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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Mental Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Timestamps 00:00 Dopey Wednesday intro song 01:00 Dave on single parenting while wife is away 02:50 Heart Attack Doug power washing and yard work 04:30 Susan goes to a meeting and breakfast after 05:15 Voicemail: crack-smoking schizophrenic roommate story begins 09:30 Dave critiques bad voicemail background noise 10:00 Spotify comments: ads complaints and Dave fights back 11:30 “Epitome” pronunciation controversy 13:00 Praise for five episodes a week 18:00 Amanda de Cadenet joins the show 23:30 Teenage addiction, validation, fame, public image 31:00 London in the 90s, Blur, Oasis, culture 35:00 Getting sober after dating addicts 38:00 Psychedelics, MDMA, plant medicine in recovery 45:00 Ex-boyfriends, overdoses, grief 49:00 Amanda changes sobriety date after pot brownies while pregnant 52:00 Photography career and leaving fame behind 58:00 What makes a good interview 1:03:00 New book on healing and failed therapy models 1:09:00 Amanda’s morning recovery routine 1:14:00 Dave on jealousy, fear, defects, gratitude 1:18:00 Service, kindness, and purpose

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0:00.0	Bum, bamb, bamb, bamp, bamp, bop bomb, bamb, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong.
0:10.0	Hello to the members of the nation. We greet you with elation, because we have a brand new show for you.
0:19.0	With all that stuff we do
0:21.3	Drug addiction and some dumb shit
0:23.8	So grab a chair and come sit
0:26.0	And listen to the show
0:27.9	It's to be Wednesday
0:29.3	It's Doty Wednesday
0:31.4	It's Doty Wednesday Toopi, dopi do, doppy doopi doppy do
0:44.3	Doopi doi doi dope doi dope doi dope
0:47.3	Hey
0:48.3	It's topey Wednesday
0:51.3	It's Tobey Wednesday It's dopey Wednesday it's dopey Wednesday it's dopey Wednesday and other dumb shit and my name is dave and it's a great
1:13.6	pleasure and a joy to meet with you all again through our headphones or whatever i should be
1:20.6	shooting this fucking shit for youtube man i think that's the next phase it's been the next phase
1:25.2	for a few years but like I'm going to get on that
1:27.9	shit. And my wife is away in Aruba with her mother, and I am a single parent for this week. And I just
1:40.1	want to give a shout out to all the single parents out there. How do you guys do it?
1:45.5	How do you make money, care for the children, fucking keep the house clean, whatever,
1:52.2	all at the same time. It's very impressive. Last night, I decided to cook and have my brother-in-law over.
2:01.7	I had this whole vision to make it really nice,
2:03.9	have a nice little family dinner.
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