Dopey 522: From Junky Telemarketers to Emmy-Nominated Whistleblowers, the true story of HBO's The Telemarketers

This Week on Dopey! I'm super excited to have had the chance to interview PAtrick J. Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern from The Telemarketers!  A junky/true crime/scam busting documentary series on HBO! AI wrote all the juicy nuggets below - PLUS Dove updates us! Weighing heroin bags, and Siggy's 7 years!!!! All that and more on a brand spanking new episode of the good old Dopey Show!

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📞 Dopey Podcast Episode Notes: The Wild Life of Pat Pespas & The Telemarketers Scam

🎙 Guest: Pat Pespas & Sam Lipman-Stern (The Telemarketers, HBO)
📅 Recorded: March 14, 2025

🔥 In This Episode:

• Pat Pespas, the ultimate junkie telemarketer, takes us through his insane journey—from selling fake police stickers while nodding out to blowing the lid off a billion-dollar scam.
• How a scumbag telemarketing company (CDG) scammed millions from well-meaning Americans under the guise of helping cops, firefighters, and sick kids.
• Pat’s life in full chaos mode: Heroin, drive-up dope spots, wild scams, and barely staying employed.
• How Sam (a high school dropout & graffiti writer) started filming at 14 and turned this madness into an Emmy-nominated HBO series.
• Going undercover to expose police corruption—and how they almost got arrested at an FOP convention.
• Pat’s mysterious disappearance & the hunt to find him before HBO lost their minds.
• How politicians & the system FAILED to stop the scams (but Twitter had their back).
• The Emmy snub (damn you, Beckham!) & why Pat walked away from $250K in media deals.

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🎶 Outro: A killer banjo cover of Good So Bad by listener Jake 🎵

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