Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

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  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... 25.09.2026 2j 3min

  Timestamp notes 00:02:42 — Dave introduces the Kevin episode, celebrates his Ben Stiller commercial, and shares a message about reaching out for help. 00:07:37 — Limited merch and DopeyCon updates. 00:12:25 — Adam calls in with a story about receiving heroin during jail visits. 00:14:28 — Unable to hide a balloon of heroin the usual way, Adam swallows it. 00:16:54 — The balloon finally passes. There are no gloves. 00:19:16 — Dave reacts and starts reading responses to Garrett McClendon’s episode. 00:26:17 — A listener marks episode 600; Dave prepares to bring in Kevin. 00:29:55 — Kevin O’Leary joins Dopey: Shark Tank, the American dream, and what viewers don’t see in a pitch. 00:34:40 — Kevin on his harsh reputation and his intolerance for bad business ideas. 00:37:00 — Drugs among the wealthy and Kevin’s longevity routine. 00:43:54 — The job that made Kevin decide he wanted to be his own boss. 00:48:35 — Kevin recalls working with people coming out of prison. 00:50:50 — Why he thinks pursuing wealth as a symbol of status leads to misery. 00:53:14 — “We’re rich as piss. What do we do now?” Success, emptiness, and a failed attempt to retire. 00:55:28 — John Mayer, guitars, watches, photography, and the problem of having too little time. 01:04:53 — Alcohol and Kevin’s memories of a college roommate’s drinking. 01:07:17 — Practice, consistency, Jane Fonda, and the decision to drink less. 01:11:55 — Drugs, sobriety, and the responsibility of performing for an audience. 01:14:12 — Kevin’s current work on data centers and power projects. 01:21:23 — Mark Cuban, Shark Tank investments, and a memorable cupcake pitch. 01:26:07 — Favorite records, Steely Dan’s Aja, and the sound of a great stereo. 01:33:13 — Marriage, sex addiction, and the start of “This or That.” 01:35:31 — Guitars, gold, Rogan, the Knicks, Trump, and Kevin’s fellow Sharks. 01:40:35 — Dave invites Kevin to DopeyCon and they wrap the interview. 01:43:02 — Dave’s recovery message and the rest of the Patreon comments. 01:45:28 — Behind the scenes: Kevin sets up his own camera and sends Dave an edited recording. 01:47:51 — Spotify listeners react to Garrett’s story. 01:55:02 — Dave clears up Aja versus Asia, launches the worst AA text contest, and signs off. 01:57:00 — Jake’s banjo cover of “Good So Bad.” 02:01:17 — “Forever in Debt.”
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  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 24.09.2026 2j 45min

  Timestamp notes 00:00 — Dave introduces the DopeyCon 2 Greatest Hits replay and remembers Colleen MC. 03:30 — DopeyCon on October 3 and comments on last week’s replay. 06:30 — Australian listener’s mushroom voicemail: falling in love with a “tree” that turns out to be a yucca bush. 13:16 — The original virtual DopeyCon 2 begins. 16:06 — Dave visits the building where Dopey started with Chris. 17:38 — Dopey Nation welcomes and messages. 21:24 — Scummy Morrison on motocross, drug use and treatment. 26:34 — Dave revisits another building from his history with heroin. 30:04 — More Dopey Nation stories and messages. 38:20 — Anders Osborne performs “Mind of a Junkie.” 45:36 — Jessica Kent’s story of addiction, arrest and prison. 54:09 — Alan joins Dave and Ray. 01:04:22 — Robert Iler’s story. 01:11:37 — Bam Margera’s DopeyCon message. 01:13:26 — Aurora and a Thanksgiving story from homelessness. 01:19:56 — Susan Wong performs her DopeyCon song. 01:26:15 — Mike Majlak’s crack and Xanax story. 01:31:39 — Max of Fucking Sober on recovery memes. 01:33:00 — Brandon Novak on addiction and rebuilding his relationship with his mother. 01:38:08 — Andy Roy’s story. 01:44:00 — More stories from the guests, including Bob Forrest’s punk-era drug story. 01:56:00 — Dr. Nzinga Harrison on gratitude. 02:03:40 — Marc Maron and other guest messages. 02:08:13 — Remembering Chris. 02:16:51 — Dave, Ray and Alan try to close the virtual convention. 02:18:30 — Scout Willis’s song. 02:23:09 — More family and Dopey Nation messages. 02:27:48 — Brad Katz talks about the idea that became Dopey. 02:34:00 — Dedication to Colleen MC and thanks to the people who made DopeyCon 2. 02:41:43 — Alan reads a review and tells Dave he hypes Dopey too much.
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  Teen Mom at 13, Military Drinking, TikTok Fame, Jail and Recovery | Wednesday with Gabbie Egan 23.09.2026 1j 17min

  Timestamps 00:00 — Dopey Wednesday theme 01:04 — Stained jeans and the changing seasons 01:57 — The “limitless load” daily reflection 03:12 — Recovery, service and giving it away 04:14 — Gabbie’s Softy Podcast and Transitions Kentucky 05:40 — Dopey versus Phish 06:24 — Gabbie and DopeyCon 06:52 — Free DopeyCon tickets for listeners who cannot afford them 08:08 — Dean’s story begins 09:17 — Stealing his mother’s car to buy heroin 10:58 — Hitting a motorcyclist in the Bronx 13:02 — The getaway and the dent in Mom’s car 14:18 — Introducing the Gabbie interview and 9/11 bonus 15:26 — Jason Biggs listener comments 18:26 — Gambling addiction and betting apps 19:48 — More Jason Biggs reactions 22:12 — Live from Covington, Kentucky 22:42 — Brandon Swinehart introduces Dave 25:35 — Dave celebrates 11 years sober 27:56 — Previewing the September 11 methadone story 28:34 — Gabbie approaches two years sober 29:09 — The arrest and mystery recovery-podcast invitation 30:06 — The surprise AA meeting 31:03 — “It’s been me—I’m the problem” 32:21 — Feeling at home in the recovery community 34:41 — Becoming pregnant at 13 36:57 — Alcohol poisoning and overdosing on Xanax behind the wheel 38:11 — Trauma, domestic violence and joining the military 39:16 — Drinking culture in the Army 40:19 — Meeting Cody on Tinder 41:25 — Substance-abuse counseling and continued denial 42:17 — Pandemic motherhood and the beginning of TikTok fame 43:48 — When the drinking became unmanageable 44:47 — The Las Vegas arrest and public humiliation 46:12 — Cannabis culture, mushrooms and escalating use 47:08 — The second arrest in Nashville 48:29 — Dave’s “just let me smoke weed” moment 49:25 — The beauty and joy of recovery 50:05 — Gabbie’s miserable first year sober 50:51 — Making peace with her 13-year-old self 53:15 — Chris, relapse and maintaining recovery 55:40 — “There’s no wrong way to do it if you do it” 56:13 — Audience Q&A: judgment and stigma 57:36 — Favorite things to do sober 59:12 — A young fan speaks to Gabbie 59:34 — When recovery became something to be proud of 01:01:59 — How Gabbie’s family reacted 01:03:03 — Nobody believed Dave until his actions changed 01:04:25 — Closing the Transitions event 01:05:24 — SafeSpot and the September 11 bonus story 01:06:35 — Dave’s life on methadone in 2001 01:07:44 — Watching the towers fall while shooting heroin 01:10:02 — Walking against the crowd to the methadone clinic 01:12:12 — The soldier, the machine gun and the methadone card 01:13:07 — Buying heroin in Bushwick after the attack 01:14:30 — Closing and “Good So Bad” Five ad-break markers These are the cleanest editorial transitions: 00:15:22 — After Dean’s story, before the Jason Biggs comments 00:22:08 — Before the live Transitions event 00:39:12 — After Gabbie explains joining the military 00:55:36 — Before the audience Q&A 01:05:20 — Before the archival September 11 story
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  Ray Brown Gets a Job! Heart Attack Doug Reactions, Shingles, Skin Cancer and DopeyCon! Tuesday Teaser! 22.09.2026 29min

  Timestamps 00:01 — Dopey intro and “Everybody Wants to Fuck” 00:53 — Ray Brown returns—or is it Stefan Brown? 02:04 — Camera problems and Jason Biggs’s chair 03:04 — Dave offers Ray a job 04:02 — The Stephanie Wittels Wachs recording disaster 04:35 — Jason Biggs captured completely out of focus 05:21 — Howie, dentistry and pointing fingers 06:05 — Ray’s strange political dentist 07:40 — The NYU dental clinic warning 08:48 — Ray thinks he has mpox 09:22 — Shingles and the vaccine 10:48 — Skin cancer and Ray’s new DopeyCon song 12:23 — The DopeyCon theme-song contest 13:02 — Reactions to Heart Attack Doug’s return 14:42 — Language, cowardice and John 5 15:50 — How long did Ray stop speaking to Dave? 17:06 — What caused the Heart Attack Doug falling-out? 18:15 — Shame, isolation and repairing friendships 19:22 — Beatles albums and “Where is Ray?” 20:33 — Zepbound, sobriety and alcohol urges 21:43 — Selby blames Dave for the conflict 22:22 — Ray’s return and kitchen-sink laundry 23:14 — Old Spice, Aqua Velva and Dr. Squatch 24:06 — DopeyCon teaser and Patreon pitch 25:12 — “Bad Desires”
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  Shooting Coke, Skid Row Heroin, Rehab Gone Wrong and “More Will Be Revealed” | Nick Reiner Part 2 | Dopey Total Replay 45 21.09.2026 1j 5min

  Timestamps 00:00 — Opening and a message for anyone struggling 01:12 — Do your steps and stop making everybody chase you 01:38 — DopeyCon tickets and the upcoming Patreon Zoom 02:08 — Revisiting Nick Reiner in light of later events 03:15 — Remembering Chris and the architecture of Dopey 04:03 — Listener reactions to Part 1 07:16 — Butt stories, writing to Nick and Spotify comments 09:42 — Siri problems and remembering Nick Sheff 11:11 — Dave’s evolving vision for Dopey 12:02 — A listener discovers the early days of the show 14:32 — Nick Reiner Part 2 begins 15:02 — Nick’s first time shooting cocaine 16:53 — Shooting cocaine in a McDonald’s bathroom 18:10 — Dave keeps a drug dealer’s safe in his apartment 19:15 — Cocaine, needles and instant paranoia 21:26 — Chris watches a motel peephole for six hours on meth 22:18 — Meth, heroin and “goofballs” 23:46 — Rich Hollywood kids versus street-level addiction 24:30 — Luxury rehab, Newport Beach and veterinary drugs 26:09 — Nick’s first adolescent treatment experience 28:20 — How rehab introduced Nick to heroin 30:36 — Skid Row and the first heroin run 31:24 — Dave buys heroin using fake movie money 33:01 — Can treatment make a young person’s drug use worse? 35:09 — Permanent Midnight and friendships with drug dealers 36:34 — Using heroin to “burn off” privilege 37:29 — Growing up in the Reiner family 39:50 — Dave remembers his parents visiting him in detox 42:12 — Dave becomes Nick’s camp counselor 44:32 — Wishing Nick could experience freedom in recovery 46:44 — Nick’s Gawker prank targeting Malibu rehabs 49:07 — Opioid medication after surgery in recovery 50:15 — The exploding car on the way to a Phish show 51:25 — A listener’s sexual shame and rehab experience 53:48 — Sexual exploitation by a counselor 56:02 — Drugs, sex, shame and rebuilding healthy relationships 58:17 — Dave, Chris and Nick debate recovery and controlled use 01:00:28 — Nick’s current definition of successful use 01:02:48 — LSD, sobriety and introspective nightmares 01:03:45 — Nick’s longest stretch completely clean 01:04:09 — “More will be revealed” 01:05:11 — Closing song
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  Dopey 600: Smoking Meth and Stealing Pigs With His Mom, Smuggling Heroin in Prison, IV Everything and the long road to recovery|: Garet McLendon 18.09.2026 2j 27min

  Timestamps 00:00:00 – Dopey opening song 00:01:02 – Oro Recovery 00:02:26 – Dave considers dismantling the Dopey studio 00:03:19 – Garrett McClendon and DopeyCon 00:04:51 – Mr. Jason celebrates one year sober 00:06:17 – Haley celebrates five years 00:07:16 – A childhood fight and the mysterious Shell 00:08:05 – Ben Croxton celebrates four years 00:08:21 – Dopey’s unofficial 600th Friday episode 00:09:26 – DopeyCon, Patreon, merch and community business 00:11:49 – Mountainside, Brayburn and Workit Health 00:13:30 – Hippie Earl’s first time shooting heroin 00:16:32 – One year sober after heroin, crack, ketamine and kratom 00:17:27 – Dopey versus Phish and Hamilton Morris at DopeyCon 00:18:21 – Jeff Garlin listener comments 00:30:20 – Garrett McClendon joins the show 00:32:31 – Growing up with a mother addicted to meth 00:34:40 – Fighting his mother’s abusive boyfriends 00:36:52 – His mother goes to jail and Garrett finds the street 00:39:10 – Selling speed at school and finding belonging 00:41:33 – Dropping out and supporting a meth habit 00:43:50 – Garrett and his mother steal three pigs 00:46:03 – His mother sells the pigs and shorts him 00:47:50 – Trading half a gram of meth for a Toyota Celica 00:50:11 – Smoking meth from stolen light bulbs 00:52:30 – Bonding with his mother through drugs 00:54:39 – Weeks awake and surviving on one Whopper a day 00:56:55 – The mysterious stranger and the purple crank 00:59:09 – Stealing wheels after the purple meth destroys him 01:01:16 – Inside the Antelope Valley meth-manufacturing world 01:03:13 – Buying and processing thousands of Sudafed pills 01:06:33 – Spun, RV meth labs and the disappearing cook 01:08:47 – The “chef,” the compound and endless tweaker projects 01:10:57 – Ordered to steal an enormous sentimental boulder 01:13:05 – Juvenile hall, stolen vehicles and adult prison 01:17:41 – Learning to survive incarceration 01:20:01 – Drugs, pruno and staying alert inside prison 01:22:17 – Prison gave Garrett structure, sleep and physical strength 01:24:33 – Racial politics and brutal prison riots 01:26:39 – Protecting vulnerable prisoners 01:29:01 – The clash of the titans 01:31:21 – Fighting another giant prisoner and earning respect 01:33:41 – Recovery meetings inside prison—and using immediately after release 01:35:54 – Another stolen car and Garrett’s dream of running a prison drop 01:38:04 – Training a runner to jump the prison fence 01:40:26 – The successful duffel-bag drug drop 01:42:28 – Breaking up and selling meth inside prison 01:44:47 – Smuggling contraband through a trash can 01:47:01 – Shooting meth and heroin after prison 01:49:21 – Goofballs and “going nowhere fast” 01:51:43 – 168 traffic tickets and the cycle of treatment and relapse 01:53:36 – No teeth, no home and eight years away from his daughter 01:55:53 – Feeling freer in prison than on the outside 01:57:43 – Levi’s hug and Garrett’s decision to stay 02:00:02 – The counselor who finally broke through his defenses 02:02:21 – A catastrophic meth-fueled car crash 02:04:37 – Seventeen months at New Vision and the beginning of recovery 02:07:03 – Living amends and rebuilding from nothing 02:09:22 – Buying his daughter’s college-graduation dress 02:11:21 – Construction, service and the birth of Mindset Recovery 02:13:44 – Returning to his old neighborhood without using 02:15:59 – Garrett’s message to Levi 02:17:00 – SafeSpot and closing thoughts 02:18:20 – More Jeff Garlin listener comments 02:23:00 – Stay strong and toodles for Chris 02:23:25 – Closing song
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  The First DopeyCon: Shot in the Foot, PCP at a Baby Shower, Satan, Meth, Heroin, Recovery| Dopey's Greatest Hits 17.09.2026 2j 26min

  Timestamps: 00:01:09 – Welcome to Dopey’s Greatest Hits 00:01:40 – Feelings in recovery and Dave’s extremely busy day 00:02:45 – DopeyCon 2026: musicians, artwork and tickets 00:04:06 – Getting recognized by Dopey listeners everywhere 00:06:15 – Adam Byrd gets caught in a drive-by while buying crack 00:08:35 – A bullet passes through Adam’s heel 00:10:50 – Crack, heroin and treating a gunshot in a motel ice bucket 00:13:13 – Wreckage Disciple, socks and a DopeyCon invitation 00:15:38 – Listener comments and Jessa Reed reactions 00:18:04 – Dave’s favorite Beatles songs 00:20:29 – The first-ever DopeyCon begins 00:20:49 – Mountainside welcomes Dopey Nation 00:23:58 – Dave takes the stage 00:25:07 – The origins of DopeyCon and remembering Chris 00:32:19 – Alan Manheim takes the microphone 00:34:41 – Alan’s pride, pain and Jewish guilt 00:38:23 – Bill Blaber’s meth psychosis begins 00:40:45 – Following messages from Satan through Brooklyn 00:43:04 – Screaming “Hail Satan” inside a holding cell 00:47:22 – Escaping court and entering a Chinatown restaurant 00:49:45 – Attempted stabbing, police and Bellevue 00:51:39 – Dave reacts to Bill’s completely insane story 00:55:46 – Ray on shame, anonymity and accepting herself 00:58:13 – A blackout, one missing shoe and a homeless stranger 01:00:36 – Returning years later to thank the man who helped her 01:03:29 – Dave apologizes and reflects on the first DopeyCon 01:05:53 – Namaste at Home’s PCP story 01:08:08 – Accidentally arriving at a North Camden baby shower 01:10:30 – PCP blackouts, sex and two people named Joelle 01:12:49 – The unforgettable Mario orgasm 01:13:22 – Dave’s strange text-message relationship with Andy Dick 01:17:51 – Ray Brown takes the stage 01:18:05 – Asking a stranger in AA for help 01:19:06 – Ray performs the original Dopey song 01:20:31 – “I Wanna Kiss You at the IFI” 01:22:25 – “Grand Canyon” 01:25:49 – Dave’s post-Chris insecurity about whether Dopey was still good 01:28:12 – How Sam became involved with the show 01:30:31 – Introducing writer and poet Nick Flynn 01:33:18 – Nick reads “My Joke” 01:34:10 – “Philip Seymour Hoffman” and the hidden box of Vicodin 01:35:35 – “Poem to Be Whispered by the Bedside of a Sleeping Child” 01:37:15 – Nick reads “Jesus Knew” 01:40:01 – Poetry, bullshit artists and black-and-white cookies 01:43:47 – The invention of the Othello cookie 01:47:20 – Dave remembers Dopey listeners who died 01:49:47 – Tim’s Dank Recovery Memes presentation 01:52:03 – The unlikely origin of Dopey 01:55:14 – Chris’s sister Arden O’Connor 01:57:25 – Arden remembers her brilliant, infuriating little brother 01:59:43 – Retrieving Chris from a Harlem drug dealer 02:02:02 – Chris refuses treatment—and Arden loses it 02:03:58 – Why Dopey helped people without trying to 02:06:44 – The “rope-a-dope” formula 02:08:50 – Dave’s legendary seizure and Mexican-food story 02:13:31 – Remembering Todd 02:14:09 – Todd’s fentanyl death 02:16:39 – Chris dies six weeks later 02:19:03 – The latest on Artie Lange 02:20:58 – “Forever in Debt”
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  Jason Biggs on Separation, Nine Years Sober, Pink Cocaine & Psychedelics 16.09.2026 1j 35min

  Timestamps 00:01:15 – Dave opens the show 00:03:39 – Dopey theme-song challenge and DopeyCon 00:05:53 – Dylan’s meth-sweat voicemail 00:10:33 – Shooting “recycled” meth and recovery 00:12:57 – Listener comments and Shane Enholm reactions 00:20:06 – Jason Biggs returns to Dopey 00:21:44 – Untitled Home Invasion Romance and Jason’s directing debut 00:24:02 – Directing sober and the fear of failure 00:28:49 – Why directing felt lonelier than early recovery 00:31:01 – Secret drinking, cocaine and Jason’s final relapse 00:33:25 – Michael Alago, Perry Street and the sobriety “God shot” 00:34:20 – Jason’s meaningful appearance at DopeyCon 00:35:45 – Dave’s disastrous pursuit of Jason Mewes 00:37:42 – When persistence becomes too much 00:40:06 – Steve-O, Marc Maron and the Comedy Store 00:44:24 – Dave attempts to become less of a beggar 00:46:36 – Pink cocaine, 2C and Elvis’s pharmaceutical cocaine 00:48:12 – Quaaludes, ecstasy and pure MDMA 00:50:32 – Sixties free love and Hollywood sex parties 00:52:50 – Underground sex clubs and parenting after partying 00:54:40 – Dave discovers Jason’s camera wasn’t recording 00:55:20 – Jason Biggs as Dopey’s new cohost 00:57:42 – Gambling addiction and why Jason never caught the bug 01:00:05 – Purpose, exercise and getting older 01:02:08 – Tennis, back surgery and prescription painkillers 01:04:31 – Jason’s dream of becoming a pilot 01:05:29 – Dave and Nora’s scuba-diving dream 01:06:52 – Navigating separation without drinking 01:08:56 – Why Jason’s meeting attendance has declined 01:11:08 – Protecting his children and trusting the process 01:13:34 – Resentment, spirituality and surrendering control 01:15:53 – Sponsors, higher powers and “Fully Rely on God” 01:18:09 – Ketamine, ayahuasca and psychedelics in recovery 01:22:51 – Oxycodone and recognizing the addict response 01:23:40 – Brad Pitt drinking again after seven years sober 01:25:00 – Can someone with addiction ever drink moderately? 01:26:16 – Shannon Elizabeth’s OnlyFans—and Jason’s potential career move 01:27:09 – Will Jason Biggs appear at DopeyCon? 01:29:35 – Stay strong and toodles for Chris 01:30:50 – Bonus song for Bradley Five ad-break timecodes These all land at clear subject changes: 00:29:00 – Before Jason recounts his relapses 00:46:30 – Before pink cocaine, Quaaludes and ecstasy 00:57:35 – Before the gambling discussion 01:06:45 – Before separation and staying sober 01:18:05 – Before psychedelics and ketamine
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  The Emotional Return of Heart Attack Doug: Why He Disappeared for Seven WeeksTuesday Teaser! 15.09.2026 34min

  Timestamps 00:01:15 — Heart Attack Doug returns after seven weeks 00:02:44 — DopeyCon, Patreon and why Doug won’t be there 00:03:55 — Does Dave’s father actually like Doug? 00:05:03 — Dave discusses not receiving enough love growing up 00:06:03 — Kevin O’Leary is coming to Dave’s father’s house 00:06:34 — Doug’s torn bicep, tinnitus and upcoming neck procedure 00:08:25 — Blood thinners, anesthesia and dementia fears 00:09:15 — The questionable thrill of receiving drugs while sober 00:10:49 — Is Dopey Zoom enough for someone’s recovery? 00:12:18 — Doug refuses to return to Dopey Zoom 00:13:13 — The Dopey recovery-video challenge 00:15:24 — Patreon celebrates Mr. Jason—and attacks Doug 00:17:47 — Marilyn Manson, Marc Maron and sobriety 00:19:03 — Hobosexuals and transactional relationships 00:20:05 — Shooting cocaine and chasing a bell ringer 00:21:05 — Haggling as an addictive dopamine rush 00:22:27 — Doug promises to lower Dave’s cable bill on air 00:23:20 — Acid at a Metallica concert 00:24:45 — Horror movies on acid and Kimber versus Doug 00:26:55 — Captagon, war-zone amphetamines and avoiding meth 00:28:33 — British definitions of “pussy” and Spotify comments 00:29:43 — The real Heart Attack Doug story begins 00:30:47 — Patreon cliffhanger: Doug explains his side My opinion The reunion works. You and Doug immediately fall back into that combative chemistry that people either love or pretend to hate. The underlying hurt makes this feel more important than a routine Doug appearance. The main weakness is that the Patreon-comment section runs too long. Once the joke is established that everyone prefers Kimber and hates Doug, several comments repeat the same beat. I’d cut roughly five minutes between 15:23 and 28:32. That gets listeners to the real conflict faster without sacrificing the funniest comments. The cliffhanger is strong, but tease the actual incident slightly earlier. Something like: “Doug did something around DopeyCon that I considered a betrayal, and then we didn’t speak for seven weeks.” That gives people a concrete reason to continue. And yes: “The Emotional Return of Heart Attack Doug” is the right phrase and matches the thumbnail perfectly.
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  Dopey Total Replay #45: Nick Reiner’s First Dopey Interview: 18 Rehabs, Harm Reduction, a GHB Overdose & Alina Lodge 14.09.2026 1j 23min

  Timestamps 00:00:23 – Why today’s replay is so heavy 00:01:00 – Nick Reiner and the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner 00:01:34 – Was replaying Nick’s interviews opportunistic? 00:02:47 – Why Dave refuses to remove an episode from Total Replay 00:03:05 – DopeyCon, costumes and tickets 00:04:06 – Leah’s letter about mental illness and identifying with Nick 00:07:32 – Compassion for Nick without minimizing what happened 00:09:12 – Dave’s response and contact from a potential defense attorney 00:09:58 – Patreon comments about Chris and Dopey’s future 00:14:44 – Spotify comments and favorite drug songs 00:16:53 – Original 2016 interview with Nick Reiner begins 00:18:55 – Dave lies his way onto Howard Stern while high 00:21:14 – Rob Reiner, Stand by Me and Being Charlie 00:23:32 – Nick’s problems with AA and the rehab industry 00:25:47 – God, twelve-step dogma and different definitions of sobriety 00:28:09 – Nick’s argument for harm reduction 00:30:30 – Bill Wilson, LSD and alternative pathways 00:32:51 – Nick uses a Soberlink during the interview 00:35:02 – Does long-term sobriety automatically create wisdom? 00:37:17 – Why Nick stopped counting sober days 00:38:00 – The psychiatrist who understood research chemicals 00:39:38 – Suboxone, Ashtanga yoga and treating the whole person 00:42:00 – Relapsing during a trip with his girlfriend 00:44:10 – Maslow, self-actualization and Rat Park 00:46:31 – The rats who continued using heroin 00:48:54 – Genetic addiction versus substance-use disorder 00:49:35 – Promoting Being Charlie while privately smoking weed 00:51:10 – Getting high after television appearances 00:53:15 – Who should be allowed to appear on Dopey? 00:55:31 – Recovery podcasts and the East Side Crackhead 00:57:45 – Dave and Chris clash over harm reduction 00:59:58 – Weed, chocolate and addiction to tomorrow 01:02:21 – The former IV drug user who returned to drinking 01:04:42 – Chris’s advice about Dave smoking weed 01:05:35 – Nick reveals that he has attended 17 or 18 rehabs 01:07:04 – Dave makes prison alcohol at Alina Lodge and escapes 01:09:12 – Crack in Harlem and the Blue Mountain Blast GHB 01:11:26 – Waking up in the hospital as “Charles McCullough” 01:13:43 – Nick’s experience at Alina Lodge 01:15:51 – Cocaine and the shower encounter 01:18:08 – Nick learns that the woman died by suicide 01:20:12 – Cry Help and the rehab prank call 01:22:16 – Part-one conclusion
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  Dopey 599: Jeff Garlin! “I Was Going to Be Dead at Noon” — Curb Your Enthusiasm, Addiction, Bipolar Disorder and Recovery 11.09.2026 2j 24min

  Timestamps 00:00:01 – Dopey song and Oro Recovery 00:02:28 – Gratitude, Patreon and DopeyCon 00:04:37 – How Dave finally landed Jeff Garlin 00:06:59 – A firefighter-paramedic writes about grief and buried emotions 00:09:30 – Mountainside and BetterHelp 00:11:52 – Cocaine, 2C-B, ketamine and boofing during psychosis 00:14:00 – Leading a meeting while hallucinating animals under the bed 00:16:23 – Suboxone, Leah and listener comments 00:18:46 – LICR, Brayburn and scab picking 00:21:07 – The “Perc 30” argument 00:23:26 – More reactions to Leah’s story 00:25:53 – Dating a man addicted to meth and crack 00:27:57 – Police raid, hidden drugs and sixty days sober 00:29:30 – Jeff Garlin joins Dopey 00:30:16 – “A human being who does the best he can” 00:32:39 – Is Jeff Greene actually a bad person? 00:35:02 – Jeff’s knee injury and the Katz’s connection 00:37:29 – Why Jeff refuses to ask, “Why me?” 00:39:53 – Self-pity, comedy and never begging an audience to laugh 00:42:14 – Sobriety, marijuana, alcohol and compulsive eating 00:44:35 – Why AA worked better for Jeff than OA 00:47:00 – Addiction, greatness, Jerry Garcia and Miles Davis 00:49:25 – Jeff’s earliest memories of being funny 00:51:52 – Comedy as his lifelong calling 00:54:12 – Drinking as a teenager and discovering stand-up 00:56:38 – Brian Regan inspires Jeff to become a comedian 00:59:07 – Jeff’s lifelong food addiction begins 01:01:31 – His mother, childhood and hiding food 01:03:55 – Sugar, unrequited love and using comedy for protection 01:06:21 – Binging, food hangovers and reaching 320 pounds 01:08:45 – Road food, marijuana and losing part of his toe 01:11:10 – Success, diabetes and surviving a stroke 01:13:31 – Finding God during COVID 01:15:56 – Clairvoyance and delivering a message from a friend’s father 01:17:00 – Undiagnosed bipolar disorder and working on The Goldbergs 01:20:50 – The Little Caesars scene and deciding to quit 01:23:16 – Diagnosis, shame and the beginning of Jeff’s bottom 01:25:18 – “I will be dead at noon” 01:27:41 – Treatment in Cincinnati and learning DBT 01:30:06 – Checking the facts and finding “wise mind” 01:32:32 – Public humiliation, suicidal thoughts and entering AA 01:34:51 – Recovery changes Jeff’s life and comedy 01:37:15 – Jeff praises Dave’s interviewing and listening 01:39:33 – Would treatment have prevented what happened on The Goldbergs? 01:42:00 – Gratitude, resentment and spiritual recovery 01:43:20 – Transcendental meditation and higher consciousness 01:45:44 – Jeff’s friendship with Larry David 01:48:03 – Directing Jon Stewart and Denis Leary 01:50:31 – The lunch that became Curb Your Enthusiasm 01:52:57 – Why Curb is a situation comedy 01:55:21 – Larry David’s genius and 121 episodes of Curb 01:57:32 – Giving Bill Buckner his redemption 01:59:48 – The Cubs, Wrigley Field and saving people through comedy 02:02:09 – Jerry Seinfeld and Jeff’s upcoming book 02:04:33 – Photography, stand-up and rapid-fire questions 02:06:59 – Belushi versus Aykroyd 02:09:18 – Jeff’s final compliment to Dave 02:11:45 – Spotify comments 02:18:35 – Dave performs “Atlantic City” 02:22:04 – A listener performs “Good So Bad” on banjo
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  Meth Piss, Homemade Teeth, Aliens and Getting Sober with Jessa Reed 10.09.2026 2j 11min

  Timestamps 00:00:08 – Welcome to Dopey’s Greatest Hits 00:02:27 – John and Paul: A Love Story and the Beatles 00:03:43 – Kentucky event and DopeyCon game-show edition 00:04:51 – Anonymous listener writes about a one-night relapse 00:07:10 – The “Gremlin,” self-forgiveness and breaking relapse shame 00:09:34 – Patreon and Spotify comments 00:13:58 – Merch questions and the Dopey Maiden shirt 00:14:46 – Jessa Reed returns 00:16:21 – Audience capture and being misunderstood publicly 00:18:37 – Authenticity, vulnerability and controlling people’s perceptions 00:23:21 – The unaired interview after Chris died 00:24:03 – Jessa contracts Lyme disease during the pandemic 00:27:48 – Brain fog and the Flowers for Algernon experience 00:30:08 – Suicidal thoughts and losing access to her mind 00:34:41 – Treating Lyme disease with Antabuse 00:36:54 – Leaving podcasting and disappearing from public life 00:39:05 – The “duffel bag of feelings,” Dr. Drew and buried emotions 00:41:16 – Rebuilding herself after Lyme disease 00:43:27 – Fear that the illness would return 00:48:05 – Memory loss and revisiting Jessa’s childhood 00:50:33 – Growing up around addiction and beginning to use drugs 00:55:09 – Trailer-park violence, unstable homes and becoming tough 00:59:44 – Rebellion, authority and leaving school 01:02:01 – Pregnancy, marriage and returning to drugs 01:04:23 – Weed-induced panic and beginning stand-up comedy 01:09:10 – Anxiety, dissociation and surviving through performance 01:11:20 – Discovering crank and immediately loving it 01:15:45 – Performing stand-up on meth 01:18:12 – Abandoning comedy and descending deeper into addiction 01:20:26 – Shooting meth, boofing and escalating use 01:22:48 – Near-death experience and “alien school” 01:25:14 – Abusive relationships and complete dependence on meth 01:29:36 – Jessa manufactures her own fake teeth 01:32:01 – Flying with a meth pipe and eating all her drugs at the airport 01:34:24 – Her father says, “If you go back and it’s stale, you have a home here” 01:36:53 – The real ending of the meth-piss story 01:39:13 – Finding community in NA 01:41:29 – When twelve-step recovery became rigid and inauthentic 01:43:51 – Leaving meetings but remaining sober 01:46:13 – Rejecting addiction as her permanent identity 01:48:20 – Returning to psychedelics and fearing she could influence others 01:50:42 – Dave explains why he won’t experiment with psychedelics 01:52:58 – Different pathways to recovery 01:55:22 – Acceptance, attention and creating your reality 01:57:43 – The two buckets: gratitude and acceptance 02:00:03 – Aliens, dreams and Jessa’s higher self 02:04:39 – Dave’s frightening dream about a relapsing friend 02:06:55 – Jessa considers returning for DopeyCon 02:07:08 – SafeSpot and closing thoughts Five ad-break placements These land at genuine subject changes: – After the recovery-from-Lyme section and before her childhood – As Jessa’s story moves directly into meth – Before her father’s pivotal “stale” comment and the road to recovery – Before the broader discussion of psychedelics and different recovery paths
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  An Ounce of Fentanyl in Federal Prison, Cirrhosis Returns & 22 Years Off Heroin — Shane Enholm Returns! 09.09.2026 1j 57min

  Timestamps 00:18 Dave’s Wednesday introduction 00:56 Bad country music at Fire Island 02:43 An increasingly naked walk toward Cherry Grove 05:09 Marcus’s meth, sex and robo-tripping story 07:27 His hookup steals his safe and handgun 08:03 The stolen gun is used to rob a convenience store 09:18 James gets hooked on crack at 18 11:41 Trading sexual favors for more crack 12:40 Robbed at gunpoint by “Dead Man” 14:06 Arrested stealing cartons of Newports 15:08 Pawning his father’s jewelry for crack 16:30 Honey and Ford’s elaborate setup 18:42 Reactions to Stefanie Wittels Wachs 21:03 Spotify comments and making peace with Doug 23:24 Shane Enholm returns 25:45 Forced onto methadone after federal prison 28:12 An ounce of fentanyl inside prison in 1990 30:10 Fentanyl versus the heroin Shane remembers 31:19 Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and romanticizing heroin 34:56 Addiction, shame and feeling unworthy of God 37:07 Shane’s complicated history with 12-step recovery 39:18 Diagnosed with hepatitis C in prison 40:09 End-stage liver disease and the transplant clinic 42:29 Beating hepatitis C and cirrhosis 44:53 Shane learns that the cirrhosis has returned 47:18 Autoimmune hepatitis after earlier treatment 49:45 Quitting unfiltered cigarettes after 46 years 51:26 Recovery righteousness and accepting relapse 53:31 Facing death and waiting for answers 55:58 Giving up refined sugar 58:18 Could Shane eventually receive a liver transplant? 58:35 Banned from Instagram over a message to a minor 01:04:03 Breaking his social-media addiction 01:05:24 Google’s surprisingly flattering Shane biography 01:07:41 How Shane actually got clean 01:09:38 Bruce “Spider” Middleman and Katey Sagal 01:11:20 Shane and Spider live together 01:13:31 Relapse, shunning and sick people needing help 01:15:35 Shane revives Spider after an overdose 01:17:42 Spider immediately wants to get high again 01:19:44 Shane discovers Spider after his fatal overdose 01:21:15 Anger, grief and Spider’s famous friends 01:23:15 Holding onto recovery after Spider’s death 01:24:38 “Shooting dope in your sixties is not a good look” 01:26:44 Dave’s relapse after a year without heroin 01:28:19 Service and the principles of recovery 01:30:20 Gratitude in tattooing and sobriety 01:31:29 Buying heroin but never injecting it 01:32:51 Shane’s girlfriend smuggles drugs into prison 01:35:14 Fitness changes Shane’s life 01:35:41 The prison pull-up champion 01:37:49 The FBI destroys Shane’s prison connection 01:40:03 Released clean—then ordered onto methadone 01:42:23 Methadone myths and medication-assisted recovery 01:44:37 America’s completely reversed approach to pain 01:47:00 Methamphetamine psychosis and the modern drug supply 01:49:01 Fentanyl, xylazine and today’s visible suffering 01:50:08 Artie Lange calls Dave 01:51:05 Nika Ray, money and giving things away 01:53:29 SafeSpot and closing thoughts
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  Selling Fake Ecstasy on Grateful Dead Tour, Persian Heroin & $1 Grilled Cheese 08.09.2026 25min

  Timestamps 00:00 Dopey opening song 01:02 Dave’s temporary English accent 02:32 The family visits Manhattan’s Balloon Museum 03:29 Haggling for fake Louis Vuitton bags on Canal Street 06:27 Dopey Tuesday and Kimber King’s return 07:18 Tom’s Grateful Dead-adjacent college years 08:16 The Merry Pranksters and Ken Kesey 09:14 Smoking Persian heroin 10:33 “Cold Italian pizza” and the Pizza Connection theory 11:48 Lemon juice, heroin and Nikki Sixx 12:57 Following the Grateful Dead tour with no money 13:24 Selling truck-stop speed as ecstasy 14:16 A motel-wide Deadhead fireworks war 14:45 The $1 grilled-cheese dealer’s hidden heroin bundles 15:19 Pulled over in Nebraska with heroin and no license 15:40 Patreon reactions to Christopher R’s episode 18:58 Keith Richards, Steve Jones and Dave’s dream guests 20:43 Kimber King returns on Patreon 21:19 “Good So Bad” listener cover 25:14 One imperfect final take
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  The Worst Dopey Episode Ever? Drug Song, Robo-Tripping, Nitrous & the Structured Episode | Total Replay #44 07.09.2026 1j 27min

  Timestamps 00:00:00 – “Rocket Canoe” opening 00:01:08 – Labor Day and the working people 00:03:33 – Why episode 44 is the “Structured Episode” 00:03:57 – DopeyCon lineup and changes 00:05:03 – Joey Diaz, Jeff Ross and Artie Lange possibilities 00:06:01 – Dopey theme-song challenge 00:06:33 – Limited-edition merch and DopeyCon tickets 00:07:30 – Should the classic Dopey hat return? 00:08:27 – Daniel’s blue-ketamine and Stinky Pete story 00:11:08 – Daddy’s enormous box of dildos 00:12:20 – The original reactions to the Structured Episode 00:13:17 – Remembering Devin’s mother, Helene 00:15:40 – Patreon comments and homemade blow darts 00:18:03 – Chris’s chilling words and Spotify comments 00:20:27 – “The fatness” at a Grateful Dead show 00:21:35 – Selling feet pictures and getting money for drugs 00:23:32 – Dopey episode 44 begins 00:24:00 – Dave reveals his plan to impose structure 00:25:45 – Chris’s imaginary PowerPoint presentation 00:26:15 – Dave’s morning bathroom requirements 00:30:16 – Structure officially begins with Siri 00:30:35 – Macaulay Culkin, heroin and current events 00:32:57 – Siri responds to a suicide question 00:33:21 – Kelsey Grammer, drinking and recovery 00:35:03 – Drug songs: “A Horse with No Name” 00:39:25 – The Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” 00:42:53 – “Under the Bridge” began as a poem 00:44:30 – More drug songs and drug-song arguments 00:49:27 – James Brown’s “King Heroin” 00:51:18 – Crack songs, cocaine songs and reggae 00:55:30 – “I’m Waiting for the Man” 00:57:20 – Paul McCartney’s marijuana song 00:59:25 – Ecstasy and getting loaded 01:01:31 – Sublime, reefers and “Smoke Two Joints” 01:02:42 – Chris’s teenage Robitussin addiction 01:05:00 – The four DXM plateaus 01:07:02 – Whippets, nitrous tanks and “hippie crack” 01:08:00 – Dirty loops and isolating with weed 01:09:15 – Passing out on nitrous at a Phish show 01:10:40 – Inhalants, Dust-Off and drugs that frightened Chris 01:12:00 – Future, lean and the “Panda” confusion 01:14:45 – The AA meeting and the Luke Skywalker speaker 01:16:25 – Thinking before acting 01:17:40 – Resentment over not being called on 01:18:35 – Chris shares at a meeting 01:19:45 – Why Dave wants Dopey to become successful 01:21:10 – Obsessively checking the download counter 01:22:08 – The structured experiment officially fails 01:23:33 – AA, NA, CA and war stories 01:24:30 – Chris describes cocaine cravings and the needle 01:25:35 – Reviews, dinner and final goodbyes 01:27:04 – Closing song Five ad breaks These all land at clean transitions: 00:12:20 – After Daniel’s voicemail 00:22:38 – Before introducing the original replay 00:42:53 – After “Heroin,” before the next round of drug songs 01:02:41 – Drug-song segment ends; DXM story begins 01:14:35 – After the lean segment, before the AA discussion SEO title Dopey Episode 44 Replay: Drug Songs, DXM, Nitrous, Robotripping, Heroin Stories and Recovery
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  Dopey 598: Leah Lost the Love of her Life to a Fentanyl Overdose, Stealing Crack from Cops, Phish Business and Hippy Shenanigans 04.09.2026 3j 2min

  Timestamps 00:00:15 – “Dopey Afternoon” 00:01:29 – Oro Recovery 00:02:53 – Dave’s loose crown and ongoing dental nightmare 00:05:18 – September Iron Maiden shirt and DopeyCon 00:06:40 – A dog eats weed, chocolate and espresso beans 00:10:07 – Mountainside 00:12:30 – Braeburn and Reframe and Reclaim 00:14:53 – Lauren’s bell-ringer and “dragon’s breath” voicemail 00:19:41 – Zach on grief, suicidal addiction and an ordinary sober birthday 00:22:02 – Long Island Center for Recovery 00:23:20 – Patreon reactions to Hunter Biden 00:26:42 – Workit Health 00:27:30 – Meth psychosis, owls and a bizarre marriage proposal 00:31:22 – Recovery Unplugged 00:33:18 – Leah joins the show 00:35:33 – Brian and the lost Shakedown Screet memorial page 00:40:20 – Growing up with a police-officer father 00:42:46 – Taking acid at Tool and getting lost in Camden 00:49:45 – Weed, hippie culture and hiding red eyes with pool water 00:54:11 – School drug tests and learning to deceive her parents 00:58:31 – Failing out of college and discovering psychedelics 01:00:46 – Are the Grateful Dead a jam band? 01:03:05 – Dave’s complicated relationship with Phish and Trey Anastasio 01:07:43 – Acid, college and the beginning of opioid use 01:10:00 – Four oxycodone pills as a birthday present 01:14:32 – Perc 30 addiction and her first recovery meeting 01:19:06 – Two pregnancies, abortions and using opioids for emotional pain 01:23:53 – Breaking up, Suboxone withdrawal and selling cocaine 01:28:29 – Joining the “magnificent hippies” and going on tour 01:33:09 – Fake Molly and surviving tour by selling water 01:35:27 – Living in Golden Gate Park and trimming weed 01:39:58 – Culinary school, restaurant work and returning to opioids 01:42:21 – Moving from Perc 30s to heroin 01:44:17 – Treatment at Caron and four years sober 01:48:41 – Meeting Brian through the recovery community 01:51:03 – Moving to Atlantic City and experimenting with psychedelics 01:58:05 – Kratom, LSD and the thinking that preceded relapse 02:00:25 – Drinking again after four years sober 02:05:06 – COVID shutdown, pressed fentanyl pills and daily use 02:09:51 – Atlantic City heroin, crack and the Chicken Man 02:12:04 – Reversing each other’s overdoses with Narcan 02:14:27 – Smoking crack while driving and getting arrested 02:16:50 – Slipping the handcuffs and stealing back the crack 02:19:05 – Seven felonies, eight misdemeanors and returning to treatment 02:21:24 – A final summer with Brian 02:23:44 – Leah finds Brian dead after her own overdose 02:25:54 – Crack, shock and arranging Brian’s funeral 02:30:37 – Brainspotting therapy and processing traumatic grief 02:33:03 – Bedbugs, housing instability and another relapse 02:35:27 – Another overdose death and getting sober again 02:37:41 – The relapsing sponsor and another dead roommate 02:40:07 – Leah’s recovery today 02:42:27 – Farming, sober friends and becoming a grief facilitator 02:46:44 – How Brian’s death transformed Leah 02:50:20 – SafeSpot overdose-prevention hotline 02:51:18 – Spotify reactions to Hunter Biden 02:58:31 – Closing and “Good So Bad”
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  The Time Kimber Shot Fentanyl in Her Neck and Died and Stephen Saved Her Life| Dopey's Greatest Hits 03.09.2026 2j 43min

  Timestamps: 00:23 – Welcome to Dopey’s Greatest Hits 01:05 – Introducing “The Call” 01:45 – DopeyCon lineup and ticket information 03:15 – Josh’s armed crack-dealer story 07:34 – Kratom, 7-OH and Sublocade 08:30 – Patreon and Spotify comments 12:16 – “The Call” begins 14:46 – Kimber calls Never Use Alone 15:30 – “I just left rehab yesterday” 17:32 – Kimber’s tolerance is dangerously low 19:14 – Injecting heroin into her neck 20:20 – Kimber stops responding 20:50 – Jessie prepares to call an ambulance 23:07 – Paramedics enter Kimber’s apartment 24:52 – Ryan Leone and the origins of Never Use Alone 27:10 – Stephen’s addiction and recovery 31:48 – Building three overdose hotlines 34:07 – Meeting Jessie and responding to Kimber’s call 36:34 – Stephen hears his own voice on This American Life 38:41 – Stephen’s early drug use 43:29 – Drinking as a child in Europe 45:54 – Weed, college and depression 48:23 – Stimulant addiction and a friend’s suicide 50:35 – Treatment for stimulants disguised as opioid addiction 55:15 – OxyContin, acid and the downward spiral 57:32 – Arrested while paranoid on stimulants 59:48 – Family intervention and treatment 01:02:12 – Silver Hill and the attraction of recovery 01:06:57 – Finding drugs while cleaning out houses 01:11:40 – Hiding a relapse from his family 01:14:00 – Recovery, autonomy and making space for people 01:18:38 – Why overdose risk has fundamentally changed 01:20:55 – Relapse, survivor’s guilt and respecting autonomy 01:23:16 – Did recovery expectations prevent honesty? 01:25:38 – Jessie’s daughter uses the hotline 01:27:53 – “I don’t care what she does—as long as she doesn’t die” 01:29:04 – Jessie watches her daughter inject at the kitchen table 01:30:24 – Stephen becomes a volunteer firefighter 01:35:12 – His first Narcan reversal 01:37:34 – America’s first government-funded overdose hotline 01:42:08 – Anonymous, judgment-free help throughout North America 01:44:21 – Nine emergencies out of more than 1,300 calls 01:46:55 – Kimber joins the episode 01:49:17 – Life immediately after leaving rehab 01:51:39 – Why she decided to call Never Use Alone 01:53:59 – Shooting cocaine before seeking heroin 01:56:17 – Forty days without opioids and no tolerance 02:03:22 – Jessie attempts to slow Kimber down 02:05:42 – The injection and overdose 02:08:05 – Waking up with Stephen beside her 02:10:28 – Anger, humiliation and wanting to use again 02:15:16 – Returning to the trap house 02:19:50 – Getting back into rehab 02:22:13 – Another relapse—and eventually recovery 02:24:38 – How Kimber and Stephen reconnected 02:29:22 – Kimber begins working for the hotline 02:31:42 – Answering calls without being triggered 02:33:57 – Connection as the opposite of addiction 02:36:22 – How to contact the hotline 02:38:40 – Closing thoughts 02:40:40 – Banjo cover of “Good So Bad” Five ad-break spots 12:16 – Before the main Greatest Hits episode 36:34 – Before Stephen’s personal story 01:02:12 – Before treatment and recovery 01:46:55 – Between Stephen’s interview and Kimber’s interview 02:22:13 – After Kimber returns to treatment
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  My Brother Died of a Heroin Overdose with Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Harris Wittels, Grief, Recovery | Wednesday Dose 02.09.2026 1j 24min

  Timestamps 01:15 – Welcome to the Wednesday Dose of Dopey 01:37 – Recovery means resetting the system 04:02 – Hunter Biden attention, DopeyCon and free Narcan 04:55 – Kevin’s cocaine-piss burial on acid 11:26 – Nelson Ledges Quarry Park insanity 13:52 – Patreon comments, Heart Attack Doug and Dolly Parton 16:12 – Spotify comments and anxious attachment 20:58 – Stephanie Wittels Wachs joins the show 23:16 – Redesigning the Dopey studio 31:29 – Grief, helping people and Snoop Dogg reading Last Day 35:50 – Why Stephanie still has skin in the addiction crisis 38:11 – Remembering Harris Wittels 40:34 – Harris’s childhood comedy obsession 42:58 – Doing whippets, mushrooms and acid together 45:18 – Did Phish change Harris’s drug use? 47:20 – Addiction, extremism and Stephanie’s work addiction 49:34 – Harris reveals his $4,000-a-month pill habit 52:02 – Rehab, heroin and the Pete Holmes interview 53:20 – Harris’s death and the failure of the “rehab fixes you” idea 55:41 – Family boundaries and the search for solutions 58:05 – How Stephanie became radicalized by harm reduction 01:00:32 – Kimber’s life-saving SafeSpot call 01:02:42 – Drug policy in Portugal, Switzerland and America 01:05:05 – Supervised consumption and the Dopey injection-site idea 01:07:28 – Keeping people alive on their own timeline 01:09:50 – Grief as a room inside a growing house 01:12:12 – Meaning, purpose and allowing grief to exist 01:14:31 – How loss created a greater appreciation for life 01:16:44 – Stephanie’s verdict on Dopey—and podcast video 01:18:59 – SafeSpot, Last Day and closing thoughts 01:20:46 – Listener cover of “Good So Bad” Five ad-break spots 11:26 – After the cocaine-piss burial voicemail 20:38 – Before Stephanie’s interview 38:11 – Before the conversation turns directly to Harris 53:20 – After the video interruption and before discussing his death 01:07:28 – After the supervised-consumption discussion
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  “My Mother Didn’t Like Being a Mother”: Christopher’s Story - Sex Work, Meth, Crack - Tuesday Teaser! 01.09.2026 29min

  Timestamps 00:01 – Dopey Tuesday theme song 01:51 – Welcome to Dopey Tuesday and eleven years of recovery 03:10 – Killing a bug while preaching love and tolerance 03:35 – Is Dopey art? 04:17 – DopeyCon tickets and Christopher’s Patreon episode 04:55 – Patreon tiers, Zooms, socks and life coaching 06:45 – Teton Mike dreams about Mick Jagger 08:05 – Calling Mick “Ronnie” from the front row 09:12 – Could the Rolling Stones cover “Good So Bad”? 09:55 – Nick Kent, Legs McNeil and Please Kill Me 11:30 – Impossible Dopey guests: Pete Townshend, Lena Dunham and Paul McCartney 12:35 – Owsley Stanley, LSD manufacturing and Anthony Bourdain 13:52 – The possible Bourdain and Mark Lanegan episodes 14:15 – Reactions to Dave’s origin story and the Dopey documentary 16:17 – Patreon members want the Dopey documentary 18:43 – More listener comments and Z. Cavaricci memories 20:50 – Christopher’s story begins 21:10 – Growing up as one of eleven brothers 21:55 – “My mother did not like being a mother” 22:15 – Childhood neglect and violence 23:14 – Abandoned whenever his mother found another man 24:20 – Christopher’s full story continues on Patreon 25:08 – “Good So Bad” 29:11 – Closing reaction to the song
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  First LSD Trip at the Grateful Dead, the Phone Booth Overdose & Devan | Total Dopey Replay 42 31.08.2026 1j 29min

  Timestamps 00:00:23 – Dopey Monday and why Dave skipped Episode 42 00:02:48 – Hunter Biden, eleven years in recovery and a missing friend 00:05:15 – Dave makes amends to his sponsees—and Canadians 00:07:38 – Wiley prepares to tell his recovery story 00:12:25 – The “worst Dopey voicemail” and socks for stories 00:13:10 – One year sober, 20 felonies and a suspended license 00:16:52 – Gratitude, payment plans and Patreon comments 00:19:13 – Kratom pronunciations and Recovery Dharma 00:23:57 – Dopey Episode 42 begins 00:24:32 – Introducing Devin 00:28:50 – Addiction made Dave miss Devin’s wedding 00:30:45 – Devin attempts to become Christian Slater in Heathers 00:35:24 – The listener email that showed Dopey was helping people 00:37:43 – Devin remembers Dave’s addiction 00:40:05 – The free heroin delivery that led to years of misery 00:42:21 – Rohan’s Jamaican listener letter 00:46:50 – An apology to Ruth 00:48:56 – Dave and Devin’s first LSD experience 00:53:17 – Buying acid at a Grateful Dead show 00:55:39 – The Garden transforms into a psychedelic carnival 00:59:46 – The alien pug and dancing-bear cups 01:02:05 – The disastrous baby-powder fight 01:06:45 – Was shooting heroin like being petted by Jesus? 01:08:48 – Chris, Surfer Mike and smoking crack behind the counselor 01:10:58 – Signs of addiction before the drugs 01:13:06 – Model rockets and the need to make everything more dangerous 01:15:23 – Dave and Devin’s teenage CD-stealing operation 01:17:47 – The Australian phone-booth overdose story 01:21:30 – “They nicknamed Ivan Telstra” 01:23:52 – Dopey celebrates a record 296 daily downloads 01:25:46 – Knicks talk and the episode closes Five ad-break spots These all land between complete segments: 00:12:25 – After Wiley’s voicemail 00:16:52 – After the listener’s suspended-license request 00:23:57 – Perfect break before the original episode begins 00:46:50 – Before the apology to Ruth and the LSD story 01:17:47 – Before the Australian phone-booth story If you want the ads distributed more evenly, move the third break from 00:23:57 to 00:37:43.