Podcasts by Dope Stories

Dope Stories 028 - Reunion from 2015-02-10T17:16:28

The reunion show! Shane shares stories from a recent trip to Jamaica. Pauly and Shane discuss the Geo...

Dope Stories 027 - This Is The End from 2014-07-31T08:11:39

Description: Shane explains how he arrived at the difficult decision to end Dope Stories a...

Dope Stories 026 - Phish Tour from 2014-07-24T04:00

Pauly returns from two weeks on the road following Phish and Shane asks him about his travels in New York, Detroit,...

Dope Stories 025 - Turbo: Mexicali Blues from 2014-07-17T09:49:09

In this special "Turbo" vacation episode, Pauly asks Shane about living in Mexico as an online poker exile. Shane a...

Dope Stories 024 - Turbo: Sean Azzariti from 2014-07-10T13:54:27

In this special "Turbo" episode, Pauly interviews marijuana activist and veterans advocate Sean Azzariti. Sean talks about the controversial dismissal of medicinal marijuana researcher, Dr. Sue ...

Dope Stories 023 - Degens of Summer from 2014-07-03T04:00

Shane returns from Vegas, where he played poker with Michael Borovetz, a degenerate gambler most known for ...

Dopes Stories 022 - Jordan Morgan from 2014-06-26T12:33:49

Shane is on the road in Las Vegas and calls Pauly in the studio. They interview professional poker player Jordan Morgan moments after he won a tournament and his first World Series of Poker brac...

Dope Stories 021 - Dope Economies from 2014-06-19T10:42:40

Shane returned from a long weekend in Vegas and asks Pauly about an article in The Believer about the future of mar...

Dope Stories 020 - Dr. Shuglin, MDMA, and the New Reefer Madness from 2014-06-12T07:18:45

The passing of chemist Dr. Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin, a.k.a. the Godfather of Psychedelics, inspired a discussion on MDMA. Dr. Shuglin perfected MDMA in the 1970s and authored two books about hi...

Dope Stories 019 - Lost Vegas from 2014-06-05T04:00

The theme this week is "Las Vegas as a drug" and the nonstop temptations of Sin City. Pauly explains how he chats u...

Dope Stories 018 - We Are So High from 2014-05-29T04:00

Shane and Pauly sound off on a recent episode of This American Life "I Was So High." Shane has issues with Ira Glas...

Dope Stories 017 - I Get High With A Lil Help From Strangers from 2014-05-22T17:37:15

Shane and Pauly swap different dope stories involving strangers. Shane's stories include his first crack ex...

Dope Stories 016 - Guests "High Maintenance" from 2014-05-15T10:08:05

Shane and Pauly interview Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld, the co-creators of High Maintenance, which is a critically acclaimed web series about a weed delivery guy in NYC who encounters an ecl...

Dope Stories 015 - Acid Test, Part 2: Furthur from 2014-05-08T07:08:07

Description: Shane gifts Pauly a vinyl copy of Europe '72 by the Grateful Dead. John Lennon reminds us to thank the CIA and U.S. Army for LSD. Shane reviews the Magic Trip documentary and explai...

Dope Stories 014 - The Acid Test from 2014-05-01T13:22:29

Pauly read Acid Dreams (book by Martin A. Lee) and shared his notes with Shane that includes Timothy Leary at Millbrook, the CIA buying 100 million hits of LSD from Sandoz labs in Switzerland, K...

Dope Stories 013 - The 4/20 Show from 2014-04-24T13:25:40

Special episode to commemorate 420 Day. Half-baked festivities included sampling pre-rolled joints, vaping "Brown Sugar" shatter, and setting off the smoke detector in Pauly's office. Shane and ...

Dope Stories 012 - International Dope from 2014-04-17T04:00

Pauly's girlfriend shares a lost in translation story from London. Shane tells a couple crazy tales about trying to score in Europe and in the Bahamas (including a night involving a character na...

Dope Stories 011 - Sean Azzariti, Medicinal Marijuana Activist from 2014-04-10T10:40:22

Shane and Pauly interview medicinal marijuana activist and Iraq War veteran Sean Azzariti, who uses marijuana to treat his PTSD. Sean is best-known for being the first person to ever buy legal w...

Dope Stories 010 - Ridin' Dirty from 2014-04-03T15:21:16

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Dope Stories 009 - Media Dope from 2014-03-27T12:01:39

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Dope Stories 008 - Dr. Carl Hart, author of High Price from 2014-03-20T11:29:35

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Dope Stories 007 - World Series of Poker champion Greg Merson from 2014-03-13T07:18:14

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Dope Stories 006 - Tripping in the House I Live In from 2014-03-06T05:00

Description: Shane's crack article in Slate, 50 Cent documentary, Eugene Jarecki's drug war documentary "House I Li...

Dope Stories 005 - The Oxy Years from 2014-02-27T09:43:29

Shane and Pauly discuss their origins in the NYC underground poker scene and how Pauly got hired to become a poker ...

Dope Stories 004 - Talkin' About Base: Crack 101 from 2014-02-20T05:00

Shane buys scratch off lottery tickets, Pauly discusses his chronic insomnia, and Shane reveals his experiences wit...

Dope Stories 002 - The Uncool: Philip Seymour Hoffman Remembered from 2014-02-11T06:30:56

Special episode in response to the OD death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Shane and Pauly are impressed with Hof...

Dope Stories 001 - A rational discussion about drug use. from 2014-02-05T04:06

A rational discussion about drug use.

In this episode:

• The first time Shane got high in the West Village.
• The origins of Chemdog and the Kind Bud scene, via the Grat...
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Dope Stories 001 - A rational discussion about drug use. from 2014-02-05T04:06

A rational discussion about drug use.

In this episode:

• The first time Shane got high in the West Village.
• The origins of Chemdog and the Kind Bud scene, via the Grat...
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