The Bird & The Bear - Session 59 - "Burning Man"

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 7:16 p.m.

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(0:00) - Sammy welcomes Daryl home from Burning Man, \\u201cThe Burn & The Bear\\u201d - (2:10) - The boys discuss Burning Man\\u2019s level of notoriety compared to culturally historic festivals like Woodstock - (4:42) - Daryl answers Sammy\\u2019s questions about the role of Burning Man\\u2019s executive board - (9:31) - Daryl breaks down the port-a-potty infrastructure and sanitation practices at Burning Man, \\u201cBut regardless, at every festival I\\u2019ve ever been too, and I don\\u2019t know why this is a phenomenon \\u2026 Somebody s**ts on a lid, somewhere, and thinks it\\u2019s funny\\u201d - (18:11) - Daryl further explains the role that Burning Man\\u2019s executive board plays in putting on the festival, including the millions of dollars they have to payout to the local sheriffs department every year, \\u201cThink about the videos of Burning Man where it looks like another planet\\u201d - (22:16) - Sammy questions if the fleeting nature of the Burning Man philosophy is worth the price of admission - (23:29) - Daryl believes that the Burning Man experience can be affordable and explains the festivals low income ticket system, as well as the festivals efforts to ban \\u201cboutique\\u201d camps, \\u201cI bought A LOT of d**gs \\u2026 And it was still my least expensive burn\\u201d

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(34:32) - Sammy gets Daryl\\u2019s opinion on some of the Burning Man discussions happening on social media, starting with \\u201cMOOP\\u201d - (43:08) - Sammy takes a few minutes to explain the recent Electric Zoo controversy and how it played into the internet\\u2019s perception of this years\\u2019 Burning Man, \\u201cOh no \\u2026 Starting to sound like Fyre Fest\\u201d - (52:23) - Daryl explains how \\u201cexodus\\u201d works at Burning Man before Sammy interjects to get Daryl\\u2019s reaction to the environmentalists who attempted to block the highway into the festival, \\u201cThis is one of those times where I felt like a MAGA hat wearing motherf**ker\\u201d - (1:06:38) - The boys discuss how to fix the problem with trash being dumped on the highways to and from Burning Man, \\u201cThey think you getting high is a worse crime then destroying the land\\u201d - (1:10:40) - Sammy asks Daryl if the National Guard was truly deployed to Burning Man, \\u201cThe National Guard being diverted to Burning Man would of been the biggest PR nightmare of our time\\u201d - (1:24:50) - Sammy asks Daryl if he agrees with some of the more dramatic incidents of \\u201cirrational flight\\u201d from fellow Burners, \\u201cTheir not a problem until they get stuck\\u201d - (1:29:53) - Daryl discusses some of his favorite moments from this years\\u2019 Burning Man, \\u201cIt was me, my bike, my lights, my water, my drink, my Prince\\u201d

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