2026 Kiwbiurn A Work of Heart Review episode available now 🔥🔥
PACT & Aurora 2025 episode available now 🔥🔥
Is It Time For Burning Man Regionals to Glow Up episode available now 🔥🔥
Sunburnt Arts & Pilot Burn episode available now 🔥🔥
Underland Pop! Review episode available now 🔥🔥
2026 Kiwbiurn A Work of Heart Review episode available now 🔥🔥 PACT & Aurora 2025 episode available now 🔥🔥 Is It Time For Burning Man Regionals to Glow Up episode available now 🔥🔥 Sunburnt Arts & Pilot Burn episode available now 🔥🔥 Underland Pop! Review episode available now 🔥🔥
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In this fair dinkum episode of the podcast we continue our conversations with SBA board members, Leanna and TJ, and chat with them about "Pilot Burn," the inaugural event for their newly formed organisation, Sunburnt Arts.
In this episode we review the 2026 Kiwiburn: A Work of Heart event with a panel of kiwiburners (Hippathy, Kym, & Shelley) to talk about the burn from their own perspectives.
In this episode, PACT (People’s Art Collective of Tasmania) founding members Lara, Kat, and Karl share the origin story and success of Tasmania’s inaugural regional burn, Aurora 2025.
In this special conversation episode about the regional burning man network around the world we have invited a knowledgeable, long-time burner and community contributor, Jarred Taylor, to talk about their recent think-piece titled “Is it time for Burning Man Regionals to Glow Up?”.
In this candid and spirited podcast episode, community leaders Marcelo, Tereasa, and TJ (who insists on the title "King Dingaling") reflect on the turbulent but deeply rewarding evolution of Australia's Burning Seed community into its new organisational entity, Sunburnt Arts.
This episode we review the 2025 Underland Pop! event with a panel of burners from varied experiences. The conversation features host Stevan speaking with four guests - Dylan, Jenny, Sacha, and Lydea - who share their experiences from different roles at the event.
This episode features four board members of The Third Degree - Ruth, Dale, Caer, and Tyne - to explore the NSW Central Coast's family-friendly regional burn. Discover how this intimate 400-person event evolved from a pandemic-era one-off at a scout camp into an intentional experiment in radical inclusion and in accessible burner culture.
In this episode we review the 2025 Kiwiburn: Trash Renaissance Fair event with a panel of experienced kiwiburners and a first-time kiwiburner from Australia.
This podcast episode features a conversation with Lumos, a well-known participant in the Australasian Burning Man community.
In this episode we chat about the 2025 Underland event with a panel of community volunteers and crew members from Centre Camp, Site Planning And Maintenance, LNT, and the Sandfolks.
This episode of the podcast features a discussion with members of the Brisbane and Queensland burner community about the Simplifyre event, a scaled-down, community-driven version of the traditional Modifyre burn.
This episode explores the Independent Burning Advisory Group (IBAG) and the NSW Burns Community Survey. The conversation covers the background, methodology, findings, and implications of the survey, as well as related community insights.
In this episode we take a look at the making and organisation of the 2025 Embers-not-a-burn where we chat with the key organisers and burners who made the event possible.
This episode explores the early years and founding of Blazing Swan, a regional Burning Man-inspired event in Western Australia, through the stories of three of the original founders in Cat, Frank, and Hana.
This podcast episode is a lively roundtable reflection on "Embers Not-A-Burn," a community-organized event that arose after the cancellation of Burning Seed.
In this 3-part series episode we do a deep dive on the volunteering opportunities at Underland 2025. Part 1 will focus on gate, greeters, site planning & management, sanitation, and leave no trace. Part 2 will focus on rangers, sanctuary, fire team, and sandmen. Part 3 will focus on artery, centre camp, effigy and temple build team.
In this 3-part series episode we do a deep dive on the volunteering opportunities at Underland 2025. Part 1 will focus on gate, greeters, site planning & management, sanitation, and leave no trace. Part 2 will focus on rangers, sanctuary, fire team, and sandmen. Part 3 will focus on artery, centre camp, effigy and temple build team.
In this 3-part series episode we do a deep dive on the volunteering opportunities at Underland 2025. Part 1 will focus on gate, greeters, site planning & management, sanitation, and leave no trace. Part 2 will focus on rangers, sanctuary, fire team, and sandmen. Part 3 will focus on artery, centre camp, effigy and temple build team.
In this episode we review the 2025 Blazing Swan Cosmic Coincidence event with a panel of longstanding blazers – Georg, Nina, & Vida.
In this episode we chat with Wesley and JayJay live onsite from Blazing Swan 2025 Cosmic Coincidence. We discuss the various art projects and art at blazing swan, more backstory to the formation of blazing swan, and an appreciation for the crew and volunteers that make the burn and event such a magical experience.
In this episode we travel to the wheatbelt region of Western Australia, in Njaki Njaki country, where we chat with Erin and William Bailey who are local Kulin burners. We are then joined by Damon ‘Oly’ Oliver-Pages – former chairperson of blazing swan – to chew the fat a bit more about blazing swan 2025.
In this episode we take a look at the Underland effigy and temple build with Jim Beattie & Glenn Todd.
In this episode we head over to New Zealand to talk with Andy (Kiwiburn Chairperson) and Julia (from Department of Propaganda) live at Kiwiburn: Trash Renaissance Fair. We chat about the background, history, and organisation of kiwiburn - one of the oldest international regional burn events and community.
In this episode we chat with some of the board members of CAV and take a profile look into the background of Common Arts Victoria, it's structure, and the formation of Underland - an emerging burner-community event that takes place in late-September.
In this episode we take a look at the BoNZA Community with Justin McGhee and Leanna Pugliese. We provide an in-depth look into Bonza, a community initiative supporting Australian and New Zealand burners.
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burner culture and its
Asia-Pacific regional communities
Bonzaar podcast is a independently-produced conversation show and community news channel, co-created by a wacky bunch of volunteer burners in New Zealand, Australia & Asia regional network. We offer panel discussions on the latest burner event information, local community news, roundtable views, reviews, profiles, and interviews with some ripper yarns & paddock shenanigans!
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