Leadership — Life is a Festival

Megan Miller: Why Burners Must Participate in this Election

Life is a Festival #176

The importance of civic responsibility in a time of political polarization

Community, Gender, Leadership, Burning Man, PoliticsEamon ArmstrongNovember 4, 2024Comment

Atish: Beats, Breaks, and Balance, a DJ Unplugs

Life is a Festival #175

Service, legacy, and giving back to one’s community.

Community, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Fame, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mentorship, Music, RaceEamon ArmstrongOctober 25, 2024Comment

Chip Conley: Midlife is also a Festival

Life is a Festival #171

Midlife is not a crisis but a chrysalis—a time for transformation and growth.

Community, Death, Race, Festivals, Leadership, Mentorship, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJuly 19, 2024Chip ConleyComment

Lizz Larouge & Guinevere Rhonwen: Love's Many Colors

Life is a Festival #168

Guinevere Rhonwen & Lizz Larouge created the festival Colours of Love on the island d of Koh Phangan as their wedding celebration.

Leadership, Community, Festivals, Personal Growth, Art, Business, Gender, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongMarch 19, 2024Comment

Sami Awad & Sharon Avraham: A Lighthouse for the Middle East

Life is a Festival #167

Sami and Sharon return to the show to discuss their ambitious peace project, the Lighthouse.

Critical Thinking, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Burning Man, Art, Community, Festivals, Politics, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongFebruary 15, 2024Comment

Julia Maryanska & Ian MacKenzie: From Polyagony to a Village of Lovers

Life is a Festival #166

The Village of Lovers helps us heal the wounds of gender and experience love free from fear.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, Community, Critical Thinking, Film, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongFebruary 6, 2024TameraComment

Colette Pervette: Why Are All My Friends Becoming Dominatrixes?

Life is a Festival #163

Instead of healing the kink, let the kink heal you.

Community, Harm Reduction, Personal Growth, Gender, Leadership, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 26, 2023Kink, DominatrixComment

Ilana Gilovich-Wave: Requiem for Sleep No More

Life is a Festival #162

Immersing into immersive experience design with one of the world's most iconic theatrical experiences, Sleep No More.

Community, Harm Reduction, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 7, 2023IrelandComment

Darragh Stewart: The Indigenous Medicine of Ireland

Life is a Festival #161

Ancient Ireland was like the Amazon, with impenetrable forests navigable only by rivers, deep mysticism, and its very own indigenous medicine, the psychedelic Liberty Cap mushrooms.

Community, Harm Reduction, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongNovember 17, 2023IrelandComment

Tyler Hanson: Shenanigans! The Art of Immersive Experience Design

Life is a Festival #158

Exploring immersive art from the circus to vaudeville to Dada, to beatniks and hippies, and all the way to the Cacophony Society and Burning Man.

Art, Community, Festivals, Leadership, Burning ManEamon ArmstrongOctober 2, 2023Comment

Marian Goodell et al: Inside Burning Man’s Worst Case Scenario

Life is a Festival #157

Will our changing climate stop Burning Man, or will our collective resilience and response to crisis make our community stronger.

Mental Wellness, Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Leadership, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Art, Business, Harm ReductionEamon ArmstrongSeptember 15, 2023Burning ManComment

Caveat Magister - At Burning Man, We're All Amateurs

Life is a Festival #156

Burning Man doesn’t have to be transformational.

Psychedelics, Art, Mental Wellness, Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Leadership, Personal Growth, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongAugust 23, 2023Burning ManComment

Eviatar Frankel: Facing Death with Grace

Life is a Festival #154

Rarely do individuals possess the courage, wisdom, or awareness to confront death with genuine presence.

Personal Growth, Psychedelics, Critical Thinking, Death, LeadershipEamon ArmstrongJuly 28, 2023 Comment

Nick Powers: The Revolution Will Be a Carnival

Life is a Festival #149

By emphasizing fun, sacrilege, and even the grotesque, we can safeguard social justice against dogmatism and self-righteousness, preventing its co-option.