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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 217: Drinking the Bastards Goodbye

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2019/06/29

Show Notes Episode 217: “Drinking the Bastards Goodbye” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is sitting on a barstool, acting like a dern fool that is what he is doing today. (And every day really.) On the show this week, sheer righteous rage brings us back to the embers of the Great American Shitter Fire and how some DC media types are throwing going away soirees for the Mouth of Sauron.(Why do you think we never see her smile?) We dive into a Columbia Journalism Review account of Sarah Huckabee

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Episode 216: It Must Be George's Will

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2019/06/22

Show Notes Episode 216: “It Must Be George’s Will” This week Host Dave Bledsoe talks about losing his religion only to discover he’s said too much, or he hasn’t said enough. On the show this week we talk about the life, career and impact of George Carlin, and why Dave only prays to George. (It’s because every prayer starts with a profanity!) Along the way we learn all the ways George was manifestly unfit to serve in the military and how strikingly similar his experience was with Dave’s! (We will

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Episode 215: Midnight Three State Beer Run

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2019/06/14

Show Notes Episode 215: “Midnight Three State Beer Run” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe takes us on a wild midnight ride into his youth searching for cheap beer and meaningful friendships. (He finds only cheap beer.) On the show this week, we are talking about the beers you were drinking when you were too young to even be drinking beer and why they were so TERRIBLE! (Turns out cheap beer is SUPPOSED to be terrible, it’s part of it!) Along the way we learn a little about the history of beer in America

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Episode #114: "The Mystery of Fresno" Redux

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2019/06/07

Show Notes Episode 114: The Mystery of Fresno Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to roll a Saving Throw against the Real World gets a big fat One! Which means this is a rerun for Dave’s 50th Birthday. Since he rapidly running out of them, we figure now is a good time to celebrate. So, enjoy this Redux episode, 114 “The Mystery of Fresno”! On the show this week we turn our backs on all the bad news about shootings, Trumpcare and racist government officials and dive deep into a mystery of

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Episode 214: Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Crafts

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2019/05/31

Show Notes Episode 214: “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Crafts” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has a Close Encounter of the Worst Kind when he is confronted by Men in Black demanding he pay his bar tabs. On the show this week we examine the nonchalance of First Contact. (Aliens? SO BORING!) Along the way we discuss the technologies the Aliens traded us for unlimited human abductions. (High speed porn was a great deal!) We dig deep on the latest spate of reports of flying Tic Tacs spotted by

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Episode 213: Like A Wet Fart In Church

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2019/05/25

Show Notes Episode 213: “Like a Wet Fart In Church” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking the weekend to enjoy the “Official Start of Summer” by drinking to the honor or all the dead soldier we don’t think about on Memorial Day! On the show this week, we are doing a Story Time Edition of the show with a heartwarming tale of a young boy and the natural by-products of the digestive process! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter:

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29:15

Episode 212: You Gotta Keep 'Em Impregnated

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2019/05/17

Show Notes Episode 212: “You Gotta Keep ‘Em Impregnated” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally gets “The Talk” and learned where bar tabs come from. (When a podcast host loves whiskey very much…) On the show this week keep it FUN with a deep dive with the assault on Roe v Wade! (Don’t worry Gavin edited out all the “jokes” Dave learned as a kid.) Along the way learn the origin story of the the most controversial Supreme Court ruling in the latter half of the 20th Century! (No, not ALMOTA FARMERS

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Episode 211: Son of a Preacher Man

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2019/05/10

Show Notes Episode 211: Son of a Preacher Man This week Host Dave Bledsoe is trying to get someone to help him deal with a certain set of photos that are alleged to exist. (Rumor has it he is seen drinking Bushmills) On the show this week we talk about why Men of God are so ungodly, and why that might be. (Hint: They are men.) Along the way we examine the rich history of grifting evangelists and how they always seem to be forgiven. (It’s like their followers aren’t very bright or something.)

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Episode 210: We Drink, and We Know Things

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2019/05/03

Episode 210: We Drink and We Know Things This week Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles out from his hiding spot in the crypts only find out he was only passed out in the boiler room again. On the show this week reveal the secret of the Night Kings power! (Hint: Fan rage!) Don’t worry, the episode is spoiler free. (Unless you count us talking about all the things that happen on the show.) Along the way we examine the phenomena that is Game of Thrones and how it went from little noticed fantasy novel to

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Episode 209: All We Are Saying Is, Give Impeachment...

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2019/04/26

Episode 209: All We Are Saying Is, Give Impeachment a Chance This week Host Dave Bledsoe and the staff are embroiled in an editorial fracas over what to name the show. (Peaches! COME ON the bands LITERAL name is Presidents of the United States!) Also, we talk about the Mueller Report and what should done about it. (But come on imPEACHment! It makes so much sense!) Along the way we dig into the details provided by the Special Counsel about the crimes, demi-crimes and quasi-crimes committed by

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Episode 208: Times We Were Wasted on the Way

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2019/04/19

Show Notes Episode 208 “Times We Got Wasted on the Way” (4th Anniversary Show) This week host Dave Bledsoe sobers up briefly and reacts in horror at how he’s spent the last four years of his life. (He had a few drinks to settle his nerves, he’s fine now.) On the show this week we spend our time gazing in our navels about what we’ve learned in four years of doing a low rated podcast. (Very, very, VERY little.) Along the way we learn that Dave is an award winning poet. (If you count Second Grade)

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Episode 207: Teach the World Turtle

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2019/04/13

Show Notes Episode 207: Teach the World Turtle This week Host Dave Bledsoe helps science image a Black Hole MUCH closer to Earth by providing them with ten years of his credit reports. On the show this week, we examine the conspiracy theory that makes QAnon seem quite logical: Flat Earthers. (Though, many of them are the same people people.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s crippling fear of Vampires in his youth and his flirtation with Catholicism. (It didn’t take long to be replaced by a

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Episode 206: The Guns of Brexit

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2019/04/06

Episode 206: The Guns of Brexit This week Host Dave Bledsoe gives Gavin his birthday present only for Gavin to discover it’s an empty bottle of his favorite Scotch. On the show this week we head across The Pond and talk Brexit. (Whatever the hell THAT is!) Along the way we learn the history of Europe in under two minutes and why even THEY finally decided they didn’t want to do war no more. (And they were SO good at it!) We discover how the European Union grew from few wild nights in Rome into

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Episode 205: Who Will Save Our Souls

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2019/03/29

Episode 205: Who Will Save Our Souls This week Host Dave Bledsoe sifts for clues, canvasses the neighborhood and grills the suspects to solve the mystery of what happened to his dignity and self respect. (Turns out, he never had any.) On the show this week we try to solve the mystery of what happened with the Mueller Report. (Turns out, Trump is just a clueless shit for brains!) Along the way we talk 70’s Detectives and why we never got a Gran Torino like Starsky and Hutch. (We were NEVER that

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Episode 204: Kellyanne, Don't Take Your Love to Trump

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2019/03/23

Show Notes Episode 204: Kellyanne, Don’t Take Your Love to Trump This week Host Dave Bledsoe doles out relationship advice, unfortunately his only lasting one is with a bottle of Jameson. (To be fair, they’ve been together for years!) On the show this week, we talk Conway vs Conway in a steel cage match to keep the love of a good woman from being stolen away by a dinky fingered porn groper. (Surprisingly, this is NOT as shot at Dave!) Along the way we look at the history of Worst Couple as they

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Episode 203: Bribing Your Way Into Bartender College

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2019/03/15

Show Notes Episode 203: Bribing Your Way Into Bartender College This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s alma mater files a restraining order to prevent him from revealing his matriculation at their institution. On the show this week we talk about parents showing their love for their children by breaking Federal Law. (Our parents don’t love US enough to risk prison, that’s for sure!) Along the way we learn how to ace your SATs without even trying. (Hint: Crime!) We ask some hard questions about college

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32:51

Episode 202: Sometimes, Bad Is Bad

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2019/03/09

Show Notes Episode 202: “Sometimes, Bad Is Bad” This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on his parachute pants, digs out his fedora and snaps his glove on to Moonwalk into the 80’s only to discover he is too fat to fit into any of that anymore. (Even the fedora.) On the show this week we take on the documentary EVERYONE is talking about. (No not that one where they manufacture Play Doh, the OTHER one!) Rather than tackle the hard questions of guilt or innocence (And because we feel there really IS no

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Episode 201: Horrible Bosses

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2019/03/02

Show Notes Episode 201: Horrible Bosses This week Host Dave Bledsoe completes the staff’s annual performance reviews only to find they all quit some time ago. (Except for you, Gavin.) On the show this week, we talk about Senator Amy Klobuchar candidacy for Worst Boss of the Year and whether or not it impacts her chances on that other thing she’s running for. (Hint: Yes.) Along the way we learn about some of Dave’s worst bosses, his best boss and about his own management style. (Gavin keeps

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35:14

Episode 200: Just A Little Prick

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2019/02/23

Show Notes Episode 200: “Just A Little Prick” This week Host Dave Bledsoe celebrates two hundred shows by finally getting himself checked out after that long weekend in Juarez. (Diagnosis: he’s still owes 800 Pesos on bar tab) On the show this week we ask the doctors to give it to us straight, only to find we can’t take the news about anti-vaxxers. Along the way we learn the history of vaccines panics (turns out people LIKED dying of Smallpox) and how they crop up in the same places every so

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Episode 199: Howard's End

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2019/02/15

Episode 199: “Howard’s End” This week Host Dave Bledsoe just want a simple cup of damn coffee, is that too much to ask? (Apparently so) On the show this week, we wonder if it is too much to ask if Howard Schultz could take his ass back to ruining Seattle instead of all America. (Turns out, he can’t) Along the way we look into the history of Mr Crappy Coffee Man and why he thinks he should be President. (He’s delusional) We examine America’s reactions to another rich white dude with no business

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