TIMESTAMP NOTES 00:00 – Dopey Wednesday theme 00:40 – Dave intro + Chili Peppers episode setup 01:30 – Listener email: coke, Under the Bridge, Chili Peppers connection 05:20 – Spotify comments + Flea, B. Getz, Behind the Dopey talk 07:30 – Voicemail: Jamaica Queens heroin bust, neck shots, dodging cops 12:10 – More Spotify comments + music talk (Alice in Chains, Lanigan, etc.) 19:15 – Intro to Ben Feldman interview 21:00 – Ben Feldman enters: making the Chili Peppers documentary 23:30 – Wham doc inspiration + Hillel journals origin story 26:00 – How Ben got access to Flea & Anthony 30:00 – Ben’s recovery + losing his best friend Jeremy 33:00 – Addiction, relapse, and not knowing how to help someone 37:30 – LA punk scene + Chili Peppers origin energy 40:00 – Flea, Hillel, and how the band actually formed 42:00 – Flea emotional interview + impact of Hillel’s death 47:00 – Brotherhood, art, and Bohemian LA culture 49:30 – Addiction vs connection + isolation themes 51:30 – Dave on losing Chris + how it changed Dopey 54:00 – Sobriety being “kind of fun” + early recovery feeling 58:00 – Music scene: Fairfax High, Slash, Pearl Jam crossover 1:03:00 – Hillel’s family, Holocaust history, and legacy 1:08:00 – Guilt, relapse, and not being able to save people 1:12:00 – Chris, Todd, and death in Dopey history 1:15:00 – Why the film works: love, loss, and carrying on 1:17:00 – Future projects + Dopey collab tease 1:19:00 – Outro + listener banjo song “Good So Bad”