Art is the How - From BRC to Public Policy
He brought theme camps and art installations to Black Rock City, and yes, he DJed!Now he brings the spirit of kindness and collaboration (and Do-ocracy) into creating public policy.He co-founded a Bur...
13 Nov 202544min
Architecture as Poetry
“I think therefore I am.” ~DescartesJohn Jennifer adds: I care therefore we are… and you cannot think your way to ‘we’He is a poet, an architect, and a cultural instigator. He helped create The Museum...
30 Okt 202546min
Ranger Keeper - Frontier Principal
She’s a longtime senior leader of the Black Rock Rangers and the principal of the Gerlach K-12 School. Keeper lives year-round in Gerlach, one of the smallest and most remote towns in the US, and the ...
16 Okt 202559min
Black Rock Observatory - From the Playa to the Planets
Black Rock City has an airport, a hospital, a post office... and yes, an observatory! For a decade, the Black Rock Observatory has served as a portal to the cosmos, bringing deep space to the desert.F...
4 Okt 202537min
20 Years of Mutant Vehicles - Jon Sarriugarte & Zolie
Recorded in Black Rock City, you can hear the grainy gravitas of their voices...For decades now, Jon Sarriugarte, Kyrsten Mate, their daughter and their team build mobile art. From a meter maid cart t...
17 Sep 202544min
Desert Arts Preview - Hear the Stories
Hear the stories of the art and artists. Black Rock City hosts 400 artworks from around the world. This episode features 12 of them, and this year’s Temple. This is a sonic journey of artist's recordi...
22 Aug 202559min
Pro Tips for Black Rock City 2025
REMASTERED FOR 2025: Our most popular episode of all time. Listen in as longtime Burners talk about the dynamic aspects of thriving in Black Rock City: mental, physical, material, and relational.Andie...
13 Aug 20251h 8min
Alexander Rose - Thought Experiments in Time
Zander was the executive director of The Long Now Foundation, dedicated to long term thinking. He also helped build their library, a book club for the end of the world, with all the titles we would wa...
7 Aug 202544min
