EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 1H 52M
DopeSick, Arrests, Jail, Prison & Touring — with Mystery Guest: JayTotal Replay:
from Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction · host Dave & Chris
Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast SUMMARY This week on Total Replay! Dave opens with a heartfelt intro about the Total Replay series — replaying all early episodes with Chris O'Connor, Dave's co-creator who died of a fentanyl overdose in July 2018. Dave explains why these replays matter: listeners who came later are getting to know Chris for the first time, and can trace his recovery, his relapse, and his death in real time across 130 episodes. Dave promotes the Dopey Film Festival (June 26, SVA Theatre, NYC), reads Patreon and Spotify comments — including a standout from a listener now 1.5 years sober who used to listen while walking to cop — and recaps the Knicks NBA Finals run. The replayed episode is #30 — a two-hour classic with Dave, Chris, and a special guest called only "Jay," a musician from a prominent 90s band who remains anonymous. Jay gave Dave his first bag of weed in 1994. The episode covers: Jay's origin story (karate → weed → crack senior year of high school → speedballing → 20+ years of heroin); kicking dope in Jerusalem while on tour; copping in Austin at South by Southwest while sick on fake methadone; Dave's multiple arrest stories including being arrested twice in one day on the Lower East Side, getting jumped and pistol-whipped, buying drugs at Barnes & Noble, and getting arrested sober for putting up a sticker and giving his hoodie to a teenager in jail. Closes with Jay's 16 years of sobriety and how getting clean made him a better performer, plus a deep discussion of Syd Barrett, AA traditions, Under Earners Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts, and a listener email from Scott — a truck driver 7 weeks clean. 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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TIMESTAMP NOTES TIMESTAMPS 0:17 — Dave intro: the Total Replay series, why replaying Chris episodes matters 2:46 — Film Festival promo, Patreon, Wednesday Zoom 5:12 — Knicks NBA Finals, Trump at MSG 7:17 — Patreon comments: listener 1.5 years sober who used to listen while walking to cop 9:31 — Ray's taken-down episode explained 12:48 — Episode 30 begins. Meet Jay — gave Dave his first weed in 1994. Heroin bag branding discussion. 15:11 — Jay's origin: quit karate the second he smoked weed. Crack senior year of high school. Ate 16 hits of acid, woke up in a police station. 22:03 — Shooting crack with white vinegar. "Every now and then I'd resort to balsamic." 30:00 — Jay on getting clean in 2000: "You're just fucking lucky if you get it. Not everybody gets it." 31:34 — Kicking dope on tour in Jerusalem. Shitting blood in the Garden of Gethsemane. 37:00 — Dave's South by Southwest story: fake methadone, spider dream on the plane, copping in Austin while sick 43:15 — FedEx packages of dope arrive at the hotel. City of Angels. The relief. 47:00 — Arrested twice in one day on the Lower East Side. Brother pistol-whipped by cops. 49:00 — Dave's dealer "Guy" — sitting with him was the bottom. Arrested buying drugs. 52:45 — Arrested sober for putting up a sticker. Jaden the 16-year-old in jail. Dave gives her his favorite hoodie and immediately regrets it. 58:00 — Barnes & Noble arrest. Reaching through cell bars to grab Xanax from the garbage. Cuddling with "Kangol kid" in the Tombs. 1:04:32 — Traumatic brain injury institution, took 15 Atavans, attacked two old guys in Huntington Beach blacked out. 1:08:00 — Black tar heroin. The Afrin bottle airport trick. 1:09:00 — Under Earners Anonymous. Sex and Love Addicts. Hasidic Jew counting days without porn. 1:22:00 — How Dopey started. 1:27:00 — Anonymity as a spiritual principle. 1:28:00 — Listener email: Scott, truck driver, 7 weeks clean, "bathroom covered in spurts of blood." 1:34:00 — Syd Barrett deep dive. Getting dosed by his own band. The van moment. Showing up fat and bald at Abbey Road. 1:39:00 — Getting clean made Jay a better performer. "Painfully shy singer" → "charismatic front man." 1:43:00 — Artie Lange at the Comedy Cellar. Chris gave him a Dopey card and said nothing useful.
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