Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Dopey is a podcast about drugs, addiction, and the dark comedy that comes with it. Hosted by Dave and originally co-hosted by Chris, who died from a fentanyl overdose, the show continues to share stories of debauchery, recovery, and harm reduction. It features interviews with celebrities and everyday people, exploring various paths to recovery and shining a light on the opioid epidemic.
Episodes
Dopey 590: Can Psychedelics Cure Addiction? Ayahuasca Hell, Demons, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Dr. Reef Karim
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This week on Dopey! We kick things off with the aftermath of the first-ever Dopey Short Recovery Film Festival—Dave’s post-event crash, gratitude, Knicks withdrawal, listener emails, Dean Moda Patreon comments, meth-sex insanity, Monkey Man research, and a wild voicemail about shooting someone up for the first time.
Then Dr. Reef Karim comes on! They e
The Cocaine Episode with Ingrid Casares, freebase, making Sex with Madonna, Miami, Club Life, Addiction, Rehab, Recovery - Dopey's Greatest Hits
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This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits, Dave looks back on one of the most unforgettable interviews in the show's history with Miami nightlife legend Ingrid Casares. Before the classic conversation begins, Dave recaps the incredible success of the inaugural Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, from a nearly sold-out crowd and appearances by James Frey, Kevin McEnro
DJ Fat Tony Returns: Sex Addiction, Trauma Therapy, Recovery Addiction & Cunts
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This week on The Wednesday Dose of Dopey! We talk the spiritual axiom, stress, anger, and trying to stay connected when recovery feels stale. He reads an intense email from Justin about quitting 7-OH, including brutal withdrawals, relapse cycles, and the strange misery of coming off something marketed as harmless.
Then DJ Fat Tony returns to Dopey to talk
The Gayest Raytreon Teaser in Years - addiction, alcohol, trauma, eating disorders, loneliness, and recovery
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Summary
This week on the free Tuesday teaser of Dopey, Dave and Ray welcome editor Britta before reading Patreon comments from last week's Doug episode and laughing about everything from personal trainers to Doug's famously "accentuated shaft."
Then the mood shifts as Dave reads an incredibly honest email from Carson, a young trans man struggling wi
Dopey Replay #34: Dave Smuggles Ibogaine from Canada, Big Bird on Heroin, Coke Before Court & OG Dopey with Chris
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This Dopey Replay goes back to Episode 34, a classic early Dave-and-Chris-only episode packed with old-school Dopey chaos. Dave opens by reflecting on the early days of the show, Chris’s role in shaping it, and how tiny the original Dopey Nation was back then. Before the replay, Dave plays a voicemail from Eric about doing huge lines of coke in the courthouse
Dopey 588: Crystal Meth, Chemsex, Poop for Pay, Sexual Assault, Psychosis & Recovery with Dean Moda
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This week on Dopey, Dave opens the show with a meditation on the Rolling Stones’ “Monkey Man,” junkie music, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and the impossibility of legally buying an MP3 in 2026. He also gets hyped for the first Dopey Short Recovery Film Festival, talks about brin
Danny Trejo on Heroin at 12, Prison, Recovery, Robbery, God & Tacos - Dopey's Greatest Hits
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This Week on Dopey Greatest Hits! My dad is back and we catch up on all things dopey and life including Alan’s deeply specific breakfast routine. Dave also reads listener emails and comments about grief, recovery, Motley Crue, Safe Spot, Steve Poltz, Dopey socks, and whether celebrities ac
Tales From the Psych Ward with Amy Dresner - Epilepsy, Grief, Recovery & Staying Alive When Sobriety Still Sucks
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This week on Dopey Wednesday,! We begin with a Father’s Day rant about dads texting each other, calls his father Alan live on the show, argues about masculinity, the Knicks championship, post-Knicks withdrawal, the Dopey Film Festival, and whether Seymour is allowed to come.
White Supremacy Rally, Injured at the Gym, Fighting with Everybody & Missing Dopey Zoom with H.A.D
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Summary
This week on Dopey Tuesday, Dave welcomes back his old friend Doug for another session. Dave admits he's stressed out trying to bank ten episodes before vacation while also preparing for the upcoming Dopey Film Festival. The pressure, combined with everyday disast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Amsterdam LSD Disaster, Whips, Jail & Classic Chris plus Vinnie - Dopey Replay 33:
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This week on the Dopey replay! Dave opens the show melting in a ninety-degree attic after removing his ugly window air conditioners and battling his third malfunctioning Rodecaster. He spirals through equipment frustration, a failed attempt to recruit an actress from T
Dopey 588: Drinking Pee, Classic Alcoholic, Opanas, Shipwrecked, Mark Lanegan, School Shootings & Sobriety — Musician and Author Mishka Shubaly
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This week on Dopey! We continue to celebrate the Knicks championship, we prepare for the ticker tape parade, and share a pair of horrifying junkie stories involving blue toilet water and fabric softener injections. We promotes the upcoming Dopey Recovery Film Festival and we read comments
Nikki Sixx on Heroin, Sobriety, Mötley Crüe, The Heroin Diaries & Recovery | Dopey Greatest Hits
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This week on Dopey Greatest Hits,! Dave dusts off one of the biggest episodes in the show's history as the Dopey Patreon votes Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe to the top of the poll. Before the interview, Dave celebrates Ray Brown’s legendary “Home Sweet Heroine,” reflects on working Step Eight with a s
My Brother died from a Fentanyl Overdose, The Todd Shot Vol. 8 - Todd's sister Aly comes back.
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This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, Dave marks eight years since the death of his close friend Todd Curry, who died from a fentanyl overdose. To honor Todd’s memory, Dave brings on Todd’s sister, Allie Curry, for a deeply personal conversation about grief, family, addiction
Fake Sober Time, DXM, Recovery & Fixing Dopey YouTube with Trinity on the Tuesday Teaser
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This week on Dopey Tuesday, Dave sits down with Dopey Nation favorite Trinity for a hilarious, awkward, and surprisingly heartfelt conversation that serves as the setup to her deeper recovery story on Patreon. Trinity explains how she first came to the beach meetin
Dopey Replay 32:The Time DJ Stole 1,000 Vicodin from a Pharmacy, The 9/11 Story, Remembering Todd - Total Dopey Replay 32
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Episode Summary
This week on the Dopey Replay, Dave reflects on the bittersweet anniversary of Todd Curry's fentanyl overdose death, celebrates the Knicks' first NBA Championship in 53 years, and remembers beloved Dopey contributor DJ Don Jr. Rentz, who was tragically murdered last summer.
Dopey 587: Heroin! Porn! ACID! The Grateful Dead! Bam Margera! The Greatest Brandon Novak Episode Ever? with Joe Frantz!
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This week on Dopey! Dave battles Long Island summer heat, conquers a dead rat under his porch, rescues Susan's escaped corn snake Noodle, and prepares for the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival. Along the way he
Getting High with Nazi Skinheads! Certified Classic Dopey! Kimber King Returns: Fentanyl, Family Trauma & Recovery - DOPEY'S GREATEST HITS
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Summary
This week on Thursday's Greatest Hits! We open with a Knicks comeback story and ties it to recovery ("you can't quit"), then announces the Dopey Film Festival and shouts out the Baldini family. After reading listener comments and a wild listener email from "Stan the Man" in London (a multi
Dopey Wednesday: Heroin, Tatum O'Neal, John McEnroe, Recovery & the Knicks with Kevin McEnroe
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This week on Dopey Wednesday,!Dave is joined once again by Kevin McEnroe for a powerful, funny, and honest conversation about addiction, recovery, family, tennis, writing, prayer, ego, and the New York Knicks.
Dave opens the
KnickHeartbreak, Knicks, Lost Dreams & Recovery, Tuesday Teaser with Heart Attack Doug,
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Heart Attack Doug returns for another Dopey Tuesday as he and Dave revisit the origins of their friendship, the rise and fall of Good Morning Dopey, and the eternal struggle of growing the Dopey YouTube channel.
Plus: Knicks playoff agony, NBA conspiracy theories, June on Long Island,
DopeSick, Arrests, Jail, Prison & Touring — with Mystery Guest: JayTotal Replay:
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This week on Total Replay! Dave opens with a heartfelt intro about the Total Replay series — replaying all early episodes with Chris O'Connor, Dave's co-creator who died of a fentanyl overdose in July 2018. Dave explains why these replays matter: listeners who came later are gettin
Dopey 586: NEW DOPEY CLASSIC! Robbing Drug Dealers! Federal Indictment! Lesbian Prison Romance! Heroin! Crack! & Single Motherhood in Recovery with Kelly P
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This week on Dopey! We check in from deep inside Knicks playoff mania, tackles a listener email about dating in early recovery, and shares some hard-earned thoughts on relapse, relationships, and protecting your sobriety at all costs.
Then we reconnect with fellow Mountainside alum Kelly P
Dopey Greatest Hits: Jakob Nowell; Son of Sublime, Bradley Nowell, Heroin, Alcoholism, Getting Sober & Carrying the Sword
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This Week on Dopey’s Greatest Hits
Dave opens the show emotionally wrecked after listening to Sublime’s “Pool Shark,” reflecting on Bradley Nowell’s addiction, the pain embedded in the song, and memories of his late friend Todd, who loved Sublime as much as he did. He talks Knicks euphor
ADDICTED TO THE KNICKS - EMERGENCY KNICKS PODCAST WITH KEVIN MCENROE
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This emergency Dopey episode is Dave and Kevin McEnroe going full Knicks sicko mode on the day of Game 1 of the NBA Finals. They talk about Addicted to the Knicks, the idea of “KA,” Knicks fandom as church, childhood obsession, supe
Serious Crack Smoking! Sleeping on the Subway! Rikers Island! Brownsville, Brooklyn! & 36 Years of Recovery - The Wednesday Dose of Dopey with Michael Muniz
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This week on the Wednesday Dose!
The episode kicks off with a classic hippie Dopey email from listener MB, who recounts a spectacular Phish tour nitrous disaster. After days of ketamine, booze, overpriced cocaine, and lot balloons at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Color
Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Heart Attack Doug — Birthday, Euphoria, Prison, and Stickers
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Dave welcomes Heart Attack Doug back to Dopey Tuesday on his birthday, though he's not exactly feeling celebratory after waking up groggy from NyQuil and discovering that his daughter forgot it was his birthday. Doug immediately notices Dave's low energy, launching a conversation
Dopey 30: Fake LSD Flashbacks, Tinder Karen & the Giant Pig
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Long Summary
This week's Total Replay features Dopey Episode 30, originally recorded in the Lower East Side apartment when Chris and Dave were still figuring out what the show would become.
Dave opens by explaining why Episode 29 won't be replayed. It was Ray Brown's first appearance
Dopey 585: PCP at 12, Selling Crack, Violence, Life in Prison, Freedom, The Unlikey Inspiring story of Haneef Perry
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This week on Dopey! Lots of stuff in this one: my ridiculous dog emergency room experience plus three tick bites in one day!Then we get into listener love — a great email from Sean O about early recovery and live music, Taylor’s wild meth/booze/Grinder voicemail, and Minnesota Matt’s heavy
Remembering the Super Dopey Bombastic Life of Ryan Leone From Ritalin Kid to Heroin Cartel, Federal Prison & Writing "Wasting Talent" | Dopey Greatest Hits
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On this Thursday Greatest Hits episode, we replayed Ryan Leone’s first appearance on Dopey — one of the wildest, most bombastic interviews we’ve ever done. Ryan was a ridiculously talented, handsome, funny writer who lived one of the most extreme addict lives imaginable: early Ritalin addicti
They Call Heroin Dog Food! Crack in Gordon Heights! Celebrating 6 Years Sober with Handsome Evan
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This Week on the Wednesday Dose! The episode opens with Dave feeling sick but super inspired by the Knicks, community in general, and the way Dopey Nation sticks together. He talks about Dopey Zoom, putting up Dopey stickers carefully, and the psychedelic idea that list
Tuesday Teaser: 'The Return of Dave's Dad - Alan-on Parenting, Guilt, Shame, Blame and hope
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Dave and Alan Manheim return for another classic Dopey Tuesday conversation, this time recorded outside the Dopey studio because of ongoing production issues. Alan immediately launches into a breakdown of his “mutual redevelopment” Manhattan apartment and reminisces about living there for
Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner, Guns, Heroin Rats, Chris, Ryan & eerie Foreshadowing on the Total Dopey Replay show episode 28
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Summary
On this Dopey Monday Total Replay, Dave looks back at Dopey Episode 28, one of the strangest and creepiest early episodes of the show. It features Dave, Chris, and graphic-design Ryan — the guy who made the original Dopey logo — talking through old Lower East Side drug energy, the
Dopey 584: Natanya Ross on Heroin! Betrayal! Trauma! The 90's! Brad Renfro’s Death! & Recovery
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This week on Dopey! We have it all! Emails! Blood Shot Voice mails! Comments! Mysogny and Sisterhood!
Then we bring dopey with Natanya Ross — the iconic 90s child star from The Secret Life of Alex Mack. I sat down with her in LA and she absolutely opened up her soul. We
Robbing Crack Dealers and Surviving Hell on Long Island - Motorcycle Gang Gary from the Beach - Dopey's Greatest Hits
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Dave opens this Dopey Greatest Hits episode with a full Long Island transportation saga after the LIRR strike, the Knicks comeback, Australian Dopey Nation messages, a dentist/implant update, and a voicemail from Ben about 7OH being so strong it blocked the effec
Shooting Liquid LSD, Living in a Porta Potty, Smuggling Heroin in Jail & Steve-O’s Wild Ride, Divorce, losing 200 pounds Skinny Vinny
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This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, Dave opens the show with Brer Brian’s Dopey Wednesday anthem and immediately starts hustling tickets for the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival in New York City. Dave explains that only nine tickets have sold so far and promises cheap ticke
Tuesday Teaser: Action Bronson, Jeff Ross, and the Heart Attack Doug Meltdown Special
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Dave and Heart Attack Doug return for another chaotic Dopey Tuesday filled with fake beefs, Patreon wars, Action Bronson at Katz’s, the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival, and Doug spiraling after reading mean comments about himself online. Doug claims he could dominate the fil
Detox and Withdrawal, Todd's First Call in; Gets Arrested in the Projects, Graphic Design Ryan on Trading a laptop for heroin - Dopey Total Replay!
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Dave opens the Dopey Total Replay by revisiting Episode 27, “Detox Withdrawal,” one of the earliest foundational episodes of Dopey. He explains how the episode introduced both graphic designer Ryan — creator of the
Dopey 583: Kidnapped at 11, Running Naked from the Cops on Meth, Heroin, Crack, Human Trafficked, Redemption with Keta Loren
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Dave opens the show talking about Susan’s eighth birthday and the family trip to Music on the Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont for the Phoenix and Divided Sky festival featuring Karina Rykman, Eggy, Anders Osborne, Daniel Donato, Natalie Cressman, Jennifer Hartswick, and members of Dogs in a Pile. Dave talks about trying to get the en
Gabor Mate REPLAY: In the Realm of Dopey Ghosts PLUS The (other) Guru that Erotically Drank My Pee - Trauma, Addiction, Recovery
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Summary
Dave opens Dopey Greatest Hits with an AI Dopey song from Josh Clark, updates the chaos around Katz’s, Action Bronson, Paul Wall, the Divided Sky festival, Susan’s birthday, and the Dopey short film festival. A listener voicemail tells a wild guru story involving opium, coke, mushrooms, MDMA, hot springs, and pee drinking. Dave re
Kratom Vomit Sex Story PLUS Blake Mycoskie on Depression, Psychedelics & “I Am Enough” Dopey Wednesday
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Summary
Dave opens Dopey Wednesday by getting mad at Reddit, reminiscing about Penn South, the old Walter Reade theater, flea markets, and losing his apartment to heroin addiction. Then Ian from Paris calls in with a disgusting kratom-vomit sex story. Dave reads Spotify and Patreon comments about Zach Noe Towers, Chet Holmgren, Sassafras, Euphoria,
Tuesday Teaser: Raytreon! Crackheads Burned Down Chelsea! Heavy Breathing! Luxury Projects! Recovery!
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Dave and Ray kick off a weird “Christmas in May” Dopey Tuesday with an old Ray parody song before diving into stories about Chelsea in the ‘90s, addiction nostalgia, Andy Dick, and the destruction of a longtime neighborhood building. Dave talks about working on a Andy Dick interview for Rolling Stone, while Ray reflects on drinkin
Finding an Ounce of Heroin & Throwing It Away + Chris Loved 'Good So Bad', RUSH; Floating on a cloud of Titties (Dopey Replay #26) PLUS: THE KNICKS WIN!
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Short Summary
Dave kicks off with Mother’s Day reflections, Knicks playoff excitement, and reads an incredible listener email from James Dehart about discovering a huge bag of heroin (plus crack) while cleaning out an abandoned building — and his sober buddy immediately throwing it down a sewer grate. Then Dave replays Dopey Epi
Dopey 582: Margaret Cho! Kratom! Psychedelics! Weed Lube! Meth Fantasies! Recovery!
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Summary
This Week on Dopey! Dave opens the show reflecting on hosting the Phoenix House Soiree and presenting Hank Azaria with an award in the same neighborhood where he once bought heroin nearly 30 years earlier. He talks about gratitude, recovery, shame, redemption, and how addiction and recovery both shaped his life. Dave reads listene
Gilbert Trejo; Heroin, Punk Rock Fights & Growing Up as Danny Trejo’s Son - Dopey's Greatest Hits
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Episode Summary
Dave opens this week’s Dopey Greatest Hits by explaining the Patreon poll that lets listeners choose classic replay episodes. After Jason Ricci lost a last-minute battle to Dr. Gabor Maté the previous week, this week’s theme becomes “kids of famous people,” featuring guests like Jack Osbourne, Mackenzie P
Euphoria Sucks! The Gayest Dopey in Awhile, Trapped in a Drug Dealer’s Trunk: Zach Noe Towers, Twink Death, Ecstacy, Hate Mail, MDMA, Coke
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Episode Summary
This week on the Wednesday Dose! Dave opens the Wednesday Dose of Dopey talking about Patreon backlash over Selby’s heavy breathing during the Tuesday Patreon show, his hatred for the newest season of Euphoria, Lena Dunham’s audiobook, Knicks obsession, and getting ready to emcee the Phoenix House gala honoring H
Tuesday Teaser with Selby and Cormac - Cormac Boofs Lots of Research Chemicals,
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📝 Summary
This episode of Dopey blends recovery updates, dark humor, and one of the most bizarre drug stories ever told on the show. Selby celebrates 101 days sober and reflects on a powerful in-person group inventory, while Cormac opens up about hitting a wall in long-term recovery and rebooting his physical and spiritual health through mee
The Worst Dopey Ever? Prince Dies! Cocaine Overdose, Sleepwalking on Ketamine, Recovery
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Episode Summary
Total Replay #25! Dave opens Monday’s Dopey Total Replay by revisiting Dopey Episode 25 from April 2016, titled Cocaine Overdose, Prince. Before the replay, he talks about plans for the Dopey Recovery Film Festival in Manhattan, Patreon perks, the Tuesday Reddit Roundup with Selby and Cormac, and addresses listener
Dopey 581: Zoe Hansen; Heroin, Sex Work, Shooting Speedballs, The Chelsea Hotel & Dying in Nancy Spungen’s Bed
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Dopey Episode Summary
This Week on Dopey! We open the show in full single-dad chaos mode—juggling pickups, tutoring, dance class, concerts, naps gone wrong, and trying to make it home in time for the Knicks game. He announces the upcoming Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, then reads an extremely heavy anonymous listener email about sexu
Demonic Coke, Meth, Heroin and the Blues on Dopey's Greatest Hits with the Great Jason Ricci
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On this Thursday Dopey Greatest Hits episode, Dave opens the show reacting to angry Spotify comments from the previous Amanda de Cadenet episode, joking that controversy is good for engagement. He sets the table for one of his favorite classic episodes: a deep and unforgettable interview with legendary harmonica player Jason Ricci. Before getting
90's Wild Child! Getting Wasted with Courtney Love, Plant Medicine, Marrying into Duran Duran & The Strokes, and Getting Sober Young with Amanda de Cadenet
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Summary
This Week on the Wednesday Dose! Linda is away - single parenting is on! Shoutout to all the single parents out there! We play a nuts voicemail from Taylor in Austin about relapsing on crack after moving in with a guy from AA who turned out to be schizophrenic and deep into crack psychosis. The story escalates into paran
Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack Doug'sSecret Shame, Robes, Eggs, Escalotors and Doug's 2 Weeks
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Dave opens another Tuesday teaser by welcoming back Heart Attack Doug and immediately calling Patreon listeners winners and free listeners losers. Doug paints a hilarious picture of arriving at Dave’s house to find him shuffling around in a heavy dusty Ralph Lauren robe and knit cap looking 40 years older than he is.
They talk about Dave holding down the
Shooting Coke, Bell Ringers, Dopey Monday Replay: Farts, Rehab, Lou Reed & Francis + Billy Baroo Returns
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This week on the replay! We open this Monday's show by reflecting on starting Dopey with Chris after meeting at Mountainside rehab and why replaying old episodes helps newer listeners understand Chris and the origins of the show. He then reads a long email from listener “Panda,” who says Dopey inspired him to start Couch
Dopey 580: Andy Dick has 120 Days Sober! Fentanyl Death and Rebirth, Joe Rogan, Chris Farley, Car Crash on Nitrous
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This week on Dopey! The Return of Andy Dick! Using story from Montana! Gratitude! Spotify Comments! Nitrous Car Crash!
Andy discusses his recent fentanyl overdose (where he clinically died), his history of resisting recovery, and his current fragile sobriety. The conversation swings between hilarious (fat shaming, keto coffee, ra
Shooting your finger off on Acid, Plus NYC Water Tower Meth Story and Michael Imperioli - Dopey's Greatest Hits
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This Dopey Greatest Hits episode kicks off with Dave introducing a fan-voted theme around iconic TV characters, with Michael Imperioli winning the poll. Dave goes on a classic rant about ads vs Patreon, breaking down the cost to “25 cents a day,” before spiraling into plans for DopeyCon — including a long-shot idea to book Steve Jones
Meth Game Rooms, Sex Work and The Return of Glynis Franz on Wednesday Dose
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This week on the Wednesday Show! New listener emails and voicemails, including a heavy duster relapse story involving a car crash into a house, psychosis, and near-total destruction of a sober life.
We read Spotify comments and welcome backGlenis—covering her past in heroin addiction, sex work, meth, prison, and her unlikely transformation into a s
Tuesday Teaser: Gay Sex Apps, Fat Shaming, Gary Dell'Abate's Party, Heroin
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This week on the teaser: A special guestis back and we spiral immediately—bassoon repair shops, weird road trips, and why I told him to stop shoving bassoons in my face. I break down LA, interviewing Andy Dick (who calls me fat repeatedly), Dopeywood fallout, and the insanity of doing 11 interviews in 4 days.
Then things get extra Dopey: we
Research Chemicals, DMT, 2CB, Methylone, Syringe, Cancer Scare, Katz's, Kratom TOTAL REPLAY #23
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NOTE: I forgot to mention it was first Chris's 'hooping the shooter' mention - and i ate expired cereal during the whole show - and it was pretty gross.
This week on the total replay! Dave opens the Monday replay talking about bringing his daughters into Manhattan for a museum day, taking them to the Met, walking through the city, and f
Dopey 578: Literally Losing Her Ass to Heroin - Sarah Clark
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This week on Dopey! We check in after Dopeywood! And talks about going back to meetings, realizing they don’t need to be brilliant to be good.
Dave shares a story about going to a Howard Stern vinyl party, meeting Baba Booey and Chuck D, and telling his Stern story while playing Neil Young. He reflects on being relentless in both recovery and buildi
Dopey's Greatest hits: Steve Earle Got High at 11, Heroin, Prison, the Wire, PLUS the Return of My Dad
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SUMMARY:
This Week on Dopey's Greatest Hits!
Dave records from his dad’s overheated apartment and opens with a long, chaotic conversation about Dopeywood at The Comedy Store. His dad gives a detailed, meandering recap of the trip, the show, and his mixed reactions to the comedians, praising the turnout but criticizing some of the material
Allie Macofsky: Mushrooms, Blackouts, Car Crashes Nicotine Obsession, and Getting 10 years young | Black Tar in the Mail
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This week on Wednesday! Still coming down from the Dopeywood high and talk about productivity, procrastination, and trying to get back on track with the Dopey fitness challenge. Getting older, body image, and whether drastic measures like Ozempic are worth it.
We read a wild listener email about someone accidentally receiving a kilo of black tar h
Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Jeremy's Return! Shooting heroin in the Garage, Dopeywood Disaster & 6 Months of Silence
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🔥 DOPEY SHOW NOTES
Dave is in Los Angeles with childhood friend Jeremy, breaking down a lifetime of friendship, addiction, resentment, and survival.
Jeremy tells the story of tearing his Achilles and relives Dopeywood chaos—including abandoning stage manager duties for his girlfriend’s birthday, which led to a six-month silent treatment from Dave.
Piss Pants Mushroom Jesus, Caked in Vomit VM, Dopey wood Review! Heroin!
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This Week on the greatest Hits!
We did Dopeywood at The Comedy Store We Sold it out.! Was pretty, pretty good!
We Read a cool dopeywood review,
Read commentts from Patreon and Spotify - and play an old voicemail from a kid who got sober at 15 after puking all over a girl in science class and sitting in it all day so his mom wouldn’t find out.
Then the rplay!
Dopey 578: Louis lost 10.2 Million Dollars to Gambling! PLUS Murder! Oxys! Coke! Nothing's off the Table!
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This week on Dopey! We shout out some epic dopes! Katie B with 8 fucking years and Scott Wic with 6 years!!!!
We play a VM from Axel. We read emails - spotify comments - the whole deal. LEAVE SPOTIFY COMMENTS PLEASE!
Then we are joined by the host of the Nothing's Off the Table Podcast Louis
A Listener $h!ts himself on a Carnival Ride After Doing Fake Cocaine. PLUS Hasnie the EMT/Belly Dancing Alcoholic, Pills, Recovery
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Dave tees up a Greatest Hits episode featuring Hasnie, a belly dancer turned first responder alcoholic with a wild, emotional story. Before that, we get a classic Dopey email about a reckless dealer named King who jumps out a window during a raid and later crashes a car doing whippets.
Then
Behind the Dopey Red Hot Chili Peppers pt. 2 - Ben Feldman - Director of 'Rise of the Chili Peppers' Heroin, OD, Flea, Hillel
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Dave sits down with filmmaker Ben Feldman, director of The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel, for a deep, funny, and emotional conversation about music, addiction, and friendship.
They get into the origins of the Chili Peppers, the insane creative scene in 80s LA, and the bon
Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Gas Station Heroin: Kratom, Withdrawal & Losing Everything with Heart Attack Doug
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ON THE TEASER: Heart Attack Doug AGAIN! For a chaotic Tuesday episode filled with tangents about music, meetings, and listener feedback.
The tone shifts when Dave reads a detailed email from a listener addicted to 7-OH, a potent kratom extract sold in gas stations. What starts as a
Dopey Total Replay: Ram Dass, Kicking Xylazine, GIRLS! Old Junky Business in NYC - Chris Pisses his Pants and Dry's them on Tanning Bed, Coke, Recovery
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This week on the total Replay! Kicking Xylazine and other weird new compunds! Comments! Krby J explores early 80's NYC Junky stuff! Me and Chris talk Dopey TV Shows! Girls!
All that and more! On this weeks new version of a ten year old show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsW
Dopey 577: Andy Frasco: Cocaine, Mushrooms, Sex Addiction & The Party That Almost Killed Him, Jam Bands
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🧠 SUMMARY
This week on Dopey! The AMAZING ANDY FRASCO comes to my dad's to record Dopey! First we read an email from a woman in recovery who used while she was pregnant. We read Spotify comments going off — crust punks, nitrous, and junkie nostalgia.
Then Andy Frasco comes on and it goes everywh
Confessions of A Crystal Meth Dealer Replay - Ditty Show on Dopey's Greatest Hits - with Wic!
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Dopey Greatest Hits! Scott Wic 6 Years! And Coked out voicemail! Spotify/Patreon Comments on Artie.
In a whopper of a Dopey episode, we are joined by legendary meth head, Ditty and we hear possibly some of the Dopiest stories in the history of our show. From his first experiences with alcohol an
Behind the Dopey: Hillel Slovak and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, LA, Crack ,Jane's Addiction, Heroin, Death, Recovery with B. Getz
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This week on Wednesday's BEHIND THE DOPEY!
The first half:
wild Spotify comments (crack paranoia, OD stories, MAT debates)
running/fitness talk
LSD-in-a-lake nostalgia
community love + Zoom + Patreon plugs
Then it shifts.
B comes on and it gets real:
kratom
Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack Doug Returns: Hospital Chaos, Trader Joe's Food Poisoning and Addiction Mind Games
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NOTE: The full episode has huge belly laughs at the end.
PLUS: This show is a parody - Jackass is not a hotbed for antisemites
Dave opens a Tuesday episode of Dopey with Heart Attack Doug returning after a serious hospital stay. Doug describes ignoring worsening symptoms, eventuall
ODING on Fentanyl at the Stoplight, 7-OH Relapse and Dopey 20 with Chris on the Dopey Total Replay Show!
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This week on the Total Replay! Steve Poltz is now officially part of the Dopeywood lineup! a
Before the replay, Dave reads a long email from a listener who describes heroin and fentanyl use in Los Angeles, Portland, and New York City. The listener overdoses after snorting fentanyl in a car at
Dopey 576: Crust Punk, Trans Superstar, Autistic Alcoholic, Whippets, Psychosis & Recovery Demystified - The Early Brunner Story
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This week on Dopey! Lots of good stuff with TRANS, CRUST PUNK, AlCOHOLIC SUPERSTAR - EARLY BRUNNER! We play a voicemail about someone burying a dead lizard with meth and later digging it up to do lines on the coffin!
Spotify Comments! Someone questions my ibogaine/sublic
Artie Lange: Heroin, Coke, Overdose, Suicide, Howard Stern, and the Day Everything Fell Apart, Dopey's Greatest Hits Replay
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This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits - The Patrons voted for Artie Lange! In one of my most proud moments - we had the honor of havingArtie Lange on the show. It happened two weeks before Chris died and was loaded with all kinds of crazy emotions.
We talk about everything: Artie’s rise from Mad TV
Zac Clark Hates Fruit! Meth Scissors, Kratom Wars and MAT, Overcoming Trauma and Recovery for Fun and for Free and The Bachelorette Controversy
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This week on Wednesday!
We talk music and memories, Doug is improving, a mess of KRATOM comments on Spotify - Wendy's Meth scissors and a great walk down dopey memory lane.
The main interview is with Zac Clark, who talks about Release Recovery, Chris’s old sober living days
Tuesday Teaser - Pray for Heart Attack Doug! Drama in the Dopey Nation? Fear of Never Using/Drinking Again with Aurora...
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This week on the Dopey Tuesday teaser with Aurora!
Heart Attack Doug is in the hospital for an angioplasty and asks for prayers, leading to a conversation about group prayer, aging, and mortality. Aurora shares a story about a friend dying from undetected lung cancer, w
Smoking Weed on the Plane! Jeremy's First Appearance! Meth, Heroin, EZ Pass Recovery
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This week on the Total Replay we replay - Dopey Episode 19: “Smoking on Plane”, the first appearance of his childhood friend Jeremy! Before the replay, we explain Jeremy’s history - from smoking weed and doing psychedelics together as kids in Manhattan to later doing heroin with Todd. We also t
Dopey 575: Acid in the Eyes! Oxy, Kratom, DMT, and the Gobi Desert: Ken Rideout and the Other Side of Hard
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This week on Dopey we are joined by high endurance athlete and author of The Other Side of Hard, Ken Rideout! Who tells us of his super rough, tough and ultimately extremely inspiring story! From starting on the mean streets of Boston to NYC and London Wealth to DMT ceremonies, to winning crazy
OC 30's, Crack Runs, Shooting Cocaine into a Pick Line into His Heart - Chris’ Sponsor Dylan – Dopey's Greatest Hits
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notes:
Dopey Greatest Hits intro + Patreon pitch (26 cents a day rant)
Dave reflecting on Dopey music + Long Island accent creep
Episode 182 setup: Dylan (Chris’ sponsor)
Ishmael + Chopped & Screwed nostalgia
GoFundMe origin story for Dopey gear
Spotify comments + Dave’s obsession
Swedish liste
Heroin Dreams & Gas Station Kratom: The Dopey Kratom Deep Dive with Jana Wu
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This Week on Wednesday!
I talk about a crazy using dream - read spotify comments and we deep dive into the world of Kratom with Jana Wu! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising
Raytreon Teaser - Pedophiles - Sex with teachers - Stealing yearbook
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This week on Dopey I’m joined by the one and only Stephen Raymond Douglas Brown, aka Ray, and we get into everything from Cameron Crowe’s Allman Brothers stories to Jeffrey Dahmer glasses and the weird evolution of the name “Stephen.” We read an email from a listener asking how to make f
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