Burner Podcast
Independently produced by a revolving team of volunteers and Hosted by founder (mr)Arash, Burner Podcast is the longest running traditional audio podcast in the extended international community of Burning Man. Focused on year-round Burner consciousness and topics of intracultural interest, explore 140+ episodes at burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes.
Burner Podcast host Arash Afshar is an Iranian-American SoCal-based professional photographer and community builder. Connect with him directly at mrarash.com/hello.
Follow instagram.com/BurnerPodcast and facebook.com/burnerpodcast for wildly irregular updates.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 138 minutes
- Episodes
- 166
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Candids and Consent
Episode 142: Candids and Consent
With Texas-based Photographer Mike Whitten
Join Arash for a captivating conversation with photographer Mike Whitten, as the two explore the culture of photography at …
A Particular Set of Skills
Episode 141: A Particular Set of Skills
SDCAP Board President Cable King
In this episode, Arash delves into an insightful conversation with Cable King, the board president of San Diego Collaborative …
Addiction to Certainty
Episode 140: Addiction to Certainty
Psychologists Dr. Mayra Gomez Padua and Dr. Mia Sarno on Burner life and mental health
Arash sits with psychologists Dr. Mayra Gomez Padua and Dr. Mia Sarno to exp…
A Conversation on Commodification
Episode 139: A Conversation on Commodification with business owners Jon Ray, Dawn Sardinas and Francisco Serna
Arash is joined by a group of talented business owners who are passionate and active con…
Profiles in Dust
Emmy Award winner Terence Pratt always has a camera with him
For episode 138, (mr)Arash interviews Terence Pratt, a two-time Emmy Award-winning director of cinematography and co-founder of Profiles i…
Episode 137: Stuck in Customs
Internationally renowned photographer Trey Ratcliff and a Robot Heart sunrise set from The Scumfrog
Arash catches internationally renowned photographer Trey Ratcliff in Hollywood on one of his recent…
Episode 136 Accidentally Spiritual
An interview with the legendary designer and architect Gregg Fleishman followed by a Robot Heart sunrise set by the legendary Lee Burridge
In the latest episode of Burner Podcast, Arash has a captiva…
Episode 135: What the Fudge Just Happened at Burning Man?
Buck AE Down ponders this question in his viral Medium think piece Artist, musician, writer, one of the gate perimeter and exodus managers and 24 year Burning Man veteran, Buck AE Down, might be the…
Episode 134: Burning Man 2022 Recap with Halcyon
Halcyon and Arash reflect on the first official Burning Man since The Before Times Pink Heart founder John Halcyon joins Arash for their almost annual tradition of recapping the year leading up to a…
Episode 133: The Burning Man 2022 Pre-playa Planner
Athena Demos, Ginger Fox and Haley Who geek out about Waking Dreams The annual Pre-playa Planner returns after a two year hiatus. Athena Demos, Ginger Fox and Haley Who share which art projects they…
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Episode 132: Un[censored] Your Burn with Wolverine
A Physical Health Rundown with the founder of RGX Medical It's been almost 15 years since Richard Gottlieb aka Wolverine found himself working in the festival medical space. It was a passion for peo…
Episode 131: A Mental Health Roundtable with Two Kims
Dr. Kim Perkins and Kim Eisenberg LCSW Organizational psychologist Dr. Kim Perkins and sex-positive therapist Kim Eisenberg join Arash for a chat about various mental health topics and how they pe…
Episode 130: A Brand New Day with Mark Day
Mark Day's 24 Hours at Burning Man videos are there for you when you need that final push From the comfort of YouTuber Mark Day’s Northern California living room, this episode begins with dissecting…
Episode 129: From Playa to Playa
Eleven year French Algerian burner Reda Briki was inspired to begin his DJ career through dance. He has explored, played at and been present for many iconic moments in dance music history and played …
Episode 128: Responsible Hedonism
Episode 128: Responsible Hedonism New York Dangerous camp co-founder Leon Feingold runs on all cylinders The co-founder of New York Dangerous, Leon Feingold, runs one of the largest all volunteer c…
Episode 127: I’m Not Dead Yet
Susanna Eggli is 69, has been burning for 18 years and is the sole member of Camp Tragique. A product of "free range parenting," Susanna solo trekked through Europe at 15 and doesn't pack anything fo…
Episode 126: Destination Destiny Lounge
Camp founder Dave Taylor is joined by 3D artist Debi Cable to share the story of Destiny Lounge. We'll learn the evolution of the camp over almost two decades, back story of how they became Destiny L…
Episode 125.5: Call Me Afternoon Kitty
On his journey navigating dance floors around the world, Steve aka Afternoon Kitty was inspired to elevate the experience of festival gifting into its own unique art project which is evolving to a su…
Episode 125: DanceSafe
A 2.5 hour deep dive with the leadership team of DanceSafe, the national drug education and risk reduction 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Mitchell Gomez, Madalyn McElwain, Kristin Karas, Rachel …
Episode 124: Renegade Burn 2021 Recap
Pink Heart founder John Halcyon joins Arash for their almost annual tradition of recapping the year leading up to and their annual pilgrimage to Burning Man. The conversation explores our community n…