Burner Podcast

Camp founders Scott and Mary met in high school in Texas. It was on their drive back from their first Burning Man that they decided they’re starting a Tank Girl themed camp and that they’re going to call it Lip Bomb. Don’t lookup what a Lip Bomb is at work. Closing set by Sturge (Dusty Love Tribe)     Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   lipbomb.org facebook.com/CampLipbomb www.tank-girl.com facebook.com/officialtankgirl facebook.com/sturgedj soundcloud.com/sturgedj/burning-man-2018-sturge-lip-bomb facebook.com/lostinsoundldn love146.org Cover photo by instagram.com/markmatcho

El NiNo burned his giant wooden owl, MÚCARO, at Burning Man 2017. The high of his massively successful year on playa came to a sudden halt when a category five hurricane decimated his native home of Puerto Rico. Closing set by Tony y Not and Kate Stein    Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   leaveittonino.com facebook.com/mucaroartinstallation facebook.com/ArtInstallationGotFramed laburningman.com soundcloud.com/tony-mukke soundcloud.com/katesteinnyc soundcloud.com/tony-mukke/1001nights

Playing around in Debi Cable’s black light installations is a favorite memory of festival attendees the world over, from EDC to Burning Man and museums to Hollywood events. Debi tells Arash stories of cutting her teeth in Vegas, learning the business of art and coming up in the LA art scene. Closing set by Pumpkin (Dirty Beatles)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   debicable3d.com facebook.com/groups/destinylounge facebook.com/blackrockfrenchquarter laburningman.com soundcloud.com/pumpkin facebook.com/dirtybeetles thedolab.com intothefirebm.com/2017/03/27/477

  Arash joins Camp Walter's Kirk & Mary Strawn and Ryan McDermott to explore Walter's 100 Year Plan, which includes the recent launch of their non-profit wing, The Walter Hive. Also covered, Walter’s new permanent Burning Man-fueled museum in Phoenix and an ethical approach to expansion within the Burner community. Closing set by Joe Pea (Foam Against The Machine)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   thewalterhive.org facebook.com/CampWalterBurningMan walterproductions.com soundcloud.com/joe-pea facebook.com/joepea419

Los Angeles Regional Contact, Widget, and Arizona regional lead, Conchita, join Arash on stage at YOUtopia's center camp to discuss Burning Man regional events. There is also some really awkward attempt at sexy talk. Closing set by Piccaya (Cosmik Animals)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   bequinox.com laburningman.com  facebook.com/AZBurners regionals.burningman.org/regionals/north-america/arizona facebook.com/piccaya cosmikcamp.com   Listen to the whole set by Piccaya at soundcloud.com/michel-piccaya

Kate Houston, the Rock Star Librarian herself, swings by Burner Podcast Studios (aka Arash’s house) to chat about 17 years of burning, the evolution of music on the playa and the importance of library sciences to a society. Closing set by DJ Dane (Dusty Rhino)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   rockstarlibrarian.com bigimagination.org dustyrhino.com   Listen to the whole set by DJ Dane at https://soundcloud.com/dj-dane/burning-man-2018-breaks-on-a-plane-dj-dane  

Arash and Halcyon spend a bunch of time not talking about Burning Man since Halcyon is usually busy with Pink Heart stuff and Arash had to leave the Burn early due to a medical emergency. But they do talk about some of the art and topics of community interest when they’re not detouring into their personal Burning Man and general life journeys. Closing set by Black Velveteen (Airpusher Collective)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   Listen to the whole set by Black Velveteen at soundcloud.com/chicago95/burning-man-sonic-runway-aboard-airpusher-2018

Lana, Stephanie, Dan, Maddie and Diane, all San Diego artists taking projects to Burning Man 2018, sit with Arash to geek out about some projects and camps they’re looking forward to for this year’s burn. Topics covered include favorite experiences, civic responsibility and projects that people might have sex in. Closing set by Brad Moontribe (Moontribe Collective) Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud. Listen to the whole set by Brad Moontribe at soundcloud.com/kalliopestage/sets/walter-in-space   Show notes and links   Press Play: A Burner Podcast Soiree https://tinyurl.com/y8tmgoog    Art projects referenced Iron Monkeys http://www.ironmonkeyarts.org/ Radia Lumina https://www.foldhaus.com/ Trace https://www.instagram.com/traceplaya/ Singularity https://www.singularityartproject.com/ Chilapod https://www.chilopod.life/ Giant Space Blanket  https://www.facebook.com/alex.shtanuk?ref=bookmarks   Camps, bars and destinations referenced Pink Heart 4 & Esplanade ht

Arash sits with Los Angeles-based artist Rebekah Waites to learn about The Church Trap and her upcoming piece for Burning Man 2018 entitled Singularity. The laughter somehow flows freely even through the topics of suicide and childhood trauma. Closing set by Ari Miller.    Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.    singularityartproject.com rebekahwaites.com churchtrap.com arimillerlive.com   Listen to the whole set by Ari Miller at https://soundcloud.com/arimillerlive/live-at-midburn-2018-pirate-ship-sunset

Arash drops by Los Angeles-based artist Scott Froschauer’s studio to chat about the role of an artist in local government, how to burn a giant wooden owl on playa and how his street sign art got to be placed in The Smithsonian’s No Spectators exhibit. Closing set by Diva Danielle (The Unicorns)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.    scottfroschauer.com  churchtrap.com facebook.com/mucaroartinstallation americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/burning-man soundcloud.com/theunicornsca   Listen to the whole set by Diva Danielle at soundcloud.com/divadanielle/unicorn-sunrise-burning-man-2014  

Finally we get around to doing the obligatory packing for Burning Man episode. Passion, Rebecca Nuvoletta and Sara Husby share their packing tips with Arash, who is still nowhere near figuring out how to pack for anything in life. Closing set by Reda Briki (Disorient)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.    The pack lists mentioned on the show can be found at: tinyurl.com/packing4burn  

Richard Cohen, Professor of South Asian Literature, chats with Arash about Burning Man, Buddhism and religion through an academic lens. Closing set by Adam Turner of Another Monkey (Eclectic Alchemy).   Profcohen.net soundcloud.com/another-monkey devachanlounge.com bubblesandbass.com   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.  

Episode 82: The Carpenter Speaks    Best friends Jerry James and Larry Harvey founded Burning Man on Baker Beach. Jerry shares stories of the early days, watching the burn grow into an international movement, working on the 2018 Temple Galaxia and becoming an activist in the Idaho governor’s race. Closing set by Aviatrix (Camp Loveland)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud. 

We step away from the normal format of the show in order to hold space for the passing of Larry Harvey. Burner Podcast team members Navjeet Sarna and Tori Massie join Arash to read messages and stories written to and about The Man in the Hat.    Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.        *******************   Lynn Marie Morski... I attended my first burn amid much strife in my capoeira life. I had wanted to play in the orchestra that leads the capoeira games, but my low status in the group prevented me from doing so. In capoeira,` your cord (belt) color is a rank like other martial arts, and only the higher cords were allowed to play instruments.But not on the playa. I went to a capoeira class my first day and there were no cords, no hierarchy. When it came time to play, I asked who was going to lead the orchestra. They said whomever could lead...So *I* led. For the first time ever. And I've never looked back. Thanks, Larry, for creating a hierarchy-less paradis

Tom Varden of Black Rock Observatory returns to chat about life in and out of Black Rock City. Topics include money and privilege in BRC, the communities we build, the future of BRO and how an art project at the Burn can lead to Default World opportunities. Closing set by Treavor Moontribe (Moontribe Collective)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud. 

David Bronner, the embodiment of civic responsibility, feeds his Dr. Bronner's employees amazing vegan meals, serves as a board member of MAPS and found god in a gay Trance club in Amsterdam. Closing set by Mark Slee (Manjumasi)   drbronner.com maps.org mcslee.com soundcloud.com/robot-heart   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud. 

Acclaimed installation Artist Randy Polumbo’s latest piece is unveiled at the insane and eclectic Bombay Beach Biennale. Arash and Randy talk art theory, the Salton Sea and camping with Disorient at Burning Man. Closing set by Orion Keyser (Reality Sync Records)   polumbo.com bombaybeachbiennale.org facebook.com/Disorient orionkeyser.com   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud. 

Arash joins Arthur Mamou-Mani in his London offices to get to know the man behind Burning Man 2018’s Temple. We follow Arthur as he leaves Paris on a spiritual journey through Europe’s architecture, leads a class on Burning Man design for architecture students and culminate in his quest to build Galaxia. Closing set by Soul of Noise (Playground)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.   

Brothers Eric and Edward Deull share personal stories of spiritual development, their experiences running a Men’s Counsel and some of the lessons men can take away from their journey. Closing set by Navjeet Sarna (Alkaline)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud. 

Burners Without Borders Program Manager, Christopher Breedlove, shares the story of his own early involvement, the history of the organization and just some of the internationals projects BWB is currently facilitating and funding. Closing set by GoodSex (SolarBeatz)   Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud or SoundCloud.