Dopey Podcast
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Stupid Funny Addiction & Recovery Stories. Recorded around New York.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
Dopey brings recovery stories into Comedy through loose interviews where absurd detail, bad decisions, and survival sit close together.
Dopey fits PlayNext's Comedy lane as a dark, story led recovery hangout, with long firsthand accounts of addiction, jail, overdose scares, gambling, and the uneven work of getting clean. The comedy is not pasted on.
You want recovery talk where jail stories, raves, and bad decisions still get a laugh.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A ragged, funny story about self-destruction, betting, and regret.
Dopey turns a stretch of self-destruction, side roads, and old-show chaos into something that still feels like a real conversation. It keeps drifting from the years working closely with Norm into a funny, specific story about betting, a bookie, and how fast a bad idea can…
A rough-edged recovery story that turns bad decisions into hard-earned, sideways comedy.
Ken Rideout's story starts in familiar self-destruction: drinking before games, acting like an asshole at Framingham State, getting cut by the coach, then sliding into coke, bad grades, and jail.
A gritty addiction story that lands hardest once the sickness takes over.
This Dopey greatest-hits cut follows one man's rise from trucking-company success to dope sickness, and the strongest stretch is the one that stays close to the plain facts: buying trucks, buying a house, putting in long hours, then noticing the drug had stopped working the way…
Messy, candid, and hard to shake.
The episode follows a guest through addiction and recovery, with the anger tied to an absent father, a troubled childhood, and the instability of moving every year or two.
A loose, lived-in replay that finds texture in Williamsburg talk, recovery routines, and neighborhood drift.
Dopey Total Replay Episode 17 stays close to the ground, moving from Williamsburg street talk to the routines that shape recovery life. It has a loose, conversational feel, with a healthy walk to Mount Carmel, neighborhood bragging, barbershop and front chatter, and a…
A raw recovery conversation that finds wreckage and uneasy humanity in the hustle of addiction.
This Dopey Podcast segment treats addiction with rough honesty that lands. It follows the scramble for drugs, the strange ways people help each other while sick, and the shift recovery brings to the whole story.
A rough-edged story of school trouble, graffiti, and steady drug use, told with blunt detail.
This episode tracks a rough autobiographical run through school trouble, graffiti, and steady drug use. Its strongest stretch is the blunt chain of setbacks: sent back to school, expelled again for fighting, hit with an $80,000 graffiti fine, and then pushed toward a job instead…
A rough, human Dopey greatest-hits hour built on recovery talk, dark humor, and messy callbacks.
This greatest-hits pick starts with listener callouts, canon talk, and a song drop before swinging hard into Brace Belden's first Dopey episode. That shift works because the show never stays random for long.
Masha Gessen narrates her own cousin's murder-for-hire arrest and custody battle.
Rich Roll interviews recovery and endurance guests, plus 'Roll On' segments with Adam Skolnick.
Peter Attia evaluates longevity science, from CETP inhibitors to protein debates, through evidence.
Rhonda Patrick translates NAD, vitamin D, and coffee research into daily health protocols.
Shawn Stevenson interviews researchers and coaches on nutrition, sleep, hormones, and fitness.
Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-hosts field Cosmic Queries on physics, space, and beyond.
Dopey frames this Wednesday episode around a deep dive on kratom with Jana Wu, after opening with Dave's using dream about heroin, cottons, and a family Passover party.
The episode opens with a recovery-minded gratitude and fear check-in, then moves through war, health, aging, family, work travel, and the strain of keeping a packed life together.
It starts with a song memory and a drift into old road-time.
More self-destruction, then the Norm story.
Somehow, paperwork is the real monster.
Host Dave interviews ultra-endurance athlete and author Ken Rideout, who shares his journey from a tough Boston childhood to opioid addiction and recovery, alongside discussions of listener voicemails and recovery resources.
Dopey opens this greatest-hits cut with its usual ragged momentum.
I recognized a porn star at my first AA meeting - my opening line was 'I liked your share' - and we actually became friends.
In this replay episode, host Dave reminisces about co-host Chris and interviews Chris's friend Alex, who shares intense stories about drug addiction and sober living.
Dopey sits down with a guest whose story moves through addiction, anger, and a rough family past.
This Greatest Hits episode features the legendary George Young (fictionalized in film 'Blow') discussing his cocaine smuggling operations, plus a lengthy caller's (Dylan's) harrowing meth-fueled odyssey through Texas, nearly hit by a car and rescued by coincidence at a church.
Dave hosts Tim Ryan and Jennifer Jimenez discussing George Young, a major figure in cocaine trafficking as original associate of Pablo Escobar.
Dave replays an old Dopey episode featuring Joe Schrank, discussing addiction policy, recovery community dynamics, and humorous personal stories.
Dopey revisits episode 240 with Jessica Kent, a YouTube creator and recovering addict whose story includes giving birth in prison chains.
David and Doug discuss the recent death of their recovery meeting friend Larry, sharing personal stories about his quirks and impact.
Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser centers on Larry’s death, the group’s decision about flowers or a donation, and the way his “crosstalking” and vegetarian breakfast habits made him memorable at meetings.
This Dopey Total Replay episode revisits a classic where host Dave and guest Chris discuss addiction, recovery, and wild drug stories.
Host Dave interviews Dave Marquez, a Philadelphia artist in recovery, who shares his chaotic upbringing with a drug-cooking father, early PCP use, stabbing a bully in 8th grade, and later driving escorts while addicted to heroin.
This episode of Dopey features a replay of Brace Belden's first appearance, where he discusses his journey from punk rock and communism to heroin addiction and recovery.
Dave hosts Kevin Jack McEnroe to discuss addiction, recovery, and family dynamics, including Kevin's story 'Deck the Halls with Mom's Suboxone' about his mother Tatum O'Neil's struggles.
In this Dopey Total Replay episode, host Dave introduces a replay of episode 15, which features a story about sneaking into a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden while high.
Dopey revisits a rave-night memory and the slow wreckage that followed.
Host Dave replays a classic interview with Fentanyl Jay, who shares his journey from a 12-year-old weed dealer to a violent, cocaine-selling addict.
He starts with kratom.
Dave and co-host Doug Brown share listener emails, including a detailed story from Matt about his cocaine use in Peru and recovery journey, while mixing in personal anecdotes about crack addiction and podcast feedback.