Eamon Armstrong 11/9/23 Eamon Armstrong 11/9/23

Natalie Sanandaji: The Good Souls of the Nova Festival

Life is a Festival #160

How one young woman is transforming terror into service and the extraordinary courage and care of the good souls of the Tribe of Nova.

Eamon Armstrong 10/12/23 Eamon Armstrong 10/12/23

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.

Eamon Armstrong 10/2/23 Eamon Armstrong 10/2/23

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.

Eamon Armstrong 9/15/23 Eamon Armstrong 9/15/23

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.

Eamon Armstrong 8/23/23 Eamon Armstrong 8/23/23

Caveat Magister - At Burning Man, We're All Amateurs

Life is a Festival #156

Burning Man doesn’t have to be transformational.

Eamon Armstrong 5/22/23 Eamon Armstrong 5/22/23

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.

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 3/30/23 Eamon Armstrong 3/30/23

Stephen Jenkinson: Personal Growth Won't Save Us

Life is a Festival #146

…but perhaps embracing catastrophe might... just maybe.

Eamon Armstrong 3/15/23 Eamon Armstrong 3/15/23

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.

Eamon Armstrong 3/2/23 Eamon Armstrong 3/2/23

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.

Eamon Armstrong 1/1/23 Eamon Armstrong 1/1/23

To Escape the Tyranny of the Self

Life is a Festival #141 - Benjamin

Liberation from mental health issues through the dissolution of the constructed self.

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.