Ten Years: A Burner Podcast Memoire

Ten Years: A Burner Podcast Memoire

Arash reflects on a decade of Burning Man, the Burner community and Burner Podcast

Arash recorded the interview portion of the very first episode of Burner Podcast before attending his first Burning Man. With the transformative nature of Burning Man baked into the show, Arash reflects on a decade of growth, adventure and community. Unlike any previous editions of the show, this milestone episode features a solo scripted memoire by the host in six chapters: The Call, The Refusal, The Road, The Abyss, The Change and The Return.

Recorded in Las Vegas, NV, April of 2024

Additional recording at Proper Concept Studio in Long Beach, CA, March 2024

 

Closing set by Christian Goodell

soundcloud.com/christiangoodell

soundcloud.com/bureauofhindsight

Hear the full set at https://on.soundcloud.com/SPr4s5jrrVXqNB4d7

Recorded at Burning Medellin on 2-9-24 at Heard From in El Poblado, Medellin, Colombia

 

Executive Producer Patrick Dylan Riley (ra.co/dj/patrickdylan)

 

Read the compendium to this episode: Sometimes Just [censored] It

 

About Burner Podcast:

Independently produced by a revolving team of contributing producers and hosted by founder ‘Mister Arash’, Burner Podcast is the longest running traditional podcast in the global Burning Man community. Focused on year-round Burner consciousness and topics of intracultural interest, explore a decade’s worth of conversations at burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes.

DJ sets featured on Burner Podcast can be found here: soundcloud.com/burnerpodcast/sets/burner-podcast-closing-sets

Follow instagram.com/BurnerPodcast and facebook.com/burnerpodcast for wildly irregular updates.

Burner Podcast host Arash Afshar is an Iranian-American SoCal-based(ish) professional photographer, writer and community building addict. Send him love or hate mail directly at mrarash.com/hello and follow his writing on Substack at yesterdayiwasclever.com.

For bookings and inquiries, contact Arash’s management at properconcept.us/contact-us