What the HELL Were You Thinking?
548 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAll 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, @thehell_podcast on Twitter, @whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social and the show name on Facebook.
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Episodes
Episode 300: Three Hundred Pods of Heavenly Joy
February 15, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutesShow Notes Episode 300: 300 Pods of Heavenly Joy This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to explain how expecting him to pay these bar tabs as an emissary to the Emperor is MADNESS, only to be kicked unceremoniously into a dumpster. (Again) On the show this week, we celebrate our 300th episode of this podcast by asking, you know, what the hell were you thinking? Along the way we learn the sad, sad story of a pathetic man and his struggles to even remotely resemble an adult human being. (Jesus, Dav...
Episode 299: Good Love Is Hard to Find
February 08, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutesShow Notes Episode 299: “Good Love Is Hard to Find” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is a little lonely, so he decided to try his luck finding someone who will love him as much as he loves whiskey, only to find that whiskey was there for him all along. (Awww, sweet!) On the show week we head back to 1978 looking for love only to find the Dating Game Killer, Rodney Alcala! (All the good ones are either taken or are in the middle of a cross country murder spree!) Along the way we learn some unlike...
Episode 298: Big Bucks, No Whammies, STOP!
February 01, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutesShow Notes Episode 298: Big Bucks, No Whammies, STOP! This week Host Dave Bledsoe welcomes back our returning champion, a bottle of whiskey. To date, whiskey has won over $35,000 dollars from the show and shows no signs of stopping! (It really is like taking candy from a baby!) On the show this week, we talk about the day the Whammies Died on Press Your Luck! Along the way we experience what the average day was like for the children or the 1980’s (and the unemployed!) as we take a tour thr...
Episode 297: I've Got Friends In Q Places
January 25, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutesShow Notes Episode 297: I’ve Got Friends In Q Places This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes through the liquor cabinets to clean out the remaining topics left over from the Bad Old Days, mixes them into one big glass and drinks them in one gulp. He called it the Freedom Special. (We called it alcohol poisoning) On the show this week,we checked in with our old friends in the QAnon World to see how they are coping with reality. (Turns out, not well!) Along the way we dip into Dave’s Childhood Memor...
Special Edition 11: Our Latest Long National Nightmare Is OVER
January 20, 2021 17:15 - 12 minutesShow Notes Special Edition 11: Our Latest Long National Nightmare Is Over BUH BYE DONNY! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/dDtVqOZHEss We are a proud member of the Seltzer Ki...
Episode 296: Little Myth Can't Be Wrong
January 18, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutesEpisode 296: Little Myth Can’t Be Wrong This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not required to pay this bar tab because it is God Given Right as an AMERICAN to drink for free! (He was tossed out after being forced to pay up) On the show this week we come to grips with what happened in Washington DC by examining the foundational myth of America! (You know, that shining city shit!) Along the way we examine that other Big Myth causing some problems (how the South didn’t REALLY get its ass ki...
Episode 295: Big Lizards In Our Backyards!
January 11, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutesShow Notes Episode 295: Big Lizards In Our Backyards! This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to discover if Reptilian Aliens have taken over the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network when they refuse to fund his “research materials” (He means liquor) On the show this week we talk about the REAL Reptilians, the ones controlling EVERYTHING including your local Burger King! Along the way we learn about why Dave is still afraid of Sleestaks (It’s the vinyl of their costumes, very squeaky) Then we dive in ...
Episode 294: I'm Drinking 2020 Goodbye
December 31, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutesEpisode 294: I’m Drinking 2020 Goodbye This week Host Dave Bledsoe looks back at what he’s done to his body and soul this long and painful year and decides to get drunk. (Again.) On the show this week we look at everything that happened in 2020 and what Dave drank to get through it. (If you are looking for deep insights on the year, this ain’t it.) Along the way we learn about Chicago's cute little prank it likes to pull visitors by making them drink battery acid with a sprig of catnip in i...
Episode 293: This Is the Last Worthless Christmas That You'll Have to Spend
December 24, 2020 17:00 - 22 minutesEpisode 293: This Is the Last Worthless Christmas That You’ll Have to Spend This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes on his annual Christmas Bender, so Producer Gavin St. James FINALLY gets his big shot at the microphone! (By which we mean we are doing a clip show but Gavin comments on the clips.) Along the way we learn about why Gavin can’t go home for Christmas this year. (The perfidy of the French) Then we dig into the clips from previous years episodes carefully curated by Gavin randomly gr...
Episode 292: Finger Licking Good Time
December 21, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutesShow Notes Episode 292: Finger Licking Good Times This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his rejection to be named an Honorary Kentucky Colonel due to his love of bourbon rejected with prejudice. (Again.) On the show this week honoring the 40th Anniversary of the passing of an American legend (And notorious fuckboi) we talk about the life and times of Colonel Harland Sanders. (Dude was HORN-EE!) Along the way we discover the secret of raising children in the 1980’s. (McDonald's six nights a we...
Episode 291: The Ruror Furor
December 11, 2020 22:07 - 31 minutesShow Notes Episode 291: The Ruror Furor This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to recreate his Grandpa’s White Lightening recipe only to get arrested by the NYPD for trying to set up a still in Central Park. (Again) On the show this week are talking about the Rural Purge, which has nothing to do with the myriad election lawsuits and everything to do with Beverly Hillbillies. (You are welcome!) Along the way we learn what the early pioneers of television dreamed of their new creation being and how...
Episode 290: That Loser Who Shot John Lennon
December 07, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutesShow Notes Episode 290: That Loser Who Shot John Lennon This week Host Dave Bledsoe runs into what he thought was a crazed fan trying to kill him only to discover it was just an angry bar owner trying to collect on a bar tab. (That happens a lot) On the show this week we mine the 40th anniversary of John Lennon’s death for all the clicks and downloads we can with the backstory of the fat stupid loser that killed him. Along the way we learn that Dave’s Mom would totally fuck Elvis, and hone...
Episode 289: Reverend Jones, You Better Watch Your Speed (Part 2 of Jim Jones)
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutesShow Notes Episode 289: Reverend Jones, You Better Watch Your Speed Part Two of the Early Life of Reverend Jim Jones This week Host Dave Bledsoe mixes up a mean punch of Flavor Aid and Everclear calling it the Jonestown Surprise and gets kicked out of Friendsgiving. (again) On the show this week we wrap up with part two of Jim Jones the early years much to our surprise. (We really thought he would run a best of show this week! But again, IS there really such a thing?) Along the way we tra...
Thanksgiving Bonus Episode 35: Jesus, Uncle Dave Is Already Drunk
November 25, 2020 20:52 - 14 minutesHoliday Bonus: Episode 35 Jesus, Uncle Dave Is Already Drunk (Redux) This week the show is “enjoying” a socially distant Thanksgiving, meaning Dave is alone in the studio naked from the waist down rubbing his bare ass on Gavin’s microphone. (So, pretty much a regular week for him, and Gavin.) Don’t worry, the regular show will be in your feed Monday morning! We are breaking out this bonus edition for you Thanksgiving listening from November 2015. It is re-recorded because our first year rec...
Episode 288: Pass Me A Bottle, Reverend Jones
November 23, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutesShow Notes Episode 288: Pass Me A Bottle, Reverend Jones This week Host Dave Bledsoe feels the power of the spirit move him as he finishes off a bottle of grain alcohol and passes out on the street in front of his building. (again) On the show this week we mark the 42nd Anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre with our trademark brand of good taste and compassion. (Meaning very little of either) Along the way we look back to the childhood of the biggest mass murderer in American history and te...
Episode 287: The Witch of November
November 14, 2020 00:15 - 31 minutesEpisode 287: The Witch of November This week, Host Dave Bledsoe lies when he tries to convince the bartender he was a sailor on the Edmund Fitzgeral and should not pay this bartab, only to learn the 23 year old NYC bartender has no idea who this “Edmund Fitzwhatever” is. On the show this week, we mark the 45th anniversary of the loss of the Pride of the American Side with a whole new theory on what happened to The Fitz. (Hint: corporations=bad) Along the way we learn that a young Dave was ve...
Episode 286: One Toke Over the State Line, Sweet Jesus
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutesEpisode 286: One Toke Over the State Line, Sweet Jesus This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he has any friends who live in New Jersey only to discover he doesn’t have FRIENDS that live in New York. (He is a sad, sad man) On the show this week we talk about the BIG news from the election, New Jersey has legalized weed! (Everybody meet up at the Bada Bong!) Along the way we discuss the history of da kine bud in America, from Washington’s Sweet Brown Downtown to Roosevelt’s Rough a...
Episode 285: Rendlesham Part Two Bentwaters Boogaloo (Spooktacular 2020)
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutesShow Notes Episode 285: Rendlesham Part Two Bentwaters Boogaloo (Spooktacular 2020) This week Host Dave Bledsoe admits nothing, denies everything, demands proof and makes counter accusations regarding this bar tab you expect him to pay! On the show this week we wrap up Spooktacular 2020 with Part Two of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident with some hard truths about the Defenders of the Force. (If you can trust Dave, which you cannot.) Along the way we examine each piece of evidence pres...
Spooky Special: Black Jack Church
October 29, 2020 20:03 - 8 minutesDeep the mountains of East Tennessee lies a holler none dare be after the suns sets. The ghosts of Black Jack's Church murdered in the waning days of the Civil War cry out for mercy long after the fires went to ashes. This is our last bonus episode for Spooktacular 2020, listen in the dark, if you dare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode 284: There’s A Light Over At the Rendlesham Place Part 1 of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Sighting (Spooktacular 2020)
October 26, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutesShow Notes Episode 284: There’s A Light Over At the Rendlesham Place Part 1 of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Sighting (Spooktacular 2020) This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens up his military service record only to savor how many times he was almost booted out of the Air Force. (How did this guy get an Honorable Discharge?) On the show this week we head across to The Pond to examine our Special Relationship with the United Kingdom and how together we hide the evidence of the existence of UFO’s. The ...
Spooktacular 2020 Bonus: The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
October 25, 2020 17:41 - 15 minutesFrom last year's Spooktacular, we give to you our new listeners in hope you will amble over to https://www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast and drop a dollar for THIS year's Spooky Specials! Or perhaps some horrifying swag for a few pence more! We give to you this dramatic reading of Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell Tale Heart! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode 283: Play Me Some Mountain Madness Part 2 (Spooktacular 2020)
October 19, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutesShow Notes Episode 283: Play Me Some Mountain Madness Part 2 The Yuba County Five (Spooktacular 2020) This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals HIS thoughts on what happened to the Yuba County Five only to reveal he hasn’t really given it any thought. (What, you expected answers?) On the show this week we examine other people’s theories of the disappearance from the likely to the wildly implausible. (Again, you expected answers?) Along the way we dive into the history of the man many believe is t...
Spooky Special: Letters, We Get Letters!
October 17, 2020 20:09 - 7 minutesHello podfriends! How about some missives from mass murderers? As part of Spooktacular 2020 we offer some notes of the not at all well as they communicate with those trying to stop them! Including Otis Toole, Jack the Ripper and of course, David Berkowitz the Son of Sam! Enjoy this pod extra and remember friends: STAY SPOOOOOOOOKY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode 282: Play Me Some Mountain Madness The Yuba County Five Part 1 Spooktacular 2020
October 12, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutesShow Notes Episode 282: Play Me Some Mountain Madness The Yuba County Five Part 1 (Spooktacular 2020!) This week Host Dave Bledsoe returns to his old stomping grounds in Northern California only to find several outstanding bar tabs and at least one paternity suit. (This is why he can’t go home again.) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2020 with part one of a two part story about the missing Yuba County Five! Along the way we learn rather more about the weather in Yuba County Ca...
Episode 281: Get Me the HELL Out of Here, Part Two Planetary Zillow
October 05, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutesShow Notes Episode 281:Get Me the HELL Out of Here Part 2, Planetary Zillow This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides he is ready to find a new bar to drink at, because they kicked him out of the one he was just in. (He is running out of bars) On the show this week, it is part two of two part series about getting the hell off this dumb, dumb planet! Along the way we explore all of our “local” options for a whole new world, a new fantastic point of view! (Admit it, you are singing it now!) We look...
Episode 280: Get Me the HELL Out of HERE! Part 1, Flight Options!
September 28, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutesEpisode 280: “Get Me the HELL Out of Here Part One: Flight Options This week Host Dave Bledsoe stares into the void hoping against hope to see the traditional green livery of the Betelgeuse Trading Scouts only to discover he is no Ford Prefect. (Don’t worry, we didn’t get it either.) On the show this week we examine our options for permanent relocation to another, more understandable planet so that we do not have to cope with all the horrible news we’ve experienced this week alone. (We ad...
Episode 279: Warning! Challenger Jokes Ahead!
September 21, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutesEpisode 279: Warning, Challenger Jokes Ahead This week Host Dave Bledsoe volunteers to be the first podcast host in space thinking it might convince people to buy him free drinks. (It doesn’t.) On the show this week we are somehow topical and yet entirely outdated as we talk about the Challenger Disaster. (Yes, sadly, he DOES do the jokes.) Along the way we learn that most of what people SAY they remember about The Day Gen X Died is kinda wrong. (Kinda like Dave trying to recall last Tuesda...
Special Edition 10: Inflection Point
September 19, 2020 18:10 - 14 minutesSpecial Edition 10: Inflection Point In this Special Edition Podcast we reflect on the dire situation the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg places all of us in, and mourn how her passing will be eclipsed by the coming shit storm. Don’t come looking for hopeful words about the enduring legacy of a mighty champion of freedom and justice, because those are the first two things to go when she is replaced. Special Editions of the What the HELL Were YouThinking Podcast are quick reactions to breakin...
Episode 278: No One Cares About Your Baby's Penis, Bob!
September 14, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutesShow Notes Episode 278: No One Cares About Your Baby’s Penis, Bob This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals that he is a MAN, baby! in an anatomically graphic and utterly repulsive manner! (Mostly by burping and farting.) On the show this week we examine the peculiar phenomena of burning down a state to let people know about your children’s genitals. Along the way we learn more ways Dave was a deep disappointment to his family. (They have no appreciation of Charles Nelson Reilly!) Then we learn A...
Episode 277: The Stranger Danger Was Dangerously Strange
September 05, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 277: The Stranger Danger Is Dangerously Strange This week Host Dave Bledsoe is offered free whiskey and foolishly climbs into a white panel van. (They soon kicked him out when he became drunk and abusive.) On the show this week we Save the Children from all the people who want to save the children. Along the way we talk about Stranger Danger in the 80's, including what happened to the milk carton kids. (Not the kids themselves, but why they aren’t on milk cartons anymore.)...
Episode 276: Ooh, What a Cucky Man, He Was
August 31, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 276: “Ooh What a Cucky Man, He Was” This week Host Dave Bledsoe proves once again he has no shame by revealing WAY too many intimate details about his life. (If it makes you uncomfortable hearing them, imagine being in the same ROOM with him knowing what we know?) On the show this week, we tell you the gripping story of a pair of religious hucksters and the hunky pool boy! (From our forthcoming children's book!) Along the way we learn the life story of Jerry Falwell Jr, h...
Episode 275: New York City? We Heard You Was Dead!
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutesShow Notes Episode 275: New York City? We Heard You Was Dead! This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands Snake Plissken return the President to New York, we would like to have a LONG talk with him. On the show this week, we discuss the premature obituaries of The Big Apple. (Just like Snake, we ain’t dead!) Along the way we learn about Dave’s similarity to an Abe Vigoda character the youngs never heard of, about the exodus of the rich and douchey, white women whining about Brown people in their ...
Episode 274: Wait A Minute Mister Postmaster
August 17, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 274: “Wait A Minutes Mister Postmaster!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally hears back from Santa Claus about that GI Joe USS Flagg playset he asked for so long ago, only to be told Santa doesn’t deliver toys to forty eight year old dudes. (And that Dave was also VERY naughty that year!) On the show this week we lick it, stick and push it in the box.! (The mailbox you pervs!) Along the way we learn all the ways President Diminished Capacity is destroying the post service ...
Episode 273: School's Out FOREVER!
August 08, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 273: School’s Out FOREVER This week Host Dave Bledsoe wonders what if we DIDN’T need no education? (Our best guess is you wind up the Host of a low rated podcast.) On the show this week we take a look at an issue that does not concern us in the least, yet could actually kill us: should we reopen schools. (Probably not, but they will do it anyway.) Along the way investigate all the arguments for both sides of the issue, which in a rare twist of fate, both sides are right. (...
Episode 272: Every Single One of Us the Devil Inside
August 03, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutesEpisode 272: Every Single One of Us the Devil Inside This week Host Dave Bledsoe hits the town looking his own Demon Lover only to find even the Devil won’t have sex with him. (Satan has SOME standards, please!) On the show this week we talk about Trump’s newest medical professional “Doctor” Stella Immanuel and her interesting ideas about medicine! (Where does he keep finding these doctors, outside a Wakuesha Walmart?) Along the way we find out how Stella got her groove back in some highly ...
Episode 271: Q Can It Be Now?
July 27, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutesEpisode 271: “Q Can It Be Now?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe uncovers the truth about the conspiracy keeping him from paying his tab at the liquor store! (Hint: He’s a deadbeat and you should never give him a tab ANYWHERE!) On the show this week, we take a fresh look at the Q Anon Conspiracy only to find, somehow, against all odds, it’s gotten dumber. Along the way we learn how JFK’s 1960 Presidential run alienated the good folks of the rural South by making them fear being forced to eat at...
Episode 270: Donwanna Be An American Idiot
July 20, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutesShow Notes Episode 270: Donwanna Be An American Idiot This week Host Dave Bledsoe has a reading by a noted astrologer who predicts he will stiff her on the fee. (Uncanny how accurate that was!) On the show this week we talk about how everything is just so damn dumb right now. (It’s a recurring topic.) Along the way we visit an article from UK Vice who takes men to task for not liking popular things, and we take the popular things to task for being really stupid. Then we spend some time with...
Episode 269: A Snitch Fairy Gets Her Wings
July 13, 2020 10:24 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 269: A Snitch Fairy Gets Her Wings! This week Host Dave Bledsoe reminisces about that one time he thought about committing a crime but totally didn’t. (As opposed to all the times he thought about a crime and then DID.) On the show this week we examine the strange and not all suspicious life and deeds of Jeffery Epstein’s Lady Goon Ghislaine Maxwell. (Women can be Goons too, people! Stop being sexist!) Along the way we learn about her early life as a London socialite in th...
Episode 268: Dude, the Preferred Nomenclature is Orcish American
July 06, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutesEpisode 268: Dude, the Preferred Nomenclature is Orcish American This week Host Dave Bledsoe dusts off his 1st Edition Monster Manual and confirms Orcs are in fact. Lawful Evil. (We hope this settles the controversy once and for all) On the show this week we examine the latest in our endless series of profound and yet profoundly silly cultural wars: are imaginary creatures from a game racist. (Answer, yes and no.) Along the way we discover the violent history of pre-teen boys and that most ...
Episode 267: Boom Boom On Come the Lights
June 26, 2020 21:02 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 267: Boom Boom, On Come the Lights This week Host Dave Bledsoe revels in the fact that he may be a drunk with no sense of self preservation, but even HE won’t shoot off fireworks from his crotch! (Unless you pay him.) On the show this week we ask the same question all of you are asking: WHO THE FUCK IS SETTING OFF FIREWORKS AT THREE AM!?!? Along the way we examine such hot button issues as using Irish Spring soap to taunt white people and why white people can’t mind their...
Episode 266: Partridge Family Bus Full of Antifa
June 19, 2020 21:21 - 29 minutesEpisode 266: Partridge Family Bus Full of Antifa This week Host Dave Bledsoe explains why you can’t go home again. (Turns out, no one wants him there!) On the show this week we examine why Reuben Kincaid and the Partridge Family want to burn down small town America! (Fucking HIPPIES!) Along the way we talk of the panic in Frog Fart as imaginary buses filled with black clad (and possibly Black) people swarm the Walmart's and Bait Shops of the Heartland! (Won’t someone think of the night cra...
Episode 265: THIS Pig Was Cool
June 12, 2020 22:00 - 33 minutesEpisode 265: The Pig Was Cool This week Host Dave Bledsoe explains how his life coach has always been Jimmy McNulty from The Wire. (Yeah, we can see it.) On the show this week we tackle the idea of a world without police. (Imagine that!) Along the way we learn how Dave wandered into his early life career as a cop. (The same way he wanders into a dive bar, apathy and laziness.) Later we learn how he wandered right back out of the job. (Ironically, it was the same way he LEAVES a dive bar, by ...
Episode 264 "Citizen Soldier"
June 05, 2020 20:38 - 30 minutesShow Notes Episode 264: Citizen Soldier This week Host Dave Bledsoe descends into his bunker for everyone’s safety, the bunker being his private bathroom far, far from everyone else. (There is not enough Lysol in the WORLD!) On the show this week we talk about Shitty Caesar wading across the Rubicon wearing rubber ducky floaters. Along the way we go back to the 90’s where we discover Dave was not NEARLY the badass he thought he was. (Or is!) Then we bring back an OLD favorite and climb ...
Episode 263: The Language of the Unheard
May 29, 2020 18:55 - 15 minutesShow Notes Episode 263: The Language of the Unheard “We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.” --Malcom X No jokes, no songs, no funny bits, just some hard talk by one White American to his fellow White Americans imploring White America to put its money where it’s mouth has been and finally embrace non-violence. Show Theme: Not used this week The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Sh...
Epsidoe 262: You're Not the Boss of Me Now
May 22, 2020 20:27 - 25 minutesEpisode 262: “You’re Not the Boss of Me Now” This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers wearing a mask actually IS quite comfortable and is sure everyone will be wearing them in the future. On the show this week, we examine the latest in our ongoing series of Dumb Culture Wars: Masks. (We can’t believe this is even a thing!) Along the way we explore America’s long history of resenting people trying to save our lives starting with the Great Seatbelt Wars of the 1980’s. (We have a LONG history of be...
Episode 261: Are You More of a Dunning, Or More of a Kruger?
May 15, 2020 20:32 - 31 minutesShow Notes Episode 261: Are You More A Dunning or More of a Kruger? This week Host Dave Bledsoe trudges up the Slope of Enlightenment only to find himself lost in the forest of Drunken Stupor. (Again) On the show this week, we examine what makes Americans so susceptible to nonsense theories and phony experts. (Turns out it isn’t ENTIRELY Facebook’s fault.) Along the way we meet the two dudes who discovered why we are all dumb in the pretty much the same way. (Of course, they could be st...
Episode 260: Next Time Try Roland the Thompson Gunner
May 08, 2020 21:30 - 27 minutesShow Notes Episode 260: Next Time Try Roland The Thompson Gunner This week Host Dave Bledsoe recalls the time he tried to be a Merc, only to discover he was just drinking with a guy who REALLY liked Deadpool. (Despite what he tells you, it WASN’T Ryan Reynolds) On the show this week we tell you a little story about a retired Army Sergeant First Class’ dream to do the one thing they would never let him do in the Army: actually overthrow a government. (Turns out there are reasons why they d...
Episode 259: We're Not Gonna Take It
May 01, 2020 21:12 - 31 minutesShow 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 Dave stuff) On the show this week we travel back to 1985 to examine the Parents Music Resource Council, an issue so unimportant and trivial to the modern context that it should distract you for a goo...
Episode 258: Some Alternate Universe
April 24, 2020 20:52 - 26 minutesEpisode 258: Some Alternate Universe This week Host Dave Bledsoe imagines a reality where he can drink as much as he wants and there is never a last call. Only to realize that means he is just at home drinking alone and it isn’t fun at all. On the show this week we examine the possibility that all of THIS is because the Universe is broken. (Sadly, it isn’t) Along the way we remember a time when Kaitlin Jenner was the strangest thing in the news, then marvel at the astonishing idiocy of people...
Episode 257: Interlude
April 17, 2020 20:07 - 12 minutesShow Notes Episode 257: The Bottle Episode Host Dave Bledsoe takes a few minutes to look back, talk about where we are and how we got here. Then issues a single plaintive plea for the entire world. Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/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 Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us...