Podcasts about Heroin

Luis Romero didn't just try heroin. He fell in love with it. That love affair started in his teens and followed him straight into adulthood, into gang life, and into four felonies.By the time he was sentenced to five years in prison, Luis thought a behavioral modification program was his way out. It wasn't. He got out, relapsed, and ended up at Freedom Ranch in San Diego, the place that finally gave him a program that stuck.He started over with nothing. Dishwashing shifts. Three years riding the bus because he couldn't afford a car. No shortcuts, just the slow work of rebuilding a life from scratch.Fourteen years later, Luis hosts the Fuck Fentanyl podcast and works at the same Freedom Ranch that gave him his start. This episode is proof that where you begin has nothing to do with where you end up.Connect with Luis on InstagramDM me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Message me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen AD FREE & workout with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email me chasingheroine@gmail.com

Listen without ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode summary: This week we continue Allman Brothers Month!Legendary photographer, archivist and Allman Brothers tour manager Kirk West tells the incredible story of his journey from small-town Iowa into the center of American rock-and-roll history. After discovering psychedelics and Chicago blues in the late 1960s, Kirk became an IV meth user and drug dealer. He fled pending charges, landed in the psychedelic communities of Boulder and Northern California, and was eventually identified and arrested while hitchhiking through Nevada with meth and syringes in his backpack. Kirk recounts therapeutic-community rehab, heroin addiction, the murder of his drug-dealing partner, repeated arrests and the camera-store burglary that finally led him back into treatment. He found recovery through one of Florida's earliest Narcotics Anonymous communities—but after five years sober, he attempted to prove that he could drink normally. That experiment ended shortly after John Lennon's murder and ultimately gave Kirk the sobriety date he has maintained ever since. His recovery opened the door to an extraordinary career photographing Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Clash, Jerry Garcia and countless others. Kirk eventually became the Allman Brothers Band's archivist and tour manager, served as Dickey Betts' sponsor and helped preserve the group's history. He shares intimate stories about Gregg Allman, Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, the Big House in Macon—and the night Lowell George offered him cocaine shortly before his death. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I Was A Lawyer Smuggling Heroin for the Mexican Mafia w/ Jason Keller | The Hopeaholics Podcast #346Jason Keller was a criminal defense attorney with his own firm when he started smuggling drugs into jail for his clients. Papers that looked like textbook material turned out to be black tar heroin flattened between the pages. Then it was a cell phone. Then a charger. All for the Mexican Mafia. He was also smoking crack in the courthouse parking lot before walking in for hearings. He got arrested and almost did six years. That still wasn't his wake-up call. He got drunk on vacation in Honduras, fell off a boat, went to dinner soaking wet, and urinated in a fountain in front of everyone he knew. He was 47. That was the morning he decided he was done. He recently retook the bar exam 20 years later and passed. Chad and Natalie sit with him through all of it the addiction that started at 13, the law career that somehow ran alongside it for decades, and what it took to finally stop.#TheHopeaholics #redemption #recovery #AlcoholAddiction #AddictionRecovery #wedorecover #SobrietyJourney #MyStory #Hope #wedorecover #treatmentcenter #natalieevamarieJoin our patreon to get access to an EXTRA EPISODE every week of ‘Off the Record', exclusive content, a thriving recovery community, and opportunities to be featured on the podcast. https://patreon.com/TheHopeaholics Go to www.Wolfpak.com today and support our sponsors. Don't forget to use code: HOPEAHOLICSPODCAST for 10% off!Follow the Hopeaholics on our Socials:https://www.instagram.com/thehopeaholics https://linktr.ee/thehopeaholicsBuy Merch: https://thehopeaholics.myshopify.comVisit our Treatment Centers: https://www.hopebythesea.comIf you or a loved one needs help, please call or text 949-615-8588. We have the resources to treat mental health and addiction. Sponsored by the Infiniti Group LLC:https://www.infinitigroupllc.com Timestamps:00:00 Cold Open: The Charges Read Aloud00:42 Introduction / Jason's Background01:56 How He Became a Criminal Defense Attorney03:18 First Marriage and Using During Law School05:57 3 Years Old and His Grandmother's Liquor Cabinet10:15 Full Scholarship to U of A. Flunked Out First Year.13:01 The Workout Regimen That Started in Prison15:04 Can a Convicted Felon Practice Law in Arizona?16:28 The God-Sized Hole / What's Actually Underneath Addiction18:52 The Moment He Said Yes to Smuggling21:00 The DUI That Derailed His Career Before It Started22:23 Out of Prison and Already Manipulating Probation24:21 Relapse on Meth / PO Says Treatment or Go Back26:14 How the Smuggling Actually Started27:18 Smoking Crack in the Courthouse Parking Lot30:28 Finding Out the Papers Were Full of Heroin34:26 The Cell Phone for the Mexican Mafia39:14 Arrested September 30th, 2008. Seven Charges.41:21 What the Arrest Changed and What It Didn't42:09 The Detective Who Put the Cuffs On Him43:17 The Sun City AA Meeting / 86-Year-Old Jack Lee45:29 The Ninth Step Amends With the Detective51:26 Chad's Story: Felony Evading in a Lamborghini57:41 The Real Wake-Up Call: Honduras1:01:10 Finally Admitting He Was an Alcoholic1:03:35 Step One and What Changed Everything1:05:30 Why Prison for Six Years Still Wasn't Enough1:07:31 Internal Bottom vs External Consequences1:12:20 The AA Meeting He Started for Lawyers1:14:57 Ethics Talks at the Public Defender's Office1:16:58 Why Lawyers Are Scared to Get Help1:19:37 The Disciplinary Panel / Waiting on the Bar1:20:55 Passing the Bar by Hand While Everyone Used Laptops

Listen without ads on patreon - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast SUMMARY This week on the Dopey Total Replay, Dave returns from his summer hiatus and previews the family's Pacific Northwest adventure, the upcoming Patreon Zoom, and the big decision facing DopeyCon: Friday night at the SVA Theatre or Saturday at the old church.   Then we travel back to Dopey Episode 37 for a classic conversation with Dave and Chris. They talk about sponsorship, working the steps, honesty, spirituality, and the strange miracle of one addict helping another. Dave tells the story of Jerry Garcia using a radio interview to summon drugs after the Grateful Dead's package went missing in Philadelphia, plus tales of John Lennon's psychedelic excess and Paul McCartney's alleged plan to smuggle Owsley acid inside camera equipment.   Things get progressively dopier as Dave remembers stealing fried chicken and vodka at a company party, while Chris describes shooting cocaine in Anguilla, hallucinating benevolent Rastas hiding in the bushes, chasing an imaginary car around an abandoned house, and eventually being rescued from Saint Martin by his brother.   Finally, Dave recounts smuggling six bundles of heroin into Jamaica, burning through nearly everything, passing out on Valium during a press trip, and repeatedly sneaking into first class while withdrawing on the flight home. Beneath all the insanity, Dave and Chris reflect on the possession of addiction, the freedom of sobriety, and the strange comfort of no longer needing drugs to feel safe.   Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Listen without Ads for $8 a month on patreon(plus other benefits)! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, We kick off an unofficial "Allman Brothers Month" with acclaimed music journalist and author Alan Paul, whose books One Way Out, Brothers and Sisters, and Texas Flood have become essential reading for fans of Southern rock and rock history.   Before the interview, Dave plays a hilarious voicemail from Australia about a first DUI, drinking gin while delivering food, accidentally racing an unmarked police car, and finishing the remaining booze in front of the cops. Dave also dives into listener emails about 2C drugs, psychedelic chemistry, his latest obsession with air fryer chicken thighs, and his fantasy "ultimate junkie cocktail"—before quickly reminding everyone how grateful he is to be sober.   Then comes a fascinating deep dive into the lives of Duane Allman, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, and the complicated relationship between genius, addiction, recovery, and music.   Alan shares remarkable stories about Stevie Ray Vaughan's dedication to Alcoholics Anonymous, how his recovery inspired countless musicians to get sober, the Allman Brothers' heroin use, the infamous Scooter Herring drug trial that nearly destroyed the band, Duane Allman's opposition to shooting heroin despite using it himself, and Greg Allman's controversial testimony that fractured relationships throughout the rock world.   The conversation also explores psychedelic culture, the legendary mushroom logo, Eat a Peach, Dickey Betts' complexity, Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and why some of rock's greatest musicians remain endlessly fascinating decades after their deaths. ALL THAT AND MORE MORE MORE MORE on a new Allman based episode of that good ol dopey podcast!   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the night of 9th November 1996, Alana Cecil, who had only recently turned 16, was excited to attend the Djerriwarrh Bonfire Festival in the small city of Melton, just out of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.When she left home that night it would be the last time her family would ever see her alive. Sometime in the early hours of November 10th 1996, someone or some people took a syringe and injected Alana Cecil twice, once in each arm, with a lethal dose of Heroin. They then dumped her body in the back driveway of a vacant home.Eight years later a DNA breakthrough identified the semen of two men on and in Alana's body. One being a 49 year old man known to Police, who when questioned by Police simply answered 'No Comment'. Neither these men, nor anyone else has ever been held accountable or responsible for Alana's death. And neither man has been able to offer a valid reason their DNA was present.For 28 years Alana's family have fought for answers, and justice for Alana. Now through this podcast we're hoping that with your help those responsible for her death will finally get what they deserve. In Season Four of GUILT - The Night of the Bonfire, Ryan heads Down Under, to Melbourne Australia to search for the truth. What happened to Alana Cecil?Subscribers will get early access, bonus episodes and ad free listening. You can subscribe for the price of a coffee every month and support this and all our investigations via Apple through your app, or on Spotify by searching 'GUILT | Premium Subscription' or visit www.theguiltpodcast.com for detailed instructions on how to subscribe.IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DEATH OF ALANA CECIL PLEASE CONTACT US AT BREVITYSTUDIOSNZ@GMAIL.COM OR VIA THE CONTACT FORM ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.THEGUILTPODCAST.COMGuilt is a 100% Independent Podcast. Support the Podcast by becoming a Brevity+ subscriber. For a small monthly or annual fee you can both support the show and get a ton of amazing features, including Early Episode Release, Bonus Episodes, Ad Free Listening and exclusive access to the Guilt Podcast 'War Room' on www.theguiltpodcast.com where you'll find timelines, maps, case files, exclusive episode video content and more!Subscribe today on Apple or Spotify (Supporting Cast). For details on how to subscribe please visit our website www.theguiltpodcast.com/how-to-subscribeIf you have information about any of our cases or you would like to suggest a case or a story, please visit our website www.theguiltpodcast.com and use our contact form to contact us.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/guilt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Classic Vinyl Podcast, Justin and Tyler listen to and review The Velvet Underground and their controversial 1967 song Heroin. Give it a listen and let us know what you think of this song. 

Listen without ads on patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We kick things off catching up with Dopey Nation, talking recovery, life, and the strange little community that's grown around this dumb podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. We dive into a listener voicemail about loving an addict, codependency, and the painful reality that sometimes helping someone means stepping back. As always, there's plenty of laughter, honesty, and reminders that none of us have to do this alone. Then Ben Croxton sits down and tells one of the wildest stories we've ever featured. Ben grew up homeschooled in rural Alabama before drugs completely hijacked his life. What started with weed turned into pills, OxyContin, cocaine, meth, and eventually heroin. He talks about getting kicked out of homeschool for smoking weed, discovering drug culture while working at Outback Steakhouse, stealing anything that wasn't nailed down, shooting cocaine at eighteen years old, smoking meth out of homemade light bulbs, surviving overdoses, watching friends get murdered over meth deals, and somehow waking up every day to do it all again. Somehow, it doesn't end there. Ben eventually finds recovery, rebuilds his life one day at a time, and becomes one of the people behind the scenes helping Dopey grow into the community it is today. It's funny, heartbreaking, completely unfiltered, and a reminder that no matter how far things go, recovery is still possible. PLUS MORE! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

NO ADS on PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Dave opens in a reflective mood before vacation, trying to practice gratitude while also admitting how ridiculous and uncomfortable it feels. He gives thanks to the Dopey team, Dopey Nation, the people who helped with the film festival, and talks about being sober, scrambling to get shows done, House of the Dragon, and crying on the Long Island Railroad while watching the Knicks finals mini movie. Then Dave gets into revenge, resentment, recovery, redemption, and the dangerous romance of “getting back.” He plays a wild voicemail from a Scottish Dopey listener coming off opiates, who tells a story about buying a house, snorting heroin before move-in day, doing coke, champagne, and Ritalin while moving furniture, crashing a van, watching his friend get arrested, and then finishing the move on a days-long stimulant binge. Then it's a classic Dopey replay with Michael Todd, former bassist of Coheed and Cambria. Michael tells the story of going from prescription painkillers on tour to OxyContin, heroin, shooting coke and dope, leaving the band, rejoining clean, relapsing, smuggling heroin across the country in Gobstopper boxes, robbing a pharmacy in Massachusetts, getting arrested, losing the band for good, dealing with cancer, shame, probation, relapse, Suboxone, and surviving a suicide attempt. It's one of the rawest Dopey conversations ever: rock stardom, addiction, shame, survival, recovery, and Dave's newly coined phrase — radical gratitude. PLUS MORE!!!! MORE! MORE!   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Frankie Rosario grew up in Florida after being born in Connecticut — raised by a good family with strong morals and an exceptional mind that made him stand out academically from an early age. He was headed toward a career in medicine. Then his cousin made him an offer that changed the entire direction of his life — $15000 a week to get involved in a drug operation shortly after graduating college in his early twenties. What followed was not street level dealing. Frankie operated in an administrative capacity — handling logistics organizing shipments and laundering money for an operation that moved kilos of heroin and generated thirty to forty million dollars a year. They used his father's flooring business as a front. And when federal investigators finally caught up with the operation Frankie was sentenced to ten years in federal prison — starting in the penitentiaries and working his way down. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Frankie tells the complete story — from his exceptional childhood and academic success to the cousin's offer that changed everything to building and running a logistics and money laundering operation inside a massive heroin empire to federal charges and sentencing to what ten years inside the federal prison system really looked like and what it finally took to walk away and rebuild his life. _____________________________________________ #drugs #prison #truecrimecommunity _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Honor Student Who Moved Kilos of Heroin for $30 Million a Year — Then Got 10 Years Federal — Frankie's Full Story 03:00 His Childhood and Upbringing in Florida and the Good Family That Raised Him 07:00 Excelling in School Gifted Programs and the Early Influences That Shaped Everything 13:00 His Academic Success His Family Values and the Medical Career He Was Heading Toward 17:00 His Teenage Years — the Fun the Trouble and His Early Attitude Toward Money 23:00 The Moment Everything Changed — His Transition From College to Criminal Activity 29:00 Running the Heroin Operation and Laundering Money — What That World Really Looked Like 36:00 Everyday Life Inside a Drug Organization and What Operating at That Level Required 45:00 The Federal Bust — How Investigators Caught Up and What That Moment Really Felt Like 54:00 Navigating the Legal System and What Facing a Federal Prison Sentence Really Looked Like 01:00:00 Life Inside Federal Prison — the Politics the Violence and What Survival Really Required 01:10:00 Prison Rules Culture Shocks and What Adapting to the Federal System Really Involved 01:18:00 The Family Impact the Reentry Struggles and What Building a New Life Really Required 01:26:00 Rehabilitation Recidivism and What Reintegrating Into Society After Federal Prison Looks Like 01:36:00 His Reflections His Regrets and the Lessons He Wants Everyone to Take Away _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frankie Rosario grew up in Florida after being born in Connecticut — raised by a good family with strong morals and an exceptional mind that made him stand out academically from an early age. He was headed toward a career in medicine. Then his cousin made him an offer that changed the entire direction of his life — $15000 a week to get involved in a drug operation shortly after graduating college in his early twenties. What followed was not street level dealing. Frankie operated in an administrative capacity — handling logistics organizing shipments and laundering money for an operation that moved kilos of heroin and generated thirty to forty million dollars a year. They used his father's flooring business as a front. And when federal investigators finally caught up with the operation Frankie was sentenced to ten years in federal prison — starting in the penitentiaries and working his way down. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Frankie tells the complete story — from his exceptional childhood and academic success to the cousin's offer that changed everything to building and running a logistics and money laundering operation inside a massive heroin empire to federal charges and sentencing to what ten years inside the federal prison system really looked like and what it finally took to walk away and rebuild his life. _____________________________________________ #drugs #prison #truecrimecommunity _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Honor Student Who Moved Kilos of Heroin for $30 Million a Year — Then Got 10 Years Federal — Frankie's Full Story 03:00 His Childhood and Upbringing in Florida and the Good Family That Raised Him 07:00 Excelling in School Gifted Programs and the Early Influences That Shaped Everything 13:00 His Academic Success His Family Values and the Medical Career He Was Heading Toward 17:00 His Teenage Years — the Fun the Trouble and His Early Attitude Toward Money 23:00 The Moment Everything Changed — His Transition From College to Criminal Activity 29:00 Running the Heroin Operation and Laundering Money — What That World Really Looked Like 36:00 Everyday Life Inside a Drug Organization and What Operating at That Level Required 45:00 The Federal Bust — How Investigators Caught Up and What That Moment Really Felt Like 54:00 Navigating the Legal System and What Facing a Federal Prison Sentence Really Looked Like 01:00:00 Life Inside Federal Prison — the Politics the Violence and What Survival Really Required 01:10:00 Prison Rules Culture Shocks and What Adapting to the Federal System Really Involved 01:18:00 The Family Impact the Reentry Struggles and What Building a New Life Really Required 01:26:00 Rehabilitation Recidivism and What Reintegrating Into Society After Federal Prison Looks Like 01:36:00 His Reflections His Regrets and the Lessons He Wants Everyone to Take Away _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen without ads on patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DopeyCon looks like 10/2 This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey! Dave opens the show with Ben Croxton's classic DopeyCon song before sharing updates on planning DopeyCon 7 and asking the Dopey Nation to help make this year's event the biggest one yet. Along the way, he plays a listener voicemail about an unforgettable acid trip at Minnesota's Jungle Love festival, talks about psychedelic-assisted recovery, patience, tolerance, and the importance of keeping your mouth shut in sobriety, reads one of the darkest emails ever sent to the show, and follows it up with a hilarious listener story about drunken newspaper deliveries and sibling chaos. Then actor, interventionist, and recovery advocate Dominic Cianese Jr.—the son of Sopranos legend Dominic Chianese (Uncle Junior)—joins Dave for an honest conversation about growing up in Brooklyn, discovering drugs through the punk rock scene, heroin addiction, relapse, recovery, and the intervention that ultimately changed his life. They dive into behind-the-scenes stories from The Sopranos, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, acting, stand-up comedy, and why helping other addicts has become Dominic's life's work. It's a funny, emotional, and deeply hopeful conversation about addiction, family, redemption, and building a life beyond your wildest dreams.  All that and more or less another summer hiatus dopey show! Thoughts? write us at dopeypodcast@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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whole episode only on patreon : www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave and special guest are back for another gloriously ridiculous Dopey Tuesday. This week they celebrate Christmas in July with a twisted holiday song before diving into heroin poppies, opium tea, Bob Dylan rumors, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, and Dave's latest Hollywood masterpiece: Christmas at Katz's. They also kick off a conversation about the first-ever Dopey Short Recovery Film Festival before the paywall comes crashing down.   To hear Ray's full review of the film festival, the birth of "The Dopeys," listener emails, Zoe's voicemail, Elvis, and a whole lot more dumb shit, head over to Patreon and join the Dopey Nation Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the night of 9th November 1996, Alana Cecil, who had only recently turned 16, was excited to attend the Djerriwarrh Bonfire Festival in the small city of Melton, just out of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.When she left home that night it would be the last time her family would ever see her alive. Sometime in the early hours of November 10th 1996, someone or some people took a syringe and injected Alana Cecil twice, once in each arm, with a lethal dose of Heroin. They then dumped her body in the back driveway of a vacant home.Eight years later a DNA breakthrough identified the semen of two men on and in Alana's body. One being a 49 year old man known to Police, who when questioned by Police simply answered 'No Comment'. Neither these men, nor anyone else has ever been held accountable or responsible for Alana's death. And neither man has been able to offer a valid reason their DNA was present.For 28 years Alana's family have fought for answers, and justice for Alana. Now through this podcast we're hoping that with your help those responsible for her death will finally get what they deserve. In Season Four of GUILT - The Night of the Bonfire, Ryan heads Down Under, to Melbourne Australia to search for the truth. What happened to Alana Cecil?Subscribers will get early access, bonus episodes and ad free listening. You can subscribe for the price of a coffee every month and support this and all our investigations via Apple through your app, or on Spotify by searching 'GUILT | Premium Subscription' or visit www.theguiltpodcast.com for detailed instructions on how to subscribe.IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DEATH OF ALANA CECIL PLEASE CONTACT US AT BREVITYSTUDIOSNZ@GMAIL.COM OR VIA THE CONTACT FORM ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.THEGUILTPODCAST.COMGuilt is a 100% Independent Podcast. Support the Podcast by becoming a Brevity+ subscriber. For a small monthly or annual fee you can both support the show and get a ton of amazing features, including Early Episode Release, Bonus Episodes, Ad Free Listening and exclusive access to the Guilt Podcast 'War Room' on www.theguiltpodcast.com where you'll find timelines, maps, case files, exclusive episode video content and more!Subscribe today on Apple or Spotify (Supporting Cast). For details on how to subscribe please visit our website www.theguiltpodcast.com/how-to-subscribeIf you have information about any of our cases or you would like to suggest a case or a story, please visit our website www.theguiltpodcast.com and use our contact form to contact us.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/guilt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Nobel laureate in economics argues the bans we pass to protect our morals are quietly killing people and the data backs him up. Why the line between a market we allow and one we forbid is mostly an accident of disgust. Subscribe if you want science with evidence, not speculation. My guest won the 2012 Nobel Prize for designing the systems that match kidney donors to patients who would otherwise die waiting. We cover why it's easy to buy heroin but hard to hire a hitman, what surrogacy bans actually do to the babies they're meant to protect, why paying kidney donors could end a shortage that kills thousands a year, and the trade-off statement he wants every lawmaker to say out loud. He has been called an organ trafficker. He explains why that's the point. What you'll hear: Why banning something that people want often makes it more dangerous The kidney market America won't build and what that silence costs What the hitman vs. heroin ban asymmetry tells us about effective prohibition The McCormick statement: the trade-off acknowledgment most policy debates refuse to make How prediction markets are eroding the boundary between public and private information Whether Milton Friedman was right to be embarrassed by the economics Nobel There's no such thing as a solution. There are only trade-offs. CHAPTERS 00:00  Who gets called an organ trafficker? 02:26  What makes a transaction repugnant? 03:14  Why bans without support create black markets 03:36  Heroin is easy. Hitmen are not. Why? 04:44  Prohibition, NASCAR, and moonshine 07:26  Surrogacy: legal here, criminal in Europe 12:30  When money turns something legal into a crime 14:28  Can religion corrupt a market? 15:56  Who actually pays for college? 21:38  The Enhanced Games: drugs as a marketing platform 25:30  Adderall, Erd0151s, and the science of getting sharper 30:58  Why AI makes market congestion worse before better 35:00  100,000 kidney failures a year. 30,000 transplants. 36:44  Portland decriminalized heroin. It failed. 39:22  The trade-off statement politicians refuse to make 41:14  Can you legalize sex work and shrink trafficking? 47:42  Kahneman chose to die. Who should decide? 48:30  Should we put GLP-1 drugs in the water? 56:12  America is the Saudi Arabia of blood plasma 01:00:54  Prediction markets and inside information 01:01:34  Sports gambling is more addictive than it looks 01:11:40  Peter Nobel called economics a marketing stunt 01:13:32  Is economics a real science? Get the transcript, fascinating bonus content, and my Monday M.A.G.I.C. Message: https://briankeating.com/yt Have a .edu email and live in the USA? You automatically win a meteorite: https://BrianKeating.com/edu Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Support Into the Impossible on Patreon, get my weekly M.A.G.I.C. Message, unfiltered bonus content, and live monthly Office Hours with me: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating Join this channel for perks, monthly Office Hours, and your name in the Member Roster at the end of every episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Get your three free gifts when you join my Multiverse of Minds: https://BrianKeating.com/cosmic Featured Guest: Alvin Roth website: https://web.stanford.edu/~alroth/ Moral Economics (book): https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Economics-Prostitution-Controversial-Transactions/dp/1541702018 My books: Losing the Nobel Prize (memoir): http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U Galileo's Dialogue (first-ever audiobook): https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un Twitter/X: https://x.com/BrianKeating Substack: https://briankeating.substack.com Blog: https://briankeating.com/blog Audio-only: https://briankeating.com/podcast #intotheimpossible #briankeating #economics #NobelPrize #AlvinRoth #marketdesign #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Dopey Replay goes back to Episode 34, a classic early Dave-and-Chris-only episode packed with old-school Dopey chaos. Dave opens by reflecting on the early days of the show, Chris's role in shaping it, and how tiny the original Dopey Nation was back then. Before the replay, Dave plays a voicemail from Eric about doing huge lines of coke in the courthouse bathroom before a DUI hearing, then reads comments from Patreon and Spotify about the previous replay.   The original episode is pure OG Dopey: Dave and Chris talk about wanting listeners to email them so they'll do Facebook Live in disguises, read old listener names, and dig into stories from active addiction. Chris shares stories about drinking and driving, puking into his shirt so a state trooper wouldn't see, shooting coke paranoia, translating his Japanese girlfriend's emails, and burning his arm in boiling water while drunk.   Dave tells some of his all-time early Dopey stories: working children's parties while completely loaded, including showing up as a Power Ranger and then as a disastrous Big Bird with bare hairy legs; getting high while trying to host music TV interviews; insulting Bob Weir by only asking about Jerry Garcia; and finally the infamous Ibogaine story, where he arranged for Ibogaine to be shipped from Europe to Canada, smuggled it back across the border taped to his leg, tripped at home, met a “loser alien,” and still got high the next day. You'v e heard me tell these stories hundreds of times - but this is the first time... Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey Greatest Hits! My dad is back and we catch up on all things dopey and life including Alan's deeply specific breakfast routine. Dave also reads listener emails and comments about grief, recovery, Motley Crue, Safe Spot, Steve Poltz, Dopey socks, and whether celebrities actually bring the Dopey. Then the episode replays Dave's interview with the legendary Danny Trejo. Danny talks about growing up in Pacoima, smoking weed at eight, using heroin at twelve, idolizing his Uncle Gilbert, surviving violence, robberies, prison, Soledad, heroin withdrawal in the hole, and finally finding recovery through 12-step programs and a higher power. He also talks about his kids, helping addicts get treatment instead of prison, staying clean for decades, why he can't smoke weed, acting as a way to revisit—but not live in—the darkness, and why food, tacos, and pancakes can sometimes reach people better than lectures. All that and much more on this week's Dopey Greatest Hits!   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Luigi Toscano hat einen positiven Blick aufs Leben. Er sei Deutschland dankbar, sagt er, dass ihm so oft geholfen wurde. Im Kinder- und Jugendheim hat er Ruhe und Schutz gefunden vor seinem prügelnden Vater. Ärzte und Therapeuten halfen ihm, als er sich mit Heroin schon fast umgebracht hatte. Heute reist er um die ganze Welt, um die letzten Überlebenden des Holocaust zu treffen.  Mit riesigen Fotos, ausgestellt im öffentlichen Raum, engagiert er sich weltweit  "Gegen das Vergessen". Die UNESCO hat ihn als "Artist for Peace" ausgezeichnet.Es werden in diesem Gespräch Kindesmissbrauch und Gewalterfahrungen thematisiert. Falls Sie auf diese Themen sensibel reagieren, hören Sie den Podcast vielleicht lieber mit einer vertrauten Person, um sich eventuell über das Gehörte unterhalten zu können.

They don't call it a crisis when it happens behind a gas station until it's somebody's kid, somebody's brother, somebody's "one bad day." This episode goes straight at the reality of heroin: how fast it hooks, how hard it destroys, and why "it's just once" is a trap. And we look at the system: when money changes hands, the government's attention somehow becomes a blind spot. If justice only shows up for the headlines, we're done waiting for permission. This is where accountability meets action, and recovery starts with the truth. Join Coach Blu and Team Addict II Athlete and begin your recovery with a tram behind you! Our online addiction and mental health program provides live group sessions with Coach Blu, our weekly Home Base recovery meeting, therapeutic assignments, and educational information at a fraction of what a therapeutic treatment program would require. Take You Mark, Get Set, Let's Go, and click the link below. https://www.skool.com/addict-ii-athlete-5988/about?ref=9090e81114674311874340c02b1095d0 Please join Addict to Athlete's Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete Please visit our website for more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

A former drug addict recounts overdosing and experiencing a vivid vision of hell before crying out to Jesus and returning to life. Over the following years he struggled, later found salvation through his brother's prayers, was healed from serious illnesses, and now ministers to others with testimony of deliverance and restoration.

Film Festival: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey Greatest Hits,! Dave dusts off one of the biggest episodes in the show's history as the Dopey Patreon votes Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe to the top of the poll. Before the interview, Dave celebrates Ray Brown's legendary “Home Sweet Heroine,” reflects on working Step Eight with a sponsee, and shares another gratitude story involving his father. Then Jules the Cocaine Bear delivers a classic disaster tale involving cocaine, drunken party crashing, a switchblade, British police, and a miraculous escape from drug charges. Kimber King joins the show to react to comments from her replay episode, discuss Wednesday Zoom antics, laugh about bizarre drug combinations, promote Safe Spot, and celebrate the Knicks' championship run. The two revisit old stories and joke about everything from meth vapes to foot fetishes and Suboxone flavors. The centerpiece of the episode is Dave's epic conversation with Nikki Sixx. Nikki discusses twenty-plus years of sobriety, fatherhood, moving to Wyoming, writing The First 21, and how creativity replaced addiction. He opens up about childhood trauma, being introduced to drugs at an early age, selling “chocolate mescaline,” discovering heroin, and surviving the darkest years chronicled in The Heroin Diaries. Nikki reflects on Mötley Crüe's forty-year journey, his friendships with Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones, the monster of addiction that never dies, and why he continues to share his story in hopes of helping others. The interview finishes with a rapid-fire rock and roll quiz before Dave signs off after his dog nearly attacks an Amazon delivery guy. PLUS MORE!!!!!                 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why is being completely yourself the most powerful business strategy? TV icon Davina McCall shares how 30 years in the public eye, a failed chat show, a brain tumor, cancer, and addiction all became the making of her - and why your biggest disasters might be your greatest business asset! Davina McCall is one of Britain's most beloved television presenters, best known for hosting Big Brother, The Million Pound Drop, and Long Lost Family. A bestselling author, fitness pioneer, and now podcaster with Begin Again, she has built a remarkable personal brand rooted in authenticity, resilience, and relentless self-reinvention. They explain: ·      Why a no is just a yes that hasn't happened yet - and how she harassed her way into MTV ·      Why your biggest failures and disasters are more valuable than any qualification ·      Why not knowing your own voice will cost you more than any bad business decision Chapters ·       00:00:00 Intro ·       00:01:30 Davina Walks In & Her Anthem Song ·       00:02:06 Finding Strength Through a Brain Tumor & Cancer ·       00:03:57 What People Misunderstand About Davina ·       00:05:04 Why Authenticity Is Her Biggest Business Message ·       00:06:46 What Davina Is Walking Towards Now ·       00:08:44 What Shaped Davina: The Early Years ·       00:09:14 Why Your Calamity CV Beats Your Academic CV ·       00:10:30 The Mum Who Couldn't Be Proud - And Why That Made Davina Famous ·       00:12:15 Walk Towards the Problem, Not Away From It ·       00:13:32 The Failed Chat Show That Changed Everything ·       00:15:42 Why Not Having A Voice Nearly Ended Her Career ·       00:17:07 What She Learned About Speaking Her Truth ·       00:18:57 How Being Out Of Alignment Kills Your Performance ·       00:20:08 Davina's Rules of Reinvention ·       00:21:06 The Workout DVD Her Agent Told Her Not To Do ·       00:23:02 Why Sharing Your Failures Earns More Respect ·       00:24:06 Trusting Your Inner Voice Over Everyone Else's Opinion ·       00:26:10 Growing Up Between Two Worlds - Stability vs Wild Child ·       00:27:34 Heroin, Cocaine & The Half-Nun Who Saved Her ·       00:31:14 Losing Her Sister & What That Changed ·       00:34:09 Menopause, Books & Loving Life At Nearly 60 ·       00:35:10 The Moment She Decided To Become Famous ·       00:36:06 A No Is A Yes That Hasn't Happened Yet ·       00:37:22 How She Went From Model Agent To MTV Presenter ·       00:41:42 Be As Annoying As A Mosquito - Anita Roddick's Advice ·       00:43:36 Manifesting: Planting The Seed & Walking Towards It ·       00:50:35 Is It Terror Or Just Excitement? Reframing Fear ·       00:52:14 Big Brother: Behind The Scenes Stories ·       00:55:20 Fight Night - The Moment That Changed TV Forever ·       01:01:18 Interviewing Jade Goody & The Hardest Moments ·       01:03:37 Street Mate, God's Gift & Her Favorite Shows ·       01:07:46 Embrace The Downs - They Will Teach You Something Even More Value:   Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://bit.ly/3SfvXs2   Hear from Adam and some of the country's biggest entrepreneurs on the models and frameworks that GROW your Business: https://bit.ly/3S7fTIS   Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: https://bit.ly/3Qq2ACO   Follow Adam Stott's Socials: LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching

At 17, Corey Warren was shooting heroin. At 18, he robbed a convenience store to support his addiction and faced up to 30 years in prison. What followed was a journey through addiction, recovery, success, relapse, and redemption. After more than a decade of sobriety, Corey began drinking again – which nearly cost him everything. Instead, it led to a powerful spiritual awakening, a relationship with God, and a deeper commitment to recovery. Today, Corey is more than four years sober and has built Rise Recovery into one of Michigan's largest recovery communities, helping thousands of people find freedom from addiction. Through his advocacy, treatment programs, and social media platform that has reached hundreds of millions of people, Corey has become one of the most influential voices in the recovery space. Corey is unapologetically open about the perils of alcohol and addiction, and why he believes his relationship with God transformed his recovery.   We also discuss: Shooting heroin as a teenager and robbing a convenience store at 18 Facing prison and rebuilding his life through recovery Alcohol addiction, AA, and finding lasting sobriety Drinking after 10 years sober -- and the profound spiritual experience that followed Faith, purpose, and spiritual transformation Building Rise Recovery into one of Michigan's largest recovery communities Growing a social media platform that reaches millions and inspires people to seek help Family, fatherhood, and staying grounded through success Connect with Zac: https://www.instagram.com/zwclark/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-c-746b96254/ https://www.tiktok.com/@zacwclark https://www.strava.com/athletes/55697553 https://twitter.com/zacwclark If you or anyone you know is struggling, please do not hesitate to contact Release Recovery: (914) 588-6564 releaserecovery.com @releaserecovery

After World War II and the creation of the CIA, drug addiction surged among communities and veterans. This rise was no coincidence and aligns with the story of the French Connection. Discover how global politics and covert operations intersected, leading to one of the largest heroin operations facilitated by the CIA. Music Credits:Stealth Music - UAVLooplicator - LoopelgangerTactical Music - Cover UpMidwhich Music - Why did you come back here?Bakka - TaelimbMidwhich Music - Whispers of a rotten calmTactical Music - StandoffSilent Hill 2 - White Noiz (slowed)Daniella Ljungsberg - Absent Piano 0:00: I. The Invasion of Sicily2:49: II. The Creation of the CIA4:39: III. The Existing Drug Ring5:34: IV. The Logic of the CIA09:27: V. Why the French Connection?12:21: VI. "Strength For the Free World"15:09: VII. The Connection's Legacy18:34: VIII. A Message #CIA #heroinoperation #FrenchConnection #drugaddiction #WorldWarII #covertoperations See show notes: https://inlet.fm/epoch-philosophy/episodes/6a31915b969fa17fe25ffa6d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dopey Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Dave battles Long Island summer heat, conquers a dead rat under his porch, rescues Susan's escaped corn snake Noodle, and prepares for the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival. Along the way he shares a wild voicemail involving fake liquid LSD, sweaty molly, and a hard-earned lesson in not ripping people off. Did we read this cat shit one before????? Dave reads listener comments from the beloved Kelly P episode before welcoming recovery legend Brandon Novak back to Dopey. Novak celebrates 11 years sober and dives deep into his journey from heroin addiction and Viva La Bam chaos to running treatment centers and helping others recover. The conversation gets even better when Novak calls his Dreamseller co-author Joe Frantz, who tells unbelievable stories about Novak stealing his own books from a bookstore signing to buy drugs, disappearing with advances, losing his phone, and the reality of filming during the darkest years of addiction. Together they reflect on Bam Margera, recovery, friendship, forgiveness, and the long road from self-destruction to redemption. Plus: Grateful Dead stories, funeral plots, methadone and Xanax, treatment philosophy, Joe Biden sightings, and why this might be the greatest Brandon Novak appearance in Dopey history. AND MORE!!!!!! on a super fun new installment of that good old dopey show! https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

An der WM in den USA, Mexiko und Kanada gibt es so viele Spiele wie noch nie, nämlich über 100. Teams aus 48 Ländern sind dabei. Entsprechend geht es auch um sehr viel Geld. Ausserdem Thema in der Sendung: Offene Drogenszenen gehören in der Schweiz nicht nur der Vergangenheit an. In einigen Städten gibt es sie seit einigen Jahren wieder. Süchtige rauchen dort offen Crack; eine Droge, die aus Kokain besteht. Nun geht Genf das Problem an, indem es in besonders schwerwiegenden Fällen Kokain abgibt. So, wie es bei Heroin schon gemacht wird.

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 DOPEY PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Kevin's Substack: https://kevinjackmcenroe.substack.com/ This week on Dopey Wednesday,!Dave is joined once again by Kevin McEnroe for a powerful, funny, and honest conversation about addiction, recovery, family, tennis, writing, prayer, ego, and the New York Knicks.   Dave opens the episode with listener emails about quitting cigarettes, accidental heroin use, childhood Valium, Dopey Zoom chaos, stickers, socks, and Knicks obsession. Then Kevin McEnroe joins the show to talk about his morning routine, sobriety, teaching tennis, being John McEnroe's son, and finding peace with his name and his life in recovery.   Kevin opens up about pills, heroin, pancreatitis, isolation, treatment, relapse, his mother Tatum O'Neal's addiction and stroke, and how service has changed their relationship. Dave shares his own stories about heroin, custody, Klonopin, the Amy Winehouse documentary, AA, and finally surrendering.   Plus: Hells Angels bars, Roxy 30s, fentanyl, Joakim Noah, 21 yogurts, meth recovery advice, and why sometimes you have to try every path until something sticks.   ALL THAT AND MORE! MORE! MORE!   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We check in from deep inside Knicks playoff mania, tackles a listener email about dating in early recovery, and shares some hard-earned thoughts on relapse, relationships, and protecting your sobriety at all costs. Then we reconnect with fellow Mountainside alum Kelly P, who was in treatment alongside Dave and Chris back in 2011. What follows is a truly classic Dopey story: childhood trauma, smoking weed at 12, cocaine by 17, dealing pills, getting hooked on oxy and heroin, robbing her own supplier, catching a federal indictment, getting arrested by the DEA, doing time in federal prison, finding love behind bars, and eventually surviving years of heroin, fentanyl, crack, and total chaos. Kelly takes us through decades of addiction, crime, incarceration, heartbreak, motherhood, and redemption with brutal honesty and surprising humor. From federal prison relationships to fentanyl addiction and near-total self-destruction, Kelly's story is a powerful reminder that recovery is possible even after the darkest chapters. Now approaching three years sober, Kelly reflects on forgiveness, family, recovery, and the gratitude that comes from building a life she never thought she'd get to live. PLUS: Knicks obsession, 2C-B puke stories, listener mail, Patreon drama, Narcan, recovery resources, cocaine relapse talk, and plenty of classic Dopey nonsense on a brand new episode of the podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast   This Week on Dopey's Greatest Hits Dave opens the show emotionally wrecked after listening to Sublime's “Pool Shark,” reflecting on Bradley Nowell's addiction, the pain embedded in the song, and memories of his late friend Todd, who loved Sublime as much as he did. He talks Knicks euphoria, recovery gratitude, the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival, and reads listener emails, Patreon comments, and Spotify reactions about the late Ryan Leone—sparking a conversation about storytelling, addiction, truth, exaggeration, and loss. The heart of the episode is a powerful interview with Jakob Nowell, son of Bradley Nowell and current frontman of Sublime. Jakob tells the story of growing up without his father, who died from a heroin overdose when Jakob was just one year old. He describes a chaotic childhood surrounded by drugs, violence, sex work, addiction, and instability, while also carrying the impossible weight of being “Bradley Nowell's son.” He talks about feeling like an outsider, escaping into fantasy, music, books, video games, and eventually drugs. Jakob shares how he started smoking weed at 12, escalated into pills, meth, alcohol, and speed, got kicked out of high school, moved to Long Beach, started playing music, and spiraled into severe addiction. He recounts suicide attempts, waking up in detox after a blackout, struggling through early sobriety, and ultimately finding recovery through AA and service. Dave and Jakob have an unusually honest conversation about identity, legacy, addiction, and recovery. Jakob discusses the burden of being compared to a father he never knew, the strange expectations people placed on him growing up, and what it feels like to now stand onstage singing Sublime songs with Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson. The interview also explores Bradley's own attempts at recovery, the impact his death had on the family, the mythology surrounding rock-and-roll addiction, and the difference between glorifying substance abuse and surviving it. Jakob reflects on how sobriety gave him opportunities he never thought possible, including leading Sublime into a new chapter while continuing to build his own project, Jakob's Castle. Along the way they talk about Coachella, Gwen Stefani, punk rock, recovery culture, resentment, storytelling, mythology, and why “Pool Shark” remains one of the most accurate songs ever written about heroin addiction. The episode closes with Jakob Nowell performing “Pool Shark,” ALL THAT AND MORE MORE MORE MORE! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Film Fest Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this Thursday Greatest Hits episode, we replayed Ryan Leone's first appearance on Dopey — one of the wildest, most bombastic interviews we've ever done. Ryan was a ridiculously talented, handsome, funny writer who lived one of the most extreme addict lives imaginable: early Ritalin addiction, wilderness programs, stabbing a skinhead, running with cartels, moving kilos of Molly and heroin, multiple federal prisons, writing his cult-classic novel Wasting Talent while locked up, getting close with Johnny Depp, and battling brutal relapses after periods of success. We also had a wild voicemail from Dade about a naked, coke-fueled brawl that ended with her putting her feet through multiple walls, plus listener comments and updates. Ryan passed away in 2022 from fentanyl, which makes this replay especially heavy and important. His story is pure Dopey — chaotic, violent, hilarious, tragic, and full of hard-earned wisdom. Rest in Peace Ryan Leone! We Love You! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dana grew up between New Jersey and New York City with a Vietnam vet father who struggled with heroin addiction. After moving to California, building a career as a celebrity hairstylist, and starting a family, everything fell apart when a back injury led to an opiate prescription. Within months she was buying pills off the street, and eventually that turned into a years-long heroin and meth addiction that cost her her marriage, her career, and nearly her children.In this episode Dana talks about using while pregnant, discovering she was six months along in an emergency room, losing custody of her youngest son to CPS, and spending years cycling through rehabs while still finding ways to get high inside them. She also shares what it took to finally get sober, the three-year legal battle to get her son back, and how she rebuilt her life, her relationships with her kids, and her own business from nothing. Eight years later, she credits her faith as the thing that carried her through all of it.DM me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Message me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen AD FREE & workout with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email me chasingheroine@gmail.comSee you next week!

Kirk Cameron rose to fame as Mike Seaver on the hit TV series Growing Pains, earning two Golden Globe nominations and becoming one of the most recognizable teen actors of the late 1980s. He later built a successful career in faith-based entertainment through projects including Fireproof, the Left Behind franchise, bestselling books, and television hosting. Most recently, Cameron has been creating and starring in the family-focused children's series Iggy and Mr. Kirk. Check out his new children's book, Built By The Brave, available now from Brave Books.IN THE NEWS: Hasan Piker appears rattled on stream as federal authorities reportedly probe his Cuba trip while Jasmine Crockett continues celebrating the controversy, The View downplays the “very limited destruction” caused during BLM protests, Minnesota parents are accused of faking autism diagnoses in their children as part of a $46 million fraud scheme, and gun violence barricades are being installed along side streets near Seattle's Aurora Avenue.GET IT ON!FOR MORE WITH KIRK CAMERON:BOOK: Built By The Brave (Children's Book)Available on Brave BooksAdventures of Iggy & Mr KirkKid's TV Show Available NOW | Streaming on BRAVE+INSTAGRAM: @kirkcameronofficial TWITTER: @kirkcameronWEBSITE: kirkcameron.comFOR MORE WITH RUDY PAVICH:WEBSITE: RudyPavichComedy.comINSTAGRAM: @ Rudy_Pavich PUNCH UP LIVE: https://punchup.live/rudypavichLIVE SHOWS: June 12 - Oklahoma City, OK (2 Shows)June 13 - Tulsa, OK (2 Shows)June 20 - Santa Ana, CA (KROQ Doc Screening)Thank you for supporting our sponsors:BetOnlineGo to https://hometitlelock.com/adamcarolla and use promo code ADAM to get a FREE title history report and a FREE TRIAL of their Triple Lock Protection! For details visit https://hometitlelock.com/warrantyLimited Time Offer – You Need Fiber. Yes you! Boost your fiber with Huel today using my exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code ADAM at https://www.huel.com/ADAM. New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show!oreillyauto.com/ADAMPluto.tvTRUEWERK.com with code acsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREONL www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Zoom: dopeyzoom.com This Week on the Wednesday Dose! The episode opens with Dave feeling sick but super inspired by the Knicks, community in general, and the way Dopey Nation sticks together. He talks about Dopey Zoom, putting up Dopey stickers carefully, and the psychedelic idea that listeners are all connected through the show. Dave also pays tribute to Rob Base and Sonny Rollins, then reads a brutal listener email from Sarah about broken ankles, losing housing, 7OH/Kratom struggles, and leaning on Dopey Nation. He reads Patreon and Spotify comments, talks about Skinny Vinny, drug dreams, Canadian bacon, Patreon tiers, Tom Shoes backlash, and then promotes the Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival. The main conversation is with Handsome Evan, who is celebrating six years sober and just had his second son on his sobriety anniversary. Sitting in the car by the Great South Bay, Dave and Evan talk AA politics, Jewishness in meetings, Anthony Spaghetti, recovery community, and Evan's story. Evan tells stories about smoking crack, driving dealers around Gordon Heights, trading belongings for drugs, stealing from his family, and eventually becoming a drug and alcohol counselor while still smoking weed and later using coke, booze, Xanax, and Ritalin. He talks about the shame of claiming recovery while secretly using, finally going back to rehab after his wife caught him, and how AA, structure, OCD, and fatherhood helped him build a real life. The episode closes with Evan opening up about anxiety around parenting, obsessive fears about his kids, family resentments, and the strange normal problems of sober life. Anthony Spaghetti makes a guest appearance to explain Prince Spaghetti Day.  All that and MORE! MORE! MORE! on a new wednesday dose of that good ol' dopey show.       Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary On this Dopey Monday Total Replay, Dave looks back at Dopey Episode 28, one of the strangest and creepiest early episodes of the show. It features Dave, Chris, and graphic-design Ryan — the guy who made the original Dopey logo — talking through old Lower East Side drug energy, the first major Dopey fan emails, weird ego stuff, drug stories, recovery, Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner, and a whole lot of eerie foreshadowing. Dave reflects on how painful it is to hear Chris again, knowing he died in 2018, and uses the episode to make a simple but brutal point: if Chris had stayed in recovery, he probably wouldn't have died. The replay itself is classic early Dopey: messy, funny, dark, uncomfortable, and weirdly prophetic. Ryan tells a story about refusing to leave a drug pickup even after a guy puts a gun to his head. Chris talks about addiction, genetics, rats drinking heroin water, and recovery. Dylan randomly calls in right as Dave is talking about Dylan from 90210, which feels like Dopey synchronicity. The episode also includes the first big fan email from Tina in Philadelphia, Dave getting wounded by being called “Dan,” and a long, now-haunting conversation about Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner before Nick ever appeared on Dopey. It's funny, painful, and very Dopey. PLUS Drugs, addiction and dumb shit on the new/old 10 year anniversary of this episode!(of Dopey)   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this special co-broadcast episode, The Poison Lab joins forces with The Kratom Sobriety Podcast for a deeper conversation about kratom, regulation, addiction, recovery, and what poison center data can tell us about real-world harm.Kratom is a plant-derived substance that contains mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, compounds with opioid-like effects. It is sold in many forms, including powders, capsules, drinks, tonics, and concentrated extracts, often in gas stations, smoke shops, and online. For many people, kratom is encountered with little warning about its risks, including dependence, withdrawal, and toxicity.Study NewsThis episode grew out of our newly published study in Addiction, which examined kratom-related poison center calls across states with different legal approaches: states with bans, states with kratom consumer protection acts, and states with no specific regulation.The study began with a real policy question in Wisconsin: is the public better protected by prohibition, by regulated access, or by leaving kratom largely unregulated? As clinical toxicologists and poison center clinicians, our goal was not to write policy, but to add objective data to a debate that often moves faster than the evidence.Ryan discusses how that question led to a broader debate within medical toxicology and poison center circles: What are the harms of prohibition? What are the risks of unfettered access? Is regulation safer than a ban? And what can poison center data actually tell us about those questions?After the study was published, people reached out from several directions: journalists, policymakers, people concerned about the risks of prohibition, and people who had experienced harm from easy access to kratom. That included the team behind The Kratom Sobriety Podcast, who wanted to talk about the study and the lived experience of kratom dependence and recovery.The conversation highlights both the data and the human side of the issue: people who developed kratom dependence, struggled to stop, and found their way into recovery. The episode explores why policy decisions around kratom are so difficult, why easy access to opioid-like substances can be dangerous, and why lived experience matters alongside epidemiologic data.Topics covered include:What kratom is and why it is often called a “gas station drug”Mitragynine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, and opioid-like effectsKratom dependence, withdrawal, and recoveryHow poison centers track emerging substancesDifferences between state bans, consumer protection acts, and unregulated accessWhat poison center data can and cannot tell usWhy kratom policy is more complicated than “ban it” versus “leave it alone”The importance of listening to people with lived experienceThis episode is a longer-form conversation about science, policy, toxicology, and recovery. It is not medical advice, and it is not meant to tell any individual person what they should do. But it is meant to bring more evidence, nuance, and humanity into a debate that needs all three.If you or someone you know is struggling with kratom or any substance use, help is available. In the United States, you can contact the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.ExtrasFree to read version of the study News articles about the studyUS Kratom Use Surges 65-Fold in 13 YearsCalls to poison centers over 'natural' supplement have skyrocketed by 6,500% since 2010Kratom Use Soars in US, Alters Lives Dramatically | Mirage NewsKratom use is surging in the US, with life-changing consequences, study revealsKratom use is surging in the US, with life-changing consequences | EurekAlert!

DOPEY FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 JOIN PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast NOTES:  This week on Dopey! We have it all! Emails! Blood Shot Voice mails! Comments! Mysogny and Sisterhood! Then we bring dopey with Natanya Ross — the iconic 90s child star from The Secret Life of Alex Mack. I sat down with her in LA and she absolutely opened up her soul. We covered everything from her crazy early fame (she was doing Gerber commercials at six months old), discovering she was adopted at 19, her adoptive mother's horrific betrayal and financial abuse, to descending into heavy opioid and heroin addiction. Natanya got real about living in a car and at the notorious American Hotel on Skid Row with other child stars, her relationship with Brad Renfro (who tragically overdosed and died right next to her), the later death of her fiancé Blake, and how she fought her way into long-term recovery. She's now deep in the treatment world — Executive Director of Business Development at Valiant Behavioral Health, President of the Women's Association of Addiction Treatment, and founder of San Fernando Valley Feed the Homeless.  This one is serious Dopey business — raw child star trauma, Hollywood darkness, and triumphant recovery all in one.  ALL THAT AND WAY MORE on this weeks new episode of that good old Dopey Show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Dopey Film Festival: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Listen without ads www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, Dave opens the show with Brer Brian's Dopey Wednesday anthem and immediately starts hustling tickets for the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival in New York City. Dave explains that only nine tickets have sold so far and promises cheap tickets, food, fellowship, desserts, filmmakers, and recovery community vibes. He begs the Dopey Nation to come out and support the event while Winnie the dog barks in the background. Before getting to the main interview, Dave plays an absolutely insane voicemail from longtime Dopey contributor JD DeHart about surviving a cocaine overdose during a three-day binge in a trailer in Mississippi when he was 20 years old. JD describes an old-school coke and crack marathon involving an entire ounce of cocaine, nonstop shooting coke, smoking crack, drinking beer, no sleep, no food, and no water. He vividly recounts doing a gigantic shot of cocaine and suddenly entering a terrifying paralysis where he could hear and see everything but couldn't move a single part of his body. JD compares the experience to the Metallica “One” video and explains how his paranoid dealer friend may have saved his life by slapping him awake, giving him water and food, and slowly bringing him out of the overdose. Naturally, once he recovered, the first thing he did was smoke an enormous crack hit. Dave praises the voicemail and thanks JD for consistently contributing incredible stories to the show. Dave then dives into Patreon and Spotify comments responding to last week's controversial Blake Mycoskie episode. Listeners debate rich-guy recovery, psychedelic therapy, AI therapy, polo, founder culture, and whether wealthy people talking about depression is relatable to the average Dopey listener. Some commenters defend the episode and appreciate hearing about mental health and self-worth, while others say they turned it off the moment Blake started discussing AI therapy or learning polo in Argentina. Dave jokes that people should blame John Bukaty for bringing in “woo-woo guests,” but still says he genuinely liked Blake and appreciated trying something different. The comment section also leads to discussions about recovery, privilege, treatment access, government responsibility for addiction, and Dave's ongoing balancing act between growing Dopey and maintaining authenticity. Dave also reads a moving Spotify comment from a listener celebrating 120 days clean after a devastating relapse that nearly destroyed his marriage and relationship with his child. Other listeners compliment Dave's podcasting skills, compare his intros to Marc Maron, and joke about Tesla AI therapy and rich recovery people. Dave also contemplates launching a higher Patreon tier with an exclusive Zoom while openly joking about his “cynical cash grab” tendencies and his need to support his family. The centerpiece of the episode is Dave's long conversation with Skinny Vinny inside Steve-O's Wild Ride podcast van in Sherman Oaks, California. The interview covers almost every phase of Vinny's chaotic life story. Vinny explains how the Wild Ride podcast went on hiatus after backlash surrounding a sarcastic Steve-O clip from an episode with Harlan Williams that got taken out of context online. Vinny talks openly about Steve-O's sensitivity, internet outrage culture, and the emotional toll of constant public criticism. The conversation then shifts into Vinny's upbringing in Connecticut and his lifelong obsession with Jackass. Vinny tells the story of being a kid with a camera glued to his hand, idolizing Bam Margera and Jeff Tremaine, and eventually convincing Bam to punch him in the face at a skate shop signing when he was a teenager. Dave and Vinny reminisce about old Jackass dreams eventually becoming reality years later through recovery and content creation. Vinny dives deep into his addiction history, including following Phish and Bob Weir tours while constantly inhaling nitrous balloons in parking lots, discovering Silk Road drug markets in Vermont, and eventually falling into severe heroin addiction. He recounts horrifying years living in Vermont, where heroin was outrageously expensive, and where he watched his girlfriend overdose in front of her parents after both of them desperately tried to detox using kratom. Vinny also describes his obsession with needles, famously saying, “If I could rig it, I could dig it,” while discussing shooting heroin and eventually shooting liquid LSD purchased from Silk Road. One of the darkest sections of the interview involves Vinny describing his infamous “porta potty bottom.” After burning every bridge and alienating everyone in his life, Vinny ended up secretly living inside a handicapped-sized porta potty in Connecticut while hustling to survive. He explains his daily routine of waking up at sunrise, hiding blankets in bushes, charging his Obama phone at Dunkin Donuts, stealing energy drinks from grocery stores, selling them to bodegas, buying heroin and crack, and repeating the cycle endlessly. Dave and Vinny talk about the terrifying comfort that comes with fully accepting life as a hopeless junkie. Vinny also recounts his arrest, jail sentence, and the legendary “prison pocket” story. Knowing he had to turn himself in, Vinny literally trained his body to smuggle heroin, Xanax, rolling tobacco, papers, and even needles into jail. He explains how he eventually ran out of drugs behind bars and suffered brutally through withdrawal on the top bunk in jail while promising himself he'd never use again — only to get released and immediately return to hustling and heroin. The interview takes a more hopeful turn as Vinny explains how recovery unexpectedly transformed his life. He talks about meeting Zackass in sober living, becoming indispensable behind the camera, eventually becoming a co-host, and later joining Steve-O's Wild Ride. Vinny describes feeling like recovery gave him the exact life he fantasized about as a kid obsessed with Jackass culture. Dave and Vinny repeatedly discuss the strange intersection of manifestation, luck, spirituality, showing up, and being willing to work hard without getting high. Later in the interview, Vinny opens up emotionally about his failed marriage to a Canadian woman, the devastating heartbreak that followed, and the depression that nearly broke him. He describes locking himself in his apartment for 45 days, barely eating, crying himself to sleep, and seriously considering drinking despite years of sobriety. Instead of relapsing, Vinny redirected all of his pain into fitness, weight loss, and self-improvement. He explains how discovering peptides, returning to the gym, diving back into recovery meetings and service work, and focusing entirely on himself ultimately helped him lose over 200 pounds and completely transform his life. The episode ends with Vinny discussing his plans to open a sober living house called The Comeback with a former client from his early recovery days. Dave and Vinny also joke about Canadians, Dopeywood structure problems, podcasting, body dysmorphia, fear dreams, and the strange reality of surviving addiction long enough to accidentally build a meaningful life. Dave closes the episode asking listeners yet again to buy film festival tickets, join Patreon, leave Spotify comments, send voicemails, and stay involved in the Dopey community before ending, as always, with “Stay strong Dopey Nation and fucking toodles for Chris.” Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

BUY TICKETS TO DOPEY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Join Patreon For Cheap Tickets and much more: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Long Summary Notes: Dave opens the Dopey Total Replay by revisiting Episode 27, “Detox Withdrawal,” one of the earliest foundational episodes of Dopey. He explains how the episode introduced both graphic designer Ryan — creator of the iconic nodding Dopey logo — and Todd Curry, Dave's longtime using buddy who would later die in 2018, just weeks before Chris. Dave reflects on Chris's original idea for a “Dopey Stories” book made up of listener submissions and stories from the show. He talks about failed attempts to pitch the project to publishers and wonders whether self-publishing a Dopey book on Amazon might finally make sense. He invites listeners to resend their best stories to dopeypodcast@gmail.com. Disclaimer: I think I called Spanish People Stupid - but it was meant totally with love. Dave then shifts into a recap of Music on the Mountain in Vermont, where he attended with Linda and the kids. He talks about seeing Anders Osborne, Daniel Donato, Jackie Greene, Karina Rykman, Eggy, Lamp, and others. Susan celebrates her eighth birthday and hilariously insists on introducing bands onstage after Dave lets her introduce Karina Rykman. Dave admits Susan might actually be a better MC than him. Dave promotes the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival at the SVA Theater, mentioning Mountainside as a possible title sponsor and joking about Katz's desserts and Othello cookies potentially being involved. He reads Patreon and Spotify comments reacting to the previous replay episode, including discussion of Rush, Basketball Diaries, Knicks playoff hopes, bread basket addiction, and people missing Chris. Dave goes on multiple tangents about bread, fitness, the Knicks, and Cleveland versus Detroit. The replay itself begins with Chris and Dave just starting to record when Todd randomly calls in. Todd immediately launches into a story about getting arrested while allegedly trying to buy weed in a housing project. Chris and Dave immediately question the story while Todd insists he was only trying to buy marijuana. The conversation spirals into stories about community service, Delancey Street cleanup duty, reverse discrimination jokes, airport profiling, Todd's history with Dave, and their years selling drugs together. Chris openly campaigns for Todd to become a recurring Dopey guest while Dave resists because Todd is still actively using heroin and weed. Graphic designer Ryan joins the conversation and explains why he loved Dopey from the beginning — because it wasn't a traditional recovery podcast. He says recovery shows felt too church-like, while Dopey mixed active addiction stories with recovery in a way that could actually reach addicts. Todd and Dave argue about whether active users should appear on Dopey. Ryan attempts to sober coach Todd live on the air, asking him what heroin does for him emotionally. Todd admits heroin covers feelings of loneliness, insecurity, and self-hatred. He describes failed relationships, yoga classes, women, and using heroin to cope with emotional pain. Ryan explains the basics of abstinence and recovery while Todd half-jokes and half-confesses his inability to stop using. Chris mostly eggs the entire thing on while enjoying the chaos. The episode shifts into stories about Mountainside and the infamous “Phase Four” extended-care house. Ryan explains how he entered treatment planning only to save money for heroin afterward, but somehow ended up getting sober instead. Dave admits he originally thought Ryan would never stay sober, while Dave himself eventually relapsed despite appearing more serious about recovery at the time. Ryan tells wild detox stories involving escaping treatment during withdrawal, trading a $2,500 laptop for heroin bundles, walking through snowstorms, and eventually landing at Mountainside. The group discusses relapse, sobriety, AA sponsorship disasters, yoga, heroin addiction, and the randomness of getting sober. The episode eventually devolves into jokes about Dave's disgusting toenail, Instagram photos, podcast structure, and arguments about whether episodes should be one hour long. Chris insists on ending every episode with “Good So Bad,” while Dave complains nobody wants long podcasts — ironic considering modern Dopey episodes often run three hours. Back in present-day narration, Dave reflects emotionally on hearing Todd and Chris together again. He reveals that Todd eventually appeared on Dopey multiple times, including once when he left mid-recording to go downstairs and shoot heroin before returning to finish the episode high. Dave closes by talking about Ryan's later recovery work at Berkshire Transition Network and how foundational he was to early Dopey. He reflects on the pain, foreshadowing, and innocence captured in the episode before ending with “Good So Bad” and a tribute to Chris and Todd. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary: Dave opens the show talking about Susan's eighth birthday and the family trip to Music on the Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont for the Phoenix and Divided Sky festival featuring Karina Rykman, Eggy, Anders Osborne, Daniel Donato, Natalie Cressman, Jennifer Hartswick, and members of Dogs in a Pile. Dave talks about trying to get the entire crowd to sing Happy Birthday to Susan and gives updates about Patreon, Narcan and fentanyl test strip giveaways, YouTube support, and the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival sponsored by Mountainside Treatment Center. Dave reads a heartbreaking email from a listener celebrating nearly 60 days sober after quitting freebase coke, Xanax, and Suboxone while grieving the loss of his beloved dog Hesh. Dave reflects on his own fears about losing Winnie and spirals into thoughts about mortality, dogs, and a brass Winnie lamp he bought Linda for her birthday. Ben Croxton calls in with a classic IV Dopey story involving Googling “where to buy heroin in Atlanta,” instant meth psychosis at a job site, a dude hiding in a closet all day, and a cocaine-induced hallucination involving a kangaroo and imaginary police cars. The main interview features Keta Lauren and quickly becomes one of the darkest and most powerful Dopey stories in recent memory. Keta talks about growing up in extreme poverty in Northern California with a schizophrenic addict father and alcoholic mother, bouncing through foster homes, fighting constantly, and eventually landing in California Youth Authority “gladiator school.” She recounts horrific trauma including her father accidentally causing a house fire that killed four of her siblings after leaving a candle burning while gambling. Keta describes getting kidnapped while hitchhiking at age 11, doing meth as a child, surviving brutal YA prison fights, a devastating ATV accident that nearly killed her, and eventually falling into LA drug culture, sex work, heroin addiction, and trafficking. She explains how manipulation, survival, and trauma blurred together while trying to escape dangerous situations and abusive relationships. The conversation shifts toward recovery as Keta talks about finally hitting an emotional and spiritual bottom after years of heroin and meth addiction. She describes seeing herself deteriorate physically and mentally, eventually surrendering and finding treatment after a religious TV preacher bizarrely spoke directly to her situation. She later discusses relapse, AA and NA, psychedelic healing with psilocybin and ayahuasca, bipolar disorder, trauma therapy, and her belief that recovery can take many different forms. The episode closes with Trinity from the Beach reflecting on the interview playing a vulnerable acoustic cover of “Good So Bad” while apologizing for missing Dopey Zoom to record it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS for 25 cents a day at www.patron.com/dopeypodcast Short Summary  Dave kicks off with Mother's Day reflections, Knicks playoff excitement, and reads an incredible listener email from James Dehart about discovering a huge bag of heroin (plus crack) while cleaning out an abandoned building — and his sober buddy immediately throwing it down a sewer grate. Then Dave replays Dopey Episode 26 with Chris: they play Dave's classic song “Good So Bad,” read a long email from Francis, get heavily triggered watching the famous dope scene from the 1991 movie Rush, and go deep on addiction stories, recovery, and absurdity. A heartfelt, funny, and sometimes triggering classic Dopey episode. All that and yes - much more on the brand new/old replay shit! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON for 25 cents a day www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode Summary Dave opens this week's Dopey Greatest Hits by explaining the Patreon poll that lets listeners choose classic replay episodes. After Jason Ricci lost a last-minute battle to Dr. Gabor Maté the previous week, this week's theme becomes “kids of famous people,” featuring guests like Jack Osbourne, Mackenzie Phillips, Dwayne Betts, and ultimately the winner: Gilbert Trejo, son of actor Danny Trejo. Dave reads Spotify and Patreon comments reacting to the Jason Ricci replay, including discussions about bipolar disorder, darkness, spirituality, demonology, and the Amanda de Cadenet backlash episode. Tommy from Long Island then calls in with a crack-smoking Dopey story involving a lost $20 bag hidden underneath the center console of a late-90s Toyota Corolla. Dave also reads a brutally honest listener email criticizing the early days of Dopey for chewing into microphones, interruptions, phone ringing, and lack of structure — which Dave both defends and reflects on emotionally. The episode then shifts into a deep and emotional conversation with filmmaker and recovering heroin addict Gilbert Trejo. Gilbert talks about growing up in Venice Beach as Danny Trejo's son, being raised around AA meetings, childhood exposure to recovery culture, fighting, punk rock, skating, and eventually spiraling into heroin addiction. He shares horrifying overdose stories, including trying to revive his best friend while covered in blood, discusses his film From A Son, and reflects on the strange mixture of toughness, secrecy, masculinity, fear, and identity that shaped his addiction. Gilbert and Dave connect deeply over losing close friends to overdose, the mythology of junkie friendships, and the challenge of telling drug stories honestly without glorifying them. The conversation also covers heroin romance, Panic in Needle Park, Venice gang culture, punk shows, crack smoking, addiction genetics, hiding drug use from family, and the relief of eventually becoming comfortable in his own skin. It's one of the rawest and most thoughtful Dopey conversations about addiction, masculinity, survival, and recovery.  ALL THAT AND MORE ON THIS NEW OLD EPISODE! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS FOR 25 CENTS A DAY at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode Summary This week on the Wednesday Dose! Dave opens the Wednesday Dose of Dopey talking about Patreon backlash over Selby's heavy breathing during the Tuesday Patreon show, his hatred for the newest season of Euphoria, Lena Dunham's audiobook, Knicks obsession, and getting ready to emcee the Phoenix House gala honoring Hank Azaria. He then reads an email from a Scottish listener who got sober from alcohol after discovering Dopey through This American Life, but later spiraled into opioids, heroin, and benzos before finally trying to get clean again after hearing DJ's episode. Then Dave dives into a massive pile of brutal Spotify and Patreon comments reacting to the Amanda de Cadenet episode, with listeners calling her “insufferable,” “guarded,” “pretentious,” and “the worst guest ever,” while others defend her and praise Dave for surviving the awkward interview. The episode shifts into a long and funny conversation with comedian Zach Noe Towers. Zach talks about growing up gay in Missouri, discovering weed through theater kids, using alcohol and drugs to quiet fear and insecurity, moving to Los Angeles, rich gay party culture, ecstasy at Indiana University, Coachella mushroom disasters, being trapped in the trunk of a drug dealer's car, and eventually getting sober after years of chaotic partying and emotional bottoming out. Dave and Zach also talk comedy, AA, twink culture, Midwestern niceness, gay identity, stand-up anxiety, and planning the Dopeywood Comedy Store show. PLUS MORE! on the brand new Wednesday Dose of Dopey!   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dopey Episode Summary This Week on Dopey! We open the show in full single-dad chaos mode—juggling pickups, tutoring, dance class, concerts, naps gone wrong, and trying to make it home in time for the Knicks game. He announces the upcoming Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, then reads an extremely heavy anonymous listener email about sexual compulsion, addiction, shame, and finding support through SLAA. The episode then shifts into classic Dopey mode with a wild voicemail involving cocaine psychosis, being naked with a fork, a pheasant-feather hat, and a guy selling condoms on campus. We dives into Spotify and Patreon comments from the Andy Dick episode, reading praise, criticism, jokes, sobriety milestones, and fan reactions. Then the show turns into the main event: a long, gritty, hilarious and vulnerable interview with Zoe Hansen. Zoe talks about growing up in wealthy but emotionally barren Chelsea, London, getting kicked out of school, discovering punk rock, heroin at 15, and moving to New York at 17. She describes working in hair and nightlife before entering the sex industry to support her habit, eventually becoming a seasoned brothel worker and heroin addict in late-80s Manhattan. She tells incredible stories about brothel life, clients, police raids, methadone stash strategies, Lower East Side heroin stamps, speedballing in Hell's Kitchen, dying briefly after a cocaine overdose in the Chelsea Hotel, waking blind, and living in the room where Nancy Spungen died. Zoe also reflects on spirituality, trauma, recovery, old New York, and writing her memoir Going Down in Gotham. A true Dopey legend episode. All that and MORE MORE MORE this week on a brand new episode - of your favorite good old Dopey show! Check our new sponsor: www.workithealth.com/dopey   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS AT www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this Thursday Dopey Greatest Hits episode, Dave opens the show reacting to angry Spotify comments from the previous Amanda de Cadenet episode, joking that controversy is good for engagement. He sets the table for one of his favorite classic episodes: a deep and unforgettable interview with legendary harmonica player Jason Ricci. Before getting there, Dave gives listeners a chaotic snapshot of life at home while Linda is away in Aruba—solo parenting, eating Ralph's ices, putting Susan to bed, cleaning the backyard with Heart Attack Doug, tossing an old rusted grill, and trying to make the house look better before Linda returns. Dave then reads a truly wild listener email from “Stan the Man from London,” describing a multi-day relapse involving forgotten luggage, shooting cocaine in a government facility bathroom, fleeing authorities, drinking in pubs, attending his first orgy, smoking meth, doing booty-bumped MDMA, watching bodies swing from the ceiling, and taking mystery LSD gummies to cope with the scene. Dave begs listeners to send in more orgy stories and jokes that if people are sitting on orgy stories and not sending them in, they're wasting everyone's time. He then reads Spotify comments from last week's Michael Imperioli episode. Listeners praise the interview, discuss whether non-addict guests belong on Dopey, mention recovery movies to watch while detoxing, mourn the death of beloved former guest Bill Blaber, and compare Imperioli's appearance to classic Dopey stories like the water tower episode. Dave also plugs Patreon, promises stickers to commenters, and reads Patreon comments about Bill Blaber, Sopranos fandom, and ideas for new podcasts. Dave introduces the throwback interview with Jason Ricci, one of the greatest harmonica players alive. Jason immediately proves to be a classic Dopey guest: hilarious, intense, wildly talented, and deeply damaged. He tells Dave about growing up in Maine with severe family dysfunction. His father ran the notorious behavior-modification program Elan, later the subject of the documentary The Last Stop. Jason describes his father as a brilliant but dangerous alcoholic/addict. His mother suffered from serious untreated mental illness and subjected Jason to horrifying physical abuse, bizarre religious episodes, and chaos throughout childhood. Jason says music became his escape. He first got serious about harmonica after seeing James Cotton perform live and witnessing the raw emotional power of blues music. Though he originally came from punk/skateboard culture and resisted blues, Cotton changed everything. Jason became obsessed with mastering the instrument and started getting mentored by older musicians. As a teenager he was kicked out of his house, became homeless, drifted through deadhead apartments and baseball dugouts, and eventually reconnected with his estranged father, who answered the door in a bathrobe with a gun and immediately asked if Jason knew how to roll a joint. Jason ended up briefly living near Elan, then moved to Boise, Idaho to study forestry before dropping out once music took over his life. In Boise he earned his stripes in a local blues scene where older musicians forced him to learn Little Walter songs before letting him play. He embraced LSD, weed, and beatnik philosophy, believing he was a spiritually advanced seeker while sharpening his craft. He then moved to Memphis to pursue blues seriously. That's where the Dopey really kicks in. Jason started using cocaine, then crack, and says smoking crack was one of the most instantly seductive experiences of his life. He recounts how quickly everything changed—money disappearing, priorities collapsing, and life spinning out of control. He also talks openly about his sexuality, his first gay experiences, and the confusion of navigating identity while falling deeper into addiction. The interview blends music obsession, childhood trauma, sexuality, homelessness, genius-level talent, and classic Dopey-level depravity. Jason comes off as both hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, while Dave nerds out over harmonica history and recognizes a fellow obsessive. It becomes one of those Dopey episodes where darkness, redemption, absurdity, and art all collide. SERIOUS DOPEY BUSINESS ON THIS HADCORE TRULY DOPEY EPISODE OF DOPEY'S GREATEST HITS! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.