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 233 Redux: He's On A Highway to Hell
April 10, 2020 22:09 - 44 minutesWe are taking THIS week off to prepare for NEXT week which will FIVE YEARS of this dumb podcast! In the mean time, here is a favorite from 2019--remember then, god that was great--about Jerry Eyler the Highway Killer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Splendid Isolation Episode Three: It's Like Bad Medicine
April 07, 2020 18:03 - 13 minutesShow Notes Splendid Isolation Episode Three: It’s Like Bad Medicine This week in our podcast extra Host Dave Bledsoe talks about PTSD, stress dreams and why his subconscious is a petty bitch. We talk about life in the Forbidden Zone and how it is becoming more and more like Escape From New York but without Snake Plissken, we heard he was dead. Then we cover mass graves, dying at home and how the “President” is actively trying to kill you. Splendid Isolation is a podcast extra documenting ...
Episode 256: We're Still Preoccupied With 1985 Part Two: Blame It On the Rain, I Guess
April 03, 2020 21:28 - 35 minutesShow Notes Episode 256: We're Still Preoccupied with 1985 Part Two: Blame It On the Rain I Guess This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself kicked out of all the Zoom Happy Hours for angrily ranting about why women don’t wear shoulder pads anymore. (Hint: they have good taste) On the show this week it is the conclusion of our two part episode on the Decade that Made Us, the 1980’s. We shoot down the walls of heartache with the scandals that ended the decade. Along the way we learn ALL about...
Splendid Isolation Episode 2: Who WAS That Masked Man
March 31, 2020 18:23 - 12 minutesIn this week’s Splendid Isolation, Dave Bledsoe reflects on week three of lock down in New York City, Red Sox fans vs Yankees fans, people who watch ships docking when they should be home and his new life as a bandanna clad outlaw. Splendid Isolation is a stub of What the HELL Were You Thinking on the life and times of the Covid 19 Pandemic in New York City. It appears in the usual feed for What the HELL Were You Thinking along with the regular show. Follow the podast on Twitter @thehell_p...
Episode 255: We're Still Preoccupied With 1985 Part One: The Whitest Decade Ever
March 27, 2020 19:55 - 30 minutesEpisode 255: We're Still Preoccupied with 1985 Part 1: The Whitest Decade Ever This week Host Dave Bledsoe gives up, retreats into 80’s nostalgia and (...is...is he wearing Parachute Pants and Members Only way too small for him?...Oh god, he is!) On the show this week, we turn away from the horrors of modern existence and take a look at the decade that made ALL of this, and we mean ALL of it, possible. (Yeah, we mean Trump.) Along the way we talk Reaganomics, how everyone thought they wou...
Splendid Isolation 1: Hello From the Forbidden Zone
March 24, 2020 20:36 - 15 minutesHost Dave Bledsoe records an ad lib rant and lets your know how things are going. (Hint: Not well) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode 254: But Are You Getting It? Armageddon it!
March 20, 2020 19:04 - 27 minutesShow Notes Episod3 254: “But Are You Getting It? Armageddon It! This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovered the joy of Social Distancing when he realized New York City now allows liquor to go, and passed out in front his own door. (Again.) On the show this week, we look at the other side of the generation coin and talk about all the young people ignoring what they call “The Rona”. (Get ready for some intergeneration sniping!) Along the way we learn about how young people are actively trying to ...
Episode 253: Boomer Doomer
March 13, 2020 23:09 - 28 minutesEpisode 253: “The Boomer Doomer” This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares he is “working from home” only to spend the next twelve hours drunk at Applebees. (Again) On the show this week, we take a look at the phenomena of Baby Boomers being blase about Covid 19! (Grow up Mom and Dad!) Along the way we examine the root cause of why so many at risk people don’t think this is such a big deal. (Hint: It’s on their TV right NOW) We wonder why the President is so BAD at, you know, EVERYTHING and ...
Episode 252: Love In the Time of Coronavirus
March 06, 2020 20:58 - 26 minutesEpisode 252: “Love In the Time of Coronavirus” This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists his persistent cough isn’t from his pack a day habit but this “virus thing going around”. (It’s totally the smoking) On the show this week we update you on all the important things you need to know about the Covid-19 outbreak in the United States. (By which we mean, we make jokes about masturbation and sex dolls.) Along the way we take a look at how the Trump Administration is handling things during...
Episode 251: Flowers for John Luck Pickard
February 28, 2020 21:45 - 29 minutesEpisode 251: “Flowers for John Luck Pickard” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe tells us he is boldly going where no man has gone before, meaning someone is gonna need to drag him out of the TGI Friday’s women’s bathroom. (Again) On the show this week we take a trip to the 24th Century to check in on the latest Star Trek and are SHOCKED to find the kind of language they are using these days! (It’s really strange to hear people say “fuck” on Star Trek.) Along the way we get a history lesson on St...
Episode 250: No Money Man Can Win My Love
February 22, 2020 01:09 - 35 minutesEpisode 250: “No Money Man Can Win My Love” This week Host Dave Bledsoe could really use that $150 Mike is offering influencers to help him out with a couple of bar tab related jams. (No funds were forthcoming) On the show this week, we thought we were doing a hit job on Mike Bloomberg until we saw Liz Warren curb stomp him in the debate. (We haven’t seen someone get murdered like that in Vegas since Tupac). Along the way, we learn all about Mike and what we learn, we don’t like. (Surpris...
Episode 249: What A Fool Believes
February 14, 2020 22:54 - 27 minutesShows Notes Episode 249: “What A Fool Believes” This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembers what it was that made him fall in love in the first place, when he discovers Jameson on sale at his local liquor store! (We’ve never seen him so happy!) On the show this week, we do something for all you Valentine’s Day lovers out there and answer the hardest questions about love, life and relationships! (By no means should you infer the advice you receive is GOOD advice!) Along the way we learn an awful ...
Episode 248: Because Good Is Dumb
February 08, 2020 00:25 - 22 minutesThis week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers that somehow, against all odds and great personal sacrifice, he has WON the Iowa Caucus. (He is currently drinking in Nashua in hopes of taking New Hampshire as well!) On the show this week, we talk about doing the right thing even when you know it will hurt. (Like that time Dave punched himself in the crotch trying to grab a falling bottle of whiskey, he saved the bottle but it hurt. A lot.) It’s a Screed Show this week, so strap in and get ready for...
Episode 247: Nine Coronas
February 01, 2020 00:33 - 35 minutesShow Notes Episode 247: “Nine Coronas” This week Host Dave Bledsoe dons his face mask, tyvek suit, hospital booties and triple latex gloves and finally cleans the studio bathroom. (He lost a bet with Gavin.) On the show this week, we catch whatever it is going around right now and decide it’s the Coronavirus. (It’s actually lupus.) Along the way we take a tour through the Great Swine Flu Epidemic of 1976, which caused a lot of consternation for very little vaccination. (Turns out, it was...
Episode 246: I'm Bernin', I'm Bernin' For You!
January 25, 2020 00:43 - 31 minutesShow Notes Episode 246: “I’m Berning, I’m Berning for You!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe feels the Bern and tries to get out the vote in Iowa by drunk dialing people in Boise. (In his defense, he’s never BEEN to Iowa, unlike Boise.) On the show this week, the editorial board of the show makes our 2020 Democrat Primary Endorsement only to have it overruled by Dave threatening to fire us all. (Help us Liz Warren, you’re our only hope!) Along the way we learn about the way we do a quick overv...
Episode 245: We'll Never Be Royals
January 17, 2020 23:35 - 28 minutesEpisode 245: “We’ll Never Be Royals” This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a “royal decree” exempting him from paying for his own drinks and is promptly “deposed” by the bouncers. Again. On the show this week we are talking The Firm, not the CIA but the British Royal Family. (Though both are dominated by Reptilian Aliens). Along the way we examine the LONG fascination Americans have for their former monarchy going all the way back to the whitewashing of George III. (He was quite mad you kno...
Episode 244: Greetings from the President of the United States
January 11, 2020 00:27 - 31 minutesEpisode 244: “Greetings From the President of the United States” This week Host Dave Bledsoe would be texting random Gen Zers telling them they are to report to the Army ASAP, if he actually knew any. (The young find him creepy and strange) On the show this week, we check our registration status with the Selective Service only to discover we never bothered to sign up. (Oops!) Along the way we discover that we did not come here to talk about Alice, or the restaurant, we came to talk about T...
Episode 243: Got Himself In A Little Jam Way Over Yonder In Iran
January 04, 2020 00:41 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 243: “Got Himself In A Little Jam Way Over Yonder In Iran” This week Host Dave Bledsoe scraps a show script at the last minute to write about another damn war. Again. On the show this week we talk the doings in Persian Gulf and what they all could mean. (Nothing good, I’ll tell you that!) Along the way we learn who we killed, why we killed them and what will happen now that we killed them. We talk a little about history, a lot about the possible future and how fuckin...
Episode 242: The Decade of the Dumb
December 29, 2019 20:52 - 22 minutesShow Notes Episode 242: “The Decade of the Dumb” This week Host Dave Bledsoe forces the copywriter who does the Show Notes for each episode to come in between Christmas and New Years to write some stupid shit for his dumb show even when he said “I promise, there won’t be ANY more shows this year.” (He lied, he always lies) On the show this week we talk about the 2010s and how they ruined the country by making everyone dumber. (So dumb they lie about recording a show when they said they wou...
Episode 241: Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer
December 21, 2019 00:45 - 32 minutesShow Notes Episode 241: Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer This week Host Dave Bledsoe will take some time off to be with the people he loves most in the world, the other drunks at his favorite Dive Bar. (I luff youth guyths) On the show this week we look at the most important story of 2019. (It’s not the one you think it is.) Along the way we talk about all the stories bringing us to The Disclosure that transpired over the past year. (Spielberg is IN ON IT!) We divulge secrets THEY don’...
Episode 240: Dave Saves Christmas
December 14, 2019 03:01 - 32 minutesShow Notes: Episode 240 “Dave Saves Christmas” This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares that HE is Father Christmas and this bar is on The Naughty List for wanting him to pay the bartab. (It didn’t work.) On the show this week we look at the Dark Side of Christmas, and we don’t mean WalMart just before closing on Christmas Eve. Along the way we go back to the beginning of Christmas with the Massacre of the Innocents which wasn’t a massacre because A) It never happened and B) No one is TRULY in...
Episode 239: Weekend at Bernies
December 06, 2019 22:00 - 8 minutesEpisode 239: Weekend At Bernies This week is not a regular show. I am recording it ahead to time and scheduling it go up as I am attending services for a friend who recently took his life. There are still jokes, not great ones, but when are there? It’s OK if you skip this show, you don’t know my friend, and outside of the character I play on the podcast (you do KNOW it’s a character right? No one could drink as much I say I do and survive. At least not know...20 years ago...) you may n...
Episode 238: Family Tradition
November 29, 2019 20:44 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 238: Family Traditions This week Host Dave Bledsoe looks back on the roads not taken, only find his Uber home from the bar has dropped him off in Newark. Again. (Not every black car is an Uber, Dave!) On the show this week, we talk Childless by Choice for a better Holiday Season! Along the way we learn a lot about Dave’s bad choices throughout the years that brought him to such a sad fate, and want all the women who helped to know: they made the right choice! (You ha...
Episode 237: The Record Company Gonna Give Me Lots of Money
November 23, 2019 00:05 - 27 minutesEpisode 237: The Record Company Gonna Give Me Lots of Money This week Host Dave Bledsoe is not ALL jealous of others good fortune and in fact wishes them all the success in the world, and these tears you see are tears of joy. (The only other time we’ve seen him cry like this was at Last Call) On the show this week we talk about selling out and angry fans. (Not ours, we don’t have any fans, even angry ones) Along the way we discuss the good fortune of our friends over the Last Podcast Netwo...
Episode 236: With His Hand In Goofy's Pants
November 16, 2019 00:54 - 28 minutesEpisode 236: “With His Hand in Goofy’s Pants” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes to far and attacks another beloved cultural icon and is banned from the Times Square Disney Store for life. (Goofy knows what he did!) On the show this week, we keep up our vicious assault on beloved media companies by telling you all the reasons why Disney sucks! (We are definitely getting sued!) Along the way we talk Walt, who was objectively a pretty horrible person and explain to you why. (Daddy issues.) ...
Episode 235: Boomer Are You OK? Are You OK Boomer?
November 09, 2019 19:48 - 28 minutesShow Notes Episode 235: " Boomer Are You OK? Are You OK Boomer?" This week, Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies that he is a Baby Boomer just because his drinking habit makes him appear to be much older than he is. (Seriously man, get help!) On the show this week we examine the hip new trend of the Youngs being cruel to the Olds by pointing out how the Olds squandered the Youngs future to pay for cocaine and luxury automobiles! (Man, the 80’s were wild) Along the way we look at the confus...
Episode 234: Dia de Gringos
November 02, 2019 01:33 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 234: “Dia de Gringos” This week Host Dave Bledsoe honors the spirits of his ancestors by drinking an entire bottle of Irish Whiskey in one sitting. (How this is different from a normal Friday night is open to debate.) On the show this week, we engage in a little cultural appropriation and try to create a Dia de Muertos that white people won’t feel guilty about. (Not that any of us feel “guilt” over such things.) Along the way we learn some sad facts about Dave and how h...
223: He's On A HIghway to Hell (Spooktacular 2019 Part Two: Larry Eyler the Highway Killer)
October 25, 2019 23:50Show Notes Episode 233: He’s On A Highway to Hell Spooktacular 2019 Part 2 This week Host Dave Bledsoe hits the road, meaning he tripped staggering home from the bar. ( Again.) On the show this week we wrap up Spooktacular 2019 with the chilling tale of The Highway Killer, Larry Eyler who killed at least twenty one young men across the Midwest in the early 1980’s. Trust us when we say, this is WAY scarier than any ghost stories we could tell you. (If for no other reason that the fashion, W...
Episode 233: He's On A HIghway to Hell (Spooktacular 2019 Part Two: Larry Eyler the Highway Killer)
October 25, 2019 23:50 - 43 minutesShow Notes Episode 233: He’s On A Highway to Hell Spooktacular 2019 Part 2 This week Host Dave Bledsoe hits the road, meaning he tripped staggering home from the bar. ( Again.) On the show this week we wrap up Spooktacular 2019 with the chilling tale of The Highway Killer, Larry Eyler who killed at least twenty one young men across the Midwest in the early 1980’s. Trust us when we say, this is WAY scarier than any ghost stories we could tell you. (If for no other reason that the fashion, W...
Episode 232: I'm Your Boogie Man (Spooktacular Part 1)
October 19, 2019 00:04 - 30 minutesEpisode 232: “I’m Your Boogie Man” Spooktacular 2019 Part 1 This week Host Dave Bledsoe carefully checks the locks on his door, and checks beneath the bed to make sure no one is there. (It’s time to pay his bar tabs!) On the show this week, Dave takes you on a world tour of his childhood monsters! (Including YOU Anthony! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID WITH THAT LEGO!) We begin in East Tennessee,first with a campfire tale and then a randy fellow who gets what is coming to him for catting around ...
Episdoe 231: There's Whisky In the Pod-O
October 12, 2019 00:43 - 32 minutesShow Notes Episode 231: “There’s Whisky In the Pod-O” This week Host Dave Bledsoe contemplates legal action against Glenlivet as he has had whiskey in a pod for over four years now! On the show this week we discuss all the ways Americans love to love their liquor for very short periods of time. (Remember Zima?) Along the way we visit a young Dave as he is caught en flagrante de drinko by his parents. (Who drinks OJ and Rum?) Then we hit the history books for another in our recurring look...
Episode 230: What the World Needs Now, is Dudes, More Dudes
October 04, 2019 23:44 - 30 minutesShow Notes Episode 230: “What the World Needs Now Is Dudes, More Dudes” This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares this aggression will not stand, man! As the bouncer tosses him headfirst into a dumpster behind a Schenectady dive bar. (Again.) On the show this week we are stressed from all the crazy business going on in the world and take a break to examine the World of Dudes. (Excellent!) Along the way we learn the exact moment when Dave came into his identity as a Dude. (Oddly enough, he is...
Episode 229: Moving the Country to do a Lot of Impeaches
September 28, 2019 00:35 - 42 minutesShow Notes Episode 229: “Moving the Country to do a Lot of Impeaches” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his little way and drinks whiskey every day. (Just like every week, really.) On the show this week we talk about, well what ELSE could we possibly about it? (Basically, we have this script ready to go every twenty episodes.) Along the way we learn what the His Imperial Turdness did to get his dumb ass in trouble. Again. We head back to the beginning to see what Conservative fever dream ...
Episode 228: Chubby White Guy Blues
September 20, 2019 23:51 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 228: “Chubby White Guy Blues” This week Host Dave Bledsoe apologizes if anyone was offended by his statements at the bar last week, he wants everyone to know that he considered himself an artist and was pushing the boundaries of what he thought he could get away with. (He got his ass kicked by a 63 year old Grandma) On the show this week, we examine the boundaries of what chubby white guys CAN get away and find them appropriately shrinking. (Not fast enough though) Alo...
Episode 227: You Know I'm All About that Vape
September 13, 2019 19:12 - 28 minutesShow Notes Episode 227: “You Know I’m All About That Vape” This week Host Dave Bledsoe comes back from vacation cranky and hungover, so basically nothing has changed. On the show this week we dive headfirst into the vaping panic sweeping the nation and it smells rather like our childhood breakfast cereal. Along the way we find ourselves delighted to watch a full blown social panic unfold before our very eyes! (There are about seven or eight social panics going on right now, but this the...
Episode 176 "Roughing the Snapper" Redux
September 06, 2019 23:00 - 31 minutesIf you haven't heard it, it's NEW TO YOU! A "Best" of show because Dave is on vacation and frankly can't bothered to come up with new content. So, take our regards, that is all we are sending this particular day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode 226: Nuke You Like A Hurricane
August 30, 2019 20:59 - 34 minutesEpisode 226: “Nuke You Like A Hurricane” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has some ideas to avert the apocalypse of paying his bar tabs, mostly involving wearing a hat and hoping the bartender doesn’t recognize him. (He’s tried it before, didn’t work) On the show this week, we look at some of the ideas for saving the planet from Climate Change, ironically enough, involving giant space hats. (Think. Huge. Hats.) Along the way we take the obligatory excursion to explain for the slow and dimwitted...
Episode 225: Everybody Comes and Comes Again
August 23, 2019 23:39 - 27 minutesEpisode 225: “Everybody Comes and Comes Again” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets Old Time Religion which is an off brand of bourbon that gives him alcohol poisoning. Again. On the show this week, we examine the Chosen One, King of Israel and Tangerine Messiah and why he keeps getting away with it. (Besides Mitch Fucking McConnell.) Along the way we head to Church to learn a little about why Evangelical Christians are all in on the ungodliest man to be President since William Howard Taft. ...
Episode 224 Signed Epstein's Mom Part 2
August 17, 2019 01:05 - 29 minutesShow Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstein’s Mom” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets too close to the truth and is cut off by his bartender, who just doesn’t want to hear anymore of his “theories” about Sid and Marty Kroft! (Dope fiends!) On the show this week, we delve into the High Strangeness of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. (Shit got weird) This week’s show is massive, so full of THE TRUTH, we had to break into two parts both of which will appear in your feed simultaneous...
Episode 224: Signed Epstein's Mom Part 1
August 17, 2019 01:02 - 29 minutesShow Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstein’s Mom” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets too close to the truth and is cut off by his bartender, who just doesn’t want to hear anymore of his “theories” about Sid and Marty Kroft! (Dope fiends!) On the show this week, we delve into the High Strangeness of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. (Shit got weird) This week’s show is massive, so full of THE TRUTH, we had to break into two parts both of which will appear in your feed simultaneous...
Episode 223: Perfectly Good White Boys
August 09, 2019 23:29 - 25 minutesShow Notes Episode 223: Perfectly Good White Boys This week Host Dave Bledsoe just really misses his Dad. On the show this week we talk about all the angry young white boys out there and why they keep doing the things they do. (Hint: it’s because they are really angry) Along the way we examine the social rot that causes men in America to just be so fucking stupid all the time. (It isn’t the penis...at least not entirely) We find out what it took to be a man and why all the things that m...
Episode 222: Uh Oh, Its Magick!
August 03, 2019 00:41 - 35 minutesShow Notes Episode 222: “Uh Oh, It’s Magick!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know that tricks are something whores do for money. Or cocaine. On the show this week, we discuss how Marianne Williamson is using the forces of the occult to control our minds. (But she’s doing it for LOVE!) Along the way we get to learn all about the spookily youthful looking 67 year old spiritual guru and her rise to prominence. (Thanks Oprah.) We don’t learn anything about her policies or plans b...
Episode 221: What ME Worry?
July 27, 2019 00:06 - 36 minutesShow Notes Episode 221: “What ME Worry?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know ANY resemblance between him and a certain humor magazine mascot is entirely fictional and you shouldn’t believe your lying damn eyes. (OMG! Look at him! He totally looks like Alfred E Nueman!) On the show this week, we mourn the passing of an American institution, the venerable and influential Mad Magazine. Along the way we learn the very first thing the Internet supplanted in it’s march to cultural d...
Episode 220: Walking On, Walking On the Moon
July 20, 2019 00:27 - 25 minutesShow Notes Episode 220: “Walking On, Walking On the Moon” Part Two of the Moon Shot Spectacular! This week Host Dave Bledsoe uses special effects to prove he is functional and healthy and still can’t convince anyone it's true. (All the magic in Hollywood can’t help him there!) On the show this week, it is Part Two of our Moon Shot Spectacular, and we are asking if we even WENT to the damn Moon. (Hint: We TOTALLY did!) Along the way we meet the Moon Truthers who were just asking question...
Episode 219: Whitey's On the Moon
July 12, 2019 23:23 - 27 minutesShow Notes Episode 219: “Whitey’s On the Moon” (Part 1 of the Moon Shot Spectacular) This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites everyone to play the Moon Shot game with him, meaning the listener takes a shot whenever he uses profanity. (It’s a game you play to lose.) On the show this week we take you through the history of the Space Program from Nazi’s to Apollo 11, and ask if it was worth all the money we spent? Along the way we learn the secrets NASA (Never a straight answer) doesn’t WANT you...
Episode 218: Redneck High Holy Day
July 04, 2019 20:45 - 26 minutesShow Notes Episode 218: “Redneck High Holy Day” This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands we hold his beer and watch this! (It ends about as well as you expect.) On the show this week we are talking about the 4th of July, and how people are WAY to upset about Trump’s Military MAGA Rally on the Mall! (Honestly, you all should know better than to expect him to do the right thing by now!) Along the way, we learn a little history about Independence Day. (For example it was Bill PULLMAN in the movi...
Episode 217: Drinking the Bastards Goodbye
June 29, 2019 00:54 - 27 minutesShow Notes Episode 217: “Drinking the Bastards Goodbye” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is sitting on a barstool, acting like a dern fool that is what he is doing today. (And every day really.) On the show this week, sheer righteous rage brings us back to the embers of the Great American Shitter Fire and how some DC media types are throwing going away soirees for the Mouth of Sauron.(Why do you think we never see her smile?) We dive into a Columbia Journalism Review account of Sarah Huckabee...
Episode 216: It Must Be George's Will
June 22, 2019 00:53 - 41 minutesShow Notes Episode 216: “It Must Be George’s Will” This week Host Dave Bledsoe talks about losing his religion only to discover he’s said too much, or he hasn’t said enough. On the show this week we talk about the life, career and impact of George Carlin, and why Dave only prays to George. (It’s because every prayer starts with a profanity!) Along the way we learn all the ways George was manifestly unfit to serve in the military and how strikingly similar his experience was with Dave’s! (...
Episode 215: Midnight Three State Beer Run
June 14, 2019 23:53 - 35 minutesShow Notes Episode 215: “Midnight Three State Beer Run” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe takes us on a wild midnight ride into his youth searching for cheap beer and meaningful friendships. (He finds only cheap beer.) On the show this week, we are talking about the beers you were drinking when you were too young to even be drinking beer and why they were so TERRIBLE! (Turns out cheap beer is SUPPOSED to be terrible, it’s part of it!) Along the way we learn a little about the history of beer in ...
Episode #114: "The Mystery of Fresno" Redux
June 07, 2019 14:46 - 36 minutesShow Notes Episode 114: The Mystery of Fresno Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to roll a Saving Throw against the Real World gets a big fat One! Which means this is a rerun for Dave’s 50th Birthday. Since he rapidly running out of them, we figure now is a good time to celebrate. So, enjoy this Redux episode, 114 “The Mystery of Fresno”! On the show this week we turn our backs on all the bad news about shootings, Trumpcare and racist government officials and dive deep into a myst...