Ever dream of running away with the circus? We have, and talk about it on this show, along with medieval puppets, and the value of bringing your own trumpet to riots.

Freddy Waters- "Grooving on my Baby's Love"
Vashti Bunyan- "Come Wind Come Rain"
El Dragon Criollo- "El Despertar"
Giorgio Moroder- Chase

There is a library of books devoted to the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. More than anyone could ever read in a couple of lifetimes... and that is only counting the English language texts! In this episode, the hosts discuss and classify the pilgrim literature they have read, underscoring the contributions of their favorite authors. The music is eclectic and electric, and two special guests drops into the program, the first discusses the merriment that characterizes the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, and the second discourses on the nature of carnival.

Doja Cat- "You Get me so High"
Oliver Schroer - "Camino [selections]"
Oneohtrix Point Never- "memory vague"
John Sinclair - "Fly Right (Epistrophe)"
Sailor Moon theme song

New Year's Day is the most holy day for our religious confraternity, the OSGH. This episode opens with some reflections on the way in which members of the Order celebrate, and some comments on our own ritual festivities.

Taylor Dayne- "Tell it to my heart"
debbie deb- “when I hear music”
Shannon song - “Let the Music Play - “
Quad City DJ- “C’mon N' Ride It”
The Bomb! - “These Sounds Fall into My Mind”

It's an all-out pre-New Year's New Year's party in the studio, as we are joined by guests Crom, Elvis, and Just Sarah. We discuss ways to make the new year as auspicious as possible and, just as importantly, as fun as it can be.

Ray Lynch Bevibel Harvey - "The Oh of Pleasure"
Ginger Root - "Loretta"
Car Sick Cars - "Car Sick Cars"
DEVO- "Girl U Want"
Mazzy Star - "Crash into you"
The Sundays - "Wild Horses"
Mulatu Astatke – ‘Yèkèrmo Sèw’
Camarón de la Isla - "Cada vez que nos miramos"

The much-anticipated XMAS special. Much merriment, jokes, & goofs.


The Kinks- Father Christmas
Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
Phil Spector - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

How does photography undermine the authentic travel experience? How can it help access deeper dimensions of the road? To answer these questions & more we turn to our friends in the Order of St. George's Horse, Steve H. & Jesse U.-O.

James Brown, Get Up Offa That Thing
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
Nate Dog, “Hardest Man in Town"
James Brown get on up
Erykah Badu hotline bling
Coolio Fantastic Voyage
William Shatner common people
Pure moods, Big Girls dont cry

This episode we are joined by Allen + Nathan of San Jose's Camino Brewing Co. to discuss the importance of good drinks + good cheer on the road. We also explore sacred geography and how the past and present collide on pilgrimage.

Episode 10: Camino Brews (ft. Allen & Nathan of Camino Brewing)

Oliver Schroer - Camino [selections]
Akira Fukube - Godzilla main theme

A rogues' gallery of guest joined us live, at the studio, to gab about pleasure gardens, Emperor Norton, & the cryptocreatures that inhabit San Francisco. Music is all Halloween themed & spooky.


Episode 9: Halloween Birthday Madness (ft. Erik Davis, Crom the troll, & Mac)

The Cramps - Human Fly
Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Kate Bush - Strange Phenomena
Donovan - Season of the Witch
Bobby Boris Pickett - Monster Mash

Initially, we intended on discussing the book, "100 Places to Visit Before You Die." However, our attention was swiftly diverted by other topics related to pilgrimage. We had two guests too, Steve Hwang (talking about his recent trip to Northern Pakistan) and Tasha Dawson (talking about her trip to Paris). Both members of the OSGH.

Tatsuro Yamashita- Morning Glory
Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
Junko Yagami - Bay City
Miki Matsubara - Stay with me
Taeko Onuki - 4am

This week we discuss choices, big and small, and the inner and outer guides that one can tune in to as they make such decisions. Inspired by bouncy 90s house music, we also discuss the true wisdom of supervillains when it comes to trying to end the world.

Modjo - Lady
Sonique- It Feels So Good
Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
Alice Deejay - Better off alone
Real Mccoy - another night
Miami Sound Machine- Conga
Eiffel 65 - Blue

This week Stella muses on whether pilgrimages are by nature religious, and then is joined by special guest Sarah H. to discuss the weirdo world of traveling alone, office jobs in outer space, and the guidebook scam.

Songs:

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
Blink-182 - Dammit
Sally Oldfield - Mandala
John Martyn - Please Fall in Love with Me

Built on a solid foundation of roots reggae tunes, this episode features a brief discussion of religious monuments and exotic drinks, as well as a longer trialogue with a series of callers from Florida, offering their insights into the Floridian perspective on Hurricane Ian, and violent storms in general.

Songs:

Madness- One Step Beyond
Toots and the Maytals- 54 46 Was My Number
Eek-a-Mouse - Ganja Smuggling
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Peter Tosh - Johnny B Goode
Mad Cobra - Flex
Shabba Ranks - Mr Loverman

Each metropolis has its own identity. In this episode, we discuss the way in which these identities can be monstrous, or angelic. Our discussion drifts to why it is bad practice to "gatekeep" the location of powerspots, before turning towards some of our favorite powerspots across the globe. A special guest called in to regale us his own account of climbing Half Dome.

Songs:

Hank & Dad - This Charming Man
Matt Barry - Take my Hand
John Sinclair - Ain't Nobody's Business
Big Wave - Emotional Prism
Doktors for "Bob" - Hhueh

Fear not! The weird buzzing noise only lasts through the first nine minutes of the program. Once the audio issue is resolved, we jump into a free-wheeling conversation about medieval calendar reformation until finally settling into an in-depth convo about the Situationists' theory of the "dérive" and malls as the new ruins. A caller called, too. Keywords: drifting, abandoned malls, The Nature Company, The Sharper Image, & Plasma Orbs.

Songs:
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Fugazi - No Surprise
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
The Kinks - Lola
Danzig - Father (*in-studio karaoke version*)
The Misfits - Making Mischief
The Misfits - Winning is Everything
Deep Forests - Sweet Lullaby

We talk about the worst types of travel photography, the high-art of graffiti, and swap stories with OSGH member, Jeb Interlandi.


Track list:

Born Slippy- Underworld
The Specials- Ghost Town
Hepcat- Dance with me
Teddy Bears (ft. Iggy Pop)- Punk rocker
Enigma- Return to Innocence
Yung Bae (ft. Macross 82-99)- Welcome to the Disco

In this episode, Stella & Jojo reflect on the typology of pilgrimages, the art of story-telling, the good ol’ days of Couchsurfing, & being back on Radio Valencia after more than ten years.

We talk a lot, but here's the music we played:

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidanana
Mort Garson - Deja Vu
KLF - Chill Out [album]
Engima - Sadeness
Hildegard von Bingen - Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vite
Kenji Kawai - Making of Cyborg [Ghost in the Shell soundtrack]
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Kaneda [Akira soundtrack]
Dj Dado - X-Files Theme