intothefire's podcast

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

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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

Last time Suz and Dave Keane talked, he and his crew were making The Folly in 2019 and Dave was lead builder of Temple, 2018.  Most recently, his crew is ready for their next big-art build called Paradisium, aka the Folly Forest.  We hear from crew member Paul Franke.  With 20-26 iconic trees making up a forest at Black Rock City in 2022, it’s meant to lose us in the art as we find all nooks and crannies and climb some of the trees in the forest.  The buzz about!  Learn about where it’s built, what is needed and how to help.  Even if you are not going to Burning Man this year, there’s plenty of fun volunteering for this art build currently in Oakland, California. The lovely Veronica, Folly Builders Project Manager, popped in at the end and introduced herself. 

Links associated to this podcast:

The Folly Builders website with info on how to donate and volunteer

Folly Builders Facebook page

Dave Keane talking about The Folly  at a Burning Man symposium in 2019

The Folly Build on Into The Fire podcast posted in 2019

Intro music by Duckman on Soundcloud

Photos taken by Dave Keane

Into The Fire and Burner Podcast are  not affiliated with the Burning Man Organization.  It’s just a podcast. 

What happens when a collection of Black Rock Juplaya camps decide to fund art by getting permits and selling tickets?  

Meet the board of Everywhen Project, 2022 is working towards a week-long event at Black Rock Desert, 2022.  With over 2.5K members of their FB group, interest is growing and they are just getting started.  The board and the event grew out of camps regularly attending Juplaya at Black Rock Desert in Nevada.  With a passion for art, they developed a non-profit and a plan to obtain a permit for a ticketed event where a lot of the proceeds go to fund artists and their projects.  What is it like to get a larger event with permits, infrastructure, environmental stewardship and other important parts of a large, ticketed event.   Learn about how they are funding as much art as possible.  

Links associated to the podcast:

Official website: 

https://www.everywhenproject.org/about

Find their Facebook Group here

https://www.facebook.com/everywhen 

Graphic arts by Mike Parisi

Intro music from Duckman found on Soundcloud

Meet Tree Jay Lee from The Temple Builders Guild.  It’s a new group of temple builders who got together and figured out a way to handle temple build tools and to keep a collection of tools for the next temple build.  This involves transportation and even Airstream made into a kitchen that is ready to deploy meals to a large build crew for years to come.  It’s the start of what is infrastructure that is passed down from year to year.  Their mission is to make temple builds as well as  municipal, community art projects,  easier for the artist(s) and teams who build them by equipping them with the necessary equipment while reducing waste and increasing efficiency. If they can do it, so can your team.  Learn from them and save your collected legacy for the next crew!  

Links associated to the podcast:

Temple Builders Guild website

Photograph of Tree Jay Lee by Mathew Gilbuena

Intro music from Duckman found on Soundcloud

Super Suz talks with Caveat Magister, Burning Man’s philosopher laureate. He’s the author of The Scene That Became Cities: what Burning Man philosophy can teach us about building better communities, and Turn Your Life Into Art: lessons in Psychomagic from the San Francisco Underground. His newest book is a synthesis of the San Francisco underground art scene and explains how they create highly personal and potentially transformative, designed experiences for participants. Corporations are trying to do this too with marketing and branding, however, Caveat explains why it’s rag-tag artists who have the most potential for psychomagic.   

Links associated to the podcast:

Burning Man’s webpage for the Philosophical Center

My favorite video on Caveat’s Youtube Channel

Photograph of Caveat by Tex Allen

Book cover image: “Connections” by Oxana Belka, 2019 with the photo by  Ales Prikryl aka DustToAshes

Intro music from Duckman found on Soundcloud

Some have said that 2021, besides being a virtual burn year, was all about the art cars.  That’s debatable, I know.  Instead of debating, we hear from two art car owners who called in to one of my Tuesday night shows on Shouting Fire online radio.  We talked about their experience at the Renegade Burn with their art cars.  This recording was made on August 28th, 2021.  I played some recorded mutant vehicle DJ sets, then we hear from Scotty, the  owner of the  AntiDysentery Art Car.  I played some more music and then we hear from Dustin, the owner of Shelly the Crab Art Car.  Both talk about their cars and what it was like to drive it around the playa in 2021 during the Black Rock Desert Renegade Burn.  

Links Associated to this Podcast

Shelly the Crab Art Car

https://hackaday.io/project/163566-shelly-the-crab

Anti Dysentery Art Car

https://antidysentery.com/ 

Burning Man Intellectual Property article

Intro Music by Duckman found on Souncloud

Download all the Into The Fire podcasts on the Burner Podcast Soundcloud Channel. 

Super Suz spoke with Sunshine Daydream in the spring of 2021.  He’s the Chief Radical Instigator of Playatech. He’s one of the most prolific artists in Black Rock City that nobody knows about.  He created Playatech in 2005 to spoof Decommodification, and it’s been used all these years in thousands of camps.  Learn how you and your campmates can turn plywood into Playatech in any garage or backyard.  It’s easy to fabricate, easy to pack, easy to assemble, and perfect for any playa needs from DJ booths to bike parking. This is a great summer to get rid of skanky, bulky playa couches and update your camp and village infrastructure! 

Links associated to the podcast:

www.playatech.com

sunshine@playatech.com

Photographs by Glimmer

Intro Music by Duckman

Super Suz spoke with Dave X, Fire Art Safety Team Manager at Burning Man Project, to find out what are some of the things Burners need to be aware of when burning an effigy.  Many burners are gathering together this summer and this is the podcast that will help burners know about fire safety, fire awareness and other important things to think about and know when using fire to burn.  

Links associated to the podcast:

Article: Creating Dangerous Art Safely

Article: Interview with Dave X in 2020 by Kirsten Weisenburger

Article:  2016 Dave X  about the development of his department

Photograph of Dave X  by John Curley

Intro music from Alkaline Podcast, Episode A005 featuring Makii.  Find it on the Burner Podcast Soundcloud Channel.

Super Suz spoke with Tex Allen back in 2019 and he’s back. This time, his new project is his TTITD website for NFT’s that features honoraria artists and helps them fund new projects and earn income for their existing art. “Patronage IS Participation!” is Tex's new mantra. A portion of the NFT purchases will go towards a donation to Burning Man Project as well.  This is an independent website and group of artists who’ve stepped up and taken leadership in the new digital artspace.  Four months of work comes together soon and those who are curious will get to see what becomes of burner NFT’s when TTITD launches in late June, 2021.

Links associated to the podcast:

The NFT website

Photograph by Cat Foshee.  

Intro music from Alkaline Podcast, Episode 18 featuring Laser Rot [Shangri-Lawless].  Find it on the Burner Podcast Soundcloud Channel. 

7-year burner, Matthew Shapard, aka Shap, is a San Diego based burner who has created several wearable performance art pieces to bring out to Black Rock City as well as his local Regional.   His camp “Yes, And” hosts performance space and serves cheesy treats at San Diego’s regional YOUtopia.  His recent project, Personal Space, is something that is very relevant for us today with our six feet or more perimeter space that each of us is trying to live with every day.  We talk about what it was like for Shap to keep a personal space at Burning Man, which was Shap not giving consent for anyone to enter his circle of personal space throughout the whole time he wears the ring.  What was that like? Shap also reminds us that we don’t have to “go big” to participate by bringing art to Burning Man and the regionals.  Lastly, Shap advocates  how we can help out San Diego Collaborative Arts which is their local Project 501(c)3.  

Photography by Scott Ketcham 

Intro music is by Mikey High Jinks [Movement of Jah People] on Alkaline Podcast, episode A006

Links Associated to this Podcast:

San Diego Collaborative Arts:  www.Sdcap.org

Burning Man Calendar:  https://marketplace.burningman.org/ 

Meet the Keymaster.  Have you ever wondered if aliens or dimensional beings ever visited Burning Man?  I have.  My guest, Eric Steven Rankin, first  became interested in the possibility of other worlds and dimensions in the 1970’s.  This led him to his work on Sonic Geometry, which is his theory and study of geometric symmetry found throughout our universe in physical space and sound.   Eric is also a burner.  We’ll hear several of his burner stories including his “close encounters” of the Playa kind. Did you know that some of his material is found in the graphic art of this year’s Burning Man poster?  By the way, the Multiverse poster is a fundraising opportunity for Burning Man. Find it at the Burning Man website.   Nicole Bloss, the artist of that poster, is a guest of my podcast.  She talked about Eric in our recorded conversation and then she introduced me to him.

Links associated to this podcast:

Sonic Geometry website

Keymaster’s local Southern California radio show, Awakening Code, recordings 

Burning Man’s Multiverse Poster (Buy one and support Burning Man)

Burning Man Art Speaks video series

Photography by Eric Steven Rankin

Intro music by DJ Kafa [Movement of Jah People] on Alkaline Podcast, episode A049