Welcome, listener to premium chapter 226 of the QAA podcast, The Burning Man Ebola outbreak

episode.

As always, we are your host, Jake Ragotansky, Julian Fields, and Travis View.

This week we're joined by Brace Belden of the Truanon podcast to discuss some conspiracy

theories around this year's Burning Man, some of which he may have started.

So basically this is going to be the trial of Brace Belden, and we've already determined

that your guilty and your punishment will be to feature in a Jake story at the end of

the episode, so my condolences and let's jump right in.

The place was once a spiritual vortex where a dreamers built a yearly utopian celebration

of art, music, drugs, and sex.

A place without currency and bad vibes, but Burning Man has changed since its inception

in the 90s, dude.

It's now plagued by celebrities, Silicon Valley types and luxury RVs, and Instagram influencers.

And this year's think got even worse when nearly an inch of rain caused a flood, stranding

tens of thousands of people in mud, and even forcing the organizers to close the events

entrance and exit to vehicles.

President Joe Biden was briefed on the situation, and attendees were told the shelter in place

and conserve food, water, and fuel.

Here's from the New York Times.

Bike wheels became clogged with mud, and people had to navigate the normally powdery desert

with plastic bags over their shoes.

Oh, that's such a funny image.

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