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 3/2/23 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 2/13/23 Eamon Armstrong 2/13/23

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

Eamon Armstrong 1/10/23 Eamon Armstrong 1/10/23

How to Earn a Secure Attachment Style

Life is a Festival #142 - George Haas (Mettagroup)

Meditation teacher George Haas is preparing the path to enlightenment by healing childhood attachment injuries.

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 12/20/22 Eamon Armstrong 12/20/22

Iboga Part 2: Initiating with Iboga in Africa

Life is a Festival #140 - Apollon (Bwiti Initiations)

A conversation with a Bwiti N’ganga about how Westerns can connect with this African spiritual practice.

Eamon Armstrong 12/10/22 Eamon Armstrong 12/10/22

Iboga Part 1: Ibogaine Clinical Treatment

Life is a Festival #139 - Dr. Felipe Malacara, & Vianey Ariadna Perez (Beond Ibogaine)

Healing addiction and trauma using ibogaine HLC in a Western medical model at Beond Clinic in Cancun.

Eamon Armstrong 12/1/22 Eamon Armstrong 12/1/22

The Art of Interviewing

Life is a Festival #138 - Eamon Armstrong & Ian MacKenzie

To celebrate four years of Life is a Festival, today I’m sharing a conversation I had with my friend Ian MacKenzie about how to conduct a good interview.

Eamon Armstrong 11/7/22 Eamon Armstrong 11/7/22

The Queer Muslim Hero of Psychedelic Legalization

Life is a Festival #137 - Ismail Lourido Ali (MAPS)

From medicalization to religious exception, how should powerful psychedelic molecules enter mainstream consciousness?

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 10/12/22 Eamon Armstrong 10/12/22

The Primal Movement of the Smuggler Yogi

Life is a Festival #135: Nick Brewer (Primal Moves)

The incredible life story of how a South American smuggler became a yogi and the daily practice which became his refuge and his dharma.

Eamon Armstrong 8/26/22 Eamon Armstrong 8/26/22

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.

Eamon Armstrong 8/20/22 Eamon Armstrong 8/20/22

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.