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 70: The Truth Is Out There 30.07.2016 26:48
This week Host Dave Bledsoe wipes the Cheez Whiz off his chest, and talks about all the doings at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Along the way he courts the rage of the American Hacking Community and anyone who doesn’t like the New England Patriots, two groups you REALLY don’t want pissed off at you. We deep dive into the Conspiracies hatched by the diabolic mastermind of the...
Episode 69: "Escape From America" 23.07.2016 23:21
This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers that friendship IS actually magic as he dissects the week at the Republican National Convention, we love you Twilight Sparkle! Along the way we learn about why Rudy Giuliani is so angry (hint:because he’s an asshole) and we give Intern Chrissy Christie our lunch order (WE SAID NO DAMN CHEESE!) We also wonder how in the hell we say something nice about Ted Cruz...
Episode 68 Convention Junction 16.07.2016 26:27
SHOW NOTES EPISODE 68: CONVENTION JUNCTION This week host Dave Bledsoe learns that Cleveland Ohio has not had a river catch fire in 47 years. But we expect all of that to change starting next week because their ain’t no party like a Republican Party cuz a Republican Party is full of white people doing a lot of very white things...and hookers. On the show this week we talk about all the people who...
Episode 67 This Is NOT Who We Are 08.07.2016 25:21
SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 67: “THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes turns off the drops and dick jokes and talks about being a cop--no really he actually WAS a cop. This week has hit him pretty hard and in response there will be none of the usual chicanery in the show, just one guy talking about what it was like to be police, where the police are and how maybe we could all help h...
Episode 66 Independence Day 01.07.2016 14:49
Happy Birthday ‘Murca! In this episode of the show Host Dave Bledsoe talks the Founding Fathers and all the goodness that happened on 1776--Holy Jesus, we just read the script--he’s gone mad! He can’t DO that, not on 4th of July Weekend! For the love of God someone get someone on the phone...we honestly cannot let this happen. Mother of God. If you are crazy enough to still be here, he opens the s...
Episode 65 Save Whitey 25.06.2016 24:47
Show Notes for Episode 65: “Save Whitey” This week host Dave Bledsoe talks about White People and why they can’t have nice things, not even that Jack Daniels Elvis Decanter they bought at the Swap Shop over on Route 5! We start with the White Folks across the Pond who decided they would rather burn down their entire economy than have any more Brown folks move next door, and jump right over to Amer...
Episode 64: "Love the Way You Lie": 18.06.2016 30:34
This week Host Dave Bledsoe is done with your bullshit and is here with a big ass shovel and bucket, ready to start scooping. We take a look at the lies the bind, the things we keep telling ourselves as though we really believe them. We want to tell you this is a fun, happy little show with lots of jokes and lighthearted ribbing, but that would be a lie. It’s angry, bleak and disheartening--kind o...
Episode 63: You're Going to Make It After All 10.06.2016 27:10
This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens up the Big Book of Clinton and find reads to your from Chapter 7 verses 11-15: “And lo, they did come from Arkansas to the White House and the Republican wert pissed…” We FINALLY get around to doing the long promised show about Hillary Clinton, listing EVERYTHING that is wrong with her as a candidate and why people just flat don’t like her. So, this week’s could g...
Special Edition 4 For What Its Worth 05.06.2016 15:06
In this Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe gives up his Sunday drinking for studio drinking. Though honestly how can you tell? He takes on the violence inherent in the system and points out how Trump Protesters are shooting themselves in foot and if they keep this up someone else will be doing the shooting, and feet will not be their target. Along the way we deal with Dave’s laundry listening, Gavi...
Episode 62 Gorilla Warfare 03.06.2016 22:50
This week Host Dave Bledsoe scales the Empire State Building holding a nubile blonde and swatting away attacking bi-planes as he discusses the animals on the Internet. Trust us, they are the less intelligent species. In the show we dig deep into the killing of a gorilla in Cincinnati and how the Internet reacted. Along the way we look in on the Armenian Genocide, why we can’t take Gavin anywhere a...
Episode 61 Own The Media 27.05.2016 27:52
Show Notes Episode 61: “Own the Media” This week host Dave Bledsoe does his best Garfield and explains his love of lasagna, hatred of Mondays and unpacks what billionaire Peter Thiel’s funding of lawsuits aimed at Gawker as threats to the freedom of the press in America. We realize that 99% don’t get that joke, because you have actual lives and do not spend your days obsessively consuming news abo...
Episode 60 Bad News About The Unicorn 20.05.2016 22:27
Show Notes for Episode 60: Bad News About the Unicorns This week Host Dave Bledsoe administers a high dose of reality straight to the Blood Brain Barrier. Along the way we discuss the strange situation at Nevada Democratic Convention, professional wrestling moves and wonder what the hell happened to Bunk Moreland! We expect that kind of behavior of Jimmy McNulty, but not YOU Bunk! We also talk abo...
Episode 59 Mirror In The Bathroom 13.05.2016 25:46
Show Notes for Episode 59: “Mirror In the Bathroom” This week Host Dave Bledsoe steps inside the stall and discovers that North Carolina not only forgot to flush, but has backed up the plumbing. Together we celebrate the return of fleshy homunculus Ted Cruz just when we thought he was out, bathroom laws pulled him back in! Along the way we learn the difference between a Drag Queen and Cross Dresse...
Episode 58 When The House Burned Down 08.05.2016 22:08
Show Notes for Episode 58: When the House Burned Down In this late and much abbreviated show for this week, Host Dave Bledsoe is not fucking around. He is talking straight to anyone who is thinking about sitting out this year election because they don’t like their choice of candidates, Democrat AND Republican. He wants you to know that choosing not to choose is still making a choice and that choic...
Episode 57 Going To The End Of The Line 29.04.2016 23:05
Show Notes Episode 57: Going to the End of the Line This week, host Dave Bledsoe examines the words of the prophets written on the men’s room stall and comes to conclusion that some bathroom laws ARE needed--this place is disgusting! The subject of the SHOW this week is the looming end of the Republican Primary and how the candidates are reacting to the unpleasant reality of Trump’s inevitable vic...
Episode 56 Waiting For A Reagan Like You 22.04.2016 23:17
This week Host Dave Bledsoe distributes soothing gel to all the butthurt Liberals on the Internet in the form of a little history lesson about the God of the Republican Party Ronald Wilson Reagan who came from the ashes of broken people and lead them into glory. Trust us, it will make sense once you hear the episode. Along the way examine the tragic abuses of red headed step children and rented mu...
Episode 55 Governing The Sh - T Out Of America 15.04.2016 30:00
Episode 55: Govern the Shit Out of It Edition One year(ish) ago the show you’ve come to know and ignore coalesced into it’s doughy, unappealing form, not unlike its host, and we are here to celebrate! Fifty two(ish) episodes back we discussed the Inevitable Hilly C’s shocking reveal about her presidential ambitions, today we discuss whether or not to endorse her in next week’s primary. Along the w...
Episode 54 : Don't Throw ME In that Briar Patch 08.04.2016 22:41
Back from hiatus in our deluxe new studios, which we are tentatively calling The Room Where It Happens because it is in Hamilton Heights and even HINT of that Hamilton money would be gravy! This week we explore these strange feelings host Dave Bledsoe is having for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is definitely NOT running for President, and totally wouldn’t take it, unless you offered it to him. Al...
Episode 53 I Know You Are But What Am I 26.03.2016 19:58
This week the show looks at the man children dominating the Republican Presidential Race to the bottom and their Twitter wars insulting each other’s wives. We learn that petulant douchebaggery is an American Political Tradition and that nerds in the 80’s could have used a good database to track their tormenters. God, we could have hacked their iPhones to show their location at all times! So much p...
Episode 52 So Long And Thanks For All The Votes 18.03.2016 23:20
This week your host Dave Bledsoe heads out into the flyover and takes long hard look at what has happened to rural white people, and why they are being disrespected by the Republican Establishment. Hint: It’s Orange, Loud and Dangerous. Jumping off from a scathing article in the National Review we talk about how white people were fucked over by the Republicans (OK and the Democrats) with only a ti...
Episode 51 Hard To Say I Am Sorry 12.03.2016 25:42
Friday March 11th 2016 “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” Edition: In which your Host Dave Bledsoe admits his predictions on Rubio taking the nomination MAY be premature. We also look at some other broad misconceptions made by the pundit-ocracy, explain “Fucking Delegates, how do the work?” and how the corpse of Ronald Reagan has better chance of winning the general than anyone currently running for the posi...
Episode 50 Deep Dark Truthful Mirror 05.03.2016 29:57
Friday, March 04, 2016 “Deep Dark Truthful Mirror” Edition Host Dave Bledsoe asks the Republicans: when you said this Trump thing could never happen, what the HELL were you thinking? This week we stare into the darkness that is the Trump supporter, who they are, why the like him and what it means for America. In short, we stare deep into the darkness, and do not like what we see. Our research monk...
80 Proof Prediction Super Tuesday 27.02.2016 11:39
All week the pundit-ocracy have been saying Super Tuesday is pretty much it if they are going to Stop the Tiny Orange Penis of the Republican Party from becoming a grower instead of a shower, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode 49 Useless As An Asshole On An Elbow 27.02.2016 23:04
Of course, the America Hating, Communist Freeloader Republican Senators, who feel they should be paid without doing any work for the money are saying THEY are the ones standing up for the American people—just the sort of thing a Communist Sympathizer WOULD say—by refusing to consider ANY nominee for the Supreme Court until AFTER the election in November. Comrade McConnell along with Comrade Grassl...
Trump And Dread Cthulhu 21.02.2016 0:52
We are rapidly nearing the point where I have no choice but to conclude that his has sworn some kind of pact with the Great Old Ones and is actively working to rouse Dread Cthulhu from his slumber I Donald J Trump can tell you that is not dead, which eternal lie, but in strange eons, even death may die--ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn means Make America Great Again--I will build...
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