Life is a Festival
Transformational gatherings, the communities they build, and the teachers who help us bring that open-hearted joy home.
The Business of Building a Psychedelic Disneyland
Life is a Festival #26: Vince Kadlubek (Meow Wolf)
Meow Wolf is an inspiration for creatives everywhere, especially when it comes to building a sustainable, artistic livelihood. CEO Vince Kadlubek opens up about his journey in leadership and the art of financing imagination.
Dance Music's Woke Girl Gang
Life is a Festival #25: Abi Getto & Liz Garard (Nap Girls)
How the iconic napping pose drew over 250 members to the collective, intersectionality and white feminism, how a girl gang metabolized #metoo, and how best to be an ally.
The Spiritual Side of Failure
Life is a Festival #24: Mauricio Boogieloop (Heart Ibiza)
How street performance taught Mauricio to embrace failure as a teacher, the history of Ibiza, and why Mauricio is optimistic about the future of the White Island.
Keep Psychedelics Weird
Life is a Festival #23: Erik Davis (Techgnosis)
Where’s the true weird in the age of Donald Trump and weird weather? Is depression weird, or is depression when things aren’t weird enough? Is Burning Man still weird or has it become too mannered and too known? Are there degrees of reality? How can we serve the psychedelic Renaissance while keeping the weird alive?
Authenticity, Anxiety, & the Artist
Life is a Festival #22: Atish Mehta (DJ atish)
Atish gets real about getting real.
Demystifying Fly Ranch, Burning Man’s Perennial Oasis
Life is a Festival #21: Zac Cirivello (Fly Ranch)
What could Burning Man culture look like year round? Well, like Black Rock City itself, it’s going to be up to us.
Cultivating Cultural Curiosity
Life is a Festival Podcast 020: Yasmine El Baggari (Voyaj)
A young, Moroccan entrepreneur visits all fifty states.
From Activist to Ayahuasca Advocate
Life is a Festival #19: Tony Moss (Bird Tribe)
Eventually there is no difference between your life and ceremony… your life becomes a ceremony. And the secret is gratitude.
Find Your Rite of Passage
Life is a Festival #18: Life Rites with Max Carver & Ari Andersen
My personal story of embarking on the Mount Everest of shamanic journeys, the psychedelic medicine iboga which I took as part of an initiation with the Bwiti people in Gabon.
Build Community Like a Social Alchemist
Life is a Festival #17: Bear Kittay (Good Money)
Community is a process, not a place.
Modern Mentorship is Mutual
Life is a Festival #16: Chip Conley (Modern Elder Academy)
Without today’s guest there would be no Life is a Festival Podcast.
How to Party Without Breaking Your Brain
Life is a Festival #14: Dr. Molly
Life is a festival, let it be a long one full of cognitive liberty and healthy brains.
A Masterclass in Consent
Life is a Festival #13: Romi Elan (SoulPlay Festivals)
Would you like to live life like a festival? If the answer is an enthusiastic YES, join us for this dynamic conversation.
Family is the Headliner
Life is a Festival #12: Android Jones
If life is a festival, family is the headliner.
The Master Builder of Extraordinary Experiences
Life is a Festival #11: Benja Juster (Rubbermaid Parties)
Fighting reality with the sword of his mind.
The Verdant World of a Village Witch
Life is a Festival #10: Sarah Wu (Envision Festival)
Life is a festival and in Costa Rica they call it Pura Vida.
The Sun Never Rises on the Elrow Party Empire
Life is a Festival #9: Vicenç Marti (elrow)
With great power comes great responsible partying.
Planting Seeds for Legacy
Life is a Festival #8: Marcus Golden Barnes (Mixmag)
“Either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.”
The Mythopoetic Antidote for Pornography Addiction
Life is a Festival #7: Zhenzan Dao (The MogaDao Institute)
With her ferocious wisdom like honey from the mouth of a Jaguar, Zhenzan teaches limitless passion.
The Human Experience: Beware the Life of an Artist
Life is a Festival Podcast 006: David Block (The Human Experience)
Life is a festival but beware the life of an artist, unless it’s the medicine for your soul.