the art, with Jennifer Raiser, author of the book “Art on Fire,” Sophia Swire, producer of the new film of the same name, and An...

I Grew Up Like This (Kids in Black Rock City) from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.095813

A whole generation of kids has grown up with Black Rock City as their second address. And they’re amazing. Andie and Stuart talk with Burner kids and Burner parents about the challenges and rewards...

Yomi Ayeni and the Stories of We Are From Dust from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.086916

Yomi is an impassioned and jovial part of the small team doing big things in the nonprofit arts organization “We Are From Dust.” The all Burner team is dedicated to proliferating interactive, parti...

Culinary Camps of Black Rock City from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.082501

Culinary excellence in a temporary city in the dry desert? Oh yes, and some decadent offerings too. Andie and Vav rebroadcast a delicious episode about culinary camps at Black Rock City from the po...

Kristen Berman and the Science of Transformation from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.080096

Does Burning Man really trigger transformative experiences, and if so, what does that look like? Stuart and behavioral scientist Kristen Berman go deep on the psychology of change, and what that lo...

Burning Sustainably Part 2: The Road to Regeneration from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.072047

You and I, we have living laboratories for embracing new ways to do the Earthling thing. They are Black Rock City, Fly Ranch, and 90-something regional events around the world. The Burning Man comm...

The 10 Principles in Modern Times (IRL & in VR) from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.070273

Larry Harvey wrote the 10 Principles 18 years ago, after the Man had been burning for just as many years.
The 10 Principles weigh in at only 412 words total, and yet their interpretations and t...

Beloved Community in Our Midst from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.065387

Lifelong social justice educators Shirley Strong and Simone Torrey share about Beloved Community, an inclusive interrelated space based on love, responsibility, compassion, shared power, and a deep...

Dr Graham St John, Playa Pataphysicist from 2022-02-22T12:36:51.063753

The vibe is real at Burning Man events, and it’s being studied by social scientists around the world.
The vibe is real, but that doesn’t mean we must deny our Dada roots. We can yield a toilet...

Burning Man is Not a Place from 2022-02-16T10:30

People all around the world create annual events that align in principle. Some have over 10,000 participants like events in Israel and South Africa. Some have under 20 participants, like “Melting M...

Shouting Fire Radio: The Shout Heard ‘Round the World from 2022-01-19T10:30

Out of Black Rock City’s radio station (BMIR) came the internet radio station Shouting Fire, which provides real world radio for Regional events, streaming to listeners everywhere. It’s now the Glo...

Chef Juke's Wild Art Car R.I.D.E. from 2021-11-24T10:30

Let’s take a trip from Burning Man in 1994 to Sotheby’s Auction House in 2021; from the Department of Mutant Vehicles to the Radical Inclusion, Diversity & Equity stewardship; from Oregon to Nebras...

Danger Ranger from 2021-11-10T10:30

Founder. Catalyst. Mythic character. Michael Mikel (aka Danger Ranger) shares stories of pranks and potential in the wild west (rural and urban) - this time with twists that tie together his other ...

Stories Around The Burn Barrel from 2021-10-13T09:30

Miss swapping stories around a fire? Start a show and name it The Burn Barrel.
Stuart Mangrum talks with Doxie from Detroit, Kay Morrison and Peter Durand about creating their story show to ke...

Stories Around The Burn Barrel… on Zoom... from 2021-10-13T09:30

Miss swapping stories around a fire? Start a show and name it The Burn Barrel.
Stuart Mangrum talks with Doxie from Detroit, Kay Morrison and Peter Durand about creating their story show to ke...

Philosophy Smackdown with Jason Silva from 2021-09-29T09:30

Stuart and Andie talk with Jason Silva, philosopher, futurist, and host of National Geographic’s Brain Games, and Shots of Awe video channel. Their talk is a wild ride through the nature of reality...

Boundless Space: The Sotheby’s Experiment from 2021-09-15T09:30

Sotheby’s is auctioning the work of 180 artists from around the world inspired by Burning Man culture. Sculptures, paintings and photographs, as well as experiences, mutant vehicles, and NFTs.
...

Narrative: Control & Liberty Through Stories from 2021-08-18T09:30

Rosie von Lila takes us on a journey through the formation of the stories we tell ourselves, the stories we teach, the stories we collectively assume are true. She explores the narratives of confli...

Burning Sustainably Part 1: We Can, We Will, We Must from 2021-07-29T09:30

What must change for it to be better for the ecology for Burning Man to exist, than for it not to exist?
The 2030 Environmental Sustainability Roadmap declared that in the next 8 years we will ...

Turn Your Life Into Art With Caveat Magister from 2021-07-13T09:30

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll believe in love.

Stuart and Andie take a wild ride with author and philosopher Caveat Magister. 

They discuss how to transform daily life with psy...

Resilient Do-Ocracy: Tales of Texas Burners from 2021-03-31T19:55:31

Black Rock City. We sometimes call it an unnatural disaster zone. We cooperate, survive and thrive in one of the harshest environments. Each year we iterate new ways, and we do it all because we wa...

Bonus Episode: Culturally Attuned with the US Institute of Peace from 2021-03-23T23:00:34

It’s true. The United States has an Institute of Peace. They partnered with Burning Man Project to create a podcast called Culturally Attuned, about how we can all work effectively across our world...

Radical Inclusion: Fab 5 Freddy & Rachel McCrafty Talk Tokenism from 2021-02-27T17:53:55

Andie talks with artists Fab 5 Freddy and Rachel McCrafty about diversity in and around the Burning Man world. Rachel is the executive director of ACE Makerspace in Oakland and Freddy is a hip-hop ...

Mike Zuckerman: Culture Hacking and Gonzo Humanitarianism from 2021-02-10T19:48:09

Operating far outside the lines of what he calls the “humanitarian-industrial complex,” freelance culture hacker and FreeSpace founder Mike Zuckerman goes into refugee settlements around the world,...

Dr Scirpus and the Majestic Fly Ranch from 2020-11-18T10:30

Fly Ranch is in the middle of nowhere, and yet it's the center of the universe for many bugs, birds, animals, and, uh, thermophiles.

Down the road from the dry lake bed that hosts Black R...

The Legacy and Artistry of Building the Man from 2020-11-11T10:30

The Burning Man figure started it all and has stood at the center of Black Rock City for decades. Myths and legends of its origins have been passed down through the years. It can be difficult to se...

Studying Subversive Creativity and Gratitude from 2020-10-28T10:04:49

What is it like to walk around Black Rock City as a staff member and an academic in participant-observer mode? These tales are of BRC at the turn of the century, and the study of ineffable experien...

Vote Hard with The Voter Party from 2020-10-21T09:30

The thought that your vote doesn’t matter, or that there’s no good choice - some say that thought is manufactured to prevent people from exercising their power. Some say voting is not fun. Stuart a...

Dr Heikkilä and the Science of Participatory Culture from 2020-10-14T09:30

If you found a “hippie-proof” story-cube at a festival or in a war-zone, would you share your story with it?
Stuart and Andie talk with Finnish scholar Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä about the Burning St...

The Chef and the Power of Community Prototyping from 2020-09-30T09:30:29

Logan and Andie talk with Matthew “Chef” Kwatinetz about Black Rock Power, an ambitious new sustainable energy initiative rooted in the Burning Man community, and how Black Rock City is the ideal l...

Takeover Show with Duncan Trussell & Nick Kroll from 2020-09-23T09:37:42

Burn Week is when everything is happening and everyone is there, just like in this episode, where comedians and philosophers Duncan Trussell and Nick Kroll take over the podcast, and Stuart, Andie,...

Eamon Armstrong and the Festivalness of Life from 2020-09-16T09:30:04

What does it mean to be (or not be) a festival? Andie and Stuart speak with Eamon Armstrong, host of the Life is a Festival podcast about working Burning Man, Fest300, and the Psychedelic Therapy P...

Multiverse Theory with a Real-Live Physicist from 2020-08-26T10:30:01

We keep talking about the Multiverse. What does that even mean? Is it actually a thing? Why is sad Stuart sad? It is because of his dead cat? Which human should we put in a supercollider, and why? ...

Burning in a Virtual Universe from 2020-08-19T09:30:10

In a time and space without a Black Rock City event in Nevada, volunteer crews are using computer code instead of power tools to create digital Burn experiences. What exactly are the “8 Recognized ...

The Moth and the Art of Storytelling from 2020-08-12T21:59:35

Dare to listen. That’s what Catherine Burns says about stories. The Moth is a Peabody Award winning storytelling series, two decades running, and Catherine is its long-time Artistic Director. Stuar...

Coyote and the Book Built to Burn from 2020-07-29T18:47:25

Tony “Coyote” Perez has been building and striking Black Rock City since 1996, back when it had a tenth of the population and user-friendliness. Two long years later he became BRC's Superintendent,...

BRC 911: Black Rock Rangers and The Law from 2020-07-22T18:24:31

Stuart and Logan talk law enforcement and alternative public safety models with Rangers Tool and Thespian of the Black Rock Rangers, and with Roger Vind, who in his previous career as a Nevada High...

Fly Ranch and the Land Art Generator Initiative from 2020-07-15T17:58:19

An otherworldly oasis in the desert. Water, wildlife, possibility, and responsibility. Zac manages Fly Ranch in Nevada. He shares about stewarding the majestic and extreme natural sanctuary.
E...

Dark Angel of Black Rock & Restoration Destiny from 2020-06-24T21:01:40

Stuart and Logan talk with DA about Playa Restoration, the team that returns the desert to a pristine state after each Black Rock City, and the meditative pride that comes from it. They recount lau...

Duncan Trussell and the Multiverse from 2020-06-17T23:36:35

Stuart and Andie talk with Duncan Trussell about The Midnight Gospel, the secret of Black Rock City, death, gurus, absinthe, “Drunk History” and Terrence McKenna, and more!

Regionals Out-Weirding the Pandemic from 2020-06-10T20:52:53

Stuart and Andie talk to leaders of the Burning Man Regional Network about how organizers around the world are out-weirding the pandemic.
Iris Yee, Head of the Regional Network
Steven Raspa...

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Temple from 2020-06-10T00:02:03

Stuart and Dicky talk with temple builders of Black Rock City. Yes, a temple at Burning Man, based on humanist principles where ritual is a vector for culture.

Temple of Direction (2019), ...

Creative Solutions to Mass Destruction from 2020-05-31T17:44:27

Stuart Mangrum and Andie Grace talk with Tom Price, a Founder of Burners Without Borders, and its current leader Christopher Breedlove. 

They discuss BWB's creative solutions to crises, fr...

Creative Solutions to Mass Destruction from 2020-05-31T17:44:27

Stuart and Andie talk with Tom Price and Christopher Breedlove of Burners Without Borders. They discuss BWB's response to crises, from Hurricane Katrina to COVID, and how Burning Man is a permissio...