<p>This week on <i>Dopey!</i> We are getting ready for Dopeycon! You coming? <a href="https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668">https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668</a></p><p>Montana, OG DOPE, writing in from prison, about smuggling fentanyl and Percs past cops by hiding a bundle between his butt cheeks. Another listener voicemail “Gay for Crack” tells a darkly comedic tale of hustling a guy in Baltimore who offered crack in exchange for sex.</p><p><strong>Then Anders Osborne</strong> and <strong>Bill Taylor</strong> (Trombone Shorty Foundation, The Phoenix) recount using and surviving during <strong>Hurricane Katrina</strong> — a lawless, apocalyptic New Orleans with flooded streets, National Guard, no electricity, and dealers flooding in. Anders tells a jaw-dropping story of stealing a kid’s BMX bike at 4 a.m. to ride six miles to cop from a bug-collecting dealer uptown. Bill shares how Anders helped him find recovery after years of vodka mornings and loneliness.</p><p>The episode dives deep into recovery philosophy, spirituality, and Anders’ realization after playing <strong>Jerry Garcia’s guitar at Red Rocks</strong> that fame and status will never fill the void. They reflect on the “Send Me a Friend” foundation, their bond in recovery, and the meaning of service.</p><p>Their segment ends with <strong>Anders’ High Sierra butterfly story</strong> — a psychedelic nightmare/vision where he stripped naked and flapped around during a String Cheese Incident set on LSD, morphine, cocaine, and Dilaudid. Anders later connected the experience to his mother’s deathbed promise to return to him as a butterfly, making the tale haunting and strangely spiritual.</p><p>Then Howard 'Beach' Buksbaum Returns to share about his new black girl AI group 'lux'!</p>