Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Artist, Activist and Lower East Side Archivist Clayton Patterson. We hear all about the not so good old days of the crime side on the Lower East Side and what it was like in the legendary days of grit in New York City in the 1980's. PLUS we are joined by Strung Out author Erin Khar and discuss the new wave of relapses in the Dopey Nation. PLUS sex addiction, crack and much much more on a str...

This week on Dopey! Wall to Wall Dopey as Jay returns to cohost and go over more of his debaucherous past and his present in recovery. Then we have the honor of welcoming DopeyCon veteran,Joelle the comic genius behind the Instagram account 'Namaste at Home Dad'. Joelle brings the Dopey as well telling the story of how her grandfather participated in her opiate addiction! Plus much much more on an all new crazy town new epi...

This week on Dopey! World class heroin addict in recovery and drummer from NOFX Eric 'Smelly' Sandin calls into the show! Hear a lifetime of debauchery from a very young age and how recovery might've inadvertantly propelled NOFX into being the most important independent punk rock band in the last 20 years! World Class Dopey right here! Punk rock, vomiting, pharma farts, getting sobriety right the first time, and having ...

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We are joined by Seth Ferranti, an American journalist, writer, LSD kingpin ex convict and big time film maker! 

In this harrowing Dopey episode we hear the mind blowing story of Seth Ferranti and his journey from self admitted army brat to LSD kingpin. Discover how and why he made the nefarious list of being one of the countries 15 Most Wanted Fugitives, and what happened to this felon turned phenom film maker....

This week on Dopey! We are joined once again by Dopey legend Mackenzie Phillips! The multi talented movie, TV and music legend shares about the challenges in taking opiates as prescribed in long term recovery and recalls some super fun old school dopey stories of the old days with Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli. PLUS Strung Out author, unlicensed advice columnist and elite ex-equestrian returns to talk drugs, addiction and ...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Baywatch star and Dopey legend, Jeremy Jackson! Jeremy delivers the super high intensity Dopey starting at childhood, through his meteoric rise to super stardom as Hobie Buchanon on the worldwide number one television show Baywatch! We hear how he went from TV stardom to drug addict, and then how he broke even badder to becoming a meth cook in Southern California. Jeremy gives the super honest s...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by multi media superstar, Peter Rosenberg! He's the cohost of the Hot 97 Morning Show,  cohost of ESPN in the afternoon with Michael Kay, a WWE commentator and cohost of legendary hip hop podcast Juan Ep! Peter tells us of his rise in radio and his unusual road to recovery! Plus! A special old guest comes on and tells us of his relapse! PLUS voicemails and more on a brand spanking new episode o...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the frontman of Great White, Jack Russell! We hear all about Jack's drug history in one of the 1980's great hard rock bands! We learn about weird drugs he did as a kid and his forays into addiction and recovery. We also hear about the tragic fire at The Station Night Club in Rhode Island. PLUS my dad joins us to make a huge Dopey announcement! AND we hear from OG Dope and Toodles for Chr...

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by author, activist and recovering opiate addict, Ryan Hampton! Ryan brings the serious in person Dopey at my dad's kitchen table and takes us through his serious history of debauchery and recovery. Working at the White House for Bill Clinton's administration to homelessness on skid row, Ryan tells it all! Plus we learn all about his new book about the Sackler case, and the future of Mobili...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by legendary journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author - Sam Quinones. Sam comes on to tell us all about the current climate of struggle around the fentanyl epidemic and it's impact on America.

Sam initially made a huge impact on the addiction/recovery community with his award winning book; Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. His most recent book is calle...

This week on Dopey! We are super excited to have three stellar guests on the show! First and foremost we have the award winning and smash hit singer/songwriter - Colin Hay! Colin is best known for his work as the front man and singer/songwriter behind the 1980's Australian phenomenon Men at Work. Colin candidly shares his story of fame, fortune and excess and tells us what he had to do in order to get sober. He also tells the c...

This week on Dopey! In a doozey of an episode, we are joined by my friend Jay who tells his ridiculously epic Dopey journey.  Jay grew up in bucolic Sayville, Long Island and fell into the classic addict abyss of alcohol, drugs, violence and crime. It all culminated in a crazy lucrative business selling weed, coke, pills, heroin and eventually fentanyl.  From there it went as downhill as it could go, to treatments in Florida where ...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by super vulnerable and yet still hilarious, Chloe La Branche. Chloe comes fresh off a Vivitrol shot and gets super honest about her recent relapse and struggle in staying clean and sober. Then she takes us back into her addiction history laying out the good, the bad and the ugly for the everyone to hear. Plus! Author ERIN KHAR is back hanging out, and talking drugs, addiction and dumb shit! Also W...

This week on Dopey! Hold on to your hats Dopey Nation!  Ryan Leone comes back from the edge of oblivion, and thank God he has lived to tell the tail.  Starting with a gram of coke, Ryan winds up in full blown addiction battling his demons, and winding up completely addicted to fentanyl. It is a topsy turvy emotional roller coaster, with twists and turns you never could have seen coming. PLUS Howie's first proper episode on the ...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the brilliant mind behind the Brutal Recovery Instagram account, Scotland's own - Loz! Join us as we hear Loz's epic journey - starting out on the sheep farm in rural Scotland, taking a long, rough detour through eating disorders and an elite music career winding up rock bottom singing Opera at Yale grad school!  Loz currently resides in London where she teaches music, makes an epic new ...

This week on Dopey! We are honored to be graced by the return of a legend of the big and little screen, the one and only, the outrageously fun, funny and fabulous Andy Dick! Andy gets brutally honest on his troubles with recovery, his recent troubles with the law, his upcoming engagement and so much more! Then we are joined by Dopey OG - Butchie, and get his take on Andy, addiction and recovery.  PLUS a wicked fiah voicemail and mo...