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When Moshe Met Burning Man
Episode 84
Moshe Kasher has lived many lives as a subculture vulture - a hearing child of deaf parents, an addict at 15, in recovery at 16, a raver, a culturall…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tahoe Mack and the Monumental Mammoth
Episode 83
This is one of those full-circle stories that makes our dusty hearts glow a little brighter. It’s the tale of big art that emerged from a fossil-fill…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Mystery of Clit-Henge
Episode 82
The Tip of the Iceberg is a 30-foot tall clitoris of stone, steel, and cement, fabricated to be monumental like Stonehenge, thus the nickname Clit-He…
2 years, 3 months ago
Urban Planning for a Desert Dreamscape
Episode 81
Black Rock City is a temporary metropolis of 80,000 people who inhabit 1,600 theme camps and support camps. That means nine out of 10 participants' …
2 years, 3 months ago
FrostBurn: Share the Warmth
Episode 80
It's winter where we are. What are the coldest, most teeth-chattering, brrrr-iest of all the sanctioned Burning Man events around the world?
FrostBurn…
2 years, 4 months ago
A People's History of Burning Man
Episode 79
Stories. This collection is from Burning Man’s oral history project, an ambitious endeavor to track down and record interviews with people who helped…
2 years, 4 months ago
Preaching to the Playa Choir
Episode 78
Many people are surprised to learn that Black Rock City is home to two full orchestras and a Playa Choir complete with a secular Sunday sermon. Since…
2 years, 5 months ago
Orchestral Maneuvers on the Playa
Episode 77
Some people are surprised to learn that Black Rock City is home to not just one but two full-fledged symphony orchestras. While the Black Rock Philha…
2 years, 5 months ago
L’Osti Québec! The 11th Principle of Poutine
Episode 76
Have you stumbled upon Midnight Poutine in Black Rock City? Maybe you listened to Québecois rock as you waited for some of that crispy, cheesy goodne…
2 years, 5 months ago
Dana Albany: Dreaming in Metal and Glass
Episode 75
Dana Albany has come a long way since her first art project in the Black Rock Desert, a scrap-wood camel that got her started making things out of fo…
2 years, 6 months ago