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.
Episodes
May 18, 2026 • 31 mins
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 in office, from the political to the poonhound. (Google recognized poonhound, that’s awesome.)
Along the way we discover the reason why ...
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May 4, 2026 • 30 mins
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 President who defined the Baby Boomer Generation, JFK. (We all know it was really Ronald Reagan.)
Along the way we learn that Bill Clinton was ...
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April 20, 2026 • 30 mins
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 the 1960s, damn dirty hippies.
Along the way we discover that Dave was NOT a flower child. (He was, however, very lazy) Then we dive right...
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April 6, 2026 • 31 mins
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 of LSD and other hallucinogens on pop culture in the 1960s.
Along the way we discover that even at a Dead Show, no one wants him around....
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March 23, 2026 • 31 mins
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 the 1960s. Naturally.)
Along the way we discover that Dave has big plans for the future. (He is gonna get SO HIGH!) Then we dive right in...
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March 9, 2026 • 33 mins
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 talk about Beatlemania!
Along the way Dave waxes rhapsodic over Phil Collins. (Again) Then we dive into the first singer mania to sweep...
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February 23, 2026 • 36 mins
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 how the Atomic Age and the Space Race influenced pop culture and how pop culture influenced them. (In cartoon form.)
Along the way we dis...
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February 9, 2026 • 31 mins
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 days of Steely Eyed Missile Men reaching out to the face of God. (And the boobs of every Cape Cookie on the coast) as we cover the Space Rac...
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January 26, 2026 • 39 mins
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 the way they are. (Standing in line at the Walmart return counters muttering racisms at an audible level.): The Atomic Age.
Along the way...
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January 12, 2026 • 34 mins
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 was just sad) We start our generational pivot with the first leg of the tripod that holds up the Baby Boomers, the Red Scare!
Along the ...
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December 22, 2025 • 29 mins
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 Dave’s Brain to bring you lurid tales of Christmas’ gone wrong in every way possible. Be they marital infidelity, public masturbation or a...
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December 15, 2025 • 30 mins
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 inexplicable Christmas specials that taught us that sharing special times with family is the true meaning of Christmas. (And to buy whateve...
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December 8, 2025 • 31 mins
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 had money to burn.
Along the way we learn that Dave never stood a chance at NASA. (They didn’t make space suits in 5XL) Then we dive ri...
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December 1, 2025 • 33 mins
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 talks like that. (Not an uncommon event.) On the show this week, we climb into the cabs of our big rigs and take you back to the days wh...
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November 24, 2025 • 22 mins
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 the show this week we dug deep into the vaults to pull out an ancient but seasonally appropriate show, dusted off some of the references ...
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November 17, 2025 • 32 mins
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 Dave stuff) On the show this week we travel back to 1985 to examine the Parents Music Resource Council, an issue so unimportant and trivi...
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November 10, 2025 • 33 mins
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 head back to the 2000 Election and the court case that elected a President.
Along the way we discover Dave thought he might be a lawye...
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November 3, 2025 • 31 mins
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 election that broke America. (We could have had a Lockbox!)
Along the way we learn that Dave voted for Ralph Nader. (What an asshole) ...
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October 27, 2025 • 27 mins
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 2025 99 Problems But A Witch Ain’t One with America’s own Granny Witches!
Along the way we discover Dave’s complicated relationship w...
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October 20, 2025 • 29 mins
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 show this week we look at the state of modern witchcraft when we talk about the Wiccans.
Along the way we learn that Dave DID try not be...
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