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Accomplished investigative journalist and NYT Best Selling author, Mark Ebner join Joe and Amy to chat about using cannabis as an exit drug after relapsing on opiates after a motorcycle accident and 25 years clean. He tells them about confronting Scientology-financed private investigators in front of his house and trolling Donald Trump for decades at Spy magazine. Amy has a huge bone to pick with Rickey Schroeder and Joe finally doesn't mention a plantation system.
Joe and Amy sit down with lawyer and prison reform advocate Chris Poulos who tells them how he went from drug charges in federal prison to being a White House intern. Joe talks about a client who was "too drunk for rehab" which makes Amy wonders why "ghetto Promises" didn't think she was too high to take her money. Governor Of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, makes the hit list along with Daryl the Dare lion.
Joe and Amy get the low down from Dr. Ray Glendrange, Veteran, ophthalmologist, addiction doc and man in long term recovery. He tells them that stigma of addiction and mental illness is alive and well, how veterans fall through the cracks of the medical system and what he's doing to help. Joe is convinced everything is a plantation system. Amy takes credit for Biden winning the election as it was her birthday wish the night before.
Joe and Amy sit down with Duff McDonald, business journalist and author of "The Golden Passport", a Harvard business school expose as well as 4 other books. He talks about finding recovery by becoming a Woodstock hippie. Joe regales Amy with tales of his germinating alcoholism and Catholic school shenanigans trying to make the nuns laugh.
Joe and Amy get with real with John Hill, host of the weekly "The Feels: Live" and cohost of Andy Cohen's popular SiriusXM hit show "Andy Cohen: Live". They talk about culture, relapse and John teaches Joe about a "bussy".
Joe and Amy sit down with Timothy Kavanagh, founder of the infamous Dank Recovery Meme account. They discuss why addicts and alcoholics have such a dark sense of humor and explore the instant connection that memes can provide. What, if anything, is taboo in recovery comedy? Timothy tells the story of having to make an amends to Demi Lovato. Amy questions the integrity of making fun of Hunter Biden's past coke problem.
Joe and Amy talk safety first with famed harm reduction advocate and author of "The Big Fix: Life After Heroin", Tracey Helton. Joe and Amy also discuss the RNC shell game and complex poetry structure that makes Amy think dirty thoughts.
Joe and Amy interview Jarmichael Harris, the founder and CEO of Engage Recovery who currently serves as East Carolina University's Collegiate Recovery Community Coordinator and an Alcohol and Other Drug Staff Counselor for the Center for Counseling and Student Development. Harris sheds light on collegiate recovery and how he became a recovery ally. Joe and Amy question the limitations in picking a higher power in AA.
Amy and Joe powwow with Chris Swonger, the President and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council who states his case for low taxes on booze and discusses his involvement with Responsibility.org. Amy's memoir is now required reading at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work. Joe suggests that a certain Florida treatment center renames itself "Insurance Fraud of the Swamp".
Joe and Amy sit down with stand up comedy legend Colin Quinn. Colin talks about his newly released book "Overstated". Colin and Joe reflect on how it's been 10 years since the overdose death of Greg Giraldo. Amy and Joe chat about Nebraska Governor Pete Rickets again. Joe regales Amy with a funny story about being hit with reality at a visit to the White House.
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