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

(0:00) - Sammy welcomes Daryl home from Burning Man, “The Burn & The Bear” - (2:10) - The boys discuss Burning Man’s level of notoriety compared to culturally historic festivals like Woodstock - (4:42) - Daryl answers Sammy’s questions about the role of Burning Man’s executive board - (9:31) - Daryl breaks down the port-a-potty infrastructure and sanitation practices at Burning Man, “But regardless, at every festival I’ve ever been too, and I don’t know why this is a phenomenon … Somebody s**ts on a lid, somewhere, and thinks it’s funny” - (18:11) - Daryl further explains the role that Burning Man’s executive board plays in putting on the festival, including the millions of dollars they have to payout to the local sheriffs department every year, “Think about the videos of Burning Man where it looks like another planet” - (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 “boutique” camps, “I bought A LOT of d**gs … And it was still my least expensive burn”

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

(0:00) - Sammy welcomes Daryl home from Burning Man, “The Burn & The Bear” - (2:10) - The boys discuss Burning Man’s level of notoriety compared to culturally historic festivals like Woodstock - (4:42) - Daryl answers Sammy’s questions about the role of Burning Man’s executive board - (9:31) - Daryl breaks down the port-a-potty infrastructure and sanitation practices at Burning Man, “But regardless, at every festival I’ve ever been too, and I don’t know why this is a phenomenon … Somebody s**ts on a lid, somewhere, and thinks it’s funny” - (18:11) - Daryl further explains the role that Burning Man’s executive board plays in putting on the festival, including the millions of dollars they have to payout to the local sheriffs department every year, “Think about the videos of Burning Man where it looks like another planet” - (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 “boutique” camps, “I bought A LOT of d**gs … And it was still my least expensive burn”

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