Episode 47 with Quest Skinner is out now! Meet Quest Skinner a Black burner and accomplished artist from DC. She first hit the playa in 2015 when her friend Nexus got her to go. She first camped at Imu and then Foam Camp after that. She participated in the playa mentorship program with Steven Raspa and Jeremey Crandell (one of the Man build leads). She now works for Artist Support Services (or A.S.S.) on playa. While she is an artist in DC she also spends her time building effiigies and temples and various Regional events up and down the East Coast. She was born in Pittsburgh, move to Phoenix, and at 18 joined Up With People for 1 year.

https://www.artbyquest.com/

https://www.instagram.com/quest_skinner?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

https://www.facebook.com/quest.skinner

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Shadow Shorts #4 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 people over time.

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Episode 45 with Nicholas Powers is out now! He first heard about Burning Man in 1999/2000 but didn’t make it out to the playa until 2002. His first year he camped with friends and caught the bug. But for the next four years he decided to camp solo. In 2011 or 20112 he was part of a people of color (POC) talk/workshop on the playa. After this the second stage of his playa participation was the creation of the POC Camp in 2014 originally with 50 campers. It has continued to endure and grow. Nicholas is a journalist (for 20 years), author, and professor of literature from NYC. In his third phase of participation on the playa he now volunteers with BMIR conducting interviews on the playa.

Black Psychedelic Revolution (one of his books)

https://truthout.org/authors/nicholas-powers/

https://www.instagram.com/thepoccamp/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064328516069

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