Dopey's Greatest hits: Steve Earle Got High at 11, Heroin, Prison, the Wire, PLUS the Return of My Dad

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Alternative Health, Mental Health, Comedy, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 162 minutes

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Summary

⏱️ FULL TIMESTAMPS (WITH END) 00:00 Dopey intro song + Dave in overheated apartment 02:30 Dopey Greatest Hits + Steve Earle wins Patreon poll 03:30 Dave’s dad returns + weather + life talk 06:30 Childhood memories + teaching + bowling trophy 09:00 Apartment, food, money, and aging rant 11:30 Studio vs dining room + setup talk 12:30 Dopeywood trip begins (flight, airport chaos) 16:00 Travel stories continue (upgrade, food, hotel) 18:30 LA wandering + Tar Pits + getting lost 21:00 Finally gets to Dopeywood 22:30 Entering Comedy Store + crowd + seating 24:30 Show breakdown + Steve Poltz + comedians 26:30 Criticism: raunchy humor + confusion 27:30 Crowd + Dopey Nation + turnout 29:30 Spotify comments segment 30:30 Listener email about politics + “kill ICE” discussion 34:00 More comments + Matt story reaction 35:00 Intro to Steve Earle replay 36:00 Knicks + Miles Davis tangent 41:00 Dopey Film Festival plug 44:00 Transition to Steve Earle episode 🎸 STEVE EARLE INTERVIEW 46:30 Dave introduces Steve Earle 48:00 Dopey setup + broken computer + life updates 50:00 Meetings + recovery mindset 52:00 Poppy seed email (pods + “vomit tea”) 55:00 Poppy seed voicemail (UK story, addiction escalation) 01:02:00 Sponsor read 01:04:30 Steve Earle intro (long-awaited guest) 01:06:00 Music, Dylan, Beatles, songwriting 01:09:00 Touring, band breakup, solo work 01:12:00 Theater + creative process 01:14:00 First drug use — age 11 01:15:00 Family addiction + AA roots 01:16:00+ Early music influences + uncle + guitar ~END (~1:20–1:25 depending on version) End of episode 🎯 SEO KEYWORDS (cut + paste) dopey podcast, steve earle interview, addiction podcast, recovery stories, heroin addiction, poppy seed tea addiction, opioid withdrawal, aa recovery, music and addiction, steve earle drugs, country music addiction, dopeywood comedy store, addiction recovery podcast, substance abuse stories, recovery community, narcotics anonymous, early addiction stories, musician recovery, drug culture podcast, relapse stories, sobriety journey, opioid crisis stories, addiction humor podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0	Doopi podcast
0:02.0	Dope podcast
0:03.0	Well now is the time for the dopey podcast
0:11.0	Where you call in and put all your life on blast
0:15.0	And you call in and talk about you past
0:18.0	Because your life was curious, hardcore and fast so now is the
0:23.1	time for the doppy podcast it's the dopey podcast it's the dopey podcast yo this is the
0:31.4	dopey podcast this is the dopey podcast now if your life was true just hardcore and fast
0:39.3	You feel like you're off and put your life on blast
0:42.3	Just call up the show and I talk about your boss
0:46.3	Because now is the time for the dopey podcast
0:49.3	Dope podcast
0:50.3	It's the Dope podcast
0:52.3	The Dope podcast Yo This is the Dope podcast This is the dopy podcast, the dopey podcast, yo.
0:54.7	This is the dopy podcast.
0:57.7	This is the dopy podcast.
1:00.2	Hello and welcome to the dopey's greatest hits on Thursday.
1:06.5	Today is Thursday, April 16th.
1:09.9	It is 9.15 in the morning. I'm at my dad's house in the dopey studio.
1:14.4	It's like 110 degrees. I don't know if you guys know about how. And my dad always hates it
1:21.4	when I say public housing. It's some sort of government subsidized housing. I'm sure there's a
1:27.0	better name for it rent
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