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.

Society & Culture Interviews

Update frequency: every 25 days
Average duration: 138 minutes
Episodes: 166
Years Active: 2014 - 2025

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Episode 65: Tapping into Sonya Sophia

Emotional Freedom Technique luminary and Black Rock City notable Sonya Sophia talks candidly with Arash about playa self-care, general personal growth and her own fascinating life's journey leading t…

01:49:50 | Fri 18 Aug 2017

Episode 64: 2017 Burning Man Pre-Playa Planner

Podcast super alumni Kim Eisenberg, Payam Mousavinia, Meg King and Lee Hemingway join Arash to discuss the art, camps and adventures they’re excited about for this year’s Burning Man. There is also a…

01:38:23 | Thu 03 Aug 2017

Episode 63: The Playa Players Collective

Courtney Wise, Robert Dekkers and Christian Squires of the Playa Players Collective join Arash in Hollywood to tell him all about how this crazy idea of doing a ballet with a full orchestra at Burnin…

01:46:58 | Thu 20 Jul 2017

Episode 62: Whispers from Mother Ayahuasca

Charles Johnston returns to introduce us to Tatiana, who shares the story of how she was called to work with the visionary plant medicine. The journey continues with their coming together and culmina…

02:08:43 | Thu 06 Jul 2017

Episode 61: A Dream of AfrikaBurn

Associate Producer Tori and Intern Will share the fun, the prep and the curveballs of their adventure to South Africa’s Burning Man Regional event. Also about how they met on Tinder. Listen on iTu…

01:39:57 | Wed 21 Jun 2017

Episode 60: The Rising Tide

MAPS researcher, Dr. Thomas Kingsly Brown, returns to share his recent adventures culminating in his presentation at the 2017 Psychedelic Science conference in Oakland. Arash complains about the wea…

01:44:40 | Wed 07 Jun 2017

Episode 59: Enter The Journey

The Journey’s Lead Artist, Dan Reeves, and Project Manager, Lee Hemingway, share their own histories with the Burner community, how they became friends and all that lead to the conception and build o…

01:55:53 | Wed 17 May 2017

Episode 58: Dispatch From Saguaro Man

Recorded at the event, complete with background wind and bass, (mr)Arash and Mr. Mom chat about the history and culture of Saguaro Man: An Arizona Regional Burn. Arash complains a lot about the cold …

01:13:24 | Thu 04 May 2017

Episode 57: Cheezy Porn

CAMP Cheezy Porn tells Arash the story of how they morphed from a group of Hashers in to a legitimate Burning Man CAMP, some of the CAMP’S fun adventures and why they’re also known as Draft Punk at t…

01:30:12 | Thu 20 Apr 2017

Episode 56: Xara Sports League

Cassa, Bobby, Cable, Stephanie and Ben sit with Arash and spend the first twenty minutes talking about microwave burritos. And then there is a bunch of awesome stuff about burners competing, the lege…

01:46:10 | Fri 07 Apr 2017

Episode 55: We Failed at Arting

Executive Producer Meg, Curt Benedetto and Stephanie Indigo sit with Arash to chat about what happens when you miscalculate your chances of taking your project to the Burn and how important the exper…

01:58:38 | Wed 29 Mar 2017

Episode 54: Wonderlust Arcade

Project Lead Dave Timms, Burner Podcast Chief Playa Scientist Ramiro Martinez and Arash discuss all that went into getting the Wonderlust Arcade approved, designed, built and transported to Burning M…

02:00:53 | Thu 02 Mar 2017

Episode 53: The Mystikal Misfits

Members of the Los Angeles based Mystical Misfits share a brief history of their camp and how the loss of one of their most valuable players galvanized a new generation of leadership within the tri…

01:28:20 | Thu 16 Feb 2017

Episode 52: Shepherding Virgins

Peter, Ally and Keinen tell stories about heralding noobs to the playa and lessons they’d pass down from their own inaugural BRC adventures. Peter overshares about his personal life almost as much as…

01:38:23 | Thu 02 Feb 2017

Episode 51: Return From Darkness

Charles won a battle with heroin addiction with the assistance of Ibogaine and founded Samsara Aftercare; a sober living facility focused specifically on helping recovering addicts who have also un…

01:55:42 | Thu 19 Jan 2017

Episode 50: SDCAP Board Candidate Roundtable 2017

Featuring an all-star cast of leaders, movers and shakers in the San Diego Burner scene, this episode serves as a platform to get to know some (most) of the candidates running for the three open se…

02:34:35 | Thu 12 Jan 2017

Episode 49: Our Friend, the Kambô Frog

A Conversation with Practitioner Edward Deull About the Amazonian Healing Ceremony

Arash talks with Story Consortium founder, Edward Hillard Deull, about his personal journey with shamanism and how t…

02:05:42 | Thu 22 Dec 2016

Episode 48: Tantra

Practitioners Shawn and Amy help to explain the history and modern day application of Tantra spirituality and philosophy. Arash shares so much TMI he may never get a date again.

Listen on iTunes, S…

01:59:17 | Thu 08 Dec 2016

Episode 47: Road Warrior

Tina-Nomad shares her life experiences, a passion for volunteerism and what went into building a team culture that made parking cars sexy. Arash rants on and on about a buffalo chicken quesadilla.

Li…

01:25:38 | Thu 17 Nov 2016

Episode 46: The Road to YOUtopia

Jon chronicles his move to San Diego, fundraising efforts for Burners Without Borders, the creation of YOUtopia and the development of Colab. Arash drinks Jon’s beer.

Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Tu…

01:44:29 | Thu 03 Nov 2016

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