{"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":"Dopey 590: Can Psychedelics Cure Addiction? Ayahuasca Hell, Demons, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Dr. Reef Karim","slug":"dopey-590-can-psychedelics-cure-addiction-ayahuasca-hell-demons-ketamine-ibogaine-dr-reef-karim","published_at":"2026-07-03T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/dopey-590-can-psychedelics-cure-addiction-ayahuasca-hell-demons-ketamine-ibogaine-dr-reef-karim","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/529214ca-0d4a-40ea-8358-f87b3c4d8286/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897&awEpisodeId=529214ca-0d4a-40ea-8358-f87b3c4d8286&feed=OC5bZYjc","summary":"Timsstamps: 00:00 Introduction and catching up with Dr. Reef Karim 03:45 Why Dopey succeeds by embracing the underdog 10:30 Reef explains forensic profiling and reading people's environments 15:45 Creativity, messy minds, and living authentically 22:15 Regret, purpose, and listening to your inner voice 28:10 Building an addiction treatment center from scratch 36:40 Psychiatry, spirituality, and treating addiction differently 44:30 Creativity as recovery and telling your own story 53:30 Therapists, vulnerability, and why storytelling heals 1:01:30 Authenticity versus attachment 1:09:00 Recovery, identity, and becoming your authentic self 1:17:00 Ketamine, ibogaine, psychedelics, and depression 1:25:30 Burnout, back pain, and leaving medicine behind 1:33:00 Gabor Maté encourages Reef to try ayahuasca 1:38:00 Inside Reef's terrifying ayahuasca experience 1:53:30 Facing demons, trauma, and returning for another ceremony 2:03:00 What ayahuasca ultimately taught Reef 2:10:00 Master Your Madness and reinventing yourself 2:16:30 Dave and Reef debate psychedelics in recovery 2:21:30 Closing thoughts, Safe Spot, DopeyCon updates, and Steve Poltz","meta_description":"Timsstamps: 00:00 Introduction and catching up with Dr. Reef Karim 03:45 Why Dopey succeeds by embracing the underdog 10:30 Reef explains forensic profili…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8764,"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/dopey-590-can-psychedelics-cure-addiction-ayahuasca-hell-demons-ketamine-ibogaine-dr-reef-karim/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/dopey-590-can-psychedelics-cure-addiction-ayahuasca-hell-demons-ketamine-ibogaine-dr-reef-karim.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}