Life is a Festival

Through intimate, long-form interviews, Life is a Festival unlocks the wisdom of cultural pioneers to help listeners integrate transformational experiences and create more joy and adventure in their daily lives.

Life is a Festival is a society podcast hosted by Eamon Armstrong, with 183 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Eamon Armstrong hosts Life is a Festival, a society show with 183 episodes published.

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  Episode #183

  #183 - Chris Stakich (Summit): The Lie of the Linear Path

  Apr 17, 202654 minS0

  <p>What does it feel like to climb every mountain and arrive at the top feeling... nothing? Chris Stakich knows.</p><p>Chris is the new CEO of Summit, the 18-year-old community behind Summit at Sea. On today's show we talk about following the script until it breaks, the specific loneliness of high performers, what really happened with Powder Mountain, and what Chris is promising the community now that Summit has been acquired by events.com. This is a conversation about building a life around connection rather than achievement.</p><p>Chris Stakich is a Harvard graduate who spent two...

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  Episode #182

  #182 - Ian MacKenzie: The Lost Boys of the Manosphere

  Apr 6, 20261h 11mS0

  <p>Today on Life is a Festival, Ian MacKenzie and I unpack “Inside the Manosphere:” the performance, the status games, the Lamborghinis that need to be witnessed to exist. We trace it back to father absence, the failure of the nuclear family, and generations of uninitiated men. We explore the distinction between grief and grievance, asking why male pain so readily converts into domination rather than surrender. MacKenzie shares his own four-year cycle of wilderness vigils, sits of four days without food or water, as a counter-image to the Manosphere's hollow heroism, describing initiation not as a heroic feat but as a...

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  Episode #181

  #181 - Jenna Ansell (Medicine Festival): Beyond Festival Utopia

  Dec 19, 202559 minS0

  <p>After seven years and more than 180 episodes, this is the final episode of Life Is a Festival in its current form.</p><p>It felt right to close this chapter with a conversation with my friend Jenna Ansell, cofounder of Medicine Festival about what festivals have promised, what they’ve delivered, and what still matters.</p><p>In this conversation, we explore why the utopian promise of festival culture feels strained in 2025, whether large gatherings can still act as engines of cultural change, and the difference between individual transformation and collective healing. We talk about ancient ritual technologies, the ro...

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  Episode #180

  #180 - Paul Stamets: The Mycelial Web of Burning Man

  Sep 10, 20251h 7mS180

  <p>At Burning Man 2025 inside the Playa Alchemist Pyramid, I sat down with legendary mycologist Paul Stamets to explore mushrooms, mycelium, and the cosmos. Through scratchy playa dust voices, we connected fungal intelligence with Burning Man culture, random acts of kindness, and the future of psychedelic medicine.</p><p>Our conversation ranged from Stamets’ new book Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats,, to reflections on mycelium as a cosmic organizing principle and the healing power of biodiversity. We discussed the dangers of misidentification, the promise of clinical trials, and how Burning Man functions as a living ritual for transformation.</p><p>...

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  Episode #179

  #179 - Josh Shrei (The Emerald): Only Myth Can Save Us Now

  Mar 27, 20251h 17mS0

  <p>There’s no greater mythic mind in modern podcasting than Josh Schrei, the voice and vision behind The Emerald. If you, like me, are already a fan of his deeply poetic and perspective-shifting show, then you’ll understand why I’ve wanted to have him on Life is a Festival since the moment I heard his episode on festivals. </p><p>In this conversation, Josh and I explore the revival of myth in our modern moment. We talk about the ancient power of festivals, structure and fluidity of gender, the soul’s longing for meaning, and the complex challenges facing yo...

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