Burner Podcast

Arash and The Black Company get into the history of the camp and discuss the similarities and differences between the Renaissance Faire and the Burner communities. They also get into community politics and the difference between playing and escaping.

Arash and the Triptych kids go through their crew’s history, the formation of their camp, the challenges they’ve faced in the past year and their future plans. Arash’s car gets towed.

Arash visits Burning Man headquarters in San Francisco and sits with Iris to discuss the Regional Network and the upcoming Global Leadership Conference (GLC). It takes all his willpower not spend the whole time he’s been given whining about his love life.

Arash joins the CTO and Datamancer of 3Scan in San Francisco to discuss how they cultivate burner culture in the office and their next-level work in microscopy and biotech. We also get the full story that of “Playa Time: Dust to Dust,” the famous time-lapse from 2011.

Three of DPS’s founders bring some whiskey to the studio and tell Arash about the camp’s humble origins, philosophy and atmosphere. Arash tells them about chakras.

Greg Young and Amanda Joy school Arash on a variety of options available to people on how to experience love and partnership. Arash tries more desperately than usual to sound like he knows what he’s talking about.

  Los Angeles’s sensational Regional Contact guides Arash through the LA Burn scene, the history of LA’s decom and sheds some light on the region’s recent permitting challenges. She also shares her adventures in leaving Texas, stripping and becoming a scream queen.

Producer Meg, Regional Contact Fin and Arash chat about depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, child molestation, medication and other mental health topics... And somehow manage NOT to make it the most depressing episode ever!

Knotty Boy drops by the studio to talk with Arash about Burning Man Gate’s build, logistics and all that goes into getting Burners out of the default world and into Black Rock City. Also discussed: Bugs!!!

On her birthday, she made the decision to spend her entire 30th year without any substances. Arash follows our anonymous guest’s life and journey through drug culture, culminating with what she experienced at Burning Man.

Gaia and Arash talk Kidsville, relationships and neurochemistry over a beer. She also tells the backstory of her migration to San Diego and attending her first burn with a kiddo in tow. Arash drinks all her beer.

  In this extra large episode, two returning guests drop by the studio to talk even more about that San Diego regional you might be mildly sick of Arash talking about all the time. The conversation gets into Bob and Colin’s back stories, the founding of the Waldos, challenges faced and successes celebrated after all the dust settled.  

Arash and his man-crush discuss writing, the creative process, sleeping on rooftops and traveling through South America while reading Rumi. Chad also talks tent-tripping and reads us a poem about his home, Tijuana.

Producer Meg, Online Editor Thanasi, Music Editor Nav and Borderline Useless Arash recap their Burn experiences. Highlights include dust, emotional breakdowns and vodka.

  Producer Meg sits in as Dr. Brown (a.k.a. Kingsley) swings by the studio to cling beers with Arash and tell the story of his lifelong relationship with psychedelics, culminating with his MAPS funded research of ibogaine and its potential for treating drug addiction. Arash predictably screws up the acronym in the intro.

Kim sits with Arash to talk career counseling, professional inspiration and theme camp planning logistics. The final third of the show is all about Consent Culture and plays like a pilot for the Kim and Arash Morning Hour.

YOUtopia, San Diego’s regional Burn which takes place in October, has been described as “Burning Man 15 years ago in a jungle setting.” Arash, Bob and Jake get into all the things YOUtopia including art, Native American tribal council politics, event logistics, previous years’ lessons learned and oh so much more geekery.

  Curt takes Arash through his upbringing in San Diego, not being a fan of camping, the art of going against the construct and his experiences with the more challenging aspects of volunteerism. Arash then whines about being hazed.

Arash and Tom talk about all that went into creating one of the most talked about pieces of art on the playa, the Black Rock Observatory. They also get into what’s happening in the coming year including doing more of whatever you want and the Carl Sagan connection.

Ell Kay flies all the way down from Vancouver with the sole purpose of talking to Arash about the art of cooking, the Canadian burn scene and the joy of being a recovering vegan. Ell Kay had no other reasons to come to San Diego. We swear.