Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the incredible comedian, writer, podcaster and all around super smart and funny guest Moshe Kasher! Moshe recently wrote an incredible memoir called Subculture Vulture all about his life within 6 scenes! He starts with AA and we learn all about his rough and tumble younger days before he got sober. It is a very different kind of Dopey! Then we are joined by bes...

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by content creator, YouTube phenom, Co Parnt Expert and recovering Dope Fiend, Abbey Fickley! On a super old school episode of Dopey we learn all about Abbey's humble upbringing in Pittsburgh PA and her gradually then suddenly crazy descent into super hard core drug addiction. All the while while trying to be a mother to a baby girl. This is a classic tale of how...

This week on Dopey! Rock and Roll legend, Wayne Kramer comes on the show to kick out the serious Dopey, mother fucker! We hear all about the beginnings of the seminal rock and roll band the MC5 and Wayne's earliest days of taking drugs in the 1960's in Detroit. That's when the shit hit's the fan and Wayne's career gets sidetracked, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. More About Dopey: Dopey Po...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Dopeycon IV alumni, comedian Aaron Berg to hear his dark alcoholic story of stripping in Canada and the dark world of sex, booze, coke and pimping he fell into. PLUS steroids! Comedy and more! PLUS crazy meth voicemails and emails from Australia! And the return of an old friend to the show! All that and much more on this weeks brand new episode of the good old...

This Week on Dopey! In our 450th episode we are possibly somehow visited by Chris during my sponsees father-in-law's wake. Then! Lenny from the Beach returns to update us on a potentially sticky situation he is in - facing serious jail time for allegedly dealing coke. We talk faith and fear, and much more. THEN Thuan Nguyen joins us to tell his unlikely story from meth addict to meditation master!...

This week on Dopey! In an insane new comprehensive crystal meth soaked episode of Dopey we meet Boston 2% - A recovering meth/SEX addict who went to the darkest of places on an obsessive meth mission to the brink of destruction only to find redemption after being locked away in jail and in a mental institution.  PLUS DJ DON returns to tell of his last meth relapse - and his return to recovery! ALS...

This week on Dopey! Jessica Kent returns! And gives us the heart wrenching but ultimately inspiring story of her current domestic situation. How she dealt with her long time partners relapse and how she parents their two daughters. PLUS my dad returns and gives his take on Dopey Beef! PLUS crazy fucked up voicemails and emails and much much more on this weeks super hard core addition of the good o...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by local Dope, Andre! Andre tells a very comprehensive story of his very complicated journey from trauma with his dad to crazy heroin and crack addiction all the way back to recovery. All along the way with kratom, suboxone, norcos, delta 8 gummies! We learn how ultimately Andre became a loving parent to himself! It was very beautiful - and extremely Dopey! PLUS v...

This Week on Dopey! In a super deluxe, extra large and comprehensive Dopey New Years Episode we cover a lot of ground! Starting with NY TIMES contributor, author and world renowned Harm Reductionist Maia Szalavitz makes a state of the Dopey Nation address on the status of all things drugs addiction and some dumb shit. Including safe injection sites, Kratom, legal weed and much much more. Then Arti...

This week on Dopey! It's beginning to look a lot like Dopey! In our old school brand new Christmas special we catch up with Dopey OG Matthew Weidemeir-Carroll and hear all about his relapse and return this holiday season! PLUS Dove's struggle with Kratom and her experience with Ibogaine! Paulina Pinsky's 2 Year Anniversary and her first meeting! PLUS a cavalcade of Dopes! And much much more on thi...

This Week on Dopey! We have a local superstar from the Beach! Gary the Suffolk County Crack Connoisseur! Gary tells a seriously comprehensive and touching story of his deep journey to the edge and back! PLUS two voicemails! Emails! And the return of my Dad on a brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show!   More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and du...

This week on Dopey! Dopey legend and old time champion of the show Bob Forrest is back to remember his departed songwriting partner, podcast producer and life long friend Mike Martt! We hear how they linked up and some of their misadventures together as well as Mike's impact on Don't Die, Thelonious Monster, Punk Rock and Los Angeles Recovery. PLUS we hear from Mike himself in segments from his 20...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by infamous corrupt New York City police officer, Michael Dowd. We hear about his rise in East New York's legendary 75th precinct. We learn about how Michael Dowd broke bad and get the story on what happened after teaming up with nefarious Dominican drug kingpin Adam Diaz. PLUS how Dowd's alcoholism and addiction to action(and cocaine) drove him ultimately to 12 y...

This week on Dopey we are joined by Dr. Nzinga Harrison and a very very special Dopey guest!   We go over so much stuff on the nature of addiction including - addiction susceptibility!  Nature vs. nurture! Race-based alienation in 12 step recovery! Serious questions and answers with the Dopey Nation! Plus so much more - Emails AND Voicemails! the return of a very special anonymous guest and tons m...

This Week on Dopey! In a seriously Special Thanksgiving Special we are joined by comedy icon, and Super-Dopey OG Margaret Cho! We learn more about her early days of becoming an addict. Her obsession with weed! A birthday party with Hollywood royalty, living in sobriety and much more! PLUS we remember our friend Bill Blaber and play one of his legendary Dopey appearances. PLUS Thanksgiving messages...

This Week On Dopey! In an all new episode we tackle the super hot genre of true crime - Dopey style with author/journalist Max Marshall and his thrilling new book 'Among the Bro's! We learn all about a crazy drug ring and the diabolical lengths these frat bros go to make money and the crazy spread of benzos in the college coke dealer community! Plus! Voicemails, Emails, and the return of Aurora an...

This week on Dopey! English stand up, actor, video game voice over artist and EDM DJ and overall content creator/ARTIST -Jeff Leach! Jeff brings a heroic dose of psychedelic Dopey this week on the show! We hear all about his incredibly versatile path through entertainment and addiction. Plus Jeff's thoughts on childhood, being a step father, depression and how mushrooms super charged his recovery...

This week on Dopey! In a multi-Dope episode we are first joined by Chris P. and hear his heart wrenching story from homeless crackhead to successful therapist in recovery with a world of pain, trauma and substance abuse in between. Then we are joined by renowned poet and comic C. Cimmone and hear an even more heart wrenching tale of love, loss, hope and redemption!    Plus! Voicemails, Emails and...

This week on Dopey! Rejoice! Rejoice!  For Dopey Legend John Joseph of Bloodclot, the Cro-Mags and author of countless books has returned! Listen as John takes us back on his oral tour of an old New York City full of punk rock,  the origins of Angel Dust, and how he found recovery! PLUS JJ's weed delivery service, classic voicemails, emails and bonus goodies!  More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is th...

This week on Dopey! DopeyCon IV!!!! A cavalcade of Dopes! A treasure Trove ofand  Dopey Stories! It's all here! Bobby Dukes burning a dude's dick with a crack pipe in a glory hole to Jessa Reed's Opus Owl Story! Plus great recovery with Hank Azaria, Joe Schrank, Ask Erin Khar! Music by Ray Brown and so very much more on this weeks brand new spanking episode of that good old Dopey Show! DopeyCon IV...

This Week on Dopey! In a crazy old school super banana firey installment of Dopey we are joined by Tommy 2 Wolves AKA Dutch - who delivers the old school Dopey! We hear a wall to wall, non stop ridiculously debauched tale of an old school New Yorker and his journey through hell to return to carry a serious message of beautiful recovery. PLUS we get a voicemail from Acey Slade and one from John Buk...

This Week on Dopey! Dopey dream guest, and Emmy Award Winner, Hank Azaria comes on the show for an epic talk all about his recovery, alcoholism and his life and career! Get ready for a serious deep dopey dive with Hank on how his alcoholism/addict-ness developed, his rise to fame and how he discovered his true addiction. PLUS all of the inside information on the rise and fall of Apu on the Simpson...

This week on Dopey! In another Park City Song Summit based episode - we are joined by recovery legend and the former Director of Music Cares Harold Owens! Harold takes us on a trip back in the day of growing up in Los Angeles, shooting barbiturates and ultimately succumbing to heroin addiction. Before experiencing the old school therapeutic community of Synanon! Then we hear how Harold turned it a...

This Week on Dopey! In one of my very favorite interviews, we are joined by world renowned singer/songwriter Steve Poltz. It all happened on location at the Park City Song Summit where we got to meet and I I had the pleasure of hearing some of the greatest Dopey stories I'd ever heard. Getting hired on acid, preposterous drinking on stage, waking up to an elephant while in a benzo blackout all cul...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Hollywood legend, the star of Terminator 2, American History X, Pecker, Detroit Rock City, The Forrest Hills and so much more! Eddie drops the young holiday Dopey on us in an epic tale of debaucherousness! Then we are joined by young Lenny from the Beach! Lennny is in early recovery and sheds light on the truth about Fentanyl. PLUS emails, voicemails and more o...