Burner, Volunteer, Environmental Steward and founder of Tea Carp

Meet Chelsea Bronson, aka Catalyst.  Founder of the Tea Carp, volunteer for Burning Man for over ten years, and seasonal staff member at Burning Man. For the past 4 years she has been the Leave No Trace Compliance Special Ops and for the past 3 has been a MOOP Scribe for Playa Restoration; DPW.  

Before going to Burning Man, Catalyst created an accredited internship program with Burning Man and the Communications Team. Since then she has burned every year and has volunteered for the Media Documentation Team, Burning Man Community Events Team, and for Burning Man hosted events such as Artist Symposium, Theme Camp Symposium, Global Leadership Conference, and Artumnal Gathering. 

We talk about her volunteer experience, how it enriches her life. 

We include how you might get involved in volunteering, how many get started and where it can lead.  

What is the Tea Carp?

The Tea Carp is a mobilized art installation that seeks to provide a safe ground for persons to merry-make, fill their cups, connect, and share human experiences together.  We offer themed, pop-up B.Y.O.C. tea services throughout the event. Each tea is made one cup at a time as we hold an appreciation for “slow service”. We savor time, experience, and one another; giving our guests a taste of this with their tea. Once they hand over their cup, visitors are invited to spend quali-tea time with those around them.

A wooden tea house, which only leaves memories behind and is intended to bring beings together around points of interest.

The Tea Carp has been invited to the Burning Man Regional near Santa Cruz, California called  unSCruz 2024: Portal of Possibilities!

Links associated to the podcast

Facebook link to the Tea Carp page: https://www.facebook.com/TheTeaCarp/

Facebook to Asiento or website: https://fb.me/e/4g9QR71ED

Fundraising info: Come to our fundraiser or reach out to Catalyst directly to donate to the Tea Carp

Profiles in Dust Documentary on Leave No Trace Compliance and Playa Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAujYr_f-F0

Various Articles featuring Catalyst at Playa Restoration:

Information about her degree: Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration with an emphasis in Recreation in Sustainable Community Events Graduate of 2015 from SFSU

Into The Fire and Burner Podcast are not associated with the Burning Man Organization or any of its subsidiaries.  It’s just a burner doing a podcast.  This conversation recorded from a live conversation that was on Shouting Fire online radio. Check out Shouting Fire, an online, global radio network at www.shoutingfire.com . Check out more at www.intothefirebm.com and www.burnerpodcast.com.  Photographs by David Hill and Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

Burner and Volunteer from San Francisco, California

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 Photographs: Sharon P Boone

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 Builder’s 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

How to feed 700 artists/builders in 4 days

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

Dazzle’s email: lysajoy@gmail.com

B.A.I.T. Program

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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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Curator at BRC Playa Artifacts Museum

We love to gift and receive swag!  We love our pendants, stickers and patches swag collection!  There are some really creative burners that magically show up in our hands out of nowhere. 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

Suzanne Eggli, Playa Artifacts Museum Docent

Ideas on how to gear up for a new year with Halcyon Styn and Mr. Arash Afshar

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.  

Links associated to this podcast:

About Halcyon can be found at
http://links.hugnation.com 

http://johnstyn.com

Arash, put your links here:

www.burnerpodcast.com

www.mrarash.com 

Intro music by Duckman on Soundcloud

Photography by Arash Afshar

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