Episode

Stealing Oxys! Uncomfortable on Vacation! Tatum's Tic Tac Obsession! The Salvation of Tennis! Kevin McEnroe Returns!

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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Published
Jul 29, 2026
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Summary

00:00 – Dopey Wednesday theme 01:04 – Dave’s fourth Rolling Stone piece and DopeyCon news 01:45 – DopeyCon officially set for October 3 at SVA 02:27 – Legendary storyteller Mick Popham returns 03:11 – Working in an elderly cancer survivor’s home 04:20 – Mick searches her bedroom for pills while she sleeps 05:28 – Finding oxycodone, Valium and dihydrocodeine 06:40 – Replacing the stolen painkillers with laxatives 07:54 – “Funny—or am I an arsehole?” 08:40 – Gratitude for old and new Dopey listeners 09:45 – The search for hardcore, old-school Dopey stories 10:20 – Patreon comments and Behind the Dopey 12:45 – Ray Wylie Hubbard, Townes Van Zandt and North Dakota 15:08 – The Allman Brothers, Van Morrison and silencing the phone 16:00 – Spotify comments and rock memoir recommendations 17:34 – How Dave accidentally ghosted Legs McNeil 19:56 – Guns N’ Roses, Danzig and the Grateful Dead 20:50 – Kevin McEnroe returns 21:30 – The Knicks championship and Larry David 22:22 – Kevin admits he was jealous of his father’s courtside experience 24:32 – The Knicks’ miraculous comeback 26:50 – Knicks superstition, pessimism and recovery 28:50 – How the championship changed Kevin’s outlook 31:11 – The Knicks temporarily unify New York City 33:16 – The atmosphere inside Madison Square Garden 35:34 – Kevin reviews the Dopey Short Recovery Film Festival 36:16 – The DopeyCon concept is revealed 37:53 – The Price Is Right, Dopey Feud and drug-themed name tags 38:38 – Artie Lange’s crush on Tatum O’Neal 40:02 – Dave’s deeply unfortunate first masturbatory experience 42:19 – Farrah Fawcett, Playboy and Kevin’s summer-camp nightmare 44:43 – Ryan O’Neal, family estrangement and addiction 46:52 – Suffering, humility and gratitude 48:03 – Growing up inside a parent’s addiction 49:11 – Forgiving an a…