Burner Podcast

Roadtrip to Burning Man 2025

The Annual Pre-Playa Planner™

It’s that time again, kids! The Pre-Playa Planner is the yearly tradition where Arash delegates all the actual research to his way-more-resp…

And on his seventh Burn, Tyler Williams truly came Home

For his first six Burns, musician and professional Las Vegas community builder Tyler Williams attended Burning Man the millionaire way — flying…

Anthony Bondi refuses to let Las Vegas’s arts history disappear

For over two decades, Anthony Bondi has been a living archive of Las Vegas’ arts and counterculture movements. From his large-scale tac…

Burner Podcast Presents The Dispatch 

Joseph Mancuso, better known as Joman, is the producer behind the Burner Podcast theme song, a remix of America’s “Horse With No Name.” In this Dispatch, Arash a…

Guest: Rat Lady Recorded on: 2/28/25

Arash hops on a call with Rat Lady of Mobility Camp to discuss practical ways we can all practice Radical Inclusion …

Guest: Jonny aka Public Menace

Recorded on 2/25/25

Jonny, also known as Public Menace, shook up Reddit with his independent 180-page audit of Burning Man. In…

📅 2/29/2025

The importance of physical community spaces has never been greater.

In this episode, we dive into the story of CoLab, San Diego’s maker space—where it started, what it took to get to wher…

Dispatch from the LA Fires

In this episode, we take a very personal look at the devastating LA fires, Burners stepping up to help, and the way our community shows up in moments of cris…

Arash reconnects with Halcyon for a lively and candid conversation about Burning Man 2024. In this episode, they kick off by reflecting on Burner culture at large and frustrations with the growing to…

The Annual Pre Playa Planner™

For this year’s annual Pre Playa Planner, Arash joins Dusty Bottoms, Fantastic Sam, Nikki Darling in Long Beach, CA to geek out about all things Burning Man 2024. As alw…

A collection of voices recorded at Burning Man 2016

Cabina Exuro was a Burner Podcast-sponsored art project designed by Ramiro Martinez Jr. that went to Black Rock City in 2016. Externally, it appear…

Glitter Kitty embraces community and shadow work in her vision for Burning Man 2024’s Temple of Together

Lebanese-bred and Brazil-born Caroline Ghosn learned to place a hi…

Arash reflects on a decade of Burning Man, the Burner community and Burner Podcast

Arash recorded the interview portion of the very first episode of Burner Podcast…

Scientifically Proven Quantum Manifestation?

Dr. Kim Perkins and Arash talk spirituality and science

For the first new episode of 2024 Arash welcomes back one of the Kims (from episode 140) for a fun…

Episode 148: Christmas in Vegas

A Dispatch from Las Vegas with Snarky Santa

Arash gets to know a different side of Las Vegas with Randy Winsett AKA Snarky Santa. A father, anarchist, cancer butt kick…

Episode 147: Sarge’s Orders

Torrey Pines Smith of Sextant fame goes full tech bro

Join Arash for a delightful reunion with Torrey Pines Smith, affectionately known as Sarge from Sextant camp. Life's …

Episode 146: Black Astronaut

Kamal X on love, rage and photography

Dive into the world of photographer Kamal X. In this episode, host Arash sits down with Kamal in after as showing of one of his piec…

Episode 145: Stupider Than Burning Man

Bat Country blazes a trail of mischief through Black Rock City

Gather for a summit with the infamous Bat Country, a camp that emerged from the dust and has grow…

Episode 144: The Burn You Need

The Super Official Post Burning Man 2023 Official Recap with Halcyon

Mud Man, Raining Man, Mud Burn or whichever other remix of the name you’re into, it is pretty much …

Episode 143: From Austin to Black Rock

The Burning Man 2023 Pre-playa Planner with Monday and Maria Gotay

Arash is joined by Monday and Maria Gotay to geek out about Burning Man 2023. Monday, a membe…