Life is a Festival
Transformational gatherings, the communities they build, and the teachers who help us bring that open-hearted joy home.
#176 - Megan Miller: Why Burners Must Participate in this Election
Civic responsibility in the age of polarization
#173 - Burning Man Isn't Cool Anymore
Part 1: My reflections (rant) on Burning Man 2024. Part 2: My appearance on the Burning Man Live Podcast from a few years ago.
#172 - Live From Burning Man Information Radio (Encore)
Playing around at BMIR 2019 and Harm Reduction Tips for 2024
Sami Awad & Sharon Avraham: A Lighthouse for the Middle East
Life is a Festival #167
Sami and Sharon return to the show to discuss their ambitious peace project, the Lighthouse.
Sharon Avraham & Sami Awad: The Prayers of an Israeli and a Palestinian Burner
Life is a Festival #159
Sharon Avraham, co-founder of Midburn, and his theme camp co-producer, Palestinian activist Sami Awad, extend a call for healing.
Tyler Hanson: Shenanigans! The Art of Immersive Experience Design
Life is a Festival #158
Exploring immersive art from the circus to vaudeville to Dada, to beatniks and hippies, and all the way to the Cacophony Society and Burning Man.
Marian Goodell et al: Inside Burning Man’s Worst Case Scenario
Life is a Festival #157
Will our changing climate stop Burning Man, or will our collective resilience and response to crisis make our community stronger.
Caveat Magister - At Burning Man, We're All Amateurs
Life is a Festival #156
Burning Man doesn’t have to be transformational.
Nick Powers: The Revolution Will Be a Carnival
Life is a Festival #149
By emphasizing fun, sacrilege, and even the grotesque, we can safeguard social justice against dogmatism and self-righteousness, preventing its co-option.
Snow Raven: The Unexpected Sweetness of Darkness
Life is a Festival #148
Snow Raven knows darkness intimately, and it has inspired her shamanic music from America's Got Talent to Burning Man.
Ian MacKenzie: The Masculine Longing for Mythic Imagination
Life is a Festival #145
Ian Mackenzie returns to Life is a Festival to discuss mythopoetic masculinity.
Android Jones: The Transformative Vulnerability of Loss
Life is a Festival #144
Visionary Artist Android Jones speaks about losing his life’s work, the profound opening of asking for help and his thoughts on AI art.
Monique Shiess, Co-founder of AfrikaBurn: The Catalytic Potential of Burning Man in South Africa
Life is a Festival #143 - Monique Shiess (AfrikaBurn)
Towards real radical inclusivity and environmental stewardship at AfrikaBurn
The Gift of the Mayan Warrior
Life is a Festival #136: Pablo González Vargas (Mayan Warrior)
Mayan Warrior founder Pablo González Vargas talks about gifting, Mayan culture, and the challenges of bringing an art car 8,000 kilometers to That Thing in the Desert.
The Neverending Healing Journey
Life is a Festival #133: Adam Andros Aronovich (Healing From Healing)
The creator of “Healing From Healing” offers us levity and a much needed reprieve from our hyper-individualistic personal development.
Every Daddy Needs a Daddy
Life is a Festival #132: Eamon Armstrong with Chloe Macintosh (Live from Burning Man)
Kink, like psychedelics and Burning Man itself, can be a powerful transformational technology, if used wisely.
The Best of Black Rock City
Life is a Festival #131: Burning Man Compilation
From Burners without Borders to the Nordic Borderland, these are some of my favorite BRC moments from Life is a Festival.
Flow States and Festival Consciousness
Life is a Festival #130: Jason Silva
The Wizard of Awe talks festival consciousness and how we, the refugees from the mundane, can unleash the brave and reckless Gods we really are at Burning Man and beyond.
Festivals Create Lasting Transformation
Life is a Festival #128: Dr. Molly Crockett (Crockett Lab)
A new study from Yale University confirms what all always knew was true about the power of festivals.