Eamon Armstrong 10/25/24 Eamon Armstrong 10/25/24

#175 - Atish: Beats, Breaks, and Balance, a DJ Unplugs

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

Eamon Armstrong 4/27/23 Eamon Armstrong 4/27/23

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.

Eamon Armstrong 4/19/23 Eamon Armstrong 4/19/23

Victorien Mulliez: The Path of Joy

Life is a Festival #147

From Vipassana meditation to sobriety, Victorien shares his strategies for cultivating joy.

Eamon Armstrong 10/25/22 Eamon Armstrong 10/25/22

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.

Eamon Armstrong 12/8/21 Eamon Armstrong 12/8/21

The Small Self on a Big Stage

Life is a Festival #115: Nick Mulvey

In the tradition of an English troubadour, Nick Mulvey is a soulful multi-instrumentalist, Earth protector, and student of Celtic shamanism.

Eamon Armstrong 5/2/20 Eamon Armstrong 5/2/20

The Mad Scientist of House, Techno, & Love

Life is a Festival #64: Lee Reynolds (Desert Hearts)

Get your mind over what matters, fly your freak flag, forget to grow up, and get weird enough to *maybe* believe the Earth is flat with Papa Lee Reynolds!

Eamon Armstrong 4/14/20 Eamon Armstrong 4/14/20

Bonus Birthday Blast From the Past

Life is a Festival #61: Behind the Mynd with David Colón

If you’ve discovered my work through this show and you want to know more about the Life is a Festival philosophy or how I met so many fascinating friends to interview (or if you just want to hear some silly stories on my birthday) this is the podcast for you!

Eamon Armstrong 3/12/20 Eamon Armstrong 3/12/20

A Love Letter to Earnestness

Life is a Festival #55: Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)

Raging against the gatekeepers of cool and waxing about the importance of being earnest. Fame may seem to be a way to transcend death, but if every life is an epic, we are all already famous.

Eamon Armstrong 1/8/20 Eamon Armstrong 1/8/20

Tales of an English Folk Hero

Life is a Festival #46: Jay McAllister (Beans on Toast)

From helping Banksy launch sky lanterns, to extolling the virtues of a bamboo toothbrush, Beans is the paradigm of a festive life that makes a difference.

Eamon Armstrong 11/13/19 Eamon Armstrong 11/13/19

Bye Bye Plastic, Hello Vibes

Life is a Festival #39: Vivie-Ann Bakos (BLOND:ISH)

If you were an international DJ sensation, how would you use your fame to change the world?

Eamon Armstrong 10/24/19 Eamon Armstrong 10/24/19

We Can All Be Babes

Life is a Festival #36: Andrea Graham (The Librarian)

At Bass Coast, a beautiful boutique festival in the forests of British Columbia, everyone is a babe. What is a babe? A Bass Coast babe is a person of any gender who’s really feeling themselves.