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What the HELL Were You Thinking?
by Dave Bledsoe
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.
Episodes
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Spooktacular 2026: VH Investigations Touched By A Black Hand Part One
Show Notes: Spooktacular 2026 Part One “VH Investigations: Touched By A Black Hand” What the HELL Were You Thinking presents Spooktacular 2026, VH Investigations: The Touch of A Black Hand. An original audio drama written, produced and voiced by Dave Bledsoe. Executive Producer Jeremy Balon for…
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Episode 282-283 "Play Me Some Mountain Madness" Redux
Show Notes Episode 282-283 Play Me Some Mountain Madness Redux Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS he is feverishly researching and writing something “truly special” for next month’s Spooktacular. (Which doesn’t square with us finding him at the bar everyday when we come to work.) So here is a treasure…
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Episode 533: Space--The Syndicated Frontier
Show Note Episode 533: Space: The Syndicated Frontier This week Host Dave Bledsoe was ejected from a Star Trek cosplay contest because his Trill Symbiont was deemed to be “excessively phallic”. (The judges weren’t wrong.) On the show this week in honor of Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary we examine…
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Episode 532: The Great Bird of the Galaxy
Show Notes Episode 532: Great Bird of the Galaxy This week Host Dave Bledsoe told us he was going on an Away Mission and might be gone for a while, when he was just really slipping out of the office to get drunk at the nearest dive bar. (Again) On the show this week we celebrate sixty years of…
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Episode 531: By The Time We Left From Woodstock
Episode 531: By The Time We Left From Woodstock This week host Dave Bledsoe got wasted at a concert and was thrown out for aggressive moshing in front of the stage and is now banned from seeing The Wiggles ever again. (He claims it was totally worth it) On the show this week we head back to 1969...
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Episode 530: Charles Isn't In Charge Anymore
Show Notes Episode 530: Charles Isn’t In Charge Anymore This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally mans up to get a tattoo of the most important thing in his life (a bottle of Irish Whiskey) only to chicken out when he saw the needle. (The tattoo artist said he cried like a little girl and wet himself.)...
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Episode 529: Bugliosi's Big Break
Show Notes Episode 529: Bugliosi’s Big Break This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself needing legal representation when he was served with a lawsuit over something he is certain he did NOT do! (He DID do them, he was just black out drunk at the time.) On the show this week we talk about the wild...
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Episode 528: Healter Skelter
Show Notes Episode 528: “Healter Skelter!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe was trespassed from a children’s playground (again) for screaming at a four year old “When you get to the bottom, YOU GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE SLIDE!!!!” (Made her cry, then angry parents made him cry.) On the show this week…
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Special Presentation: The Spirit of 76
Show Note Special Presentation: Spirit of ‘76 This week Host Dave Bledsoe is celebrating 250 years of America by dressing as Uncle Sam and getting piss drunk at a cookout. (It is tradition) On the show this week, we drop in this Special Presentation about the last Big Birthday Blast America put…
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Episode 527: When You're Here, You're Family
Show Notes Episode 527: When You’re Here, You’re Family This week Host Dave Bledsoe was kicked out of Sunrise of Mountain Lakes in Parsippany New Jersey for recruiting the old ladies to join his “Hippie Sex Cult”. (Again) On the show this week introduce the man mostly responsible for destroying…
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Episode 526: Going Through the Big D
Show Episode 526: Going Through the Big D This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets thrown out of a country bar after gravely misunderstanding what “Ho-Down” meant. (He pushed a woman off her barstool!!) On the show this week we follow JFK to Texas for the most important moment of his Presidency. (What?…
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Episode 525: On Second Thought, Let's Not Go to Camelot
Show Notes Episode 525: On Second Thought, Let’s Not Go to Camelot This week host Dave Bledsoe ruined a bar trivia night by drunkenly shouting “wasn’t in the form of a question” every time until they threw him out. (He doesn’t even watch Jeopardy.) On the show this week we talk about JFK’s time…
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Episode 524: Hey Joe? Where You Going With That Son In Your Hand?
Show Notes Episode 524: Hey Joe, Where You Going With That Son In Your Hand? This week Host Dave Bledsoe climbed on a bar stool and shouted “Ask not why I should pay this bar, but why should this bar not pay for me?” and passed out. (Again) On the show this week we present part one of the…
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Episode 523: If You're Going to San Francisco
Show Notes Episode 523: If You’re Going to San Francisco This week Host Dave Bledsoe proclaims he is all about peace, love and understanding as he is bodily ejected from a private party with an open bar. (To which he was NOT invited.) On the show this week we examine the movement that embodied…
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Episode 522: Are You Experienced?
Show Notes Episode 522: Are You Experienced? This week host Dave Bledsoe thought he had a psychedelic experience when he started seeing strange shapes and colors only to discover he had passed out in the ball pit of a Chuck E Cheese. (Again.) On the show this week we take a look at the influence…
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Episode 521: I Trip, Ergot I Am
Episode 521: I Trip, Ergot I Am This week host Dave Bledsoe got into a batch of Rye and woke up the next day convinced he had ergotism. (Turns out his body was rejecting top shelf whiskey) On the show this week bring you part one of the story of LSD and the 1960s. (By talking about anything but…
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Episode 520: Insert Beatles Song Here
Episode 520: Insert Beatles Song Here This week host Dave Bledsoe woke up, got out of bed and dragged a comb across his head. (At roughly 3 PM because he slept off his hangover. Again.) On the show this week we examine the very loud phenomena of young women screaming over four British dudes, we...
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Episode 519: Future So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades
Show Notes Episode 519: Future’s So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades This week Host Dave Bledsoe passed out in a Waymo Taxi and woke up in Albany owing $1700. (He charged to the network credit card. Again.) On the show this week we wrap up our exploration of the foundation myths of the Baby Boom with…
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Episode 518: Crazy About A Mercury
Show Notes Episode 518: Crazy About A Mercury This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempted to join a small group of elite performers dedicated to pushing the boundaries of human endurance in pursuit of knowledge. (He was in a drinking contest. He Lost) On the show this time we head back to the heady…
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Episode 517: Atom Bomb Baby
Show Notes Episode 517: Atom Bomb Baby This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes into his laboratory to work on his experiments. (His lab is a bar and he is mixing toxic cocktails to drink alone. Again.) On the show this week we examine the second leg of the Boomer Tripod, which explains why Boomers are…
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Episode 516: Red, Red Whine
Episode 516: Red, Red Whine This week Host Dave Bledsoe woke up brutally hungover behind a trash dumpster in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia meaning a whole New Year has started. (It’s tradition) On the show this week, we end our hiatus without actually going on hiatus. (Turns out Dave…
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Episode 430: Carl's Worst Xmas Redux
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…
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Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho Redux
Show Notes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho (Redux) This week, Host Dave Bledsoe is basically phoning it in so he can get on with the business of his Christmas Bender. (You probably won’t be able to notice anything different) On the show this week, we take a look at some of the bizarre and...
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Episode 515: Sodas In Spaaaaace!
Show Notes Episode 515: Sodas In Spaaaaace! This week Host Dave Bledsoe got liquored up on orange flavored Metamucil and vodka and got kicked out of a retirement village bingo game. (Again) On the show this week we head back to 1985 when the Cola Wars took off for low orbit because Coke and Pepsi...
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Episode 340: Wall to Wall and Tree Top Tall Redux
Show Notes Episode 340: We’re Wall to Wall and Tree Top Tall This week Host Dave Bledsoe is coming down out of Hog Town in a Thirteen Letter Shit Spreader hauling Go-Go Girls on the Dance Floor bound for Bingo Town, only to discover that no one has a single fucking clue what he is saying when he...
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Episode 87: Thanksgiving In Hell Total Redux
Show Notes Episode 87: Thanksgiving In Hell Total Redux This week host Dave Bledsoe found himself in Federal Custody after getting shitfaced in an Irish bar and loudly demanding he wants to be deported to Ireland. (Note, he is not actually FROM Ireland but he thought he would give it a try.) On…
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Episode 259: We're Not Gonna Take It (Redux)
Show Notes Episode 259: “We’re Not Gonna Take It” This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts a Twisted Sister pin on his uniform and drunkenly shouts at himself in the bathroom mirror just to feel like someone else is with him. (The man is desperately lonely and drinking too much. You know, just normal…
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Episode 514: Brooks Brothers Riot Daddy-O (Part 2 of the 2000 Election)
Show Notes Episode 514: Brooks Brothers Riot, Daddy O Part 2 of the 2000 Election This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried crashing a corporate mixer for the open bar only to be quickly discovered because he was wearing a neck tie over an "Female Body Inspector” t-shirt. (Again) On the show this week we...
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Episode 513: Ballot With Butterfly Wings (Part 1 of the 2000 Election)
Episode 513: Ballot With Butterfly Wings Part 1 of the 2020 Election This week host Dave Bledsoe got kicked out of an Andrew Cuomo election rally for constantly drunkenly screaming “Andy, let’s go pick up some bitches!” (Again) On the show this week we turn the clock back twenty five years to the...
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Episode 512: Granny Are You OK? (Part 4 of Spooktacular 2025)
Show Notes Episode 512: Granny Are You OK? Part 4 of Spooktacular 2025 This week Host Dave Bledsoe was arrested for setting up a moonshine still next to the Loch in Central Park, he claimed he was merely celebrating his people’s culture. (Sure, Dave) On the show this week we wrap up Spooktacular...
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Episode 511: Something Wiccan This Way Comes (Part 3 of Spooktacular 2025)
Show Notes Episode 511: Something Wiccan This Way Comes Part 3 of Spooktacular 2025 This week Host Dave Bledsoe was arrested at the Lizard Lounge in Bohemia for getting hammered, stripping off all his clothes and proclaiming he was performing Witchy Woman by the Eagles “skyclad”. (Again) On the...
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Episode 510: Smack My Witch Up Part 2 of Spooktacular 2025
Show Notes Episode 510: “Smack My Witch Up” Part Two of Spooktacular 2025 This week Host Dave Bledsoe got drunk and lost in a Haunted Corn Maze and terrified an entire Church Group when he stumbled out without any pants. (Again) On the show this week the Spooktacular takes us to witch panics and...
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Episode 509: "Shaman Me? Shaman You!" Part 1 of Spooktacular 2025
Episode 509: Shaman Me? Shaman You! This week Host Dave Bledsoe visited the Old Wise Woman at the edge of the village for herbs that would help him experience enlightenment. (Meaning he bought some weed at an unlicensed dispensary.) Along the way we learn that Dave was scared by an old lesbian…
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Episode 284-285 Redux Megamix "The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident"
Show Notes Episode 284-285 Redux Mega-Mix “The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident” We are off this week prepping for Spooktacular 2025 so enjoy this double episode megamix from 2020 about that time in the 80s some Air Force cops lied about seeing a UFO to cover their asses after getting caught…
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Episode 508: John's Detachable Penis
Show Notes Episode 508: “John’s Detachable Penis” This week Host Dave Bledsoe woke up screaming after a bender to find a red mess and half a weiner on his lap, only to discover he passed out while eating a hot dog. (What kind of monster puts ketchup on a hot dog?) On the show this week we discuss…
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Spooktacular 2025 Trailer: I Got 99 Problems But A Witch Ain't One!
Spooktacular 2025 kicks off in October! All month long we talk about Witches! The good ones, the bad ones, the ones who dress all sexy and drive Dave wild! So join us for a month of MORE WITCHES than you could imagine for Spooktacular 2025! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Episode 507: Tito Get Me Some Tissue
Show Notes Episode 507; Tito Get Me Some Tissue This week Host Dave Bledsoe passed out at a petting zoo and woke up making out with a llama. (It was the closest he came to getting laid in years.) On the show this week take a look at the oddities and eccentricities of the King of Pop . (Yes, we DO...
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Episode 506: Shamone Now
Episode 506: Shamone Now This week Host Dave Bledsoe won third prize in a “Moonwalking” competition when he lost his balance trying to get up to take a piss and stumbled backward across the stage. (It was a $10 Gift Certificate to Hardees) On the show this week it is part one of a two part show...
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Episode 505: Thanks For Your Support
Show Notes Episode 505: Thanks For Your Support This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to impress an age appropriate woman by telling her he was in a wine cooler commercial, only to have his feelings hurt when she asked if played Bartles or Jaymes. (Ouch!) On the show this week we look back at that…
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Episode 504: We Will Always Have Paris
Show Notes Episode 504: We Will Always Have Paris This week Host Dave Bledsoe gate crashed a celebrity event by carrying a camera and claiming he was “with the media” just to get access to the open bar. (The only photo taken was his mugshot. Again.) On the show this week we pick up with Chuck and...
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Episode 503: Little Ditty About Chuck and Diane
Show Notes Episode 503: Little Ditty About Chuck and Diane This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself officiating a wedding for complete strangers after he showed up drunk dressed as fat Elvis. (This happens more than you might imagine.) On the show this week we head back to 1981 for the Wedding...
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Episode 442-443: Redux Megamix Packing A Purple Shroud
Summer Series is over, and we have a lot empty spaces to fill before Spooktacular in October. So naturally, Dave is nowhere to be found. (If you see him an Upstate dive bar, please call us!) So we are giving you this redux/megamix of two episodes from 2024 about Heaven's Gate. If you haven't…
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Episode 502: Way Down In Kosovo Pt 4 of Summer Series 2025
Show Notes Episode 502: Way Down In Kosovo Part 4 of Summer Series 2025 This week Host Dave Bledsoe was savagely ejected from a bar in the Little Serbia neighborhood of Queens when he ordered a Belgrade Car Bomb. (Yes, there is a Little Serbia in Ridgewood Queens) On the show this week we…
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Episode 501: Operation Just Because Pt 3 of Summer Series 2025
Show Notes Episode 501: Operation Just Because Pt 3 of Summer Series 2025 This week host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly demands someone liberate him from the tyranny of paying for his own drinks only to find the pee of liberty can only be watered with cash from drunk podcasters. (Again) On the show this...
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Episode 500(!): Who's Afraid of Grenada Pt 2 of Summer Series 2025
Show Notes Episode 500(!): Who's Afraid of Grenada? Part 2 of Summer Series 2025 This week Host Dave Bledsoe dressed up in his old Air Force dress uniform and staggered into a bar insisting he was there to “liberate” the Jameson. (His invasion was repulsed by an annoyed bouncer) On the show this...
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Episode 449.5: Was It Something We Said? Pt 1 of Summer Series 2025
Show Notes Episode 499.5: “Was It Something We Said?” Part 1 of Summer Series 2025 This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to convince the other barflies to stage a coup against the bartender and take over the bar for themselves. (Turns out three old drunks against one bartender lose every time.) On...
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Episode 393/394 Redux Megamix!
This week Host Dave Bledsoe was overcome with patriotism he was unable to work. (We couldn't figure out what shitty bar he was hiding in, again) So in honor of what is probably our nation's last birthday, we give you a rerun megamix about Desert Storm. The last time American really felt good…
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Summer Series 2025: You Can Have A Little War, As A Treat!
What the HELL Were You Thinking covers all the Little Wars, so convenient to make a politician LOOK good without killing too many Americans! Join us as we go from the Iran Hostage Crisis all the way to the Balkans as three Presidents wagged the dog for their ratings! Learn more about your ad...
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Episode 499: The State of the Podcast, Podcast
Show Notes Episode 499: State of the Podcast Podcast This week Dave sobered, took a look around and discovered what he had been doing for the past decade. (He did NOT like what he discovered) So, on the show we took a brief moment to talk about ten years and way more than 500 episodes of the...
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Episode 498: Is It Safe To Go Back In The Water?
Show Notes Episode 498: “Is It Safe To Go Back In The Water?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe got drunk and kicked out of the New York Aquarium for shouting “I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU” at the shark tank. (Again.) On the show this week we talk about the movie that changed how Americans went to the movies...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
HOSTED BY
Dave Bledsoe
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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...
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