The Shadow Of The Man

EP 102 Duane Hoover

Episode 102 with Duane Hoover is out now! Meet Duane Hoover, a long-time academic and former Burning Man Ranger Director, who shares fascinating historical insights about

EP 101 Shadow Shorts #22

Shadow Shorts #22 is out now! Recorded at UnSCruz in 2026 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s stor

EP 100 Crimson Rose

Episode 100!! Meet Crimson Rose, one of the foundational figures of Burning Man. She shares the evolution of the event's core rituals and artistic culture. Through h

EP 99 Matt Conlon

Episode 99 with Matt Conlon is out now! Meet Matt Conlin, also known as "Jackass," as they reflect on their decades of profound involvement with Burning Man. Matt initial

EP 98 Caroline Miller

Episode 98 with Caroline Miller is out now! Meet Caroline Miller, a long-time participant and webmaster for the famous art collective, the Flaming Lotus Girls. The interv

EP 97 Shadow Shorts #21

Shadow Shorts #21 is out now! Recorded at UnSCruz in 2026 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s stor

EP 96 Curtis Coleman

Episode 96 with Curtis Coleman is out now! Meet Curtis Coleman as he reminisces about his transformative experiences at the annual Burning Man festival. His story explore

EP 95 Ashes

Episode 95 with Ashes is out now! Meet Ashes who explores the transformative journey of finding lifelong community through Burning Man and its behind-the-scenes labor for

EP 94 Shadow Shorts #20

Shadow Shorts #20 is out now! Recorded at UnSCruz in 2026 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s stor

EP 93 Stephen Payne

Episode 93 with Stephen Payne is out now! Meet Stephen Payne, a filmmaker who documented the Burning Man festival during its formative years in the early 2000s. The conve

EP 92 Lara Hopwood

Episode 92 with Lara Hopwood is out now! Meet Lara Hopwood, a project manager for the Burning Man Regional Network, who discusses the global expansion of the event’s cult

EP 91 Shadow Shorts #19

Shadow Shorts #19 is out now! Recorded at UnSCruz in 2026 participants were challenged to explain BM‘s impact in 5 minutes or less. Each Shadow Short is one person’s stor

EP 90 Yonderman

Episode 90 with Yonderman is out now! Meet Yonderman aka Mark Stirling, a New Zealand professor who reflects on his serendipitous discovery of Burning Man while studying

EP 89 Roxane Jessi

Episode 89 with Roxane Jessi is out now! Meet Roxane Jessi, a world traveler and author of Once Upon a Time in the Dust, who documents her global exploration of the Burni

EP 88 Shadow Shorts #18

Shadow Shorts #18 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, p

EP 87 David Date

Episode 87 with David Date is out now! Meet David Date, a skilled fabricator who shares his decade-long evolution from a struggling entrepreneur to a prominent Burning Ma

EP 86 Absinthia

Episode 86 with Absinthia is out now! Meet Absinthia, who reflects on her transformative decades-long involvement with the Burning Man festival. The conversation traverse

EP 85 Shadow Shorts #17

Shadow Shorts #17 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, p

EP 84 Will Roger

Episode 84 with Will Roger is out now! Meet Will Roger, a co-founder of the Burning Man event, who reflects on the gathering's evolution from a small, anarchic campi

EP 83 The Year In Review

Episode 83 the Year In Review is out now! Host Andi reviews the evolution and future of Shadow of the Man, an independent, non-commercial audio project dedicated to explo