{"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":752,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100"},"episode":{"title":"Gabor Mate REPLAY: In the Realm of Dopey Ghosts  PLUS The (other) Guru that Erotically Drank My Pee - Trauma, Addiction, Recovery","slug":"gabor-mate-replay-in-the-realm-of-dopey-ghosts-plus-the-other-guru-that-erotically-drank-my-pee-trauma-addiction-recovery","published_at":"2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/gabor-mate-replay-in-the-realm-of-dopey-ghosts-plus-the-other-guru-that-erotically-drank-my-pee-trauma-addiction-recovery","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/d09751a8-1189-4d59-b4fe-959f97ed2334/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897&awEpisodeId=d09751a8-1189-4d59-b4fe-959f97ed2334&feed=OC5bZYjc","summary":"Timestamp Notes 00:02 – AI Dopey song opens the episode 02:14 – Dave welcomes listeners to Thursday Dopey Greatest Hits 02:45 – Josh Clark AI Dopey music and “ghosts in the machine” 03:30 – Gabor Maté won the Patreon poll 04:10 – Gabor Maté booked to return 04:39 – Katz’s, Action Bronson, Paul Wall, and Fuck That’s Delicious 05:20 – Dave’s crazy weekend: Katz’s, Vermont, Divided Sky, Susan’s birthday 06:10 – Trying to get Jeff Ross on Dopey 06:35 – Listener voicemail: old hippie, age gap, and pee-drinking drug story 07:00 – Baba, Encinitas, sushi, sake, opium, and red wine 08:00 – San Francisco Thanksgiving, red roses, and Harbin Hot Springs 08:30 – Coke, wine, nude hot springs, and hot/cold therapy 09:20 – Amma the hugging saint and nitrous mention 10:00 – Mushrooms, Kirtan chants, and awkward threesome suggestion 11:00 – MDMA in Ojai and pee drinking 12:10 – Dave reacts to the predatory guru story 13:00 – Dave asks for more weird guru stories 13:30 – Patreon comments from Gilbert Trejo replay 14:20 – Listeners praise Gilbert and ask for Gabor Maté 15:10 – Spotify comments on Gilbert Trejo 16:20 – Mr. Jason celebrates eight months sober 17:00 – Shooting dope in fingertips and Gilbert’s extremeness 17:40 – “Don’t whip your dick out at the Grove” 18:00 – Car wash dope story and the movie Candy 19:00 – Permanent Midnight and Jerry Stahl 20:20 – Dave wonders if Gilbert saw Candy 20:50 – Dr. Gabor Maté intro 21:45 – Gabor discusses The Myth of Normal 22:20 – Addiction as a normal response to abnormal culture 23:00 – Addiction as an attempt to soothe pain 24:00 – “Why the pain?” 24:45 – Dave talks about overprotective Jewish parents 25:20 – Gabor reframes “overprotective” as controlling 26:30 – Recovery means getting yourself back 27:50 – Gabor’s compulsive classical CD sho…","meta_description":"Timestamp Notes 00:02 – AI Dopey song opens the episode 02:14 – Dave welcomes listeners to Thursday Dopey Greatest Hits 02:45 – Josh Clark AI Dopey music…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4271,"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/gabor-mate-replay-in-the-realm-of-dopey-ghosts-plus-the-other-guru-that-erotically-drank-my-pee-trauma-addiction-recovery/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/gabor-mate-replay-in-the-realm-of-dopey-ghosts-plus-the-other-guru-that-erotically-drank-my-pee-trauma-addiction-recovery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}