Dave Bledsoe

What the HELL Were You Thinking?

Comedy EN ↓ 625 episodes

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. 

Author

Dave Bledsoe

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 147: Generalissimo Trump's Tiny Dick-tator Parade 10.02.2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Episode 133: Screaming In the Night 28.10.2017

SHOW NOTES EPISODE 133: “Screaming In the Night” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s unmanly shrieks of terror ring through the studio, informing us he’s caught his penis in his zipper. Again. On the show this week we have Part Two of our Annual Halloween Spooktacular, ghosts, ghouls and evil entities. (This is our name for debt collectors.) Presented for your consideration, these tales of horror spun f...

Episode 132: Little Green Dudes 21.10.2017

Episode #132: “Little Green Dudes” This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers the Truth Is Out There, but he refuses to believe it. On the show this week it is the first of a kinda sort two-part episode for Halloween, and we are talking Space Invaders. (We sucked at that game.) From the mysteries of UFO’s to government cover-ups of alien technology we tell it like it is! (Suck it Men In Black!) Come ba...

Episode 131: Harvey Danger 13.10.2017

SHOW NOTES EPISODE 131: “Harvey Danger” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes all Hollywood, unfortunately that means he passed out drunk in an abandoned Hollywood Video store. Again. On the show this week we talk about Horny Harvey Weinstein the handiest rapist in Hollywood! (Allegedly) Along the way we meander around such topics as where to find succor in these painful days. (Hint: Might want to avoi...

Episode 130: Better Dead Than LegislaTED 06.10.2017

SHOW NOTES EPISODE 130: “Better Dead Than LegislaTED” This week Host Dave Bledsoe let Jesus take the wheel only to find Jesus doesn’t even have a license. On the show the week we talk (What else?) the shooting in Las Vegas and reach the same conclusion as always: nothing means nothing, but it’s free. Along the way we ask how many guns are too many guns. (Irrational Numbers) We activate the Nationa...

129: Kneel Before TrumpZod 30.09.2017

SHOW NOTES EPISODE 129: KNEEL BEFORE TRUMPZOD This week Host Dave Bledsoe screams “Put me in coach” only to be kicked out another stranger’s lamaze class. On the show this week we tackle the NFL Protests only to get called for roughing the Producer. (Could be worse, it could be illegal use of hands.) Along the way we ponder alternate names for the show, and decide the one we have is obtuse enough....

Episode 128: Delayed Onset Adulthood 22.09.2017

Show Notes Episode 128: “Delayed Onset Adulthood” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes in search of his lost childhood only to find wasn’t lost but living in Central America under an assumed name. On the show this week look at a study about the kids of today which reveals just how BORING they are. (No surprises there.) Along the way we learn the benefits of early teen nerdhood (plausible deniability)...

Episode 127 "What's Happening" 16.09.2017

Show Notes Episode #127: “What’s Happening” This week host Dave Bledsoe dives into Hillary Clinton’s new book only find out Rerun appears nowhere in the text. On the show this week we discuss not Hillary’s book itself but the backlash to the book even existing. (It’s like people don’t LIKE Hillary Clinton!) Additionally we admit even we are sick and tired of talking about the 2016 election. (We ar...

Episode 126: Aww Look What You Made Me Do 09.09.2017

SHOW NOTES EPISODE 126: “Aww, Look What You Made Me Do!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe orders up some Pumpkin Spice Lattes and has his Ugg boots dry cleaned because it Fall BITCHES! On the show the week we talk Taylor Swift’s new album Reputation! (Wait, WHAT??!?) We dish all the hot takes on Tay Tay’s latest and ponder what is new for the Squad! (So confused right now…). Get ready Stans because we...

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