Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

On a brand new spanking end of summer episode of Dopey! Aurora is back in New York City, where she meets up with Dave to finally record an episode of Dopey in person! They talk smoothies, 12 step and other dumb shit on a voice mail laden, email filled old school romp which celebrates DopeyCon, Appalachian Healing and grooming ones testicles! All that and much, much more on a silky smooth new episo...

This week on Dopey! One of Dave's oldest and best friends comes on. Devan tells how he and Dave became on-air hosts on MTV back in the day. We also hear Alan's point of view from this tale of triumph that turned into tragedy  that had Dave suspended from high school, and forced to go to summer school after he 'graduated'. Plus ACTUAL DOPEY voicemails, straggler 200TH episode voicemails, a lost Hot...

It's Chrismiss time again! On this epic, longest Dopey ever we are joined by a cavalcade of Dopey Stars, Participants, and Well Wishers including: Dr. Drew, Brandon Novak, Marc Maron, Amy Dresner, Bob Forrest, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Dave and Linda recount much of the history of the show, and we hear from tons of Dopey Nation members! We also get to hear from Alan, Sam and even Chris himself as we c...

On the new episode of Dopey! We inch toward the 200th episode also known as Chrismiss but take a layover stop in Methodonia, where we hear Alan a little rilled up. We then hear from classic Dopey caller Jesse, who actually works in a Methadone Clinic! Then TV/Film critic Devin Feraci takes a look at the crazy Dopey HBO series Euphoria! Plus voicemails, emails, DOPEYCON and much much more on a meth...

This Week on Dopey! Drag queen extraordinaire Alaska Thunderfuck calls in to talk a little dopey about her past, present and future.  We hear about her take on drag, love, drugs and sobriety. Including! Her time on RuPaul's Drag Race, and getting kicked out of a bar while kicking the dopey around. PLUS! Aurora is back from France to talk 12 steps and fuck with Dave a bit while pining away for some...

One year ago this week Chris relapsed, overdosed and tragically died. In this episode of Dopey, Dave travelled to Great Barrington to sit with some of Chris's closest friends; Dylan, Alex, Ted, Colin, and Mark to share stories and remember how special a person Chris was and how tragic and horrific his sudden death was to us all.  

This week on Dopey! Dear friend Jim shows up and we take a nice stroll down memory lane, Dopey Style! We hear about some of the most classic Dopey Stories, and relive some of Jimmy's greatest trips. Plus! Questions from the Dopey Nation on Twitter, voicemails, emails, reviews and much much more on a kick off your jeans put on your pajamas special kind of loosey goosey episode of Dopey.

This week on Dopey! Ex-NBA, and college basketball standout plus ridiculous junky, Chris Herren calls into the show to tell some of his incredible story. From the wilds of Fall River, Massachusetts, we hear of Chris's ridiculously dopey journey from the bottom to the top and back again. Buckle up, because it gets super dopey! PLUS! Voicemails, reviews, Dopey poetry and much much more on an extraor...

This week on Dopey! New friend, author, addict and Alcoholic, Nick Flynn comes to Dave's dads house to talk drugs, addiction and dumb shit. We hear about him meeting his homeless father at a shelter he worked at and documented in his first memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. Plus Alan returns, Dopey Con, Dopey poetry corner and much much more on an especially special episode of Dopey!

On this weeks episode of Dopey, Dave gets to talk awhile with super talented singer, songwriter, guitar player Anders Osborne and hear a bit about his last using days, a bit about his recovery, his amazing SEND A FRIEND program and of course bee keeping! Then we go down memory lane with DK, plus the 2 MILLIONTH DOWNLOAD, emails, voicemails and much, much more on an action packed yet still relative...

This week on Dopey, Vicky Baker, a journalist for the BBC comes to Dave's dad's apartment to record an episode of Dopey. Linda and Alan recount some of the origins of Dopey and their experiences around Dave's addiction. Also Dave and Linda remember their dear friend Todd on what would be the one year anniversary of his tragic overdose and death. Plus emails, voicemails, the 2 millionth download pr...

On the new episode of Dopey, we get to know the creator of the recovery newsletter; The Small Bow, AJ Daulerio. We hear about the time he was sued for 115 million dollars by Hulk Hogan, and the end of the infamous blog, Gawker. PLUS: the NEW predict the 2 millionth download contest and win a free 'just the head' Tee or Long Sleeve shirt! All that plus new voicemails, emails, and OTHER dumb shit, o...

This week on Dopey! Alexis Haines calls in to talk down and dirty dopey. Hear about the robbery that launched her into infamy as well as kicking dope in solitary confinement. Not to mention recovery and a bunch of good stuff. Plus! Emails voicemails, Nick Flynn's Dopey poetry and much, much more on a scandalously special new episode of Dopey!

In this weeks Dopey, long time friend and band mate Peter comes by Alan's apartment to kick it around. We hear about Dave and Peter's adolescence, Peter's crippling depression and his career in handicapping sporting events. We also hear stories about Dave and Todd's early addict days when Peter lived with them. Then Devin of www.cinemasangha.com  comes on to critique the series finale of Game of T...

This week on Dopey. Warren Boyd, the true story behind the A & E show 'The Cleaner' talks a bit about what got him on the righteous path and the crooked life he left behind. Plus crazy getting celebrities clean stories and jail time. Then Hanna AKA 'The Girl with the Dopey Tattoo' returns to the show to talk about her experience with Medicated Assisted Treatment, specifically Methadone and how...

This week on Dopey! We get back to some old school Dopey with Author of 'My Fair Junkie' and dear friend of the show, Amy Dresner. We talk Woke/white privilege, recovery, drugs and of course dumb shit. Dave takes some Twitter questions, and emails and voicemail galore! All that and even more on a remarkably privileged and especially woke and super special episode of Dopey!

This week on Dopey! Gossip columnist, writer, TV host AJ Benza comes on and delivers some star studded Dopey. Including a crazy scene with Tupac, Mickey Rourke and an unbelievable lost Artie Lange Tale. Then old time friend of the show Justin calls in to recall an old Spring Break dopey adventure with Dave during the height of his first major heroin run. Plus emails, voicemails, a flash of Chris a...

This week on Dopey, film maker and son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, Justin Kreutzmann calls into the show to talk a bit about his life in and out of recovery. We hear what it was like coming up on tour with the Dead and all of the good and not so good opportunities it afforded him. Then we talk Game of Thrones and Dopey history with Aurora, and finally Alan returns to the show offerin...

This week would've been Todd's 45th birthday had he not tragically overdosed and died last summer. To commemorate his life we have brought in his sister and some of his best friends to reflect on Todd on the longest Dopey episode ever recorded. We hear the good, the bad and the ridiculously dopey on this one! He was one in a billion and now he's gone because of addiction, we will always miss him....

This week on Dopey we hear from Chris's friend and sponsor Dylan. To say that it is some crazy Dopey shit doesn't do it justice. From inter-coastal crack runs to a resurgence in a spiritual life in recovery, we basically hear it all. Plus the return of Ishmael, and a new controversial segment of Chopped and Screwed by Worchester all that plus much, much more. On a supremely spectacular and still q...

This Week on Dopey! Australian Pro Skater and host of Sirius XM's The Jason Ellis Show, Jason Ellis calls in from his jacuzzi in Los Angeles to spin a few Dopey yarns. We learn of his foray into  recovery  and why it didn't work out for him. We also hear about an Australian heroin adventure involving prostitutes, and more cocaine then you could shake a stick at. Then dear friend of the show Aurora...

This week on Dopey! As promised Ashley Hamilton returns to the show give us a little bit more of his Dopey truth. We hear about getting speedballs through an IV-Drip at the hospital on his rough road from recovery to relapse and back again. We also hear about what it is to live with trauma, and what Ashley is trying to do to get passed it. We also play games, hear voicemails and talk cake and ice...

In this weeks episode of Dopey the unthinkable happens. World Series Champion, three time Major League All Star, and world class drug addict and alcoholic Lenny Dykstra comes to my dad's house to talk drugs, addiction and dumb shit. We hear all about the 1986 Mets, Rehab with Robert Downey Jr, Rapid Opiate Detox in Israel, and much much more on a remarkably special episode of Dopey.

After years of trying to get him, Beautiful Boy author, David Sheff finally calls into Dopey. Also Dopey Nation master voicemail maker, Jeremy Turner calls in on the night before he goes to rehab. Plus new voicemails, emails, a new amazing Dopey tune by Jake from West Virginia and much, much more on an unbelievably special episode of Dopey. 

This week on Dopey we hear from 'Super Agent' Darren Prince and his journey from baseball card mastermind to representing legends like Magic Johnson, Dennis Rodman, Chevy Chase and more. And the fateful night he began his spiral into extreme opioid addiction. Then super Dope, and author of debaucherous memoir My Fair Junkie, Amy Dresner returns to discuss her latest issues and kick it around on an...