{"podcast":{"title":"Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction","slug":"dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100","podcast_index_feed_id":422100,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/OC5bZYjc","website_url":"https://www.dopeypodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897/acf047d3-e50b-4379-a3f3-e35e02dc75c1/3000x3000/rsz-1rsz-dopey-again-7.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Dave & Chris","episode_count":799,"summary":"Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:17:38.778026+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100"},"episode":{"title":"Allman Brother's Tour Manager Flees Drug Charges With Meth, Heroin and Syringes—Then Became Dickey Betts’ Sponsor | Kirk West","slug":"allman-brother-s-tour-manager-flees-drug-charges-with-meth-heroin-and-syringes-then-became-dickey-betts-sponsor-kirk-west","published_at":"2026-07-22T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/allman-brother-s-tour-manager-flees-drug-charges-with-meth-heroin-and-syringes-then-became-dickey-betts-sponsor-kirk-west","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100","url":"https://www.dopeypodcast.com","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/injector.simplecastaudio.com/2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897/episodes/afa3c190-30f5-4300-8d2e-40caea68d67c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897&awEpisodeId=afa3c190-30f5-4300-8d2e-40caea68d67c&feed=OC5bZYjc","summary":"Timestamps Notes: 00:00 Cold open 01:11 Welcome back, summer hiatus and working at Katz’s 03:36 Remembering Chris eight years after his death 03:45 Dopey voicemail: Naked Hash 08:38 DopeyCon announcement 10:58 Spotify and Patreon listener comments 15:46 Introducing Kirk West 18:10 Growing up in Iowa and discovering the Paul Butterfield Blues Band 25:10 Chicago, psychedelics and photographing live music 27:34 Shooting crystal meth for the first time 32:17 Drug dealing, the “Speed Freak” hot rod and fleeing Chicago 37:00 Boulder, San Francisco and the psychedelic underground 39:21 Arrested while hitchhiking through Nevada 44:10 Entering Gateway House instead of cooperating with police 51:24 Therapeutic-community treatment and hearing about Duane Allman’s death 56:08 Leaving treatment, heroin addiction and a murdered drug-dealing partner 01:04:48 Arrests, stealing camera equipment and entering recovery in Florida 01:09:13 Early Narcotics Anonymous and becoming a music photographer 01:12:49 Five years sober—and the controlled-drinking experiment 01:23:40 John Lennon’s death and Kirk’s final return to alcohol 01:25:12 Admitting the relapse and establishing his lasting sobriety date 01:27:40 Photographing Bob Marley, Springsteen, the Stones, the Who and the Clash 01:30:03 Becoming the Allman Brothers Band’s historian and archivist 01:37:22 Becoming the band’s tour manager 01:41:52 Tape trading, the H.O.R.D.E. tour and the resurgence of jam-band culture 01:44:16 How sobriety influenced Kirk’s work with the band 01:48:23 Dickey Betts’ removal and Kirk’s painful arbitration testimony 01:52:28 Meeting and marrying Kirsten 02:00:50 Buying the Allman Brothers’ “Big House” in Macon 02:03:45 Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes and the band’s final era 02:08:15 Lowell George offers Kirk coca…","meta_description":"Timestamps Notes: 00:00 Cold open 01:11 Welcome back, summer hiatus and working at Katz’s 03:36 Remembering Chris eight years after his death 03:45 Dopey…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8228,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/episodes/allman-brother-s-tour-manager-flees-drug-charges-with-meth-heroin-and-syringes-then-became-dickey-betts-sponsor-kirk-west/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/allman-brother-s-tour-manager-flees-drug-charges-with-meth-heroin-and-syringes-then-became-dickey-betts-sponsor-kirk-west.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}