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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 435: From the Home Office in Howard Beach Queens

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2024/01/22

Show Notes Episode 435: From the Home Office In Howard Beach Queens Part Three of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a blazing row with the network on whether or not he can submit bar tabs on his expense account, claiming them as a “vital research expense”. (Jeremy laughed him out of the office.) On the show this week we talk about the man who was hand picked to succeed Johnny Carson only to get screwed by The Chin, David Letterman. Along the

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38:28

The Dowers Boys Sing Yacht Rock

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2024/01/17

The Dowers Boys Sing Yacht Rock This month host Jerrod and Dave take the stage with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! The Dowers Boys are going out on their own starting in February! We got Seltzer Kings good and drunk and took them out to sing karaoke in Brooklyn, and by the end of the night they gave us our own feed! The Dowers Boys is an official Spin Off and is now our own show! Then we head on down the marina and talk about Yacht Rock! How does Yacht Rock relate to an ostensibly country music

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Episode 434: Johnny Come Lately Part Two of "Late...

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2024/01/15

Show Notes Episode 434: Johnny Come Lately Part Two of “Late Nite with Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets banned from the Bronx Zoo after being found drunkenly screaming and throwing his own feces at a monkey who “will never work in show business again!”. (Just another Tuesday for Dave) On the show this week we tell you about the King of Late Night, that guy who made those Girls Gone Wild Tapes. (Kidding, we mean Johnny Carson!) Along the way we discover that the real radio talent in

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Episode 433: Waiting For A Paar to Fall Pt 1 of...

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2024/01/06

Episode 433: “Waiting for a Paar to Fall” Part 1 of Winter Series 2024: “Late Night With Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly stumbles out of the studio bathroom shouting “Heeeeere's Davey!” with his pants around his ankles as a joke. (Again) On the show this week we kick off our Winter Series for 2024 with the B.C. era of late night TV talk. (Before Carson) Along the way we are forced to listen to an old man wax nostalgic about TV sign-offs from his childhood. (Honestly, we are

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35:57

Episode 432: The Whack Heard Around the World

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2024/01/01

Show Notes Episode 432: The Whack Heard Around the World This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with Fast Eddie because Fast Eddie won’t have one of his guys “do something about his Joe Rogan problem”. (His problem is he liked Joe Rogan on Newsradio and wants to know what happened to that Joe Rogan.) On the show this week we go back thirty years from the week of release to the time a group of bumbling idiots lightly bruised a figure skater’s leg. (morons, all of them) Along the way

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Episode 431: This Year Was Trouble When It Walked In...

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2023/12/23

Show Notes Episode 431: This Year Was Trouble When it Walked In 2023 Year In Review Dave wraps up 2023 the same way he started the year, bloodied, drunk and crying behind a bar in Bay Ridge. (It’s tradition) On the show this week it is our Annual Year in Review when we look back at the year that was and tell you how it went. (Hint: Not Great) We cull the endless news cycles to bring the stories that truly shaped events in the past year. (And some stuff about George Santos because we thought it

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Episode 430: Carl's Worst Christmas and Other Holiday...

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2023/12/18

Show Notes Episode 430: Carl’s Worst Christmas Ever and Other Holiday Tales This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries some amazing eggnog some guy’s brother made with lighter fluid and starts telling stories. (Again) For our annual “Jesus, is it Christmas already?” episode, we dig into the vaults of Dave’s Brain to bring you lurid tales of Christmas’ gone wrong in every way possible. Be they marital infidelity, public masturbation or a singularly misfortunate ornament mishap, someone is not having a happy

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Dowers Boys: Christmas In A Dive Bar

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2023/12/11

Dowers Boys: Christmas In A Dive Bar Join Jerrod and Dave as they spend Christmas Eve singing karaoke in a dive bar! They join three drunk Mall Santa’s drinking off their stress, a newly divorced dad who won’t be seeing their kids in the morning, six college aged kids escaping their parent’s and that one drunk chick at the end of the bar who will probably go home with Dave. (Hey Maggie!) So, get your slips into the KJ, order up a pitcher and drop a dollar in the smoking jar, you’re singing with

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37:02

Episode 429: The President Called Me A Lard Ass

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2023/12/04

Show Notes Episode 429: The President Called Me A Lard Ass This week Host Dave Bledsoe relives his youthful trauma when some vicious preteens inadvertently call him a long forgotten childhood nickname. (Fat Ass, it was Fat Ass!) On the show this week we take a look back at the annual childhood trauma that was the Presidential Fitness Test. (You will want a box of tissues for this one.) Along the way we discover why Dave never played team sports in school. (See the nickname: Fat Ass!) Then we dive

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Holiday Bonus: Holliest, Jolliest Time of the Year

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2023/11/27

Show Notes Holiday Bonus: Holiest Jolliest Time of the Year Yeah, Dave got drunk for Thanksgiving, forced Gavin to work on the holiday to make a clip show. Enjoy. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon

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Episode 428: Black Friday, I've Been Shoved

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2023/11/20

Show Notes Episode 428: Black Friday, I’ve Been Shoved This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands 50% off his bar tabs for Black Friday, only to discover Black Eye Friday when the bouncer punches him in the face. (Again.) On the show this week, we prepare you for the Christmas Shopping Season by telling you the True History of Black Friday! Along the way we discover why Dave is afraid to ever step foot in a WalMart again. (He got his ass kicked in the Garden Center like a little bitch! True story!) Then

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38:42

Episode 427: The Original Party Animal

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2023/11/13

Show Note Episode 427: The Original Party Animal This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly and loudly insists that Spuds MacKenzie wasn’t even Scottish while being physically ejected from a Bottom Brunch in Hell's Kitchen. (Again) On the show this week we head back to 1987 when American kind of wanted to get their freak on with a dog: Spuds MacKenzie. Along the way we learn that Dave grew up with a series of problematically named dogs. (So much bigotry in him!) Then we dive right into our story about

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34:34

Dowers Boys: Good Songs for Bad Singers

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2023/11/06

DOWERS BOYS; GOOD SONGS AND BAD SINGERS Jerrod and Dave drop their slips with the KJ and talk about songs they would LOVE to sing at karaoke but never would because they suck at singing! So drop a dollar in the smoking jar and join them Dowers Boys for another episode only tangentially related to country music! The Dower’s Boys is hosted by Dave Bledsoe and Jerrod Tracht, it is produced in association with the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network, Fast Eddies Podcast Hut and the Beale Drinking

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Episode 426: Interview About the Vampire

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2023/10/27

Show Notes Episode 426: Interview About the Vampire The Conclusion of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe is joined by Executive Producer Kimberly Steele who is a real person and not at all made up! (He has friends! At least one, anyway.) Together they talk about vampires in pop culture, particularly about Anne Rice’s vampires and then Joss Whedon’s vampires. (We loved him before we knew Joss was the Big Bad all along!) So settle back and spend an hour with a person who knows what they

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Episode 425: VH Investigations Part Two

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2023/10/23

Show Notes Episode 425: VH Investigations Part Two Part 4 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!) VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the second part of a two part series, if you haven’t listened to part one you should probably do that

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Episode 424: VH Investigations Part One

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2023/10/16

Show Notes Episode 424: VH Investigations Part One Part 3 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!) VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the first part of a two part series, part two will arrive in your feed one week after this one. Show

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Spooktacular 2023 Bonus: We Call Satan to the Witness...

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2023/10/11

Patreon Bonus Spooktacular 2022: We Call Satan to the Witness Stand In this Patreon Exclusive Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to sue himself, the bar, Jameson Whiskey and the Lord God Himself to get out of these bartabs that were clearly THEIR fault! (He couldn’t find a lawyer to take his case, not even if he represented himself) On the bonus we talk about suing The Devil and why it is a bad idea! (All the lawyers are on his retainer) Along the way we learn about Ralph J Forbes from Arkansas, self

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Episode 423: The Vampire of Sacramento Part Two of...

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2023/10/09

Show Notes Episode 422: The Vampire of Sacramento Part Two of Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembered that time when he got drunk in Sacramento and realized Sacramento was a really boring place to get drunk. (Even drunk, Sacramento is really boring) On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2023 with one of the vilest serial killers in American crime history, Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento. Along the way Dave takes you on an audio

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Episode 422: Say Hello to the Night WTH Movie Night...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2023/10/02

Show Notes Episode 422: Say Hello to the Night WTH Movie Night: The Lost Boys Pt 1 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe resolves to sleep all day, party all night and never grow old. Only to discover he has grown old and he is sound asleep by 8 PM. (He is SO old!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” with a What the HELL Movie Night, 1987’s The Lost Boys! Along the way we learn that little Davy got so scared reading Stephen King he made

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Spooktacular 2023: Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2023/09/27

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