<p>🏀 <strong>Knicks Playoff Fever:</strong> Dave opens the show celebrating the Knicks’ win over the Celtics and his deep attachment to the team.</p><p>🌸 <strong>Family Time:</strong> Dave spends the day with his daughter <strong>Susan</strong>, planting flowers and reflecting on fatherhood.</p><p>🧂 <strong>Mustard Seed Parable:</strong> Conversation with Mike’s Amazing Mustard leads to a deeper discussion about <strong>hope in recovery</strong>.</p><p>🚨 <strong>Josh C. Update:</strong> Following a <strong>drug task force raid</strong>, former <strong>Toodles for Chris scholarship</strong> recipient Josh Clark is arrested for meth, LSD, and DMT but secures a scholarship to <strong>Divided Sky</strong> rehab in Vermont.</p><p>🤖 <strong>AI Frustrations:</strong> Dave vents about ChatGPT fabricating a story about Chris <strong>smoking crack out of a shrimp shell</strong> – a made-up detail that cost him money in clip production.</p><p>📞 <strong>Prison Voicemail from Polly:</strong> Shocking account of sharing needles with hundreds of inmates, smuggling <strong>ass tobacco</strong>, and the grim reality of <strong>hepatitis spread</strong> in prison.</p><p>🎤 <strong>Sam Miller’s Story:</strong></p><p>Childhood trauma and <strong>gas huffing at age six</strong>.</p><p><strong>Selling liquid LSD drops</strong> at 15, including putting acid directly into his eyes.</p><p><strong>Meth addiction</strong> while working at a <strong>puppy mill</strong>, witnessing a MRSA outbreak that killed puppies.</p><p>Suicidal thoughts and a <strong>near-death experience</strong> involving a stolen car and being tied to a chair by a best friend.</p><p>Clarity moment: <strong>Waking up under a tarp</strong>, realizing his life was in shambles, and walking miles to his mom’s house to beg for help.</p><p>Early recovery: <strong>Living in a trailer</strong>, reading books by the light of a Game Boy, and attending multiple 12-step meetings daily.</p><p>Sam’s rise in <strong>comedy</strong>, the first open mic feeling like <strong>the first high</strong>, and the healing power of storytelling.</p><p><strong>Friends lost to overdose</strong>, including the haunting phone call from Justin pretending to shoot himself.</p><p>🎭 <strong>Sam on Comedy:</strong> Finding the sweet spot between <strong>dark humor and trauma</strong>, and how <strong>comedy became his new addiction</strong>.</p><p>🚀 <strong>Dopey Wood Announcement:</strong> Dopey Wood event in four weeks – <strong>tickets are free</strong> for Dopey Nation.</p><p>🧦 <strong>Dopey Merch & Sponsors:</strong> Shoutout to <strong>customstickers.com</strong>, where Dopey Nation can get 20% off using code <strong>Dopey20</strong>.</p><p>🔥 <strong>Closing Segment:</strong> Dave reminds listeners to <strong>leave a review, join Patreon</strong>, and stay strong, Dopey Nation. <strong>Toodles for Chris.</strong></p>