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Independently produced by a revolving team of volunteers and Hosted by founder (mr)Arash, Burner Podcast is the longest running traditional audio podcast in the extended international community of Burning Man. Focused on year-round Burner consciousness and topics of intracultural interest, explore 150+ episodes at burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes.Burner Podcast host Arash Afshar is an Iranian-American SoCal-based professional photographer and community builder. Connect with him directly at arashafshar.comFollow instagram.com/BurnerPodcast and facebook.com/burnerpodcast for wildly irregular updates.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIndependently produced by a revolving team of volunteers and Hosted by founder (mr)Arash, Burner Podcast is the longest running traditional audio podcast in the extended international community of Burning Man. Burner Podcast host Arash Afshar is an Iranian-American SoCal-based professional photographer and community builder.
Recent episodes include "The Joy of Missing Out on Burning Man" (27 August 2026, 121 minutes), "So You're Going to Burning Man!" (20 August 2026, 120 minutes), and "Alkaline: Go South at Spice of Life" (18 August 2026, 126 minutes).
Burner Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 101 minutes across 178 episodes.
Booking probability for Burner Podcast is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Burner Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Burner Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Burner Podcast is a society podcast with 178 episodes published.
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Episode #164
A snarky roundtable to comfort listeners in the default feeling FOMO Published [9/1/26] You've done a lot of Burning Man! In fact, you've done so much Burning Man, that you've gotten to the point where you're actually...
Episode #163
Meet your mentors as you embark on your Hero's Journey through Black Rock City Published: 8/20/26 Burning Man is a lot! It's overwhelming even for the veterans. But this particular episode is for the newest additions to...
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Burner Podcast Presents: Alkaline The Soundtrack to Your Burn Session A072: Go South Recorded live at Spice of Life Campout outside Sydney, Australia Based in Sydney, Australia, Go South is a melodic house and techno DJ...
Episode #161
Mutant vehicle creator Henry Chang on art, engineering, and courage in the face of cruelty Published [8/11/26] Henry Chang can be described in so many ways and they'd all be accurate. Jazz-pianist-turned-electronic...
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Burner Podcast Presents: Alkaline The Soundtrack to Your Burn Session A071: Tormenta at Spanky's Wine Bar Recorded live at Spanky's Wine Bar, Black Rock City 2025 Based in Berlin, Germany, Shirin — aka Tormenta — is a...
Based in the Bay Area of California, Priscilla Hernandez (aka DJ Priscilla) is a pillar of the burner community. She is a resident DJ with the Heavy Petting Zoo, a Burning Man camp and mutant vehicle dedicated to...
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Born on the South Side of Chicago and based in Seattle, Chris Offutt (aka Black Velveteen) is a pillar of the Pacific Northwest creative community and the founder of the Sage Rites record label. Her musical foundation...
Episode #161
Ben Haldeman is backing up our collective memories across the stars Published [3/31/26] Ben Haldeman is an engineer, explorer, and the visionary founder of LifeShip — designing pyramids filled with DNA archives and...
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Alkaline A068: Shamiran (Camp YOUniversal) 📅 [3/18/26] The Soundtrack to Your Burn In this session, we welcome a true sonic ambassador of the global community. Born in Iran and based in Los Angeles, Shamiran is an...
Burner Podcast Presents: Alkaline A067: Piccaya at Afrikaburn 2025 Welcome to the all new, all different ( but mostly the same same ) Burner Podcast Presents Alkaline — the soundtrack to your burn. Our new season opener...
Episode #160
A Post-Burning Man 2025 chat with 20-year veteran & camp lead Rand Pate The dust has barely settled, and Arash is still shaking it out of his hair—and maybe out of his brain. In this post-Burning Man 2025 debrief, he...
Episode #159
Roadtrip to Burning Man 2025 The Annual Pre-Playa Planner™ It's that time again, kids! The Pre-Playa Planner is the yearly tradition where Arash delegates all the actual research to his way-more-responsible guests. This...
Episode #158
And on his seventh Burn, Tyler Williams truly came Home For his first six Burns, musician and professional Las Vegas community builder Tyler Williams attended Burning Man the millionaire way — flying in late, partying...
Episode #157
Anthony Bondi refuses to let Las Vegas's arts history disappear For over two decades, Anthony Bondi has been a living archive of Las Vegas' arts and counterculture movements. From his large-scale tactile installations...
Episode #3
Burner Podcast Presents The Dispatch Joseph Mancuso, better known as Joman, is the producer behind the Burner Podcast theme song, a remix of America's "Horse With No Name." In this Dispatch, Arash and Joman catch up...
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The Dispatch – Episode 002: Rat Lady Guest: Rat Lady Recorded on: 2/28/25 Arash hops on a call with Rat Lady of Mobility Camp to discuss practical ways we can all practice Radical Inclusion by making our Burns more...
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The Dispatch – Episode 001: Public Menace Guest: Jonny aka Public Menace Recorded on 2/25/25 Jonny, also known as Public Menace , shook up Reddit with his independent 180-page audit of Burning Man. In the inaugural...
Episode #156
📅 2/29/2025 The importance of physical community spaces has never been greater. In this episode, we dive into the story of CoLab, San Diego's maker space —where it started, what it took to get to where it is now, and...
Episode #155
Burn Perimeter Dispatch from the LA Fires In this episode, we take a very personal look at the devastating LA fires, Burners stepping up to help, and the way our community shows up in moments of crisis. Today's episode...
Arash reconnects with Halcyon for a lively and candid conversation about Burning Man 2024. In this episode, they kick off by reflecting on Burner culture at large and frustrations with the growing toxicity in online...
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