Show notes
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A special guest joins us for the teaser! (echoes of COVID-era recordings). The duo catches up casually — We recall recording in the attic back in the day, Dave mentions Linda guesting once and shares a wild memory of a bum flicking a cigarette that hit him in the mouth outside CVS.
Spotify Comments Segment Dave reads listener comments from the previous Tuesday episode (Ray & Alan guest-hosted):
- A new listener (another Ray) appreciates the Nick Reiner discussions and hopes for more old interviews.
- Mucho Gringo teases Zoe’s Patreon critique of Dave’s Nick handling.
- Richard calls the Reiner focus a “pathological obsession” and threatens to unsubscribe by spring 2026.
- Romanil agrees it’s sensationalizing and suggests smudging the attic with sage.
Dave reveals he depublished the Nick Reiner compilation episodes due to backlash and personal guilt (“It’s haunting me”).
Listener Email: Andrew Zane’s Wild Pitch Dave reads a lengthy email from Andrew Zane asking how to guest on Dopey. Highlights of Andrew’s story:
- Groomed into drugs as a child (huffing Freon, mouthwash, morning glory seeds, intro to heroin).
- Teen oxy → heroin addiction, crime spree across Midwest with a girlfriend (scamming hospitals for Dilaudid, policy changes in North Dakota(?)).
- Prostitution, prison for her, desert life in Arizona (licking psychedelic Sonoran Desert Toads, first meth).
- Arrested drunk pushing daughter’s stroller, divorce, more rehab, dope sick on xylazine-laced street heroin.
- Grindr hookup turned near-sex-trafficking + months-long psychosis.
- Overprescribed Vyvanse gone wrong; now mostly sober using kratom (harm reduction) and occasional toad psychedelics.
Andrew wants to discuss drugs + human trafficking on dating apps and stimulant overprescription.
Discussion: Sex Trafficking & Dating Apps They dive into the dark side of apps like Tinder/Grindr — coerced prostitution, pimps forcing partners, shades of consent, why victims don’t just leave. Dave admits struggling to understand the coercion aspect until reading the legal definition.
Cliffhanger & Patreon Plug Dave teases that he and Ray are starting to work on a movie script together — details only available to Patreon subscribers (patreon.com/dopeypodcast). The free teaser ends here.
