Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

This week on Dopey! Dave heads over to Dr. Drew's apartment on the great return episode of Dr. Drew! We learn all about being a Dad to a newly sober daughter and the pressure of being a TV doctor in the public eye as Dr Drew Pinsky gets super vulnerable! PLUS we hear one of the greatest voicemails of all time! PLUS GAY SEX WITH A DWARF ON METH! And MUCH MUCH MORE!  On this brand new spanking episo...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Documentary Filmmaker Michelle Esrick! We discuss her films about Darrell Hammond and Wavy Gravy and take a deep dive into her addiction and recovery! PLUS Strung Out author, Erin Khar! Dopey emails! Dopey Voicemail! And does fentanyl Jay have a guilty conscience???? Find out about all of that and more on this brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show!  Mor...

This week on Dopey! In a Dopey instant classic new episode we are joined by legendary New York City graffiti artist and former drug dealer, addict and alcoholic SAYNOSLEEP. Hear all about his back story with Dave aka SLAM, and how they met and reconnected during COVID. PLUS SAYNOSLEEP's storied history in a life bombing and slinging on the streets of Chelsea and the East Village. PLUS 2 Dopey Voic...

This week on Dopey! In an extra long New Year's cavalcade of addiction and recovery we are joined by three stellar Dopey heroes! First up - from the UK is Dopey OG, Annie Ellie, who shares her struggles relapsing this year - and her plan for 2023.  Second we have Mighty Duck's star and Dopey legend Shaun Weiss who tells of the ups and downs of living in a sober house.  And finally we are joined by...

This week on Dopey! In the brand new yule tide special we are joined by a cavalcade of Dopes! Brandon Novak tells a crazy Christmas story! Loz from Brutal Recovery talks about recovery in Scotland! Dr. Drew talks about the holidays in treatment! BGetz talks about Christmas in the ganja farm! Plus Dopes from all over the world! And my Dad on that old timey chestnut roasting, Tourrette's syndrome ha...

This week on Dopey! In a super, crazy ultra-debauched new installment, we are joined by Johnny Jukebox. A recovering alcoholic, crackhead Long Islander who goes to the same meeting as Dave. Buckle up because this is a bumpy ride, from his early years of being a teenage mescaline kingpin to his rock bottom of endless scratch offs and happy endings. Culminating in his psychic change of recovery! PLU...

This week on Dopey! Dopey and the Family with Tom Farley! Tom recalls the life and times of his uber talented brother Chris. We learn about growing up in the Farley family - and how Chris' rise to fame coincided with his drug addiction and death. Then how Tom's career of running the Chris Farley foundation lead him to his own recovery. PLUS voicemails! My Dad! and much, much more, on a family styl...

This week on Dopey! In a whopper of a Dopey episode, we are joined by  Ditty and we hear possibly some of the Dopiest stories in the history of our show. From his first experiences with alcohol and cocaine to his insane crystal meth empire. With stints in rehab and jail, and coast to coast misadventures along the way! PLUS emails, stories and much more on a top 5, all new EXTRA LONG, EXTRA DOPEY n...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the brilliant writer, journalist, teacher and attorney, Jessica Lahey! Jess is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence . Jess tells us all about her journey to recovery, and what she le...

BONUS EPISODE!!!!! In this Bonus Dopey episode we are joined by a special guest! PLUS we sit down with Doctors Scott Bienenfeld and Dana Lerman of Skylight Psychedelics to learn all about Ketamine treatment for depression, psychedelics and much more! PLUS emails, music, and fun! On a brand NEW BONUS EPISODE of That good ol' Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcas...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by a deep thinking, philosophizing, entrepreneurial, former co-manager of Aerosmith, Keith Garde! Keith tells us all about growing up in a traumatic, brutalizing house hold, and how his addiction lead him to overachievement, and ultimately to depraved debauchery only to rise into long term recovery! PLUS my Dad! Emails, voicemails and much much more on a brand spa...

This week on Dopey! In a brand new super high quality episode of Dopey we are joined by 'Undoing Drugs' author and New York Times reporter, Maia Szalavitz! Maia is a world foremost authority on addiction and harm reduction but she is also a recovering drug addict and ex drug dealer. Listen to her epic tale from pure insanity to profound insight! Also check out her incredible book; Undoing Drugs. P...

This week on Dopey! In an unforgettable new episode, we are joined by actor comedian, writer and goalie, Greg Goldberg of the Disney movie franchise, The Mighty Ducks - Shaun Weiss.  Shaun tells us his incredible rise to movie stardom as a child actor, and how alcoholism and drug addiction slowly took him over. At his worse Shaun lost everything including his home, and lived on the streets of Los...

This week on Dopey we are joined by artist, author, model, reality TV star, entrepreneur and much more, the one and only Kat Von D!We learn all about Kat's origin and how she ascended to the heights of the tattoo world and beyond only to come back down to Earth in suffering with cocaine and alcoholism. PLUS Aurora is back to celebrate her upcoming 7 years! PLUS a crazy weed at Rikers Island story...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Hannah Sward, the author of the super beautiful and still seriously debaucherous new memoir STRIP! Hannah brings a super honest and vulnerable story to Dopey. She gets super honest about her life whilst in active addiction becoming a prostitute and exotic dancer before succumbing to horrible alcoholism and crystal meth use. PLUS Strung Out author and unlicensed...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by podcaster, stand up comedy legend, actor, writer, musician and Dopey super friend, Marc Maron! Marc was recently in a cool new movie all about alcoholism, called To Leslie. We talk all about it, and how its themes of alcoholism and codependency hit so close to home for Marc. Then we talked about how Marc stayed sober and lived through the grief of losing his pa...

This week on Dopey! Finally we got back to an in person DopeyCon! Featuring Chloe LaBranche, Erin Khar, Ray Brown, Brandon Novak, Andy Roy, Smiling Joe, Maia Szalavitz, Annie, Joe Schrank, MC Serch, Linda, my dad and tons of Dopey Nation fun!!!!  NOTE: Nick from Dark Side of the Spoon and Brian from Str8 Pepper Diet were at the event - and killed it - but since they had visual presentations they w...

This week on Dopey! In a crazy turn of events - we are joined by the star of American Pie, Loser, Boys and Girls and so much more, star of stage and screen, the great Jason Biggs! Jason tells his epic journey from struggling child actor to international film star and then shares how drugs and alcohol crept into his life and why he sought out a life in recovery. PLUS super Dopey emails, and a fire...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Wilson Phillips founding member, talk show host, author, baker, mother and daughter of the Beach Boys, Carnie Wilson! Carnie tells of her unique childhood and how she became an addict! PLUS her rise to super stardom, finding recovery and how her family changed her life. PLUS a special guest, more on Dopeycon, the DopeyCon theme song challenge. David Bowie and m...

This week on Dopey! More from the Park City Song Summit! We are joined by my new friend, painter, performance artist and hippy, John Bukaty. John lays it down on his journey from childhood trauma to Artist to High School Football and how he ended up a crazy drug taking hippy painter doing high end performance art in the mountains of Colorado. PLUS John's recovery his take on psychedelics and more!...

This week on Dopey! After almost 7 years of trying to get him, acclaimed junky memoirist, screenwriter and all around great guy - Jerry Stahl calls in! We hear all about his supreme, best selling junky memoir - Permanent Midnight, and how he decended into horrible drug addiction. Jerry then tells us about his new book Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man's Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour...

This week on dopey! I am sick as f%ck in bed with 102.3 fever! We follow up the cokiest dopey ever with a great conversation with barstool sports own “Jersey Jerry”! Jerry tells his story of growing up with a gun and drug dealing dad, and details his journey from selling Percocet in high school to robbing drug dealers for the ultimate score of his true love: Crack! Jerry also talks about the dozen...

This week on Dopey! In probably the "Cokiest" Dopey episode in the history of the show we have club owner, model, entrepreneur and bestie of Madonna, Ingrid Casares! Ingrid lays it down, one crazy story after another. And just when you thought the Dopey would slow down she came with more! So buckle in and get ready for easily the Cokiest episode in the history of Dopey! PLUS my Dad and much more o...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Instagram Meme Legend Max from F*cking Sober! He worried his story wasn't Dopey enough for the show - but we felt like he delivered the frackin dopey as well as the forking sober! PLUS Erin Khar is back! Emails, and a weird Daily Reflection with my Dad all on this brand new episode of the Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podca...

This week on Dopey! Happy Dopey Day! Merry Chris-Miss in August! We are joined by two Annie's! The first an OG Dope and founding member of Dopey Zoom from the UK and hear her harrowing relapse story.  Second we have Annie, Chris's ex girlfriend who found his body after his tragic overdose. In between we have Dopey Nation songs, voicemails, emails and an extended old school dopey playback with me a...