Burning Man LIVE

Watch on YouTube. Stanford Professor and social psychologist Brian Lowery talked with Stuart in Black Rock City to reimagine the myth of the self-reliant individual.From the power of connection to the dangers of modern isolation, and the erasure of "third spaces" in the default world, Brian breaks down the social science of flourishing community.They explore how the friction-filled uniqueness of Burning Man amplifies how deeply we impact one another. · Radical Self-expression: How much is it just about you, or for (and from) the community? · Radical Self-reliance: Is it a delusion? What does it look like to create city-sized reliance?· Gifting: non-transactional gifts are magical, sure. What about the gifting we’re doing when we’re just being?It’s a perspective-shifting conversation on how we work with our original programming in this new world, and own the impact of interactions to prevent and reverse a lonely world.Watch and hear how much of who you are may be just a rolling compilation of the people you know.Watch on YouTube. www.brianloweryphd.comwikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lowerywww.knowwhatyousee.com/podcastwww.ted.com/speakers/brian_s_lowery LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

Watch it on YouTube. Dystopia is compelling. What’s the opposite? Hope.Xtina Chu and Corey Johnson talk in Black Rock City about all things interesting with our solar future happening now! They share how in an age of cynicism, optimism is the ultimate punk rock rebellion.What started as a DIY experiment has evolved into a megawatt array gifting clean-energy to EV art cars and fuel-free theme camps. Meanwhile, back in California, they deploy rapid disaster-relief. They’re rewriting the rules of power, even large-scale event power.  The future doesn’t stink. Moving away from individualism, they view "self-reliance" as a collective resilience network. They shine a light on the engineering — and cultural engineering — happening now and forever, more and more.Videography by: Damien Blue, Duncan Rawlinson, and Jamen PercyWatch it on YouTube. https://www.solarpunks.clubhttps://journal.burningman.org/2026/08/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/2026-sustainability-updatehttps://journal.burningman.org/2026/07/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/the-race-to-decarbonize-black-rock-city LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

Watch on YOUTUBE.Watch this adventure (recorded in Black Rock City) about how art is built, and how it finds its people. Dr. Diane Hoffoss designs, crafts, and finds funding for interactive art in BRC and out in the wide world. See the art and the conversation with Andie Grace about unsolved problems, lasers, and joy. “Inspired positivity and joy, bringing all this happiness back. We need that.”They decode the depth between interactive art, interactive math, and the universe. They share stories about the art collective ArtBuilds, the nonprofit Makerspace CoLab, and the Burning Man Regional event YOUtopia... and how Diane's university funded her Burning Man art as official scholarly research.Watch all the way to the end for the best part: how building a laser playground in the dust might just solve the mystery of restoring faith in humanity.www.dianehoffoss.comCover Photo: Frank GuthrieBio Photo: Ariele Baragona LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

Jamie Wheal, author of Stealing Fire and Recapture the Rapture, and the viral article The Man WILL Burn!, joins Stuart to unpack the cultural anthropology of peak states. They explore how Black Rock City serves as a crucible for thriving in the future.  They deep dive into: Hedonic Engineering: Inducing bliss without cravings, healing without the cringe, and communing without it becoming a cult. The Culture of Culture: How movements morph, why BRC’s builders are like Navy SEALs, and resetting through radical participation. Practical Optimism: Letting go of 21st Century normal, and keeping your shit together in the shitshow. Watch them un-forget how to make that magic anywhere. wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Wheal jamiewheal.substack.com/p/the-man-will-burn wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Will_Burn LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

Watch it on YouTube. No spoilers. This is the making of the docuseries The Man Will Burn. This is the context for what was filmed, who said what, and what got cut; the cameras and the chaos (and the quinoa). Burning Man Project’s CEO Marian Goodell talks with Jehane Noujaim Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director. They share the creative challenge of assembling Burning Man’s story from a mosaic of a million people’s stories. They dive right into the interweaving 35 years of archival footage with the personal journeys of a dozen participants from a dozen places. Watch Marian and Jehane’s conversation, recorded the day after the premiere at Tribeca. Hit play on the dust and trust of the blank canvas that becomes a city year after year, and a 4-hour film about its start, its false stops, and its proliferating permutations. burningman.org/documentaries/the-man-will-burn www.imdb.com/title/tt29033873 wikipedia.org/Jehane_Noujaim journal.burningman.org/author/marian LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG