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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Dave returns from vacation, which was planned by Linda and included national parks, wildlife, and family time. Don “DJ” Rentz passed away the first day of the trip. Dave reflects on their friendship and the impact Don had on the show and the community. Ozzy Osbourne passed away just days after his farewell concert. Dave reflects on his cultural impact and the timing of his death. Meta permanently deleted the original Dopey Instagram account after repeated community guidelines violations. The appeal was denied. Dave reads the harsh takedown message and reflects on what the page meant. A new account is up: @thedopeypodcast DopeyCon 6 announced: October 4, 2025, in NYC. Celebrating 10 years of Dopey. Tickets available via Patreon first. The full Patreon episode features: More on Don’s death and legacy Vacation stories and fan encounter in Yellowstone Selby’s one-time black tar heroin experience Billy Joel documentary discussion DopeyCon planning and behind-the-scenes chaos Kimber’s episode controversy mid-trip

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Tuesday teaser for Dopee, the podcast.
0:22.8	On drugs addiction and dumb shit, my name is Dave.
0:25.9	And if you want to hear the full Tuesday episode, all you have to do is go to
0:30.4	www.com slash dopey podcast.
0:34.5	It's actually a really, really good and fun episode. I haven't recorded an
0:40.2	episode of Dopey, like a proper, this isn't even a proper episode of Dopey, but this is the
0:45.8	most proper episode I've recorded in many weeks. And we just got back from our vacation
0:51.9	and they shut down Dopey Instagram.
0:55.9	And I talked to a lot of people.
0:58.0	I haven't been through a breakup in a while.
1:01.6	I've had deaths, though.
1:03.1	It's crazy that I can compare.
1:05.7	Is that make me the most shallow and selfish person in the world that I can compare
1:10.2	losing the D dopey Instagram page
1:13.2	with death.
1:15.6	But there's a lot of death tied into the dopey Instagram page.
1:19.8	There's a lot of work put into that stupid fucking page and it's gone.
1:26.3	Meta decided that we were violating,
1:28.6	well, they decided many, many times over the years
1:31.5	that we had violated community standards.
1:34.9	And it's a fucking shame, man.
1:37.9	It's a fucking shame.
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