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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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Episode 235: Boomer Are You OK? Are You OK Boomer?

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2019/11/09

Show Notes Episode 235: " Boomer Are You OK? Are You OK Boomer?" This week, Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies that he is a Baby Boomer just because his drinking habit makes him appear to be much older than he is. (Seriously man, get help!) On the show this week we examine the hip new trend of the Youngs being cruel to the Olds by pointing out how the Olds squandered the Youngs future to pay for cocaine and luxury automobiles! (Man, the 80’s were wild) Along the way we look at the confusion

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Episode 234: Dia de Gringos

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2019/11/02

Show Notes Episode 234: “Dia de Gringos” This week Host Dave Bledsoe honors the spirits of his ancestors by drinking an entire bottle of Irish Whiskey in one sitting. (How this is different from a normal Friday night is open to debate.) On the show this week, we engage in a little cultural appropriation and try to create a Dia de Muertos that white people won’t feel guilty about. (Not that any of us feel “guilt” over such things.) Along the way we learn some sad facts about Dave and how he keeps

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Episode 233: He's On A HIghway to Hell (Spooktacular...

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2019/10/25

Show Notes Episode 233: He’s On A Highway to Hell Spooktacular 2019 Part 2 This week Host Dave Bledsoe hits the road, meaning he tripped staggering home from the bar. ( Again.) On the show this week we wrap up Spooktacular 2019 with the chilling tale of The Highway Killer, Larry Eyler who killed at least twenty one young men across the Midwest in the early 1980’s. Trust us when we say, this is WAY scarier than any ghost stories we could tell you. (If for no other reason that the fashion, WHY DID

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Episode 232: I'm Your Boogie Man (Spooktacular Part 1)

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2019/10/19

Episode 232: “I’m Your Boogie Man” Spooktacular 2019 Part 1 This week Host Dave Bledsoe carefully checks the locks on his door, and checks beneath the bed to make sure no one is there. (It’s time to pay his bar tabs!) On the show this week, Dave takes you on a world tour of his childhood monsters! (Including YOU Anthony! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID WITH THAT LEGO!) We begin in East Tennessee,first with a campfire tale and then a randy fellow who gets what is coming to him for catting around with

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Episdoe 231: There's Whisky In the Pod-O

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2019/10/12

Show Notes Episode 231: “There’s Whisky In the Pod-O” This week Host Dave Bledsoe contemplates legal action against Glenlivet as he has had whiskey in a pod for over four years now! On the show this week we discuss all the ways Americans love to love their liquor for very short periods of time. (Remember Zima?) Along the way we visit a young Dave as he is caught en flagrante de drinko by his parents. (Who drinks OJ and Rum?) Then we hit the history books for another in our recurring looks at

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30:33

Episode 230: What the World Needs Now, is Dudes, More...

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2019/10/04

Show Notes Episode 230: “What the World Needs Now Is Dudes, More Dudes” This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares this aggression will not stand, man! As the bouncer tosses him headfirst into a dumpster behind a Schenectady dive bar. (Again.) On the show this week we are stressed from all the crazy business going on in the world and take a break to examine the World of Dudes. (Excellent!) Along the way we learn the exact moment when Dave came into his identity as a Dude. (Oddly enough, he is still

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42:03

Episode 229: Moving the Country to do a Lot of...

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2019/09/28

Show Notes Episode 229: “Moving the Country to do a Lot of Impeaches” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his little way and drinks whiskey every day. (Just like every week, really.) On the show this week we talk about, well what ELSE could we possibly about it? (Basically, we have this script ready to go every twenty episodes.) Along the way we learn what the His Imperial Turdness did to get his dumb ass in trouble. Again. We head back to the beginning to see what Conservative fever dream

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26:53

Episode 228: Chubby White Guy Blues

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2019/09/20

Show Notes Episode 228: “Chubby White Guy Blues” This week Host Dave Bledsoe apologizes if anyone was offended by his statements at the bar last week, he wants everyone to know that he considered himself an artist and was pushing the boundaries of what he thought he could get away with. (He got his ass kicked by a 63 year old Grandma) On the show this week, we examine the boundaries of what chubby white guys CAN get away and find them appropriately shrinking. (Not fast enough though) Along the

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28:45

Episode 227: You Know I'm All About that Vape

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2019/09/13

Show Notes Episode 227: “You Know I’m All About That Vape” This week Host Dave Bledsoe comes back from vacation cranky and hungover, so basically nothing has changed. On the show this week we dive headfirst into the vaping panic sweeping the nation and it smells rather like our childhood breakfast cereal. Along the way we find ourselves delighted to watch a full blown social panic unfold before our very eyes! (There are about seven or eight social panics going on right now, but this the newest

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31:30

Episode 176 "Roughing the Snapper" Redux

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2019/09/06

If you haven't heard it, it's NEW TO YOU! A "Best" of show because Dave is on vacation and frankly can't bothered to come up with new content. So, take our regards, that is all we are sending this particular day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Episode 226: Nuke You Like A Hurricane

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2019/08/30

Episode 226: “Nuke You Like A Hurricane” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has some ideas to avert the apocalypse of paying his bar tabs, mostly involving wearing a hat and hoping the bartender doesn’t recognize him. (He’s tried it before, didn’t work) On the show this week, we look at some of the ideas for saving the planet from Climate Change, ironically enough, involving giant space hats. (Think. Huge. Hats.) Along the way we take the obligatory excursion to explain for the slow and dimwitted folk

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27:45

Episode 225: Everybody Comes and Comes Again

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2019/08/23

Episode 225: “Everybody Comes and Comes Again” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets Old Time Religion which is an off brand of bourbon that gives him alcohol poisoning. Again. On the show this week, we examine the Chosen One, King of Israel and Tangerine Messiah and why he keeps getting away with it. (Besides Mitch Fucking McConnell.) Along the way we head to Church to learn a little about why Evangelical Christians are all in on the ungodliest man to be President since William Howard Taft.

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29:35

Episode 224 Signed Epstein's Mom Part 2

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2019/08/17

Show Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstein’s Mom” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets too close to the truth and is cut off by his bartender, who just doesn’t want to hear anymore of his “theories” about Sid and Marty Kroft! (Dope fiends!) On the show this week, we delve into the High Strangeness of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. (Shit got weird) This week’s show is massive, so full of THE TRUTH, we had to break into two parts both of which will appear in your feed simultaneously. We

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Episode 224: Signed Epstein's Mom Part 1

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2019/08/17

Show Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstein’s Mom” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets too close to the truth and is cut off by his bartender, who just doesn’t want to hear anymore of his “theories” about Sid and Marty Kroft! (Dope fiends!) On the show this week, we delve into the High Strangeness of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. (Shit got weird) This week’s show is massive, so full of THE TRUTH, we had to break into two parts both of which will appear in your feed simultaneously. We

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25:15

Episode 223: Perfectly Good White Boys

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2019/08/09

Show Notes Episode 223: Perfectly Good White Boys This week Host Dave Bledsoe just really misses his Dad. On the show this week we talk about all the angry young white boys out there and why they keep doing the things they do. (Hint: it’s because they are really angry) Along the way we examine the social rot that causes men in America to just be so fucking stupid all the time. (It isn’t the penis...at least not entirely) We find out what it took to be a man and why all the things that made us

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35:24

Episode 222: Uh Oh, Its Magick!

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2019/08/03

Show Notes Episode 222: “Uh Oh, It’s Magick!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know that tricks are something whores do for money. Or cocaine. On the show this week, we discuss how Marianne Williamson is using the forces of the occult to control our minds. (But she’s doing it for LOVE!) Along the way we get to learn all about the spookily youthful looking 67 year old spiritual guru and her rise to prominence. (Thanks Oprah.) We don’t learn anything about her policies or plans because

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36:40

Episode 221: What ME Worry?

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2019/07/27

Show Notes Episode 221: “What ME Worry?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know ANY resemblance between him and a certain humor magazine mascot is entirely fictional and you shouldn’t believe your lying damn eyes. (OMG! Look at him! He totally looks like Alfred E Nueman!) On the show this week, we mourn the passing of an American institution, the venerable and influential Mad Magazine. Along the way we learn the very first thing the Internet supplanted in it’s march to cultural

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25:58

Episode 220: Walking On, Walking On the Moon

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2019/07/20

Show Notes Episode 220: “Walking On, Walking On the Moon” Part Two of the Moon Shot Spectacular! This week Host Dave Bledsoe uses special effects to prove he is functional and healthy and still can’t convince anyone it's true. (All the magic in Hollywood can’t help him there!) On the show this week, it is Part Two of our Moon Shot Spectacular, and we are asking if we even WENT to the damn Moon. (Hint: We TOTALLY did!) Along the way we meet the Moon Truthers who were just asking questions.

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27:30

Episode 219: Whitey's On the Moon

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2019/07/12

Show Notes Episode 219: “Whitey’s On the Moon” (Part 1 of the Moon Shot Spectacular) This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites everyone to play the Moon Shot game with him, meaning the listener takes a shot whenever he uses profanity. (It’s a game you play to lose.) On the show this week we take you through the history of the Space Program from Nazi’s to Apollo 11, and ask if it was worth all the money we spent? Along the way we learn the secrets NASA (Never a straight answer) doesn’t WANT you to

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Episode 218: Redneck High Holy Day

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2019/07/04

Show Notes Episode 218: “Redneck High Holy Day” This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands we hold his beer and watch this! (It ends about as well as you expect.) On the show this week we are talking about the 4th of July, and how people are WAY to upset about Trump’s Military MAGA Rally on the Mall! (Honestly, you all should know better than to expect him to do the right thing by now!) Along the way, we learn a little history about Independence Day. (For example it was Bill PULLMAN in the movie, not

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