Does This Season of White Lotus Suck? PLUS John Bukaty Interviews Dave PATREON TEASER!

THESE ARE NOTES ON THE EPISODE - NOT THE TEASER! 📝 Show Notes: 🧠 Childhood Chaos Born in NYC, nearly died of a staph infection Fell off a table and cracked his skull at 8 months old Walked home alone at 3 years old 💥 Deep TV addiction starts young (shoutout to MTV, Different Strokes & Give Me a Break) 🎭 Early Identity Stuff Shirt chewing, sugar binging, and fake depression for attention Didn’t want a bar mitzvah: “It’s not your party, it’s my party.” Too insecure to get lifted in the chair at his own bar mitzvah 😬 Played harmonica in a ska band called The Percolators 🍹 First Drug Stories First drunk = 16 screwdrivers at summer camp → blackout, vomit, shame Never got into booze, but took acid at a Dead show before ever trying weed Eventually... heroin, methadone, weed, and the long road home 🎨 Art, Fear & Flow MTV intern in high school, obsessed with music and creativity Paralyzed by fear, self-doubt, and a deep need to be authentic Big art nerd: Kandinsky, Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, Bob Dylan, Richard Pousette-Dart 🎨 🌞 Spirituality, Recovery & the Dopey DNA Wanted spirituality before he had it “The Sunlight of the Spirit” and the resentment trap Early recovery = doing it because he had to Found real connection through service, comedy, and storytelling 🎙️ The Real Dopey It’s not just about drugs — it’s love , dumb shit, and keeping people company Letting your freak flag fly, creating community, and making people laugh Dave’s dream: Dopey TV show, doc series, global recovery adventures, Keith Richards in a chair at DopeyCon 🤘 “I just want to make something worth putting in your ears.” 💔 Final Thoughts On grief, fatherhood, fear, flow, and evolution Bukaty calls Dave out on blind spots Dave: “I like the idea of displacing my father and taking over the apartment.” 😂 Tribute to Annie Ellie and the Dopey Nation: “It feeds the show. It is the show.” 💌 Got thoughts? Send 'em: dopeypodcast@gmail.com 👕 Rep the show: dopeypodcast.com 📞 Leave a voicemail, join a Zoom, get involved 🧸 Stay Strong Dopey Nation 💀 And fucking toodles for Chris Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.