Sex, Cravings & Jacob and the Masturbation Machine, Dr. Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence and The Tragic Death of Hottwheels,, Trauma, Spirituality

This week on Dopey. Dopey Nation Legend and old time friend and contributor to the show, Brian ‘HottWheels’ Connolly tragically dies. It all happened the same day we hit 10 million downloads and the day before we acknowledge the five year anniversary of Chris’s horrific death. If that wasn’t enough we also were featured in SPIN magazine the same day. Is it odd or is it Todd?

We are also joined by brilliant New York Times best seller, Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University. Her book Dopamine Nation has been flying off the shelves and is an incredibly accesable look at addiction and recovery. PLUS emails, voicemails and the return of my dad!

Here is the link to Matt Thompson’s heart wrenching SPIN piece: https://www.spin.com/2023/07/dopey-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-the-worlds-greatest-podcast/