EPISODE · Aug 24, 2026 · 1H 31M
Noah Levine: Acid at 10, Juvenile Hall, Meditation, Refuge Recovery & a Burning Getaway Car and JEREMY | Dopey Total Replay #43
from Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction · host Dave & Chris
Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast save $15 on Dopey con tix Dopeycon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Summary: Episode summary Dave checks in from California with Jeremy for a conversation about modern weed, absurdly powerful dispensary products, Jeremy’s torn Achilles, the Knicks championship and Dave’s potentially revolutionary Katz’s “Karubin.” Then Dopey replays Episode 43 with author and Refuge Recovery founder Noah Levine. Noah talks about growing up around Buddhism, trauma and drugs; taking mushrooms at ten; becoming addicted as a teenager; attempting suicide in juvenile hall; and discovering meditation while locked inside a padded cell. Chris wrestles with psychedelics in sobriety, prepares for a ten-day silent meditation retreat and asks whether it’s possible to mindfully shoot heroin. Noah also delivers an all-time Dopey story involving cocaine, stolen Rolexes, a brakeless car, an e-brake turn in the rain and a burning getaway vehicle. Afterward, Dave and Chris discuss fallen spiritual teachers, sex, hypocrisy and abusing positions of power. They finish with a listener’s insane story about introducing a Chinese exchange student to the “American tradition” of buying heroin—and accidentally abandoning him at Outback Steakhouse. AND MORE!!!!! 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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Timestamps 00:00:25 – Dave and Jeremy reunite in California 00:02:42 – The Katz’s pastrami “Karubin” 00:04:43 – California dispensaries and modern weed culture 00:07:02 – Todd steals weed from his dispensary job 00:09:18 – Dave guards a dispensary on methadone and benzos 00:11:35 – Jeremy’s Achilles sacrifice and the Knicks championship 00:13:55 – Gummies, flower and dangerously potent THC 00:17:53 – Jason joins; introducing Dopey Episode 43 00:24:45 – Spotify comments and painful Chris foreshadowing 00:30:50 – Classic Dopey begins 00:32:12 – Noah Levine joins the show 00:35:03 – Childhood trauma, addiction and Buddhism 00:37:24 – A suicide attempt, juvenile hall and discovering meditation 00:42:13 – Chris meets Noah at Kripalu 00:43:49 – “Do you rip butts while you meditate?” 00:44:52 – Can shooting dope be mindful? 00:45:11 – LSD, ayahuasca and psychedelics in sobriety 00:48:58 – Raising children around meditation without forcing it 00:52:16 – Noah brings the Dopey 00:53:22 – Mushrooms at ten and acid at eleven 00:54:55 – Childhood suicidal thinking and reincarnation 00:57:02 – Chris prepares for ten silent days of Vipassana 01:00:57 – Stolen Rolexes and a burning getaway car 01:02:14 – Why Noah created Refuge Recovery 01:07:43 – Dave and Chris recap the interview 01:10:03 – Chris’s early drug use and the “spiritual heroin” of meditation 01:12:28 – Fallen teachers and whether misconduct erases good work 01:17:06 – Gurus, Bikram yoga, sex and spiritual hypocrisy 01:19:25 – Listener G begins using heroin at seventeen 01:24:07 – The Chinese exchange student and Outback Steakhouse 01:26:34 – Kratom, recovery and William Moyers agrees to appear 01:28:50 – Gratitude, Dopey Nation and closing song
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Noah Levine: Acid at 10, Juvenile Hall, Meditation, Refuge Recovery & a Burning Getaway Car and JEREMY | Dopey Total Replay #43
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