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Meet those who make Burning Man happen, beyond the desert and out in the world. Artists, activists, and innovators. Builders and Burners, freaks and fools. Burning Man floats on a sea of stories, and the Burning Man LIVE podcast is a plucky little boat with a microphone.
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- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
Jamie Wheal and the Burning Man Mystery School
Jamie Wheal, author of Stealing Fire and Recapture the Rapture, and the viral article The Man WILL Burn!, joins Stuart to unpack the cultural anthropology of peak states. They explore how Black Rock City serves as a crucible for thriving in the future. They deep dive into: Hedonic Engineering: Inducing bliss without cravings, healing without the cringe, and communing without it becoming a cult. The Culture of Culture: How movements morph, why BRC’s builders are like Navy SEALs, and resetting through radical participation. Practical Optimism: Letting go of 21st Century normal, and keeping your shit together in the shitshow. Watch them un-forget how to make that magic anywhere. wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Wheal jamiewheal.substack.com/p/the-man-will-burn wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Will_Burn LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
- Aug 7, 202652 min
Behind the Scenes: The Man Will Burn: Marian Goodell & Jehane Noujaim
Watch it on YouTube. No spoilers. This is the making of the docuseries The Man Will Burn. This is the context for what was filmed, who said what, and what got cut; the cameras and the chaos (and the quinoa). Burning Man Project’s CEO Marian Goodell talks with Jehane Noujaim Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director. They share the creative challenge of assembling Burning Man’s story from a mosaic of a million people’s stories. They dive right into the interweaving 35 years of archival footage with the personal journeys of a dozen participants from a dozen places. Watch Marian and Jehane’s conversation, recorded at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, where the series debuted. Hit play on the dust and trust of the blank canvas that becomes a city year after year, and a 4-hour film about its start, its false stops, and its proliferating permutations. burningman.org/documentaries/the-man-will-burn www.imdb.com/title/tt29033873 wikipedia.org/Jehane_Noujaim journal.burningman.org/author/marian LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
- Jul 10, 202643 min
Substance Over Splash - Australia's Regional Burns
5 leaders from the 5 Regional Burns of Australia! They focus on collaboration more than contraptions, connection more than complexity. Aurora, Tasmania: Lara, aka Squeaky Queen, on the logistics of being an island off an island. Blazing Swan, Western Australia: Shaz on navigating extreme weather with 3,700 friends. Burning Seed, New South Wales: Leanna, aka Mama, on restructuring into a member-owned organization. Modifyre, Queensland: Chau on the bonds built with a 10% annual growth cap. Underland, Victoria: Marty on trading a "crisis of imagination" for accountability. These movers & shakers go a mile deep into the dust, the heart, and the deets of Australia’s radical experiments in community. They acculturate through one on one connections and Burning Pubs. They embrace Positive Impact more than Leave No Trace. They aspire to the 10 Principles and the 11th, and even the 12th. See how this culture takes root, travels, and morphs year-round. Community is built through word of mouth, so that the space they create allows us to show up as our whole human selves. Open your mind upside down, and laugh along with these larrikins and their playful perceptions. auroraburn.org.au www.burningseed.com blazingswan.com.au www.modifyre.org underland.au burningman.org/global/burning-man-regional-network/australia LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
- Jun 25, 202638 min
Long Live Community Art Spaces - Charlie Gadeken
For decades, Charlie has led some of Black Rock City's monumental works of art. He isn’t just the prolific mind behind iconic pieces like Elder Mother, an illuminated storytelling tree; he’s an architect of human connection. He co-created and develops: Illumination Village - an early and long running home-within-a-home at Black Rock City The Flaming Lotus Girls - the all-volunteer, women-led art collective The Box Shop - a collaborative workspace and art studio of 23 years and counting Tune in as Charlie shares his artistic journey with Andie Grace. They explore the evolution from flame-thrown wind-sail paintings to steel trees of addressable LED leaves. But this isn’t about him. The Box Shop, home to hundreds of metalworkers, large-scale sculptors, and multimedia artists, has birthed thousands of artworks and taught countless volunteers to wire and weld. After 23 years, it’s facing displacement due to gentrification. Charlie shares the gritty details of reinventing this creative sanctuary into a nonprofit in a new location. Hear why making beautiful things with friends matters more than maximizing shareholder profit, and why hands-on community hubs bring belonging as an antidote to modern loneliness and greed. https://www.charlesgadeken.com https://boxshopsf.org https://www.flaminglotus.com https://www.illuminationvillage.org LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
- Jun 4, 202643 min
OTHERWORLD - Vancouver Island's Regional Ripple Effect
Watch it on YouTube. What do you get when you mix 3,200 Burners, a lush Canadian forest, and a summer fire ban? Oh, and an event theme that is literally just the word... MOIST. Wander through the woods of Otherworld, one of British Columbia’s rapidly growing Regional Burns. Coordinators of creative chaos Jax and Zephyr share what it takes to conjure Burning Man culture in the Pacific Northwest How to acculturate festival consumers with sacred and profane initiations How to land an epic effigy show using theatrics when under a summer burn ban How to have Black Rock City closer to home If you’re headed to the playa, or wrangling a Regional, or just here for the fuckery of a good inside-joke, this is how to do culture differently, and have fun along the way. Watch it on YouTube. https://otherworld.ca https://burningman.org/global-events-groups https://burningman.org/burning-man-regional-network LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
- May 15, 202655 min
Serious Play - Isabel Behncke
Watch it on YouTube here. What happens when Burner behavior goes under the microscope? Sociologists, ecologists, and economists have been on this show. Now we’re looking at this culture through a new lens: primatology. Isabel Behncke is an evolutionary biologist and a Burning Man Project Board Member. From tracking bonobos in the jungle to observing humans on playa, she shares her groundbreaking research on ritual and play. In this mind-expanding conversation, she and Stuart explore: 🏕️ "Dunbar's number" and how camp size matters 🦍 The evolutionary purpose of play for young and old 🤝 How risk, trust, and vulnerability build true community 🎁 The ancient, radical act of giving without expecting anything back If you’re a social science fan, a camp lead of dynamic humans, or just a lover of wild stories about bonobos, humans, and other animals, get ready to understand your own playful nature! Watch it on YouTube here. wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Behncke burningman.org/about-us/who-we-are/board-of-directors en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt:_The_First_5,000_Years en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_Ludens LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
- Apr 28, 202644 min
The Borderland: Trust Creates Worlds
This culture started in dust and ephemerality. We build metropolises of art and fire, then we leave no trace. How do we translate that inspiration into a rhythm for everyday life? What happens when a temporary autonomous zone puts down roots? The Borderland is Scandinavia's largest and longest running Burning Man Regional event. It’s "working out loud" culture fosters radical trust, allowing the community to create its own world where no one is in charge. The community also crowd-funded land that serves as the permanent home for their Regional event, and year-round collaborations of all kinds. How does the Borderland commit to the risk and reward of community buy-in? How does trusting that someone will have the answer lead to resiliency? How do the 10 Principles balance aspects of Scandinavian culture differently than US culture? Hear Andie set it up, then Stuart talk with Liselotte Norman and Hampus Lindblad. Hear about the act of letting go to stay together. Photo: Annie Locke Scherer talk.theborderland.se/main burningman.org/global-events-groups/burning-man-regional-network alversjo.land burningman.org/global-events-groups/burning-man-regional-network/sweden burningman.org/global-events-groups/find-a-burning-man-event www.alscherer.com/the-temple-of-tokamak cobudget.com LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
- Apr 1, 20261h 5m
Camp Symposium Highlights: Let's Build it Together
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/irkEajUVRgI Most people in Black Rock City live together in placed camps (theme camps), the most unique aspect of this unique event. BRC has 1400 camps. Theme Camps = Communal Effort + Intimacy + Self-Expression Theme campers gift a uniquely decommodified ‘third place’ of offerings and ambiance. At this annual symposium, staff and volunteers share how they gift their interactive camps to the participants. It’s an art. It’s a science. Andie Grace: Senior Producer in the Philosophical Center Andrew Lowe: Senior Software Developer, Burning Man Project Bryant Tan (aka Level Placerman): Head of Placement for BRC Christopher Breedlove: Director of Civic Engagement / BWB Camp Lead Marian Goodell: CEO of Burning Man Project Michael Vav: Technical Producer in the Philosophical Center and a keen crew Fowler of Gate Magpie of Gate Neon Glimmer of PEERS Papa Bear of Placement Razzmatazz of Placement Rex on the Radio of DMV T-Fire of Bureau of Erotic Discourse Vesper Bell of the Camp Support Team Wild Wes of Burners Without Borders Hear about the seen and the unseen, from behind the scenes to the obscene. Hear the Burners who create and integrate these interactive passion projects that are the heart of Burning Man events. Camps and Placement | Burning Man Placement: About Us & Volunteering Camp Support Team | Burning Man Burners Without Borders Green Theme Camp Community Gate, Perimeter & Exodus Department of Mutant Vehicles PEERS: Placement’s Exploration & Engagement Research Squad Bureau of Erotic Discourse WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/irkEajUVRgI LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
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Meet those who make Burning Man happen, beyond the desert and out in the world. Artists, activists, and innovators. Builders and Burners, freaks and fools. Burning Man floats on a sea of stories, and the Burning Man LIVE podcast is a plucky little boat with a microphone.
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