Episode 59:

In this week’s episode of Atypical Daydream, host Josh Caldwell explores what happens when the road starts to feel a little too much like an omen. We sit down with Austin writer and filmmaker James Ease and Jeff Smith, the legendary frontman of the Austin cow-punk band The Hickoids.

James takes us on a West Texas road trip haunted by a series of eerie coincidences that felt like driving straight into a horror movie. Then, Jeff Smith details a brutal run through Northern Europe during a record-breaking cold spring, involving glitchy gear, a confusing loop around Antwerp, and a mad dash through an airport just to get back to the Texas heat.

James Ease

Website: https://www.jamesease.com/

Instagram: @jameseease

Stoned In Texas book trailer: https://youtu.be/5c7ixno7910

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Jeff Smith

FB:

https://www.facebook.com/TheeJeffSmith

https://www.facebook.com/hickoids

https://www.facebook.com/Saustex

IG:

@hickoids

@saustex

@flagship_store_san_anto

saustexrecords.bandcamp.com

hickoids.bandcamp.com

Latest label releases:

Trippin' Through Texas, by Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre

Barbed Wire Road, by The Krayolas

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Episode 58:

This week on Atypical Daydream, songwriter Gwyneth Herbert takes us along on three pivotal journeys to Kenya that helped define who she is and her place in the world.

Website: www.gwynethherbert.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwyneth_herbert.com

Malindi District Cultural Association: Preserving Mijikenda heritage through art, music & community while protecting its keepers.

https://www.instagram.com/madca_culture/

Maabara Atelier: Arts collective based in Kenya encouraging experimentation and curiosity through process-based practices.

https://www.instagram.com/maabara_atelier/

Mahogany Opera: Stretching the boundaries of what opera can be and who it is for. https://www.instagram.com/mahoganyopera/

The Common Room - our community artspace here in Weston: making work with and for the people. https://www.commonwaves.org/

https://www.instagram.com/the_common_room_wsm/

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Episode 57:

This week on Atypical Daydream, world traveler and entrepreneur Flannery Foster reveals the "how" and "why" behind her mission to visit all 330 global destinations, from countries to remote exclaves.

flanneryfoster.com (travel, wellness & art) —-> Contact via Calendar

all330.com (travel education)

redheadedbastard.com (memoir, music, photography)

Coming Soon: Bad Yoga Podcast : Sex, Drugs & The Unbearable Business of Yoga

goodyoga.com

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Episode 56:

This week on Atypical Daydream, my old family friend Joanna Athey shows us what it means to follow the voice within, wherever that takes you, followed by two short stories from my four-year-old daughter, June.

Next time you travel, stay at a youth hostel!

https://www.yha.org.uk/

https://hihostels.com/

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Episode 55:

This week on Atypical Daydream, songwriter and musician Wayne Gottstine shows us what it means to face a terminal diagnosis, and how doing the thing you love can leave you with a deep sense of purpose and gratitude.

Split Lip Rayfield - https://www.stitchgiver.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/waynegottstine/

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@waynegottstine2.0

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Episode 54:

This week on Atypical Daydream, my wife, partner, and best friend, Miranda Caldwell, takes us on a road trip across the USA, in search of her purpose, place, and inner peace—only to be detoured by a wayward heart.

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Episode 53:

This week on Atypical Daydream, teacher, student and academic Matthew Roberts reflects on a life of travel, and the winding road that took him from tour manager to scholar.

Bluesky: @matqbritholiday.bsky.social

Queering the British Holiday - Society of Antiquaries of London by Matthew Roberts

January 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm (lunchtime lecture)

2026 marks key anniversaries in British travel history, from Gulliver’s Travels to Butlin’s first holiday camp. This lecture traces the often-hidden presence of LGBTQ+ lives in the British holiday, revealing how liberation, desire, and surveillance shape three centuries of leisure. Through the Grand Tour, Music Hall coastal culture, Butlin’s camps, and Club 18–30, we explore travel as both method and metaphor—a queer pilgrimage into the liminal spaces of pleasure.

Matthew Roberts is a writer in his fourth year of a part-time PhD in Text, Practice as Research at the University of Kent, examining Queering the British Holiday. His critically acclaimed plays have appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and been featured in The Guardian, The South Bank Show, BBC 5 Live and LBC. After a decade in the tourist industry, he taught English in China, Liverpool, Manchester and London, and has presented research at major national and international conferences. He also volunteers at Queer Britain: The National LGBTQ+ Museum.

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Episode 52:

This week on Atypical Daydream, punk pioneer Alice Bag (The Bags) takes us through one infamous LA night involving Tom Waits, Hollywood, a bar brawl, and punk rock.

Website: https://alicebag.com/

Bandcamp: https://alice-bag.bandcamp.com/

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