EPISODE · Sep 8, 2026 · 25 MIN
Selling Fake Ecstasy on Grateful Dead Tour, Persian Heroin & $1 Grilled Cheese
from Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction · host Dave & Chris
DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507Save Money with PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastSummaryDave recounts a family expedition through the Balloon Museum, Little Italy, and the black-market handbag scene on Canal Street before reading an incredible listener story from the early-’90s Grateful Dead tour.Despite barely caring about the band, Tom follows the tour for its parking-lot wonderland of drugs, hippies, and chaos. Completely broke, he finances the trip by repackaging truck-stop speed and selling it as ecstasy. Along the way, he encounters Persian heroin, a motel-wide fireworks war, a filthy grilled-cheese dealer carrying bundles of New York heroin taped to his stomach, and an extraordinarily forgiving Nebraska police officer.All that and still more on a tiny teaser of the tuesday show - listen to the full ep only on PATREON! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 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 Dopey opening song 01:02 Dave’s temporary English accent 02:32 The family visits Manhattan’s Balloon Museum 03:29 Haggling for fake Louis Vuitton bags on Canal Street 06:27 Dopey Tuesday and Kimber King’s return 07:18 Tom’s Grateful Dead-adjacent college years 08:16 The Merry Pranksters and Ken Kesey 09:14 Smoking Persian heroin 10:33 “Cold Italian pizza” and the Pizza Connection theory 11:48 Lemon juice, heroin and Nikki Sixx 12:57 Following the Grateful Dead tour with no money 13:24 Selling truck-stop speed as ecstasy 14:16 A motel-wide Deadhead fireworks war 14:45 The $1 grilled-cheese dealer’s hidden heroin bundles 15:19 Pulled over in Nebraska with heroin and no license 15:40 Patreon reactions to Christopher R’s episode 18:58 Keith Richards, Steve Jones and Dave’s dream guests 20:43 Kimber King returns on Patreon 21:19 “Good So Bad” listener cover 25:14 One imperfect final take
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