Dream Chasers and Eccentrics
Episodes
Mind-Body-Spirit Healing and Integration, Catia Batalha
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catia Batalha is a psychotherapist, spiritual teacher, author, and mystic, devoted to guiding souls on their journey of awakening, healing, and self-d...
UFO's, Libbie Grant, The Stars and their Light
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Libbie Grant, who writes as Olivia Hawker, is a Washington-Post Best-selling author and a UFO enthusiast. She and I have both seen UFO's, and she wrot...
Danny Johnson, Stand-up Comedy
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Johnson's hilarious, clean stand-up has entertained audiences in comedy clubs, corporate events, and churches nationwide for over 15 years. Dann...
Author John David, The Bystander
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John David is the author of the novel "The Bystander," which I read and loved. It's a thriller about a journalist who films an active-shooter incident...
Author Libbie Grant, aka Olivia Hawker, The Ragged Edge of Night
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Libbie Grant, who also write under the pan name Olivia Hawker, is a Washington Post best-selling author of historical fiction and literary fiction. I ...
Intuitive Healing, Inna Segal
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Inna Segal is a pioneer in the field of energy medicine and human consciousness. She is also the bestselling author of "The Secret Language of Your Bo...
Thom Barrett, Adventures and Insights: Finding Light in Uncertainty
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thom Barrett is an adventurer, cancer survivor, and the author of several books: "Living While Dying", "Chasing My Northern Lights", "Embracing the Co...
Lucid Dreams and Nightmares, Ian Wallace, Dreams and What they Mean
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Wallace is a dream psychologist who has also worked professionally as a North Sea oil-rig roughneck, mountain guide, session musician, fashion pho...
WV Democrat Party Chair Mike Pushkin
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Pushkin is a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and is the Chair of the WV Democrat Party. We talk about why elections matter, the ...
Filmmaker Elliott Hasler, Vindication Swim, the Story of Mercedes Gleitz
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elliott Hasler wrote, directed, and filmed "Vindication Swim," the story of Mercedes Gleitz, the first British woman to swim the English Channel. He a...
Karma and Frequency, Tina Erwin
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the previous episode with Scott Wells and Tina Erwin, I realized Tina and I had a lot more to talk about. The subject of Karma and Frequency cam...
Portals, Ghosts, and the Fourth Dimension, Tina Erwin and Scott Wells
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might remember Tina Erwin from the episode Ghost Helper Tina Erwin April 2024. She is a retired Commander in the US Navy who has had psychic abili...
A Terrifying Ouija Board Experience, Scott Wells, Marked by the Ouija
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott grew up in a small town in Idaho. When he was 16 years old, he bought a Ouija board. His friends got to it before he did, and while he was at wo...
The Creative Life of Robert Abele
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Abele is an artist who paints Cape Cod scenes in oils. He is also a master of cultivating a creative life, and a master of articulating what th...
Hurricane Force, Tom Cunliffe
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Cunliffe is the author of the new novel Hurricane Force, which I read and loved. He has also written 30 sailing nonfiction books and is a lifelong...
Author Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Pool Fishing
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is an author, creative-writing teacher, and host of the podcast Writers on Writing. Her latest book "Pool Fishing" is a collec...
Surf Noir with David Olsen of the Kelp Journal
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Olsen is the Editor in Chief of Kelp Journal, a boutique publisher of literature including surf noir and ocean-based literature. He also writes ...
Offshore Commercial Diving and Starting a Business in Panama, Tony Stead
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Stead was an offshore commercial diver, working on oil rigs in th Gulf of Mexico in the years before and after hurricanes Rita and Katrina. After...
Laura Stanfill, Writing and Publishing
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Stanfill is the author of two books: "Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary," and "Imagine a Door." She is also the owner of Forest Avenue Pres...
Author Michael Stockham, Jake Fox: Ties that Blind, Writing Legal Thrillers, and Self-Publishing
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Stockham has worked as a big-firm lawyer for over twenty years after receiving his law degree from Cornell Law School. He's a sought-after lit...
Author Peter Gooch, Lips
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Gooch is the author of the new novel "Lips." He was on the show last year for his debut novel "Seren." He is a painter, writer, and former art ...
Poetry Episode 2
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Orignial poetry recited by the author, Paul Trammell. Shownotes are here Support the show through patreon
Meteor Shower, a Short Story
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meteor Shower is an original short story by Paul Trammell, narrated by the author. Every month, I post a short story on my substack page. If you sign ...
Ryan and Jonah of Crown Mountain, Writing and Recording Original Music
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan and Jonah are two brothers writing and recording original music in the band Crown Mountain. We talk about writing and recording music, creativi...
Aurora Winter, Author, Entrepreneur, Chaser of Dreams
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aurora Winter is an author and creative entrepreneur. Her books include "Turn Words into Wealth," "Marketing Fast Track," and the fantasy series "Magi...
Exit Game!
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Exit Game! is my latest short story, published June 1 on paultrammell.substack.com Sign up for the newsletter if you'd like to get a free short story ...
Author James Goodhand, Reports of his Death have been Greatly Exaggerated
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Goodhand is the author of the new novel "Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated." He was also on the show last year with his novel "...
Bocas del Toro Eco Tour Guide Stacey Hollis
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey Hollis (@stacebird) lives in Bocas del Toro, Panama. She has a background in field biology and now takes tourist on various eco-tours like snor...
Clay Moffat, You Don't Have Trust Issues—You Have Pattern Recognition Problems
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clay Moffat in an ex-Navy weapons tech turned behavioral coach and author of The Trust Trap. He's spent 15 years helping high performers break toxic p...
Big-Wave Surfing, Mavericks, Nathan Visage
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Visage lives in California and is on a mission to surf big waves. We talk about surfing The Wedge, Mavericks, what makes a wave heavy, injuries...
Author Anthony Horowitz, Marble Hall Murders
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Horowitz is a best-selling author of over 50 books, including the recent "Marble Hall Murders," which I read and loved. His teen spy series Al...
John Brink, from Nazi-Occupied Holland to BC Canada
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Brink was born in Nazi-occupied Holland at the beginning of the Second World War. His early chilhood consisted of foraging for food with his brot...
Katie Chambers, Editing Literature and Nonfiction Writing
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Chambers owns and runs the editing agency Beacon Point, is an organizational expert, and is a former English teacher. In addition to editing and...
Mark Synnott, Big-Wall First Ascents
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Synnott is a climber best known for pioneering big-wall first-ascents. His expeditions have taken him to places like Alaska, Baffin Island, Green...
Anonymous Andrew, Cults, Online Dating, and Sobriety
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anonymous Andrew is the host of the podcasts Cultimatum, the Culture of Cults; Digital Dating with Anonymous Andrew; and The Weekend Rant. We talk a...
The Cocaine Chef: The Story of the Mix Master, Stacey Harper
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey Harper was a cocaine dealer in the 1980's in Los Angeles. He built the business into an small empire, but got arrested. In prison, he studied e...
Outboard Thieves
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you catch thieves in the act, trying to steal your outboard motor? What do you do with the bodies? No, I haven't caught thieves in t...
Finding Your Path and Optimizing Performance, Brian Hite
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Hite, Ph.D., is known as "The High-Stakes Performance Whisperer," blending over 30 years as a professional stuntman with advanced expertise in p...
Tales from the Crypt Writer Alan Katz
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Katz is a writer and producer of film and TV. Over the course of his career, he has written movies and TV shows like HBO's iconic Tales From The ...
Brian Hathaway, Sailing, Addiction, and Recovery
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Hathaway is a documentary filmmaker and a sailor, currently circumnavigating. He is also a recovering addict. We talk about sailing, the communi...
Anger Elimination, Dr. Mort Orman
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mort Orman, M.D. is an internal medicine physician and a 40-year anger elimination and stress elimination expert. He has written 23 books on how t...
Author Heather O'Neill, The Capital of Dreams
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heather O'Neill is a novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Her work includes When We Lost Our Heads, a #1 national bestseller and a finalist f...
Miriam Schulman, Making a Living off Your Creativity
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Miriam Schulman is the author of "Artpreneur," a book about making a living off our creativity. After witnessing 9/11, she left a lucrative hedge fund...
Author Marcia Heath, Little Giant
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a Manhattan book editor, strategic planner, and corporate marketing VP, Marcia Heath seemed to have it all figured out. But after a series of major...
Annie Korzen: The Book of Annie: Humor Heart and Chutzpah from an Accidental Influencer
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Korzen is the author of "The Book of Annie: Humor Heart and Chutzpah from an Accidental Influencer." She played Doris Klompus on Seinfeld, has w...
Actor Matt Drago, Somewhere in Montana
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Drago is an actor living in Los Angeles, starring in the current motion picture "Somewhere in Montana." We talk about the fires in Los Angeles, b...
Scott Grace, The Spiritual Dr. Seuss
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Grace is a forty year veteran teacher of transformation. He is the author of four books, including his latest "Mindful Masculinity." He has been...
Author Peter Gooch, Seren, Creativity, and Finding our Muse
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Gooch is is an author, painter, and former art professor. He is the winner of the Bosque Publishing Prize for Fiction, and his short fiction has...
One Man, One Canoe, One Country, Bert Terhart
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bert Terhart crossed the entire country of Canada from west to east in a canoe in one season, and he did it alone. He is one of only two people to hav...
Art for your Sanity, Susan Hensley
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Hensley is a transformational coach, speaker, and author dedicated to helping people navigate life's transitions with joy, creativity, and resil...
Mob Lawyer to Meditation Teacher, Bob Martin
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bob was a mob lawyer until he discovered the I Ching. He is now is a professor at Elon University, teaching Business Law and Meditation (two separate ...
A Visit to Heaven and Hell, Daniel Brown, Recovery and Surfing
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Brown, aka @mullet_lord, is a former hard partier who nearly died from drug and alcohol abuse. He now lives and surfs in Australia, owns a coff...
The Never-Ending Quest
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I read aloud a short story I wrote about one of my favorite places, Isla Escudo de Veraguas. If you like short stories, sign un for m...
Author Sung J Woo, "Lines"
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sung J. Woo is the author of "Lines," a novel I recently read and loved. His short stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, PEN/Guernic...
Erden Eruc, a Solo Human-Powered Circumnavigation
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Erden is one of two people to have circumnavigated under human power, and Erden is the only to have done it solo, and he did it by rowing, cycling, ka...
Enzo Dal Verme, Becoming a Photographer and Developing Creativity
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Enzo Dal Verme is an Italian portrait photographer drawing on over three decades of experience in meditation. He approaches photography as a path of s...
Elijah Nisemboim, Breathwork, Trauma, and Manifestation
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elijah Nisenboim is founder of Effiji Breathwork and has been helping people with suffering and trauma for 33 years. He is the author of 3 books inclu...
Author Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Palm Springs Noir, Writers on Writing
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is an author, creative-writing teacher, and host of my favorite podcast, "Writers on Writing." She is also a lecturer at Chapm...
Joy, Happiness, and Self-Love, Brad Chandler
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Chandler is a successful entrepreneur who built a thriving real estate investment company, but is now dedicating his life to his true passion: he...
Jeff Patterson, The Yielding Warrior, Martial Arts and Meditation
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Patterson, from Portland, OR, USA, has over 36 years of experience, practicing and teaching the meditative and martial arts. As the founder of No...
Happiness and Self-Love with Matt O'Neill
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt O'Neill is a happiness expert whose work has positively impacted the lives of over 100,000 people worldwide. He's the author of the "Good Mood Re...
Ronika Merl, the Gorgeous Spark of Creativity
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ronika is an award-winning screenwriter. She also directs, and runs the Wicklow Stories Film Festival. Having placed highly in both the Academy Nichol...
The Fingertips of God, Lion Goodman
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lion Goodman is founder of the Clear Beliefs Institute. He is a professional certified therapeutic coach with 40 years' experience as an executive coa...
The Time-Optimized Life, David Buck
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Buck is the author of "The Time-Optimized Life." He has over 35 years of organizational and time-management experience, which led him to start K...
A Shark Encounter in The Bahamas
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, while sailing in The Bahamas, I had a terrifying encounter with an oceanic whitetip shark, a known maneater, and one of the most feared shark...
The Never Ending Quest
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A short story about a magical island, based on a real place - Isla Escudo de Veraguas, read by the author. Support the podcast through Patreon here...
Hello Flower, Martina Gruppo
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martina is the author of the book Hello Flower: A real life story of narcissistic love and invisible abuse. We talk about living in Italy, learning fo...
Journey to the Ragged Islands
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features the first two chapters of the audiobook Journey to the Ragged Islands, by Paul Trammell, as read by the author (and the host of ...
UFC Fighter Brodie Farber
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brodie Farber was a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter from 2002 to 2018. We talk all about fighting, various martial arts and which ones work,...
Conflicting Loyalties, From Mafia Enforcer to DOJ Informant, Aiden Gabor
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aiden Gabor was recruited into the mafia at a young age, led a life of crime, and became an enforcer. He was later coerced into being an informant for...
Autobiographic Memory, Frank Healy
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Healy is one of 100 people in the entire world who has hyperthymesia. He remembers every day of his life, starting at six years old. He is now 6...
Poetry Episode
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clouds, thunderstorms, cool rain, surfing, life and death, strolling through the jungle. My poems are influenced by the natural world around me, as I...
The End of the World, The Beginning of Everything, Shebana Coelho
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shebana Coelho is an award-winning writer, performance artist and facilitator of workshops. Her work is about expressing our creativity to liberate us...
To Play the Game, 72 Days of Survival in the Andes
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Guiver is the author of the book "To Play the Game," the story of the aeronautical disaster of flight 571, which crashed in the Andes in 1972, an...
Living on the Kamoka Pearl Farm in French Polynesia, Josh Humbert
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamoka Pearl Farm produces pearls from oysters grown in the nutrient-rich lagoon of Ahe Atoll, 300 miles northeast of Tahiti. They are known for adher...
Feeling Fear and Finding Courage with Adrenajen, aka Jennie Milton
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennie Milton, aka Adrena-Jen, is an Australian kitesurfing and snow kiting champion, and all-around hardcore adventurer. We talk about getting chased...
Living with Schizophrenia, Dale Walsh
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following a thirteen-week hospitalization for schizophrenia, after being "extracted" from Dartmouth College, Dale Walsh was in a private psychiatric p...
Britton Kelley, Personal Training and Lifestyle Change
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Britton Kelley is a personal trainer living in Medellin Colombia. We talk about travelling, living in Medellin Colombia, being a gringo, doing your ...
Author Jeremiah Beck, Recollection
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremiah Beck is the author of the new novel Recollection, which I read and enjoyed enough to invite Jeremiah onto the show. We talk about finding t...
Amelia Huckel-Bauer, All She Cares About is the Yankees
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amelia Huckel-Bauer is a Bronx based actor and teaching artist, currently producing and acting in an on-going production of John Ford Noonan's, "All S...
Alan Fishbone, Author of "Animal, Notes from a Labyrinth"
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Fishbone is the author of the new novel "Animal, Notes from the Labyrinth," published by Heresy Press. He was born and raised in New York City. H...
There Might be Nothing Wrong with You, Dr. Fred Moss, the Un-Doctor
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Fred Moss is a mental health advocate/psychiatrist serving in many capacities: keynote speaker, psychiatry expert witness, podcaster, mental healt...
Deadpan, Author Richard Walter
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Walter is an author of best-selling fiction and nonfiction, celebrated storytelling educator, screenwriter, script consultant, lecturer and re...
Shanti Hershenson, Author of Sixteen Books at 16 Years Old
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shanti Hershenson published her first two novellas when she was in the sixth grade, although her writing journey started long before then. Ever since ...
Setting Yourself up for Success with Lucie Ptasznik
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lucie is a national speaker, coach and serial entrepreneur who helps people transform their identity and rewire their subconscious mind to take massiv...
Ghost Helper Tina Erwin
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Erwin is a Ghost Helper, on a mission to teach the living how to help the dead, and to help the dead cross over into the heaven world. Tina has s...
Ryan DeLena, a Troubled Childhood Saved By Adventure
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan DeLena is currently studying at Northern Vermont University. He was pictured on the cover of Backcountry Ski Maps (2020) and has climbed and skie...
Writing Fantasy and Living with Tourette Syndrome, Kristof Morrow
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kristof Morrow is the author of the fantasy novel The Second Sun. We talk about Tourette syndrome, sobriety, writing, self-promotion, comedy, his book...
Soldier to Spiritualist and Stepping out of the Stream of Unconsciousness with John Lawyer
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From 12 years in desert combat zones to facing a battle within, John Lawyer transformed from soldier to spiritual seeker. He is the co-founder of Kish...
Hitting Multiple Rock Bottoms and Bouncing Back, Ryan Penley, Man Up Sober Up
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Penley is five yeas sober after a lifetime of drug and alcohol addiction, and author of the book Man Up Sober Up. We talk about the attraction of...
The Day Tripper, Author James Goodhand
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James Goodhand is the author of The Day Tripper, a novel about a man who has become detached from time and given the sometimes confusing opportunity t...
Narcissism and Narcissistic Abuse, with Dana S Diaz
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dana S. Diaz is a wife, mother, and author of the best-selling book GASPING FOR AIR: THE STRANGLEHOLD OF NARCISSISTIC ABUSE. Dana has had life-long ex...
Why we Should be Composting with Worms, and the Benefits of Laughter Yoga with Cathy Nesbitt
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate. Cathy is the Founder of Cathy's Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy's Sprouters and Cathy's Laughter ...
Meditation and Spirit Activism with teZa Lord
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TeZa Lord is an author, artist, lifelong practitioner of yoga and meditation, and a sailor. She is also a spirit activist, and a survivor of addiction...
Moon of the Turning Leaves, Author Waubgeshig Rice
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation. He's written four books, most notably the bestselling novel Moon of the Crus...
Training and Nutrition with Philip Pape
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philip is a certified nutrition coach and helps people improve body composition, lift weights, eat better, and live longer and healthier lives. We tal...
The Subconscious, Past Lives, and Forgiveness, with Dr. Anthony J Emmett
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Emmett is a retired surgeon, sculptor, and author. He has a vast and unique knowledge of a level of consciousness that most of us don't perceive. ...
Spiritualism, Meditation, and Web3 with Eric McHugh
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric is a 30-year-old entrepreneur whose philosophy emphasizes the importance of simplicity, adaptability, and a clear mind, which has translated well...
Building Communication and Conversation Skills with Jake Stahl
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jake is a pioneer in conversational dynamics and a highly regarded fractional Chief Learning Officer. We talk about conversational dynamics, cadence o...
Recognizing the Miracle of Art with Heather Aguilera
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Aguilera is a professional artist creating beautiful paintings from her studio in St Augustine, FL, and is also an experienced body painter. W...