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Jan. 5, 2023

157 John Halcyon: Burning Man, Pink Heart, and Living With Your Heart Open

Our guest today is John Halcyon Styn, one of the cofounders of Pink Heart, a Burning Man theme camp. He is also a social media pioneer and author with over 20 years of experience in online storytelling through his "Hug Nation" YouTube channel and Facebook Live broadcasts. His stories have…

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Jan. 4, 2023

156 Lee Merschon: Burning Man, Camp Epic, Statistics, & Plug-n-Play

My guest is Lee Merschon. He is the founder of Camp Epic, a theme camp at Burning Man. Born in Israel in 1981, our guest had a tumultuous childhood, moving between countries and struggling with lying and theft. However, after realizing that the root of his problems was within himself,…

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Jan. 3, 2023

155 Samantha Coker (Pele): Burning Man, Red Lightning, Leadership Lessons

My guest is Samantha Coker, an entrepreneur, writer, and humanitarian. She was the project manager for Red Lightning, a theme camp at Burning Man, for 5 years, and is also the co-founder and CEO of Rich Nuts, a rapidly growing sprouted gourmet nut company that she hopes to expand internationally…

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Dec. 26, 2022

154 Christopher Krywulak: Creating Playalchemist and Businesses By Making People First

My next guest is Christopher Krywulak. He is the founder of Playalchemist, a Burning Man theme camp. Christopher is no stranger to pushing boundaries and thinking outside the box. He started his first company in Saskatchewan at the young age of 18, with a mission to conduct business more humanely…

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Dec. 24, 2022

153 Syd Gris: Burning Man, Opulent Temple, & Leadership Lessons

My next guest is Syd Gris. He is one of the longest-running fun creators in the Bay Area music and underground arts scene, Syd is known as a Renaissance man of the West Coast burner scene, and with good reason. Not only is he the co-founder (in 2003) of the…

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Dec. 23, 2022

152 Steve Hermosillo: Burning Man & Running Ok Corral(a 19-Year Theme Camp)

My next guest is Steve Hermosillo. He leads a yearly pilgrimage of 60 revelers to Burning Man where their theme camp, I'm OK, You're OK Corral, erects a saloon that slings drinks, live music, guest DJs, and a bevy of shenanigans. It's their collective gift to the community and 2022's…

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Dec. 22, 2022

151 Salman Hatta: Taking a Leap of Faith After Ayahuasca & Cultivating Joy

My next guest is Salman Hatta. He is a transformational artist and coach who has found his way to personal freedom through a variety of spiritually awakening experiences. After spending nearly 15 years in high powered banking and tech positions with an Ivy League MBA, he discovered that following his…

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Dec. 21, 2022

150 Sat Bir Singh Khalsa: Academic Research & the Future of Yoga

Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. is the Director of Yoga Research for the Yoga Alliance and the Kundalini Research Institute, Research Affiliate at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. We talked about: (0:59) What trends…

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Dec. 19, 2022

149 Leon VanderPol: Transformational Coaching, Essence, Trust, & Becoming

Leon VanderPol is an internationally-recognized leader, spirit-based teacher, and author in the field of transformational coaching and transformative living. He is the Founder of the Center for Transformational Coaching and his book, A Shift in Being: The Art and Practices of Deep Transformational Coaching, is selling in multiple languages, bringing…

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Dec. 19, 2022

148 Stephen Cope: Dharma Principles, Self Doubt, and Verified Faith

My next guest is Stephen Cope. He is a best-selling author and scholar who specializes in the relationship between the Eastern contemplative traditions and Western depth psychology. Among his seminal works in this area are: Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, The Wisdom of Yoga, and The Great…

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Dec. 17, 2022

147 Rajesh Setty: Value Creation, 300 Introductions, And Hidden Rainbows

My next guest is Rajesh Setty. He is often referred to as Silicon Valley's secret "spark plug" for startups, scale-ups (and shake-ups) Being a Polymath, Rajesh is constantly in the middle of running experiments across a variety of seemingly unrelated areas of interest, but with the common goal of how…

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Dec. 15, 2022

145 Tej Dosa: Writing as a Path to Truth and Spirituality

My next guest is Tej Dosa. He is a DTC copywriter, online entrepreneur, and spirituality-loving Twitter personality based out of Vancouver, Canada who lives to fulfill his personal motto for living a full life: "top of the world or bottom of the ocean, zero desire to live in the middle."…

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Dec. 15, 2022

144 Danny Miranda: The Craft of Deep Conversations

My next guest is Danny Miranda. He is a lover of life. He is a podcaster and tweeter whose mission is to make the world happier, healthier, and wiser. His previous guest appearances include Gary Vaynerchuk, Iman Gadzhi, Sahil Bloom, Tom Bilyeu, Chris Williamson, Kamal Ravikant, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez,…

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Nov. 7, 2022

Burning Man, Mayan Warrior, & Building With Community

My next guest is Pablo Gonzalez Vargas, the founder and creator of the Mayan Warrior, a multimedia art vehicle that has visited Burning Man since 2012, along with the interactive light and sound installation Ilumina which appeared at Burning Man for the first time in 2017. He is also the…

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Oct. 26, 2022

Burning Man, Sacbe, Purpose-Driven Communities

My next guest is Maria Sanchez Yatriki, co-founder of the Sacbe theme camp. María is also an experiential producer and co-founder of My Organic Spirits and Inner Refuge – a production company specializing in uniting people and igniting change through ancestral knowledge, energy work and practices that guide human consciousness…

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Oct. 20, 2022

143 Brother Spirit: Converting to Monastic Life, Thích Nhất Hạnh, & Collective Awakening

My guest is Brother Phap Linh, also known as Brother Spirit. He a zen Buddhist monk, musician and seeker. He began his monastic training with Thich Nhat Hanh in Plum Village in February 2008, and has since composed many of the community’s beloved chants. Before ordaining he studied mathematics at…

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Oct. 16, 2022

142 Ramsay Taum: Ho'oponopono, Hawaiian wisdom, and finding inner harmony

Mentored by respected kūpuna (elders), Ramsay is a practitioner and instructor of several Native Hawaiian practices: Ho'oponopono (stress release and mediation), lomi haha (body alignment), and Kaihewalu Lua (Hawaiian combat/battle art). Kumu Ramsay is recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for transformational leadership in sustainability, cultural, and place-based values integration into…

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Oct. 11, 2022

Burning Man, Camp Mystic, Evolving How We Love and How We Lead

My next guest is Jennifer Russell. As a community builder, she helped lead and co-create Camp Mystic, a thriving Burning Man community and legacy theme camp with a 20+ year history that offers interactive & immersive art, music & performance, evolutionary speakers & workshops, and a variety of transformational events…

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Oct. 5, 2022

Conscious Capital, Philanthropy, & Greater Consciousness

My next guest is Tim Chang. Tim has over two decades of broad early stage technology investment experience in Silicon Valley at Mayfield Fund, Norwest Venture Partners and Gabriel Venture Partners, and has been named to the Forbes Midas List and the AlwaysOn Power Players of top investors. Tim has…

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Oct. 3, 2022

Burning Man, Pink Heart, & Living Radically Self-Expressed Lives

My next guest is John Halcyon Styn. He is a social media pioneer who has been storytelling online for over 20 years through his “Hug Nation” YouTube channel and Facebook Live broadcasts. He is the author of “Love More. Fear less. Float more. Steer less.” and “Protagonist.” His stories have…

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Sept. 28, 2022

Burning Man, Camp Epic, & Building Inviting Spaces

My next guest is Lee Merschon, the founder of Camp Epic. 🔥 To learn more about inspiring stories and actionable tactics to have peak existence with deep joy, purpose, and presence, go to: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN

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Sept. 27, 2022

Burning Man, Red Lightning, & Building a Camp Without Breaking Your Build Crew

My next guest is Samantha Coker, the former Mayor of Red Lightning and cofounder of RichNuts. She has spent most of her life cultivating a career that exists at the intersection of art, commerce and social change. Samantha’s zones of genius lie in her ability to balance the creative and…

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Sept. 16, 2022

Lessons From Running a 19-Year Burning Man Theme Camp

My next guest is Steve Hermosillo, the fearless leader of I'm OK, You're OK Corral. This year marked the camp's 19th year bringing their collective gift to Black Rock City. I'm OK, You're OK Corral, erects a saloon that slings drinks, live music, guest DJs, and a bevy of shenanigans.…

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Sept. 16, 2022

Burning Man, Underground Music, & Purpose

My next guest is Syd Gris, the co-founder of the Opulent Temple collective at Burning Man. He is also the founder of Opel Productions, (2002) which has been consistently throwing club events and parties with purpose in San Francisco for 20 years. You’ve seen him at Burning Man, but also…

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