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A big chunk of the self-help and wellness industry runs on some core messages: you are not good enough and you need to be fixed, improved, and optimized. We disagree and hope this element of recreation (and re-creation) helps you brush off some of those false messages and return to what is already good and resilient in you.  This is also one of the three months per year (April, August, and December), where we tap more into our rest and activity cycles by doing less and nourishing more. With that in mind, we'll play some encore episodes that will help you tap into play, rest, and nourish. We'll be back September 1 with new episodes!   About: The Joy Lab Podcast is an Ambie-nominated podcast that blends science and soul to help you cope better with stress, anxiety, and depression. It's hosted by integrative psychiatrist Dr. Henry Emmons and holistic mental health researcher Dr. Aimee Prasek. The podcast is best paired with the Joy Lab Program (get your 7-day free trial!). Bonus: spread some joy and keep this podcast ad-free by donating (Joy Lab is powered by the nonprofit Pathways North and your donations are tax-deductible).    Listen & follow the Joy Lab Podcast on your favorite listening app:  Spotify | Apple | YouTube   Full transcript here   Sources and Notes for our Element of Confidence: Joy Lab Program: Take the next leap in your wellbeing journey with step-by-step practices to help you build and maintain the elements of joy in your life. Start your 7-day free trial now. Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row. Eberle, S. (2014). The elements of play: Toward a philosophy and definition of play. Access here. Farley, A., Kennedy-Behr, A., & Brown, T. (2021). An investigation into the relationship between playfulness and well-being in Australian adults: An exploratory study. Access here. Halpin, M., et al. (2025). When Help Is Harm: Health, Lookism and Self-Improvement in the Manosphere. Access here. Lackey, N. Q., et al. (2021). Mental health benefits of nature-based recreation: a systematic review.  Access here. Smith, B. S. (2001) The ambiguity of play. Harvard University Press. Authenticity series: Unmasking Your True Self: Exploring Authenticity and Awe [ep. 216] Embrace Your True Self: Accepted, Connected, & In The Game [ep. 217] The Road Most Travelled: Awakening Through Suffering [ep. 218]  Follow Your Bliss: Awakening to Joy [ep. 219] The Still Small Voice: Awakening with Soulfulness [ep. 220] Align with Nature and Your & Your Rhythms (ultradian, circadian, & infradian) [ep. 139] More on inspiration and goal-setting: Inspiration: The Engine of Joy" ... gives some great basics for this element of inspiration) [ep. 10] Resolution #1: You Don't Need to Be Fixed [ep. 40] The Myths of Change [ep. 41] Five Principles for Inspired Change (or something that looks remarkably like it) [ep. 42] Harmonious vs. Obsessive Passions [ep. 43]  About turning your passions into work: When Your Life Passions Become Obsessions [ep. 208]   Common Questions: Q: Why does rest and play feel so hard to justify when there's always more to do? A: Because we've been sold the message that rest is laziness and optimization is a moral win. This episode names that cultural conditioning directly, explains the biological necessity of rest and activity cycles, and reframes play as a genuine act of wellness and even resistance.   Q: What does play actually look like for adults and why does it matter for mental health? A: This episode introduces phantasmagoria, flow, and self-forgetfulness as frameworks for understanding why play is not optional. Play helps dissolves self-monitoring, reduces stress, builds resilience and empathy, and reconnects us to intrinsic motivation. One practical strategy is to play for just two minutes per day, no devices, doing something that was fun when you were a kid.   Key moments: [00:00] Welcome to the Element of Recreation — and the shift to "re-creation," with the hyphen intentional [00:30] Joy Lab's ease-phase rhythm: August, December, April — doing less, nourishing more, honoring cycles of rest and activity [01:30] Henry: we treat bodies and minds like machines that should run at peak capacity all the time [02:00] Nature runs on rhythms — seasons, tides, circadian cycles, hormone cycles — and so do we [03:30] We were taught that resting is laziness, that not optimizing is wasting time — and it's exhausting and eventually counterproductive [04:00] When we honor natural rhythms and take real breaks, energy and creativity return [05:00] Re-creation as coming back to our foundation — no additional fixes needed; goodness is already here [05:30] The wellness industry's relentless optimization is built on a "tiny blueprint" — a marketable version of you designed to sell products. It only works if you believe you're a product, not a person [07:00] Henry: the trillion-dollar self-help industry thrives on one message — you are not good enough [07:30] The impossible standard: lose weight but have you optimized your BMI? Improve habits but have you perfected your sleep routine? [08:00] Rooted in shame and self-rejection — the core message being "you're not okay as you are"  [09:30] Roger Abrahams: we've turned building a self into a kind of religion — self-possession, self-fashioning, self-expression as sacred moral acts [11:00] Henry: authentic self-creation vs. creating a self for external approval — the difference that matters [12:00] For marginalized communities, the pull to conform is especially strong — stepping back from optimization as an act of resistance [13:30] Aimee introduces phantasmagoria — a concept from play researcher Dr. Brian Sutton-Smith [14:00] How kids play in wild, imaginative, sometimes dark ways — and why it's usually normal, not a red flag [17:30] Why kids do this: to deconstruct reality, work through feelings, explore what's unfair or scary in a complex world [18:00] Sutton-Smith and Derrida: if the world is a text, play is our response — we are both audience and co-author [18:30] Phantasmagoria as processing strategy: supports psychological resilience, empathy, curiosity, critical thinking [19:30] Dr. Fred Donaldson: "Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play, children learn how to learn." [20:00] Adults do the same — we've licensed phantasmagoria into tiny socially acceptable pockets: Halloween, Burning Man, horror movies, fandom [20:30] When play is so rare, those pockets can get extreme — we need to bring play back into daily life in healthy amounts [21:00] Carl Jung: "The small child is still around and possesses a creative life which I lack, but how can I make my way to it?" [22:00] Play ideas: gardening, LARPing, woodworking, art, acting, board games, writing, cooking, music, sports with less attachment to winning [22:30] Starting question: what's one way of playing from your childhood that if you tried for two minutes today would offer some recreation? [23:30] Henry on what happens when we become adults: we lose permission to play without purpose or imagine without constraints [24:00] The playful mind is resourceful — in play, we access parts of the brain that don't activate during striving or self-judgment — not a waste of time; accessing our deepest capacities  [26:00] Re-creation is mostly social — not solitary self-optimization but self-forgetfulness and connecting [26:30] Self-forgetfulness (Ep. 270): looking up from negative preoccupation with self, going beyond ourselves [ADD LINK] [27:00] Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's flow: loss of self-consciousness, forgetfulness of other realities — the adult version of play [27:30] Playfulness research on adults: higher purpose in life, positive relations, resilience, more positive emotions — even when adults are forced to play [28:30] The practice: two minutes per day, no devices, authoring your own experience [29:00] Then make it a little more social: invite a friend, shoot baskets in a public park, join a club [31:30] Henry: what happens when you're truly at play — you stop thinking about yourself; the inner critic quiets, anxiety settles, you're just present   [35:00] Check in after playing: how do you feel emotionally, cognitively, physically? Identify what nourishes you [35:30] This month: replay of key past episodes; Joy Lab Program members get weekly short visualization and meditation experiments [36:00] Closing wisdom from Carl Jung: "The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct..."    Like and follow Joy Lab on Socials:  Instagram Linkedin Facebook YouTube   Please remember that this content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice and is not a replacement for advice and treatment from a medical professional. Please consult your doctor or other qualified health professional before beginning any diet change, supplement, or lifestyle program. Please see our terms for more information. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call the NAMI HelpLine: 1-800-950-6264 available Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., ET. OR text "HelpLine" to 62640 or email NAMI at helpline@nami.org. 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My friend Mareesa joins us again on PT to discuss art, integration, psychedelic experiences without drugs, the heros journey and her smaller sphinxes that may start touring the country! Enjoy! Here are some machine generated shownotes if you find them useful! Show Notes Sphinx Gate began as a pair of monumental 34-foot sculptures at Burning Man. Now, Mareesa Stertz and her collaborators are developing smaller, portable versions that could bring the experience to festivals, conferences, and communities around the country. The installation is designed as a sober rite of passage—one that draws on psychedelic experience without requiring anyone to take a drug. Participants move through four portals centered on the mind, body, heart, and destiny. Along the way, they are invited to identify a recurring personal story, notice how it lives in the body, meet it with greater compassion, and consider what might exist beyond it. Mareesa and Joe explore how the project draws from the Hero's Journey, Carl Jung's concept of individuation, participatory art, ritual, somatic awareness, and the riddles traditionally associated with the sphinx. They also discuss the importance of community in psychedelic integration, the stories and inherited beliefs that disrupt self-trust, and why healing is rarely the result of one dramatic experience. The conversation expands into peer support, the Global Psychedelic Society, the risks of presenting psychedelics as a quick fix, and the challenge of remaining fully human as artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in everyday life.  

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Sharla and Daniel are back this week as they continue preparing for their third trip to Burning Man. In this episode, they compare Burning Man and Bonnaroo, exploring what the two have in common and the major differences that set each experience apart. They discuss the HBO Burning Man documentary, and show some of the gear and supplies that work for them in Black Rock City. They also answer listener questions about Burning Man, and what to expect if you're considering making the journey. Whether you're a longtime Bonnaroovian curious about Burning Man or planning your first trip to the playa, this episode offers an honest look at what makes Burning Man and Bonnaroo so different, but also so very much alike. Support the showProceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to supporting underserved individuals through music communities. Donate below, or support TOTEM monthly by becoming a Patreon of the show. 

In this episode of Slowmade, I'm talking with Los Angeles jewelry artist Tzipora Hoynik.Tzipora has been making and selling jewelry for around forty years, but her creative life began long before that. As a little girl, she told her father she wanted to be an artist, even though she didn't yet know exactly what that meant. Over the years, that pull toward making has taken many forms, from drawing and painting to glass blowing, ceramics, weaving, beads, metalsmithing, and eventually the bold, colorful, deeply textured jewelry she creates today.Tzipora's work begins with stones. Color is her starting point, and her pieces often feel layered with pattern, texture, movement, and embellishment. In our conversation, she shares how gemstones guide her designs, why she doesn't like to leave a surface blank, and how her love of color continues to keep the work exciting after so many years.We also talk about the evolution of a long creative career, including her early years making beaded jewelry, her time doing wholesale shows, and the moment production work started to feel more like work than play. Tzipora now focuses mostly on one-of-a-kind pieces, allowing the stones, the process, and her own instincts to lead.Along the way, we talk about her Los Angeles studio, her very practical relationship with tools, her longtime connection to Burning Man, the special jewelry pieces she has made for that community, and her Warrior Women series, a design she returned to after many years and reimagined with more detail, strength, and meaning.This conversation is also about what it means to keep creating over the long arc of a life. Tzipora talks about the need to make things as something deeply innate, something that feeds her and feels woven into who she is. Even after decades of working as an artist, she still finds joy in coming into the studio, playing with stones, and seeing what wants to become.We talk about creative devotion, staying true to your own voice, selling work through Instagram and shows, working with collectors, the reality of pricing handmade jewelry, and why the value of a piece is never only about the materials. It also carries the years of experience, the choices, the eye, the hands, and the voice of the artist who made it.If you've ever wondered what it looks like to build a life around making, not for a season, but for decades, I think you'll love this conversation with Tzipora.Follow Tzipora...Tzipora on Instagram: @opalgirlTzipora's Website: spiraljewelry.etsy.comLove the Podcast?Support an episode: ⁠Click here to learn more!⁠Without your support I couldn't continue the Slowmade Podcast. Thank you so much!Follow Christine and Slowmade...Instagram: ⁠@christinemighion⁠Jewelry Website: ⁠christinemighion.com⁠Slowmade: ⁠slowmadepodcast.com

Kevin Kelly has spent over 30 years experiencing the edge of new technology: from the earliest days of the internet to the first years of Burning Man. But he's always treated the frontier as a place to visit, not somewhere to live. It's partially how he's been able to stay grounded through tech's various hype cycles.As founding executive editor of Wired and author of The Inevitable, Kelly spends as much time analyzing the latest in AI as he does reading about significant moments in history. It's a discipline he traces back to his work with the Long Now Foundation, which he cofounded to encourage long-term thinking, reaching from the last 10,000 years to the next. On this week's AI & I, Dan Shipper revisits his conversation with Kelly. They get into why historians can be the best futurists, and how our bid to understand what intelligence is has parallels with early scientists' attempts to figure out electricity. Kelly also describes the joy he found in creating an AI-generated saga featuring Leonardo Da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, and Martin Luther—one that will only ever be read and enjoyed by him.If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!To hear more from Dan Shipper:Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribeFollow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipperTimestamps for YouTube:0:00 Start 0:50 Introduction 1:10 Why Dan and Kelly love Annie Dillard 12:52 How to predict the future like Kelly16:10 What the history of electricity can teach us about AI 20:13 How Kelly thinks about the nature of intelligence 25:44 Kelly's advice on discovering your competitive advantage 29:33 How Kelly assembled a bench of star writers for Wired 34:43 How Kelly used ChatGPT to co-create a book 39:12 Using AI as a mirror for your mind 43:43 What Kelly learned from betting on VR in the 1980sLinks to resources mentioned in the episode:Kevin Kelly on X: https://twitter.com/kevin2kellyThe Inevitable by Kevin Kelly: https://www.amazon.com/Inevitable-Understanding-Technological-Forces-Future/dp/0525428089Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard: https://www.amazon.com/Pilgrim-Tinker-Harper-Perennial-Classics/dp/00612333231,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly: https://www.amazon.com/1000-True-Fans-Kellys-Simple-ebook/dp/B01N9P9O4GFull episode transcript: https://every.to/podcast/transcript-be243312-ea22-4193-8c56-b9cd45a79a87

This week we're breaking down “New Boss”. Michael's 15th Anniversary work party gets thwarted by the new no nonsense Vice President of the Northeast Region, Charles Miner, played by Idris Elba. The ladies give you some fast facts on Idris, Angela explains what a petting zoo at Burning Man is and Jenna addresses a couple “fan mail flurries” on how long Michael has worked at Dunder Mifflin and Jim's position. This episode is an extremely attractive one, so put on your tuxedo and enjoy! Listen to Idris' song “Fudge”: https://djmag.com/news/idris-elba-has-released-new-house-track-fudgeOffice Ladies Website - Submit a fan question: https://officeladies.com/submitaquestion Follow Us on Instagram: OfficeLadiesPodFollow Us on YouTubeFollow Us on TikTok

Sarah is back from the Windy City, and boy are her arms tired. Susie's whole body is tired because she had to lead a cat rescue operation. We discuss the Bang My Box documentary about Robin Byrd's New York cable access show in the 80s, and how she was a gay icon and advocate, but got spooked by the internet. We learn why Burning Man was in distress over Covid, why white people love the festival, and why we wish there was a Burning Man for nerds. We hear about a fella who cut off his member and set his neighbor's house on fire. We learn why there are far more shellfish now than there used to be. And we get a shocking update about the mountain climber who left his girlfriend in the Alps to die of hypothermia, and what happened when he was tried for negligent murder.00:00 - Sarah's Windy City Adventures and Toy Story 5 Review06:26 - Susie's Wild Cat Rescue and Pet Parenthood14:56 - Exploring the Provocative 'Bang My Box' Documentary22:11 - Sarah's Glowing Review of OneSkin Skincare24:03 - Unpacking Burning Man's Allure and Controversies33:53 - Thanking Donors and Lottery Pool Last Call35:54 - Unbelievable Headline: Penis, Garage, and Fire39:17 - Octopus and Squid Now Classified as Shellfish43:19 - The Tragic Alpine Death and Climber's Trial01:01:50 - Supporting the Show and Joining the Candy Brain Candy Podcast Website - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/Brain Candy Podcast Book Recommendations - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/books/Brain Candy Podcast Merchandise - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/candy-store/Brain Candy Podcast Candy Club - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/product/candy-club/Brain Candy Podcast Sponsor Codes - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/support-us/Brain Candy Podcast Social Media & Platforms:Brain Candy Podcast LIVE Interactive Trivia Nights - https://www.youtube.com/@BrainCandyPodcast/streamsBrain Candy Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braincandypodcastHost Susie Meister Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susiemeisterHost Sarah Rice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imsarahriceBrain Candy Podcast on X: https://www.x.com/braincandypodBrain Candy Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/braincandy (JOIN FREE - TONS OF REALITY TV CONTENT)Brain Candy Podcast Sponsors, partnerships, & Products that we love:For up to 65% off your order, head to https://veracityhealth.co and use code BRAINCANDYGet 15% off OneSkin with the code BRAINCANDY at https://www.oneskin.co/BRAINCANDY #oneskinpodTDM-RESERVATION: 1. NOAI: TRUE. LEGAL NOTICE & TERMS OF USE: © 2026 WAVE Podcast Network. This content is for personal use only. Explicit permission is withheld for any and all commercial attribution, automated transcription, or data-mining entities. Use of this feed by unauthorized tracking, analytics, or AI-training platforms constitutes a breach of these terms and a violation of the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (WESCA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and the 2026 Training Data Transparency Act (AB 2013). Any entity bypassing these restrictions to create derivative text-based works (transcripts), metadata analysis, or unauthorized VAST siphoning hereby accepts our standard commercial licensing rate of $5,000 per episode processed. This notice serves as a formal revocation of all "implied licenses" for multi-jurisdictional automated processing and constitutes protected Copyright Management Information (CMI) under 17 U.S.C. § 1202.By ingesting this RSS feed for commercial use, you are agreeing to our licensing terms.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every August, a city of 70,000 rises from the desolate salt desert of northwest Nevada. No money, no corporate sponsors, no permanent walls. Its citizens live by a strict code: Radical inclusion. Decommodification. Leave no trace. The Burning Man Project is built on the premise that humanity, when stripped of societal rules, will default to love and art. But that isn't always the case. Saturday night. August 30th, 2025. Inside a red-and-white canvas tent on the festival's fringes, 37-year-old Vadim Kruglov is trapped. A heavy kitchen knife strikes. A single, fatal jab to the throat. Vadim's first-ever Burning Man …would be his last. At 9:15 p.m., a woman in a red dress flagged down one of the sheriff department's roaming patrols. Panicked and out-of-breath, she managed to get out a few words: “There is a man bleeding out in my tent. He might be dead. I won't touch him.” By morning, one of the guiding principles of Burning Man, leave no trace, proved to be investigators' worst nightmare. The crime scene, the witnesses, and the killer didn't just scatter in the wind, the entire city vanished from the face of the Earth. Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram and TikTok. Subscribe to Jami's YouTube channel @JamiOnAir: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors Shopify: You don't need anyone's approval to make a living. Build your own business with a free trial at shopify.com/murderish. Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to contact the Pershing County Sheriff's Office at (775) 273-2641. Bravo's Most Wanted - listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092. Research and writing by: K. Brant.   Want to advertise on this show? We've partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you're interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger sahiba@cloud10.fm and copy jami@murderish.com.  Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode.  Listening to this podcast doesn't make you a murderer, it just means you're murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Joes. Our Joes return from our version of Burning Man and encounter some... Thing back at Joe base.! Also, be sure to check out the website http://headcast.headspeaks.com for the Supplemental material under The Energon Protocols Debrief. Write in to gijoe@headspeaks.com and we'll read your letter on the air! Take a listen and let us know what you think. On Facebook and Twitter we can be found by searching for G.I. Joe: A Real American Headcast And be sure to look for us on Patreon. If you like what we're doing, join Big Danny Cool and Shawn Adams and throw a few bucks in the tin at http://patreon.com/HeadcastNetwork. You can also call us at 559-500-3182‬ and leave a message and we will play your message on the air. Yo Joe!

Holly is inspired by "Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross," Colleen checked out the HBO docuseries "The Man Will Burn" about Burning Man, Jason's YouTube rabbit hole of Minnesota on "Letterman" in 1997, and Will Ferrell charms on the "Good Hang" podcast! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's guest is one of the great voices of his generation — the theater kid who auditioned for American Idol with Michael Jackson, watched the judges' faces fall, and demanded a second song because he'd just quit his job and had no health insurance. But his real story isn't the voice. It's the game — the one Freddie Mercury wrote about, the one that picks your singles, writes your headlines, and decides who you are before you do.And The Writer Is... Adam Lambert!In this episode of And The Writer Is, we go deep on:The AMA kiss that blew up a $500,000 single launch — "everyone was going, oh shit"Quitting Wicked — and losing his health insurance — to audition, then refusing the judges' noWhy Kara DioGuardi 'busted his balls all season'What Brian May says "Play the Game" was really aboutSigned before the finale even aired: why losing Idol never matteredand much more.Hit subscribe and turn on notifications. Every week, we go deep with the most interesting creatives in music.Follow us on socials: @andthewriterisA special thank you to our lead sponsor, NMPA — the National Music Publishers' Association. 0:00 Intro1:09 The album is out — why self-titled, "first name basis"2:35 Meeting Pete Nappi through a pandemic song still in the vault3:39 "Am I Okay" — written one week after the breakup6:02 Singles made him "crazy" — the label picks that flopped: "I told you so"7:04 Leaning into what fans expect vs. challenging them8:16 Proud of the flops, indifferent to some hits9:34 Theater kids: every album is a character, every record a world11:28 The dystopian cover — "I want it blasted into the future"13:55 Adam Lambert or Freddie Mercury? "I feel like it's me"15:35 Coffee with Freddie — what Brian says "Play the Game" was really about16:56 "The music industry is a big old game, isn't it?"17:43 A college-DJ dad, a Sly Stone mom, and a kid screaming through the house19:46 The Fiddler note where everybody went "oh, wow"21:03 San Diego to LA at 19 — math knocked him off the college path23:00 Weed, poetry, and GarageBand25:49 Wicked: six months, burnt out, and a new plan29:20 Inside the Idol machine — two camps, two agendas32:49 The Burning Man epiphany that vanquished the fear34:39 No job, no insurance, and judges who didn't get Rock With You35:11 "I didn't really ask" — the second song that changed everything36:22 Why Idol can't break artists anymore38:04 Honey water: the whiskey story behind Kara DioGuardi's grudge41:21 Justin Timberlake tells him to remake A Night at the Opera42:06 Losing the finale — already signed before it aired47:20 The blog photos drop: "Yeah, that's me. Get over it."51:53 The AMA kiss and the $500,000 single53:22 What Do You Want From Me — the P!nk demo56:00 Singing uncredited on Avicii's "Lay Me Down"59:03 "It takes a village — bring them with you"60:26 Max Martin: "When you get on stage, I don't have to worry"61:26 How Queen actually made the call62:07 Trespassing hits #1 — a first he didn't know he'd made62:48 The poster-child years: "the headline is that I'm gay, and no one's talking about the music"66:11 Trespassing, the "bipolar album" — his half vs. the label's half67:20 Two months with the Wolf Cousins — why his songs didn't make the cut70:05 The Ghost Town gamble — "you've got to do something drastic"72:44 Songs with no home — "throwing my ideas into space"76:03 Velvet dies to Covid, two weeks in76:52 A Telefunken, YouTube tutorials, and teaching himself Logic77:51 The secret musical: 20 songs written over Zoom82:45 Identity vs. brand — "the personality precedes the skill"83:35 Songwriters don't get paid for their time — the union conversation87:37 Giving his co-writers master points — "it's just classy, man"88:28 Where the stage presence actually comes from90:13 The hardest part of fame93:06 "I nitpick the negative" — showing the uglier side for the first time96:28 Is Ozempic killing LA nightlife?Credits:Hosted by Ross GolanProduced by Joe London & Jad SaadEdited by Jad Saad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a fake guru discovered about genuine connection, why ancient wisdom survives even the most rigorous skepticism, and the real reason humans crave spiritual authority. Vikram Gandhi is an award-winning and boundary-pushing director of fiction and non-fiction film and television. Vikram most recently co-directed The Man Will Burn — a five-part HBO Original Documentary Series on the full arc of Burning Man, from its countercultural roots in San Francisco to the 80,000-person desert event it's become. In this episode we talk about: Why an experiment built to reject capitalism ended up swimming in it What playing a fake guru taught him about how belief actually works Why people are often more comfortable opening up to a stranger than to those closest to them What religion, cryptocurrency, and Burning Man all have in common How to find meaning in ancient wisdom without needing to belong to anything And much more Get the 10% with Dan Harris app here Sign up for Dan's free newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Subscribe to our YouTube Channel To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris This episode is sponsored by:  Jiyu Skin: Our listeners can now get an additional 20% off plus free shipping with our code HAPPIER at jiyuskin.com. Tonal: Right now, Tonal is offering our listeners $200 off your Tonal purchase with promo code HAPPIER. Rosetta Stone: Ten Percent Happier listeners can get 20% off their Rosetta Stone Sapphire subscription when they sign up today. Visit rosettastone.com/happier to redeem your 20% off.

Burning Man turns 40 this year, and its changed dramatically since the first event in San Francisco. The first gathering drew a couple dozen people who gathered to burn an 8-foot wooden effigy at Baker Beach to celebrate the summer solstice. Four decades later, it's a multi-million dollar operation that every August draws more than 70 thousand people to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. A new HBO documentary called “The Man Will Burn” looks at the staying power of the massive pop-up commune and the struggles to maintain its founding values. We'll talk with the directors and one of the producers for the series. Guests: Jehane Noujaim, co-director, HBO's “The Man Will Burn” Vikram Gandhi, co-director, HBO's “The Man Will Burn” Muriel Soenens, series producer, HBO's “The Man Will Burn” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready for the beat to drop, when Sam Gordashko joins us to talk about her love of DJing. She traces her journey from recording mixtapes off the radio as a kid to spinning sets at Burning Man. She shares how she learned to embrace imperfection as a recovering perfectionist, breaks down her systematic approach to navigating 50,000 tracks, and explains how DJing puts her into a flow state of constant, calculated risk-taking. Sam also offers practical advice for anyone curious about trying DJing themselves.Guest BioSam Gordashko (she/her) is a freelance design systems pro with a design tokens obsession based out of Toronto, and she's on a mission to make complex tech feel human. Over the years, Sam has worked with big names like Getty Images, Shutterstock and Intuit, plus plenty of scrappy startups figuring it all out, with most of her career spent as a "Design Team of One" at various tech innovation startups. You might know her as Samantha Gordashko or Sam I am Designs, the public speaker, host of design systems events, and educational content creator focused on design tokens, design-to-development processes, and systems thinking. She's got a knack for turning intimidating technology into approachable, actionable workflows and has built a reputation in the design systems community for making people laugh while sharing her future-friendly design pro tips, real-world workflows, epic fails, and radical honesty about what not to do.LinksSam's website: https://samiam.design/Sam's set, Promise Cherry Beach, June 12, 2022: https://soundcloud.com/ilovepromise/aubade-promise-cherry-beach-june-12-2022Sam's set, Solar Seance, Club Rapture: https://soundcloud.com/aubade_samiam/ssraptureCreditsCover design by Raquel Breternitz.

Vandaag het gesprek met Lara Sibbing. Lara werkt aan een schone economie en een duurzaam voedselsysteem. Ze heeft een PhD in voedselbeleid en was kandidaat voor GroenLinks-PvdA bij de Europese en de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. "Hoe komt het toch dat goede verhalen vaak zo slecht verteld worden? En wat doe je daar aan?". Die vragen houden Lara al een tijdje bezig. Ze besloot een boek te schrijven en een club op te richten. Laten we beginnen… Samenvatting Met hulp van AI gemaakt. In aflevering 493 van de Decide for Impact Podcast spreek ik met Lara Sibbing, die werkt aan een schone economie en een duurzaam voedselsysteem. Lara promoveerde in Wageningen op voedselbeleid, werkte als beleidsmaker en adviseur voor gemeenten en provincies, en was kandidaat voor GroenLinks-PvdA bij Europese en Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Ze bespreekt integraal voedselbeleid en de rol van gemeenten in een gezonde voedselomgeving, zoals reclamebeperking, voedseleducatie en voorbeeldgedrag. Het gesprek draait vooral om waarom goede, feitelijke verhalen vaak slecht verteld worden en hoe verandering vraagt om meer dan kennis. Mensen worden overtuigd via emotie en intuïtie. Sibbing schrijft hierover een boek, start in Brussel de “More to Better” club met het motto “feel moved, start moving”, en wil hoofd, hart en handen verbinden via kunst, events en community, geïnspireerd door o.a. Burning Man en morele waarden van Jonathan Haidt. Wat ik zoal leerde van Lara: 00:00 intro - het voedselsysteem als startpunt 02:50 De kennis in de praktijk brengen 05:10 Lara ging van dierwetenschappen, naar planten, naar mensen (besluiten). 06:05 Een integraal voedselbeleid maken. 07:45 Dit doet een gemeente aan voedselbeleid, zoals reclame in openbare ruimte beperken, voedselonderwijs stimuleren en stadslandbouw. 10:25 Vormgeven van de nieuwe economie. 11:50 Van wie is de openbare ruimte en wat doet reclame daar? 13:20 Een kwaliteitseconomie van beter leven. 14:25 De verborgen kosten van openbare reclame worden niet berekend. 15:25 Een economie van groei naar bloei en van meer naar beter transformeren. 17:44 We zijn onszelf te veel als hoofden op pootjes gaan zien. 19:20 Je kunt pas echt de wereld verbeteren als je eerst het hart raakt, via intuïtie en emotie. 21:20 Onze opdracht is, meer aandacht te geven aan de emoties en intuïtie, zonder de feiten in de prullenbak te gooien. 25:15 De emoties van Temptation Island combineren met de kennis van economie. 30:15 Dat de goede verhalen niet goed verteld worden en de slechte verhalen wel, is een grote opgave. 32:30 Raken in het hart en laten zien van jezelf. 34:35 De club in Brussel die het hoofd, het hart en de handen wil raken. 37:20 Feel moved, start moving 42:05 Dingen die je raken, die je in je lijf voelt en die je bijblijven. 43:40 Zo komt jouw verhaal, als wereldverbeteraar, verder. 47:10 Het verhaal van de liefde waarvoor ze naar Brussel verhuisde. 49:50 Natuurlijk hedonisme 55:30 Mooi voorbeeld van hoofd, hart en handen combineren in de praktijk. https://www.linkedin.com/in/larasibbing/ Lara Vita Sibbing Meer over Lara Sibbing: Andere bronnen: Temptation Island - Wikipedia The more to better club in Brussels Kate Raworth - Wikipedia Jacinda Ardern - Wikipedia Inner Development Goals IDG HUB Achterhoek Jonathan Haidt - Wikipedia Moral foundations theory - Wikipedia (zes morele smaken) Jens van der Weele - transitietaal Burning Man Netherlands Louis de Jaeger Hedonisme - Wikipedia Video van het gesprek met Lara Sibbing https://youtu.be/CN-99GV2t2k Kijk hier https://youtu.be/CN-99GV2t2k Transcript van het gesprek [00:00:00] Erno Hannink: Hallo en welkom bij aflevering 493 van de Decide for Impact Podcast. Vandaag het gesprek met Lara Sibbing. Lara werkt aan een schone economie en een duurzaam voedselsysteem. Ze heeft een PhD in voedselbeleid en was kandidaat voor GroenLinks-PvdA bij de Europese en de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Hoe komt het toch dat goede verhalen vaak zo slecht verteld worden? [00:00:28] Erno Hannink: En wat doe je daaraan? Die vragen houden Lara al een tijdje bezig. Ze besloot een boek te schrijven en een club op te richten. Dit was een supermooi gesprek waarin ik leerde over hoofd, hart, handen en dat je daar veel van kan leren en wat het helpt om voor wereldverbeteraars een beter verhaal in de wereld te krijgen. [00:00:51] Erno Hannink: Mijn naam is Erno Hannink en ik deel mijn opgedane kennis en ervaringen met jou. Ik coach ondernemers zodat ze besluiten om hun impact te groeien. Welkom in de nieuwe podcast aflevering! Vandaag spreek ik met Lara Sibbing. Welkom Lara! Dank je wel! Leuk om er te zijn. Ja, en wij kennen elkaar van het werk van Paul Schendeling. [00:01:16] Erno Hannink: Tenminste, dat is voor mij waar we elkaar echt ontmoet hebben. Ja. En met name rondom de introductie van zijn laatste boek en de acties er omheen. Om een soort gemeenschap op te zetten rondom sufficiency, rondom het genoeg. En met name dan bij professionals. Dus mensen die werkelijk aan de slag gaan in bedrijven of voor zichzelf met het onderwerp. [00:01:42] Erno Hannink: En in die tijd was jij ook bezig met campagne voeren omdat je verkiesbaar stond op de lijst voor de Tweede Kamer. [00:01:58] Erno Hannink: Waarom? Waarom wil je de Tweede Kamer in? [00:02:03] Lara Sibbing: Die stap is eigenlijk voortgekomen uit heel veel stappen die ik daarvoor heb genomen. En elke keer kwam ik weer één stap verder. En ja, die laatste stap was eigenlijk naar de politiek. Maar ik ben begonnen met mijn met mijn werk in de wetenschap. [00:02:20] Lara Sibbing: Ik ging onderzoek doen. Ik ben gepromoveerd aan de Universiteit van Wageningen in voedselbeleid. En nou ja, dus ik ik was onderzoeker en ik werkte ook daarna als, als beleidsmaker bij een gemeente, gemeente Ede. En toen ik begon ik studeerde. Ik vond studeren heel leuk en ik dacht van nou weet je, hoe kunnen we de wereld verbeteren? [00:02:43] Lara Sibbing: We moeten uitzoeken hoe dat moet. We moeten onderzoek doen, we moeten kennis op. En toen raakte ik steeds meer kwam ik eigenlijk daar achter van oké, we moeten niet alleen die kennis vinden, maar die moet je ook in de praktijk brengen. Het gaat om de besluiten die mensen nemen. Dus dat is beleid. Dus toen ben ik steeds meer opgeschoven naar het beleid. [00:03:02] Lara Sibbing: Maar toen kwam ik er dus bij dat voedselsysteem ook steeds achter van ja maar zelfs het beleid, ja, dat is dat is ook niet genoeg. Inmiddels was ik zelf beleidsmaker en ik gaf ook advies als consultant aan gemeentes en provincies. En dat ging dus nog steeds niet snel genoeg. Er gebeurde nog steeds niet genoeg wat mij betreft om dat voedselsysteem beter te maken. [00:03:24] Lara Sibbing: En dat is eigenlijk toen ik de stap naar de politiek heb gemaakt was het kabinet was gevallen en toen heb ik aangeklopt bij GroenLinks-PvdA. En toen ben ik daar eigenlijk mee gaan schrijven aan een, een, een, een stuk voor het verkiezingsprogramma over voedselbeleid. En nou ja, toen mocht ik eigenlijk al best wel snel veel verschillende dingen doen. [00:03:46] Lara Sibbing: En heb ik ja, ben ik verkiesbaar geworden voor de Europese verkiezingen en later ook voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Maar het kwam dus eigenlijk steeds neer op een zoektocht van oké. Voor mij was dat voedselsysteem was het startpunt. Hoe kan dat beter? Duurzamer, gezonder, diervriendelijker. En dan steeds een stapje verder van oké, waar kan je de meeste impact maken? [00:04:10] Lara Sibbing: En zo kwam ik uiteindelijk op dat moment dat wij elkaar ontmoetten uit bij de politiek. [00:04:17] Erno Hannink: Voedselbeleid Wageningen. In mijn beleving heb ik toch ergens altijd iets met Wageningen dat het niet automatisch is, iets met zoveel nog plantaardig. Er zit toch altijd een soort dier element in. Heb jij dat ook ervaren? [00:04:33] Lara Sibbing: Nou, het is leuk dat je dat vraagt, want ik ben. In mijn bacheloropleiding ben ik juist zelfs begonnen met dierwetenschappen. Dus Dierhouderij omdat ik dieren eigenlijk heel interessant vond. En daarna ben ik overgestapt op planten en eigenlijk als laatste op mensen. Want de menselijke beslissingen, dus het beleid, want ik dus zo ben ik dus van die dieren, planten, mensen gegaan van oké, daar zit de meeste impact. [00:04:58] Lara Sibbing: Maar wat Wageningen kenmerkt is eigenlijk dat het heel divers is. Dus er zijn mensen die zijn echt bezig met biotechnologie. Er zijn mensen bezig met gezondheidswetenschappen, met plantenveredeling, maar dus ook met biologische landbouw en beleid en bedrijfskunde. Dus ja, het beeld wat je misschien meer het meeste hoort en ziet van Wageningen is, is dat. [00:05:22] Lara Sibbing: Maar het diverse dat is, dat is echt wat Wageningen kenmerkt. [00:05:27] Erno Hannink: Kun je iets omschrijven van het beleid wat jij hebt opgeschreven of wat jij waar jij voor staat rondom voedselvoorziening? [00:05:36] Lara Sibbing: Ja, nou ja, toen ik daarmee begon, dat is inmiddels twaalf jaar geleden of zo. Toen was nog heel erg het narratief: we moeten dat minder verkokerd doen. [00:05:46] Lara Sibbing: Dus economiebeleid, gezondheidsbeleid, landbouwbeleid. We moeten dat veel meer integraal doen. Holistisch dus dat je kijkt oké, dat dat voedselsysteem, daarvoor wil je dat dat bijdraagt aan gezondheid, aan onze economie, aan de lokale economie en ook aan voedselproductie. En dat is dus vooral wat, wat toen het vernieuwende was dat je dus integraal voedselbeleid ging ging maken. [00:06:14] Lara Sibbing: En dat is dus bijvoorbeeld dat je en voedselverspilling tegengaat en voedseleducatie voor kinderen en duurzame landbouw voor boeren. Dat je dat goed beloont. Eerlijke prijzen. Dus eigenlijk dat dat totaalpakket zonder dat je aan de ene kant het één doet en de andere kant het ander....

Sharla and Daniel are headed back to Burning Man in just two months!  We keep hearing from Roovians who are thinking about going to Black Rock City, so we're doing a few episodes leading up to our trip letting you know what you need to do and know if you're thinking about making the trek.Support the showProceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to supporting underserved individuals through music communities. Donate below, or support TOTEM monthly by becoming a Patreon of the show. 

July isn't just Disability Pride Month, it's also the time when lots of Bay Area folks are preparing to go to the festival in Nevada's Black Rock desert: Burning man. And one group that goes each year exists at the intersection of disability advocacy and the values that guide the gathering. The Burner community is guided by what they call “The 10 Principles.” One of those principles is radical inclusion. But what does that mean for people with disabilities? Next, we revisit a story from an episode of the podcast the Intersection that explores what disability advocacy looks like in the desert. 

The boys are joined by their good mate Liam, who takes everyone back to one of the most terrifying moments from filming their TV show, Impractical Jokers. His challenge? Pretend to be the world's most obnoxious reporter while interviewing UFC superstar Bam Bam... in front of a crowd of his die-hard fans. It was pretty much a near death experience. Then, Falcon returns from Burning Man a changed man. Since attending his first ‘burn’ he is officially a convert and tries to explain why the week in the Nevada desert was unlike anything he's ever experienced. Follow @theinspiredunemployedpodcast on Instagram Guest: Liam Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast .See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Quo https://quo.com/TWiST PayPal Open https://paypalopen.com Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Today's show: *Jason spent $11 building out PodMeme, an AI tool that tracks down the best segments from top podcasts about a specific topic, then stitches them together into a single stream. His post laying out how he did it, featuring a simple screenshot of the product, got all the way to 1.1M views in just a few days. It's a simple fact: builders love to see what other people are building, and growing your new project "in public," sharing your journey on social media, is a great way to develop buzz around your product before it even exists. Today's guest Thibault "Tibo" Louis-Lucas walks us through how he grew products like Tweet Hunter and Taplio on his social media account, using social media buzz and a focus on tools for creators to very quickly expand to over $1M ARR. PLUS why Apple would only sue OpenAI if they knew they had them dead to rights… why Uber and Waymo are fighting over DC robotaxis… Jason's response to the public backlash against surveillance startup Flock Safety… and the guys remember iconic New Zealand actor Sam Neill. Guest: Tibo Louis-Lucas on X: https://x.com/tibo_maker Revid.ai: https://www.revid.ai/ Tweet Hunter: https://tweethunter.io/ Taplio: https://taplio.com/ Relevant Links: Lemlist: https://www.lemlist.com/ GRIN influencer marketing: https://grin.co/ TechCrunch: "Apple Sues OpenAI": https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-over-alleged-trade-secret-theft/ We Must Act Now statement: https://www.wemustactnow.ai/ TechCrunch: "Uber's Robotaxi Lobbying Effort": https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/ubers-robotaxi-lobbying-effort-has-put-it-on-a-collision-course-with-waymo/ DC Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment of 2026: https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/2003462 DoorDash: Meet Dot: https://about.doordash.com/en-us/dot Flock Safety: https://www.flocksafety.com/ DeFlock: https://deflock.org/ Gigazine: Flock accuses Deflock of being a "terrorist org": https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260209-flock-ceo-deflock/#gsc.tab=0 Unifi AI Security Systems: https://ui.com/physical-security Jason's PodMeme post: https://x.com/Jason/status/2076231055443440105 Jason responds to Justine Bateman: https://x.com/Jason/status/2076326740050206959 NYT Sam Neill obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/movies/sam-neill-dead.html "Possession" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLXW-oVbTxE FanEdit: https://fanedit.org/forums/news-publisher/ "Manhunter" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLqHlg2fAnE HBO "The Man Will Burn" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRhUYPtp6Ao Timestamps: 0:00 There's no air conditioning in Paris 7:27 Tibo Maker's "ship 1 product a week" challenge 9:24 The power of building products in public 10:59 Quo (formerly OpenPhone) - Quo gives you a clean, modern way to handle every customer call, text, and thread all in one place. Try it free at https://quo.com/TWiST 12:04 Excitement for JCal's "PodMeme" set-up 15:40 Compounding an audience and enlisting influencers 19:13 Your follower count is not important any more 20:59 PayPal - Built for payments, growth, and agentic. Paypal Open, built for all business. Visit https://paypalopen.com to get started 22:28 How Tibo got banned on LinkedIn twice 28:48 Apple sues OpenAI 30:59 Northwest Registered Agent - Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist 38:44 How OpenAI should have handled the New York Times 45:10 DC's new robotaxi bill 52:06 Managing the AV and delivery-bot transition 53:23 Economists warn of AI job displacement 1:07:00 How Jason would fix Flock's messaging 1:17:26 Remembering Sam Neill 1:23:05 Lon's Dream AI edit 1:26:35 HBO's Burning Man docuseries   Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp   Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons   Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm   Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis   Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/   Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland   Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis   Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com  

Canary Cry Radio is on the bleeding edge of reporting boots-on-the-ground from Burning Man for nearly a decade. Standing on the shoulders of researchers like Carl Teichrib and his work on the Re-Enchantment, and Transformative Events, no other Christian podcast has addressed why these events are important for the future of our culture, while evangelizing and preaching the Gospel message of Jesus Christ in the middle of the most esoteric annual event in Black Rock City. Carl is back with an much needed update on everything! Visit BurningManResearch.com to get the archive of episodes on this topic over the last 15 years! Find out how to support Basil's trip to Burning Man 2026, where the theme is AXIS MUNDI!LINKShttps://orbis-sentry.orghttps://www.gameofgods.cahttps://CanaryCry.Support0:00 — Intro: Carl Teichrib returns1:25 — Carl's research background6:23 — Globalism, interfaith, transhumanism converge9:25 — Discovering transformational festival culture11:35 — Burning Man's countercultural roots18:07 — Festivals prove secularism's dead20:15 — What makes festivals "transformational"31:27 — Origins of "re-enchantment" term33:35 — Pagan environmentalism: Rio quote35:53 — SXSW: consciousness, psychedelics admission42:35 — Re-enchantment history since 1800s46:16 — California: spiritual petri dish54:49 — True re-enchantment: the resurrection57:17 — "Christians made resurrection boring"1:04:59 — Jesus: the true Axis Mundi1:12:31 — Warning: parroting worldly language1:20:17 — "Not a place for Christians"1:22:28 — 2017: first burn story1:24:03 — Camp of the Unknown God1:28:22 — Naming the camp: Acts 171:30:50 — Paul at Athens breakdown1:35:21 — Cultural diplomacy, not war1:48:40 — This year's theme & concerns1:51:25 — Burning Man: propaganda target?1:57:18 — Handling the temple carefully1:59:23 — Christians bear false witness2:07:04 — Rosie's story: rights of nature2:09:52 — Psalm 51 tears moment2:14:25 — Orbis origin: Texas Eclipse2:16:42 — George's three-day culture shock2:19:44 — NATO Dayton, forming Orbis2:33:16 — Prayer requests & farewell

Canary Cry Radio is on the bleeding edge of reporting boots-on-the-ground from Burning Man for nearly a decade. Standing on the shoulders of researchers like Carl Teichrib and his work on the Re-Enchantment, and Transformative Events, no other Christian podcast has addressed why these events are important for the future of our culture, while evangelizing and preaching the Gospel message of Jesus Christ in the middle of the most esoteric annual event in Black Rock City. Carl is back with an much needed update on everything! Visit BurningManResearch.com to get the archive of episodes on this topic over the last 15 years! Find out how to support Basil's trip to Burning Man 2026, where the theme is AXIS MUNDI! LINKS https://orbis-sentry.org https://www.gameofgods.ca https://CanaryCry.Support   0:00 — Intro: Carl Teichrib returns 1:25 — Carl's research background 6:23 — Globalism, interfaith, transhumanism converge 9:25 — Discovering transformational festival culture 11:35 — Burning Man's countercultural roots 18:07 — Festivals prove secularism's dead 20:15 — What makes festivals "transformational" 31:27 — Origins of "re-enchantment" term 33:35 — Pagan environmentalism: Rio quote 35:53 — SXSW: consciousness, psychedelics admission 42:35 — Re-enchantment history since 1800s 46:16 — California: spiritual petri dish 54:49 — True re-enchantment: the resurrection 57:17 — "Christians made resurrection boring" 1:04:59 — Jesus: the true Axis Mundi 1:12:31 — Warning: parroting worldly language 1:20:17 — "Not a place for Christians" 1:22:28 — 2017: first burn story 1:24:03 — Camp of the Unknown God 1:28:22 — Naming the camp: Acts 17 1:30:50 — Paul at Athens breakdown 1:35:21 — Cultural diplomacy, not war 1:48:40 — This year's theme & concerns 1:51:25 — Burning Man: propaganda target? 1:57:18 — Handling the temple carefully 1:59:23 — Christians bear false witness 2:07:04 — Rosie's story: rights of nature 2:09:52 — Psalm 51 tears moment 2:14:25 — Orbis origin: Texas Eclipse 2:16:42 — George's three-day culture shock 2:19:44 — NATO Dayton, forming Orbis 2:33:16 — Prayer requests & farewell

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

The debut of ‘Playa Dust in My Soul' made Sarah Marshall a newly minted author late in the seventh decade of her life. The shortcomings of her first draft initiated a writer's journey that took over twenty years to learn how to carve a story from a mountain of information.As a Burning Man village leader for over twenty years, Sarah has witnessed firsthand how temporary communities catalyze permanent transformation. As a trans woman she had the experience of the event's grace in welcoming her in from outsider to enthusiastic participant. As a business professional with many past lives (military, martial artist, firefighter, engineer, adventurist, spiritual seeker, community activist), she bring lived experience to stories about reinvention and what happens when broken people find belonging in one of the most intense environments on earth. The novel explores second chances, radical acceptance, and the crucible of transformation that is the playa.This episode, like all episodes of If This Is True, brings forth what drives creatives to do what they do. For more of this content and interaction, you can also go to my substack, coolmite25.substack.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SOFT POWER, SMALL NUKES - 07.06.2026 - #955 BestPodcastintheMetaverse.com Canary Cry News Talk #955 - 07.06.2026 - Recorded Live to 1s and 0s Deconstructing World Events from a Biblical Worldview Declaring Jesus as Lord amidst the Fifth Generation War! CageRattlerCoffee.com SD/TC email Ike for discount https://CanaryCry.Support   Send address and shirt size updates to canarycrysupplydrop@gmail.com Join the Canary Cry Roundtable   This Episode was Produced By:   Executive Producers Sir LX Protocol Baron of the Berrean Protocol***   Producers of TREASURE (CanaryCry.Support) Parker N, Rebecca T, Monica, Dame Tinfoilhat, Sir Casey the Shield Knight   Producers of TIME Timestampers: Jade Bouncerson, Morgan E Clankoniphius Links: JAM   SIR IKE MEGA BOX GIVEAWAY - Rating/Review, screenshot, send to Sir Ike CanaryCrySupplyDrop@gmail.com   TRUMP/SPORTSBALL 23:40 Trump admin reverses FIFa decision (WSJ) Trump and the economy of magical object (politico)   WW3/BEAST SYSTEM 1:15:38 Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee (AP)   EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS 1:34:23   BUILD BACK BETTER/BURNING MAN (Sir Ike) 2:06:51 America just took three brand-new nuclear reactors critical in thirty days, a first for any country, machines the size of shipping containers, one of them built in 150 days on a single-digit-million budget with a core its founder drove to Idaho in the back of a Ford F-150 (AutoNotion) → Will nuclear testing kill burning man? (great reporter)   TRANSHUMAN 2:47:51 Bryan Johnson's health bombshell: Millionaire who spends $2 million a year to live forever now has an incurable disease (Economic Times)   → Scientists Build Fully Synthetic Life Form That Can Eat and Reproduce (Futurism)    PRODUCERS 3:10:00 END 3:21:54

Marci's personal "Burning Man" is causing her to reevaluate mountain living. What you can watch with a TV antenna. Turi's long, garlicky, painful busride: lessons learned.  

Max Blue is one of San Francisco's few remaining art critics in legacy media (see: his column in SF Examiner); he also contributes regularly to Hyperallergic.  Max gives the best brief introduction of the big art movements San Francisco is most well known for, and names names including:  BXP, the company that benefited from the Vaillancourt fountain's removal)  CIA Operation Mockingbird, the US government's mission to spread abstract expressionism across the globe KAWS's hold on the Instagram background niche  Randall Kline, SF Jazz founder behind the upcoming low-income artists' housing on Market Street Sid Sijbrandij, the tech billionaire and art patron flooding public space with Burning Man installations Max Blue: https://maxbluewriter.com Max's Substack: https://maxblue.substack.com/ Max for the San Francisco Examiner: https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/private-funding-of-public-art-prompts-questions-about-intent/article_89b311c0-108a-4464-b676-73548d51471f.html Max for Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/author/max-blue/ Episodes:  Hanky Code Art NSF Trash Cans with Christen Cioffi: https://www.patreon.com/sadfrancisco/posts/78664457 The Technofascist Plan for an Elite City in Solano County with Anna Kirsch: https://www.patreon.com/sadfrancisco/posts/audio-planning-f-107037093 Support the show and get new episodes early on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco 

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) — Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: ⁠https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join⁠ Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes and learn more at:⁠ OLDPodcast.com⁠. Episode 4073: Tynan challenges the way people think about money, arguing that real financial efficiency comes from avoiding debt, buying for long-term value, and spending intentionally instead of following the crowd. He makes a compelling case for investing in meaningful experiences and education while cutting expenses that add little lasting value. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tynan.com/frugal/ Quotes to ponder: "Maybe a better phrase for frugal, at least the way I think of it, is financially-efficient." "The key to a good life is thinking about one's decisions, rather than going on autopilot." "Experiences and education are methods of transferring financial value into personal value." Episode references: Burning Man: https://burningman.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) — Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: ⁠https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join⁠ Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes and learn more at:⁠ OLDPodcast.com⁠. Episode 4073: Tynan challenges the way people think about money, arguing that real financial efficiency comes from avoiding debt, buying for long-term value, and spending intentionally instead of following the crowd. He makes a compelling case for investing in meaningful experiences and education while cutting expenses that add little lasting value. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tynan.com/frugal/ Quotes to ponder: "Maybe a better phrase for frugal, at least the way I think of it, is financially-efficient." "The key to a good life is thinking about one's decisions, rather than going on autopilot." "Experiences and education are methods of transferring financial value into personal value." Episode references: Burning Man: https://burningman.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) — Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: ⁠https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join⁠ Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes and learn more at:⁠ OLDPodcast.com⁠. Episode 4073: Tynan challenges the way people think about money, arguing that real financial efficiency comes from avoiding debt, buying for long-term value, and spending intentionally instead of following the crowd. He makes a compelling case for investing in meaningful experiences and education while cutting expenses that add little lasting value. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tynan.com/frugal/ Quotes to ponder: "Maybe a better phrase for frugal, at least the way I think of it, is financially-efficient." "The key to a good life is thinking about one's decisions, rather than going on autopilot." "Experiences and education are methods of transferring financial value into personal value." Episode references: Burning Man: https://burningman.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if the thing standing between you and what you want isn't strategy, timing, or circumstance, but something operating in a realm you've never been taught to access? In this solo episode, Emily Fletcher shares the insight that has become the cornerstone of nearly two decades of teaching: that most of the obstacles blocking what we most desire are invisible. Not because they're imaginary. They are very real. But because they're happening at a different state of consciousness. Emily introduces the concept of invisible cages: the accumulated stress, inherited beliefs, unfelt feelings, and intergenerational trauma stored at the cellular level that quietly set the upper limit on what we allow ourselves to receive. And she makes the case that no amount of strategy, goal-setting, or external change can dissolve them, because you cannot remove a cage you cannot see. The solution, she argues, is access to the unmanifest: a verifiable fourth state of consciousness, distinct from waking, sleeping, or dreaming, where the body receives rest five times deeper than sleep and begins spontaneously releasing the backlog of stress that creates the cages in the first place. Emily shares a student's story, a profound piece of sculpture from Burning Man, and a discovery about the Egyptian goddess Nephthys that reframed her entire body of work. In this episode, Emily explores: Why the real blocks to manifestation are invisible, and why that's actually good news The "I'll be happy when" syndrome and what it reveals about how most people are trying to manifest How 99.999% of knowable reality is invisible, and what that means for how we approach change The Burning Man sculpture that shows two adults stuck back to back while their inner children desperately try to connect Isis and Nephthys: the twin goddesses of manifest and unmanifest, and the lightbulb moment that tied Emily's work together What happens in the body when you access the fourth state: rest, release, and rising frequency Why the benefits of accessing the field compound over time, just as the harmful effects of stress do One student's story of unexpected income, career clarity, and the emotional courage that emerged Key Moments: 00:00 – The thing keeping people stuck is rarely what they think it is 01:42 – Who this episode is for 03:52 – Trying to solve invisible problems with visible tools 05:09 – The Burning Man sculpture and invisible cages 07:37 – The "I'll be happy when" syndrome 08:06 – External reality as an outpicturing of internal architecture 09:26 – Once you access the field, you get access to more 10:13 – We cannot remove what we cannot see 11:24 – Isis, Nephthys, and the unmanifest 13:25 – Rest five times deeper than sleep 15:30 – The compound effect 17:38 – Cheryl's story 19:10 – Magic Maker: free, three days, July 16 ✨ Magic Maker is officially open for registration. Three days. Totally free. July 16, 21 & 23. Join Emily live for the event she's been building toward all year: three days of activations, tools, and community designed to help you access the unmanifest, release your invisible cages, and start becoming a frequency match for everything you're calling in. Register free: magicmaker.zivameditation.com

Why am I talking about my closet on a psychedelic podcast? This episode isn't really about clothes—it's about stuck energy, old identities, and the energy that is released when you finally clear out the physical space that's been weighing you down without your awareness. In this episode, I share a practice I've been doing for over 30 years: cleaning my closet on LSD. And I walk you through what happened this month when I did the deepest purge of my life, and what it unleashed way beyond the closet. In this episode: How shopping was my mom's love language, and how I took it on as an artistic endeavor How I got my first faux fur jacket (a foreshadowing of so much faux fur to come) at eight in the 1970s, even though we lived in south Florida The most romantic thing any man has ever said to me, and why it's one of the many reasons I married him The three categories of closet clutter: the easy yes, the easy no, and the messy middle full of landmines, and why LSD collapses that middle ground and makes it easy to clear Why I believe LSD works better for this than mushrooms Beware the chaos factor: why you need to give yourself a full day and not freak out when everything ends up on the floor "This closet is for the living" A client story about five shapeless black dresses and a lot of imaginary funerals What I learned from the author, Karen Kingston, about clutter and energy, and why hiding things under the bed or in a storage unit doesn't actually work What the guides told me to do with my six weeks of spaciousness, and why I had to push back on their recommendation Why I don't follow the "If you haven't worn it in a year, get rid of it" rule and never will The energetic reset that followed: no alcohol, no refined sugar for the rest of the year, yoga 2-3 times a week, bedroom getting painted, to-do lists actually getting done, which all started with the closet Finally getting on the Chinese New Year fire horse and what that actually feels like after months of resistance and putting on the brakes Resources mentioned: Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui: Learn the Art of Space Clearing and Bring New Energy into Your Life — Karen Kingston Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui — Karen Kingston https://www.mindvalley.com/u— Where TED meets Burning Man internationally Episode 32 — Year of the Fire Horse, the Divine Feminine & Not Feeling Ready with Tracey Tee   Connect with Carla If you're inspired by this episode and want to stay connected, follow Carla and Psychedelic Divas on social media or visit the website to get your Psychedelic Safety Guide Including What to Do When Things Go Wrong: Website: PsychedelicDivas.com https://psychedelicdivas.com/ Carla's Coaching: CarlaDetchon.com https://carladetchon.com/ Instagram: @psychedelicdivas https://www.instagram.com/psychedelicdivas YouTube: Want to see what I'm wearing in each episode? Find me on YouTube @carladetchon Subscribe & Review: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review Psychedelic Divas. Your support helps amplify these important conversations and grow our community.

The Occupational Philosophers  |  Episode 117  |  With Jasper Vallance Jasper Vallance is a social entrepreneur who left his corporate life at Google to create a life of meaning driven by his passions. As an event architect, he became the founder of Australia's largest sober dance party.  He has taken what he learned at Burning Man to rethink what corporate gatherings could actually do for people. This episode is about why many company events don't work and what intentional gathering looks like when it's done right. In this episode, they cover the collapse of Friday drinks, the WeWork meltdown (yes, that one), and why alcohol has never actually been the social lubricant we think it is. Timestamps 00:00 – Opening clip: the art of setting the scene 00:48 – What's caught your eye?  05:00 – Guest intro: Jasper Vallance 07:30 – Burning Seed relaunch — Cosmic Canyon 10:24 – Burning Man 101: it's 10 principles 11:18 – Where are you in the world?  12:19 – Dinner Party Round begins 12:41 – What's giving you joy?  14:00 – Who inspires you?  16:12 – Big question: can the magic of Burning Man translate to company events? 19:29 – What do you actually do?  20:49 – Why Jasper is always in costume — and why that matters 21:22 – The secret sauce: costumes do what alcohol does, without the damage 22:20 – Google, 2007, and what the digital age did to human connection 26:01 – How Burning Man changed his life 27:42 – How Xstatic Sunsets was born: the natural high through dance 28:22 – Walking the talk: how do you actually create belonging? 30:15 – The welcome experience: hugs, costumes, facilitators 31:42 – The corporate opportunity: what if the CEO wore a chicken outfit? 33:00 – Storytelling starts before people arrive — the art of building anticipation 35:14 – Thought Experiment: Jasper Vallance, Event Detective 51:44 – Rapid fire: one thing you couldn't live without 53:04 – Dr. Peter Lovatt: dance first, think later 54:04 – The Occupational Philosophers Maniguesto  56:19 – What's next: Burning Seed and Immersive8 57:42 – Where to find Jasper online 58:50 – Post-show reflections: John and Simon on the art of gathering Key Ideas Purpose before planning. Most corporate events treat purpose as an afterthought. Jasper argues it should be the first thing locked in — not as a value statement, but as a lived experience the event is designed to create. Participation over presentation. Burning Man works because everyone is in the action. The moment people become spectators, you lose them. Same applies to company offsites. Costumes do what alcohol does, without the damage. They lower inhibitions, break social hierarchies, and give people permission to play. Jasper has proven this at scale. The welcome is everything. The first point of contact sets the entire tone. Not an icebreaker on a slide. An actual human welcome that makes people feel like they belong. Passions connect people across silos. Ask everyone what they love doing outside work. Cyclists ride together. Cooks cook together. Then they come back with something real in common. Post-COVID, Friday drinks aren't coming back. Younger generations want to go home. The social fabric of the office has changed. The answer isn't to recreate the old model — it's to reimagine what connection looks like now. Standout Line "I have guys coming up at the end of the night going, 'I almost had a drink before I came in, but I'm so glad I didn't.' That is the experience I'm trying to deliver." Live Links Jasper Vallance - Personal site: https://www.jaspervallance.com  - Immersive8 (corporate events agency): https://immersive8.agency  - Xstatic Sunsets (sober dance parties): https://www.xstaticsunsets.com  People & Movements Mentioned - Peter Sharp & The Liberators: https://www.theliberators.org  - Peter Sharp (personal site): https://www.petersharp.com.au  - Dr. Peter Lovatt (dance psychologist, Episode 4/5): https://www.drpeterdance.com  Events & Festivals - Burning Man: https://burningman.org  - Burning Seed (Australian regional Burning Man event): https://www.burningseed.com  - Blazing Swan (WA regional burn): https://blazingswan.com.au  - Elsewhere (the successor to Nowhere, Spain's European burn): https://nobodies.team  - Bali Spirit Festival: https://www.balispiritfestival.com  Events Referenced - Fyre Festival — Netflix documentary: https://www.netflix.com/title/81035279  - WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn — documentary: https://www.hulu.com/movie/wecrashed-the-rise-and-fall-of-wework-documentary  - Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage — Netflix documentary: https://www.netflix.com/title/81258733  Get in Touch: The Occupational Philosophers - Website: https://www.occupationalphilosophers.com  - Substack: https://occupationalphilosophers.substack.com - John: Bowland Consulting: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com - Simon: https://www.simonbanks.com.au   

Since 1992, 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. Over the decades, he co-created 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, fabricators, 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

What started as one innocent question — What's the single greatest fast-food item ever created? — quickly became one of the most passionate arguments in Rizz Show history.The gang goes all-in debating whether the Wendy's Frosty deserves legendary status, if the Chicken McNugget changed civilization, and why the Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme might secretly be one of mankind's greatest engineering achievements. Along the way, there are passionate defenses of Happy Meals, Dairy Queen Blizzards, hash browns, curly fries, White Castle chicken rings, and enough fast-food nostalgia to make you immediately pull into a drive-thru.Because this is The Rizzuto Show, the conversation somehow swerves into stories about Ted Drewes inspiring the Blizzard, deep-fried tacos that look questionable but taste incredible, and the realization that nearly every great food invention somehow has St. Louis fingerprints on it.And then… because this is also a comedy podcast, things get even weirder.The crew dives into celebrity chaos, including Jack White's divorce filing, Daryl Hall's kidney transplant, Oprah's comments about Whitney Houston, and why Sexyy Red is locked in a legal battle involving stolen jewelry and security guards. Lauren delivers music news featuring Turnstile's return to St. Louis, AC/DC's massive touring numbers, and a Chris Cornell tribute project that sparks yet another spirited debate.There's also talk about Burning Man documentaries, a new Blair Witch movie, Elizabeth Banks becoming Ms. Frizzle, and one of the strangest conversations you'll ever hear about organ donation pricing.It's another episode that proves no topic is too small to become complete nonsense once Rizz and the gang get involved. Whether you're here for food arguments, celebrity news, weird stories, or daily chaos, this comedy podcast delivers exactly what you'd expect from your favorite morning show…and probably a few things you definitely didn't expect.If you've ever argued over fries, defended a favorite fast-food order like it was your child, or found yourself laughing at conversations that completely lose the plot, then this comedy podcast is for you.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShowHear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The X in GenX stands for eXtremely cool. ‘The American Experiment' is a 5-part documentary premiering today on Netflix. The newest Avatar movies is now on Disney+. ‘The Sheep Detective' is on Amazon. Matty's gonna watch the new Burning Man documentary. Jack White's wife filed for divorce. Breaking news: The Bay Area woman from the billboard has FOUND LOVE! But, was it even thanks to the billboard? Plus, the worst first names you've ever heard.

Hour 1: A former child actor is hustling to make ends meat - leave him alone! The Jackass crew created a constellation. One guess at the shape of it. Steve-O has got to be rich for all the crap he's done… right?! Vinnie is hyper aware of his age this week. Choose one: more money, more luck, more athleticism, more attractiveness, OR slower aging. People were crawling on everything possible at the Knicks parade. One particular fan decided she needed to take a trashcan home with her, and another used dance to stop a fight. Hour 2: The X in GenX stands for eXtremely cool. ‘The American Experiment' is a 5-part documentary premiering today on Netflix. The newest Avatar movies is now on Disney+. ‘The Sheep Detective' is on Amazon. Matty's gonna watch the new Burning Man documentary. Jack White's wife filed for divorce. Breaking news: The Bay Area woman from the billboard has FOUND LOVE! But, was it even thanks to the billboard? Plus, the worst first names you've ever heard. Hour 3: It's time for our generational trivia challenge! Deepak is here for GenX. He was able to make time for Sarah and Vinnie since he's recovering from surgery. BUT can he beat Emily, playing for the Zillennials? This week is truly anybody's game. It's a major news break! Vinnie is updating us in real time on NorCal's earthquake. Applebee's iconic Dollaritas are BACK this summer! M&Ms are going natural. If you were a rockstar, what would be on your rider? EBikes and scooters are getting new rules in The Bay. Hour 4: Olivia Rodrigo opens up about her jealousy of other women. Taylor Swift held onto the #1 spot of the Hot 100 this week. That's okay, because every single song off of Olivia's new album is charting. Speaking of Taylor, she supported Travis Kelce and Tight End University last night by taking the stage with Lainey Wilson. Vinnie questions Bob about Susan performing at their wedding. A lady invited strangers to her birthday party in the park - and they came! Vinnie reflects on his days without GPS. Spoiler Alert: Sarah wins!

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The fireworks explode in an instant of blinding light and thunderous sound. But designing a fireworks show takes months of preparation and years of training. From the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks show to Burning Man, Pyrotechnician Steven Yoss has been behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest fireworks shows. In this episode of Profoundly Pointless we talk the art of designing fireworks shows, the science of making fireworks and what happens when things go wrong. Then, in the Pointless part of the show, we countdown the Top 5 Actors and Actresses You Know but Can't Name. 00:00 Introducing Pyrotechnician Steve Yoss 0:59 Designing Fireworks Shows 04:32 How Fireworks are Made 07:41 Fireworks Dangers 09:37 The Best and Worst Fireworks 11:51 Fireworks Colors 13:51 Fireworks Injuries 15:51 The Best Fireworks Shows 19:49 The Future of Fireworks Shows 20:51 Pointless 46:51 Top 5 Actors You Know But Can't Name Contact the Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Julia is joined by Allegra to investigate the enduring, mythical appeal of the music festival. From medieval carnivals to Woodstock, and Coachella brand trips to FYRE fest, the girlies explore the human desire to build temporary utopias — and how festival outcomes range from communal transcendence and PLUR to corporate-branded slop and FEMA-level weather events. Digressions include Billie Eilish starring in The Bell Jar for some reason, the ouroborous of influencer video essays, and Allegra's parents getting matching plastic surgery on her birthday. WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES 19 Worst Things About Woodstock '99 After the Astroworld Disaster, a Reckoning Altamont : the Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the inside story of rock's darkest day  Bakhtinian thought : an introductory reader Burning Man: how a festival became a culture Castlemorton 1992, the rave that triggered the ban Castlemorton Common: The rave that changed the law  Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994, s.63 ("repetitive beats") Crowds and Collective Behavior Get access Arrow  Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy From Woodstock to Coachella: The ultimate music festivals  FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened Half a Million Strong: Crowds and Power from Woodstock to Coachella by Gina Arnold Impact: From riots to crowd safety 'It was the peak of the flower power era': The story of the first ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970  How Music Festivals Became a Massive Business in the 50 Years Since Woodstock  Juggalos & the FBI "hybrid gang" label Live Aid (1985) Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé Lollapalooza's rise (Perry Farrell's acid precognition) Monterey Pop Murder at the Altamont Festival Rabelais and His World The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure Of Other Spaces The Oral History of Monterey Pop, Where Jimi Torched His Ax & Janis Became a Star: Art Garfunkel, Steve Miller, Lou Adler & More Remembering Meredith Hunter Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 The Elementary Forms of Religious Life The Music Festival That Time Forgot: Inside Steve Wozniak's US Fest The Night Bob Dylan Went Electric The Sacred and the Profane The Society of the Spectacle "This Film Was My Chance to Correct History": Questlove on Summer of Soul and the Oscars  The Pop Festival: History, Music, Media, Culture  Woodstock '99 Predicted America's Future Woodstock 1999 Ends in Violence  Wattstax (1972), the "Black Woodstock" Wattstax drew 100,000 people — this 1972 concert was about much more than music  What's behind the decline of music festivals?  Without Helicopters, There Wouldn't Have Been a Woodstock Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music

“The same creative and political forces that gave rise to [San Francisco's] boom nearly engineered its collapse.” — Jonathan Weber In Hitchcock's Vertigo, the quintessential San Francisco movie, the villain points to an old painting of the city and tells Jimmy Stewart that San Francisco has changed. The real city has been lost, he says. Somebody has stolen San Francisco's soul. The veteran tech journalist Jonathan Weber is the latest writer to search for that soul. In City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco, Weber bemoans the disappearance of the real San Francisco — the city not just of the Beats and the Counterculture but also of ordinary teachers and policemen. We've had thirty years of boom, bust, and Big Tech. The ordinary folks of San Francisco have been replaced by a new class of tech bros. In 1992, just 2% of San Franciscans worked in tech. By 2019 it was 35%. As a longtime San Franciscan, Weber had a front-row seat on the dot-com mania, the rise of social media, Uber and Airbnb, the pandemic's great emptying of downtown, and now the AI boom driven by the San Francisco-based Anthropic and OpenAI. In City on the Edge, Weber argues that the same creative and political forces that gave rise to the boom — the counterculture's anarchic spirit, the city's love affair with eccentricity, the tech industry's utopian self-belief — also engineered its near-collapse. Digital vertigo, so to speak. Once again somebody has stolen San Francisco's soul. Five Takeaways •       From 2% to 35%: The Numbers Behind the Transformation: In 1992, just 2% of San Francisco workers were in tech. By 2019 it was 35%. The book traces how this happened: a city economically troubled in the early 1990s, still reeling from AIDS and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, with its manufacturing base gone and its corporate headquarters thinning out. Into this vacuum came a group of free-thinking technologists immersed in the city's creative counterculture. They invented the contemporary internet. What followed was one of the most rapid urban transformations in American history. •       The Cacophony Society and the Founding of Burning Man: Before the tech boom, San Francisco in the early 1990s had a remarkable underground culture. Weber writes about the Cacophony Society — the group of anarchic free spirits who effectively founded the Burning Man festival. The Cacophony Society emerged from the counterculture of the 1960s through various evolutions — Situationist pranks, urban exploration, radical creativity. Burning Man began as their annual trip to the Black Rock Desert. The spirit of that founding: go somewhere, build something, be someone different, leave no trace. That spirit was the soul of the city too. •       The City of Nostalgia: Always Believing Yesterday Was Better: Weber takes his Vertigo reference seriously. San Francisco is structurally a city of nostalgia — people arrive with a fixed idea of what the city is, and it inevitably becomes something different. The gap between the idea and the reality generates permanent mourning. This is not unique to San Francisco — Trump has built a presidency on the idea that things were better in the 1950s — but it is intensified here by the height of the hopes people bring. The city means something bigger than itself. That is both its greatest asset and its permanent wound. •       The AI Boom and the Coming IPO Earthquake: The current AI boom is, in Weber's reading, likely to be the largest yet. OpenAI and Anthropic are both based in the city. When those IPOs happen, San Francisco real estate — already rising 25–50% in some neighbourhoods, Andrew notes — will go, in Weber's words, “really, really crazy again.” Hundreds of thousands of millionaires will be created overnight. The city is gradually becoming uniformly wealthy. Some of the old tensions may be less intense for that reason. But Weber does not think the cycles are over. The current boom will bust, as all booms do. What comes next is the question. •       Burning Man, the Internet, and the Future of Cities: Weber ends the book at Burning Man. His closing observation: when the internet arrived on the playa, Burning Man lost the sense that it was a separate world — a place where you could be a different person, because nothing from your regular life could reach you. Now everyone has a phone. The privacy is gone. The sense of separation is gone. For cities: part of the power of cities is that they bring people together, and good things arise from that friction. But if technology no longer requires you to be in the same place, cities become less essential. What is the future of the city in the age of technology? Weber doesn't have a tidy answer. Neither does anyone else. About the Guest Jonathan Weber is a veteran technology journalist and the author of City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco (Atria Books, June 9, 2026). He was the founding editor-in-chief of The Industry Standard, former editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Standard, and covered the technology industry for the Los Angeles Times. He lives in San Francisco. References: •       City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco by Jonathan Weber (Atria Books, June 9, 2026). •       David Talbot, Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love — referenced in the conversation; Weber's recommended companion read on 1970s San Francisco. •       Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance — referenced in the closing exchange. •       Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem — the opening epigraph to Weber's book, referenced in the conversation. •       Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo (1958) — Andrew's reference; the film's own meditation on San Francisco as a city of nostalgia. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstack

Hey everyone, welcome back to the Dear Nikky Podcast, where your filthiest confessions get the spotlight they deserve. I'm Nikky, and today we're diving deep into public exposure, surprise gangbangs, and hotwives who go from modest to monster-cock greedy in seconds.Three Teasers:First up — a husband drops his naked BBW wife at a remote hunting cabin… only to learn two extra men are waiting and she decides to take all three for an entire weekend of nonstop use.Next — a small-dicked couple goes full nude at Burning Man. She drips down her thighs while his tiny soft cock gets giggled at by teenage girls… until it's rock hard and everyone's taking pictures.And finally — a “modest” British wife in a short plaid skirt ends up tied, fisted, double-stuffed, and painted in cum while her husband watches through the hotel curtains.Stick around… it only gets wetter. In this explosive episode, you'll hear jaw-dropping real listener stories featuring:Blue-pill fueled public erection worship on a crowded nude beachA surprise multi-man weekend at a secluded hunting cabinFull-frontal Burning Man exposure with tiny dick humiliation and a dripping wet wifeA proper British hotwife who transforms into a filthy, squirting, throat-fucking cum slut during a hotel “surprise” threesomeJoin the fun:Discord: https://discord.gg/uqqxsCSDfwSubmit your own confession: Nikky@dearnikky.com or DearNikky.com/confessionsSupport Nikky:Patreon: Unlock exclusive confessions, bonus thoughts, and steamy Q&As → Patreon.com/DearNikkyNectar.ai: Explore your wildest fantasies with immersive AI experiences → Nectar.aiFeatured Release: Dear Nikky: Sex Confessions From People Just Like You is out now!Contact & Socials:Email: Nikky@dearnikky.comWebsite: DearNikky.com/confessionsTwitter / X: @DNikky162Instagram: @DNikky162Facebook: @DearNikkyContent Warning: This episode contains extremely explicit sexual content, including graphic descriptions of public nudity, exhibitionism, group sex, gangbangs, hotwife/cuckold dynamics, small penis humiliation (SPH), voyeurism, fisting, squirting, double penetration, deepthroating, cum play, and consensual boundary-pushing fantasies. Listener discretion is strongly advised. 18+ only.All stories depict enthusiastic consent between adults. Submissions involving bestiality, incest, underage, rape, non-consensual acts, or racial slurs are not aired.Get Involved: Got a secret fantasy or steamy confession? Send it to Nikky@dearnikky.com or submit anonymously at DearNikky.com/confessions.Love the show? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite platform — it helps new filthy listeners find us!Thanks for listening, you filthy animals. Stay nasty, stay safe, and I'll see you next time on Dear Nikky.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dear-nikky-hidden-desires--6316414/support.

WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Line Between Recreation and Medication is Finer than You Think Today Professor Nicholas Powers joins Ali Muldrow in a conversation about his new book, Black Psychedelic Revolution. Psychedelics such as LSD and ketamine are beginning to gain popularity as increasing evidence supports promising treatments of psychological conditions, trauma, and changing one's autobiographical narrative. They also heard from callers who shared transformational personal experiences while using psychedelics. What is the difference between recreation and medication? Powers suggests that the line may be finer than you think. The idea is that recreational activities like art, poetry, or even psychedelic drugs can be healing. Powers also noted that the most safe way to have a psychological experience is in a controlled and safe environment with a guide. If a person is in a state of trauma or depression, the chemicals from these drugs might lead to a further inability to cope once the trip is over, and that is when these drugs can become addictive. However, Powers emphasized that it's the prior state of trauma that creates the addiction rather than the drug itself. Powers said that the way these psychedelic drugs work is by inhibiting the ego, which leads to questioning core beliefs and the stories you were told about your life. This is why after a psychedelic trip, people often change their previously held beliefs. It is also why people tend to change their beliefs the most during college. During the transition period between being reliant on your parents and becoming an independent adult, young people question the stories that they were told. Powers encourages this kind of discussion in his college classrooms and asks his students to try to find the truth in their experiences. Additionally, there is a surge in the glamorization of drugs and removing the stigma associated with them. Drugs such as ritalin or adderall are given to children at younger ages reducing the stigma for using drugs to treat mental health, but there is still a sense that they are necessary. Powers says there is a delicate balance between maintaining a healthy skepticism about the medical industry without denying its benefits entirely. He encourages people to always think about who is profiting, whether from criminalizing marijuana or giving ritalin to four year olds. The discussion ended with the positive experiences that can come from having a controlled psychedelic experience. Some examples included helping alcohol addiction, understanding the core reasons why a marriage ended, finding peace and answers within the counterculture of the 1960s, and becoming a more compassionate person.  Nicholas Powers is an Associate Professor of English at SUNY Old Westbury. Powers has presented talks and reports from the Psychedelic Renaissance since 2017. He has written for numerous psychedelic publications from Lucid News to Double Blind. Alongside published articles, he has given talks at Naropa University and Chacruna. Powers has published three books with Upset Press. The first is a book of poetry, the second a mix of reportage from disaster zones, protests, and Burning Man. The third is a political vampire novel. He regularly attends Wild Seeds Writers Retreat and Cave Canem Black poetry workshops. Powers lives in Brooklyn with his son. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Line Between Recreation and Medication is Finer than You Think appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Will Spencer is a Christian podcaster, speaker, and writer who hosts The Will Spencer Podcast. After roughly 20 years deeply immersed in New Age spirituality—including the rave and Burning Man scenes, extensive psychedelics, occult practices, tarot, astrology, Eastern mysticism, and syncretic spirituality—he converted to Christianity. His content now centers on biblical masculinity, cultural critique, spiritual warfare, and helping others exit New Age and occult influences through his podcast interviews, “Exiting the New Age” course, and one-on-one mentorship. He draws directly from his past experiences to contrast deceptive spiritual paths with what he describes as the true redemption found in Christ.Watch the Cornerstone Forum 26'https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Expat Moneyhttps://expatmoney.com/snpGet your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

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

60 Minutes staff and new boss clash, Meghan Markle expert Mark Dolan joins us, Kristin Cavallari victimized by nude move, Pride Month, Erika Kirk's dating life, Black Crowes v. USA chants, J-Lo insists her new movie won't suck, and The Orgy Dome launches a GoFundMe. MMA Fighter Sean Strickland vs Dylan Mulvaney. This again? Erika Kirk was allegedly drunk and all over some dude at a bar, but she denies the report and says she'll never date again. Bret Michaels can't win as he's now catching crap for canceling the Freedom 250 Concert. MARK DOLAN IS HERE! We go deep on Meghan Markle, her narcissism, her failures, and how she's tainted the British Royal Family. Jill Biden has been ALL OVER the place trying to do damage control about her new book. Everything J Lo touches turns to crap...Including this new movie with Brett Goldstein. Some people are saying they're dating, but don't dare ask her about it. The Black Crowes are making news again. Some people in Tampa are no longer Black Crowes fans. Chet Hanks is a douche, but he's oddly likeable. Brad Pitt was recently in France doing some cool things. But back home, Maddox is still hating his dad. Karmelo Anthony, the alleged murderer, not the basketball player, is still getting donations in his Give Send Go. Marc's favorite new GoFundMe is for the Orgy Dome at Burning Man. Stuttering John is back online! 60 Minutes is under fire as Scott Pelley dresses down the new boss in a private meeting. Brad Galli was on ML's Soul of Detroit today. Give it a listen. Jason Carr is still out there getting free food. Kristin Cavallari was a victim of the nude move. Who was it? Marlon Jackson took a huge spill on stage. Kelsey Grammer was not around for comment. We might have some merch left. Click here to check what's available. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).

On today’s 5.29.26 show Chidi joins us for Chidi’s Tweets, Burning Man’s orgy dome needs help, Blue Origin’s new rocket, J Lo might be back in contact with A-Rod, one Bay Area man’s home was destroyed when he rented it on Airbnb, a rollercoaster got stuck upside down in Texas, Graham’s data was duplicated again, we played our Chug Wheel Game, a woman got proposed to after a horrible golf accident and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're joined by David Satori — co-founder of Beats Antique alongside Zoe Jakes and Sidecar Tommy, a trio that came out of the San Francisco performance underground, Burning Man, and the West Coast Circus Bass music scene. He's also co-founder of Dirtwire with Evan Fraser and Mark Reveley, which blends experimental bass music with folk music from around the world. Between the two projects he's co-produced and recorded over 20 albums in the past 15 years. He also co-founded a nonprofit called SunRise Studios Collective, which builds micro recording and multimedia studios in under-resourced communities around the world to give youth a voice through music and production. David and I actually go back to a tour we did together in 2017, so it was good to catch up. We spend a good chunk of this one talking about life on the road — buying and converting buses, what it actually costs to tour as an independent artist, and the tradeoffs between owning your vehicle versus renting. He just got off a two month run with Dirtwire and shares what touring looks like for them right now, including how they run their live setup with Ableton and handle sound checks. Hope you enjoy it. Please welcome David Satori. David Satori Links Mr. Bill's Links