Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave Manheim

dopeypodcast@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is an interview-led addiction and recovery podcast focused on drug use, alcoholism, harm reduction, treatment, and dark comedy, with guests ranging from people with lived experience to recovery professionals, musicians, and other public figures. Agencies could credibly pitch addiction-medicine clinicians, harm-reduction advocates, recovery authors, and notable individuals with candid firsthand recovery stories; the show's broad willingness to feature both celebrities and lesser-known guests suggests relatively low booking difficulty when the story is unusually honest and relevant.

Metrics

Episodes: 803

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 16.9k subscribers

Instagram: 65.0k followers

Contact Information

dopeypodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Dave Manheim - Host and creator of Dopey, a person in recovery and former heroin addict who explores addiction, relapse, recovery, and the consequences of substance use through candid conversation and dark humor.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Lived experience of addiction and recovery; clinical or professional expertise in substance-use treatment, harm reduction, or recovery; or a distinctive public career connected to candid stories about drug use and sobriety.
Required Achievements:  
Long-term recovery, Clinical expertise, Recovery advocacy, Published memoirs or other public work, Notable music or entertainment careers

Recent Guest Discussions

Kirk West - IV Meth And Heroin Addiction, Arrests, Treatment, Relapse, Narcotics Anonymous, Long-term Recovery, And His Career Documenting Major Rock Musicians And The Allman Brothers Band.

Recent Topics

Addiction, Recovery, Drugs, Harm Reduction, Alcoholism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
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An Ounce of Ass Heroin, the Dopey Garbage Can Meditation & Heart Attack Doug Comments | Tuesday Patreon Teaser

August 04, 2026

Listen to The Big Episode at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the free Dopey Tuesday teaser, Dave wakes up at 5:41 in the morning feeling restless, spiritually shaky, and completely lost without meaningful Knicks news. After discussing the Allman Brothers, boring NBA rumors, Lena Dunham, and the dangers of listening to books by people he can’t get on Dopey, Dave attempts a brand-new guided meditation.   In the first-ever Dopey garbage can meditation, we gather up our regret, inadequa...

Reflections on A Garbage Bag Full of Cocaine, Chillis, The Lion Sleeps Tonight Baby Back Ribs| Dopey Greatest Hits 39

August 03, 2026

Listen without ads on patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the replay! Dave revisits Dopey Episode 39, one of the strangest and most influential episodes from the show’s early years. Before the replay, he announces his latest attempt at a Dopey Fitness Challenge, shares a DopeyCon update, untangles the increasingly confusing Patreon tiers, reads listener reactions to the infamous Modi episode, and reflects on what this recording revealed about his relationship with Chris. In the...

Dopey 593: Katey Sagal: Cocaine, Acid, Heroin Husbands, Bob Dylan & Getting Sober Before Married… with Children

July 31, 2026

Listen without ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Katie starts at 32 minutes in! This week on Dopey! BEFORE KATEY: We help a young philadelphian struggling with substances - and we celebrate the instant-classic Dopey appearance of Ben Croxton; reads Patreon and Spotify reactions; and announces DopeyCon at the SVA Theatre on October 3!  Dave sits down with actor, musician and recovery legend Katey Sagal for an expansive conversation about addiction, show business and nearly four decades of sobr...

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