Wed, 8 December 2021
A 2.5 hour deep dive with the leadership team of DanceSafe, the national drug education and risk reduction 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Mitchell Gomez, Madalyn McElwain, Kristin Karas, Rachel Clark and Jessica Breemen share DanceSafe’s history, initiatives and discuss the political implications, as well as social and racial justice components of drug and dance music culture. Closing set by Beat Kitty (The Gradient Perspective). |
Wed, 6 October 2021
Pink Heart founder John Halcyon joins Arash for their almost annual tradition of recapping the year leading up to and their annual pilgrimage to Burning Man. The conversation explores our community navigating the pandemic (on and off playa) and mental health in the time of Covid-19 balanced with some fun stories of joy and synchronicity in the dust. Closing set by Chulatto (17 Virgins) |
Tue, 17 August 2021
Arash visits with Dan Reeves and Lee Hemingway of The Journey Project from episode 59. The conversation dives into stories of their experiences building on playa, where the project went after Burning Man 2017 and very personal reflections on mental health and community. |
Sat, 14 August 2021
Trav Mo, Felisha and Jesse Severns of Perky Parks camp recount their ridiculous adventure bringing a camel art car named Humpty to Burning Man and reflect on other adventures in burning including the year they villaged with Playground. Closing set by Gutto Serta (Favela) |
Tue, 22 June 2021
Dr. Amanda J Lucia's life long adventure through India, yoga festivals and academia eventually brought her to Burning Man and made her an active citizen of Black Rock City. Dr. Lucia is the author of White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals. Closing set by Navjeet Sarna (Alkaline Podcast) journal.burningman.org/2020/06/opinion/serious-stuff/diversity-radical-inclusion-black-lives-matter/ |
Tue, 11 May 2021
On this jumbo jet sized episode, we get to know Ken Feldmen and follow him through his post college days throwing some of the earliest bigger production raves in Austin while exploring aerospace, telecom entrepreneurship and rockets. Life eventually brings him to Burning Man, leading to the the creation of one of Black Rock City's most beloved art cars and culminating with the Big Imagination team's wild ride bringing the divisive 747 project to the playa (and avoiding getting arrested trying to get it back off). Closing set by illich Mujica (Big Imagination)
Direct download: 120_Someone_Brought_a_747_to_Burning_Man.mp3
Category:Art & Culture -- posted at: 11:13am EST |
Wed, 3 March 2021
Adrian Landon, the artist behind the flaming steel pegasus that lived in front of Center Camp at Burning Man 2019, shares his story. Arash and Adrian chat about New York, art theory and horsies. Closing set by Gorgon City (Playground) Arash’s Editor’s Note: Adrian’s name is pronounced LANdon. Adrian and Producer Lana are literally sitting in the room and no one corrected me till after. And since I’m the one that does this part of the job I get to screw with Lana right back. "Our set from the Playground stage @ Burning Man. Big love to everyone who came, the vibe was unreal! Thanks to Opulent Temple for having us <3 It was our first ever burning man experience, and we had a mind-blowing few days getting lost in the desert with friends.” -Gorgon City |
Tue, 16 February 2021
Miva CEO, author of Dragonproof Ecommerce and host of Dragonproof Ecommerce Podcast, Rick Wilson, co-founded Playa-Q and has been burning for 15 (or 22) years. Arash picks his brain about professional lessons learned from running a Burning Man camp, stress management and leadership in the time of Covid-19. Closing set by Muloka (Burner Podcast) miva.com About the closing set: "Played the opening set at the Down The Rabbit Hole event hosted by the 17 Virgins in their speakeasy on Thursday night (August 29, 2019).” -Muloka |