{"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 592: Jerry Stahl Returns! Twin Peaks, Oprah Loved Crack, Airplane Crack Smoking & Die Hard at Katz's | Dopey","slug":"dopey-592-jerry-stahl-returns-twin-peaks-oprah-loved-crack-airplane-crack-smoking-die-hard-at-katz-s-dopey","published_at":"2026-07-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/dopey-592-jerry-stahl-returns-twin-peaks-oprah-loved-crack-airplane-crack-smoking-die-hard-at-katz-s-dopey","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/922d373c-9c2f-4fb8-950c-60e574405ba4/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897&awEpisodeId=922d373c-9c2f-4fb8-950c-60e574405ba4&feed=OC5bZYjc","summary":"Timestamp Chapters 00:00 Velvet Underground's Waiting for the Man opens the show 03:18 Summer hiatus, Dopey updates & new music request 06:00 MDMA-assisted therapy email from filmmaker Sylvie 09:20 Dopey Film Festival returns & DopeyCon update 10:08 Mountainside & Zen AI 11:45 Axe to the safe, Antabuse disaster & Dopey Socks 14:50 Smoking crack on an airplane with a soda can 19:30 Flesh-eating infection after shooting a goofball 26:30 Patreon, Recovery Unplugged & BetterHelp 27:45 Jerry Stahl returns to Dopey 31:00 Recovery, identity & life after heroin 35:00 Gambling, rehab ads & podcast business 42:45 Twin Peaks, David Lynch & the bloody script story 45:30 Hubert Selby Jr., William Burroughs & outlaw literature 58:00 Why kindness matters more than revenge 1:06:30 Oprah, Ben Stiller & Permanent Midnight 1:16:00 McDonald's junkie breakfast club & LA heroin scene 1:29:00 Can writing about drugs glamorize addiction? 1:41:00 The Last Jewish Waiter & Katz's stories 1:55:30 Dave pitches Jerry \"Die Hard at Katz's Delicatessen\" 2:03:40 Closing thoughts, SafeSpot & Dopey Nation banjo song","meta_description":"Timestamp Chapters 00:00 Velvet Underground's Waiting for the Man opens the show 03:18 Summer hiatus, Dopey updates & new music request 06:00 MDMA-assiste…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7714,"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-592-jerry-stahl-returns-twin-peaks-oprah-loved-crack-airplane-crack-smoking-die-hard-at-katz-s-dopey/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-592-jerry-stahl-returns-twin-peaks-oprah-loved-crack-airplane-crack-smoking-die-hard-at-katz-s-dopey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}