Dave Bledsoe
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, @whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social and the show name on Facebook.
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Dave Bledsoe
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Oct 26, 2026
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Episodes
Episode 155: You Got to Change Your Evil Ways, Bezos 07.04.2018 28:58
Episode 155: “You Got To Change Your Evil Ways, Bezos” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists his bar tab is part of his “Prime Membership” and is banned from drinking at the TGI Fridays in Penn Station. (Again) On the show this week we think hard questions deserve hard answers, which explains why we still had to solve the problem on the chalkboard even if we sported a hardon. (We’re flattering ourse...
Episode 154: Special Collectors Edition Foil Cover 30.03.2018 26:22
Episode 154: “Special Collector’s Edition Foil Cover” This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips into his spandex suit, dons his cape and promptly gets kicked out of Toys-R-Us. (Can a man not just have this ONE moment before it’s gone?) On the show this week we head back to those heady days of yesteryear when comics were king and women were not allowed in the comic book store. (They frighten us!) We delve...
Episode 153: The Devil's Rejects 24.03.2018 24:18
Episode 153: “The Devil’s Rejects” This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes a deal with the devil for his soul, only to find out his soul already repossessed to pay his bar tab at the Nancy Whiskey Pub in 2009. On the show this week we enjoy the misery of America’s worst citizens, not the Kardashians, the other ones. Along the way we examine the travails of trailer park life (and remind you that your Hos...
Episode 152 "Spaaaaaaace Force" 17.03.2018 28:10
Show Notes Episode 152: Spaaaaaaaace Force! This week Host Dave Bledsoe turns his eyes to the Heavens and wonders if he really is alone in the Universe, and then his taxi finally arrives and he heads home from the bar. On the show this week we talk about the bold new plan for America’s future military envisioned by Spaceball President Trump: The SPAAAAAAACE FORCE! Along the way we bid goodbye to B...
Episode 151: To All the Guns We've Loved Before 10.03.2018 35:22
Show Notes Episode 151: To All the Guns We’ve Loved Before This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets really emotional about old loves, including his first love whom he never wanted to leave: his Smith and Wesson.38 Police Special. On the show this week we look at how much America loves guns, and not in a negative way. (OK, it’s a LITTLE negative) Along the way we deconstruct some myths about guns (Turns ou...
Episode 150: Holding Back the Years (3rd Anniversary of the Show!) 03.03.2018 26:50
Episode 150: “Holding Back the Years” This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites you to lace up your Chuck Taylors, pull on your Izod shirt, grab you Members Only Jacket and head down to the arcade with him to celebrate One Hundred and Fiftieth Episode and Thee Years of this here low rated podcast! (We don’t know who is a bigger glutton for punishment!) On this episode we examine what has transpired in t...
Episode 149: The Kids Are A'right 24.02.2018 29:54
Show Notes Episode 149: “The Kids Are A’ight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe embraces the youth of today, only to throw his back out and need to spend the rest of the week in bed. On the show this week we think that MAYBE the world is in pretty good hands with these Parkland kids after all. (They made Marco Rubio cry!) Along the way we point out that our beloved Generation X had it pretty easy when y...
Episode 148: Same Shooting, Different Dead 16.02.2018 27:52
Show Notes Episode 148: Same Shooting, Different Dead This week Host Dave Bledsoe cannot believe he has to do this shit again. On the show this week, we cannot believe we have to do this shit again. In America, we keep doing this shit again, and no one seems to be able to stop or who is to blame. (WE have some ideas) Along the way we talk about the show we WANTED to do this week. (We were doing PO...
Episode 147: Generalissimo Trump's Tiny Dick-tator Parade 10.02.2018 24:40
Show Notes Episode 147: “Generalissimo Trump’s Tiny Dick-Tator Parade” This week Host Dave Bledsoe comes to attention, salutes the flag and marches right into the bar next door, because he ain’t gonna study war no more. On the Show this week we ask what if we had a war parade and nobody came? (Kind of like Donnie’s inauguration!) Along the way we remember what is was like when our military parades...
Episode 146: My Devin Just Wrote Me A Letter 03.02.2018 30:31
Show Notes Episode 146: My Devin Just Wrote Me A Letter This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes an error on his TPS Report cover sheet and claims he never even got that memo! On the show this week we cover a Memo of a different sort, you know one crafted by one corrupt idiot to cover up the crimes of another corrupt idiot. (Imagine how angry we will be when it is actually released!) Along the way we enl...
Episode 145: Spanks for the Memories 27.01.2018 31:02
Show Notes Episode 145: “Spanks for the Memories” This week Host Dave Bledsoe learns that not even his beloved porn is immune to the corruption of the Trump Presidency. On the show this week, we talk about the weather as Stormy Daniels blows in, knocks over a few lawn chairs and then blows back out to sea. (Honestly, this President is a goddamn vampire or something!) Along we way we learn more tha...
Episode 144: The Cure Is Worse than the Aziz 20.01.2018 23:09
Show Notes Episode 144: “The Cure Is Worse Than The Aziz” This week the listeners will find out more about Host Dave Bledsoe’s sex life than they EVER wanted to know. (He likes being spanked with a rolled up copy of Highlights Magazine.) On the show this week we talk about the continuing downfall of men and their eventual replacements with stepladders and cloning technology. (Can’t happen soon eno...
Special Edition 10: Why You Gotta Be So Mean 15.01.2018 14:23
Special Edition 10: “Why You Gotta Be So Mean?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally understands what we’ve been trying tell him for years: His kind of a dick. On the show this week, we talk about how big a dick Dave is and why this is so. There isn’t much more to say other than if you’re gonna punch, always punch up. Our Sponsor this week is Chill Bro, dude, all you gotta do is Chill Bro. We open...
Episode 143: Stephen's Last Night In Town 06.01.2018 23:25
Show Notes Episode 143: “Stephen’s Last Night In Town” This week Host Dave Bledsoe violates his doctor’s orders and rasps out another show AND mixes painkillers with whiskey, because you can’t tell HIM what to do! On the show this week, we talk about the fire and fury that is consuming the White House with the release of a tell all tale told by ex-friend Steve Bannon! (cuz if you don’t lie then yo...
Episode 142: Would I Lie To You Year In Review 31.12.2017 28:57
SHOW NOTES EPISODE 142: “Would I Lie To You Year In Review” It’s New Year’s Eve and Host Dave Bledsoe has already started drinking, though it’s after 11 AM on a Sunday so it’s unusual. On this special Year In Review Show, we count down the 12 Big Lies of 2017 (It was a HARD selection process.) Along the way, we riff on Casey Kasem, and provide some parenting tips from the 70’s (Do NOT use these to...
Episode 93: "No Hope But Mount Hope" Redux 30.12.2017 33:04
Show Notes Episode 93 “No Hope But Mount Hope” Redux Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simple question, when you just wrote a new intro to a rerun episode and hoped nobody would notice what the HELL were you thinking? I am your Host Dave Bledsoe and this is a Friday December 30th 2017 “No Hope But Mount Hope” redux edition of the show where we are taking the week off and rerunning the m...
Episode 141: Tuesdays With Morley 22.12.2017 30:14
Episode 141: “Tuesdays With Morley” This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens his Christmas Stocking to find a carton of Morley’s and a bottle of generic whiskey. Just what he asked for. (We cannot WAIT!) Along the way we discuss the Deep State and the mystery surrounding the shadowy cabal of middle managers and career bureaucrats that REALLY run the government. (Bill Lumbergh is the Master of Us All...
Episode 140: "One Moore For the Road" 16.12.2017 30:42
Episode 140: “One Moore For the Road” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is visited by three ghosts, only to find they are not ghosts but some dudes he owes money, and they hurt him really bad. On the show this week we talk about the Fall of Roy Moore and what that means for the future. (Hint: Actually, it’s really good for a change!) Along the way we ponder how to thank the Black Voters, particularly th...
Episode 139: Meandering Toward Mediocrity 09.12.2017 25:12
EPISODE 139: “Meandering Toward Mediocrity” This week Host Dave Bledsoe realizes he was born mediocre, then achieved mediocrity and had more mediocrity thrust upon him. On the show this week we ask if a little mediocrity is such a bad thing. (It’s certainly common enough.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not a disappointment to his parents. (They knew where he would wind up all along.) We asse...
Episode 138: Now You're Just A Nazi That I Used to Know 02.12.2017 24:26
SHOW NOTES EPISODE 138: “Now You’re Just A Nazi That I Used to Know” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds out he was almost Time’s Man of the Year but thought it would probably be a bad idea. On the show this week we talk about That Article in the Times were they made being a Nazi kind of like being a Rotarian. (Not that we are sure what Rotarians actually are.) Along the way we discuss the abominati...
Special Edition Nine: "Violations of the Neutral zone" (Net Neutrality) 26.11.2017 18:14
SHOW NOTES SPECIAL EDITION NINE; “Violations of the Neutral Zone” In this Special Edition of the Show Host Dave Bledsoe takes a break from his religious observances to get bitter about what might of have been. (Another failed DJ with a podcast!) On the show we talk Net Neutrality and why you should actually give a shit. (Hint: They are coming for your porn!) Along the way we defend our stand on Aj...
Episode 137 "Call Me, Al" 24.11.2017 26:17
SHOW NOTES EPISODE 137: “Call Me, Al” This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembers every awful thing he ever said to women and comes the realization his political career is probably over. (For SO many reasons.) On the show this week look at people whose political career is probably over and why they should just get the fuck out. (Aside from human decency, which they don’t have.) Along the way we examine...
Episode 136: With A Rebel Yell, They Cried Moore, Moore, Moore 18.11.2017 34:18
SHOW NOTES EPISODE 136: “With a Rebel Yell, They Cried Moore, Moore, Moore” This week Host Dave Bledsoe cracks open his High School Yearbook only discover wow, people REALLY didn’t like him! On the show this week we discover we REALLY don’t like Alabama Republicans! (Alabama Democrats and Independents are cool, except you could ease up on the football.) We then put on our hip waders and slog into...
Episode 135: The Hero Dies In This One 11.11.2017 31:01
SHOW NOTES EPISODE 135: “The Hero Dies In This One” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants to remind you no one wants to see your dick. No one. On the show this week we talk about all the people who did not want to see Louis CK’s dick but had to see it anyway. Along the way we learn why Dave’s Mom still thinks he is gay. (Straight people love Charles Nelson Reilly too!) We also learn that Bones McCoy w...
Episode 134: Unfriending Facebook 04.11.2017 34:55
SHOW NOTES EPISODE 134: Unfriending Facebook This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to Friend himself on Facebook only to be told to fuck off and get blocked. (Sound thinking) On the show this week we talk Russians and social media and why it was so easy to fuck up the election. (Hint: Americans are not very bright.) Along the way we address the terror attack in Manhattan (Fuck that guy, we ain’t scare...
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