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What the HELL Were You Thinking?

All the things that made the world the way it is now. Welcome to the podcast takes your nostalgia, tells you the history behind it and makes you ask What the HELL Were You Thinking. Host Dave Bledsoe takes the history, politics and pop culture of the past fifty years and explains what it was like to live through it and why it is still ruining the world today. So join Dave, his hapless Producer Gavin St James every Monday for time capsule of truth! Find us at whatthehellpodcast.com,

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Winter Series 2025 Trailer: Et Tu Y2K?

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/12/30

2000-25 party over Oops, out of time So this January we’re gonna party like it's 1999! What the HELL Were You Thinking takes you back 25 years to the breathless anticipation of Y2K, would society collapse, would the ATM’s suddenly spew money into the streets, was Jesus coming back, or was it Aliens? No one knew, but a LOT of people THOUGHT they did! So join us as we kick off Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K” a look back at what DID happen and what people THOUGHT would happen! Join us in our Y2K

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Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho (Redux)

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2024/12/23

Show Notes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho (Redux)This week, Host Dave Bledsoe is basically phoning it in so he can get on with the business of his Christmas Bender. (You probably won’t be able to notice anything different) On the show this week, we take a look at some of the bizarre and inexplicable Christmas specials that taught us that sharing special times with family is the true meaning of Christmas. (And to buy whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that

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Episode 474: Santa Went to Sears

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2024/12/16

Show Notes Episode 474: Santa Went to Sears This week Host Dave Bledsoe was ejected from Macy’s after getting drunk and trying to climb on Santa’s lap. (He also tried to kiss him under the beard.) On the show this week we celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas™: The annual Sears Wishbook Catalog. Along the way we learn that Dave was playing with dolls well into puberty. (It would be slightly less sad if they were sex dolls, but they weren’t). Then we learn a brief history of commerce in human

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Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of...

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2024/10/21

Show Notes Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House)Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets lost trying to find his way to the bathroom in a strange bar and blames “The Spirits” when he got caught pissing in the corner. (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2024 continues with the tale of a mansion in California that was haunted for business purposes, the Winchester Mystery House. Along the way we discover that Dave thinks antique dealers might be evil. (We are kind of on

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Seltzer Kings Network Seltztacular Special Episode:...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/10/18

Bledsoe’s Ghost Dave Bledsoe, the host of What the HELL Were You Thinking, doesn't believe in ghosts. So, clearly, whatever he saw that night could NOT have been a ghost. It was just a spooky old man who appeared out of the fog one night and disappeared during a series of unlikely events which occurred simultaneously without any explanations. Definitely not a ghost. He leaves it to the listeners to reach their own conclusions. Find all of Seltzer Kings Spooky Specials at

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Episode 466: Oh Great, It's Lincoln's Ghost Again (Pt...

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2024/10/14

Show Notes Episode 466: Oh Great, Lincoln’s Ghost Again Part 2 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe experiences the sensation that someone is watching himself while he is sleeping, only to awake to a bouncer dragging him out for passing out on the bar (again). On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House” by asking if Abraham Lincoln’s ghost (among others) haunts the White House. (Hint: Definitely not.) Along the way we discover that Dave is running

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Episode 465: Amityville Horrible (Part 1 of...

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2024/10/07

Episode 465: The Amityville Horrible Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not responsible for this bar tab since it was incurred while he was possessed by demon alcohol. (The bouncers performed a quick and dirty exorcism and he paid right up!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2024 with the REAL story behind The Amityville Horror. (Hint: It was all for the money.) Along the way we learned that Dave’s has a lot of

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31:34

Episode 460: A Beef With Oprah

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2024/08/30

Show Notes Episode 460: A Beef With OprahThis week host Dave Bledsoe is thrown out of the cookout when the other attendees realize no one there actually knew him. (Happens a lot.) On the show this week we talk about that time in the 90’s when the cattle industry bit off more than they could chew by suing Oprah. (Bad idea.) Along the way we discover that Dave will eat anything so long as it is mostly dead and free. (Some of the things we aren’t even sure are really foods.) Then we dive right into

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Episode 459: I Can Call You Geraldo and You Can Call...

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2024/08/26

Show Notes Episode 459: “I Can Call You Geraldo, and You Can Call Me Al Capone This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes searching for buried treasure (meaning he dug through his Winter coats looking for money to buy booze.) On the show this week we talk about that time Geraldo Rivera knocked down a wall in Chicago on live TV because someone lied about Al Capne having a vault there. Along the way we discover why a young Dave spends all that time in the bathroom claiming he was “brushing his teeth”. (He was

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Episode 370-371 Mega-Mix The Summer of Sam Redux

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2024/08/05

Show Notes Episode 370-371 Mega-Mix The Summer of Sam ReduxThis week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a “well deserved” rest after “working so hard” on the Summer Series. (All he did was show up in the studio and slur drunkenly into a microphone.) So while he “rests” (If by resting you mean squats in a dimly lit dive bar arguing with the bartender over how many rounds he’s ordered). So while he “refreshes” we offer a megamix of two episodes we first ran in 2022 as a part of that year’s Summer Series. It

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Episode 456: "Stand By Your Man" Part 4 of Summer...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/07/22

Show Notes Episode 456: “Stand By Your Man”Part 4 of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in ethical hot water when he gets drunk and starts confessing to things he really ought to keep to himself. (Like literally! It happens in the first ten minutes of this episode.) On the show this week we kick off the finale of Summer Series 2024 with part one of a two part show about the many peccadillos of William Jefferson Clinton! (A very horny man!) Along the way we learn things

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Episode 455: We Have Clearance Clarence Pt 3 of...

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2024/07/15

Show Notes Episode 455: We Have Clearance ClarencePart Three of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles in a butch lesbian bar and finds himself among people who will FINALLY buy him drinks. (They found him so harmless they adopted him!) On the show week we talk about the horniest Supreme Court Justice nominee since Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Horny Clarence Thomas! (Check your coke cans for pubes folks!) Along the way we chart Dave’s evolution from misogynist pig to soft

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24:21

Summer Short 2 Cause of Death: POP ROCKS!

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2024/06/24

Show Notes Summer Short #2: Cause of Death: Pop RocksThis week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to impress an old drunk lady at the bar by offering to demonstrate the size of his Eructation, and gets tasered before she learned it meant burps. (She tasered him again after she did learn it) On the show this week, it’s a Summer Short, smaller episodes we do to give our writers a break during the Summer. This week, the tragic death of Life Cereal’s Mikey by Pop Rock consumption. (Hint: It didn’t happen.) Along

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Summers Series 2024 "Let's Talk About Sex (Scandals)"...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/06/15

Our Big Summer Series is going to be a HOT one, as Dave digs the dirt on all the scandals that USED to mean the end of a career. Coming in July to a pod feed near you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Seltzer Kings Network Shout Out: The Puzzy Boyz

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2024/06/10

Seltzer Kings Network Shout Out: Puzzy Boyz Dave is on a “research trip” in the lands of his birth. (He is just visiting his parents, but is claiming he is doing “research” for tax purposes) So we are running one of the other fine podcasts on the Seltzer Kings Network! So please enjoy Episode 33: The Garfield Movie Review! Welcome to PuzzyBoyz, a paw-dcast about four middle-aged men who love their cats. Purr-pare for cute stories, cat product reviews, hot takes, and silly bits as comedians Zach

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Episode 451: Blame Old Bumble Butt

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2024/06/03

Show Notes Episode 451: Blame Old Bumble ButtThis week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with a taxi driver when he claims he should have to pay because he has thumb out and is clearly hitchhiking. (The driver blackened his eye and took his wallet. Again.) On the show this week we look back on the lost art of hitchhiking and why no one does it anymore. (Blame Edmund Kemper) Along the way we discover that Dave had Tiny Bladder Syndrome as a child. (And today as well) Then we dive right into

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Summer Shorts Volume 1: Toxic Pink Houses

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2024/05/24

Show Notes Summer Shorts Volume 1: Toxic Pink HousesIt is Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of Murka and that means that all across the land people are heading out for the traditional start of Summer! That also means Host Dave Bledsoe has retreated to the dankest, darkest, dingiest dive bar he can find, swearing he will not come out until Halloween. (He says this every year, he never lives up to it!) That also means the start of our series of minisodes (OK, slightly shorter than normal

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Episode 450: Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/05/20

Show Notes Episode 450:”Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe staggers into what he thought was a cornfield drunk out of his gourd on moonshine. Only to be kicked out of the WalMart Garden Department for telling off color jokes to the other shoppers. (again) On the show this week, we celebrate nine years of podcasting by paying tribute to the wellspring of all our humor: Hee Haw! Along the way we discover why Dave is the uncultured oaf he is. (Don’t blame his Aunt Bonnie, she

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Episode 291: “The Ruror Furor” Redux

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/05/13

Episode 291: “The Ruror Furor” Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking off to recharge his batteries. (Meaning he suddenly came into some money we are unable to find which shitty bar he is currently on a bender within.) So while we waited for him, we thought we would run a companion piece from the archives to last week’s AND next week’s show. It is one of our favorites and includes the single finest topic segue in podcasting history. (According to Dave anyway.) So sit right back and hear a

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32:07

Episode 449: Good Evening From Captain Midnight

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/05/06

Show Notes Episode 449: “Good Evening From Captain Midnight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe was found trapped on the 8th floor fire escape of his building after drunkenly trying to install an illegal cable hook up.(Which is odd since he doesn’t own a TV, but again, he was drunk at the time.) On the show this week we travel back to the golden age of satellite dishes when millions of Americans had a big ass dish in the front of their trailer homes. Along the way we discover that Dave’s parents TRIED

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