Community — Life is a Festival

Paul Stamets: The Mycelial Web of Burning Man

Life is a Festival #180

Legendary mycologist Paul Stamets to explore mushrooms, mycelium, the cosmos… and Burning Man of course.

Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Art, Critical Thinking, Community, Festivals, Gender, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongSeptember 10, 2025Comment

Josh Shrei (The Emerald): Only Myth Can Save Us Now

Life is a Festival #179

The ancient power of festivals, structure and fluidity of gender, and the soul’s longing for meaning.

Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Art, Critical Thinking, Community, Festivals, Gender, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongMarch 27, 2025Comment

Alex Ebert: Aspirational Masculinity for the Left

Life is a Festival #177

Who’s the man?

Community, Gender, Leadership, Politics, Critical Thinking, Mental Wellness, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongDecember 4, 2024Comment

Megan Miller: Why Burners Must Participate in this Election

Life is a Festival #176

Civic responsibility in the age of polarization

Community, Gender, Leadership, Burning Man, PoliticsEamon ArmstrongNovember 4, 2024Comment

Atish: Beats, Breaks, and Balance, a DJ Unplugs

Life is a Festival #175

Service, legacy, and giving back to one’s community.

Community, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Fame, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mentorship, Music, RaceEamon ArmstrongOctober 25, 2024Comment

Will Chase: How Burning Man Keeps the Magic

Life is a Festival #174

A guide to Burning Man's survival

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Critical Thinking, SolocastEamon ArmstrongSeptember 28, 2024Burning ManComment

Burning Man Isn't Cool Anymore

Life is a Festival #173

and "Life is a Festival" is changing too

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Critical Thinking, SolocastEamon ArmstrongSeptember 12, 2024Burning ManComment

Live From Burning Man Information Radio (Encore)

Life is a Festival #172

Playing around at BMIR 2019 and Harm Reduction Tips for 2024

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Harm Reduction, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongAugust 22, 2024Burning ManComment

Chip Conley: Midlife is also a Festival

Life is a Festival #171

Midlife is not a crisis but a chrysalis—a time for transformation and growth.

Community, Death, Race, Festivals, Leadership, Mentorship, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJuly 19, 2024Chip ConleyComment

Camille Barton: The Urgent Art of Grief Ritual

Life is a Festival #170

In a world beset by tragedy its important to learn how to grieve.

Community, LGBTQ, Yoga, Death, Gender, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, RaceEamon ArmstrongMay 16, 2024Comment

Tina Nance: Beyond the "Divine" Feminine

Life is a Festival #169

Tina Nance, yin yoga and embodiment specialist returns to Life is a Festival to share her evolving ideas around gender, trauma healing, and embodiment.

Community, Personal Growth, LGBTQ, Sexuality, Gender, YogaEamon ArmstrongApril 23, 2024Tina NanceComment

Lizz Larouge & Guinevere Rhonwen: Love's Many Colors

Life is a Festival #168

Guinevere Rhonwen & Lizz Larouge created the festival Colours of Love on the island d of Koh Phangan as their wedding celebration.

Leadership, Community, Festivals, Personal Growth, Art, Business, Gender, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongMarch 19, 2024Comment

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.

Critical Thinking, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Burning Man, Art, Community, Festivals, Politics, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongFebruary 15, 2024Comment

Julia Maryanska & Ian MacKenzie: From Polyagony to a Village of Lovers

Life is a Festival #166

The Village of Lovers helps us heal the wounds of gender and experience love free from fear.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, Community, Critical Thinking, Film, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongFebruary 6, 2024TameraComment

Colette Pervette: Why Are All My Friends Becoming Dominatrixes?

Life is a Festival #163

Instead of healing the kink, let the kink heal you.

Community, Harm Reduction, Personal Growth, Gender, Leadership, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 26, 2023Kink, DominatrixComment

Ilana Gilovich-Wave: Requiem for Sleep No More

Life is a Festival #162

Immersing into immersive experience design with one of the world's most iconic theatrical experiences, Sleep No More.

Community, Harm Reduction, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 7, 2023IrelandComment

Darragh Stewart: The Indigenous Medicine of Ireland

Life is a Festival #161

Ancient Ireland was like the Amazon, with impenetrable forests navigable only by rivers, deep mysticism, and its very own indigenous medicine, the psychedelic Liberty Cap mushrooms.