BMIR 94.5 has been The Voice of the Man for the past 20 years.  While it has historically been a radio station that adheres to the idea of the Temporary Autonomous Zone, we believe that due to the current state of the world’s affairs it is of utmost importance to utilize our voice to facilitate dialogue and thought provoking content for the sake of pushing social change. Inspired by the BLM movement, yet not contained by it, curated 72 hours of programming over Labor Day weekend which focused on the pressing issues at hand in our world. From Black Lives Matter to LGBTQ civil liberties to the plight (and future) of the Indigenous peoples of this land, we utilized our trusted medium to give a voice to those that need to be amplified at this paramount intersection of space and time.

With the possibility that our beloved BRC may not happen for quite some time, the BMIR management team considers this to be our greatest work ever. A culmination of years of cultivating positive relationships, testing our own sanity by doing this crazy thing in the desert, and by being the “living room” of Black Rock City where open, direct, and honest dialogue has always been welcome on the airwaves.
This is a collection of some of our great talks, and we hope you not only enjoy the candor within, yet you are inspired to spark your own conversations moving forward.

With love,

The BMIR Management Team

BMIR 2020 Justice and Equality Series

4. When We Were Young

1. Introduction -Burning Man Audio Art Tour 2025- Tomorrow Today

9. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Nevada

5. Staircase to Exordium

6. Reborn

10. Down the Drain

2. Namaskaram

3. Time Drop

11. Future Sketch

7. What Lies Beneath

8. I Wish You Could See

12. Stormborn_ The Tyrant of Lightning

17. Black Rock Monster Containment (BRMC)

16. The Solar Library First Branch

18. Oneirotica

29. Hey Queen

41. One Tin Soldier

14. Arm Chair

15. ORBs

21. Mother

22. Haven

84. These Three Sisters of Fate

65. Disco Snail

78. Event Horizon

85. Ouroboros

44. Moon Gate Portal

71. Navagunjara Reborn - The Phoenix of Odisha

59. MONA DIE! DIE! DIE!

57. Temple of the Deep

56. The Fire Hummingbird _ El Colibrí de Fuego Pyramid

82. Flame Pixel

36. Resilience

46. Sinksphere

Written, edited, and produced by: Accuracy Third
Featuring music by: Midtown Social

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In his previous work, leading Existential Psychologist Kirk Schneider has put the experience of "awe" at the center of human psychology. Without experiencing awe, life tends to become flat, mechanical, and unhealthy — a prison to be broken out of, rather than a possibility to grow into.

In his new book, The Spirituality of Awe:  Challenges to the Robotic Revolution, Schneider points out that awe itself is paradoxical: it generates fear and hope, a sense of grandeur and insignificance, of strength and weakness, the imminent and the transcendent ... not one right after the other, but all at once. And it is our ability to have these simultaneous experiences, these experiential paradoxes that cannot be resolved rationally, and be present to them, and integrate them into our lives, that is the essence of our humanity.

Paradox Is the Heart of Humanity (Kirk Schneider)

Vanderbilt Professor of History Michael Bess is the author of the forthcoming book What makes us human? From neurons to the Sistine Chapel, and is studying the technologies that may destroy us, including artificial intelligence and genetic engineering.

The risks of catastrophic failures, he says, are significant — basically our newest technologies are a car without a break, and if you drive one of those too fast, you're probably going to crash. Anyone interested in the survival of our species should be asking ourselves: how do we slow down enough to understand what the problems we're really facing are?

The Human Symphony (Michael Bess)

BMIR's very own Operations Manager, Jex, spends time with Marlon Williams, the Assistant Director of Public Sector Innovation at Living Cities, and longtime POC Burner.  Join them for this fabulous stroll into streams of consciousness on race and Burning Man.

This is just one piece of the programming we did over Labor Day weekend, 2020, where we curated 72 hours of programming which focused on the pressing issues at hand in our world.  

Please listen to the other episodes in this playlist - https://soundcloud.com/burningman/sets/bmir-2020-justice-and-equality

We hope you not only enjoy the candor within, yet you are inspired to spark your own conversations moving forward.

With love,

The BMIR Management Team

BMIR 2020 - Jex feat Marlon Williams

Ed Fletcher joins BMIR's Rubik on his show Extraterrestrial Street.  Ed is a producer, writer, activist, former journalist for the Sacramento Bee, and POC Burner with a wealth of knowledge regarding Burning Man's relationship with minorities.

This is just one piece of the programming we did over Labor Day weekend, 2020, where we curated 72 hours of programming which focused on the pressing issues at hand in our world.  

Please listen to the other episodes in this playlist - https://soundcloud.com/burningman/sets/bmir-2020-justice-and-equality

We hope you not only enjoy the candor within, yet you are inspired to spark your own conversations moving forward.

With love,

The BMIR Management Team

BMIR 2020 - Rubik feat Ed Fletcher

RayRay of BMIR speaks with Neil 'Catalyst' Takemoto about Sovereignty Catalyst Hub, Project Radical Inclusion, the Global Multicultural POC Neighborhood Project, and much more.

This is just one piece of the programming we did over Labor Day weekend, 2020, where we curated 72 hours of programming which focused on the pressing issues at hand in our world.  

Please listen to the other episodes in this playlist - https://soundcloud.com/burningman/sets/bmir-2020-justice-and-equality

We hope you not only enjoy the candor within, yet you are inspired to spark your own conversations moving forward.

With love,

The BMIR Management Team

BMIR 2020 - RayRay feat Neil Takemoto

Dr. Cornel West & Professor Tricia Rose of The Tight Rope Podcast join BMIR's Project Manager, Kanizzle, to discuss art and creativity and the parts they play in destroying, and creating, ideologies of hate.

This is just one piece of the programming we did over Labor Day weekend, 2020, where we curated 72 hours of programming which focused on the pressing issues at hand in our world.  

Please listen to the other episodes in this playlist - https://soundcloud.com/burningman/sets/bmir-2020-justice-and-equality

We hope you not only enjoy the candor within, yet you are inspired to spark your own conversations moving forward.

With love,

The BMIR Management Team

BMIR 2020 - Kanizzle feat Dr Cornel West & Professor Tricia Rose

BMIR's Project Manager is joined by two wonderful thinkers from Washington, DC - black radio Luminary Maxx Myrick and artist, political activist and burner Quest Skinner to discuss a wide ranging set of topics around racism in America.

This is just one piece of the programming we did over Labor Day weekend, 2020, where we curated 72 hours of programming which focused on the pressing issues at hand in our world.  

Please listen to the other episodes in this playlist - https://soundcloud.com/burningman/sets/bmir-2020-justice-and-equality

We hope you not only enjoy the candor within, yet you are inspired to spark your own conversations moving forward.

With love,

The BMIR Management Team

BMIR 2020 - Kanizzle feat Maxx Myrick & Quest Skinner

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