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

Mar 25, 2025โ€ข14 minโ€ขEp. 568
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THESE ARE NOTES ON THE EPISODE - NOT THE TEASER!

๐Ÿ“ Show Notes:

๐Ÿง  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 ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Deep TV addiction starts young (shoutout to MTV, Different Strokes & Give Me a Break)

๐ŸŽญ Early Identity Stuff

Shirt chewing, sugar binging, and fake depression for attention

Didnโ€™t want a bar mitzvah: โ€œItโ€™s not your party, itโ€™s my party.โ€

Too insecure to get lifted in the chair at his own bar mitzvah ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Played harmonica in a ska band called The Percolators

๐Ÿน First Drug Stories

First drunk = 16 screwdrivers at summer camp โ†’ 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

๐ŸŽจ 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 ๐ŸŽจ

๐ŸŒž Spirituality, Recovery & the Dopey DNA

Wanted spirituality before he had it

โ€œThe Sunlight of the Spiritโ€ and the resentment trap

Early recovery = doing it because he had to

Found real connection through service, comedy, and storytelling

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ The Real Dopey

Itโ€™s not just about drugs โ€” itโ€™s love, dumb shit, and keeping people company

Letting your freak flag fly, creating community, and making people laugh

Daveโ€™s dream: Dopey TV show, doc series, global recovery adventures, Keith Richards in a chair at DopeyCon ๐Ÿค˜

โ€œI just want to make something worth putting in your ears.โ€

๐Ÿ’” Final Thoughts

On grief, fatherhood, fear, flow, and evolution

Bukaty calls Dave out on blind spots

Dave: โ€œI like the idea of displacing my father and taking over the apartment.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚

Tribute to Annie Ellie and the Dopey Nation: โ€œIt feeds the show. It is the show.โ€

๐Ÿ’Œ Got thoughts? Send 'em: [email protected]
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๐Ÿงธ Stay Strong Dopey Nation
๐Ÿ’€ And fucking toodles for Chris

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