Dopey 587: Heroin! Porn! ACID! The Grateful Dead! Bam Margera! The Greatest Brandon Novak Episode Ever? with Joe Frantz!

About this episode

The episode features Brandon Novak and Joe Frantz discussing addiction, recovery, and personal stories intertwined with humor.

Timestamps 0:00 Intro song: "A Podcast Showing A Lot of Love for Recovery" 1:40 Oro Recovery sponsor 3:35 Dave welcomes listeners and complains about installing air conditioners 4:45 Summer bike ride with Heart Attack Doug 5:15 Dead rat discovered in the basement 6:15 Dave crawls under the porch and removes another dead rat 7:20 Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and stickers 7:50 Stress and excitement surrounding the Dopey Short Film Festival 8:15 Susan's escaped corn snake Noodle causes panic 10:00 Mountainside sponsor and Film Festival support 11:00 Voicemail: fake liquid LSD scam turns into sweaty molly disaster 15:20 Dave reflects on fake acid stories and MDMA-assisted therapy 17:35 Brayburn sponsor 18:10 Patreon and Spotify comments from the Kelly P episode 24:40 Workit Health sponsor 25:10 Dave introduces Brandon Novak 37:15 Brandon Novak joins Dopey 39:30 Novak on being "more famous now" because of recovery 41:45 Novak shares a powerful story about his sister and recovery 46:15 Methadone and Xanax memories 50:50 Novak reflects on 11 years sober 53:00 How addiction became his life's purpose 57:45 Divine inconveniences, recovery, and God's will 1:00:00 How Novak finally became…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Chris

Guests: Brandon Novak, Joe Frantz

Topics covered

• addiction
• recovery
• comedy
• personal stories
• drug culture
• mental health

Keywords

• heroin
• recovery
• addiction
• Brandon Novak
• Dopey
• comedy
• mental health
• Viva La Bam
• Narcan
• MDMA

Sponsors

Oro Recovery, Mountainside, Brayburn, Workit Health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dopey, Viva La Bam

Products: Narcan, fentanyl test strips, MDMA, liquid LSD, sweaty molly, heroin, Xanax, methadone, ebook

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