Episode 41 with Joshua Martelli is out now! He first encountered Burning Man in the media in the early 2000’s but it took him about 10 years before he was ready to go. In 2009 he was invited by a friend to camp at Camp Zoom (although no one was told he was coming) and made life-long connections there. From 2011-13 he solo camped on the playa before returning to Camp Zoom later. Joshua also revived the Mint 400 offroad race which used to be a Nevada legend decades before. In 2023 he became the camp lead for Camp Zoom. Joshua has some incredible stories and a lot of thoughtful insights especially when it comes to consent, give it a listen today.

https://themint400.com/

theheadrobot@gmail.com

https://www.campzoom.org/about

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Shadow Shorts #2 is out now! Recorded at BRC in 2025 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s story, please enjoy this short story of how Burning Man has impacted and influenced people over time.

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Episode 39 with Debi “Crackerjack” Mansour is out now! Camping with friends she first landed in Black Rock City in 2013. After that first year experience she went back to Rochester, NY and found her local burner community. In 2014 she went to Playa Del Fuego where she started a themecamp called “Crackerjack’s Booty Camp”. She also went to her first upstate NY Regional “Portal Burn" in 2014 where she set about to volunteer. After that she did an annual “Booty Pageant" and "Crackerjack's Booty Camp” lived on for 6 more years. She is now on the Board Of Directors for Portal Burn. She was involved in a Burnal Equinox in Rochester which she took over in 2017, in 2019 they formed a Nonprofit called “Not Your Mom”. Others started another “Burn” called “Cosmic Burn” in 2020 which was invitation only, she helped to organize the 2nd one. In 2021 Cosmic Burn was a themecamp at Portal Burn. And in late 2021 Cosmic Burn got official Burning Man Regional Status.

Being a burner is so much more than just going to Black Rock City, there is a whole world of global Burners. Debi’s story is one of the first dives into this world, please give it a listen and learn how far Burning Man culture is spreading.

https://portalburn.org/

http://cosmicburn.org/

https://www.notyourmominc.org/

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