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.
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I lost a Million Dollars Gambling! Casino Comps, Stolen Jewelry & Gamblers Anonymous | Dopey Wednesday with LJ Ruggiero
LISTEN AD-FREE on PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! LJ Ruggiero, host of Nothing’s Off the Table and son of New York television personality Rosanna Scotto, returns for a brutally honest conversation about compulsive gambling. At 15, LJ turned $200 into $9,000 at a blackjack table and decided he’d found his future. What followed was stolen family jewelry, drugs, treatment, an
Tuesday Teaser - Heart Attack Doug Back in the Hospital! Near Death! Will he leave me a Les Paul>?
Listen to the whole thing at: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast.This week on the Tuesday teaser! Heart Attack Doug returns, convinced he’s indestructible despite mounting evidence to the contrary. A $10,000 landscaping quote inspires two weeks of backyard punishment, followed by another frightening hospital trip, morphine, and an argument about whether Dave is actually his sponsor.Meanwhile, Dave remem
Dopey Total Replay 48: Vipassana, Reddit, Naked at Gunpoint, Cocaine Cravings & Chris’s Silent Retreat
Join Patreon! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey Total Replay! Dave goes back to classic Dopey 48 with Chris and longtime friend, bandmate, and musical collaborator John. Chris has returned from a ten-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat, and Dave has recruited John to become Dopey’s answer to Fred Norris. What follows is a battle between spiritual enlightenment and a soundboard tha
Dopey 604: DopeyCon 7: Hank Azaria, Hamilton Morris, Zac Clark, James Frey, John Joseph, Rachel Slocum, Nobody Cares Anthony, Tony O'Neil, a Funeral Boner & the Dopey Feud
AD FREE DOPEY on PAtreon! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastSummary:This week on Dopey! It’s DopeyCon 7—the Game Show Edition! Dopey Nation gathers for a night of ridiculous games, filthy comedy, music, remembrance, and recovery. Hank Azaria, Hamilton Morris, James Frey, John Joseph, Zac Clark, Alexis Haines, Rachel Slocum, Abby Fickley, Janine Coulter, Gabby Egan, and more join the madness as Dave atte
Doggy Cream Pies, Foot Jobs, Oxycontin, MDMA, Cocaine and more with Adult Content Creator & Only Fan’s MILF Cougar Superstar Mrs. Robinson, Suicide, Relapse, Recovery | Dopey's Greatest Hits!
Listen without Ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey’s Greatest Hits! Mrs. Robinson brings a life story packed with cocaine, Quaaludes, OxyContin, porn, and recovery. A former teacher and advertising executive who entered adult entertainment at 50, she tells Dave how a conversation at a COVID-era bonfire—and her son telling her to “go get the bag”—helped launch an entirely unexpected
Margaret Cho: Face-First into Boiling Cheese, Kratom Hell, Benzo Seizures & the “Fuck It” Guide to Recovery
JOIN PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryThis week on Dopey Wednesday, the incredible Margaret Cho returns for a live conversation with Dave, hosted by our friends at Workit Health! Margaret gets brutally honest about weed, opiates, benzos, and the kratom habit that left her feeling like she was constantly kicking. We hear about two seizures in one Thanksgiving, another that sent h
Three Car Wrecks, a Prison Yard & “Dopey Is Not Your Show” — Peter Rosenberg on Validation | Dopey Tuesday
HEAR THE FULL SHOW ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode description:This week on Dopey Tuesday! Dave comes down from DopeyCon with strange feelings, a meeting, and an EMDR session that nearly puts him to sleep. Trinity wins the Theme Song Challenge by just four votes, and a longtime listener asks whether the Kevin O’Leary interview means Dopey has officially jumped the shark. Dave reads
LSD in a Fresh Tattoo, a Ball Pit of Crack Pipes & Twelve Norcos Before Jail, the tattoo episode — with Ryan Roi | Dopey Total Replay: 47
Join Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode SummaryThis week on Dopey! Fresh off a packed DopeyCon 7, Dave is feeling the familiar post-DopeyCon blues and thanking the Dopey Nation for another incredible gathering. Plus, Recovery Unplugged gets a shout-out for arranging the filming, Papa Smurf gets his flowers, and Britta makes the drive from Pittsburgh despite losing her power steering—with
Dopey 603: CLASSIC NEW DOPEY! Exorcism! Five Bundles a Day!, A Kitten! and a Gunshot in the Church Van! Demons in the Couch! — Sweet Junky/Crackhead/Stoner Anthony from the Beach
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507PATREON!: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! Dave’s friend Anthony from the beach brings a lifetime of hardcore Long Island Dopey: childhood exorcisms, crack, heroin, bad checks, pistol-whippings, and getting shot in his father’s church van—with ten bundles of dope hidden in the dashboard and a kitten along for the ride
DopeyCon 2022: Shaving Your Asshole for Heroin Money with Brandon Novak, Andy Roy, and Dopey Nation | Dopey's Greatest Hits
PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507SUMMARYThis week on Dopey’s Greatest Hits! As DopeyCon approaches, we return to the first DopeyCon at the Church of the Holy Apostles for a sprawling night of drugs, addiction, dumb shit, music, comedy, and recovery.Brandon Novak shares the extremes of his heroin addiction—including letting a man
Justin Krompier: Heroin, Xanax, Ambien, Robbing Dealers, and his path to Yosemite and Recovery | Wednesday Dose
Dopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryThis week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey!, Photographer and adventurer Justin Krompier, known on Instagram as Just Passing Through, shares his journey from suburban New Jersey opioid addiction to building a life around recovery, creativity, and the open road.Justin traces his
Dopeycon Theme Song Challenge! Heart Attack Doug Had 16 Years Sober - Then He Bought a Case Beer Whilst Snowblowing | Tuesday Patreon Teaser
DopeyCon Tickets - ALMOST SOLD OUT! https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507FULL THEME SONG EPISODE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the teaser! Heart Attack Doug returns, and Dave asks him about the year he spent drinking after roughly 16 years sober. Doug had stopped going to meetings, filled his time working on his house, and one night bought a case of beer while snowblow
Dopey Total Replay 46: A DUI in a Stolen Golf Cart, Two Strangers in the Bronx, and Chris’s Return to the Source
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507SAVE $15 on Tickets at: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastTHIS WEEK ON THE DOPEY TOTAL REPLAY! With DopeyCon less than a week away, Dave opens with news about Presley Gerber’s death at a Santa Monica recovery residence, recalling the time he got heroin brought into his own treatment facility. He also discusses reports about cychlorph
Dopey 601: Kevin O’Leary on Obsession vs Addiction vs Greed, Getting Rich, Feeling Empty, PLUS a dude loses a balloon of heroin up his butt in jail...
Dopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905PATREON MEMBERS SAVE $15 on Dopeycon: www.patreon.com/dopeyconThis week on Dopey! Kevin O’Leary comes to the Dopey Studio for a conversation that starts with Shark Tank and gets into what drives him. He tells Dave about the job that pushed him toward entrepreneurship, why chasing wealth for status leaves people miserable, and the st
Crack, Xanax, and a Car Crash into a Riverbed, Marc Maron, Bam Margera, Brandon Novak, Anders Osborne & the Dopey Nation | Dopeycon 2 - Dopey's Greatst Hits
Dopeycon tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507PATREON: (saves $15 off DopeyCon Tickets) www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryThis week on Dopey's Greatest Hits! With DopeyCon’s game show edition coming up on October 3, Dave revisits the COVID-era DopeyCon 2. He opens by remembering the work that went into making a remote convention and the community members lost along the
Teen Mom at 13, Military Drinking, TikTok Fame, Jail and Recovery | Wednesday with Gabbie Egan
LIVE WITH GABBY AT 28 Minutes in!Dopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Save on Tickets: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryOn a special LIVE Wednesday Dose of DOPEY from Covington, Kentucky, Dave sits down with TikTok creator, entrepreneur and military veteran Gabbie Egan to talk about addiction, denial and the unexpected experience that finally convinced her to
Ray Brown Gets a Job! Heart Attack Doug Reactions, Shingles, Skin Cancer and DopeyCon! Tuesday Teaser!
Ticket Tailor: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Save Money on Doepycon Tickets with PAtreon! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryThis week on the Tuesday Teaser! Ray Brown returns to Dopey—and leaves with a new job. After debating whether he should now be called Ray, Steven or “Stefan,” Dave offers him a position as Dopey’s new part-time engineer, largely because he lives ten
Shooting Coke, Skid Row Heroin, Rehab Gone Wrong and “More Will Be Revealed” | Nick Reiner Part 2 | Dopey Total Replay 45
DOPEYCON TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507SAVE MONEY on DOPEYCON TICKETS with PATREON! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastSummary:On this haunting Dopey Total Replay, Dave revisits the second half of Chris and Dave’s original conversation with Nick Reiner. Before the replay, Dave responds to listeners struggling with the episode in light of everything that happened afterward, refl
Dopey 600: Smoking Meth and Stealing Pigs With His Mom, Smuggling Heroin in Prison, IV Everything and the long road to recovery|: Garet McLendon
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507No ADS for $8 a month! Save $15 on Tickets at: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode Summary:This week on the 600th episode of Dopey! Dave celebrates the show’s unofficial 600th Friday episode from the increasingly unreliable Dopey studio at his father’s house—and considers either dismantling the whole operation or hiring Ray as the n
The First DopeyCon: Shot in the Foot, PCP at a Baby Shower, Satan, Meth, Heroin, Recovery| Dopey's Greatest Hits
Episode summary:NOTE: Bill Blabber past away 11/11/23 We love him and dedicate this show to him and Chirs and everyone else we've lost!Dopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507SAVE $15 on Tickets at: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey’s Greatest Hits! Dave revisits the emotional, hilarious and completely chaotic first-ever DopeyCon.Before the replay, Dave talks
Jason Biggs on Separation, Nine Years Sober, Pink Cocaine & Psychedelics
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Save $15 on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryThis week on the Wednesday Dose! Jason Biggs returns to Dopey for a funny, unusually vulnerable conversation about recovery, fatherhood, separation and learning to surrender control. Jason discusses the pressure of making his directorial debut, Untitled Home Invasion Ro
The Emotional Return of Heart Attack Doug: Why He Disappeared for Seven WeeksTuesday Teaser!
FULL EPISODE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Episode summaryHeart Attack Doug returns after a mysterious seven-week absence—and the tension is immediately back where it belongs. Before revealing what actually happened between them, Dave and Doug discuss Doug’s injuries, relentless tinnitus, possible neck surgery, anesthesia and the str
Dopey Total Replay #45: Nick Reiner’s First Dopey Interview: 18 Rehabs, Harm Reduction, a GHB Overdose & Alina Lodge
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Join Patreon and Save $15 on Tickets: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastSummary:This Week on the Total Replay! Nick Reiner’s first appearance with Dave and Chris in 2016. Nick is currently incarcerated and has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer and producer Michele Sing
Dopey 599: Jeff Garlin! “I Was Going to Be Dead at Noon” — Curb Your Enthusiasm, Addiction, Bipolar Disorder and Recovery
Tickets for Dopeycon: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryTHIS WEEK ON DOPEY! Actor, comedian, director and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Jeff Garlin joins Dopey for an unusually candid conversation about comedy, compulsive eating, mental illness, addiction and the breakdown that nearly killed him.Jeff explains why he believes his morally
Meth Piss, Homemade Teeth, Aliens and Getting Sober with Jessa Reed
DOPEYCON Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507SAVE 15$ on PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryThis week on Dopey's Greatest Hits! Dopey legend Jessa Reed returns for one of the strangest, funniest and most honest conversations in the archive. Jessa talks about becoming uncomfortable with public attention, feeling trapped by other people’s versions of her a
An Ounce of Fentanyl in Federal Prison, Cirrhosis Returns & 22 Years Off Heroin — Shane Enholm Returns!
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Selling Fake Ecstasy on Grateful Dead Tour, Persian Heroin & $1 Grilled Cheese
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Save Money with PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastSummaryDave recounts a family expedition through the Balloon Museum, Little Italy, and the black-market handbag scene on Canal Street before reading an incredible listener story from the early-’90s Grateful Dead tour.Despite barely caring about the band, Tom follows the tour for i
The Worst Dopey Episode Ever? Drug Song, Robo-Tripping, Nitrous & the Structured Episode | Total Replay #44
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Patreon Membership Saves $15 on Dopeycon www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryDave celebrates Labor Day with a replay of one of the most polarizing early Dopey episodes: “The Structured Episode.” Before the classic show, Dave runs through the growing DopeyCon lineup—including Hank Azaria, Brandon Novak, Hamilton Morris and pos
Dopey 598: Leah Lost the Love of her Life to a Fentanyl Overdose, Stealing Crack from Cops, Phish Business and Hippy Shenanigans
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507PAtreon save $15 at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryLeah Martin—farmer, Deadhead, Phish fan and recovering addict—joins Dopey for a story that begins with the Beatles, weed and an acid trip at a Tool concert before descending into Perc 30s, heroin, crack, fentanyl and absolute chaos.Leah recalls failing out of college, se
The Time Kimber Shot Fentanyl in Her Neck and Died and Stephen Saved Her Life| Dopey's Greatest Hits
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She Shot Heroin in Her Neck and Overdosed on the Phone: The Call That Saved Kimber’s Life
This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits!
A woman named Kimber leaves rehab, returns home alone and prepares to inject what she believes is heroin—probably fentanyl—into her neck. Knowing her tolera
My Brother Died of a Heroin Overdose with Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Harris Wittels, Grief, Recovery | Wednesday Dose
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This week on the Dopey Dose! Dave opens the Wednesday Dose of Dopey with gratitude, recovery reflections and a reminder that it is possible to restart your day at any moment. A Canadian listener recounts ceremonially burying—and urinating on—his remaining cocaine while
“My Mother Didn’t Like Being a Mother”: Christopher’s Story - Sex Work, Meth, Crack - Tuesday Teaser!
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On the teaser! Dave celebrates eleven years of recovery, asks whether Dopey qualifies as art and reminds everyone that DopeyCon is coming October 3. He reads a listener’s Rolling Stones dream, considers the impossible mission of getting Mick Jagger or Keith Richards on Dopey an
First LSD Trip at the Grateful Dead, the Phone Booth Overdose & Devan | Total Dopey Replay 42
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This week on Dopey Total Replay! Dave circles back to Dopey Episode 42—the first appearance of his lifelong friend Devan. Before the replay, Dave celebrates eleven years in recovery, reflects on acceptance, gratitude and friendship, makes amends for shar
Dopey 597: Hunter Biden! 10-Day Crack Binge, Four-Lane Car Crash, Secret Service at the Crack House, Bicycles, Ibogaine & the Owl That Saved His Life
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Hunter Biden joins Dopey for an unusually raw conversation about trauma, grief, addiction and recovery. He explains why alcohol initially worked for him, how drinking progressed from manageable binges to vodka hidden around the house, and how the death of his brother Beau precede
Super Junky NYC - Copping for Sid and Nancy, Aryan Brotherhood Oxy & Smuggling Drugs into Rehab: Dopey's Greatest Hit's Ned Van Zandt Returns
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Dopey Greatest Hits: Actor and storyteller Ned Van Zandt returns to promote his one-man show, Lost in Dell Valley, and revisit his astonishing life in addiction and recovery. Ned describes being recognized in jail by the leader of the Texas Aryan Brotherhood, who traded him pr
Tripping Face at Dominican Holidaze - JRAD, Disco Biscuits, Cocaine Cab Driver, Silly Sticks & the Last Hurrah Before Rehab, Zach Frank Returns!
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This week on Dopey Wednesday! We open the Wednesday show with DopeyCon updates, listener comments and a voicemail from Oskar in Sweden. After leaving rehab with no intention of staying clean, Oskar returns home to ten grams of heroin, begins injecting with a friend and save
The Super Special Sex and Love Addicted Dopey Documentary Teaser Mysophonia Episode - Patreon
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Dave reveals that filmmaker Jason Cabello is making a documentary about Dopey—and recently followed him to California for a still-secret mission. Jason also sits down with longtime friends Brad and Jeremy to investigate the real history of Dave’s addiction
Noah Levine: Acid at 10, Juvenile Hall, Meditation, Refuge Recovery & a Burning Getaway Car and JEREMY | Dopey Total Replay #43
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Dave checks in from California with Jeremy for a conversation about modern weed, absurdly powerful dispensary products, Jeremy’s torn Achilles, the Knicks championship and Dave’s potentially revolutionary Katz’s “Karubin.”
Then Dopey replays E
Dopey 596: Fighting Cops, AA at 16 & Relapsing After 21 Years, Ketamine, Edibles - The Jimmy Cash Story
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This week on Dopey! Viral comedian and school custodian Jimmy Cash joins Dopey to tell a funny, painful, and unmistakably Dopey recovery story.
Jimmy grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, surrounded by addiction and Alcoholics Anonymous. His father—a high-school janitor—died from an o
Potentially Gayer than all other Gayest Episodes Ever! Brian W. on Meth, Chemex, Sexual Trauma, Sex Sling and Recovery | Dopey's Greatest Hits!
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On this Dopey Greatest Hits, Dave revisits one of the wildest, funniest and most vulnerable conversations in the show’s history with filmmaker, actor and recovery advocate Brian Whisenant.
Before the interview, listener Nick tells an insane angel-dust story involving a
Brad Pitt(is not on this episode)! Kratom Addiction! Why Rehab Is Broken & Remembering Chris on The Wednesday Dose with Joe Schrank
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Interventionist, social worker, author and longtime Dopey favorite Joe Schrank returns to record with Dave in person for the first time since the early days with Chris.
Joe explains why he believes the traditional rehab industry often confuses compliance
Jumping Through a Bathroom Window on Speed! Plus Handsome Evan Tuesday Teaser!
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On this Dopey Tuesday Teaser, Dave records alone while his family is away, cooks what he declares may be history’s greatest air-fried chicken thighs and gives the Dopey Nation his complete 420-degree recovery meal recipe.
Then Snake from the
IV Drugs are Chris's Bread and Butter, Bi Polar Episode, Total Dopey Replay! Leonardo DiCaprio!
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On this Dopey Total Replay, Dave revisits episode 41—the first episode he and Chris recorded with an actual microphone and one of the earliest shows to explore bipolar disorder, mania, drug-induced psychosis and mental illness.
First, Jason tells a mile-a-minute story about visiting an
Dopey 595: Dopey Day 2026! Stealing Copper for Meth! Coke! Heroin! Oxys! Weed Farms! Chris Miss!
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It’s Dopey Day—the annual celebration of Chris O’Connor’s birthday, his spirit and the strange, loving community that grew around Dopey. Dave explains the meaning of putting the Dopey logo over your eyes: addiction doesn’t have one face, nobody truly knows what another person is going through, and recovery
He Fashions a Dildo Made of Heroin to Smuggle Up his Ass., Cocaine in His Cowboy Boots & Busted by the DEA: Louie M | Dopey's Greatest Hits
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On this Dopey Greatest Hits, Dave brings back one of the wildest and most cinematic stories in the show’s history: Louie Mandrapilias, author of Flew Too High.
First, Dave gives a DopeyCon update and plays a voicemail from Hannah, who manipulated her dog’s medical records to build a
He Shot Blue Ecstasy, Boofed It & Went to Work: Jed Payne on Relapse, Lies, Shame & One Year Back
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Dave opens the Wednesday Dose of Dopey by responding to a listener who noticed he seemed a little off. He talks honestly about the pressure of producing five shows a week, his obsessive pursuit of Jason Mewes, the strange sadness that follows surrender, and what’s coming together for DopeyCon.
Then JD shares
Tuesday Teaser: The Lost Jason Mewes Interview! Xanax Car Mystery, DARE Winner to DUI & Erich Gets 4 Years Sober!
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On a new Dopey Tuesday Teaser, Dave celebrates Hardcore Dope Eric’s four-year sobriety anniversary before explaining the strange history of his long-awaited interview with Jason Mewes—Jay from Jay and Silent Bob and films including Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma.
After nearly ten years of
Meth-Addicted Dog, Cocaine Dreams, Nitrous Dentists, Bloody Teeth & Drug Tests | Dopey Total Replay 40 Drug Dreams
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On this week’s Dopey Total Replay, Dave returns to Episode 40—an early Dave-and-Chris show about drug dreams, relapse anxiety, dentists, nitrous oxide and the weird feeling of no longer recognizing the addict you used to be.
Before the replay, Dave reads an unbelievable letter from Josh Clark about Django, the famil
Dopey 594: From Slinging Coke to Baklava on Phish Tour with Roy Donk, Dogs on Acid, Busted snorting Ketamine at Mohegan Sun,
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This week on Dopey! On a sprawling new episode of Dopey, Dave celebrates recovery, remembers members of the Dopey Nation who have died, and welcomes Good Baklava founder Roy Donk for an unbelievably chaotic conversation about drugs, Phish, entrepreneurship and sobriety.
The episode begins with Austral
Is Diet Coke Poisonous? Plus The Wild Life and Tragic Death of Ryan Leone Part 2 | Injected 60 Hits of LSD, Crack, Fentanyl, Tommy Lee | Dopey's Greatest Hits
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This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits! In honor of Ryan Leone’s birthday, Dopey returns to one of his most unforgettable appearances—a brutally honest account of creativity, addiction, ambition, relapse, and the struggle to stay alive.
Ryan explains how receiving a free gram of cocaine before visiting
Opium in Laos, Oasis, DMT, Breaking his neck on a Frozen Pond & becoming Quadriplegic - needing to shoot heroin with his mouth, Remembering Hot Wheelz and Annie Ellie
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On this very special Wednesday Dose of Dopey, Dave remembers two beloved members of the Dopey Nation: Annie Ellie and Brian “Hot Wheels” Connolly.
First, we revisit Dave’s conversation with Annie—a radiant, hilarious force in the community who helped bring people together through Dopey Zoom. Annie shares her journey from England’s
An Ounce of Ass Heroin, the Dopey Garbage Can Meditation & Heart Attack Doug Comments | Tuesday Patreon Teaser
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This week on the free Dopey Tuesday teaser, Dave wakes up at 5:41 in the morning feeling restless, spiritually shaky, and completely lost without meaningful Knicks news. After discussing the Allman Brothers, boring NBA rumors, Lena Dunham, and the dangers of listening to books by people he can’t get on Dopey, Dave attempts a brand-new guide
Reflections on A Garbage Bag Full of Cocaine, Chillis, The Lion Sleeps Tonight Baby Back Ribs| Dopey Greatest Hits 39
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This week on the replay! Dave revisits Dopey Episode 39, one of the strangest and most influential episodes from the show’s early years. Before the replay, he announces his latest attempt at a Dopey Fitness Challenge, shares a DopeyCon update, untangles the increasingly confusing Patreon tiers, reads listener reactions to the infamous Mod
Dopey 593: Katey Sagal: Cocaine, Acid, Heroin Husbands, Bob Dylan & Getting Sober Before Married… with Children
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Katie starts at 32 minutes in!
This week on Dopey! BEFORE KATEY: We help a young philadelphian struggling with substances - and we celebrate the instant-classic Dopey appearance of Ben Croxton; reads Patreon and Spotify reactions; and announces DopeyCon at the SVA Theatre on October 3!
Dave sits down with actor, musician and recovery legend Katey S
Robbing Banks, Shooting Heroin, Prison, Darby Crash Tattoos, The Greatest Dopey Ever? with Shane Enholm
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This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits! What may be the greatest Dopey episode of all time: the unbelievable story of tattoo artist, punk-rock survivor, bank robber and Dopey legend Shane Enholm. Before the replay, Dave announces that DopeyCon is officially happening October 3, celebrates the publication of his kratom piece in R
Stealing Oxys! Uncomfortable on Vacation! Tatum's Tic Tac Obsession! The Salvation of Tennis! Kevin McEnroe Returns!
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On a brand-new Dopey Wednesday! Dave announces that DopeyCon is officially happening October 3 at the SVA Theatre, presented by Mountainside—and reveals the game-show-inspired concept for the event.
Legendary Dopey storyteller Mick Popham calls in from New Zealand with a brutally dopey story about stealing oxycodone, Valium and dihydrocodeine fro
Happy Birthday Heart Attack Doug Tuesday Teaser!
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EPISODE SUMMARY
On the Teaser! Heart Attack Doug returns to Dopey Tuesday for his 63rd birthday—and immediately lies about his age.
Dave and Doug argue about aging, white hair, barbers, gluten sensitivity, recovery meetings and Doug’s plan to celebrate with gluten-free chicken parmesan. They remember Dopey legends Ray the Clamour and Crosstal
Kosher Weed, a Bank Robber & the Infamous Blue Cheese Speedball | Dopey 38 with Modi
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This week on the Dopey Total Replay: Dopey goes back ten years to Episode 38, a strange cult-classic featuring Dave, Chris and comedian Modi. Before the replay, Dave remembers recording in his old Lower East Side apartment, reads early listener comments and shares an email from a former member of the Real McKenzies whose life mov
Dopey 593: ChrisMiss 2026 - Remembering Chris - Overcoming Grief with Annie
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SUMMARY:
This week on Dopey, Dave marks eight years since the death of his original co-host and close friend, Chris O’Connor. After celebrating members of Dopey Nation—including brothers Brian and Matt, Laren, Steve Schneider and Jessica—Dave reflects on recovery, character defects and the strange experience of hearing Chris again ever
Ghosts of ChrisMiss Past; He Left the Hospital Barefoot to Smoke Crack and Fentanyl: Relapse, Survival and Remembering Chris | Dopey Greatest Hits
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This week on Dopey Greatest Hits, Dave marks the eighth anniversary of Chris O’Connor’s death with a powerful replay about relapse, survival and the people addiction takes from us. Before the original episode, Dave reflects on his own recovery, restraint of pen and tongue, missing meetings and the uncomfortable truth that two thi
Allman Brother's Tour Manager Flees Drug Charges With Meth, Heroin and Syringes—Then Became Dickey Betts’ Sponsor | Kirk West
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This week we continue Allman Brothers Month!Legendary photographer, archivist and Allman Brothers tour manager Kirk West tells the incredible story of his journey from small-town Iowa into the center of American rock-and-roll history. After discovering psychedelics and Chicago blues in the late 1960s, Kirk became an IV meth user and
Heart Attack Doug is BACK! Glazing, Meeting Theft Drama, Surrealismo Beatles Remixes & Doug Roasts Dave (Dopey Tuesday Teaser)
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Episode Teaser Summary:
Dave is back in the garage with Heart Attack Doug for a hilarious and chaotic Dopey Tuesday reunion! The episode opens with a fresh Surrealismo remix of the Dopey theme, sparking an immediate debate over Beatles remixes, Rocky Raccoon, and who actually wrote the hits (with Dave campaigning hard for Izzy Stradlin).
Doug
Atrocious weed, cocaine psychosis, shooting puddle water, smuggling heroin into Jamaica, Jerry Garcia, recovery, and remembering Chris - Total Replay 37
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This week on the Dopey Total Replay,!Dave returns from his summer hiatus and previews the family’s Pacific Northwest adventure, the upcoming Patreon Zoom, and the big decision facing DopeyCon: Friday night at the SVA Theatre or Saturday at the old church.
Then we travel back to Dopey Episode 37 for a classic conversation with Dave an
Dopey 592: Jerry Stahl Returns! Twin Peaks, Oprah Loved Crack, Airplane Crack Smoking & Die Hard at Katz's | Dopey
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This week on Dopey! We open the show with a deep dive into Lou Reed's classic junkie anthem "Waiting for the Man" before reading incredible listener stories involving MDMA-assisted therapy, smashing open a safe with an axe for OxyContin, smoking crack in an airplane bathroom, a horrific flesh-eating abscess, and surviving Antabuse mixed w
Dabbing Crack and Tar with Duane Betts, Allman Brothers Month, Dopey's Greatest Hits
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SUMMARY
This week on Dopey Greatest Hits, Dave officially declares July to be Allman Brothers Month and revisits one of his favorite interviews—with Duane Betts, guitarist, songwriter and son of the legendary Dickey Betts.
Before the interview, Dave talks about his lifelong love of “Blue Sky,” reflects on a difficult P
Behind the Dopey: The Allman Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Heroin, Psychedlics, Snitching with Alan Paul
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This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, We kick off an unofficial "Allman Brothers Month" with acclaimed music journalist and author Alan Paul, whose books One Way Out, Brothers and Sisters, and Texas Flood have become essential reading for fans of Southern rock and rock history.
Before the intervie
Credit for Crack, Duster Debackle! Endless Ecstasy! & (some) Recovery Truths Tuesday Teasee!
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This week on Dopey Tuesday, Dave checks in fresh from another brutally sweaty workout with his new trainer, who thankfully traded emo music for N.W.A. and Biggie. Dave talks about embracing the Dopey fitness challenge, surviving leg day, walking miles in the summer heat, and learning a little humility while trying to get bac
Chris at the Anguilla Brothel, Huffing Disaster, Mark's Prank Phone Call, Howard Stern Show Story - Dopey Total Replay 36
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On this week's Dopey Total Replay! I recorded before sunrise while his family is on vacation and reflects on how strange it feels to revisit an episode recorded 10 years ago with Chris. He talks about why he still prefers making Dopey close to its release date, the lightning outside our window, early morning workouts, and how stress has him waking up at 4:30 a
Dopey 591: Shooting Coke! Pierced Penis! Getting Shot! Heroin & Redemption with Dopey OG Ben Croxton
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This week on Dopey! We kick things off catching up with Dopey Nation, talking recovery, life, and the strange little community that's grown around this dumb podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. We dive into a listener voicemail about loving an addict, codependency, and the painful reality that sometimes helping someone means steppi
Michael Todd of Coheed and Cambria — Robbing Pharmacies, Heroin, Oxy's, Kicked out of band, Suicide, Shame & Radical Acceptance - Dopey Replay!
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This week on Dopey! Dave opens in a reflective mood before vacation, trying to practice gratitude while also admitting how ridiculous and uncomfortable it feels. He gives thanks to the Dopey team, Dopey Nation, the people who helped with the film festival, and talks about being sober, scrambling to get shows done, House of the Dragon, and crying on t
The Sopranos, Heroin, Punk Rock, Family Intervention & Recovery with Dominic Cianese Jr. | Dopey Wednesday
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This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey! Dave opens the show with Ben Croxton's classic DopeyCon song before sharing updates on planning DopeyCon 7 and asking the Dopey Nation to help make this year's event the biggest one yet. Along the way, he plays a listener voicemail about an unforgettable acid trip at Minne
Christmas in July, Heroin Poppies & the Dopey Film Festival | Dopey Tuesday Teaser
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Dave and special guest are back for another gloriously ridiculous Dopey Tuesday. This week they celebrate Christmas in July with a twisted holiday song before diving into heroin poppies, opium tea, Bob Dylan rumors, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, and Dave's latest Hollywood masterpiece: Christmas at Katz's. They also kick off a conversation abou
House of Pain's Danny Boy: Meth Addiction, Homelessness, Recovery & Jump Around| Dopey Replay #35
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This week on the Dopey Replay, Dave revisits Episode 35—the first true celebrity interview in Dopey history—with House of Pain co-founder Danny Boy O'Connor. Before the interview, Dave shares the story of meeting Danny Boy at Katz's Delicatessen, reads a voicemail from a listener who overdosed after sneaking back into work to retrieve h
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
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