Shadow Of The Man
This is a show about how Burning Man has impacted people, places, and things over time. It is a twice monthly long form interview show with a guest who is invited to tell their story. All of the guests have a history with Burning Man with some going back to beyond the beginning. Shadow Of The Man showcases our guests and allows them to tell their stories in the manner they want and how they see fit to tell it. These are genuine unedited conversations with movers and shakers as well as burners not many have ever heard of. If you are curious about not just what the hell all these people are doing way out in the desert but why they keep coming back year after year, this is the show for you. #burningman #blackrockcity #burningmanpodcast
Episodes
43 episodes
EP 43 Shadow Shorts #3
Shadow Shorts #3 is out now! Recorded at BRC in 2025 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s story, please enjoy this short story of how Burning Man has impacted and influenced...
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Episode 43
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8:37
EP 42 John Law
Episode 42 with John Law is out now! John goes waaaaay back to being part of the Suicide club in the late 70’s to early 80’s. He is a founding member of the Cacophany Society that gave life to numerous children, namely Burning Man, Santacon, Ba...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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1:51:52
EP 41 Joshua Martelli
Episode 41 with Joshua Martelli is out now! He first encountered Burning Man in the media in the early 2000’s but it took him about 10 years before he was ready to go. In 2009 he was invited by a friend to camp at Camp Zoom (although no one was...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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1:30:21
EP 40 Shadow Shorts #2
Shadow Shorts #2 is out now! Recorded at BRC in 2025 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s story, please enjoy this short story of how Burning Man has impacted and influenced...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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7:19
EP 39 Debi "Crackerjack" Mansour
Episode 39 with Debi “Crackerjack” Mansour is out now! Camping with friends she first landed in Black Rock City in 2013. After that first year experience she went back to Rochester, NY and found her local burner community. In 2014 she went to P...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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1:24:49
EP 38 Tex Burner
Episode 38 with Tex Burner (aka Tex Allen) is out now! He first experienced the Black Rock desert in 2006 when he went to 4th of Juplaya. 3 years later he returned to go to Black Rock City in 2009. His first time out he camped with Unicorn Ranc...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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1:18:40
EP 37 Shadow Shorts #1
Shadow Shorts #1 is out now! Recorded at BRC in 2025 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s story, please enjoy this short story of how Burning Man has impacted and influenced...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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7:58
EP 36 Harley Dubois
Episode 36 with Harley Dubois is out now! In 1988 She was enrolled at the Berkeley Psychic Institute when she found a great apartment in SF at 1907 Golden Gate. Over the next few years she unwittingly held afterparties for Cacophany Society eve...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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1:17:03
EP 35 Stuart Mangrum
Episode 35 with Stuart Mangrum is out now! He has worn many hats over the years, currently known as the host of the Burning Man Live podcast. Start has been a member of the Cacophany society for many years and first hit the playa in 1993. His f...
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Episode 35
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1:20:40
EP 34 Dean Barlese
Episode 34 with Dean Barlese is out now! He is an elder in the Piute community who has been going to Black Rock City since 2001. He is involved with Protect Thacker Pass which is a group that wants to preserve sacred land that is a historical m...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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49:57
EP 33 Wolfie
Episode 33 with Wolfie is out now! She grew up in Pacifica where she encountered people burning this wooden “Man” on the beach in the early 1990’s. It turns out it was Larry Harvey and early burners replicating their Baker beach experience for ...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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1:16:49
EP - 32 Kay Morrison
Episode 32 with Kay Morrison is out now! Before discovering Burning Man Kay was involved in the world of protests in Seattle and internationally. She first landed in BRC in 2000 and then camped with the Space Virgins in 2001 (and then Area 47 v...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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1:18:27
EP 31 Paradox Pollack
Episode 31 with Paradox Pollack is out now! Please give it a listen today. He ran away from home and went to San Francisco, almost dying in a fire on the way. Paradox is one of the founders of Cell Space, an iconic event venue in SF where many ...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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1:17:23
EP 30 Metric
Episode 30 with Metric is out now. He first went to BRCin 1998 when he worked as a sound engineer in San Francisco. In 1999 he volunteered with the Temple of Ishtar. In 2000 he volunteered with Burning Man and first went to the Ranch. After the...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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1:14:42
EP 29 Diva Marisa
Episode 29 with Diva Marisa is out now. Meet Marisa who first heard about Burning Man as a 12 year old girl living in the bay area by reading about it in a Cacophany Society newsletter. She first hit the playa in 1999 to sing in Pepe Ozan’s ope...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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1:18:38
EP 28 Monique Schiess
Episode 28 with Monique Schiess is out now. Meet Monique who first landed in Black Rock City in 2004. By 2007 she was co-founding Afrikaburn with Paul Jorgensen. She helped to run Aftrikaburn for 16 years before she was “abruptly let go”. She i...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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1:12:03
EP 27 Danger Ranger
Episode 27 the Season Premiere is out now. Meet Michael Mikel (aka Danger Ranger) one of the earliest founding members of Burning Man. He first encountered the Cacophany Society in 1986 and got hooked. In 1988 he showed up at Baker beach at Lar...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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1:11:55
EP 26 The First Year In Review
Episode 26 the Season One Recap is out now. The inaugural season of the Shadow of The Man show is now over, next week Season 2 will launch with the Season Premiere EP 27 with none other than Danger Ranger! Learn about what happened behind the s...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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18:34
EP 25 Caveat Magister
Episode 25 with Caveat Magister is out now! Learn all about Burning Man’s philosopher laureate and his backstory. He first got involved in Regionals before moving to San Francisco where he first went to Black Rock City in 2006. From the beginni...
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Episode 25
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1:23:56
EP 24 Katy Tahja
Episode 24 with Katy Tahja is out now! Katy first went to Black Rock City in 2012 following her daughter who had been going for 10 years. She thought it would be a one and done trip especially as she uses crutches and it was difficult for her t...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:10:35
EP 23 Lisa Scheinkopf
Episode 23 with Lisa Scheinkopf (AKA Sassy Cat) is out now!. She first went to Black Rock City from her home base in Arizona in 2011 where she caught the bug for burning. Later on she helped to run the themecamp “Cat World” and later another ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:20:04
EP 22 Torria Lee
Meet Torria Lee (AKA Luscious Blue). She is a veteran black burner from Portland who’s first experience with the Burning Man world was SOAK in 2005. A year later she first hit the playa, camping at Snuggletown at Black Rock City in 2006. In lat...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:17:43
EP 21 Adriana Roberts
Meet Adriana Roberts. She is one of the longest attending burners who first hit Black Rock City in 1993. In 1995 she started one of the very first “papers” on the playa called Piss Clear which she and friends ran for years (until 2007). After t...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:20:59
EP 20 Meghan Rutigliano
Meet Megs (aka Meghan Rutigliano) who grew up in the East Coast and Midwest and first went to Burning Man in 2005 from Chicago. She helped the late, great Burning Man legend Tom Laporte record BMIR commercials. In 2007 she moved to San Francisc...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:08:53
