Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

95:14

Dopey Total Replay 48: Vipassana, Reddit, Naked at...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/10/12

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 that won’t shut the fuck up.Chris describes arriving to a flooded, moldy tent, waking up at four in the

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147:59

Dopey 604: DopeyCon 7: Hank Azaria, Hamilton Morris,...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/10/09

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 attempts to hold together the first-ever Dopey Feud.Plus, Anthony Varela tells a catastrophically

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112:21

Doggy Cream Pies, Foot Jobs, Oxycontin, MDMA, Cocaine...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/10/08

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 career.Then comes the serious Dopey: drinking at 11, taking her father’s Quaaludes, growing up around

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93:48

Margaret Cho: Face-First into Boiling Cheese, Kratom...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/10/07

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 her face-first into boiling fondue, an overdose in Amsterdam, and the horrifying moment a doctor who was

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77:23

LSD in a Fresh Tattoo, a Ball Pit of Crack Pipes &...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/10/05

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 drug-of-choice name tags in tow. Then Betty Ford James writes in about being made to feel unwelcome at

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135:27

Justin Crompier: Heroin, Xanax, Ambien, Robbing...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/30

Dopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastEpisode summaryThis week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey!, Photographer and adventurer Justin Crompier, 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 early relationship with prescription medication, his fascination with drug culture, and the college

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35:36

Dopeycon Theme Song Challenge! Heart Attack Doug Had...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/29

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 snowblowing. He hid cans in snowdrifts, drank for about a year, and eventually returned to recovery. There was no

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90:57

Dopey Total Replay 46: A DUI in a Stolen Golf Cart,...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/28

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 cychlorphine, a potent synthetic opioid identified in a San Francisco teenager’s death, then reads listener reactions

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172:14

Crack, Xanax, and a Car Crash into a Riverbed, Marc...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/24

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 way, especially Colleen MC, to whom the original event was dedicated. An Australian listener then tells

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66:17

Shooting Coke, Skid Row Heroin, Rehab Gone Wrong and...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/21

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, reflects on Chris’s instinct for keeping the show on track, and explains why hearing both Chris and Nick

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151:18

The First DopeyCon: Shot in the Foot, PCP at a Baby...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/17

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 DopeyCon 2026, his growing number of public encounters with Dopey Nation, listener comments, the

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36:00

The Emotional Return of Heart Attack Doug: Why He...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/15

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 strange appeal of receiving drugs legitimately in sobriety.Doug challenges members of Dopey Nation to

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144:54

Dopey 599: Jeff Garlin! “I Was Going to Be Dead at...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/11

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 questionable Curb character is nothing like the person he tries to be. He talks about gratitude,

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119:45

An Ounce of Fentanyl in Federal Prison, Cirrhosis...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/09/09

DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast SAVE $15 per ticket on patreonSummaryThis week on the Wednesday Dose! Close Friend of the show, legendary tattoo artist, punk-rock outlaw, former bank robber and federal prisoner Shane Enholm returns to Dopey with a frightening update: after surviving hepatitis C and end-stage liver disease decades ago, he has been diagnosed with cirrhosis again.Shane retraces a life built around heroin, prison,

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24:44

The Super Special Sex and Love Addicted Dopey...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/08/25

Full Episode only on: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/2345507 Summary / show notes 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 and the creation of Dopey. Before the documentary preview, Dave remembers musician Mark Hudson,

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94:09

Noah Levine: Acid at 10, Juvenile Hall, Meditation,...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/08/24

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast save $15 on Dopey con tix Dopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Summary: Episode summary 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 Episode 43 with author and Refuge Recovery founder Noah Levine. Noah talks about growing up around

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23:00

Jumping Through a Bathroom Window on Speed! Plus...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/08/18

Get Discounted Dopeycon tickets @ www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Or Buy them full price @ https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507 Summary / show notes 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 UK delivers a classic festival disaster. On the way into Bang Face, a rave filled with hardcore

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81:34

IV Drugs are Chris's Bread and Butter, Bi Polar...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/08/17

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Summary: 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 escort in a boarded-up Seattle trap house after relapsing on meth. After smoking crack for the first

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107:46

He Fashions a Dildo Made of Heroin to Smuggle Up his...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/08/13

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS on PATREON: Buy discount Tickets to DopeyCon only n Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary 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 second Xanax prescription in her pet’s name. What began with six bars for an anxious dog eventually

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81:45

He Shot Blue Ecstasy, Boofed It & Went to Work: Jed...

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction ·

2026/08/12

Patreon is no ads and discounts for DopeyCon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode summary 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 a terrifying story from his twenties: three sleepless days inside a Mississippi trailer with an ounce

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