45 episodes

Dreams can't be caught unless they are chased, and eccentricity is but a symptom of brilliance.
I interview extraordinary people who forge their own path, make their own rules, and live outside the norms of society. Together, we can learn from each other. Remember, foolish people keep making the same mistakes, smart people learn from their mistakes and successes, and extraordinary people learn from the mistakes and successes of both themselves and of others. That is what Dream Chasers and Eccentrics is all about!

Dream Chasers and Eccentrics Paul Trammell

    • Society & Culture

Dreams can't be caught unless they are chased, and eccentricity is but a symptom of brilliance.
I interview extraordinary people who forge their own path, make their own rules, and live outside the norms of society. Together, we can learn from each other. Remember, foolish people keep making the same mistakes, smart people learn from their mistakes and successes, and extraordinary people learn from the mistakes and successes of both themselves and of others. That is what Dream Chasers and Eccentrics is all about!

    Amelia Huckel-Bauer, All She Cares About is the Yankees

    Amelia Huckel-Bauer, All She Cares About is the Yankees

    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 She Cares About is the Yankees," coming soon to the Bronx. She is a company member with Emit Theatre, bringing immersive Shakespeare to schools, roles ranging from Gertrude in Hamlet, to Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Other theater credits: Hunter in Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Chick in Crimes of the Heart; Red Monkey Theater Group, Sally in Tally’s Folly; Bagaduce Theater, and Flannery in Mrs. Schrodinger’s Cat; NYC Fringe Festival. She holds a BFA in Acting from Tisch, NYU and a MA Educational Theater from Steinhardt, NYU.
    We talk about her one-woman show, becoming an actor, method acting, calling up emotions on stage, agoraphobia, the mechanics of putting on a play and the people involved, cultivating a creative mind, living in New York City, and Amelia recites a scene from the play, which is HILLARIOUS! 
    Find the podcast shownotes at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics
    Amelia's website is http://www.ameliahuckel-bauer.com/
    If you'd like to support the podcast, you can do so through Patreon at http://patreon.com/DreamChasersandEccentrics

    • 1 hr
    Alan Fishbone, Author of "Animal, Notes from a Labyrinth"

    Alan Fishbone, Author of "Animal, Notes from a Labyrinth"

    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. He is a scholar and translator of ancient Greek and Latin and a professional sailboat captain. When not in New York, he lives aboard the cutter rigged sailboat Pelekun, usually to be found somewhere in the Western hemisphere.
    We talk about his book Animal, as well as armageddons, Y2K, Bernard Moitessier, his other book Organ Grinder, memoir, themes of the book, aging, sailing, being an animal - or pretending not to be, and Alan reads from the book. 
    Show notes can be found at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

    • 39 min
    There Might be Nothing Wrong with You, Dr. Fred Moss, the Un-Doctor

    There Might be Nothing Wrong with You, Dr. Fred Moss, the Un-Doctor

    Dr. Fred Moss is a mental health advocate/psychiatrist serving in many capacities: keynote speaker, psychiatry expert witness, podcaster, mental health coach, and teacher. A desire to help people be real and heard has been the driving force leading him to multiple settings and roles as a psychiatrist over the years and compelling him to continually look for better, more effective ways to provide the highest quality care to align people with their most authentic self to deliver into an eagerly awaiting world.
    We talk about healing through communication, prozac and SSRI's, the relationship (or not) between seratonin and depression, how mental health drugs sometimes create the symptoms they are marketed to treat, the fallacy of thinking pills cure psychological conditions, how being uncomfortable is part of the human experience, perscription-drug advertising and how it changed the industry, the relationship between school shootings and psychiatric drugs, meditation, the role of creativity in mental health, excersise, nature, getting in touch with your true voice, addiction, and more.
    Show notes are at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

    • 58 min
    Deadpan, Author Richard Walter

    Deadpan, Author Richard Walter

    Richard Walter is an author of best-selling fiction and nonfiction, celebrated storytelling educator, screenwriter, script consultant, lecturer and retired professor who led the screenwriting program in the film school at UCLA for several decades. He has written scripts for the major studios and television networks; lectured on screenwriting and storytelling and conducted master classes throughout North America as well as London, Paris, Jerusalem, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney and Hong Kong.  His new novel, Deadpan (published by Heresy Press) is available for order now.  Subscribe to his podcast on Substack and blog on Medium, and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
    We talk about writing a novel, writing screenplays, first drafts, editing, stereotypes, creating a character, movies, eliciting emotional responses in books or film, cultivating a creative mind, inspiration, and at the end, Richard reads from his book Deadpan. 
    Shownotes can be found at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Shanti Hershenson, Author of Sixteen Books at 16 Years Old

    Shanti Hershenson, Author of Sixteen Books at 16 Years Old

    Shanti Hershenson published her first two novellas when she was in the sixth grade, although her writing journey started long before then. Ever since she could hold a pencil, marker, or crayon, she was creating stories. She writes in a variety of genres, including Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction. 
    We talk about self-publishing, artificial intelligence, using a writing coach, books, Shanti's novel "You Won't Know her Name,"dealing with bullying, writing poems and short stories, the mechanics of writing a book, UFO's, cultivating a creative mindset, promoting our books, not meeting Elton John, newsletters, advice for young authors, and Shanti reads the first chapter of her new novel "Little Green Man."
    Shownotes can be found at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

    • 55 min
    Setting Yourself up for Success with Lucie Ptasznik

    Setting Yourself up for Success with Lucie Ptasznik

    Lucie is a national speaker, coach and serial entrepreneur who helps people transform their identity and rewire their subconscious mind to take massive action towards their goals. She challenges entrepreneurs and business professionals to step outside of their comfort zone, to dream BIG and to become the best versions of themselves mentally, physically, financially & spiritually. With a background in quantum physics, she boldly teaches that you are the powerful creator of your own reality. Through special mind hacking tools & techniques, she teaches people the power of awareness, how to take back control of their life and how to achieve the success they have always dreamed of having!
    Quantum physics, the vibrational universe, manifestation, attracting positivity and success, cultivating peak emotional state, awareness, stepping outside your comfort zone, meditation, affirmations, setting high limits for yourslef and chasing big dreams, becoming an entrepreneur, trading horses, practicing gratitude, and more!
    Show notes are at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

    • 1 hr 3 min

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