Best Bob Forrest Podcasts (2025)

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Episode Three Hundred Twenty One 1:25:19

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Don't Die goes into the tragedy of this week, the worst case scenario of addiction in America and what we can do about it, as well as the foiled Turtle Island Liberation Front plot, and look on the bright side of life with Rob Reiner's amazing career, you need the right drugs for EDM, which musical acts always bring it live, Styx, Chiacgo, Psychic …

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Bob Forrest on Nick Reiner, Mental Illness, and Modern Drug Psychosis 1:31:16

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Ad Free Dopey:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast In this crucial emergency episode, Dave is joined by longtime friend and recovery legend Bob Forrest to process the shock, grief, and fallout surrounding the Nick Reiner tragedy and the public backlash aimed at Dopey. Bob speaks from decades of experience in addiction treatment, psychiatry-adjacent crisis …

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The Final Nick Reiner Recordings 1:13:10

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Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast In this Dopey replay, We revisits rare and unfiltered moments with Nick Reiner and Chris O’Connor from early episodes of the show — recorded years before the tragic events surrounding the Reiner family. The episode reflects on a time when addiction and mental illness had not yet fully hardened into…

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Dopey 562: Alec Baldwin! Cocaine Overdose! Overcoming Suicidal Depression! My Dad's take on Nick Reiner's Final Dopey Recording! Happy Holidays? 2:01:25

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www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast listen without ads! This week on Dopey! Christmastime is here again and we read emails from Dopes who motly comment on Nick Reiner, read Spotify reviews about it and try and celebrate the holidays and spread some good cheer! The centerpiece is a long, candid interview with Alec Baldwin, recorded just before Thanksgiving…

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First IV Heroin and the Seizure Story - Dopey 1&2 on Old School Thursday - 19 McDoubles with Cheese! 1:05:44

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Listen without ads on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey we go down memory lane and listen to me and Chris plant the dopey flag and start the show. First - Chris tells the story of his first time using and I tell a story of seizing off of benzos. If you wanna make a comment - comment on spotify or on patreon or write us at dopeypodcast…

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Trying to make sense of the Reiner Tragedy and the ethics of telling the story with Erin Khar 20:21

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Hear the rest at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey Tuesday with returning friend, writer, and “elite ex-equestrian” Erin Carr. They joke about their disorganization, their family-like bond, and the chaos of planning episodes. Erin updates Dave on her recent election win to the NYC Education Council and what serving on it has been like…

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Dopey Emergency Episode: The Reiner Family Tragedy 2:42:12

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for shows without inserted ads join: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This two-hour emergency Dopey episode compiles all of Nick Reiner’s appearances — spanning relapse, heart attack, family pressure, recovery attempts, weed/Adderall use, and wild stories. Dave and Chris walk through Nick’s upbringing as the son of Rob Reiner and grandson of Carl Reine…

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Episode Three Hundred Twenty 1:34:31

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Bob has a bone to pick with 12 step folks who criticize working in recovery; let 'em kick on your couch then! Long ramble that goes from taking your kid(Elijah) on the 12 step call from Hell to Kiss taking the Kennedy Center Honors Fran Leibovitz turned down, Chuk couldn't wait to get off work today, Bob let's the kids try and fail but no crying ov…

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ANDY DICK COMES CLEAN ABOUT HIS RECENT OVERDOSE! EMERGENCY DOPEY 30:28

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NO INSERTED ADS WWW.PATREON.COM/DOPEYPODCAST EMERGENCY ANDY DICK INTERVENTION!!!! Thanks to hard core dope Keaton Hudema - we catch up with Andy Dick to find out all about his recent overdose incident involving fentanyl, We talk a bunch of shit - and i try and 12 step him. All that and more on this Andy Dick Emergency Broadcast of Dopey! Hosted by …

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Dopey 561: CLASSIC DOPEY From Fake AIDS to Real Crack: The Completely Deranged Life of Hairy Tongue Will 2:52:28

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no inserted ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on a super classic episode of Dopey! Dave is visited by local Long Islander - Will P. AKA Hairy Tongue Will. Dave opens the show drinking Ryze mushroom coffee while talking about how cold his recording room is. He announces that Dopey will be releasing five episodes per week throughout Decembe…

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Chris’s Prison Stories Vol.1 – Shooting Meth, getting Staph & pushing the Fucking Panic Button 1:19:19

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No inserted ads on patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey! Dave kicks off the new Thursday Retro Replay / Greatest Hits concept and explains the new Dopey weekly schedule before throwing back to one of the most beloved early episodes: Chris’s Prison Stories Part One (Dopey 67). After a classic call from Dave’s dad Alan complaining…

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'Coke and Porn Go Together Like Bacon and Eggs' Sleaford Mods': Jason Williamson's Incredible Saga PLUS a guy in a butcher shop put a pipe up his Arse! 1:55:42

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This week on Dopey! Dave talks to Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods about growing up in grim small-town England, discovering punk and mod culture, and using booze, speed, ecstasy and finally cocaine to numb himself through factory jobs, failed bands and a brutal home life. Jason breaks down how club and rave culture in the ’90s felt like utopia, ho…

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Tuesday Teaser - Can you live in Fear and Love at the same time? Fake Meditation - Reddit Roundup 14:44

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to hear the whole thing go to www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Send comments to [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.By Dave & Chris

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Dopey REPLAY - Charlotte McKinney! LSD SPRAY! Psychedelics! Ketamine! Quaaludes! Psilocybin! Recovery 1:15:45

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no inserted ads on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey REPLAY! We are joined by our amazing guest, comedian, actress, model and person in early recovery, Charlotte McKinney. Charlotte joins at around 45 days sober. She talks about her early sobriety, feeling scared to fully commit, and using comedy as her “secret life.” She opens up abo…

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Episode Three Hundred Nineteen 55:27

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Don't Die speaks to the newcomer, every kid plays Roblox in a sick society, for Bob the steps aren't some all important guide to life, living off the grid and not getting high in early sobriety

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Dopey 560: Darrell Hammond, SNL to Crack House to Stroke Ward back to SNL! Cutting, Coke, SMI, Recovery 2:05:31

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Inserted ad free shows: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Comedy Legend and serious recovery survivor Darrel Hammond comes on the show! We dispose of a dead opossum. We reads listener messages about Patreon, Pearl Jam, the Charlotte McKinney episode, Spotify reviews, Theo Von speculation, “Many Rivers to Cross,” NA vs AA, and future …

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Carolyn 'Mountain Girl' Garcia - Grateful Dead - Merry Pranksters - Ken Kesey - Psychedelics - Jerry Garcia - Dopey Retro Thursday Replay 2:28:03

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Listen without ads attempt www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Replay from June 2022 - Carolyn 'Mountain Girl' Garcia tells her story! From ibogaine in Palo Alto, to LSD with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Going on the road and starting a family with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Ultimately enduring a marriage with a total heroin and cocaine ad…

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Fentanyl, Coke, Speed, Blues, Heroin & Methadone: The Noddy God Story 1:21:54

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For Ad Free shows go to: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave kicks off the first-ever Wednesday Dose of Dopey talking about post-Thanksgiving food insanity, a brownie-topped cheesecake Linda brought home, and his evolving stance on cheesecake as a “real” dessert. He updates the Dopey Nation on the Dopey Fitness Challenge, his failed attempt at joggin…

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Can you use Meth without Consequences? Alan-On x Raytreon Hybrid - Thanksgiving Recap, Bashing old people TEASER 16:30

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Go to www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast to hear the full show! It's a good and fun one! Lots of emails and Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.By Dave & Chris

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Dopey REPLAY - Billy Strings - FULL INTERVIEW, Loss, Grief, Meth, Weed, Music, Recovery, Trauma 2:07:00

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Ad Free at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Billy Strings sits down for one of the rawest, heaviest, and most honest conversations ever recorded on Dopey. In this replay, Billy talks openly about growing up in chaos, losing his dad to heroin at age two, his mom’s crack and meth addiction, violence in the home, poverty, hunger, couch-surfing, and the wi…

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Dopey 559: Charlotte McKinney Takes Homemade Quaaludes and uses Candy Flip Spray, THANKSGIVING SPECIAL! PLUS Steve Poltz on the Mysterious Life and Death of Todd Snider RIP! 2:33:44

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This Week on Dopey! Our annual Thanksgiving episode opens with a Dopey holiday song and gratitude messages from the Dopey Nation. We remember the brilliant Jimmy Cliff and play a few tunes. We read Billy Strings reviews and talk shit about AI! PLUS DOPEY NATION GRATITUDE before introducing guest Charlotte McKinney. Charlotte joins at around 45 days…

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After Billy Strings Show - Cookies - AI - Heroin -Recovery 27:32

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www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast The teaser opens with you explaining the whole point of a Tuesday teaser: push listeners “like little dogs or lemmings” to Patreon, where the full episode lives. You pitch the Wednesday Patreon Zoom, the Saturday Zoom, the Recovery Zoom, the bonus videos and episodes, and joke about your inconsistent track record of sch…

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Episode Three Hundred Eighteen 1:30:21

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A big one going into the holiday, Don't Die asks AI for a bunch of stats on addiction, voting and when it thinks the revolution is coming, Bob recounts Norwood Fisher knocking out 5 bouncers, as well as taking a beating from Axl Rose and then going to Canter's together, Paul Mccartney is way too kind for everything he's been thru (you try being in …

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Dopey 558: Billy Strings Comes Clean! Losing his Parents to Meth and Heroin, Crack, weed addiction, Braids, Razor Blades & a Briefcase 2:35:29

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www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey! Billy Mother Fucking Strings comes on to share his truth! But first Dave meditates, reads spotify reviews, reads an email about premature ejaculation, and a voicemail from Dopey OG Alex on meth, fent and needing makeup! Then Billy joins Dave on Dopey to talk openly about addiction shaping his entire …

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Soft White Underbelly, Rich Roll, The Fire Cracker, Heart Attack Doug, MAGA, Gratitude 'The Return of Snot Sock Manheim' 19:48

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www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave opens the Tuesday teaser alone in his house, loving the rare quiet and recording next to Susan the snake’s terrarium. He complains about his fancy Rogan-style mic breaking, says he hates stands, and talks about launching “fake meditation shit” because he likes the sound of his own voice. He previews this week’s Pat…

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Episode Three Hundred Seventeen 1:01:37

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Big music episode - the music mainstream is Disney and that's OK, Radiohead are not that important, Justin Timberlake very important,Elvis Forrest and the emo screamo slam scene, One Big Party festival, Elliott Smith, No Age, Best Coast, the Smell and Tom Petty's first album cover was hot

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Dopey 557: CLASSIC DOPEY! Pimps and Ho's, Meth and Heroin, Crack! Smuggling people in the Trunk with Glynis! 3:40:12

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NO INSERTED ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey!In this unbelievably heavy episode, Dave sits with Glynis as she unpacks a lifetime of addiction, trauma, and survival that spans Massachusetts, Texas, L.A., jail, pimping culture, meth psychosis, fentanyl, gang life, and ultimately federal prison. Glynis describes early emotional wou…

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MAGA (HEART ATTACK) DOUG - HIPPIES - ART - GRATITUDE - HEROIN - COPS - LONG ISLAND 14:51

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www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast join patreon for good extras! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.By Dave & Chris

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Episode Three Hundred Sixteen 1:01:38

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Bob and Chuk break down the hierarchy of rehab staffing and choosing a rehab, 40 years of experience between them, Bob quits AA over God talk and goes to a dodger game (40 years ago), Steven Adler, Gloria Scott, Hazelden, Peer Leaders and service keeps us sober

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Dopey 556: Roddy Bottum Sticks Opium Up His Butt with Courtney Love, Faith No More, Imperial Teen, 90's, Recovery, Gay Stuff 2:35:32

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www.patreon.con/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey! I'm in Philly at the Rise for Recovery Conference! I was on Soft White Underbelly! I read Spotify comments, and one of the single greatest dopey emails ever! And Old School Dopey Kirby sends in a voicemail about what it means to be an addict. Then we welcome the incredible Roddy Bottum, keyboardist f…

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Shadow People, Hot Takes, and My Dad Calls Me a Liar or Sticky Finger's Manheim Rides Again 20:24

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If you wanna hear the full thing — head to 👉 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.By Dave & Chris

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Dopey 555: Hot Takes! Rich Roll Does Mushrooms and MDMA and gets deep on Dopey! Gay Stuff in Vietnam, Harm Reduction!! 2:00:14

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🧠 Dopey Episode 555: Rich Roll Returns! This week on Dopey I met Jeff Ross at Katz’s (he thought I’d be short and fat), go through Spotify comments! There’s a voicemail from Tom in Oregon about trying to cop dope in Vietnam that goes very gay and sideways. Then there’s a super sweet email from Bailey in Chicago, a recovery coach who just hit five y…

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Lonely Jail Time - Joey Ramone - Doing Percs in Recovery - Ray Tease 20:56

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This week on the tease! Susan is sick! Eating Bad! Dental Surgery Percocet! Nitrous! Montana Prison in Texas! Joey Ramone! MORE! MORE! MORE! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.By Dave & Chris

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Episode Three Hundred Fifteen 1:07:55

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Here we go again Facts Versus Feelings with our bullsh*t detectors RIP D'Angelo & Ace Frehley

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Dopey 554: Homeless, Shooting Speedballs in Neck, 69ing in Cab with Fried Chicken, RJ Elizarraz 2:54:51

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www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Dave opens the episode feeling sick, dreading his upcoming dental implants, and joking about painkillers, nitrous, and Tylenol PM. He congratulates longtime dopes Margaret Hernandez (36 years sober) and Mattie Veach (recovering from cancer surgery), prays for the Knicks, and introduces guest RJ Eliza…

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Charlie Parker Swindles Miles Davis for Heroin Money. Selby flies with no ID. PLUS ALAN and Mystery Guest. 21:47

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Dave opens this Tuesday Dopey Patreon teaser by reflecting on feeling burnt out, upcoming dental implant surgery, and the need to slow down. He jokes about “cultivating illness” to get rest and shares his current obsession with the Martin Scorsese documentary series Mr. Scorsese, hoping listeners will “pray and manifest” Scorsese appearing on Dopey…

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Dopey 552: Brace Belden Returns! Molestation, Poppers, Nitrous, Heroin, Charlie Kirk and Recovery! 2:08:29

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This Week on Dopey! Dave opens with a cocaine-barroom parody and rolls into updates: DopeyCon afterglow, Spotify/iTunes comments, LA travel nerves, and sponsor shout-outs. Listener Archie checks in with a salvia-in-underwear saga; another listener writes about rock-salt shrooms and missing the Dead’s final Jerry show; “Chip” reports nearly a year s…

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Why Your Marriage Is the Secret Weapon Your Business Has Been Missing with Larry Pruett 45:48

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Marriage isn't just about finding the right person - it's about becoming the right person while building systems that strengthen your relationship daily. In this episode your host Mike Forrester sits down with Larry Pruett, a marriage counselor and coach who, along with his wife Sue, helps married entrepreneurs navigate the unique challenges of add…

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LSD in EYES - DOPEY IN HEART - ROLLING STONES - DOPEYCON 20:48

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Tease with Stephen Public apology Recognizing patterns being a jerk LSD More! Hipsters! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.By Dave & Chris

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#44 – “I was always competing with TRON”: Director Steven Lisberger about his sci-fi adventure SLIPSTREAM

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Today’s conversation was a hugely thrilling and exciting occasion for me, because the man I spoke to is a true pioneer and a legend of sci-fi cinema, and the movie which he’s most famous for is one which really resonated with me when I first saw it as a teenager, and it’s continued to hold that fascination throughout the years. I’ve had the immense…

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Dopeycon 2025 Live Brandon Novak, James Frey, Hank Azaria, Fentanyl Jay, Sam Miller and my dad's speech! 2:24:32

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Twas a good Dopeycon this year - maybe the last - I wish I had said more - but it was a truly beautiful experience and show. The place was packed - and I am super grateful for all the people who came, participated and sponsored! Special thanks to Mountainside Recovery for being our title sponsor, LICR for taking in Jay, Recovery.com, RELEASE RECOVE…

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Episode Three Hundred Fourteen 1:07:11

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Things get political around the Don't Die-osphere as Bob predicts a clampdown on drug users and the next president of the USA