{"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":"Michael Todd of Coheed and Cambria — Robbing Pharmacies, Heroin, Oxy's, Kicked out of band, Suicide, Shame & Radical Acceptance - Dopey Replay!","slug":"michael-todd-of-coheed-and-cambria-robbing-pharmacies-heroin-oxy-s-kicked-out-of-band-suicide-shame-radical-acceptance-dopey-replay","published_at":"2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/michael-todd-of-coheed-and-cambria-robbing-pharmacies-heroin-oxy-s-kicked-out-of-band-suicide-shame-radical-acceptance-dopey-replay","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/462f017e-bfff-4a58-8e02-51f99534f141/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897&awEpisodeId=462f017e-bfff-4a58-8e02-51f99534f141&feed=OC5bZYjc","summary":"Timestamps 00:00 Dopey intro 01:09 Dave opens with gratitude, sobriety, Dopey Nation, and the team behind the show 03:10 Vacation scramble, House of the Dragon, and crying over the Knicks finals mini movie 04:30 Dave talks revenge, resentment, recovery, and praying for people he resents 06:18 Scottish Dopey listener leaves a voicemail about coming off opiates 07:38 Buying a house, snorting heroin, and trying to get ready for move-in day 09:53 Coke, champagne, Ritalin, moving furniture, and crashing the moving van 12:23 Dave responds to the Scottish listener and introduces Michael Todd 14:43 Josh Eppard, Coheed and Cambria, DopeyCon rap dreams, and old Podbean comments 16:00 Michael Todd joins Dopey 20:49 Michael’s addiction begins with prescription pills on tour 24:29 Kicking pills without knowing he was dope sick 26:19 OxyContin enters the picture and becomes recreational 28:37 Touring, pain, free time, and addiction slowly taking over 30:48 Leaving Coheed, blowing through money, shooting coke and dope 33:12 Heroin, needles, detox, and early recovery 35:24 Rejoining the band clean and dealing with fame 37:46 Selling out big rooms while addiction shadows the dream 40:06 The best years of Coheed and the guilt of losing it 42:12 Lou Reed, the “big decision,” and becoming the rock-and-roll junkie 46:17 Shooting coke, bell ringers, shame, and performance 48:15 Soundgarden tour, music idols, and life trouble 50:35 Recovery, relapses, meetings, and having a sober minder on tour 54:58 Xanax blackout, car crash, and county jail in California 57:25 Jail violence, getting “pretzeled up,” and fear inside 59:49 Moving heroin from New York to California in Gobstopper boxes 01:02:10 Massachusetts, pain, the hospital, and the pharmacy robbery 01:04:33 Michael robs the pharmacy, gets…","meta_description":"Timestamps 00:00 Dopey intro 01:09 Dave opens with gratitude, sobriety, Dopey Nation, and the team behind the show 03:10 Vacation scramble, House of the D…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5815,"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/michael-todd-of-coheed-and-cambria-robbing-pharmacies-heroin-oxy-s-kicked-out-of-band-suicide-shame-radical-acceptance-dopey-replay/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/michael-todd-of-coheed-and-cambria-robbing-pharmacies-heroin-oxy-s-kicked-out-of-band-suicide-shame-radical-acceptance-dopey-replay.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}