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Thinking Big in a Small Town Apr 13, 2022

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Laugh and learn in a collage of conversation with 'Chef' - Matthew 'Chef' Kwatinetz, Senior Director of Nevada Operations and Board Member of Burning Man Project. He shares with Stuart about the ongoing work to convert our Nevada properties into year-round hubs for bringing Burning Man culture into the world. So much more than an infrastructure project, our teams are busy upgrading Gerlach’s services, helping locals and staff develop skills, opening up new employment opportunities, and visioning a maker space for Black Rock City creators.

They explore urban planning, tradition and what’s possible beyond our ephemeral city. They imagine what it could look like when Black Rock City spills out of its physical and temporal borders into places beyond the dry lakebed, engaging year-round with art, convenings, and teachings, and living life more secure and expressed. Much has been researched and discussed with burners and locals, from social enterprise to economics, to solar power arrays named after mythical creatures.

Burning Man Project Board of Directors: Matthew ‘Chef’ Kwatinetz

NYU New York University Leadership Team: Matthew Kwatinetz

Welcome to Burner School: Gerlach Workforce Development Center (Burning Man Journal)

The Chef and the Power of Community Prototyping (Burning Man Live #18)

360VR: Gerlach

Black Rock City Placement Process

LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative, Fly Ranch

Haunted West Gerlach (youtube)

Göbekli Tepe (wikipedia)

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Stuart Mangrum’s Serious Philosophy of Shenanigans Mar 16, 2022

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Director of Burning Man Project’s Philosophical Center, longtime co-conspirator of founder Larry Harvey, Cacophonist, playa newspaper publisher, billboard liberator, art theme writer, and suspicious character (according to paranoid people), his most realistic alias is Stuart Mangrum.

He holds our legacy, and helps guide our story, while occasionally philosophizing. A Communications Strategist named kBot gets Stuart talking despite his anti-interrogation training. This is a story of pranks and participation, of 90s Burning Man and modern day miracles. Note: Funny can be deep. This is both.

Burning Man Project’s Philosophical Center

Burning Man Journal: Stuart Mangrum

Burningman.org: Black Rock Gazette

Talesofcacophony.com: Twisted Times

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Charlie Dolman The Dust is in the Details Mar 02, 2022

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If Black Rock City were a ship, Charlie Dolman would be its skipper. The SS BRC is already taking shape in the dry docks of our collective effort, and at some point later this summer it will slide into the dusty seas of northern Nevada. As the event operations director, Charlie leads a crew of leaders responsible for pretty much all aspects of city infrastructure, and for planning for just about every operational contingency, from fire and rain to, who knows, a downpour of frogs. On fire.

If you see him on playa he’s the fast-moving, soft-spoken guy with three radios, a cell phone and a pager (yes, a pager!). In this rare interview he sits still long enough to talk with Stuart about the people making BRC greener, less commodified, and more inclusive. He also passes Stuart's quiz about being a Brit in the US, and defends marmite as a comestible.

Burning Man Project Staff: Charlie Dolman

Burning Man Project’s CEO Introduces Charlie Dolman (2012)

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Burning Man is Not a Place Feb 16, 2022

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People all around the world create annual events that align in principle. Some have over 10,000 participants like events in Israel and South Africa. Some have under 20 participants, like “Melting Man” in Fargo, North Dakota. They are collaborative art experiences, celebrations, healing rituals, mutual aid, and fun for a good cause. For 2 decades our global community has been bringing people together.

Andie Grace and Michael Vav talk with Iris Yee, Head of the Burning Man Regional Network, about how various groups activated during these strange times, and what they’re creating next. Here we are re-reminded that it's not about how many or how far, it’s about the culture, the collaboration, and the conversation. This is the What Where When of thriving.

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2020 Regional Highlights (Burning Man Journal)

2021 Regional Network Forum: Emerging, Wayfinding, Igniting (youtube)

2021 Regional Network Forum / Kindling

Burning Man Project’s Radical Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Anti-Racism Pledge (medium)

A Love Letter to Smaller Events (youtube)

Burning Man Hive

Colorado Burner Community: Temple of Tranquility

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Dr Graham St John, Playa Pataphysicist Feb 02, 2022

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The vibe is real. Playa magic. Secret sauce. Atypical serendipity. Whatever you call it, it’s being studied by social scientists around the world and written about in the annals of academia.

The vibe is real, but that doesn’t mean we must deny our Dada roots. We can yield a toilet plunger like a royal scepter. We can celebrate porta-loo beautification, and its absurd juxtaposition, as a legit art experience. We can invent a vibe-sensing device that has no sensors.

Stuart Mangrum talks with Dr. Graham St John, cultural anthropologist, author of many books and academic articles about Burning Man culture, festival culture, EDM, psychedelics, and other scholarly adjacencies. Listen in and learn the true meaning of “efflorescence” and “ephemeropolis.”

Burning Progeny Project

Wurst Storm Rising (Journal of Festive Studies)

The Big Empty (aeon Magazine)

dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture

Black Rock Gazette, Sept 5, 1999

Burning Man Phrase Generator, Javier F. Barrera

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Shouting Fire Radio: The Shout Heard ‘Round the World Jan 19, 2022

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How can we bring the magic back from BRC and Regional events? How can we connect and reflect year round? Radio.

Out of BRC's BMIR (Burning Man Information Radio) came the internet radio station Shouting Fire, which provides real world radio for Regional events, streaming to listeners everywhere. It’s now the Global Burner Radio Network connecting Texas to South Africa, Michigan to Argentina, Denmark to Spain, and on and on.

Michael Vav talks with General Manager Bobzilla, confessional host Contessa Luna, roving correspondent Steve Hippie Trap, and illusive maven "Sophie from Brussels." Tune in to a trip through time, a trip around the world.

Shouting Fire: Burning Man Live

Shouting Fire: Global Burner Radio Network

Shouting Fire: Bobzilla

Shouting Fire: Hippie Trap Live From the Smiling Van

Shouting Fire: Confessional with Contessa Luna (or twitch.tv/contessaluna)

ShoutingFire.com (iOS and Android apps), on iHeart Radio - Tune In Radio and Radio Garden

ShoutingFireHQ@Gmail.com

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Beloved Community in Our Midst Dec 08, 2021

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Lifelong social justice educators Shirley Strong and Simone Torrey share about Beloved Community, an inclusive interrelated space based on love, responsibility, compassion, shared power, and a deep respect that transforms. They also talk with Stuart about a new community engagement and learning platform. It’s not social media. It’s not e-courses. It’s a versatile hub of like-minded interactivity.

This conversation started with Civil Rights in the 1960s, and is now evolving on a global nexus called Hive.

Ten Ingredients for Building Beloved Community and Creating Belonging (on HIVE)

Burning Man Project’s Radical Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity (R.I.D.E.) Anti-Racism Pledge

Radical Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity at Burning Man

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Chef Juke's Wild Art Car R.I.D.E. Nov 24, 2021

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Let’s take a trip from Burning Man in 1994 to Sotheby’s Auction House in 2021; from the Department of Mutant Vehicles to the Radical Inclusion, Diversity & Equity stewardship; from Oregon to Nebraska to Las Vegas; from a sense of wonder to BRC 2022. Listening to this may inspire you to do something you hadn’t considered before.

Burning Man Culture: Radical Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

Burning Man: Sotheby's Art Auction: Boundless Space

Burning Man Staff: Patrice Mackey aka Chef Juke

www.chefjuke.com

Burning Man: Henry Chang and Artgineering

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Danger Ranger Nov 10, 2021

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Founder. Catalyst. Mythic character. Michael Mikel (aka Danger Ranger) shares stories of pranks and potential in the wild west (rural and urban) - this time with twists that tie together his other tales.

Stuart talks with him about what happened, what's happening, and what might happen next - from tough topics to rebel realizations.

It starts with "stuff no one has ever heard."

Some of the topics explored:

Prank activism / Coyote teaching
From PaperMan to a non-profit Corporation
Beach pagans and “Satanists with guns”
The harshness and opportunities of the high desert
The BRC mono-story of “naked white people”
Anti-consumerism (in a spendy way)
“Smiley,” the Man’s balls, and “Burn the man early.”
Cacophony Society’s Santas, Brides & Billboards
A divided society and “the one click dopamine kick”

The rest of M2's stories will be told at some point in the future or the past.

BurningMan.org Founders

DangerRanger.org

Michael Mikel

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Stories Around The Burn Barrel Oct 13, 2021

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Miss swapping stories around a fire? Start a show and name it The Burn Barrel. Know people you’d like to know better? Ask for the whole long story, and share it with the world.

Stuart Mangrum talks with Doxie from Detroit, Kay Morrison and Peter Durand about creating their long-form story show to keep us all connected until our next free-form social.

This episode includes stories about

Doxie & Burner Exchange: South African artist Braai describes the participant exchange between AfrikaBurn and Michigan’s “Lakes of Fire,” thanks to Chicago Regional Contact Richard "Heyu" Kelly (RIP)
Rebecca & Jess: Directors of the Flux Foundation share about the Flaming Lotus Girls and their reluctant, triumphant Temple at Black Rock City
Molly Vikart: The tale of Herman the Dog, Burning Man Project’s Director of Marketing

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