DJ Celeste Taps into Virtual Reality

My guest is Dylan Hogan, aka Major Trouble - The founder of BRC Snow Club, resident DJ for Disco Donutz (Heavy Petting Zoo), and former board member of Airpusher and Sextant Camp.

I talked with him in March, 2024. To introduce him to you, I am using the words of Joel Kristopher, Zookeeper at Heavy Petting Zoo, who recently posted about his friend, Major Trouble:  Huge! Massive! Epic! Shout out to my brother from another Unicorn, Dylan Hogan, aka Major Trouble for all that he has recently accomplished, with no plans of slowing down.

Last year Dylan, with the help of his hottie in crime, Rachael Gingery, created the Black Rock City Snow Club, who brought the 1st Ski, Sled and Snowboard hill to Burning Man. During this same time, he also dove deep into music production, producing 8+ original house bangers to fill his set with at Breakfast of Champions. Keep it up Boo! I’m proud of you! (abbreviated)

Links associated to the podcast

Burner Podcast and Into The Fire is not affiliated with the Burning Man Organization or any affiliates.  It’s just a podcast by a burner.  Check out photos and links associated to this podcast at www.intothefirebm.com  Check out more podcasts at www.burnerpodcast.com.  Check out www.shoutingfire.com for the online, global radio network.  

BRC Snow Club Facebook and Instagram

Facebook Page for Heavy Petting Zoo and Art Car Instagram

Major Trouble’s website with a “contact” button.  FB Page for Major Trouble

Top two photos by Rachel Gregory

Photo by Joel Kristopher

Photo by Joshua King of San Francisco

BRC Snow Club, 2023 taken by Dylan Hogan

Meet Blondie!  She’s an avid volunteer at Black Rock City, owns an art car, and volunteers to help produce Burnal Equinox and Decompression in San Francisco.  She camps with Dustfish at BRC and always comes to the party looking blingtastic! Suz and Blondie both volunteer with San Francisco Community Events Team for Burning Man and want to encourage burners to put on events in their area too.   

Links associated to the podcast

Burning Man Community Events Page

History of Special Events at Burning Man

Dustfish website

Photograph of Blondie: Michael Olsen on Flickr

Playa Art Car Photograph: Mark Fromson

Costume Photograph: Sharon P Boone

Meet Megan Wood 

Burner, Volunteer, Publisher and Author of Children’s Books

Megan Wood is the author of Farm Day Adventures, a children's book series. She was inspired by her experiences working with children and volunteering as a burner and working with farm animals.   Passionate about children, big art & animals (currently goats), we talk about her experience on big burner projects and how they influenced her writing.  

Links associated to the podcast

Website for Temple Builders Guild

Website for the 2024 Temple of Together

Link to purchase the book

One book on Youtube

Go Fund Me campaign

Email address to contact Megan Wood: Farmdayadventures@gmail.com

Photographs provided by Megan Wood

Intro music by Duckman on Soundcloud

A Visit with Lysa Joy, aka Dazzle!

How to feed 700 artists/builders in 4 days

Dazzle was a guest of the podcast in 2017 when she talked about BRC Wheels on Meals. 2024 will be her 11th  year since she first started this project delivering hot meals to art build crews of Black Rock City during build week.  Armed with a generator and a microwave on a flat-bed trailer and gifting sporks, Dazzle and her crew have delivered over 5000 meals over the years.  She also talks about her other passions, including bringing awareness to the mobility challenged  at Burning Man, educating people on fundraising and trying to retire from Burning Man.  You can catch Dazzle at Love Burn in Florida this February (yes! In a few weeks) and what its like to try and pack for a burn that you fly to. She will also be at Pagan Bunny Burn with her project Bunny Bytes, Unscruz in May where she celebrates her BD every year and Juplaya in July at the Black Rock Desert and of course ttitd in August at her new camp, Playa Pauls concierge services camp.  Outside of Burning Man, she also volunteers in her local community at a performing arts center.

 Links associated to the podcast

BRC Wheels on Meals FB Page

B.A.I.T. Program

Dazzle’s email: lysajoy@gmail.com

Playa Weddings - a Talk with Ranger Beauty

Learn about the variety of BRC wedding options 

Meet Ranger Beauty, an ordained minister who has been providing wedding officiant services to couples at Black Rock City and other Regionals for many years.   We talked about the many  types of playa weddings for couples, and even individuals. We included information about the legal requirements for the legal wedding option And about how to become an ordained minister for your friends and family weddings.  However, you will want to consult the state of your Regionals event for updates and information.

Links associated to the podcast

This podcast is not associated with the Burning Man organization and is just a conversation podcast.  Please consult the State of Nevada and this website for  updates and information.  Also consult with Burning Man’s website to see an information page about playa weddings .  

Ranger Beauty’s email:  rangerbeauty@gmail.com 

Photographs by Rat Bastard

Find all the podcasts from Into The Fire Burner Podcast at www.intothefirebm.com and at the Burner Podcast Soundcloud Channel for downloadables.  Thanks for listening and tell  your friends about these podcasts. Thanks!  

We love to gift and receive swag!  We love our pendants, stickers and patches swag collection!  We love our pendants, stickers and patches swag collection! There are some really creative burners making small art that sometimes magically shows up in our hands as a gift.Meet Tod Johnson has made it his project to curate and collect beautiful, miniature art pieces commonly known as playa swag. He is the curator of the Playa Artifacts Museum at BRC.  Tod talks about his collection and how the swag community has grown over the years.   

Links associated to the podcast

Come explore the collection from the Playa Artifacts Museum at www.PlayaMakers.com

Contact via the website

Photographs by Tod Johnson and M. Wei

PAM Docent, Suzanne Eggli

Photo:  Tod Johnson

This was recorded live in January, 2023 on a live, Shouting Fire online  radio show.  Halcyon Styn is a social media pioneer who has been storytelling online for 20 years. His weekly podcast "Hug Nation" has been influential and motivational for thousands of listeners.  Mr. Arash produces the longest running burner podcast on Burner Podcast.  This is a conversation of interest to anyone who is beginning a plan to make changes in their lives, such as new year resolutions or big goals. Listen to gear up  your plans and move forward with good intentions.   It's a long one.  You can download it and listen in two or three sessions.  My podcasts are produced in association with Burner Podcast as part of the podcast collective.  Find Halcyon and Mr. Arash's podcasts online or check out the links associated to this podcast on the Into The Fire website.  

Meet Benjamin Langholz, interactive sculpture artist, who brought Beam to Black Rock City, 2022. Made of steam I Beams, the art installation called Beam spanned 150 feet long and was meant to be walked from start to point and then down to the other end while walking across its 14 inch-wide girth. Benjamin talks about his past art installations including Stone 27 that came out in 2019 and  Stone 40 that was part of a Burning Man curated exhibit at Chatsworth House in England, 2022. Learn good information for anyone thinking of bringing out an art installation to BRC or a Regional.  

Links associated to the podcast

Benjamin’s Instagram

Benjamin’s website

Shibari Sanctuary

Caveat Magister’s article mentioned in the intro

Contact:  Blangholz@gmail.com

Photographs by Benjamin Langholz

Intro music by Duckman on Soundcloud

Stone 27 at Black Rock City, 2019

The Black Rock Philharmonic is a group of professional and amateur musicians from different camps that performs classical music for the ever-growing Burning Man community.  Meet Eric, or Dr FireTuba, conductor and organizer, who talks about their beginnings, their 2022 concert music program on the Playa, some wonderful shoutouts to other acoustic groups in the desert, and great stories.  From the dust, supported by dozens of musicians from all over Black Rock and the organization team of Erin, Roger, and Alyce, an orchestra is formed.  How do they pull off performing such amazing music with limited practice together?  Find out how and more on this podcast. Tell all your friends to check out the variety of amazing burner guests at Burner Podcast.com and intothefirebm.com.  

Links associated to the podcast

Black Rock Philharmonic on Facebook

Black Rock Philharmonic website with lots of videos to watch

The Folly Builders Paradisium

Eric’s email:  nerdoscience@gmail.com 

Photograph by www.sharonavraham.com, graphic art  by Roger Wu

Intro music by Duckman on Soundcloud

Camp Kitchen Leads Tell Us Tips

Big or small camps and villages as well as pre-build crew care teams can learn from three kitchen leads sharing their knowledge and experience to make it easier for us to set up our own kitchens.  

If you have a camp that has a camp kitchen, if you are thinking about setting one up for the first time, if you cook at all on the playa, then this podcast might be for you.  How do the big camps do it?   What’s the best way to freeze things and can I have food delivered to camp on playa?  What about food and safety? All these questions and more are answered by Amber, Kat and Anthony who all have kitchen experience.  Share this podcast on your camp discussion groups! 

Links associated to this podcast:

Facebook Group talked about in this podcast

Approved Vendors on the Burning Man Website

BRC Chomp Guide- add your food camp gifting there!  Per owner, the guide will be posted to social media when ready, probably early August.  All entries receive an email with link. .

River rafting podcast on food packing for a river run

Amber’s favorite playlist to watch while working on camp kitchen, pre-Playa

Burning Man’s Camp Resource Guide, including Food and Food Safety

Burning Man’s information on gifting food and the permits needed

Burning Man Food Guidance from the government agency

Disorient 

Playa Choir Group on Facebook

Pink Heart

Templates used to stay organized and gifted to other camps:

Playa Choir worksheet template for Crew Care Build and Strike Meals

Photograph taken of Amber by Stewart Smith

Intro music by Duckman on Soundcloud