{"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":"The Sopranos, Heroin, Punk Rock, Family Intervention & Recovery with Dominic Cianese Jr. | Dopey Wednesday","slug":"the-sopranos-heroin-punk-rock-family-intervention-recovery-with-dominic-cianese-jr-dopey-wednesday","published_at":"2026-07-08T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/the-sopranos-heroin-punk-rock-family-intervention-recovery-with-dominic-cianese-jr-dopey-wednesday","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/82db5185-b442-439d-bb0b-475ffe100c8c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897&awEpisodeId=82db5185-b442-439d-bb0b-475ffe100c8c&feed=OC5bZYjc","summary":"Time Stamp Notes: 00:00 Ben Croxton’s DopeyCon song 01:36 DopeyCon 7 planning, music, art, stories, and helping Dopey grow 03:05 Dylan’s “Ghost Rider” acid trip at Jungle Love festival 07:55 Psychedelic therapy, patience, tolerance, and keeping your mouth shut 09:08 The insane prison revenge story 14:08 Nicole’s drunk newspaper delivery story with her sister 17:33 Dominic Cianese Jr. joins the show 22:00 “Once a junkie, always a junkie?” Recovery, identity, and shame 28:30 Almost playing young Junior Soprano on The Sopranos 33:40 Michael Imperioli, Robert Iler, Modi, and Dopey’s Sopranos history 35:00 Growing up in Brooklyn, punk rock, poverty, TV, nuclear fear, and drugs 43:20 Mescaline, acid, mushrooms, cocaine, and early addiction 59:55 Finding recovery at 28, then relapsing after five years 1:09:20 Family intervention, Florida treatment, and the spiritual experience that changed everything 1:19:45 Comfort shows, trauma, Junior Soprano, and the scenes Dominic can’t rewatch 1:22:00 James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, and behind-the-scenes Sopranos stories 1:25:10 Becoming an interventionist and helping other addicts 1:29:40 The overdose across the street and why New York is full of ghosts 1:34:10 SafeSpot, stickers, and final Dopey wrap-up 1:35:25 Ray Brown’s “So Good So Bad” closes the show","meta_description":"Time Stamp Notes: 00:00 Ben Croxton’s DopeyCon song 01:36 DopeyCon 7 planning, music, art, stories, and helping Dopey grow 03:05 Dylan’s “Ghost Rider” aci…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6105,"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/the-sopranos-heroin-punk-rock-family-intervention-recovery-with-dominic-cianese-jr-dopey-wednesday/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/the-sopranos-heroin-punk-rock-family-intervention-recovery-with-dominic-cianese-jr-dopey-wednesday.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}