What the HELL Were You Thinking? http://www.whatthehellpodcast.com/ en Copyright 2023 © Dave Bledsoe. All rights reserved 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.  https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e5bc7a50-a81c-11ea-87a5-5fe163a5d922/image/1a164625fe92b989af0ee344bd1b003a.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress What the HELL Were You Thinking? http://www.whatthehellpodcast.com/ yes episodic A podcast about Cultural Curiosities and Historical Oddities 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.  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. 

]]> Dave Bledsoe whatthehellpodcast@gmail.com 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 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 the only Gen X President we will ever see. (Despite being a Boomer) Then we dive right into a short history of the Irish in America. (They were not made to feel welcome.) Then we met the man who would be President, Joe Kennedy Sr. (It was a whole thing.) Finally, we get around to a Kennedy who WOULD be President. We follow him from his childhood, to this service in the war, and his election to public office. (We even get to meet Jackie!) We learn that Jack was not well, in fact he was profoundly broken.  (Not just morally, but physically.) Finally, we talk about his campaign for President and how America wouldn’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.  (For a few years anyway) Our Sponsor this week is Nepotism, it just works.  We open the show with JFK announcing his Presidential run and close with Corey Hueval who has some concerns about Joe. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/x-UZq57HJzM?si=wKM6GFx-nRbG-9R8 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Wikipedia: Irish Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Americans#Discrimination Joe Kennedy: A Complex and Shocking Ambassador https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/joe-kennedy-a-complex-and-shocking-ambassador/#:~:text=%281888%20%E2%80%93%201969%2C%20second%20from,always%20make%20good%20biographical%20subjects. John F. Kennedy kept these medical struggles private https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/john-f-kennedy-kept-these-medical-struggles-private Wikipedia: JFK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#U.S._Senate_%281953%E2%80%931960%29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 -0000 Hey Joe, Where You Going With That Son In Your Hand? full 524 Dave Bledsoe 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.) 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 the only Gen X President we will ever see. (Despite being a Boomer) Then we dive right into a short history of the Irish in America. (They were not made to feel welcome.) Then we met the man who would be President, Joe Kennedy Sr. (It was a whole thing.) Finally, we get around to a Kennedy who WOULD be President. We follow him from his childhood, to this service in the war, and his election to public office. (We even get to meet Jackie!) We learn that Jack was not well, in fact he was profoundly broken.  (Not just morally, but physically.) Finally, we talk about his campaign for President and how America wouldn’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.  (For a few years anyway) Our Sponsor this week is Nepotism, it just works.  We open the show with JFK announcing his Presidential run and close with Corey Hueval who has some concerns about Joe. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/x-UZq57HJzM?si=wKM6GFx-nRbG-9R8 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Wikipedia: Irish Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Americans#Discrimination Joe Kennedy: A Complex and Shocking Ambassador https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/joe-kennedy-a-complex-and-shocking-ambassador/#:~:text=%281888%20%E2%80%93%201969%2C%20second%20from,always%20make%20good%20biographical%20subjects. John F. Kennedy kept these medical struggles private https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/john-f-kennedy-kept-these-medical-struggles-private Wikipedia: JFK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#U.S._Senate_%281953%E2%80%931960%29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 the only Gen X President we will ever see. (Despite being a Boomer) Then we dive right into a short history of the Irish in America. (They were not made to feel welcome.) Then we met the man who would be President, Joe Kennedy Sr. (It was a whole thing.) Finally, we get around to a Kennedy who WOULD be President. We follow him from his childhood, to this service in the war, and his election to public office. (We even get to meet Jackie!) We learn that Jack was not well, in fact he was profoundly broken.  (Not just morally, but physically.) Finally, we talk about his campaign for President and how America wouldn’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.  (For a few years anyway)

Our Sponsor this week is Nepotism, it just works.  We open the show with JFK announcing his Presidential run and close with Corey Hueval who has some concerns about Joe.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/x-UZq57HJzM?si=wKM6GFx-nRbG-9R8

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed: 

Wikipedia: Irish Americans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Americans#Discrimination

Joe Kennedy: A Complex and Shocking Ambassador

https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/joe-kennedy-a-complex-and-shocking-ambassador/#:~:text=%281888%20%E2%80%93%201969%2C%20second%20from,always%20make%20good%20biographical%20subjects.

John F. Kennedy kept these medical struggles private

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/john-f-kennedy-kept-these-medical-struggles-private

Wikipedia: JFK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#U.S._Senate_%281953%E2%80%931960%29


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]]> 1851 yes 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 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 into the people who were Hippies before people were Hippies.  Then we meet the Beats, the cool guys that really did all the things the Hippies just talked about. (And wrote MUCH better poetry) We chart the rise of the Hippies from San Francisco students to a national movement revolving around cheap weed and free love. From Golden Gate to Central Park we talk about the Human Be-Ins and hit the road with a pair of average Hippies during the Summer of Love. (He just made them up!) Finally, we talk about the darker side of Hippiedom. (Free love for me, not for thee!) Our Sponsor this week is Hippie B-Gone, a safe, humane way to treat your Hippie infestation.  We open the show with contemporary news reports about Hippies and close with Child of Caesar who has some tips for visiting San Francisco. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/vNcWKAgTZek?si=ZHIB2Hq2LrNtRBcQ Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Proto-Hippies and the Introduction of the American Hippie https://blog.littlehippie.com/proto-hippies-and-the-introduction-of-the-american-hippie/ Small thoughts at large https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204206/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/31/PK6016S108.DTL What Baby Boomers’ Parents Did Wrong https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/baby-boomer-parents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0000 If You're Going to San Francisco full 523 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the movement that embodied the 1960s, damn dirty hippies. 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 into the people who were Hippies before people were Hippies.  Then we meet the Beats, the cool guys that really did all the things the Hippies just talked about. (And wrote MUCH better poetry) We chart the rise of the Hippies from San Francisco students to a national movement revolving around cheap weed and free love. From Golden Gate to Central Park we talk about the Human Be-Ins and hit the road with a pair of average Hippies during the Summer of Love. (He just made them up!) Finally, we talk about the darker side of Hippiedom. (Free love for me, not for thee!) Our Sponsor this week is Hippie B-Gone, a safe, humane way to treat your Hippie infestation.  We open the show with contemporary news reports about Hippies and close with Child of Caesar who has some tips for visiting San Francisco. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/vNcWKAgTZek?si=ZHIB2Hq2LrNtRBcQ Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Proto-Hippies and the Introduction of the American Hippie https://blog.littlehippie.com/proto-hippies-and-the-introduction-of-the-american-hippie/ Small thoughts at large https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204206/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/31/PK6016S108.DTL What Baby Boomers’ Parents Did Wrong https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/baby-boomer-parents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 into the people who were Hippies before people were Hippies.  Then we meet the Beats, the cool guys that really did all the things the Hippies just talked about. (And wrote MUCH better poetry) We chart the rise of the Hippies from San Francisco students to a national movement revolving around cheap weed and free love. From Golden Gate to Central Park we talk about the Human Be-Ins and hit the road with a pair of average Hippies during the Summer of Love. (He just made them up!) Finally, we talk about the darker side of Hippiedom. (Free love for me, not for thee!)

Our Sponsor this week is Hippie B-Gone, a safe, humane way to treat your Hippie infestation.  We open the show with contemporary news reports about Hippies and close with Child of Caesar who has some tips for visiting San Francisco.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/vNcWKAgTZek?si=ZHIB2Hq2LrNtRBcQ

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Proto-Hippies and the Introduction of the American Hippie

https://blog.littlehippie.com/proto-hippies-and-the-introduction-of-the-american-hippie/

Small thoughts at large

https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204206/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/31/PK6016S108.DTL

What Baby Boomers’ Parents Did Wrong

https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/baby-boomer-parents


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]]> 1800 yes 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 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.  Then we dive right into the history of illicit substances in music. (You think those Gregorian Chant monks weren’t high?) Then we meet a band of Merry Pranksters (Their pranks were mostly just dropping acid) and their house band, the Warlocks. (You know them better by the Grateful Dead) More importantly, we meet their sound guy Owsley Stanley.  (His friends, and customers, called him Bear.) We wrap up with a look at art, literature and fashion inspired by LSD and finally explain that all the shit you see tripping is on YOU! Our Sponsor this week is Teddy’s Tie Dye, because one color is boring.  We open the show with a radio commercial for a Dead Show and close with BrennanKill who has a question for you. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/UH4aH1nlkgU?si=i8aQ5vp2EufKk3VL Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Music and Recreational Drugs https://www.o-em.org/index.php/fieldwork/61-music-and-recreational-drugs?showall=1&limitstart= Trippy Tales in Classical Music https://www.kusc.org/articles/trippy-tales-in-classical-music From the Piano of an Opium Eater https://interlude.hk/piano-opium-eater/ The Trippy Life of the LSD Manufacturer Who ‘Helped Create the 60s’ https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-trippy-life-of-the-lsd-manufacturer-who-helped-create-the-60s/ How an LSD-Spiked Coffee Gave Birth To The Beatles' Revolver https://www.therevolverclub.com/blogs/the-revolver-club/how-an-lsd-spiked-birthed-the-beatles-revolver?srsltid=AfmBOorVPQmDn6a_0ZHie8rvALot5T6xx47Q7Tn7W7XySbPNETZH_Ohr Wikipedia: Owsely Stanley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley#Involvement_with_the_Grateful_Dead Psychedelic rock https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/music/psychedelic-rock Why is the American right suddenly so interested in psychedelic drugs? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/18/psychedelic-drugs-us-republican-thiel-mercer-foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0000 Are You Experienced? full 522 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look at the influence of LSD and other hallucinogens on pop culture in the 1960s. 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.  Then we dive right into the history of illicit substances in music. (You think those Gregorian Chant monks weren’t high?) Then we meet a band of Merry Pranksters (Their pranks were mostly just dropping acid) and their house band, the Warlocks. (You know them better by the Grateful Dead) More importantly, we meet their sound guy Owsley Stanley.  (His friends, and customers, called him Bear.) We wrap up with a look at art, literature and fashion inspired by LSD and finally explain that all the shit you see tripping is on YOU! Our Sponsor this week is Teddy’s Tie Dye, because one color is boring.  We open the show with a radio commercial for a Dead Show and close with BrennanKill who has a question for you. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/UH4aH1nlkgU?si=i8aQ5vp2EufKk3VL Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Music and Recreational Drugs https://www.o-em.org/index.php/fieldwork/61-music-and-recreational-drugs?showall=1&limitstart= Trippy Tales in Classical Music https://www.kusc.org/articles/trippy-tales-in-classical-music From the Piano of an Opium Eater https://interlude.hk/piano-opium-eater/ The Trippy Life of the LSD Manufacturer Who ‘Helped Create the 60s’ https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-trippy-life-of-the-lsd-manufacturer-who-helped-create-the-60s/ How an LSD-Spiked Coffee Gave Birth To The Beatles' Revolver https://www.therevolverclub.com/blogs/the-revolver-club/how-an-lsd-spiked-birthed-the-beatles-revolver?srsltid=AfmBOorVPQmDn6a_0ZHie8rvALot5T6xx47Q7Tn7W7XySbPNETZH_Ohr Wikipedia: Owsely Stanley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley#Involvement_with_the_Grateful_Dead Psychedelic rock https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/music/psychedelic-rock Why is the American right suddenly so interested in psychedelic drugs? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/18/psychedelic-drugs-us-republican-thiel-mercer-foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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.  Then we dive right into the history of illicit substances in music. (You think those Gregorian Chant monks weren’t high?) Then we meet a band of Merry Pranksters (Their pranks were mostly just dropping acid) and their house band, the Warlocks. (You know them better by the Grateful Dead) More importantly, we meet their sound guy Owsley Stanley.  (His friends, and customers, called him Bear.) We wrap up with a look at art, literature and fashion inspired by LSD and finally explain that all the shit you see tripping is on YOU!

Our Sponsor this week is Teddy’s Tie Dye, because one color is boring.  We open the show with a radio commercial for a Dead Show and close with BrennanKill who has a question for you.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/UH4aH1nlkgU?si=i8aQ5vp2EufKk3VL

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Music and Recreational Drugs

https://www.o-em.org/index.php/fieldwork/61-music-and-recreational-drugs?showall=1&limitstart=

Trippy Tales in Classical Music

https://www.kusc.org/articles/trippy-tales-in-classical-music

From the Piano of an Opium Eater

https://interlude.hk/piano-opium-eater/

The Trippy Life of the LSD Manufacturer Who ‘Helped Create the 60s’

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-trippy-life-of-the-lsd-manufacturer-who-helped-create-the-60s/

How an LSD-Spiked Coffee Gave Birth To The Beatles' Revolver

https://www.therevolverclub.com/blogs/the-revolver-club/how-an-lsd-spiked-birthed-the-beatles-revolver?srsltid=AfmBOorVPQmDn6a_0ZHie8rvALot5T6xx47Q7Tn7W7XySbPNETZH_Ohr

Wikipedia: Owsely Stanley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley#Involvement_with_the_Grateful_Dead

Psychedelic rock

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/music/psychedelic-rock

Why is the American right suddenly so interested in psychedelic drugs?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/18/psychedelic-drugs-us-republican-thiel-mercer-foundation


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]]> 1882 yes 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 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 into the ancient history of hallucinogens and human civilization. (We have religion because of them!) Then we learn about ergotism. (Which Dave was shocked to learn wasn’t about him!) Then we meet the man who created LSD and the people who made it groovy! Our Sponsor this week is The Little Dudes Who Live In the Walls, who wants you that are VERY high. We open with Jimmy Carter and close with Grateful Dave, who is on a journey.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s30knXhV940?si=IkOKdtMZKD--tDND Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: How Do Psychedelics Work in the Brain? https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_do_psychedelics_work_in_the_brain The long history of psychedelics in religion, from ergot-spiked wine to magic mushrooms https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-21/religion-psychedelic-renaissance-peyote-magic-mushrooms-lsd/101346594 Wikipedia: The History of LSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD#Discovery High Times: When does self-experimentation cross the line? https://web.archive.org/web/20230408075721/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/high-times LSD experiments by the United States Army https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0957154X17717678?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed High Anxiety: LSD in the Cold War https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/high-anxiety-lsd-in-the-cold-war When Aldous Huxley Opened the Doors of Perception https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-aldous-huxley-opened-the-doors-of-perception/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0000 I Trip, Ergot I Am full 521 Dave Bledsoe 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.) 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 into the ancient history of hallucinogens and human civilization. (We have religion because of them!) Then we learn about ergotism. (Which Dave was shocked to learn wasn’t about him!) Then we meet the man who created LSD and the people who made it groovy! Our Sponsor this week is The Little Dudes Who Live In the Walls, who wants you that are VERY high. We open with Jimmy Carter and close with Grateful Dave, who is on a journey.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s30knXhV940?si=IkOKdtMZKD--tDND Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: How Do Psychedelics Work in the Brain? https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_do_psychedelics_work_in_the_brain The long history of psychedelics in religion, from ergot-spiked wine to magic mushrooms https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-21/religion-psychedelic-renaissance-peyote-magic-mushrooms-lsd/101346594 Wikipedia: The History of LSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD#Discovery High Times: When does self-experimentation cross the line? https://web.archive.org/web/20230408075721/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/high-times LSD experiments by the United States Army https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0957154X17717678?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed High Anxiety: LSD in the Cold War https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/high-anxiety-lsd-in-the-cold-war When Aldous Huxley Opened the Doors of Perception https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-aldous-huxley-opened-the-doors-of-perception/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 into the ancient history of hallucinogens and human civilization. (We have religion because of them!) Then we learn about ergotism. (Which Dave was shocked to learn wasn’t about him!) Then we meet the man who created LSD and the people who made it groovy!

Our Sponsor this week is The Little Dudes Who Live In the Walls, who wants you that are VERY high. We open with Jimmy Carter and close with Grateful Dave, who is on a journey. 

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s30knXhV940?si=IkOKdtMZKD--tDND

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

How Do Psychedelics Work in the Brain?

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_do_psychedelics_work_in_the_brain

The long history of psychedelics in religion, from ergot-spiked wine to magic mushrooms

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-21/religion-psychedelic-renaissance-peyote-magic-mushrooms-lsd/101346594

Wikipedia: The History of LSD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD#Discovery

High Times: When does self-experimentation cross the line?

https://web.archive.org/web/20230408075721/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/high-times

LSD experiments by the United States Army

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0957154X17717678?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

High Anxiety: LSD in the Cold War

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/high-anxiety-lsd-in-the-cold-war

When Aldous Huxley Opened the Doors of Perception

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-aldous-huxley-opened-the-doors-of-perception/


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]]> 1900 yes 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 talk about Beatlemania! Along the way Dave waxes rhapsodic over Phil Collins. (Again) Then we dive into the first singer mania to sweep America, we talk about Frankie. (Sinatra, not goes to Hollywood) Then we met up with lads from Liverpool who like American music. (The Merseybeats.  That joke never gets old.) We follow their rise from Liverpudlian obscurity, to German prominence to the biggest fucking band in the entire Universe.  (Take THAT Jesus.)  Finally we try to explain the almost inexplicable reaction that young people, primarily young women, had to The Beatles all the while not playing any actual Beatles songs. (The rights holders are QUICK with a copyright strike!)  Our Sponsor this week is A Day In the Death, the premier Black Metal Beatles cover band in Northern New Jersey.  We open the show with the Fab Four arriving in America and close with Werna Wolf saying aloha! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/I-Y6rUM1DgM?si=tIxn7wBMPLY-XTJh Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Sinatramania takes hold at the National Museum of American History https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/11/25/sinatramania-takes-hold-at-the-national-museum-of-american-history/ Frank Sinatra and the 'bobby-soxers' https://www.theguardian.com/century/1940-1949/Story/0,,127764,00.html The Beatles Were Louder Than a Jumbo Jet At Shea Stadium, Data Reveals https://www.newsweek.com/louder-beatles-fab-four-made-more-noise-jumbo-jet-data-reveals-498285 10 Facts About The Beatles's 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Debut https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/music/the-beatles-ed-sullivan-debut-facts Why did the Beatles Stop Touring? https://www.aaronkrerowicz.com/beatles-blog/why-did-the-beatles-stop-touring Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0000 Insert Beatles Song Here full 518 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the very loud phenomena of young women screaming over four British dudes, we talk about Beatlemania! 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 America, we talk about Frankie. (Sinatra, not goes to Hollywood) Then we met up with lads from Liverpool who like American music. (The Merseybeats.  That joke never gets old.) We follow their rise from Liverpudlian obscurity, to German prominence to the biggest fucking band in the entire Universe.  (Take THAT Jesus.)  Finally we try to explain the almost inexplicable reaction that young people, primarily young women, had to The Beatles all the while not playing any actual Beatles songs. (The rights holders are QUICK with a copyright strike!)  Our Sponsor this week is A Day In the Death, the premier Black Metal Beatles cover band in Northern New Jersey.  We open the show with the Fab Four arriving in America and close with Werna Wolf saying aloha! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/I-Y6rUM1DgM?si=tIxn7wBMPLY-XTJh Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Sinatramania takes hold at the National Museum of American History https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/11/25/sinatramania-takes-hold-at-the-national-museum-of-american-history/ Frank Sinatra and the 'bobby-soxers' https://www.theguardian.com/century/1940-1949/Story/0,,127764,00.html The Beatles Were Louder Than a Jumbo Jet At Shea Stadium, Data Reveals https://www.newsweek.com/louder-beatles-fab-four-made-more-noise-jumbo-jet-data-reveals-498285 10 Facts About The Beatles's 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Debut https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/music/the-beatles-ed-sullivan-debut-facts Why did the Beatles Stop Touring? https://www.aaronkrerowicz.com/beatles-blog/why-did-the-beatles-stop-touring Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 America, we talk about Frankie. (Sinatra, not goes to Hollywood) Then we met up with lads from Liverpool who like American music. (The Merseybeats.  That joke never gets old.) We follow their rise from Liverpudlian obscurity, to German prominence to the biggest fucking band in the entire Universe.  (Take THAT Jesus.)  Finally we try to explain the almost inexplicable reaction that young people, primarily young women, had to The Beatles all the while not playing any actual Beatles songs. (The rights holders are QUICK with a copyright strike!) 

Our Sponsor this week is A Day In the Death, the premier Black Metal Beatles cover band in Northern New Jersey.  We open the show with the Fab Four arriving in America and close with Werna Wolf saying aloha!

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/I-Y6rUM1DgM?si=tIxn7wBMPLY-XTJh

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Sinatramania takes hold at the National Museum of American History

https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/11/25/sinatramania-takes-hold-at-the-national-museum-of-american-history/

Frank Sinatra and the 'bobby-soxers'

https://www.theguardian.com/century/1940-1949/Story/0,,127764,00.html

The Beatles Were Louder Than a Jumbo Jet At Shea Stadium, Data Reveals

https://www.newsweek.com/louder-beatles-fab-four-made-more-noise-jumbo-jet-data-reveals-498285

10 Facts About The Beatles's 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Debut

https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/music/the-beatles-ed-sullivan-debut-facts

Why did the Beatles Stop Touring?

https://www.aaronkrerowicz.com/beatles-blog/why-did-the-beatles-stop-touring


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]]> 1995 yes 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 how the Atomic Age and the Space Race influenced pop culture and how pop culture influenced them. (In cartoon form.) Along the way we discover that Dave’s formative years were basically reruns and cheap plastic toys. (You can tell.) Then we dive into speculative fiction (speculating on whether Dave will ever get to the point) and how it really isn’t all that speculative.  Then we examine how the movies shifted after Sputnik and how television pretended the world wasn’t changing by imagining the future was exactly like today but space ships.  Finally, we explore the most influential television of the 1960s and how it shaped our vision of the future and our relationship with technology, also it had a talking dog. (Forget flying cars, where are our talking dogs?) Our Sponsor this week is Whuffo Toys Spaceman Space Toy for Boys because only boys go to space.  We open with Major Matt Mason and close with Jason Armstrong for whom things are going great! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/478dy8NMO6w?si=m-mX0riEWEFlxd0j Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Speculative Fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction Science Fiction Before NASA https://auxiliarymemory.com/2018/07/17/science-fiction-before-nasa/ 50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/50-years-of-the-jetsons-why-the-show-still-matters-43459669/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000 Future So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades full 519 Dave Bledsoe 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.) 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 discover that Dave’s formative years were basically reruns and cheap plastic toys. (You can tell.) Then we dive into speculative fiction (speculating on whether Dave will ever get to the point) and how it really isn’t all that speculative.  Then we examine how the movies shifted after Sputnik and how television pretended the world wasn’t changing by imagining the future was exactly like today but space ships.  Finally, we explore the most influential television of the 1960s and how it shaped our vision of the future and our relationship with technology, also it had a talking dog. (Forget flying cars, where are our talking dogs?) Our Sponsor this week is Whuffo Toys Spaceman Space Toy for Boys because only boys go to space.  We open with Major Matt Mason and close with Jason Armstrong for whom things are going great! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/478dy8NMO6w?si=m-mX0riEWEFlxd0j Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Speculative Fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction Science Fiction Before NASA https://auxiliarymemory.com/2018/07/17/science-fiction-before-nasa/ 50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/50-years-of-the-jetsons-why-the-show-still-matters-43459669/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 discover that Dave’s formative years were basically reruns and cheap plastic toys. (You can tell.) Then we dive into speculative fiction (speculating on whether Dave will ever get to the point) and how it really isn’t all that speculative.  Then we examine how the movies shifted after Sputnik and how television pretended the world wasn’t changing by imagining the future was exactly like today but space ships.  Finally, we explore the most influential television of the 1960s and how it shaped our vision of the future and our relationship with technology, also it had a talking dog. (Forget flying cars, where are our talking dogs?)

Our Sponsor this week is Whuffo Toys Spaceman Space Toy for Boys because only boys go to space.  We open with Major Matt Mason and close with Jason Armstrong for whom things are going great!

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/478dy8NMO6w?si=m-mX0riEWEFlxd0j

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Wikipedia: Speculative Fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction

Science Fiction Before NASA

https://auxiliarymemory.com/2018/07/17/science-fiction-before-nasa/

50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/50-years-of-the-jetsons-why-the-show-still-matters-43459669/


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]]> 2197 yes 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 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 Race and the Mercury Program! Along the way we discovered that Dave was never going to make it into space. Then we dive right into the people that made NASA (Nazi Scientists.)  Then join the Space Race already in progress as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik and America launches a public relations campaign.  We meet the Mercury Seven, the heroes who launched the program in the United States, and their long suffering wives.  (Astronauts: not good husbands) Finally we examine what the space program really gave us. (A massive flying homage to Jeff Bezos’ dong!) Our Sponsor this week is Paperclip Consultants, focusing on the job, not the problematic people doing it!  We open the show with NASA lying to us and close with Keith, who is crazy about Mercury! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/05HZb6-i7zE?si=q_WhScXqzfypjRTK Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Operation Paperclip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip Wikipedia: Mercury Seven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven Rendezvous with Destiny https://web.archive.org/web/20070618053311/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864563,00.html Respected Astronauts Who Were Awful People https://www.grunge.com/127628/respected-astronauts-who-were-awful-people/ Being a Celebrity Astronaut Is Tougher Than It Sounds https://gizmodo.com/being-a-celebrity-astronaut-is-tougher-than-it-sounds-1548988589 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000 Crazy About A Mercury full 519 Dave Bledsoe 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) 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 Race and the Mercury Program! Along the way we discovered that Dave was never going to make it into space. Then we dive right into the people that made NASA (Nazi Scientists.)  Then join the Space Race already in progress as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik and America launches a public relations campaign.  We meet the Mercury Seven, the heroes who launched the program in the United States, and their long suffering wives.  (Astronauts: not good husbands) Finally we examine what the space program really gave us. (A massive flying homage to Jeff Bezos’ dong!) Our Sponsor this week is Paperclip Consultants, focusing on the job, not the problematic people doing it!  We open the show with NASA lying to us and close with Keith, who is crazy about Mercury! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/05HZb6-i7zE?si=q_WhScXqzfypjRTK Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Operation Paperclip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip Wikipedia: Mercury Seven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven Rendezvous with Destiny https://web.archive.org/web/20070618053311/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864563,00.html Respected Astronauts Who Were Awful People https://www.grunge.com/127628/respected-astronauts-who-were-awful-people/ Being a Celebrity Astronaut Is Tougher Than It Sounds https://gizmodo.com/being-a-celebrity-astronaut-is-tougher-than-it-sounds-1548988589 Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 Race and the Mercury Program!

Along the way we discovered that Dave was never going to make it into space. Then we dive right into the people that made NASA (Nazi Scientists.)  Then join the Space Race already in progress as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik and America launches a public relations campaign.  We meet the Mercury Seven, the heroes who launched the program in the United States, and their long suffering wives.  (Astronauts: not good husbands) Finally we examine what the space program really gave us. (A massive flying homage to Jeff Bezos’ dong!)

Our Sponsor this week is Paperclip Consultants, focusing on the job, not the problematic people doing it!  We open the show with NASA lying to us and close with Keith, who is crazy about Mercury!

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/05HZb6-i7zE?si=q_WhScXqzfypjRTK

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Citations Needed:

Wikipedia: Operation Paperclip

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

Wikipedia: Mercury Seven

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven

Rendezvous with Destiny

https://web.archive.org/web/20070618053311/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864563,00.html

Respected Astronauts Who Were Awful People

https://www.grunge.com/127628/respected-astronauts-who-were-awful-people/

Being a Celebrity Astronaut Is Tougher Than It Sounds

https://gizmodo.com/being-a-celebrity-astronaut-is-tougher-than-it-sounds-1548988589


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]]> 1901 yes 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 the way they are. (Standing in line at the Walmart return counters muttering racisms at an audible level.): The Atomic Age. Along the way we learn WAY TOO MUCH about Dave and his youthful “nocturnal emissions”. (Eew. Just Eew!) Then we dive right into those heady years following World War Two when America was in love with the Atom.  We explore all the ways people tried to make the bomb work in civilian applications and all the things people imagined we would power with a nuclear reactor.  (We could have had atomic cars!) Then we take a look at the atom in pop culture.  From atomic beauty queens to atomic labs under the Christmas tree, the atom was cool until it wasn’t. (Funny how nuclear war can ruin a good time!!) Our Sponsor this week is The Junior Manhattan Project Home Set, the future bright because it glows from atomic radiation! We open the show with a little cartoon explaining the atom and close with Unexpected Visitors who sing us a little love song! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/FNYCq452aEA?si=zjYQBx7QQf_ZKFr2 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Manhattan Project an Interactive History https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945-present/public_reaction.htm The Atomic Automobile https://www.damninteresting.com/the-atomic-automobile/ America’s Crazy Attempts to Build Nuclear-Powered Aircraft https://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-crazy-attempts-build-nuclear-powered-aircraft-13352 Atomically Bad Ideas for the Atomic Bomb https://www.ripleys.com/stories/atomic-bomb-ideas How Uranium Fever Shaped the 1950s Southwest https://yesterdaysamerica.com/how-uranium-fever-shaped-the-1950s-southwest/ 4 Atomic-Themed 1950s Beauty Queens https://www.mentalfloss.com/culture/fashion-beauty/4-atomic-themed-1950s-beauty-queens Comics and the atomic bomb from 1945 to 1955 https://www.tcj.com/comics-and-the-atomic-bomb-from-1945-to-1955/ Pop Music and the Bomb https://thebulletin.org/2018/12/pop-music-and-the-bomb/ Toy Geiger Counter by Bell Products (1955-1956) https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/toys/bell-products-geiger-counter.html 7 Retro Toys From the Atomic Age https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/retro-atomic-age-toys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:45:00 -0000 Atom Bomb Baby full 517 Dave Bledsoe 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. 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 we learn WAY TOO MUCH about Dave and his youthful “nocturnal emissions”. (Eew. Just Eew!) Then we dive right into those heady years following World War Two when America was in love with the Atom.  We explore all the ways people tried to make the bomb work in civilian applications and all the things people imagined we would power with a nuclear reactor.  (We could have had atomic cars!) Then we take a look at the atom in pop culture.  From atomic beauty queens to atomic labs under the Christmas tree, the atom was cool until it wasn’t. (Funny how nuclear war can ruin a good time!!) Our Sponsor this week is The Junior Manhattan Project Home Set, the future bright because it glows from atomic radiation! We open the show with a little cartoon explaining the atom and close with Unexpected Visitors who sing us a little love song! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/FNYCq452aEA?si=zjYQBx7QQf_ZKFr2 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Manhattan Project an Interactive History https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945-present/public_reaction.htm The Atomic Automobile https://www.damninteresting.com/the-atomic-automobile/ America’s Crazy Attempts to Build Nuclear-Powered Aircraft https://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-crazy-attempts-build-nuclear-powered-aircraft-13352 Atomically Bad Ideas for the Atomic Bomb https://www.ripleys.com/stories/atomic-bomb-ideas How Uranium Fever Shaped the 1950s Southwest https://yesterdaysamerica.com/how-uranium-fever-shaped-the-1950s-southwest/ 4 Atomic-Themed 1950s Beauty Queens https://www.mentalfloss.com/culture/fashion-beauty/4-atomic-themed-1950s-beauty-queens Comics and the atomic bomb from 1945 to 1955 https://www.tcj.com/comics-and-the-atomic-bomb-from-1945-to-1955/ Pop Music and the Bomb https://thebulletin.org/2018/12/pop-music-and-the-bomb/ Toy Geiger Counter by Bell Products (1955-1956) https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/toys/bell-products-geiger-counter.html 7 Retro Toys From the Atomic Age https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/retro-atomic-age-toys Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 we learn WAY TOO MUCH about Dave and his youthful “nocturnal emissions”. (Eew. Just Eew!) Then we dive right into those heady years following World War Two when America was in love with the Atom.  We explore all the ways people tried to make the bomb work in civilian applications and all the things people imagined we would power with a nuclear reactor.  (We could have had atomic cars!) Then we take a look at the atom in pop culture.  From atomic beauty queens to atomic labs under the Christmas tree, the atom was cool until it wasn’t. (Funny how nuclear war can ruin a good time!!)

Our Sponsor this week is The Junior Manhattan Project Home Set, the future bright because it glows from atomic radiation! We open the show with a little cartoon explaining the atom and close with Unexpected Visitors who sing us a little love song!

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/FNYCq452aEA?si=zjYQBx7QQf_ZKFr2

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

The Manhattan Project an Interactive History

https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945-present/public_reaction.htm

The Atomic Automobile

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-atomic-automobile/

America’s Crazy Attempts to Build Nuclear-Powered Aircraft

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-crazy-attempts-build-nuclear-powered-aircraft-13352

Atomically Bad Ideas for the Atomic Bomb

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/atomic-bomb-ideas

How Uranium Fever Shaped the 1950s Southwest

https://yesterdaysamerica.com/how-uranium-fever-shaped-the-1950s-southwest/

4 Atomic-Themed 1950s Beauty Queens

https://www.mentalfloss.com/culture/fashion-beauty/4-atomic-themed-1950s-beauty-queens

Comics and the atomic bomb from 1945 to 1955

https://www.tcj.com/comics-and-the-atomic-bomb-from-1945-to-1955/

Pop Music and the Bomb

https://thebulletin.org/2018/12/pop-music-and-the-bomb/

Toy Geiger Counter by Bell Products (1955-1956)

https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/toys/bell-products-geiger-counter.html

7 Retro Toys From the Atomic Age

https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/retro-atomic-age-toys


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]]> 2396 yes 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 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 way we discover that Dave isn’t a communist (Turns out their parties are not his kind of parties) then we dive right into the history of international Communism with its bearded Daddy, Karl Marx. We breeze past the first Red Scare and honestly most of the second one, focusing on the major players.  (Oddly, mostly Republicans) We talked about why they were looking for a communist under their beds (because they didn’t like Jews) and why they had to persecute anyone who might be a communist.  (Again, they don’t like the Jews).  Then we take a quick look at the impact of the Red Scare on American society and how it formed the Boomer generation. (It is why so many of them don’t like the Jews) Our sponsor this week is Your Local Communist Party, there are six of us, how scary can we be? We open with a 50s newsreel about international Communism and close with Kuerdas who prefer reds. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/K3eobcILO3Q?si=_9vnBoQtYy5gvSjA Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Britannica: Karl Marx https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Marx Wikipedia: The Communist Manifesto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto “Enemies from Within”: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s Accusations of Disloyalty https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456 Anti-Communism in the 1950s https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/anti-communism-1950s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:45:00 -0000 Red, Red Whine full Dave Bledsoe We start our generational pivot with the first leg of the tripod that holds up the Baby Boomers, the Red Scare! 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 way we discover that Dave isn’t a communist (Turns out their parties are not his kind of parties) then we dive right into the history of international Communism with its bearded Daddy, Karl Marx. We breeze past the first Red Scare and honestly most of the second one, focusing on the major players.  (Oddly, mostly Republicans) We talked about why they were looking for a communist under their beds (because they didn’t like Jews) and why they had to persecute anyone who might be a communist.  (Again, they don’t like the Jews).  Then we take a quick look at the impact of the Red Scare on American society and how it formed the Boomer generation. (It is why so many of them don’t like the Jews) Our sponsor this week is Your Local Communist Party, there are six of us, how scary can we be? We open with a 50s newsreel about international Communism and close with Kuerdas who prefer reds. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/K3eobcILO3Q?si=_9vnBoQtYy5gvSjA Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Britannica: Karl Marx https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Marx Wikipedia: The Communist Manifesto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto “Enemies from Within”: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s Accusations of Disloyalty https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456 Anti-Communism in the 1950s https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/anti-communism-1950s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 way we discover that Dave isn’t a communist (Turns out their parties are not his kind of parties) then we dive right into the history of international Communism with its bearded Daddy, Karl Marx. We breeze past the first Red Scare and honestly most of the second one, focusing on the major players.  (Oddly, mostly Republicans) We talked about why they were looking for a communist under their beds (because they didn’t like Jews) and why they had to persecute anyone who might be a communist.  (Again, they don’t like the Jews).  Then we take a quick look at the impact of the Red Scare on American society and how it formed the Boomer generation. (It is why so many of them don’t like the Jews)

Our sponsor this week is Your Local Communist Party, there are six of us, how scary can we be? We open with a 50s newsreel about international Communism and close with Kuerdas who prefer reds.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/K3eobcILO3Q?si=_9vnBoQtYy5gvSjA

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Britannica: Karl Marx

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Marx

Wikipedia: The Communist Manifesto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto

“Enemies from Within”: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s Accusations of Disloyalty

https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456

Anti-Communism in the 1950s

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/anti-communism-1950s


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]]> 2049 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 Dave’s Brain to bring you lurid tales of Christmas’ gone wrong in every way possible. Be they marital infidelity, public masturbation or a singularly misfortunate ornament mishap, someone is not having a happy holiday. (This is why Dave doesn’t get invited to story hours at the library.) So gather your family around the fire (I mean the adult family, leave kids watching their Youtube or whatever) pour yourselves something from a bottle being passed around and get ready for stories of people having a MUCH worse Christmas than you are! Our sponsor this week is the Holiday Ornament Safety Council who remind you that decorations go on the tree, not inside you.  We open with a heartwarming family gathering and close with Lord Weatherby who is freaking out. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/T7OBPvc9ddA?si=dtGOwiq-8t-HRzSz We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 18 Christmas Disasters That'll Make You Feel Bad For Laughing https://www.buzzfeed.com/beckybarnicoat/christmas-disasters People Tell Us Their Worst Christmas Horror Stories https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmm5p/people-tell-us-their-worst-christmas-horror-stories 24 Christmas disasters to make you feel better about burning the turkey, from poisoned guests to 7,000 acres of fire damage https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/24-christmas-disasters-make-feel-better-burning-turkey-poisoned-guests-7000-acres-fire-damage-209545 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:45:00 -0000 bonus Dave Bledsoe 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 singularly misfortunate ornament mishap, someone is not having a happy holiday. (This is why Dave doesn’t get invited to story hours at the library.) So gather your family around the fire (I mean the adult family, leave kids watching their Youtube or whatever) pour yourselves something from a bottle being passed around and get ready for stories of people having a MUCH worse Christmas than you are! Our sponsor this week is the Holiday Ornament Safety Council who remind you that decorations go on the tree, not inside you.  We open with a heartwarming family gathering and close with Lord Weatherby who is freaking out. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/T7OBPvc9ddA?si=dtGOwiq-8t-HRzSz We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 18 Christmas Disasters That'll Make You Feel Bad For Laughing https://www.buzzfeed.com/beckybarnicoat/christmas-disasters People Tell Us Their Worst Christmas Horror Stories https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmm5p/people-tell-us-their-worst-christmas-horror-stories 24 Christmas disasters to make you feel better about burning the turkey, from poisoned guests to 7,000 acres of fire damage https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/24-christmas-disasters-make-feel-better-burning-turkey-poisoned-guests-7000-acres-fire-damage-209545 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 singularly misfortunate ornament mishap, someone is not having a happy holiday. (This is why Dave doesn’t get invited to story hours at the library.) So gather your family around the fire (I mean the adult family, leave kids watching their Youtube or whatever) pour yourselves something from a bottle being passed around and get ready for stories of people having a MUCH worse Christmas than you are!

Our sponsor this week is the Holiday Ornament Safety Council who remind you that decorations go on the tree, not inside you.  We open with a heartwarming family gathering and close with Lord Weatherby who is freaking out.

Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

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Citations Needed:

18 Christmas Disasters That'll Make You Feel Bad For Laughing

https://www.buzzfeed.com/beckybarnicoat/christmas-disasters

People Tell Us Their Worst Christmas Horror Stories

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmm5p/people-tell-us-their-worst-christmas-horror-stories

24 Christmas disasters to make you feel better about burning the turkey, from poisoned guests to 7,000 acres of fire damage

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/24-christmas-disasters-make-feel-better-burning-turkey-poisoned-guests-7000-acres-fire-damage-209545


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]]> 1786 yes 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 inexplicable Christmas specials that taught us that sharing special times with family is the true meaning of Christmas.  (And to buy whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!) Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas! 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/7NEnSkpbmCY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:45:00 -0000 Frosty the Snow Ho (Redux) bonus Dave Bledsoe 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!) Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas! 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/7NEnSkpbmCY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.)

Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!)

Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas!

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/7NEnSkpbmCY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:

The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html

The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time

https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php

Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials

https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/


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]]> 1859 yes 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 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 right into what the first astronauts ate in space. (Goo, they ate goo.) Then we head back down to the Earth where a Coca Cola executive had an idea that was out of this world, and how it turned into yet another vicious skirmish in the long running and increasingly bitter “cola wars”. We learn how Coke spent a quarter of a million dollars and Pepsi opened their medicine cabinet.  Finally we discover why sodas crashed and burned like a solid rocket booster in chilly weather.  (Too soon?). Our Sponsor this week is Tap Water, if you’re thirsty get some.  We open the show with Coke in space and close with astronaut Chris Hadfield singing out sitting in a tin can. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/AfEng898uRA?si=JGyjlv-GQ_D-4Q4Z Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Fallout from the Unauthorized Gemini III Space Sandwich https://www.nasa.gov/history/fallout-from-the-unauthorized-gemini-iii-space-sandwich/ How would fizzy drinks behave in space? https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-would-fizzy-drinks-behave-in-space The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/science/coke-pepsi-nasa-space-shuttle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E8.TPFd.7B7gLuAuHrDA&smid=url-share 'Space cola wars' at 35: When Coca-Cola, Pepsi tested soda in space https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081120a-space-cola-wars-35-years.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:45:00 -0000 Sodas In Spaaaaace! full 515 Dave Bledsoe 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. 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 right into what the first astronauts ate in space. (Goo, they ate goo.) Then we head back down to the Earth where a Coca Cola executive had an idea that was out of this world, and how it turned into yet another vicious skirmish in the long running and increasingly bitter “cola wars”. We learn how Coke spent a quarter of a million dollars and Pepsi opened their medicine cabinet.  Finally we discover why sodas crashed and burned like a solid rocket booster in chilly weather.  (Too soon?). Our Sponsor this week is Tap Water, if you’re thirsty get some.  We open the show with Coke in space and close with astronaut Chris Hadfield singing out sitting in a tin can. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/AfEng898uRA?si=JGyjlv-GQ_D-4Q4Z Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Fallout from the Unauthorized Gemini III Space Sandwich https://www.nasa.gov/history/fallout-from-the-unauthorized-gemini-iii-space-sandwich/ How would fizzy drinks behave in space? https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-would-fizzy-drinks-behave-in-space The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/science/coke-pepsi-nasa-space-shuttle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E8.TPFd.7B7gLuAuHrDA&smid=url-share 'Space cola wars' at 35: When Coca-Cola, Pepsi tested soda in space https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081120a-space-cola-wars-35-years.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 right into what the first astronauts ate in space. (Goo, they ate goo.) Then we head back down to the Earth where a Coca Cola executive had an idea that was out of this world, and how it turned into yet another vicious skirmish in the long running and increasingly bitter “cola wars”. We learn how Coke spent a quarter of a million dollars and Pepsi opened their medicine cabinet.  Finally we discover why sodas crashed and burned like a solid rocket booster in chilly weather.  (Too soon?).

Our Sponsor this week is Tap Water, if you’re thirsty get some.  We open the show with Coke in space and close with astronaut Chris Hadfield singing out sitting in a tin can.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/AfEng898uRA?si=JGyjlv-GQ_D-4Q4Z

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Fallout from the Unauthorized Gemini III Space Sandwich

https://www.nasa.gov/history/fallout-from-the-unauthorized-gemini-iii-space-sandwich/

How would fizzy drinks behave in space?

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-would-fizzy-drinks-behave-in-space

The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/science/coke-pepsi-nasa-space-shuttle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E8.TPFd.7B7gLuAuHrDA&smid=url-share

'Space cola wars' at 35: When Coca-Cola, Pepsi tested soda in space

https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081120a-space-cola-wars-35-years.html


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]]> 1911 yes 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 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 when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs.  Along the way we learn that Dave thought he would be a Big Rig Driver because he liked the hats, until he learned he would need to park the damn things.  From there we dive right into the strange cultural moment in the 1970’s when everyone in America talked like a truck driver.  (What a bunch of Bucket Mouths) We find out how a combination of gas prices and not being able to drive 55 made the men (and they were almost all men) on the road big damn heroes because of some commercials for white bread  (Yeah, this story goes in some unexpected directions.) Our Sponsor this week is Pappy’s Pep Pills, we swear they ain’t speed (wink wink) We open the show with NPR and close with Phil and Shawn talking about BJ and the Bear. 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/pX5XB_MOVfA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:45:00 -0000 Wall to Wall and Tree Top Tall Redux bonus Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we climb into the cabs of our big rigs and take you back to the days when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs. 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 when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs.  Along the way we learn that Dave thought he would be a Big Rig Driver because he liked the hats, until he learned he would need to park the damn things.  From there we dive right into the strange cultural moment in the 1970’s when everyone in America talked like a truck driver.  (What a bunch of Bucket Mouths) We find out how a combination of gas prices and not being able to drive 55 made the men (and they were almost all men) on the road big damn heroes because of some commercials for white bread  (Yeah, this story goes in some unexpected directions.) Our Sponsor this week is Pappy’s Pep Pills, we swear they ain’t speed (wink wink) We open the show with NPR and close with Phil and Shawn talking about BJ and the Bear. 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/pX5XB_MOVfA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs. 

Along the way we learn that Dave thought he would be a Big Rig Driver because he liked the hats, until he learned he would need to park the damn things.  From there we dive right into the strange cultural moment in the 1970’s when everyone in America talked like a truck driver.  (What a bunch of Bucket Mouths) We find out how a combination of gas prices and not being able to drive 55 made the men (and they were almost all men) on the road big damn heroes because of some commercials for white bread  (Yeah, this story goes in some unexpected directions.)

Our Sponsor this week is Pappy’s Pep Pills, we swear they ain’t speed (wink wink) We open the show with NPR and close with Phil and Shawn talking about BJ and the Bear.

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/pX5XB_MOVfA


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]]> 1996 yes 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 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 and hope you wouldn’t notice we did it years ago. Along the way we discover that no one in Dave’s family misses him at holiday dinners at all. (Or any other time of the year.) Then we dive right into how to get through Thanksgiving Dinner without killing a distant relative.  (Weed, the answer is weed.) Then we cover in painful details all the ways to WIN a fight with your relatives at your Thanksgiving Dinner. (Fight dirty.)  Our Sponsor this week is Distractors, punch the button, stop the fight before it starts. We open the show with a typical American holiday dinner and close with Flula who does not want you to call it a comeback. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/G-VM5wqzhWY?si=bLw7aKYGno689VRx Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:45:00 -0000 Thanksgiving In Hell Total Redux bonus 87 Dave Bledsoe 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 and hope you wouldn’t notice we did it years ago. 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 and hope you wouldn’t notice we did it years ago. Along the way we discover that no one in Dave’s family misses him at holiday dinners at all. (Or any other time of the year.) Then we dive right into how to get through Thanksgiving Dinner without killing a distant relative.  (Weed, the answer is weed.) Then we cover in painful details all the ways to WIN a fight with your relatives at your Thanksgiving Dinner. (Fight dirty.)  Our Sponsor this week is Distractors, punch the button, stop the fight before it starts. We open the show with a typical American holiday dinner and close with Flula who does not want you to call it a comeback. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/G-VM5wqzhWY?si=bLw7aKYGno689VRx Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 and hope you wouldn’t notice we did it years ago.

Along the way we discover that no one in Dave’s family misses him at holiday dinners at all. (Or any other time of the year.) Then we dive right into how to get through Thanksgiving Dinner without killing a distant relative.  (Weed, the answer is weed.) Then we cover in painful details all the ways to WIN a fight with your relatives at your Thanksgiving Dinner. (Fight dirty.) 

Our Sponsor this week is Distractors, punch the button, stop the fight before it starts. We open the show with a typical American holiday dinner and close with Flula who does not want you to call it a comeback.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/G-VM5wqzhWY?si=bLw7aKYGno689VRx


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]]> 1345 yes 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 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 good half hour from all the crazy shit in the world.  (You’re welcome) Along the way we meet the White Wives of Washington who decided it was their job to censor artists.  (They were the Karen’s of the 1980s)  We introduce to you to each of the Filthy Fifteen the list of songs the PMRC deemed so vile and offensive that children must be protected from them at all cost.  (God forbid they learned about getting off from Cyndi Lauper!)  We hear from the artists who defended the list, even though some of the Metal songs are just BAD songs. (Not evil, just really  poorly written.)  Finally, we learn why Tipper Gore felt it was SO important we have warning labels on music.  (Hint, it was so parents didn’t need to talk to their kids.) Our Sponsor this week is Columbia House Records, who want you to know they are back and they are coming for what they are owed.  We open the show with Dee Snider getting real with the Senate and close with Sunkissed Music being adorably rebellious! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-senseThe Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_PodcastThe Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/The Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/WhatthehellpodcastThe Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3fCaxOBBPQo Citations Needed: Parental Advisory Forever: An Oral History of the PMRC’s War on Dirty Lyrics https://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/09/oral-history-tipper-gores-war-explicit-rock-lyrics-dee-snider-373103.html The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship, Gore And The “Parental Advisory” Sticker https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/filthy-fifteen-pmrc-censorship/ The Tipper Sticker at 30: The Most Entertaining (and Least Effective) Attempt at Censorship in Rock History https://www.kqed.org/pop/18111/the-tipper-sticker-at-30-the-most-entertaining-and-least-effective-attempt-at-censorship-in-rock-history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:45:00 -0000 We're Not Gonna Take It (Redux) full 260 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we travel back to 1985 to examine the Parents Music Resource Council 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 trivial to the modern context that it should distract you for a good half hour from all the crazy shit in the world.  (You’re welcome) Along the way we meet the White Wives of Washington who decided it was their job to censor artists.  (They were the Karen’s of the 1980s)  We introduce to you to each of the Filthy Fifteen the list of songs the PMRC deemed so vile and offensive that children must be protected from them at all cost.  (God forbid they learned about getting off from Cyndi Lauper!)  We hear from the artists who defended the list, even though some of the Metal songs are just BAD songs. (Not evil, just really  poorly written.)  Finally, we learn why Tipper Gore felt it was SO important we have warning labels on music.  (Hint, it was so parents didn’t need to talk to their kids.) Our Sponsor this week is Columbia House Records, who want you to know they are back and they are coming for what they are owed.  We open the show with Dee Snider getting real with the Senate and close with Sunkissed Music being adorably rebellious! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-senseThe Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_PodcastThe Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/The Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/WhatthehellpodcastThe Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3fCaxOBBPQo Citations Needed: Parental Advisory Forever: An Oral History of the PMRC’s War on Dirty Lyrics https://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/09/oral-history-tipper-gores-war-explicit-rock-lyrics-dee-snider-373103.html The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship, Gore And The “Parental Advisory” Sticker https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/filthy-fifteen-pmrc-censorship/ The Tipper Sticker at 30: The Most Entertaining (and Least Effective) Attempt at Censorship in Rock History https://www.kqed.org/pop/18111/the-tipper-sticker-at-30-the-most-entertaining-and-least-effective-attempt-at-censorship-in-rock-history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 trivial to the modern context that it should distract you for a good half hour from all the crazy shit in the world.  (You’re welcome)

Along the way we meet the White Wives of Washington who decided it was their job to censor artists.  (They were the Karen’s of the 1980s)  We introduce to you to each of the Filthy Fifteen the list of songs the PMRC deemed so vile and offensive that children must be protected from them at all cost.  (God forbid they learned about getting off from Cyndi Lauper!)  We hear from the artists who defended the list, even though some of the Metal songs are just BAD songs. (Not evil, just really  poorly written.)  Finally, we learn why Tipper Gore felt it was SO important we have warning labels on music.  (Hint, it was so parents didn’t need to talk to their kids.)

Our Sponsor this week is Columbia House Records, who want you to know they are back and they are coming for what they are owed.  We open the show with Dee Snider getting real with the Senate and close with Sunkissed Music being adorably rebellious!

Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-senseThe Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_PodcastThe Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/The Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4

www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/WhatthehellpodcastThe Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3fCaxOBBPQo

Citations Needed:

Parental Advisory Forever: An Oral History of the PMRC’s War on Dirty Lyrics

https://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/09/oral-history-tipper-gores-war-explicit-rock-lyrics-dee-snider-373103.html

The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship, Gore And The “Parental Advisory” Sticker

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/filthy-fifteen-pmrc-censorship/

The Tipper Sticker at 30: The Most Entertaining (and Least Effective) Attempt at Censorship in Rock History

https://www.kqed.org/pop/18111/the-tipper-sticker-at-30-the-most-entertaining-and-least-effective-attempt-at-censorship-in-rock-history


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]]> 1948 yes 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 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 lawyer some day! (As opposed to constantly NEEDING a lawyer like today.) Then we dive into a short history of why we have a Supreme Court. (It turns out to make a President into a king 250 years later.) Then we rejoin our election lawsuits already in progress.  We watch the campaigns spend ungodly amounts of money on lawyers as they wind through the judicial system.  We meet the Brooks Brothers Mafia, a group of GOP Nerds who staged a little protest.  Then we head to the place this was always going to be determined, Washington DC for a partisan Supreme Court decision that damned America! Our Sponsor this week is My Little Lawyer children’s clothing, dress for the job you want them to have when they grow up! We open the show with a recap of the story so far and close with Somesing who wants you boys to break it up! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/FPysALpIQlM?si=OkxNai_AVy9Slkmp Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Bush leads Gore by 327 votes in Florida recount, Associated Press reports https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/10/election.president.02/ Presidency Hinges on Tiny Bits of Paper https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~goguen/courses/275f00/abc-chads.html So, who really won? What the Bush v. Gore studies showed https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/31/politics/bush-gore-2000-election-results-studies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Brooks Brothers Riot Daddy-O (Part 2 of 2000 Election) full 514 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the 2000 Election and the court case that elected a President. 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 lawyer some day! (As opposed to constantly NEEDING a lawyer like today.) Then we dive into a short history of why we have a Supreme Court. (It turns out to make a President into a king 250 years later.) Then we rejoin our election lawsuits already in progress.  We watch the campaigns spend ungodly amounts of money on lawyers as they wind through the judicial system.  We meet the Brooks Brothers Mafia, a group of GOP Nerds who staged a little protest.  Then we head to the place this was always going to be determined, Washington DC for a partisan Supreme Court decision that damned America! Our Sponsor this week is My Little Lawyer children’s clothing, dress for the job you want them to have when they grow up! We open the show with a recap of the story so far and close with Somesing who wants you boys to break it up! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/FPysALpIQlM?si=OkxNai_AVy9Slkmp Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Bush leads Gore by 327 votes in Florida recount, Associated Press reports https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/10/election.president.02/ Presidency Hinges on Tiny Bits of Paper https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~goguen/courses/275f00/abc-chads.html So, who really won? What the Bush v. Gore studies showed https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/31/politics/bush-gore-2000-election-results-studies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 lawyer some day! (As opposed to constantly NEEDING a lawyer like today.) Then we dive into a short history of why we have a Supreme Court. (It turns out to make a President into a king 250 years later.) Then we rejoin our election lawsuits already in progress.  We watch the campaigns spend ungodly amounts of money on lawyers as they wind through the judicial system.  We meet the Brooks Brothers Mafia, a group of GOP Nerds who staged a little protest.  Then we head to the place this was always going to be determined, Washington DC for a partisan Supreme Court decision that damned America!

Our Sponsor this week is My Little Lawyer children’s clothing, dress for the job you want them to have when they grow up! We open the show with a recap of the story so far and close with Somesing who wants you boys to break it up!

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/FPysALpIQlM?si=OkxNai_AVy9Slkmp

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Bush leads Gore by 327 votes in Florida recount, Associated Press reports

https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/10/election.president.02/

Presidency Hinges on Tiny Bits of Paper

https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~goguen/courses/275f00/abc-chads.html

So, who really won? What the Bush v. Gore studies showed

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/31/politics/bush-gore-2000-election-results-studies


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]]> 1987 yes 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 election that broke America. (We could have had a Lockbox!) Along the way we learn that Dave voted for Ralph Nader. (What an asshole) Then we dig into why we have an Electoral College. (Slavery.) From there we meet the men who were vying to lead the country into the 21st Century, one a boring politician and the other a dumbass fratboy with a drinking problem and a famous last name. From there we head to Florida for an explanation of why Florida is like it is. (Weird, filled with old people and alligators).  We discuss the election night faux pas that left the media with egg on its face and shit in their nickers. Then we take a listen to the recently discovered recording of Al Gore’s retracted concession speech to George W Bush. Our Sponsor this week is Ballot Express, when you need to rig an election fast, you need Ballot Express.  We open with a painfully young Jon Stewart FINALLY calling the 2020 Election and close with Joel Goguen who has anger issues. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/sNYJ5ELTxBM?si=_hmhHHaK-cCTvf4M Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE POLLS; Poll Shows Either Candidate Within Reach of Victory https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/us/the-2000-campaign-the-polls-poll-shows-either-candidate-within-reach-of-victory.html The Florida Recount Of 2000: A Nightmare That Goes On Haunting https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666812854/the-florida-recount-of-2000-a-nightmare-that-goes-on-haunting Contested presidential elections Bush v. Gore https://millercenter.org/contested-presidential-elections/bush-v-gore Election night has been a big media event since electric lights first announced the winner in 1892 https://theconversation.com/election-night-has-been-a-big-media-event-since-electric-lights-first-announced-the-winner-in-1892-148413 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Ballot With Butterfly Wings full 513 Dave Bledsoe 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!) 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) Then we dig into why we have an Electoral College. (Slavery.) From there we meet the men who were vying to lead the country into the 21st Century, one a boring politician and the other a dumbass fratboy with a drinking problem and a famous last name. From there we head to Florida for an explanation of why Florida is like it is. (Weird, filled with old people and alligators).  We discuss the election night faux pas that left the media with egg on its face and shit in their nickers. Then we take a listen to the recently discovered recording of Al Gore’s retracted concession speech to George W Bush. Our Sponsor this week is Ballot Express, when you need to rig an election fast, you need Ballot Express.  We open with a painfully young Jon Stewart FINALLY calling the 2020 Election and close with Joel Goguen who has anger issues. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/sNYJ5ELTxBM?si=_hmhHHaK-cCTvf4M Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE POLLS; Poll Shows Either Candidate Within Reach of Victory https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/us/the-2000-campaign-the-polls-poll-shows-either-candidate-within-reach-of-victory.html The Florida Recount Of 2000: A Nightmare That Goes On Haunting https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666812854/the-florida-recount-of-2000-a-nightmare-that-goes-on-haunting Contested presidential elections Bush v. Gore https://millercenter.org/contested-presidential-elections/bush-v-gore Election night has been a big media event since electric lights first announced the winner in 1892 https://theconversation.com/election-night-has-been-a-big-media-event-since-electric-lights-first-announced-the-winner-in-1892-148413 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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) Then we dig into why we have an Electoral College. (Slavery.) From there we meet the men who were vying to lead the country into the 21st Century, one a boring politician and the other a dumbass fratboy with a drinking problem and a famous last name. From there we head to Florida for an explanation of why Florida is like it is. (Weird, filled with old people and alligators).  We discuss the election night faux pas that left the media with egg on its face and shit in their nickers. Then we take a listen to the recently discovered recording of Al Gore’s retracted concession speech to George W Bush.

Our Sponsor this week is Ballot Express, when you need to rig an election fast, you need Ballot Express.  We open with a painfully young Jon Stewart FINALLY calling the 2020 Election and close with Joel Goguen who has anger issues.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/sNYJ5ELTxBM?si=_hmhHHaK-cCTvf4M

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop


Citations Needed:

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE POLLS; Poll Shows Either Candidate Within Reach of Victory

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/us/the-2000-campaign-the-polls-poll-shows-either-candidate-within-reach-of-victory.html

The Florida Recount Of 2000: A Nightmare That Goes On Haunting

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666812854/the-florida-recount-of-2000-a-nightmare-that-goes-on-haunting

Contested presidential elections Bush v. Gore

https://millercenter.org/contested-presidential-elections/bush-v-gore

Election night has been a big media event since electric lights first announced the winner in 1892

https://theconversation.com/election-night-has-been-a-big-media-event-since-electric-lights-first-announced-the-winner-in-1892-148413


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]]> 1886 yes 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 2025 99 Problems But A Witch Ain’t One with America’s own Granny Witches!  Along the way we discover Dave’s complicated relationship with his grandmother. (It’s complicated) Then we head over to Northern Ireland for only LOOKS like a digression, before heading back to the New World with the folks that used to live in Northern Ireland.  We follow the Scotch Irish as they head west into the mountains and create a culture that is both complex and fully hillbilly. Then jump ahead to modernity where some people pretend they know how to cure the gout with a hogs tooth and henbane. (Use rectally) Finally we wrap up the entire Spooktacular with Dave explaining in fact, a witch WAS one of his ninety-nine problems. Our Sponsor this week is Cleetus and Boggs Holler Real Estate, don’t dig a new hole where the old outhouse was, you call Cleetus and Boggs.  We open with Liz Pardue talking Holler Magick and close with Van Izak who knows it’s strictly taboo.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/evxVrtftylU?si=X1EUVLDzYCdqxZ7J Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Appalachian Folk Magic: Generations of “Granny Witchcraft” and Spiritual Work https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/appalachian-folk-magic Byron Ballard keeps Appalachian folk magic practices alive https://mountainx.com/living/wellness/byron-ballard-keeps-appalachian-folk-magic-practices-alive/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Granny Are You OK? (Part 4 of Spooktacular 2025) full 512 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap up Spooktacular 2025 99 Problems But A Witch Ain’t One with America’s own Granny Witches! 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 with his grandmother. (It’s complicated) Then we head over to Northern Ireland for only LOOKS like a digression, before heading back to the New World with the folks that used to live in Northern Ireland.  We follow the Scotch Irish as they head west into the mountains and create a culture that is both complex and fully hillbilly. Then jump ahead to modernity where some people pretend they know how to cure the gout with a hogs tooth and henbane. (Use rectally) Finally we wrap up the entire Spooktacular with Dave explaining in fact, a witch WAS one of his ninety-nine problems. Our Sponsor this week is Cleetus and Boggs Holler Real Estate, don’t dig a new hole where the old outhouse was, you call Cleetus and Boggs.  We open with Liz Pardue talking Holler Magick and close with Van Izak who knows it’s strictly taboo.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/evxVrtftylU?si=X1EUVLDzYCdqxZ7J Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Appalachian Folk Magic: Generations of “Granny Witchcraft” and Spiritual Work https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/appalachian-folk-magic Byron Ballard keeps Appalachian folk magic practices alive https://mountainx.com/living/wellness/byron-ballard-keeps-appalachian-folk-magic-practices-alive/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 with his grandmother. (It’s complicated) Then we head over to Northern Ireland for only LOOKS like a digression, before heading back to the New World with the folks that used to live in Northern Ireland.  We follow the Scotch Irish as they head west into the mountains and create a culture that is both complex and fully hillbilly. Then jump ahead to modernity where some people pretend they know how to cure the gout with a hogs tooth and henbane. (Use rectally) Finally we wrap up the entire Spooktacular with Dave explaining in fact, a witch WAS one of his ninety-nine problems.

Our Sponsor this week is Cleetus and Boggs Holler Real Estate, don’t dig a new hole where the old outhouse was, you call Cleetus and Boggs.  We open with Liz Pardue talking Holler Magick and close with Van Izak who knows it’s strictly taboo. 

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/evxVrtftylU?si=X1EUVLDzYCdqxZ7J

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Appalachian Folk Magic: Generations of “Granny Witchcraft” and Spiritual Work

https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/appalachian-folk-magic

Byron Ballard keeps Appalachian folk magic practices alive

https://mountainx.com/living/wellness/byron-ballard-keeps-appalachian-folk-magic-practices-alive/


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]]> 1674 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 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 a godless heathen. (Just not very hard.) Then we dive right into that time the Romans did some Roman shit to people in what would become Wales. (Somehow, this IS relevant) before coming back to talk about an English Post Clerk who decided that pretending to believe in witchcraft might get him laid. (Unfair and untrue, Gerald was probably ACE) Then we follow the rise of Wicca as a religion as it spread around the world in the 70s until it exploded in the late 90s. (Alyson Hannigan was just so damn cute!) We explain how Wicca got popular then Hollywood made it suck and how Wicca is today.  Finally, Dave explains why he isn’t a Wiccan. (They kicked him out of the coven for being too eager to get Skyclad.) Our Sponsor this week is Coven FInder,because a coven of one isn’t a coven at all! We open with Nat Geo explaining Wicca and close with Liam St John is risking himself with the Three Fold Law. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7yDf0nYJCf4?si=YOka_JgYWuWRl1Bz Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Consequences Roman Contact Had on British Religion https://druidry.org/resources/the-consequences-roman-contact-had-on-british-religion What is Wicca? A Beginner’s Guide to the Wiccan Religion https://wiccaliving.com/what-is-wicca/ Wiccan Views on Sex https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Wicca-For-Beginners-Wiccan-Views-on-Sex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Something Wiccan This Way Comes (Part 3 of Spooktacular 2025) full 511 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we look at the state of modern witchcraft when we talk about the Wiccans. 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 a godless heathen. (Just not very hard.) Then we dive right into that time the Romans did some Roman shit to people in what would become Wales. (Somehow, this IS relevant) before coming back to talk about an English Post Clerk who decided that pretending to believe in witchcraft might get him laid. (Unfair and untrue, Gerald was probably ACE) Then we follow the rise of Wicca as a religion as it spread around the world in the 70s until it exploded in the late 90s. (Alyson Hannigan was just so damn cute!) We explain how Wicca got popular then Hollywood made it suck and how Wicca is today.  Finally, Dave explains why he isn’t a Wiccan. (They kicked him out of the coven for being too eager to get Skyclad.) Our Sponsor this week is Coven FInder,because a coven of one isn’t a coven at all! We open with Nat Geo explaining Wicca and close with Liam St John is risking himself with the Three Fold Law. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7yDf0nYJCf4?si=YOka_JgYWuWRl1Bz Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Consequences Roman Contact Had on British Religion https://druidry.org/resources/the-consequences-roman-contact-had-on-british-religion What is Wicca? A Beginner’s Guide to the Wiccan Religion https://wiccaliving.com/what-is-wicca/ Wiccan Views on Sex https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Wicca-For-Beginners-Wiccan-Views-on-Sex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 a godless heathen. (Just not very hard.) Then we dive right into that time the Romans did some Roman shit to people in what would become Wales. (Somehow, this IS relevant) before coming back to talk about an English Post Clerk who decided that pretending to believe in witchcraft might get him laid. (Unfair and untrue, Gerald was probably ACE) Then we follow the rise of Wicca as a religion as it spread around the world in the 70s until it exploded in the late 90s. (Alyson Hannigan was just so damn cute!) We explain how Wicca got popular then Hollywood made it suck and how Wicca is today.  Finally, Dave explains why he isn’t a Wiccan. (They kicked him out of the coven for being too eager to get Skyclad.)

Our Sponsor this week is Coven FInder,because a coven of one isn’t a coven at all! We open with Nat Geo explaining Wicca and close with Liam St John is risking himself with the Three Fold Law.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7yDf0nYJCf4?si=YOka_JgYWuWRl1Bz

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

The Consequences Roman Contact Had on British Religion

https://druidry.org/resources/the-consequences-roman-contact-had-on-british-religion

What is Wicca? A Beginner’s Guide to the Wiccan Religion

https://wiccaliving.com/what-is-wicca/

Wiccan Views on Sex

https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Wicca-For-Beginners-Wiccan-Views-on-Sex


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]]> 1754 yes 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 trials throughout history. (Modern included) Along the way we learn Dave considered himself a victim of witch hunt because he was accused of trying to sleep with college age women. (Which he was definitely doing.) Then we move right into the Protestant Reformation, which reformed Europe into a WHOLE bunch of brutality wars. (Not that they needed an excuse.) Then we dig into how random old women with skin conditions were accused of sexual liaisons with demons all over Europe and America.  (Warts are a demon turn on) We turn to the colonies to learn how and why Salem was a hot bed of witch activity and why it stopped. (Religion and Money.  Spoiler alert.) Finally we examine the status of witch hunts today. Our Sponsor this week is Turgidson and Smythe, Barristers of Witches, for not every hag is, in truth, a witch. We open the show with a visit from the Witchfinder and close with The Gitarinet Duo who are disciplinarians.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s7oxOEa4ZbY?si=lKswHO7E6b4uRq6k Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Witchcraft and the Reformation https://tudorblogger.com/2013/05/02/witchcraft-and-the-reformation-2/ Wikipedia: Witch Hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hunt The ‘Malleus Maleficarum’: Ancient book offers ways to identify a witch https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/malleus-maleficarum-ancient-books-offers-ways-identify-witch/B5PRVNGF3BF2JAPEEC4YRM6HGE/ A brief and true narrative of some remarkable passages relating to sundry persons afflicted by witchcraft at Salem village, which happened from the nineteenth of March to the fifth of April, 1692 collected by Deodat Lawson. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A49794.0001.001/?view=toc SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS: THE PERCEPTION OF WOMEN IN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE http://facta.junis.ni.ac.rs/lal/lal201001/lal201001-01.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Smack My Witch Up Part 2 of Spooktacular 2025 full 510 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week the Spooktacular takes us to witch panics and trials throughout history. (Modern included) 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 trials throughout history. (Modern included) Along the way we learn Dave considered himself a victim of witch hunt because he was accused of trying to sleep with college age women. (Which he was definitely doing.) Then we move right into the Protestant Reformation, which reformed Europe into a WHOLE bunch of brutality wars. (Not that they needed an excuse.) Then we dig into how random old women with skin conditions were accused of sexual liaisons with demons all over Europe and America.  (Warts are a demon turn on) We turn to the colonies to learn how and why Salem was a hot bed of witch activity and why it stopped. (Religion and Money.  Spoiler alert.) Finally we examine the status of witch hunts today. Our Sponsor this week is Turgidson and Smythe, Barristers of Witches, for not every hag is, in truth, a witch. We open the show with a visit from the Witchfinder and close with The Gitarinet Duo who are disciplinarians.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s7oxOEa4ZbY?si=lKswHO7E6b4uRq6k Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Witchcraft and the Reformation https://tudorblogger.com/2013/05/02/witchcraft-and-the-reformation-2/ Wikipedia: Witch Hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hunt The ‘Malleus Maleficarum’: Ancient book offers ways to identify a witch https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/malleus-maleficarum-ancient-books-offers-ways-identify-witch/B5PRVNGF3BF2JAPEEC4YRM6HGE/ A brief and true narrative of some remarkable passages relating to sundry persons afflicted by witchcraft at Salem village, which happened from the nineteenth of March to the fifth of April, 1692 collected by Deodat Lawson. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A49794.0001.001/?view=toc SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS: THE PERCEPTION OF WOMEN IN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE http://facta.junis.ni.ac.rs/lal/lal201001/lal201001-01.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 trials throughout history. (Modern included)

Along the way we learn Dave considered himself a victim of witch hunt because he was accused of trying to sleep with college age women. (Which he was definitely doing.) Then we move right into the Protestant Reformation, which reformed Europe into a WHOLE bunch of brutality wars. (Not that they needed an excuse.) Then we dig into how random old women with skin conditions were accused of sexual liaisons with demons all over Europe and America.  (Warts are a demon turn on) We turn to the colonies to learn how and why Salem was a hot bed of witch activity and why it stopped. (Religion and Money.  Spoiler alert.) Finally we examine the status of witch hunts today.

Our Sponsor this week is Turgidson and Smythe, Barristers of Witches, for not every hag is, in truth, a witch. We open the show with a visit from the Witchfinder and close with The Gitarinet Duo who are disciplinarians. 

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s7oxOEa4ZbY?si=lKswHO7E6b4uRq6k

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Witchcraft and the Reformation

https://tudorblogger.com/2013/05/02/witchcraft-and-the-reformation-2/

Wikipedia: Witch Hunt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hunt

The ‘Malleus Maleficarum’: Ancient book offers ways to identify a witch

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/malleus-maleficarum-ancient-books-offers-ways-identify-witch/B5PRVNGF3BF2JAPEEC4YRM6HGE/

A brief and true narrative of some remarkable passages relating to sundry persons afflicted by witchcraft at Salem village, which happened from the nineteenth of March to the fifth of April, 1692 collected by Deodat Lawson.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A49794.0001.001/?view=toc

SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS: THE PERCEPTION OF

WOMEN IN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE

http://facta.junis.ni.ac.rs/lal/lal201001/lal201001-01.pdf


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]]> 2158 yes 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 when he was a kid.  (Lesbians are nothing to be afraid of!) Then we dive right in by dispelling some myths about the matriarchy.  From there we explore the role of the shaman in pre-history and how they were much more than just some dudes with horned masks and good weed. (A lot of them had shrooms as well!) We discuss how the tribal shaman became the village healer once humanity settled down to an agrarian lifestyle and how important they were in society for over a thousand years.  We wrap up with why they went from a vital part of rural life to demonic sin peddlers.  (Yep, it was capitalism!) Our Sponsor this week is the Herb Hut, don’t cast your spells without us! We open with Christine O’Donnell who wants us to know she isn’t a witch and close with Armen Chakmakjian who wonders if maybe she is.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/eller-myth.html The Evidence of Shamanism Rituals in Early Prehistoric Periods of Europe and Anatolia https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1715302 History of magic in Western worldviews https://www.britannica.com/topic/magic-supernatural-phenomenon/History-of-magic-in-Western-worldviews What is Cunning Craft and who are Cunning Folk? https://medium.com/@crystalcavendish/what-is-cunning-craft-and-who-are-cunning-folk-993102962a01 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000 "Shaman Me? Shaman You!" Part 1 of Spooktacular 2025 full 507 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2025 with the origins of witches, from the Shaman to the Cunning Folk! 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 when he was a kid.  (Lesbians are nothing to be afraid of!) Then we dive right in by dispelling some myths about the matriarchy.  From there we explore the role of the shaman in pre-history and how they were much more than just some dudes with horned masks and good weed. (A lot of them had shrooms as well!) We discuss how the tribal shaman became the village healer once humanity settled down to an agrarian lifestyle and how important they were in society for over a thousand years.  We wrap up with why they went from a vital part of rural life to demonic sin peddlers.  (Yep, it was capitalism!) Our Sponsor this week is the Herb Hut, don’t cast your spells without us! We open with Christine O’Donnell who wants us to know she isn’t a witch and close with Armen Chakmakjian who wonders if maybe she is.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/eller-myth.html The Evidence of Shamanism Rituals in Early Prehistoric Periods of Europe and Anatolia https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1715302 History of magic in Western worldviews https://www.britannica.com/topic/magic-supernatural-phenomenon/History-of-magic-in-Western-worldviews What is Cunning Craft and who are Cunning Folk? https://medium.com/@crystalcavendish/what-is-cunning-craft-and-who-are-cunning-folk-993102962a01 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 when he was a kid.  (Lesbians are nothing to be afraid of!) Then we dive right in by dispelling some myths about the matriarchy.  From there we explore the role of the shaman in pre-history and how they were much more than just some dudes with horned masks and good weed. (A lot of them had shrooms as well!) We discuss how the tribal shaman became the village healer once humanity settled down to an agrarian lifestyle and how important they were in society for over a thousand years.  We wrap up with why they went from a vital part of rural life to demonic sin peddlers.  (Yep, it was capitalism!)

Our Sponsor this week is the Herb Hut, don’t cast your spells without us! We open with Christine O’Donnell who wants us to know she isn’t a witch and close with Armen Chakmakjian who wonders if maybe she is. 

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/eller-myth.html

The Evidence of Shamanism Rituals in Early Prehistoric Periods of Europe and Anatolia

https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1715302

History of magic in Western worldviews

https://www.britannica.com/topic/magic-supernatural-phenomenon/History-of-magic-in-Western-worldviews

What is Cunning Craft and who are Cunning Folk?

https://medium.com/@crystalcavendish/what-is-cunning-craft-and-who-are-cunning-folk-993102962a01


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]]> 1573 yes 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 fucking around on post. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Rendlesham Forest Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case by Ian Ridpath http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:07:00 -0000 Redux Megamix The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident bonus Dave Bledsoe If you haven't heard it, it is new to you! 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 fucking around on post. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Rendlesham Forest Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case by Ian Ridpath http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 fucking around on post.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed: 

Rendlesham Forest Incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident

New Light on Rendlesham

https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/

The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case

http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm

The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case by Ian Ridpath

http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm

New Light on Rendlesham

https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/


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]]> 3825 yes 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 a similar situation that ended much worse, we talk about John Bobbitt’s detached penis and why Americans thought it was funny! Along the way we discover all the ways Dave has been a disappointment to the women in his life. (Starting with his Mom) Then we dive right in clarifying the difference between regular old castration and emasculation. (Never say we don’t tackle the hard topics!) Then we met John and Lorena, a couple of kids, who met, fell in love and discovered that was a really BAD idea.  After delicately weaving around some fairly gruesome subjects we arrive at why Americans thought a dude’s dong landing in a 7-11 parking lot was so funny. (We are terrible people) Then we wrap up with something that might be considered a metaphor for modern times. Our Sponsor this week is Total Package Protection, never have a penis without it. We open with Eddie Murphy (again) talking about why dick threats aren’t funny and close with Dr Bootyu Quiver who is looking for something. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Lorena Bobbitt and John Bobbitt: The True Story Behind The Case That Played Out Like a Soap Opera https://www.insideedition.com/lorena-bobbitt-and-john-bobbitt-true-story-behind-case-played-out-soap-opera-50706 You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/arts/television/lorena-bobbitt-documentary-jordan-peele.html John Bobbitt speaks out 25 years after wife infamously cut off his penis: 'I want people to understand… the whole story' https://abcnews.go.com/US/john-bobbitt-speaks-25-years-wife-infamously-cut/story?id=60023049 Letterman Top 10 1994 https://www.oocities.org/jaylipp/Letterman/topten94.html Severance Pay https://www.maryellenmark.com/bibliography/magazines/article/people/severence-pay-637521259802825072/P He's not wounded by the humor https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/12/21/he-s-not-wounded-by-the-humor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000 John's Detachable Penis full 506 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we discuss a similar situation that ended much worse, we talk about John Bobbitt’s detached penis and why Americans thought it was funny! 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 a similar situation that ended much worse, we talk about John Bobbitt’s detached penis and why Americans thought it was funny! Along the way we discover all the ways Dave has been a disappointment to the women in his life. (Starting with his Mom) Then we dive right in clarifying the difference between regular old castration and emasculation. (Never say we don’t tackle the hard topics!) Then we met John and Lorena, a couple of kids, who met, fell in love and discovered that was a really BAD idea.  After delicately weaving around some fairly gruesome subjects we arrive at why Americans thought a dude’s dong landing in a 7-11 parking lot was so funny. (We are terrible people) Then we wrap up with something that might be considered a metaphor for modern times. Our Sponsor this week is Total Package Protection, never have a penis without it. We open with Eddie Murphy (again) talking about why dick threats aren’t funny and close with Dr Bootyu Quiver who is looking for something. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Lorena Bobbitt and John Bobbitt: The True Story Behind The Case That Played Out Like a Soap Opera https://www.insideedition.com/lorena-bobbitt-and-john-bobbitt-true-story-behind-case-played-out-soap-opera-50706 You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/arts/television/lorena-bobbitt-documentary-jordan-peele.html John Bobbitt speaks out 25 years after wife infamously cut off his penis: 'I want people to understand… the whole story' https://abcnews.go.com/US/john-bobbitt-speaks-25-years-wife-infamously-cut/story?id=60023049 Letterman Top 10 1994 https://www.oocities.org/jaylipp/Letterman/topten94.html Severance Pay https://www.maryellenmark.com/bibliography/magazines/article/people/severence-pay-637521259802825072/P He's not wounded by the humor https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/12/21/he-s-not-wounded-by-the-humor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 a similar situation that ended much worse, we talk about John Bobbitt’s detached penis and why Americans thought it was funny!

Along the way we discover all the ways Dave has been a disappointment to the women in his life. (Starting with his Mom) Then we dive right in clarifying the difference between regular old castration and emasculation. (Never say we don’t tackle the hard topics!) Then we met John and Lorena, a couple of kids, who met, fell in love and discovered that was a really BAD idea.  After delicately weaving around some fairly gruesome subjects we arrive at why Americans thought a dude’s dong landing in a 7-11 parking lot was so funny. (We are terrible people) Then we wrap up with something that might be considered a metaphor for modern times.

Our Sponsor this week is Total Package Protection, never have a penis without it. We open with Eddie Murphy (again) talking about why dick threats aren’t funny and close with Dr Bootyu Quiver who is looking for something.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/H2OgKpcvMYw?si=69jc_XHyoJSCqVD1

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Lorena Bobbitt and John Bobbitt: The True Story Behind The Case That Played Out Like a Soap Opera

https://www.insideedition.com/lorena-bobbitt-and-john-bobbitt-true-story-behind-case-played-out-soap-opera-50706

You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/arts/television/lorena-bobbitt-documentary-jordan-peele.html

John Bobbitt speaks out 25 years after wife infamously cut off his penis: 'I want people to understand… the whole story'

https://abcnews.go.com/US/john-bobbitt-speaks-25-years-wife-infamously-cut/story?id=60023049

Letterman Top 10 1994

https://www.oocities.org/jaylipp/Letterman/topten94.html

Severance Pay

https://www.maryellenmark.com/bibliography/magazines/article/people/severence-pay-637521259802825072/P

He's not wounded by the humor

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/12/21/he-s-not-wounded-by-the-humor/



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]]> 1842 yes 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:36:00 -0000 I Got 99 Problems But A Witch Ain't One! trailer Dave Bledsoe So join us for a month of MORE WITCHES than you could imagine for Spooktacular 2025! 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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!

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]]> 95 yes 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 talk about THAT, but we do not make any jokes.) Along the way we discover that Dave was not the most bullied kid in school. (Only because of that one kid that ate other people’s boogers.) Then we dive into a short history of musicians behaving badly from Mozart's poop poems to Jerry Lee Lewis trying to kill Elvis.  Then we pick up with Michael as his career cools off and people start to notice how weird he is. (Like who wears one glove?) We follow along as Mike collects animal\ friends, builds an amusement park, turns white and gets a new nose every two years. (We guess he was leasing?) Then we discuss his dating, his marriage, and finally that other thing he allegedly did. (But probably definitely did) Before we wrap up with his sad but predictably bizarre ending. Our Sponsor this week is Ron’s Rhinoplasty, don’t like the nose on your face, get a new one to take its place.  We open with MJ being mad at Ed and close with Eve St Jones who wants to hear what you have to say. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s4VORb6BSt0?si=Bw-u0uyIxQh6KgSx Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Five of the Craziest Classical Composers https://www.tumblr.com/thestarvingpianist/137229986238/five-of-the-craziest-classical-composers The Mayo Clinic: Vitiligo https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vitiligo/symptoms-causes/syc-20355912 Why Freddie Mercury never finished three duets with Michael Jackson — and it involves a llama: ‘The last straw’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/entertainment/why-freddie-mercury-never-finished-3-duets-with-michael-jackson-it-involves-a-llama/ Inside Michael Jackson's zoo of horrors - giraffes on fire and bear in bumper car https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-michael-jacksons-zoo-horrors-26809558 Center for Great Apes: Bubbles https://centerforgreatapes.org/chimpanzee/bubbles/ Surgeon: Michael Jackson A 'Nasal Cripple' https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Cosmetic/story?id=131910&page=1 Lisa Marie Presley was engaged 5 times and married 4 times. Here is what to know about her relationships with Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage and other husbands. https://www.businessinsider.com/lisa-marie-presley-marriages-michael-jackson-nicolas-cage-danny-keough-2023-1 Wikipedia: Philanthropy of Michael Jackson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy_of_Michael_Jackson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Tito Get Me Some Tissue full 507 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week take a look at the oddities and eccentricities of the King of Pop . (Yes, we DO talk about THAT, but we do not make any jokes.) 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 talk about THAT, but we do not make any jokes.) Along the way we discover that Dave was not the most bullied kid in school. (Only because of that one kid that ate other people’s boogers.) Then we dive into a short history of musicians behaving badly from Mozart's poop poems to Jerry Lee Lewis trying to kill Elvis.  Then we pick up with Michael as his career cools off and people start to notice how weird he is. (Like who wears one glove?) We follow along as Mike collects animal\ friends, builds an amusement park, turns white and gets a new nose every two years. (We guess he was leasing?) Then we discuss his dating, his marriage, and finally that other thing he allegedly did. (But probably definitely did) Before we wrap up with his sad but predictably bizarre ending. Our Sponsor this week is Ron’s Rhinoplasty, don’t like the nose on your face, get a new one to take its place.  We open with MJ being mad at Ed and close with Eve St Jones who wants to hear what you have to say. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s4VORb6BSt0?si=Bw-u0uyIxQh6KgSx Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Five of the Craziest Classical Composers https://www.tumblr.com/thestarvingpianist/137229986238/five-of-the-craziest-classical-composers The Mayo Clinic: Vitiligo https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vitiligo/symptoms-causes/syc-20355912 Why Freddie Mercury never finished three duets with Michael Jackson — and it involves a llama: ‘The last straw’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/entertainment/why-freddie-mercury-never-finished-3-duets-with-michael-jackson-it-involves-a-llama/ Inside Michael Jackson's zoo of horrors - giraffes on fire and bear in bumper car https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-michael-jacksons-zoo-horrors-26809558 Center for Great Apes: Bubbles https://centerforgreatapes.org/chimpanzee/bubbles/ Surgeon: Michael Jackson A 'Nasal Cripple' https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Cosmetic/story?id=131910&page=1 Lisa Marie Presley was engaged 5 times and married 4 times. Here is what to know about her relationships with Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage and other husbands. https://www.businessinsider.com/lisa-marie-presley-marriages-michael-jackson-nicolas-cage-danny-keough-2023-1 Wikipedia: Philanthropy of Michael Jackson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy_of_Michael_Jackson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 talk about THAT, but we do not make any jokes.)

Along the way we discover that Dave was not the most bullied kid in school. (Only because of that one kid that ate other people’s boogers.) Then we dive into a short history of musicians behaving badly from Mozart's poop poems to Jerry Lee Lewis trying to kill Elvis.  Then we pick up with Michael as his career cools off and people start to notice how weird he is. (Like who wears one glove?) We follow along as Mike collects animal\ friends, builds an amusement park, turns white and gets a new nose every two years. (We guess he was leasing?) Then we discuss his dating, his marriage, and finally that other thing he allegedly did. (But probably definitely did) Before we wrap up with his sad but predictably bizarre ending.

Our Sponsor this week is Ron’s Rhinoplasty, don’t like the nose on your face, get a new one to take its place.  We open with MJ being mad at Ed and close with Eve St Jones who wants to hear what you have to say.

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Citations Needed:

Five of the Craziest Classical Composers

https://www.tumblr.com/thestarvingpianist/137229986238/five-of-the-craziest-classical-composers

The Mayo Clinic: Vitiligo

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vitiligo/symptoms-causes/syc-20355912

Why Freddie Mercury never finished three duets with Michael Jackson — and it involves a llama: ‘The last straw’

https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/entertainment/why-freddie-mercury-never-finished-3-duets-with-michael-jackson-it-involves-a-llama/

Inside Michael Jackson's zoo of horrors - giraffes on fire and bear in bumper car

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-michael-jacksons-zoo-horrors-26809558

Center for Great Apes: Bubbles

https://centerforgreatapes.org/chimpanzee/bubbles/

Surgeon: Michael Jackson A 'Nasal Cripple'

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Cosmetic/story?id=131910&page=1

Lisa Marie Presley was engaged 5 times and married 4 times. Here is what to know about her relationships with Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage and other husbands.

https://www.businessinsider.com/lisa-marie-presley-marriages-michael-jackson-nicolas-cage-danny-keough-2023-1

Wikipedia: Philanthropy of Michael Jackson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy_of_Michael_Jackson


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]]> 1869 yes 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 about the biggest pop star of the 80s, Michael Bolton. (We kid, we are talking about Michael Jackson!) Along the way we find out that Dave once thought he was gay because he accidentally liked Michael Jackson’s music. (He had a very sheltered childhood) Then we dive into a brief history of Motown for script reasons before, and speaking of sheltered childhoods, we meet the Jacksons.  (All dozen of them) We follow the rise of young Michael from his childhood parental abuse to the pinnacle of cultural dominance before the age of 30 years old. (Can’t imagine why Mike turned out the way he did). We talk about this music, the videos, the cultural impact and the world fell in love with him.  We do NOT talk about the weird stuff.  (We’re saving that for NEXT week!) Our Sponsor this week is Sequin Hut, all we sell is sequins, which was a pretty bad business choice.  We open the show with the news about Thriller and close with Gipsy Danger inquiring about Annie. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/NU4LsUPWZxI?si=iDcOK-3X5buMjkhP Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: The Motown Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown#Motown_sound Joe Jackson was one of the most monstrous fathers in pop https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/27/joe-jackson-one-of-the-most-monstrous-fathers-in-pop Michael Jackson’s 1987 Cover Story: ‘The Pressure to Beat It’ https://www.spin.com/2014/06/michael-jackson-bad-1987-cover-story/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Shamone Now full 505 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week it is part one of a two part show about the biggest pop star of the 80s, Michael Bolton. (We kid, we are talking about Michael Jackson!) 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 about the biggest pop star of the 80s, Michael Bolton. (We kid, we are talking about Michael Jackson!) Along the way we find out that Dave once thought he was gay because he accidentally liked Michael Jackson’s music. (He had a very sheltered childhood) Then we dive into a brief history of Motown for script reasons before, and speaking of sheltered childhoods, we meet the Jacksons.  (All dozen of them) We follow the rise of young Michael from his childhood parental abuse to the pinnacle of cultural dominance before the age of 30 years old. (Can’t imagine why Mike turned out the way he did). We talk about this music, the videos, the cultural impact and the world fell in love with him.  We do NOT talk about the weird stuff.  (We’re saving that for NEXT week!) Our Sponsor this week is Sequin Hut, all we sell is sequins, which was a pretty bad business choice.  We open the show with the news about Thriller and close with Gipsy Danger inquiring about Annie. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/NU4LsUPWZxI?si=iDcOK-3X5buMjkhP Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: The Motown Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown#Motown_sound Joe Jackson was one of the most monstrous fathers in pop https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/27/joe-jackson-one-of-the-most-monstrous-fathers-in-pop Michael Jackson’s 1987 Cover Story: ‘The Pressure to Beat It’ https://www.spin.com/2014/06/michael-jackson-bad-1987-cover-story/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 about the biggest pop star of the 80s, Michael Bolton. (We kid, we are talking about Michael Jackson!)

Along the way we find out that Dave once thought he was gay because he accidentally liked Michael Jackson’s music. (He had a very sheltered childhood) Then we dive into a brief history of Motown for script reasons before, and speaking of sheltered childhoods, we meet the Jacksons.  (All dozen of them) We follow the rise of young Michael from his childhood parental abuse to the pinnacle of cultural dominance before the age of 30 years old. (Can’t imagine why Mike turned out the way he did). We talk about this music, the videos, the cultural impact and the world fell in love with him.  We do NOT talk about the weird stuff.  (We’re saving that for NEXT week!)

Our Sponsor this week is Sequin Hut, all we sell is sequins, which was a pretty bad business choice.  We open the show with the news about Thriller and close with Gipsy Danger inquiring about Annie.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:

Wikipedia: The Motown Sound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown#Motown_sound

Joe Jackson was one of the most monstrous fathers in pop

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/27/joe-jackson-one-of-the-most-monstrous-fathers-in-pop

Michael Jackson’s 1987 Cover Story: ‘The Pressure to Beat It’

https://www.spin.com/2014/06/michael-jackson-bad-1987-cover-story/


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]]> 1678 yes 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 time when America was crazy about low rent Sangria in a bottle, only they called it a wine cooler. Along the way we discover that Dave lost his virginity much later in life. (Probably in his late 40s) Then we take a look at why Americans started worrying about their fitness (Boomers turned 30) and how advertisers used it to make money. (By selling them alcoholic fruit juice.) Then we meet the man who “invented” the wine cooler and ask the hard questions. (What does Lodi California have to do with “fun beach drinks”?) We met the two men who personified the wine cooler industry in the 80s and their direct connection to the election of Ronald Reagan. (He is EVERYWHERE) Finally, we learn why no one drinks wine coolers anymore. (That is on the first George Bush.) Our Sponsor this week is Super Happy Fun Booze, it only LOOKS like we are marketing it to kids! We open the show with a Canadian worrying about underage drinking. (We thought Canadians drank beer at birth!) and close with Weird Paul and his drink order. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/0-dKNMYc1dg?si=ffvU_9dF9ziI-Wsb Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Michael Crete: Local boy becomes cooler king https://www.lodinews.com/opinion/columnists/rich_hanner/article_99f6ddd1-9598-5bf2-8cae-bdc762fce2bd.html The Weird and Wavy History of Wine Coolers https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-weird-and-wavy-history-of-wine-coolers/ Wikipedia: Bartles and Jaymes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartles_%26_Jaymes WHO ARE BARTLES AND JAYMES? ONLY ERNEST, JULIO KNOW FOR SURE https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/09/27/who-are-bartles-and-jaymes-only-ernest-julio-know-for-sure/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Thanks For Your Support full 505 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we look back at that time when America was crazy about low rent Sangria in a bottle, only they called it a wine cooler. 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 time when America was crazy about low rent Sangria in a bottle, only they called it a wine cooler. Along the way we discover that Dave lost his virginity much later in life. (Probably in his late 40s) Then we take a look at why Americans started worrying about their fitness (Boomers turned 30) and how advertisers used it to make money. (By selling them alcoholic fruit juice.) Then we meet the man who “invented” the wine cooler and ask the hard questions. (What does Lodi California have to do with “fun beach drinks”?) We met the two men who personified the wine cooler industry in the 80s and their direct connection to the election of Ronald Reagan. (He is EVERYWHERE) Finally, we learn why no one drinks wine coolers anymore. (That is on the first George Bush.) Our Sponsor this week is Super Happy Fun Booze, it only LOOKS like we are marketing it to kids! We open the show with a Canadian worrying about underage drinking. (We thought Canadians drank beer at birth!) and close with Weird Paul and his drink order. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/0-dKNMYc1dg?si=ffvU_9dF9ziI-Wsb Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Michael Crete: Local boy becomes cooler king https://www.lodinews.com/opinion/columnists/rich_hanner/article_99f6ddd1-9598-5bf2-8cae-bdc762fce2bd.html The Weird and Wavy History of Wine Coolers https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-weird-and-wavy-history-of-wine-coolers/ Wikipedia: Bartles and Jaymes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartles_%26_Jaymes WHO ARE BARTLES AND JAYMES? ONLY ERNEST, JULIO KNOW FOR SURE https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/09/27/who-are-bartles-and-jaymes-only-ernest-julio-know-for-sure/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 time when America was crazy about low rent Sangria in a bottle, only they called it a wine cooler.

Along the way we discover that Dave lost his virginity much later in life. (Probably in his late 40s) Then we take a look at why Americans started worrying about their fitness (Boomers turned 30) and how advertisers used it to make money. (By selling them alcoholic fruit juice.) Then we meet the man who “invented” the wine cooler and ask the hard questions. (What does Lodi California have to do with “fun beach drinks”?) We met the two men who personified the wine cooler industry in the 80s and their direct connection to the election of Ronald Reagan. (He is EVERYWHERE) Finally, we learn why no one drinks wine coolers anymore. (That is on the first George Bush.)

Our Sponsor this week is Super Happy Fun Booze, it only LOOKS like we are marketing it to kids! We open the show with a Canadian worrying about underage drinking. (We thought Canadians drank beer at birth!) and close with Weird Paul and his drink order.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/0-dKNMYc1dg?si=ffvU_9dF9ziI-Wsb

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Michael Crete: Local boy becomes cooler king

https://www.lodinews.com/opinion/columnists/rich_hanner/article_99f6ddd1-9598-5bf2-8cae-bdc762fce2bd.html

The Weird and Wavy History of Wine Coolers

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-weird-and-wavy-history-of-wine-coolers/

Wikipedia: Bartles and Jaymes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartles_%26_Jaymes

WHO ARE BARTLES AND JAYMES? ONLY ERNEST, JULIO KNOW FOR SURE

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/09/27/who-are-bartles-and-jaymes-only-ernest-julio-know-for-sure/


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]]> 1845 yes 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 Diane after their fairy tale wedding and following it to its tragic conclusion of Chuck wishing he were a tampon. Along the way we discover why Dave never had any children. (He doesn’t like them and women don’t like him.) Then we dive right into why Chuck chose the crown over love because of his great uncle Eddie. From there we learn how neither of our two love birds really tried all THAT hard to make it work. (A lot easier to have affairs.) We see their marriage through to the bitter end and then we discuss Diana’s bitter end in a Paris tunnel.  Do we talk about how the Queen and MI6 are responsible? Of COURSE we do! Our Sponsor this week is The Firm, you can check out any time you like but only WE say when you can leave.  We open the show with new coverage of the fateful night that broke the world's heart and close with Alexander Mills with some traffic safety tips. (And it is still better than our first choice) Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/pvX4khWrFt8?si=lA8t-OHrvow5WXPn Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Prince Charles Found This Aspect of His Marriage to Princess Diana “Very Difficult to Cope With” https://www.instyle.com/prince-charles-found-marriage-princess-diana-difficult-cope-with-11700298 A Timeline of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s Tumultuous, Tragic Relationship https://www.vogue.com/article/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship In pictures: how the world mourned and marked Princess Diana’s death https://theweek.com/news/society/957790/how-the-world-mourned-princess-diana-death Elton John's Diana tribute among most hated hits https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1313402/Elton-Johns-Diana-tribute-among-most-hated-hits.html?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first 'The Express' and Diana: Cover-ups, spies and conspiracies https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-express-and-diana-coverups-spies-and-conspiracies-429277.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000 We Will Always Have Paris full 504 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we pick up with Chuck and Diane after their fairy tale wedding and following it to its tragic conclusion of Chuck wishing he were a tampon. 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 Diane after their fairy tale wedding and following it to its tragic conclusion of Chuck wishing he were a tampon. Along the way we discover why Dave never had any children. (He doesn’t like them and women don’t like him.) Then we dive right into why Chuck chose the crown over love because of his great uncle Eddie. From there we learn how neither of our two love birds really tried all THAT hard to make it work. (A lot easier to have affairs.) We see their marriage through to the bitter end and then we discuss Diana’s bitter end in a Paris tunnel.  Do we talk about how the Queen and MI6 are responsible? Of COURSE we do! Our Sponsor this week is The Firm, you can check out any time you like but only WE say when you can leave.  We open the show with new coverage of the fateful night that broke the world's heart and close with Alexander Mills with some traffic safety tips. (And it is still better than our first choice) Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/pvX4khWrFt8?si=lA8t-OHrvow5WXPn Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Prince Charles Found This Aspect of His Marriage to Princess Diana “Very Difficult to Cope With” https://www.instyle.com/prince-charles-found-marriage-princess-diana-difficult-cope-with-11700298 A Timeline of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s Tumultuous, Tragic Relationship https://www.vogue.com/article/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship In pictures: how the world mourned and marked Princess Diana’s death https://theweek.com/news/society/957790/how-the-world-mourned-princess-diana-death Elton John's Diana tribute among most hated hits https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1313402/Elton-Johns-Diana-tribute-among-most-hated-hits.html?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first 'The Express' and Diana: Cover-ups, spies and conspiracies https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-express-and-diana-coverups-spies-and-conspiracies-429277.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 Diane after their fairy tale wedding and following it to its tragic conclusion of Chuck wishing he were a tampon.

Along the way we discover why Dave never had any children. (He doesn’t like them and women don’t like him.) Then we dive right into why Chuck chose the crown over love because of his great uncle Eddie. From there we learn how neither of our two love birds really tried all THAT hard to make it work. (A lot easier to have affairs.) We see their marriage through to the bitter end and then we discuss Diana’s bitter end in a Paris tunnel.  Do we talk about how the Queen and MI6 are responsible? Of COURSE we do!

Our Sponsor this week is The Firm, you can check out any time you like but only WE say when you can leave.  We open the show with new coverage of the fateful night that broke the world's heart and close with Alexander Mills with some traffic safety tips. (And it is still better than our first choice)

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/pvX4khWrFt8?si=lA8t-OHrvow5WXPn

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed: 

Prince Charles Found This Aspect of His Marriage to Princess Diana “Very Difficult to Cope With”

https://www.instyle.com/prince-charles-found-marriage-princess-diana-difficult-cope-with-11700298

A Timeline of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s Tumultuous, Tragic Relationship

https://www.vogue.com/article/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship

In pictures: how the world mourned and marked Princess Diana’s death

https://theweek.com/news/society/957790/how-the-world-mourned-princess-diana-death

Elton John's Diana tribute among most hated hits

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1313402/Elton-Johns-Diana-tribute-among-most-hated-hits.html?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first

'The Express' and Diana: Cover-ups, spies and conspiracies

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-express-and-diana-coverups-spies-and-conspiracies-429277.html


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]]> 2002 yes 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 that captured America’s heart, Luke and Laura! (Kidding, we mean Charles and Diana!) Along the way we discover why Dave never married but performed the wedding of so many people.  (Two Words: Open Bar) Then we dive right in with the history of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. (You know them better as the Windsors, the Royal Family of the UK.) Then we move along to a young man who only wanted to ride his Polo Ponies, pretend to be in the Royal Navy and bang this hot chick named Camilla. (She was pretty tasty back in the day!) Later, we learn how his granny made him marry a kindergarten teacher way younger than he was! From there we follow along as the whole world falls in love with the two in a way that Lady Diana could only wish Charles loved her! Finally, we examine the peculiar relationship us Yanks had with the royals and ceremonies! Our Sponsor this week is Reality Weddings, because you have to be realistic about these things.  We open with coverage from 1981 and close with a horrible karaoke singer doing a parody song! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/okyHgnVgiC8?si=8hexKv_JXXIaiB5A Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Princess Diana https://www.biography.com/royalty/princess-diana Legacy of Diana and the British Press https://niemanreports.org/legacy-of-diana-and-the-british-press/ A Ringside Seat at the Weddinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20240213111957/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1947/12/06/a-ringside-seat-at-the-wedding From the archives: Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/nation-world/2017/08/27/archives-prince-charles-and-princess-diana-s-wedding/15770534007/ Why Americans are obsessed with the British royal family https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/us/royal-wedding-us-interest-meghan-harry-intl Wikipedia July 1981 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_1981 What's the most horrific thing you've seen? https://b3ta.com/questions/horriblesights/post83204 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Little Ditty About Chuck and Diane full 501 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to 1981 for the Wedding that captured America’s heart, Luke and Laura! (Kidding, we mean Charles and Diana!) 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 that captured America’s heart, Luke and Laura! (Kidding, we mean Charles and Diana!) Along the way we discover why Dave never married but performed the wedding of so many people.  (Two Words: Open Bar) Then we dive right in with the history of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. (You know them better as the Windsors, the Royal Family of the UK.) Then we move along to a young man who only wanted to ride his Polo Ponies, pretend to be in the Royal Navy and bang this hot chick named Camilla. (She was pretty tasty back in the day!) Later, we learn how his granny made him marry a kindergarten teacher way younger than he was! From there we follow along as the whole world falls in love with the two in a way that Lady Diana could only wish Charles loved her! Finally, we examine the peculiar relationship us Yanks had with the royals and ceremonies! Our Sponsor this week is Reality Weddings, because you have to be realistic about these things.  We open with coverage from 1981 and close with a horrible karaoke singer doing a parody song! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/okyHgnVgiC8?si=8hexKv_JXXIaiB5A Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed:  Princess Diana https://www.biography.com/royalty/princess-diana Legacy of Diana and the British Press https://niemanreports.org/legacy-of-diana-and-the-british-press/ A Ringside Seat at the Weddinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20240213111957/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1947/12/06/a-ringside-seat-at-the-wedding From the archives: Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/nation-world/2017/08/27/archives-prince-charles-and-princess-diana-s-wedding/15770534007/ Why Americans are obsessed with the British royal family https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/us/royal-wedding-us-interest-meghan-harry-intl Wikipedia July 1981 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_1981 What's the most horrific thing you've seen? https://b3ta.com/questions/horriblesights/post83204 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 that captured America’s heart, Luke and Laura! (Kidding, we mean Charles and Diana!)

Along the way we discover why Dave never married but performed the wedding of so many people.  (Two Words: Open Bar) Then we dive right in with the history of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. (You know them better as the Windsors, the Royal Family of the UK.) Then we move along to a young man who only wanted to ride his Polo Ponies, pretend to be in the Royal Navy and bang this hot chick named Camilla. (She was pretty tasty back in the day!) Later, we learn how his granny made him marry a kindergarten teacher way younger than he was! From there we follow along as the whole world falls in love with the two in a way that Lady Diana could only wish Charles loved her! Finally, we examine the peculiar relationship us Yanks had with the royals and ceremonies!

Our Sponsor this week is Reality Weddings, because you have to be realistic about these things.  We open with coverage from 1981 and close with a horrible karaoke singer doing a parody song!

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/okyHgnVgiC8?si=8hexKv_JXXIaiB5A

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed: 

Princess Diana

https://www.biography.com/royalty/princess-diana

Legacy of Diana and the British Press

https://niemanreports.org/legacy-of-diana-and-the-british-press/

A Ringside Seat at the Weddinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20240213111957/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1947/12/06/a-ringside-seat-at-the-wedding

From the archives: Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/nation-world/2017/08/27/archives-prince-charles-and-princess-diana-s-wedding/15770534007/

Why Americans are obsessed with the British royal family

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/us/royal-wedding-us-interest-meghan-harry-intl

Wikipedia July 1981

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_1981

What's the most horrific thing you've seen?

https://b3ta.com/questions/horriblesights/post83204


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]]> 1965 yes 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 heard it, it's new to you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Redux Megamix Packing A Purple Shroud bonus Dave Bledsoe No testicles were removed in the making of these episodes. 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 heard it, it's new to you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 heard it, it's new to you!


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]]> 3863 yes 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 finished up the Summer Series with that time the United States bombed the Balkans because the President couldn’t keep his dick in his pants. We talk about 1999’s Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. Along the way we hear about yet another time Dave almost got kicked out of the military but didn’t. (It’s like they never should have let him in!) Then discover why the Balkans is such a trouble spot in Europe. (Colonialism, but in this case, Roman Empire colonialism.) Then we dive right into post World War Two Yugoslavia. (Do we mention the car, you know that we do!) and how this created a lot of people in a small area who all hated each other's guts.  When the Berlin Wall dropped, followed by the dropping of Bill Clinton’s trousers, the US and our NATO allies found ourselves blowing up some huts and bombing some schools! (Don’t worry, a lot of them were Muslim schools!) Finally we examine why doing the right thing for the wrong reasons kind of nullifies doing the right thing. Our Sponsor this week is Safe-Tern,we find interns you won’t WANT to have sex with!  We open the show with Bill explaining where and why we are bombing and close with Talon Sei demonstrating why Ska can turn even the worst song into something GREAT!  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/TDDC7-Ymfeg?si=nA5xcFZ8YSlFoCOq&t=481 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: ‘It’s getting out of hand’: genocide denial outlawed in Bosnia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/24/genocide-denial-outlawed-bosnia-srebrenica-office-high-representative Wikipedia: Operation Deliberate Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deliberate_Force The Kosovo War in Retrospect https://warontherocks.com/2019/03/the-kosovo-war-in-retrospect/ From Watergate to Monicagate https://archive.org/details/fromwatergatetom00foer/page/132/mode/2up Where’s the Evidence of Genocide of Kosovar Albanians? https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-29-me-27493-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Way Down In Kosovo Pt 4 of Summer Series 2025 full 502 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we finished up the Summer Series with that time the United States bombed the Balkans because the President couldn’t keep his dick in his pants. We talk about 1999’s Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. 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 finished up the Summer Series with that time the United States bombed the Balkans because the President couldn’t keep his dick in his pants. We talk about 1999’s Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. Along the way we hear about yet another time Dave almost got kicked out of the military but didn’t. (It’s like they never should have let him in!) Then discover why the Balkans is such a trouble spot in Europe. (Colonialism, but in this case, Roman Empire colonialism.) Then we dive right into post World War Two Yugoslavia. (Do we mention the car, you know that we do!) and how this created a lot of people in a small area who all hated each other's guts.  When the Berlin Wall dropped, followed by the dropping of Bill Clinton’s trousers, the US and our NATO allies found ourselves blowing up some huts and bombing some schools! (Don’t worry, a lot of them were Muslim schools!) Finally we examine why doing the right thing for the wrong reasons kind of nullifies doing the right thing. Our Sponsor this week is Safe-Tern,we find interns you won’t WANT to have sex with!  We open the show with Bill explaining where and why we are bombing and close with Talon Sei demonstrating why Ska can turn even the worst song into something GREAT!  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/TDDC7-Ymfeg?si=nA5xcFZ8YSlFoCOq&t=481 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: ‘It’s getting out of hand’: genocide denial outlawed in Bosnia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/24/genocide-denial-outlawed-bosnia-srebrenica-office-high-representative Wikipedia: Operation Deliberate Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deliberate_Force The Kosovo War in Retrospect https://warontherocks.com/2019/03/the-kosovo-war-in-retrospect/ From Watergate to Monicagate https://archive.org/details/fromwatergatetom00foer/page/132/mode/2up Where’s the Evidence of Genocide of Kosovar Albanians? https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-29-me-27493-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 finished up the Summer Series with that time the United States bombed the Balkans because the President couldn’t keep his dick in his pants. We talk about 1999’s Operation Allied Force in Kosovo.

Along the way we hear about yet another time Dave almost got kicked out of the military but didn’t. (It’s like they never should have let him in!) Then discover why the Balkans is such a trouble spot in Europe. (Colonialism, but in this case, Roman Empire colonialism.) Then we dive right into post World War Two Yugoslavia. (Do we mention the car, you know that we do!) and how this created a lot of people in a small area who all hated each other's guts.  When the Berlin Wall dropped, followed by the dropping of Bill Clinton’s trousers, the US and our NATO allies found ourselves blowing up some huts and bombing some schools! (Don’t worry, a lot of them were Muslim schools!) Finally we examine why doing the right thing for the wrong reasons kind of nullifies doing the right thing.

Our Sponsor this week is Safe-Tern,we find interns you won’t WANT to have sex with!  We open the show with Bill explaining where and why we are bombing and close with Talon Sei demonstrating why Ska can turn even the worst song into something GREAT! 

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/TDDC7-Ymfeg?si=nA5xcFZ8YSlFoCOq&t=481

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

‘It’s getting out of hand’: genocide denial outlawed in Bosnia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/24/genocide-denial-outlawed-bosnia-srebrenica-office-high-representative

Wikipedia: Operation Deliberate Force

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deliberate_Force

The Kosovo War in Retrospect

https://warontherocks.com/2019/03/the-kosovo-war-in-retrospect/

From Watergate to Monicagate

https://archive.org/details/fromwatergatetom00foer/page/132/mode/2up

Where’s the Evidence of Genocide of Kosovar Albanians?

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-29-me-27493-story.html


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]]> 1895 yes 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 week Summer Series 2025 continues with the Most Expensive Drug Raid in History, the US invasion of Panama in 1989. Along the way we learn why Dave never made it to the military major leagues (he was fat, drunk, slacker). Then we dive into a brief history of Panama, from Spanish Empire’s dream of the shortcut to the Pacific, to the French dream of a short cut to the Pacific to the Americans saying fucking, we’ll dig our way to the Pacific. (and kill a bunch of people doing so!) Then we meet Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian military officer, CIA asset and drug kingpin and how finally stopped being useful to the CIA. (Reagan left office) Then we learn how George HW Bush got sick of Manny’s shit and launched a legally dubious military action to arrest (and prove to America he wasn’t a wimp!) Our Sponsor this week is Blue Spoon Military Marketing, make the most of your illegal invasion with a catchy Operation Name to rally the folks back home with Blue Spoon!  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to invade Panama and close with Patty PerShayla who sings about Panama. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/6sHNd_2F0es?si=dW9olPdwnrR5Gy5h Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Operation Just Cause https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Monographs/Just_Cause.pdf How Manuel Noriega surrendered to the sanity-destroying power of mallrat music https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/may/30/noriega-panama-music-playlist Music To Annoy Dictator and Priest With https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0VGlbfQvcSXggt2r2gYrun?si=fsfY_Sp0T76XakOPKTz7CQ Bush plays only some cards right https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/01/23/bush-plays-only-some-cards-right/ The Noriega Case: Public Opinion;   Panamanians Strongly Back U.S. Move https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/06/us/the-noriega-case-public-opinion-panamanians-strongly-back-us-move.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Operation Just Because Pt 3 of Summer Series 2025 full 501 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week Summer Series 2025 continues with the Most Expensive Drug Raid in History, the US invasion of Panama in 1989. 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 week Summer Series 2025 continues with the Most Expensive Drug Raid in History, the US invasion of Panama in 1989. Along the way we learn why Dave never made it to the military major leagues (he was fat, drunk, slacker). Then we dive into a brief history of Panama, from Spanish Empire’s dream of the shortcut to the Pacific, to the French dream of a short cut to the Pacific to the Americans saying fucking, we’ll dig our way to the Pacific. (and kill a bunch of people doing so!) Then we meet Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian military officer, CIA asset and drug kingpin and how finally stopped being useful to the CIA. (Reagan left office) Then we learn how George HW Bush got sick of Manny’s shit and launched a legally dubious military action to arrest (and prove to America he wasn’t a wimp!) Our Sponsor this week is Blue Spoon Military Marketing, make the most of your illegal invasion with a catchy Operation Name to rally the folks back home with Blue Spoon!  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to invade Panama and close with Patty PerShayla who sings about Panama. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/6sHNd_2F0es?si=dW9olPdwnrR5Gy5h Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Operation Just Cause https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Monographs/Just_Cause.pdf How Manuel Noriega surrendered to the sanity-destroying power of mallrat music https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/may/30/noriega-panama-music-playlist Music To Annoy Dictator and Priest With https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0VGlbfQvcSXggt2r2gYrun?si=fsfY_Sp0T76XakOPKTz7CQ Bush plays only some cards right https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/01/23/bush-plays-only-some-cards-right/ The Noriega Case: Public Opinion;   Panamanians Strongly Back U.S. Move https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/06/us/the-noriega-case-public-opinion-panamanians-strongly-back-us-move.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 week Summer Series 2025 continues with the Most Expensive Drug Raid in History, the US invasion of Panama in 1989.

Along the way we learn why Dave never made it to the military major leagues (he was fat, drunk, slacker). Then we dive into a brief history of Panama, from Spanish Empire’s dream of the shortcut to the Pacific, to the French dream of a short cut to the Pacific to the Americans saying fucking, we’ll dig our way to the Pacific. (and kill a bunch of people doing so!) Then we meet Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian military officer, CIA asset and drug kingpin and how finally stopped being useful to the CIA. (Reagan left office) Then we learn how George HW Bush got sick of Manny’s shit and launched a legally dubious military action to arrest (and prove to America he wasn’t a wimp!)

Our Sponsor this week is Blue Spoon Military Marketing, make the most of your illegal invasion with a catchy Operation Name to rally the folks back home with Blue Spoon!  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to invade Panama and close with Patty PerShayla who sings about Panama.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/6sHNd_2F0es?si=dW9olPdwnrR5Gy5h

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Operation Just Cause

https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Monographs/Just_Cause.pdf

How Manuel Noriega surrendered to the sanity-destroying power of mallrat music

https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/may/30/noriega-panama-music-playlist

Music To Annoy Dictator and Priest With

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0VGlbfQvcSXggt2r2gYrun?si=fsfY_Sp0T76XakOPKTz7CQ

Bush plays only some cards right

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/01/23/bush-plays-only-some-cards-right/

The Noriega Case: Public Opinion;   Panamanians Strongly Back U.S. Move

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/06/us/the-noriega-case-public-opinion-panamanians-strongly-back-us-move.html


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]]> 2193 yes 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 week part two of Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A Little War, As A Treat” continues with 1983’s Invasion of Grenada. Along the way we discover that Dave may have covered up a brutal murder in the late 1980’s. (Admittedly, the victim was a swan.) Then we dive right into the history of the tiny island nation of Grenada, from its discovery by Columbus, to colonization by the French and the British. From there we discuss how the long claws of Communism grabbed the peaceful island via the construction of an airport. (That was actually paid for by the United Kingdom.) Then we learn why Ronald Reagan sent thousands of US Troops to “rescue” some perfectly safe medical students. (Hint: It was politically expedient.) Our Sponsor this week is the Grenada Tourism Board, who invite you to try a little Pure Grenada! We open the show with news from 1983 and close with Berbice who loves his island. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/goEb2ll6yYo?si=PcnTBG6jZH40Unj0 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Address by Prime Minister Maurice Bishop of Grenada (10 October 1979) https://web.archive.org/web/20081006090208/http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/carriers-torch/3103-maurice-bishop-speech-34th-general-assembly-united-nations-new-york.html Wikipedia: Maurice Bishop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bishop Touching Down in Granada https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/26/us/briefing-058430.html Wikipedia: United States invasion of Grenada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada Grenada Invasion: History and Significance https://www.thoughtco.com/grenada-invasion-4571025 TRAPPED IN THE INVASION OF GRENADA https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/30/nyregion/trapped-in-the-invasion-of-grenada.html STUDENTS REFLECT ON GRENADA INVASION https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/06/nyregion/students-reflect-on-grenada-invasion.html National archives: Reagan blindsided Thatcher over 1983 Grenada invasion https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/01/margaret-thatcher-reagan-grenada-invasion-national-archives Grenada Move Earns Reagan Broad Political Gains, Poll Shows https://web.archive.org/web/20240709084950/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/11/09/grenada-move-earns-reagan-broad-political-gains-poll-shows/6c7b2ecd-5c9c-4aea-946c-408eef6b61a6/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Whose Afraid of Grenada full 500 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week part two of Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A Little War, As A Treat” continues with 1983’s Invasion of Grenada. 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 week part two of Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A Little War, As A Treat” continues with 1983’s Invasion of Grenada. Along the way we discover that Dave may have covered up a brutal murder in the late 1980’s. (Admittedly, the victim was a swan.) Then we dive right into the history of the tiny island nation of Grenada, from its discovery by Columbus, to colonization by the French and the British. From there we discuss how the long claws of Communism grabbed the peaceful island via the construction of an airport. (That was actually paid for by the United Kingdom.) Then we learn why Ronald Reagan sent thousands of US Troops to “rescue” some perfectly safe medical students. (Hint: It was politically expedient.) Our Sponsor this week is the Grenada Tourism Board, who invite you to try a little Pure Grenada! We open the show with news from 1983 and close with Berbice who loves his island. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/goEb2ll6yYo?si=PcnTBG6jZH40Unj0 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Address by Prime Minister Maurice Bishop of Grenada (10 October 1979) https://web.archive.org/web/20081006090208/http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/carriers-torch/3103-maurice-bishop-speech-34th-general-assembly-united-nations-new-york.html Wikipedia: Maurice Bishop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bishop Touching Down in Granada https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/26/us/briefing-058430.html Wikipedia: United States invasion of Grenada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada Grenada Invasion: History and Significance https://www.thoughtco.com/grenada-invasion-4571025 TRAPPED IN THE INVASION OF GRENADA https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/30/nyregion/trapped-in-the-invasion-of-grenada.html STUDENTS REFLECT ON GRENADA INVASION https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/06/nyregion/students-reflect-on-grenada-invasion.html National archives: Reagan blindsided Thatcher over 1983 Grenada invasion https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/01/margaret-thatcher-reagan-grenada-invasion-national-archives Grenada Move Earns Reagan Broad Political Gains, Poll Shows https://web.archive.org/web/20240709084950/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/11/09/grenada-move-earns-reagan-broad-political-gains-poll-shows/6c7b2ecd-5c9c-4aea-946c-408eef6b61a6/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 week part two of Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A Little War, As A Treat” continues with 1983’s Invasion of Grenada.

Along the way we discover that Dave may have covered up a brutal murder in the late 1980’s. (Admittedly, the victim was a swan.) Then we dive right into the history of the tiny island nation of Grenada, from its discovery by Columbus, to colonization by the French and the British. From there we discuss how the long claws of Communism grabbed the peaceful island via the construction of an airport. (That was actually paid for by the United Kingdom.) Then we learn why Ronald Reagan sent thousands of US Troops to “rescue” some perfectly safe medical students. (Hint: It was politically expedient.)

Our Sponsor this week is the Grenada Tourism Board, who invite you to try a little Pure Grenada! We open the show with news from 1983 and close with Berbice who loves his island.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/goEb2ll6yYo?si=PcnTBG6jZH40Unj0

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Address by Prime Minister Maurice Bishop of Grenada (10 October 1979)

https://web.archive.org/web/20081006090208/http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/carriers-torch/3103-maurice-bishop-speech-34th-general-assembly-united-nations-new-york.html

Wikipedia: Maurice Bishop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bishop

Touching Down in Granada

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/26/us/briefing-058430.html

Wikipedia: United States invasion of Grenada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada

Grenada Invasion: History and Significance

https://www.thoughtco.com/grenada-invasion-4571025

TRAPPED IN THE INVASION OF GRENADA

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/30/nyregion/trapped-in-the-invasion-of-grenada.html

STUDENTS REFLECT ON GRENADA INVASION

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/06/nyregion/students-reflect-on-grenada-invasion.html

National archives: Reagan blindsided Thatcher over 1983 Grenada invasion

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/01/margaret-thatcher-reagan-grenada-invasion-national-archives

Grenada Move Earns Reagan Broad Political Gains, Poll Shows

https://web.archive.org/web/20240709084950/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/11/09/grenada-move-earns-reagan-broad-political-gains-poll-shows/6c7b2ecd-5c9c-4aea-946c-408eef6b61a6/


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]]> 2092 yes 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 the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A LIttle War, As A Treat” with the prelude of all the little wars, the Iran Hostage Crisis. Along the way we discover that Dave is not one to hold a grudge. (A lot of time he can’t remember why he was even mad, mostly because he blacked out. Again.) Then we dive into the long history of Iran, from the Persian Empire to the Islamic Republic.  We discover that Iranians have some pretty good reasons for not liking America. (Sorry about that coup thing) Then we dip into how a deposed king dying of cancer led to Ronald Reagan getting elected and four decades of increasingly bad relations with Iran.  FInally we draw a tenuous connection between Iran and the topic of our Summer Series. Our Sponsor this week is The Special Relationship, even when it is a really bad idea, we stand together.  We open our show with news coverage of the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran and close Vince Vance offering foreign policy advice. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/O_LmLlh_bS4?si=SaOatHy7sjujSJ0k Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Nothing new in the world https://web.archive.org/web/20040915080838/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FI15Ak03.html The Reason Iran Turned Out to Be So Repressive https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/iran-mahsa-amini-protests-islam-ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini/671624/ Wikipedia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi The Iran Hostage Crisis https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/11/29/the-iran-hostage-crisis/ Jimmy Carter and the Iran Hostage Crisis https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/jimmy-carter-and-the-iran-hostage-crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Was It Something We Said Pt 1 of Summer Series 2025 full 499 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A LIttle War, As A Treat” with the prelude of all the little wars, the Iran Hostage Crisis. 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 the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A LIttle War, As A Treat” with the prelude of all the little wars, the Iran Hostage Crisis. Along the way we discover that Dave is not one to hold a grudge. (A lot of time he can’t remember why he was even mad, mostly because he blacked out. Again.) Then we dive into the long history of Iran, from the Persian Empire to the Islamic Republic.  We discover that Iranians have some pretty good reasons for not liking America. (Sorry about that coup thing) Then we dip into how a deposed king dying of cancer led to Ronald Reagan getting elected and four decades of increasingly bad relations with Iran.  FInally we draw a tenuous connection between Iran and the topic of our Summer Series. Our Sponsor this week is The Special Relationship, even when it is a really bad idea, we stand together.  We open our show with news coverage of the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran and close Vince Vance offering foreign policy advice. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/O_LmLlh_bS4?si=SaOatHy7sjujSJ0k Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Nothing new in the world https://web.archive.org/web/20040915080838/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FI15Ak03.html The Reason Iran Turned Out to Be So Repressive https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/iran-mahsa-amini-protests-islam-ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini/671624/ Wikipedia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi The Iran Hostage Crisis https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/11/29/the-iran-hostage-crisis/ Jimmy Carter and the Iran Hostage Crisis https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/jimmy-carter-and-the-iran-hostage-crisis Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2025 “You Can Have A LIttle War, As A Treat” with the prelude of all the little wars, the Iran Hostage Crisis.

Along the way we discover that Dave is not one to hold a grudge. (A lot of time he can’t remember why he was even mad, mostly because he blacked out. Again.) Then we dive into the long history of Iran, from the Persian Empire to the Islamic Republic.  We discover that Iranians have some pretty good reasons for not liking America. (Sorry about that coup thing) Then we dip into how a deposed king dying of cancer led to Ronald Reagan getting elected and four decades of increasingly bad relations with Iran.  FInally we draw a tenuous connection between Iran and the topic of our Summer Series.

Our Sponsor this week is The Special Relationship, even when it is a really bad idea, we stand together.  We open our show with news coverage of the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran and close Vince Vance offering foreign policy advice.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/O_LmLlh_bS4?si=SaOatHy7sjujSJ0k

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Nothing new in the world

https://web.archive.org/web/20040915080838/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FI15Ak03.html

The Reason Iran Turned Out to Be So Repressive

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/iran-mahsa-amini-protests-islam-ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini/671624/

Wikipedia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi

The Iran Hostage Crisis

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/11/29/the-iran-hostage-crisis/

Jimmy Carter and the Iran Hostage Crisis

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/jimmy-carter-and-the-iran-hostage-crisis


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]]> 1774 yes 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 about itself. We are back next with Summer Series 2025 kicking off, so stay tuned! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 04 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0000 Episode 393/394 Redux Megamix! full Dave Bledsoe We are back next with Summer Series 2025 kicking off, so stay tuned! 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 about itself. We are back next with Summer Series 2025 kicking off, so stay tuned! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 about itself.

We are back next with Summer Series 2025 kicking off, so stay tuned!

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]]> 4228 yes 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 You Can Have A Little War, As A Treat! trailer Dave Bledsoe 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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!

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]]> 41 yes 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 podcast. Along the way we learned we could have been spared all of this if Dave had just stuck to the plan.  (SIX episodes and OUT!) Then we dive into the nitty gritty of what it took to make ten years of the show. (Never before has so much been written to be heard by so few people) Then we learn where the show is going in the next ten years.  (Rehab, it needs to be rehab!) Then we premiered the trailer for Summer Series 2025!  Our Sponsor this week is The People Behind the Show, we open with a Podcast Boom and Close with the Chubby Blue Line, because why not?  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: Hoyt Axton Mitchell (Sorry no video) Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000 The State of the Podcast, Podcast full 499 Dave Bledsoe So, on the show we took a brief moment to talk about ten years and way more than 500 episodes of the 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 podcast. Along the way we learned we could have been spared all of this if Dave had just stuck to the plan.  (SIX episodes and OUT!) Then we dive into the nitty gritty of what it took to make ten years of the show. (Never before has so much been written to be heard by so few people) Then we learn where the show is going in the next ten years.  (Rehab, it needs to be rehab!) Then we premiered the trailer for Summer Series 2025!  Our Sponsor this week is The People Behind the Show, we open with a Podcast Boom and Close with the Chubby Blue Line, because why not?  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: Hoyt Axton Mitchell (Sorry no video) Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 podcast.

Along the way we learned we could have been spared all of this if Dave had just stuck to the plan.  (SIX episodes and OUT!) Then we dive into the nitty gritty of what it took to make ten years of the show. (Never before has so much been written to be heard by so few people) Then we learn where the show is going in the next ten years.  (Rehab, it needs to be rehab!) Then we premiered the trailer for Summer Series 2025! 

Our Sponsor this week is The People Behind the Show, we open with a Podcast Boom and Close with the Chubby Blue Line, because why not? 

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: Hoyt Axton Mitchell (Sorry no video)

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]]> 781 yes 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 and how they went to the beach! We talk about Jaws on its 50th Anniversary! Along the way Dave explains how childhood trauma made him the man he is today. (Drunk and afraid of sharks) Then we “dive” into why the Jersey Shore is a thing for people and sharks.  From there we dig into the story of the movie (Not the plot we all know it) and how it shaped popular culture.  From how movies were made and watched to how fear of sharks made people go out and kill sharks. (Rude!) We explain why a tasteless gluey soup killed more sharks than Roy Scheider could ever dream of.  Finally we examine the movie’s role in gender dynamics and male friendships. (Trust us, it is funnier than it sounds!) Our Sponsor this week is Sean the Friendly Shark, who wants you to know that SHARK stands for  sharing happiness and radiating kindness! We open with the Jaws trailer and close with The Seaweeds and a romance gone wrong. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/pnOtAzVjv3Q?si=Y4NejXW9aWAciY5N Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Jaws the Monster that Ate Hollywood https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hollywood/business/jaws.html ‘Jaws’ made people irrationally afraid of sharks, scientists declare https://nypost.com/2022/07/15/jaws-made-people-so-afraid-of-sharks-scientists-say/ The 'Jaws Effect' https://www.sophiemaycocksharkspeak.com/post/45-years-of-the-jaws-effect-1 Why Is Shark's Fin So Controversial? https://www.ocweekly.com/why-is-sharks-fin-so-controversial-6623306/ Jaws Between the teeth https://web.archive.org/web/20140514191519/http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC09folder/Jaws.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Is It Safe To Go Back In The Water? full 498 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the movie that changed how Americans went to the movies and how they went to the beach! We talk about Jaws on its 50th Anniversary! 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 and how they went to the beach! We talk about Jaws on its 50th Anniversary! Along the way Dave explains how childhood trauma made him the man he is today. (Drunk and afraid of sharks) Then we “dive” into why the Jersey Shore is a thing for people and sharks.  From there we dig into the story of the movie (Not the plot we all know it) and how it shaped popular culture.  From how movies were made and watched to how fear of sharks made people go out and kill sharks. (Rude!) We explain why a tasteless gluey soup killed more sharks than Roy Scheider could ever dream of.  Finally we examine the movie’s role in gender dynamics and male friendships. (Trust us, it is funnier than it sounds!) Our Sponsor this week is Sean the Friendly Shark, who wants you to know that SHARK stands for  sharing happiness and radiating kindness! We open with the Jaws trailer and close with The Seaweeds and a romance gone wrong. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/pnOtAzVjv3Q?si=Y4NejXW9aWAciY5N Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Jaws the Monster that Ate Hollywood https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hollywood/business/jaws.html ‘Jaws’ made people irrationally afraid of sharks, scientists declare https://nypost.com/2022/07/15/jaws-made-people-so-afraid-of-sharks-scientists-say/ The 'Jaws Effect' https://www.sophiemaycocksharkspeak.com/post/45-years-of-the-jaws-effect-1 Why Is Shark's Fin So Controversial? https://www.ocweekly.com/why-is-sharks-fin-so-controversial-6623306/ Jaws Between the teeth https://web.archive.org/web/20140514191519/http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC09folder/Jaws.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 and how they went to the beach! We talk about Jaws on its 50th Anniversary!

Along the way Dave explains how childhood trauma made him the man he is today. (Drunk and afraid of sharks) Then we “dive” into why the Jersey Shore is a thing for people and sharks.  From there we dig into the story of the movie (Not the plot we all know it) and how it shaped popular culture.  From how movies were made and watched to how fear of sharks made people go out and kill sharks. (Rude!) We explain why a tasteless gluey soup killed more sharks than Roy Scheider could ever dream of.  Finally we examine the movie’s role in gender dynamics and male friendships. (Trust us, it is funnier than it sounds!)

Our Sponsor this week is Sean the Friendly Shark, who wants you to know that SHARK stands for  sharing happiness and radiating kindness! We open with the Jaws trailer and close with The Seaweeds and a romance gone wrong.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/pnOtAzVjv3Q?si=Y4NejXW9aWAciY5N

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Jaws the Monster that Ate Hollywood

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hollywood/business/jaws.html

‘Jaws’ made people irrationally afraid of sharks, scientists declare

https://nypost.com/2022/07/15/jaws-made-people-so-afraid-of-sharks-scientists-say/

The 'Jaws Effect'

https://www.sophiemaycocksharkspeak.com/post/45-years-of-the-jaws-effect-1

Why Is Shark's Fin So Controversial?

https://www.ocweekly.com/why-is-sharks-fin-so-controversial-6623306/

Jaws Between the teeth

https://web.archive.org/web/20140514191519/http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC09folder/Jaws.html


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]]> 1969 yes Episode 497: Come, As You Are Show Notes Episode 497:Come As You Are This week Host Dave Bledsoe was asked by a trendy New Yorker where he thrifted all those “awesome vintage clothes” and told them WalMart in 1997. (Clearly a lie, like he could fit in the size he wore in 1997!) On the show this week we examine the music and style that came to define Generation X: Grunge. Along the way we discover that Dave has always had terrible taste in music. (He has a Phil Collins poster above his bed!) Then we take a look at the history of the city that became synonymous with Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs. (And also Grunge) We move on to the story about the Zine that launched the label that launched a scene, Sub Pop.  We meet the band that launched the Seattle Sound into the mainstream and how everyone imitating that band had an entire generation dressed like an unemployed lumberjack.  (So much flannel) Finally we learn how Grunge was far more short lived than most people remember. Our Sponsor this week is  Frank’s Second Hand Flannel, because no one wants an unfaded flannel! We open with a story about Nirvana and close with imWisco who doesn’t want you to dress for him! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/snKnNBhlfW0?si=ljxZ2d-GA5_4VxIv Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: The History of Seattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Seattle#Early_history_of_Seattle Nirvana: A Tribute to Nirvana, September 27 https://www.rcreader.com/music/nivrana-nirvana-tribute-redstone-room-sep27 Grunge: A Success Story https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/15/style/grunge-a-success-story.html?pagewanted=all. Nevermind: The Emergence and Downturn of Grunge Rock from the Mid 1980s to 1990s https://historyrocks.library.villanova.edu/music-history/grunge-rock Grunge wars: The rise and fall of rock's most troubled genre https://www.loudersound.com/features/grunge-wars-the-rise-and-fall-of-rocks-most-troubled-genre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Come, As You Are full 497 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the music and style that came to define Generation X: Grunge. Show Notes Episode 497:Come As You Are This week Host Dave Bledsoe was asked by a trendy New Yorker where he thrifted all those “awesome vintage clothes” and told them WalMart in 1997. (Clearly a lie, like he could fit in the size he wore in 1997!) On the show this week we examine the music and style that came to define Generation X: Grunge. Along the way we discover that Dave has always had terrible taste in music. (He has a Phil Collins poster above his bed!) Then we take a look at the history of the city that became synonymous with Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs. (And also Grunge) We move on to the story about the Zine that launched the label that launched a scene, Sub Pop.  We meet the band that launched the Seattle Sound into the mainstream and how everyone imitating that band had an entire generation dressed like an unemployed lumberjack.  (So much flannel) Finally we learn how Grunge was far more short lived than most people remember. Our Sponsor this week is  Frank’s Second Hand Flannel, because no one wants an unfaded flannel! We open with a story about Nirvana and close with imWisco who doesn’t want you to dress for him! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/snKnNBhlfW0?si=ljxZ2d-GA5_4VxIv Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: The History of Seattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Seattle#Early_history_of_Seattle Nirvana: A Tribute to Nirvana, September 27 https://www.rcreader.com/music/nivrana-nirvana-tribute-redstone-room-sep27 Grunge: A Success Story https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/15/style/grunge-a-success-story.html?pagewanted=all. Nevermind: The Emergence and Downturn of Grunge Rock from the Mid 1980s to 1990s https://historyrocks.library.villanova.edu/music-history/grunge-rock Grunge wars: The rise and fall of rock's most troubled genre https://www.loudersound.com/features/grunge-wars-the-rise-and-fall-of-rocks-most-troubled-genre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 497:Come As You Are

This week Host Dave Bledsoe was asked by a trendy New Yorker where he thrifted all those “awesome vintage clothes” and told them WalMart in 1997. (Clearly a lie, like he could fit in the size he wore in 1997!) On the show this week we examine the music and style that came to define Generation X: Grunge.

Along the way we discover that Dave has always had terrible taste in music. (He has a Phil Collins poster above his bed!) Then we take a look at the history of the city that became synonymous with Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs. (And also Grunge) We move on to the story about the Zine that launched the label that launched a scene, Sub Pop.  We meet the band that launched the Seattle Sound into the mainstream and how everyone imitating that band had an entire generation dressed like an unemployed lumberjack.  (So much flannel) Finally we learn how Grunge was far more short lived than most people remember.

Our Sponsor this week is  Frank’s Second Hand Flannel, because no one wants an unfaded flannel! We open with a story about Nirvana and close with imWisco who doesn’t want you to dress for him!

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/snKnNBhlfW0?si=ljxZ2d-GA5_4VxIv

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Wikipedia: The History of Seattle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Seattle#Early_history_of_Seattle

Nirvana: A Tribute to Nirvana, September 27

https://www.rcreader.com/music/nivrana-nirvana-tribute-redstone-room-sep27

Grunge: A Success Story

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/15/style/grunge-a-success-story.html?pagewanted=all.

Nevermind: The Emergence and Downturn of Grunge Rock from the Mid 1980s to 1990s

https://historyrocks.library.villanova.edu/music-history/grunge-rock

Grunge wars: The rise and fall of rock's most troubled genre

https://www.loudersound.com/features/grunge-wars-the-rise-and-fall-of-rocks-most-troubled-genre


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]]> 1840 yes Episode 496: It's Not TV, It's The Green Channel? Show Notes Episode 496: It’s Not Tv, It’s The Green Channel This week Host Dave Bledsoe got hammered and spent four hours trying to explain to a bartender how you could see boobs in TV  static when he was a kid. (Again.) On the show this week we take a look at how boobs and sports changed television forever, we talk about the birth of HBO! Along the way we learn that Dave’’s grandparents were too poor to afford more than one television station. (We think?) Then we dive into the history of paying to watch something you can get over the air for free. (Yay Capitalism!) Then we meet a man with a dream, a dream to get people to pay to watch television! We follow his struggling launch of HBO in Wilkes Barre PA. (Scranton was too good for it!) Then we explain how cursing, bare breasts and boxing created a channel that would go on to change how Americans watched and thought about television.  (For the good, for a change!) Our Sponsor this week is Bulg Box, it’s like Brit Box but for Bulgarian television! We open the show with the HBO intro and close with KarlisMusik who is feeling being green.. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/QF7US5_LzOQ?si=SpKJFKXAm6ndX1WR&t=59 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Risk: A Game of Cable Domination https://web.archive.org/web/20130515203331/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/HBO.html Wikipedia: The History of HBO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_HBO# IMDB When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080129/ FacebookTwitterGoogle1EmailDeliciousDiggStumbleuponRedditTumblr It’s Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: The Skies, Junior Birdmen! https://web.archive.org/web/20140204031606/http://www.soundonsight.org/its-not-tv-hbo-the-company-that-changed-television-the-skies-junior-birdmen/ An American Family https://web.archive.org/web/20120717063911/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/04/sopranos200704?currentPage=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000 It's Not TV, It's the Green Channel? full 496 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look at how boobs and sports changed television forever, we talk about the birth of HBO! Show Notes Episode 496: It’s Not Tv, It’s The Green Channel This week Host Dave Bledsoe got hammered and spent four hours trying to explain to a bartender how you could see boobs in TV  static when he was a kid. (Again.) On the show this week we take a look at how boobs and sports changed television forever, we talk about the birth of HBO! Along the way we learn that Dave’’s grandparents were too poor to afford more than one television station. (We think?) Then we dive into the history of paying to watch something you can get over the air for free. (Yay Capitalism!) Then we meet a man with a dream, a dream to get people to pay to watch television! We follow his struggling launch of HBO in Wilkes Barre PA. (Scranton was too good for it!) Then we explain how cursing, bare breasts and boxing created a channel that would go on to change how Americans watched and thought about television.  (For the good, for a change!) Our Sponsor this week is Bulg Box, it’s like Brit Box but for Bulgarian television! We open the show with the HBO intro and close with KarlisMusik who is feeling being green.. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/QF7US5_LzOQ?si=SpKJFKXAm6ndX1WR&t=59 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Risk: A Game of Cable Domination https://web.archive.org/web/20130515203331/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/HBO.html Wikipedia: The History of HBO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_HBO# IMDB When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080129/ FacebookTwitterGoogle1EmailDeliciousDiggStumbleuponRedditTumblr It’s Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: The Skies, Junior Birdmen! https://web.archive.org/web/20140204031606/http://www.soundonsight.org/its-not-tv-hbo-the-company-that-changed-television-the-skies-junior-birdmen/ An American Family https://web.archive.org/web/20120717063911/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/04/sopranos200704?currentPage=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 496: It’s Not Tv, It’s The Green Channel

This week Host Dave Bledsoe got hammered and spent four hours trying to explain to a bartender how you could see boobs in TV  static when he was a kid. (Again.) On the show this week we take a look at how boobs and sports changed television forever, we talk about the birth of HBO!

Along the way we learn that Dave’’s grandparents were too poor to afford more than one television station. (We think?) Then we dive into the history of paying to watch something you can get over the air for free. (Yay Capitalism!) Then we meet a man with a dream, a dream to get people to pay to watch television! We follow his struggling launch of HBO in Wilkes Barre PA. (Scranton was too good for it!) Then we explain how cursing, bare breasts and boxing created a channel that would go on to change how Americans watched and thought about television.  (For the good, for a change!)

Our Sponsor this week is Bulg Box, it’s like Brit Box but for Bulgarian television! We open the show with the HBO intro and close with KarlisMusik who is feeling being green..

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/QF7US5_LzOQ?si=SpKJFKXAm6ndX1WR&t=59

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Risk: A Game of Cable Domination

https://web.archive.org/web/20130515203331/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/HBO.html

Wikipedia: The History of HBO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_HBO#

IMDB When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080129/

FacebookTwitterGoogle1EmailDeliciousDiggStumbleuponRedditTumblr

It’s Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: The Skies, Junior Birdmen!

https://web.archive.org/web/20140204031606/http://www.soundonsight.org/its-not-tv-hbo-the-company-that-changed-television-the-skies-junior-birdmen/

An American Family

https://web.archive.org/web/20120717063911/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/04/sopranos200704?currentPage=1


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]]> 2211 yes Episode 495: The Buck Stops Elsewhere Part 2 of Iran Contra Show Notes Episode 495: The Buck Stops Elsewhere Part 2 of Iran Contra This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands immunity from paying his bartabs only to be found in contempt by the bartender. (Again) On the show this week we take a look at the fallout from the Iran Contra Affair. (Spoiler: No one went to jail.) Along the way we discover that Dave has a dubious idea of what “truth” means. (If you are just now learning this, welcome to the show) Then we dive into why Congress has the ability to investigate things. (Campaign advertisements) Then we talk about how a plane crash in Nicaragua and a magazine in Lebanon caused the whole Iran Contra Affair to come apart at the seams. (The magazine was Highlights for Kids) We take a look at how the Reagan Administration reacted to being accused of doing all the crimes they actually did and how Congress “accidentally” made sure no one would suffer any consequences for breaking the laws. Our Sponsor this week is Shreds It All, when you need documents gone fast, call Shreds it All.  We open with the Gipper denying he did anything wrong and close with Lily Kerbey and Tom Parker who want to be clear, it wasn’t them. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_1uUtx8PgtQ?si=HfpIycMcBLB2SntJ Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Primary Source:  Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988  https://www.amazon.com/Landslide-President-1984-1988-Jane-Mayer/dp/0395517575 Wikipedia: Congressional Oversight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_oversight Oliver North admitted Thursday he shredded sensitive documents https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/07/09/Oliver-North-admitted-Thursday-he-shredded-sensitive-documents-under/1429552801600/ Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/iran-contra-affairs.php How the Iran-Contra Scandal Impacts American Politics Today https://time.com/7280749/iran-contra-scandal-impacts-american-politics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000 The Buck Stops Elsewhere Part 2 of Iran Contra full 493 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look at the fallout from the Iran Contra Affair. (Spoiler: No one went to jail.) Show Notes Episode 495: The Buck Stops Elsewhere Part 2 of Iran Contra This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands immunity from paying his bartabs only to be found in contempt by the bartender. (Again) On the show this week we take a look at the fallout from the Iran Contra Affair. (Spoiler: No one went to jail.) Along the way we discover that Dave has a dubious idea of what “truth” means. (If you are just now learning this, welcome to the show) Then we dive into why Congress has the ability to investigate things. (Campaign advertisements) Then we talk about how a plane crash in Nicaragua and a magazine in Lebanon caused the whole Iran Contra Affair to come apart at the seams. (The magazine was Highlights for Kids) We take a look at how the Reagan Administration reacted to being accused of doing all the crimes they actually did and how Congress “accidentally” made sure no one would suffer any consequences for breaking the laws. Our Sponsor this week is Shreds It All, when you need documents gone fast, call Shreds it All.  We open with the Gipper denying he did anything wrong and close with Lily Kerbey and Tom Parker who want to be clear, it wasn’t them. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_1uUtx8PgtQ?si=HfpIycMcBLB2SntJ Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Primary Source:  Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988  https://www.amazon.com/Landslide-President-1984-1988-Jane-Mayer/dp/0395517575 Wikipedia: Congressional Oversight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_oversight Oliver North admitted Thursday he shredded sensitive documents https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/07/09/Oliver-North-admitted-Thursday-he-shredded-sensitive-documents-under/1429552801600/ Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/iran-contra-affairs.php How the Iran-Contra Scandal Impacts American Politics Today https://time.com/7280749/iran-contra-scandal-impacts-american-politics/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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Part 2 of Iran Contra

This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands immunity from paying his bartabs only to be found in contempt by the bartender. (Again) On the show this week we take a look at the fallout from the Iran Contra Affair. (Spoiler: No one went to jail.)

Along the way we discover that Dave has a dubious idea of what “truth” means. (If you are just now learning this, welcome to the show) Then we dive into why Congress has the ability to investigate things. (Campaign advertisements) Then we talk about how a plane crash in Nicaragua and a magazine in Lebanon caused the whole Iran Contra Affair to come apart at the seams. (The magazine was Highlights for Kids) We take a look at how the Reagan Administration reacted to being accused of doing all the crimes they actually did and how Congress “accidentally” made sure no one would suffer any consequences for breaking the laws.

Our Sponsor this week is Shreds It All, when you need documents gone fast, call Shreds it All.  We open with the Gipper denying he did anything wrong and close with Lily Kerbey and Tom Parker who want to be clear, it wasn’t them.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:

Primary Source:  Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988 

https://www.amazon.com/Landslide-President-1984-1988-Jane-Mayer/dp/0395517575

Wikipedia: Congressional Oversight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_oversight

Oliver North admitted Thursday he shredded sensitive documents

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/07/09/Oliver-North-admitted-Thursday-he-shredded-sensitive-documents-under/1429552801600/

Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs

https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/iran-contra-affairs.php

How the Iran-Contra Scandal Impacts American Politics Today

https://time.com/7280749/iran-contra-scandal-impacts-american-politics/


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]]> 2254 yes Episode 494: Ollies Big Idea Part 1 of Iran/Contra Show Notes Episode 494: Ollies Big Idea Part 1 of Iran Contra This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to implement a plan where the bartender gave him whiskey, he drank it and the tab was paid by a third party which would remain classified. (It did not work.) On the show this week we talk about the time the United States did one crime to pay for another crime, we talk Iran Contra! Along the way we learn that Dave’s idea of acceptable parenting, isn’t.  Then we dive into the history of the National Security Council, fighting the Reds since 1947. (Heroes, everyone!)  From there we meet the man who would be at the center of a criminal conspiracy that threatened to take down the Presidency of Ronald Reagan if only Ronald Reagan could remember that he was even President. We follow the money from missile sales to Iran to weapons drops over Nicaraguan jungles. (As conspiracies go, this was one of the dumber ones) until we wind back in Washington DC where everything starts to fall apart. Our returning Sponsor this week is Second Hand Boom, our guns aren’t new, but they will do.  We open with news from Lebanon and close with Lauren O’Connell who is talking about the man. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/eZUQ2FdwIyY?si=_UjwTdxilzBzFlFn Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The primary source for this series in Landslide: The Unmaking of the President 1984-1988 By Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus https://www.amazon.com/Landslide-President-1984-1988-Jane-Mayer/dp/0395517575 Wikipedia: National Security Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council Washington's Cowboys https://web.archive.org/web/20080408194549/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962859,00.html Saudi Arabia and the Reagan Doctrine https://merip.org/1988/11/saudi-arabia-and-the-reagan-doctrine/ Adnan Khashoggi, High-Living Saudi Arms Trader, Dies at 81 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/world/middleeast/adnan-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arms-trader.html?_r=0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Ollies Big Idea Part 1 of Iran/Contra full 494 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the time the United States did one crime to pay for another crime, we talk Iran Contra! Show Notes Episode 494: Ollies Big Idea Part 1 of Iran Contra This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to implement a plan where the bartender gave him whiskey, he drank it and the tab was paid by a third party which would remain classified. (It did not work.) On the show this week we talk about the time the United States did one crime to pay for another crime, we talk Iran Contra! Along the way we learn that Dave’s idea of acceptable parenting, isn’t.  Then we dive into the history of the National Security Council, fighting the Reds since 1947. (Heroes, everyone!)  From there we meet the man who would be at the center of a criminal conspiracy that threatened to take down the Presidency of Ronald Reagan if only Ronald Reagan could remember that he was even President. We follow the money from missile sales to Iran to weapons drops over Nicaraguan jungles. (As conspiracies go, this was one of the dumber ones) until we wind back in Washington DC where everything starts to fall apart. Our returning Sponsor this week is Second Hand Boom, our guns aren’t new, but they will do.  We open with news from Lebanon and close with Lauren O’Connell who is talking about the man. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/eZUQ2FdwIyY?si=_UjwTdxilzBzFlFn Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The primary source for this series in Landslide: The Unmaking of the President 1984-1988 By Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus https://www.amazon.com/Landslide-President-1984-1988-Jane-Mayer/dp/0395517575 Wikipedia: National Security Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council Washington's Cowboys https://web.archive.org/web/20080408194549/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962859,00.html Saudi Arabia and the Reagan Doctrine https://merip.org/1988/11/saudi-arabia-and-the-reagan-doctrine/ Adnan Khashoggi, High-Living Saudi Arms Trader, Dies at 81 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/world/middleeast/adnan-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arms-trader.html?_r=0 Learn more about your ad choices. 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Part 1 of Iran Contra

This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to implement a plan where the bartender gave him whiskey, he drank it and the tab was paid by a third party which would remain classified. (It did not work.) On the show this week we talk about the time the United States did one crime to pay for another crime, we talk Iran Contra!

Along the way we learn that Dave’s idea of acceptable parenting, isn’t.  Then we dive into the history of the National Security Council, fighting the Reds since 1947. (Heroes, everyone!)  From there we meet the man who would be at the center of a criminal conspiracy that threatened to take down the Presidency of Ronald Reagan if only Ronald Reagan could remember that he was even President. We follow the money from missile sales to Iran to weapons drops over Nicaraguan jungles. (As conspiracies go, this was one of the dumber ones) until we wind back in Washington DC where everything starts to fall apart.

Our returning Sponsor this week is Second Hand Boom, our guns aren’t new, but they will do.  We open with news from Lebanon and close with Lauren O’Connell who is talking about the man.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

The primary source for this series in Landslide: The Unmaking of the President 1984-1988

By Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus

https://www.amazon.com/Landslide-President-1984-1988-Jane-Mayer/dp/0395517575

Wikipedia: National Security Council

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council

Washington's Cowboys

https://web.archive.org/web/20080408194549/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962859,00.html

Saudi Arabia and the Reagan Doctrine

https://merip.org/1988/11/saudi-arabia-and-the-reagan-doctrine/

Adnan Khashoggi, High-Living Saudi Arms Trader, Dies at 81

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/world/middleeast/adnan-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arms-trader.html?_r=0


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]]> 1826 yes Episode 400-401 Redux Mega-Edition: The Reagan Shows We are taking the week off to recover from a cocaine hangover, so we bring you a rerun of a classic episode! It is ALSO a foreshadowing of what is to come! So, enjoy our hit job on Ronald Wilson Reagan and get ready for an ever NASTIER hit job next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Redux Mega-Edition: The Reagan Shows full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we run a classic Reagan basher! We are taking the week off to recover from a cocaine hangover, so we bring you a rerun of a classic episode! It is ALSO a foreshadowing of what is to come! So, enjoy our hit job on Ronald Wilson Reagan and get ready for an ever NASTIER hit job next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices We are taking the week off to recover from a cocaine hangover, so we bring you a rerun of a classic episode! It is ALSO a foreshadowing of what is to come! So, enjoy our hit job on Ronald Wilson Reagan and get ready for an ever NASTIER hit job next week!

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]]> 3484 yes Episode 493: Secret Dealer Man Part 3 of the Crack Epidemic Show Notes Episode 493: Secret Dealer Man Part 3 of the Crack Epidemic This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to make a bartender believe he was an undercover agent for the state liquor authority and drinking for free would help their case. (It would have worked if his “badge” didn’t read Female Body Inspector) On the show this week we FINALLY conclude the Crack Epidemic and Coke Month with the story of how maybe the CIA did the crack epidemic. Along the way we discover that Dave will do anything for love, but he won’t do that. (That being to help a stripper smuggle drugs) Then we dive into the not so secret history of the Central Intelligence Agency. Then we meet a CIA asset and Panamanian dictator who trafficked so much coke the US Army got involved. (In taking him out, not buying his coke, we think.) Then we talk about a reporter, a hot story that was almost too good to be true. (Turned out it actually was too good to be true.) Our Sponsor this week is the Central Intelligence Agency, less evil than you think, more evil than you would like.  We open the show with 60 Minutes and close with Kirby who is living a life of danger. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/EjEUjmjwkpU?si=aN9cC-FF_ka3Y9AK Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: History of CIA https://www.cia.gov/legacy/cia-history/ Guns, Drugs and the CIA https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/gunsdrugscia.html Panama's Noriega: CIA spy turned drug-running dictator https://www.reuters.com/article/world/panamas-noriega-cia-spy-turned-drug-running-dictator-idUSKBN18Q0NW/ Helping the crack flow https://archive.org/stream/dark_alliance_original_series-gary_webb_cia_cocaine/Gary-Webb_Dark-Alliance/some_related_articles/edit821.htm_djvu.txt Wikipedia Kerry Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Committee Though Evidence Is Thin, Tale of C.I.A. and Drugs Has a Life of Its Own https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/cia-thin.html The Storm Over Dark Alliance https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/storm.htm Tracking the Genesis of the Crack Trade https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-20-mn-59169-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Secret Dealer Man Part 3 of the Crack Epidemic full 493 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we FINALLY conclude the Crack Epidemic and Coke Month with the story of how maybe the CIA did the crack epidemic. Show Notes Episode 493: Secret Dealer Man Part 3 of the Crack Epidemic This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to make a bartender believe he was an undercover agent for the state liquor authority and drinking for free would help their case. (It would have worked if his “badge” didn’t read Female Body Inspector) On the show this week we FINALLY conclude the Crack Epidemic and Coke Month with the story of how maybe the CIA did the crack epidemic. Along the way we discover that Dave will do anything for love, but he won’t do that. (That being to help a stripper smuggle drugs) Then we dive into the not so secret history of the Central Intelligence Agency. Then we meet a CIA asset and Panamanian dictator who trafficked so much coke the US Army got involved. (In taking him out, not buying his coke, we think.) Then we talk about a reporter, a hot story that was almost too good to be true. (Turned out it actually was too good to be true.) Our Sponsor this week is the Central Intelligence Agency, less evil than you think, more evil than you would like.  We open the show with 60 Minutes and close with Kirby who is living a life of danger. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/EjEUjmjwkpU?si=aN9cC-FF_ka3Y9AK Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: History of CIA https://www.cia.gov/legacy/cia-history/ Guns, Drugs and the CIA https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/gunsdrugscia.html Panama's Noriega: CIA spy turned drug-running dictator https://www.reuters.com/article/world/panamas-noriega-cia-spy-turned-drug-running-dictator-idUSKBN18Q0NW/ Helping the crack flow https://archive.org/stream/dark_alliance_original_series-gary_webb_cia_cocaine/Gary-Webb_Dark-Alliance/some_related_articles/edit821.htm_djvu.txt Wikipedia Kerry Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Committee Though Evidence Is Thin, Tale of C.I.A. and Drugs Has a Life of Its Own https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/cia-thin.html The Storm Over Dark Alliance https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/storm.htm Tracking the Genesis of the Crack Trade https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-20-mn-59169-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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Part 3 of the Crack Epidemic

This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to make a bartender believe he was an undercover agent for the state liquor authority and drinking for free would help their case. (It would have worked if his “badge” didn’t read Female Body Inspector) On the show this week we FINALLY conclude the Crack Epidemic and Coke Month with the story of how maybe the CIA did the crack epidemic.

Along the way we discover that Dave will do anything for love, but he won’t do that. (That being to help a stripper smuggle drugs) Then we dive into the not so secret history of the Central Intelligence Agency. Then we meet a CIA asset and Panamanian dictator who trafficked so much coke the US Army got involved. (In taking him out, not buying his coke, we think.) Then we talk about a reporter, a hot story that was almost too good to be true. (Turned out it actually was too good to be true.)

Our Sponsor this week is the Central Intelligence Agency, less evil than you think, more evil than you would like.  We open the show with 60 Minutes and close with Kirby who is living a life of danger.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/EjEUjmjwkpU?si=aN9cC-FF_ka3Y9AK

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

History of CIA

https://www.cia.gov/legacy/cia-history/

Guns, Drugs and the CIA

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/gunsdrugscia.html

Panama's Noriega: CIA spy turned drug-running dictator

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/panamas-noriega-cia-spy-turned-drug-running-dictator-idUSKBN18Q0NW/

Helping the crack flow

https://archive.org/stream/dark_alliance_original_series-gary_webb_cia_cocaine/Gary-Webb_Dark-Alliance/some_related_articles/edit821.htm_djvu.txt

Wikipedia Kerry Committee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Committee

Though Evidence Is Thin, Tale of C.I.A. and Drugs Has a Life of Its Own

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/cia-thin.html

The Storm Over Dark Alliance

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/storm.htm

Tracking the Genesis of the Crack Trade

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-20-mn-59169-story.html


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]]> 1914 yes Episode 492: You STILL Want A New Drug Part 2 of the Crack Epidemic Show Notes Episode 492: You STILL Want A New Drug Part 2 of the Crack Epidemic This week Host Dave Bledsoe thought he was done drinking but discovered his credit card company had (Foolishly) upped his credit limit. (This will not end well for either of them) On the show this week we deliver part two of the crack epidemic talking about all the lies told by white people to scare themselves about black people doing crack.  Along the way we find out that Dave is a little snitch.  Then we dive right into a totally unnecessary lesson on the historical geography of Washington DC. (Flimsiest pretext yet for a tangent.) Then we learn how the President of the United States entrapped a high school student to sell him crack. (Every word of that is true and mostly accurate.) From there we discover how Ronald Reagan (HE’S BACK!) set the stage for the mass incarceration of two generations of Black Men. (We’re sure it was an accident.) Finally, we explain the most heinous lie of the whole damn lot of them, about moms, babies and medicine. Our Sponsor this week is Creative Problem Solving, fixing it by making it worse.  We open the show with Poppy Bush sharing his stash and close with Carson McKee who wonders if it will EVER be over? Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/eofltXeiSVM?si=2IRyTVkIuYb2uI6m Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Inside Story Of The Lafayette Park Crack Bust That George H.W. Bush Used To Sell The War On Drugs https://dcist.com/story/18/12/04/the-inside-story-of-the-lafayette-park-drug-bust-that-george-h-w-bush-used-to-sell-the-war-on-drugs/ The Disparate Treatment of Crack Cocaine and the Opioid Epidemic: Unveiling Racial Bias in Drug Policy https://www.scu.edu/government-ethics/resources/the-disparate-treatment-of-crack-cocaine-and-the-opioid-epidemic/#:~:text=Shortly%20thereafter%2C%20policymakers%20enacted%20the,impact%20on%20the%20Black%20community. Cracking Cocaine Myths https://pepperdine-graphic.com/cracking-cocaine-myths/ Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of powder cocaine and crack use among high school seniors in the United States https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5066573/ Governmental efforts to address the epidemic https://www.britannica.com/topic/crack-epidemic#ref334577 Just Blowing Smoke? https://magazine.emory.edu/issues/2013/autumn/of-note/just-blowing-smoke/index.html Revisiting the ‘Crack Babies’ Epidemic That Was Not https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/booming/revisiting-the-crack-babies-epidemic-that-was-not.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 You STIL Want A New Drug Part of the Crack Epidemic full 492 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we deliver part two of the crack epidemic talking about all the lies told by white people to scare themselves about black people doing crack. Show Notes Episode 492: You STILL Want A New Drug Part 2 of the Crack Epidemic This week Host Dave Bledsoe thought he was done drinking but discovered his credit card company had (Foolishly) upped his credit limit. (This will not end well for either of them) On the show this week we deliver part two of the crack epidemic talking about all the lies told by white people to scare themselves about black people doing crack.  Along the way we find out that Dave is a little snitch.  Then we dive right into a totally unnecessary lesson on the historical geography of Washington DC. (Flimsiest pretext yet for a tangent.) Then we learn how the President of the United States entrapped a high school student to sell him crack. (Every word of that is true and mostly accurate.) From there we discover how Ronald Reagan (HE’S BACK!) set the stage for the mass incarceration of two generations of Black Men. (We’re sure it was an accident.) Finally, we explain the most heinous lie of the whole damn lot of them, about moms, babies and medicine. Our Sponsor this week is Creative Problem Solving, fixing it by making it worse.  We open the show with Poppy Bush sharing his stash and close with Carson McKee who wonders if it will EVER be over? Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/eofltXeiSVM?si=2IRyTVkIuYb2uI6m Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Inside Story Of The Lafayette Park Crack Bust That George H.W. Bush Used To Sell The War On Drugs https://dcist.com/story/18/12/04/the-inside-story-of-the-lafayette-park-drug-bust-that-george-h-w-bush-used-to-sell-the-war-on-drugs/ The Disparate Treatment of Crack Cocaine and the Opioid Epidemic: Unveiling Racial Bias in Drug Policy https://www.scu.edu/government-ethics/resources/the-disparate-treatment-of-crack-cocaine-and-the-opioid-epidemic/#:~:text=Shortly%20thereafter%2C%20policymakers%20enacted%20the,impact%20on%20the%20Black%20community. Cracking Cocaine Myths https://pepperdine-graphic.com/cracking-cocaine-myths/ Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of powder cocaine and crack use among high school seniors in the United States https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5066573/ Governmental efforts to address the epidemic https://www.britannica.com/topic/crack-epidemic#ref334577 Just Blowing Smoke? https://magazine.emory.edu/issues/2013/autumn/of-note/just-blowing-smoke/index.html Revisiting the ‘Crack Babies’ Epidemic That Was Not https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/booming/revisiting-the-crack-babies-epidemic-that-was-not.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 492: You STILL Want A New Drug

Part 2 of the Crack Epidemic

This week Host Dave Bledsoe thought he was done drinking but discovered his credit card company had (Foolishly) upped his credit limit. (This will not end well for either of them) On the show this week we deliver part two of the crack epidemic talking about all the lies told by white people to scare themselves about black people doing crack. 

Along the way we find out that Dave is a little snitch.  Then we dive right into a totally unnecessary lesson on the historical geography of Washington DC. (Flimsiest pretext yet for a tangent.) Then we learn how the President of the United States entrapped a high school student to sell him crack. (Every word of that is true and mostly accurate.) From there we discover how Ronald Reagan (HE’S BACK!) set the stage for the mass incarceration of two generations of Black Men. (We’re sure it was an accident.) Finally, we explain the most heinous lie of the whole damn lot of them, about moms, babies and medicine.

Our Sponsor this week is Creative Problem Solving, fixing it by making it worse.  We open the show with Poppy Bush sharing his stash and close with Carson McKee who wonders if it will EVER be over?

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/eofltXeiSVM?si=2IRyTVkIuYb2uI6m

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

The Inside Story Of The Lafayette Park Crack Bust That George H.W. Bush Used To Sell The War On Drugs

https://dcist.com/story/18/12/04/the-inside-story-of-the-lafayette-park-drug-bust-that-george-h-w-bush-used-to-sell-the-war-on-drugs/

The Disparate Treatment of Crack Cocaine and the Opioid Epidemic: Unveiling Racial Bias in Drug Policy

https://www.scu.edu/government-ethics/resources/the-disparate-treatment-of-crack-cocaine-and-the-opioid-epidemic/#:~:text=Shortly%20thereafter%2C%20policymakers%20enacted%20the,impact%20on%20the%20Black%20community.

Cracking Cocaine Myths

https://pepperdine-graphic.com/cracking-cocaine-myths/

Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of powder cocaine and crack use among high school seniors in the United States

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5066573/

Governmental efforts to address the epidemic

https://www.britannica.com/topic/crack-epidemic#ref334577

Just Blowing Smoke?

https://magazine.emory.edu/issues/2013/autumn/of-note/just-blowing-smoke/index.html

Revisiting the ‘Crack Babies’ Epidemic That Was Not

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/booming/revisiting-the-crack-babies-epidemic-that-was-not.html


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]]> 1836 yes Episode 491: You Want A NEW Drug? Part 1 Show Notes Episode 491: You Want A NEW Drug? Part 1 of the Crack Epidemic This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself unexpectedly in a serious situation when we staggered into an Irish wake and had to pretend he was cousin Eamon from Cork. (He was quickly figured out because his fake Irish accent kept sounding more Jamaican.) On the show this week we unexpectedly found ourselves tackling a topic way more serious than this dumb show should be allowed, the Crack Epidemic. Along the way we discover that Dave was a tattle tale growing up and then dive right into the backstory of crime in the 70s, 80’s and 90s. (This is where everything started going wrong.) Then we learn how someone (could be kids from Barbados could be kids from Berkeley, or the CIA) learned how to make crack from stuff in your cleaning cabinet.  We take a look at the economic and social conditions that made the crack trade so popular in the inner city. (This is where shit got real) before laying out crack’s real top customers.  (White people, surprise!) Then we look at the impact of crack on the communities that sold it. That is when the show became a two-parter. Our Sponsor this week is Clean Cut Baking Soda, don’t step on your product dirty, use Clean Cut!  We open with Bette Midler telling kids that crack is whack and close with The Comatose Brothers seeking a second pharmaceutical opinion. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/h8aBWQATw1w?si=2J7w7W9ZlppzyEfL Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Crack Cocaine Fast Facts https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3978/index.htm Crack: A cheap and deadly cocaine is a fast-spreading menace https://time.com/archive/6706314/crack-a-cheap-and-deadly-cocaine-is-a-fast-spreading-menace/ The Severely-Distressed African American Family in the Crack Era: Empowerment is not Enough  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2565489/pdf/nihms-66258.pdf An Era of Drug Destruction: From Heroin to Crack Cocaine https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/era-drug-destruction-heroin-crack-cocaine Are the Wages of Sin $30 an Hour? Economic Aspects of Street-Level Drug Dealing https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128792038004005?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.7 Cocaine in the 1980s https://opentextbooks.clemson.edu/hlth4000holcombtugman/chapter/cocaine-in-the-1980s/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 02 May 2025 18:34:00 -0000 You Want A NEW Drug? Part 1 full 492 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we unexpectedly found ourselves tackling a topic way more serious than this dumb show should be allowed, the Crack Epidemic. Show Notes Episode 491: You Want A NEW Drug? Part 1 of the Crack Epidemic This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself unexpectedly in a serious situation when we staggered into an Irish wake and had to pretend he was cousin Eamon from Cork. (He was quickly figured out because his fake Irish accent kept sounding more Jamaican.) On the show this week we unexpectedly found ourselves tackling a topic way more serious than this dumb show should be allowed, the Crack Epidemic. Along the way we discover that Dave was a tattle tale growing up and then dive right into the backstory of crime in the 70s, 80’s and 90s. (This is where everything started going wrong.) Then we learn how someone (could be kids from Barbados could be kids from Berkeley, or the CIA) learned how to make crack from stuff in your cleaning cabinet.  We take a look at the economic and social conditions that made the crack trade so popular in the inner city. (This is where shit got real) before laying out crack’s real top customers.  (White people, surprise!) Then we look at the impact of crack on the communities that sold it. That is when the show became a two-parter. Our Sponsor this week is Clean Cut Baking Soda, don’t step on your product dirty, use Clean Cut!  We open with Bette Midler telling kids that crack is whack and close with The Comatose Brothers seeking a second pharmaceutical opinion. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/h8aBWQATw1w?si=2J7w7W9ZlppzyEfL Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Crack Cocaine Fast Facts https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3978/index.htm Crack: A cheap and deadly cocaine is a fast-spreading menace https://time.com/archive/6706314/crack-a-cheap-and-deadly-cocaine-is-a-fast-spreading-menace/ The Severely-Distressed African American Family in the Crack Era: Empowerment is not Enough  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2565489/pdf/nihms-66258.pdf An Era of Drug Destruction: From Heroin to Crack Cocaine https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/era-drug-destruction-heroin-crack-cocaine Are the Wages of Sin $30 an Hour? Economic Aspects of Street-Level Drug Dealing https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128792038004005?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.7 Cocaine in the 1980s https://opentextbooks.clemson.edu/hlth4000holcombtugman/chapter/cocaine-in-the-1980s/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 491: You Want A NEW Drug?

Part 1 of the Crack Epidemic


This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself unexpectedly in a serious situation when we staggered into an Irish wake and had to pretend he was cousin Eamon from Cork. (He was quickly figured out because his fake Irish accent kept sounding more Jamaican.) On the show this week we unexpectedly found ourselves tackling a topic way more serious than this dumb show should be allowed, the Crack Epidemic.

Along the way we discover that Dave was a tattle tale growing up and then dive right into the backstory of crime in the 70s, 80’s and 90s. (This is where everything started going wrong.) Then we learn how someone (could be kids from Barbados could be kids from Berkeley, or the CIA) learned how to make crack from stuff in your cleaning cabinet.  We take a look at the economic and social conditions that made the crack trade so popular in the inner city. (This is where shit got real) before laying out crack’s real top customers.  (White people, surprise!) Then we look at the impact of crack on the communities that sold it. That is when the show became a two-parter.

Our Sponsor this week is Clean Cut Baking Soda, don’t step on your product dirty, use Clean Cut!  We open with Bette Midler telling kids that crack is whack and close with The Comatose Brothers seeking a second pharmaceutical opinion.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/h8aBWQATw1w?si=2J7w7W9ZlppzyEfL

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:

Crack Cocaine Fast Facts

https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3978/index.htm

Crack: A cheap and deadly cocaine is a fast-spreading menace

https://time.com/archive/6706314/crack-a-cheap-and-deadly-cocaine-is-a-fast-spreading-menace/

The Severely-Distressed African American Family in the Crack Era: Empowerment is not Enough

 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2565489/pdf/nihms-66258.pdf

An Era of Drug Destruction: From Heroin to Crack Cocaine

https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/era-drug-destruction-heroin-crack-cocaine

Are the Wages of Sin $30 an Hour? Economic Aspects of Street-Level Drug Dealing

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128792038004005?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.7

Cocaine in the 1980s

https://opentextbooks.clemson.edu/hlth4000holcombtugman/chapter/cocaine-in-the-1980s/


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]]> 1624 yes Episode 490: Miami Vice Vice Baby Show Notes Episode 490: Miami Vice Vice Baby This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in hot water with his boss over his constant screw ups and is told to turn in his microphone and podcaster badge   (Which is just some toy Jeremy got out of vending machine and told Dave it was “official”) On the show this week we head back to the 80’s to talk about a television show that took America from 70’s beige to 80’s neon pastels, Miami Vice! Along the way we discovered that Dave really wanted to Fish from Barney Miller growing up.  Then we dive right into a brief history of the Vice Squad in America.  (Turns out it was mostly about policing people white people didn’t like! Who Knew?) Then we meet the people who made Miami Vice, from the NBC executive who had a vision. (Literally: MTV Cops) to the actors, costume designers, music supervisors to the guy who faked the Ferrari! We see how the show changed American fashion and made the Miami Drug Wars a tourist attraction.  (Fucking Americans, man!) Our Sponsor this week is the Miami Chamber of Commerce who wants to set the record straight.  We open the USA Network announcing they are running Miami Vice and close with Marty Ray who is rollin’ in his 5.0 Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/YC3IxxYsIN8?si=upfE7XITDgKwiksf Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Racialized History of Vice Policing https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4085&context=facpub#:~:text=Vice%20policing%20maintained%20the%20property,segregation%20and%20preserving%20white%20property. NBC.com Miami Vice https://web.archive.org/web/20080423035720/http://www.nbc.com/Vintage_Shows/Miami_Vice/about/index.shtml Miami Vice at 40: An Oral History https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/miami-vice-oral-history Breaking the Pastel Barrier: How ‘Miami Vice’ Changed Menswear Forever https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/miami-vice-michael-mann-costume-designers-interview-menswear-1235961920/ ORLANDO VICE HOW CLOSE IS ‘MIAMI VICE’ TO REAL LIFE? CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINK https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/12/15/orlando-vice-how-close-is-miami-vice-to-real-life-closer-than-you-may-think/ Dancing With the Television https://web.archive.org/web/20080726120455/http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/mill/1998/11/09mill.html How Miami Vice launched the ’80s on TV, then died with its decade https://www.avclub.com/how-miami-vice-launched-the-80s-on-tv-then-died-with-1798232906 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Miami Vice Vice Baby full 490 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the 80’s to talk about a television show that took America from 70’s beige to 80’s neon pastels, Miami Vice! Show Notes Episode 490: Miami Vice Vice Baby This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in hot water with his boss over his constant screw ups and is told to turn in his microphone and podcaster badge   (Which is just some toy Jeremy got out of vending machine and told Dave it was “official”) On the show this week we head back to the 80’s to talk about a television show that took America from 70’s beige to 80’s neon pastels, Miami Vice! Along the way we discovered that Dave really wanted to Fish from Barney Miller growing up.  Then we dive right into a brief history of the Vice Squad in America.  (Turns out it was mostly about policing people white people didn’t like! Who Knew?) Then we meet the people who made Miami Vice, from the NBC executive who had a vision. (Literally: MTV Cops) to the actors, costume designers, music supervisors to the guy who faked the Ferrari! We see how the show changed American fashion and made the Miami Drug Wars a tourist attraction.  (Fucking Americans, man!) Our Sponsor this week is the Miami Chamber of Commerce who wants to set the record straight.  We open the USA Network announcing they are running Miami Vice and close with Marty Ray who is rollin’ in his 5.0 Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/YC3IxxYsIN8?si=upfE7XITDgKwiksf Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Racialized History of Vice Policing https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4085&context=facpub#:~:text=Vice%20policing%20maintained%20the%20property,segregation%20and%20preserving%20white%20property. NBC.com Miami Vice https://web.archive.org/web/20080423035720/http://www.nbc.com/Vintage_Shows/Miami_Vice/about/index.shtml Miami Vice at 40: An Oral History https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/miami-vice-oral-history Breaking the Pastel Barrier: How ‘Miami Vice’ Changed Menswear Forever https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/miami-vice-michael-mann-costume-designers-interview-menswear-1235961920/ ORLANDO VICE HOW CLOSE IS ‘MIAMI VICE’ TO REAL LIFE? CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINK https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/12/15/orlando-vice-how-close-is-miami-vice-to-real-life-closer-than-you-may-think/ Dancing With the Television https://web.archive.org/web/20080726120455/http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/mill/1998/11/09mill.html How Miami Vice launched the ’80s on TV, then died with its decade https://www.avclub.com/how-miami-vice-launched-the-80s-on-tv-then-died-with-1798232906 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 490: Miami Vice Vice Baby


This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in hot water with his boss over his constant screw ups and is told to turn in his microphone and podcaster badge   (Which is just some toy Jeremy got out of vending machine and told Dave it was “official”) On the show this week we head back to the 80’s to talk about a television show that took America from 70’s beige to 80’s neon pastels, Miami Vice!


Along the way we discovered that Dave really wanted to Fish from Barney Miller growing up.  Then we dive right into a brief history of the Vice Squad in America.  (Turns out it was mostly about policing people white people didn’t like! Who Knew?) Then we meet the people who made Miami Vice, from the NBC executive who had a vision. (Literally: MTV Cops) to the actors, costume designers, music supervisors to the guy who faked the Ferrari! We see how the show changed American fashion and made the Miami Drug Wars a tourist attraction.  (Fucking Americans, man!)


Our Sponsor this week is the Miami Chamber of Commerce who wants to set the record straight.  We open the USA Network announcing they are running Miami Vice and close with Marty Ray who is rollin’ in his 5.0


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/YC3IxxYsIN8?si=upfE7XITDgKwiksf

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:


The Racialized History of Vice Policing

https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4085&context=facpub#:~:text=Vice%20policing%20maintained%20the%20property,segregation%20and%20preserving%20white%20property.


NBC.com Miami Vice

https://web.archive.org/web/20080423035720/http://www.nbc.com/Vintage_Shows/Miami_Vice/about/index.shtml


Miami Vice at 40: An Oral History

https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/miami-vice-oral-history


Breaking the Pastel Barrier: How ‘Miami Vice’ Changed Menswear Forever

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/miami-vice-michael-mann-costume-designers-interview-menswear-1235961920/


ORLANDO VICE HOW CLOSE IS ‘MIAMI VICE’ TO REAL LIFE? CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINK

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/12/15/orlando-vice-how-close-is-miami-vice-to-real-life-closer-than-you-may-think/


Dancing With the Television

https://web.archive.org/web/20080726120455/http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/mill/1998/11/09mill.html


How Miami Vice launched the ’80s on TV, then died with its decade

https://www.avclub.com/how-miami-vice-launched-the-80s-on-tv-then-died-with-1798232906




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]]> 1709 yes Episode 489: We Built This City on Flake and Blow Show Notes Episode 489: We Built This City on Flake and Blow This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on a Hawwian shirt, drops a Jimmy Buffett record on the turntable and mixes up a Bahama Mama before anyone figured out that he was not part of the wedding and threw him out of the venue. (This happens a lot.) On the show this week we head south to a city of sun, sand and billions of dollars worth of cocaine, we talk about the Miami Drug Wars! Along the way we discover that a television news man was the most trusted man in Dave’s family. Then we dive right into the history of what would become Miami Florida, and the first snow birds who moved there after they retired. From there we get into how the CIA helped kick start the cocaine trade in America. (This isn’t just something “funny” Dave said, this happened.) We learn how the Cubans were all murdered by the Colombians (Scarface was a documentary really) and took over the Miami trade for themselves. We meet the scariest woman in Miami (and Bogota, and, well everywhere) before we get down to the business of finding a way to take all the drug money and put it to work.  (Real Estate baby!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Investment Services, investing involves risk and it doesn’t get much riskier than Fast Eddie.  We open with Miami news coverage of the drug wars and close with the T Sisters explaining big city commercial real estate. (If you hate the Starship version, you are REALLY going to hate the T Sisters!)  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3JphLIPqhpg?si=QjZOk1u3m6IU_BoS Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: KILLINGS IN FLORIDA OVER DRUGS ON RISE https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/22/archives/killings-in-florida-over-drugs-on-rise-40-deaths-this-year.html MIAMI CRIME RISES AS DRUGS POUR IN https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/12/us/miami-crime-rises-as-drugs-pour-in.html America’s Drug War https://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/drug_wars/story3.html Miami flooded by cocaine cash https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/02/11/Miami-flooded-by-cocaine-cash/8767634712400/ PBS Frontline: Drug Wars https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/mcdonald.html SUSPECT HELD ON $10 MILLION BOND IN A CRACKDOWN ON DRUGS IN MIAMI https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/28/us/suspect-held-on-10-million-bond-in-a-crackdown-on-drugs-in-miami.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 We Built This City on Flake and Blow full 489 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head south to a city of sun, sand and billions of dollars worth of cocaine, we talk about the Miami Drug Wars! Show Notes Episode 489: We Built This City on Flake and Blow This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on a Hawwian shirt, drops a Jimmy Buffett record on the turntable and mixes up a Bahama Mama before anyone figured out that he was not part of the wedding and threw him out of the venue. (This happens a lot.) On the show this week we head south to a city of sun, sand and billions of dollars worth of cocaine, we talk about the Miami Drug Wars! Along the way we discover that a television news man was the most trusted man in Dave’s family. Then we dive right into the history of what would become Miami Florida, and the first snow birds who moved there after they retired. From there we get into how the CIA helped kick start the cocaine trade in America. (This isn’t just something “funny” Dave said, this happened.) We learn how the Cubans were all murdered by the Colombians (Scarface was a documentary really) and took over the Miami trade for themselves. We meet the scariest woman in Miami (and Bogota, and, well everywhere) before we get down to the business of finding a way to take all the drug money and put it to work.  (Real Estate baby!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Investment Services, investing involves risk and it doesn’t get much riskier than Fast Eddie.  We open with Miami news coverage of the drug wars and close with the T Sisters explaining big city commercial real estate. (If you hate the Starship version, you are REALLY going to hate the T Sisters!)  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3JphLIPqhpg?si=QjZOk1u3m6IU_BoS Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: KILLINGS IN FLORIDA OVER DRUGS ON RISE https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/22/archives/killings-in-florida-over-drugs-on-rise-40-deaths-this-year.html MIAMI CRIME RISES AS DRUGS POUR IN https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/12/us/miami-crime-rises-as-drugs-pour-in.html America’s Drug War https://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/drug_wars/story3.html Miami flooded by cocaine cash https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/02/11/Miami-flooded-by-cocaine-cash/8767634712400/ PBS Frontline: Drug Wars https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/mcdonald.html SUSPECT HELD ON $10 MILLION BOND IN A CRACKDOWN ON DRUGS IN MIAMI https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/28/us/suspect-held-on-10-million-bond-in-a-crackdown-on-drugs-in-miami.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on a Hawwian shirt, drops a Jimmy Buffett record on the turntable and mixes up a Bahama Mama before anyone figured out that he was not part of the wedding and threw him out of the venue. (This happens a lot.) On the show this week we head south to a city of sun, sand and billions of dollars worth of cocaine, we talk about the Miami Drug Wars!


Along the way we discover that a television news man was the most trusted man in Dave’s family. Then we dive right into the history of what would become Miami Florida, and the first snow birds who moved there after they retired. From there we get into how the CIA helped kick start the cocaine trade in America. (This isn’t just something “funny” Dave said, this happened.) We learn how the Cubans were all murdered by the Colombians (Scarface was a documentary really) and took over the Miami trade for themselves. We meet the scariest woman in Miami (and Bogota, and, well everywhere) before we get down to the business of finding a way to take all the drug money and put it to work.  (Real Estate baby!)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Investment Services, investing involves risk and it doesn’t get much riskier than Fast Eddie.  We open with Miami news coverage of the drug wars and close with the T Sisters explaining big city commercial real estate. (If you hate the Starship version, you are REALLY going to hate the T Sisters!) 



Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:


KILLINGS IN FLORIDA OVER DRUGS ON RISE

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/22/archives/killings-in-florida-over-drugs-on-rise-40-deaths-this-year.html


MIAMI CRIME RISES AS DRUGS POUR IN

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/12/us/miami-crime-rises-as-drugs-pour-in.html


America’s Drug War

https://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/drug_wars/story3.html


Miami flooded by cocaine cash

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/02/11/Miami-flooded-by-cocaine-cash/8767634712400/


PBS Frontline: Drug Wars

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/mcdonald.html


SUSPECT HELD ON $10 MILLION BOND IN A CRACKDOWN ON DRUGS IN MIAMI

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/28/us/suspect-held-on-10-million-bond-in-a-crackdown-on-drugs-in-miami.html


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]]> 1904 yes Episode 488: Coke Is IT!! Show Notes Episode 488: Coke Is IT!! This week Host Dave Bledsoe was in a bathroom stall with white powder all over his face. (He passed on the shitter eating a powdered donut. Again.) On the show this week, we kick off a series of shows about cocaine, the drug that made white people think disco was for them! Along the way we learned that Dave was never cool enough to even try cocaine! (Pussy) Then we dive right into the history of Bolivian Marching Powder, Columbian Nose Candy, Frosted Flakes and many many other euphemisms for it. We trace the history from a neolithic hunter named Jerry (probably) who first tried the leaves of the coca plant, to the quack doctors who sold cocaine as a nostrum for uppity women to the drug that made rock and roll so fucking cool! We hear from happy customers about THEIR cocaine experience and then we kill the buzz with what all those great movies and songs created. (An international crime syndicate) Our Sponsor this week is A Guy, if you need little something, you need to know A Guy, We open with Freebasing the news and close with Ella talking about that Wacky Dust.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-XgMlylPgWE?si=bjaQ-5tZEMrNGM5e Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Cocaine History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine#History What does a cocaine high feel like? https://www.quora.com/What-does-a-cocaine-high-feel-like Highs, horns and bugs crawling https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/01/archives/cocaine-the-champagne-of-drugs-highs-horns-and-bugs-crawling-for.html Cocaine and Hollywood https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/11/archives/cocaine-and-hollywood-suspicions-are-rife.html 'Benign' drug of the '70s is a scourge in the '90s https://www.deseret.com/1999/8/24/19462324/benign-drug-of-the-70s-is-a-scourge-in-the-90s/ Cocaine: Middle Class High https://time.com/archive/6595044/cocaine-middle-class-high/ The Cocaine War In Context : Drugs and Politics by Belen Boville: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cocaine_War_in_Context/TuwWHcyka8wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=cocaine+boom&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 05 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Coke Is IT!! full 487 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we kick off a series of shows about cocaine, the drug that made white people think disco was for them! Show Notes Episode 488: Coke Is IT!! This week Host Dave Bledsoe was in a bathroom stall with white powder all over his face. (He passed on the shitter eating a powdered donut. Again.) On the show this week, we kick off a series of shows about cocaine, the drug that made white people think disco was for them! Along the way we learned that Dave was never cool enough to even try cocaine! (Pussy) Then we dive right into the history of Bolivian Marching Powder, Columbian Nose Candy, Frosted Flakes and many many other euphemisms for it. We trace the history from a neolithic hunter named Jerry (probably) who first tried the leaves of the coca plant, to the quack doctors who sold cocaine as a nostrum for uppity women to the drug that made rock and roll so fucking cool! We hear from happy customers about THEIR cocaine experience and then we kill the buzz with what all those great movies and songs created. (An international crime syndicate) Our Sponsor this week is A Guy, if you need little something, you need to know A Guy, We open with Freebasing the news and close with Ella talking about that Wacky Dust.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-XgMlylPgWE?si=bjaQ-5tZEMrNGM5e Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Cocaine History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine#History What does a cocaine high feel like? https://www.quora.com/What-does-a-cocaine-high-feel-like Highs, horns and bugs crawling https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/01/archives/cocaine-the-champagne-of-drugs-highs-horns-and-bugs-crawling-for.html Cocaine and Hollywood https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/11/archives/cocaine-and-hollywood-suspicions-are-rife.html 'Benign' drug of the '70s is a scourge in the '90s https://www.deseret.com/1999/8/24/19462324/benign-drug-of-the-70s-is-a-scourge-in-the-90s/ Cocaine: Middle Class High https://time.com/archive/6595044/cocaine-middle-class-high/ The Cocaine War In Context : Drugs and Politics by Belen Boville: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cocaine_War_in_Context/TuwWHcyka8wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=cocaine+boom&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 488: Coke Is IT!!


This week Host Dave Bledsoe was in a bathroom stall with white powder all over his face. (He passed on the shitter eating a powdered donut. Again.) On the show this week, we kick off a series of shows about cocaine, the drug that made white people think disco was for them!


Along the way we learned that Dave was never cool enough to even try cocaine! (Pussy) Then we dive right into the history of Bolivian Marching Powder, Columbian Nose Candy, Frosted Flakes and many many other euphemisms for it. We trace the history from a neolithic hunter named Jerry (probably) who first tried the leaves of the coca plant, to the quack doctors who sold cocaine as a nostrum for uppity women to the drug that made rock and roll so fucking cool! We hear from happy customers about THEIR cocaine experience and then we kill the buzz with what all those great movies and songs created. (An international crime syndicate)


Our Sponsor this week is A Guy, if you need little something, you need to know A Guy, We open with Freebasing the news and close with Ella talking about that Wacky Dust. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-XgMlylPgWE?si=bjaQ-5tZEMrNGM5e

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop


Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Cocaine History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine#History


What does a cocaine high feel like?

https://www.quora.com/What-does-a-cocaine-high-feel-like


Highs, horns and bugs crawling

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/01/archives/cocaine-the-champagne-of-drugs-highs-horns-and-bugs-crawling-for.html


Cocaine and Hollywood

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/11/archives/cocaine-and-hollywood-suspicions-are-rife.html


'Benign' drug of the '70s is a scourge in the '90s

https://www.deseret.com/1999/8/24/19462324/benign-drug-of-the-70s-is-a-scourge-in-the-90s/


Cocaine: Middle Class High

https://time.com/archive/6595044/cocaine-middle-class-high/


The Cocaine War In Context : Drugs and Politics by Belen Boville:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cocaine_War_in_Context/TuwWHcyka8wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=cocaine+boom&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover


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]]> 1689 yes Cocaine Cowboys It was the fuel that ran the 70’s and 80’s. It gave us disco, hair metal and pretty much every country music song between 1971 and, well now. There is at least a 30% chance that you were personally conceived while your parents were high as balls on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:38:00 -0000 Cocaine Cowboys Trailer trailer Dave Bledsoe All April we talk Bolivian Marching Powder! It was the fuel that ran the 70’s and 80’s. It gave us disco, hair metal and pretty much every country music song between 1971 and, well now. There is at least a 30% chance that you were personally conceived while your parents were high as balls on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices It was the fuel that ran the 70’s and 80’s. It gave us disco, hair metal and pretty much every country music song between 1971 and, well now. There is at least a 30% chance that you were personally conceived while your parents were high as balls on it.

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]]> 61 yes Episode 487: Trade You Three Beenz for a Flooz Show Notes Episode 487: Trade You Three Beenz for a Flooz This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to trade the bartender stock options in his internet start up Beer Me only to have his IPO flop badly. (Again) On the show this week we head back the heady days of the late 90’s when everyone had an internet startup ready to fail, the Dot Com Bubble! Along the way we are reminded why you should never take financial advice from a podcast host. (Particularly a drunk who doesn’t host a finance podcast) Then we dive right into what it took to turn the internet from an open forum dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and ideas into the cesspool of hate, conspiracy and commercialism that is it today! (Hint: Money.) Then we chart the rise and fall of a generation of dot coms as they grew from tiny venture capital funded stupid ideas into giant stock financed stupid ideas! (That’s capitalism baby!) Our Sponsor this week is BadIdea.com, if you have a stupid idea, we will give you money for it! We open with news footage of the stock market crashing and close with Wyatt McCubbin explaining what happens when the stock market crashes. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jlR_g0k6jdo?si=DSdGI8O0zxYo5MsY Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: What Was the First Thing Sold on the Internet? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-first-thing-sold-internet-180957414/ 17 Companies That Failed During the Dot-Com Bubble: What Can They Teach Us About the NFT Market? https://www.startwithnfts.com/posts/17-companies-that-failed-during-the-dot-com-bubble-what-can-they-teach-us-about-nfts/ What Was the Dot-Com Bubble & Why Did It Burst? https://www.thestreet.com/dictionary/dot-com-bubble-and-burst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Trade You Three Beenz for a Flooz full 487 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back the heady days of the late 90’s when everyone had an internet startup ready to fail, the Dot Com Bubble! Show Notes Episode 487: Trade You Three Beenz for a Flooz This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to trade the bartender stock options in his internet start up Beer Me only to have his IPO flop badly. (Again) On the show this week we head back the heady days of the late 90’s when everyone had an internet startup ready to fail, the Dot Com Bubble! Along the way we are reminded why you should never take financial advice from a podcast host. (Particularly a drunk who doesn’t host a finance podcast) Then we dive right into what it took to turn the internet from an open forum dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and ideas into the cesspool of hate, conspiracy and commercialism that is it today! (Hint: Money.) Then we chart the rise and fall of a generation of dot coms as they grew from tiny venture capital funded stupid ideas into giant stock financed stupid ideas! (That’s capitalism baby!) Our Sponsor this week is BadIdea.com, if you have a stupid idea, we will give you money for it! We open with news footage of the stock market crashing and close with Wyatt McCubbin explaining what happens when the stock market crashes. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jlR_g0k6jdo?si=DSdGI8O0zxYo5MsY Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: What Was the First Thing Sold on the Internet? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-first-thing-sold-internet-180957414/ 17 Companies That Failed During the Dot-Com Bubble: What Can They Teach Us About the NFT Market? https://www.startwithnfts.com/posts/17-companies-that-failed-during-the-dot-com-bubble-what-can-they-teach-us-about-nfts/ What Was the Dot-Com Bubble & Why Did It Burst? https://www.thestreet.com/dictionary/dot-com-bubble-and-burst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 487: Trade You Three Beenz for a Flooz

This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to trade the bartender stock options in his internet start up Beer Me only to have his IPO flop badly. (Again) On the show this week we head back the heady days of the late 90’s when everyone had an internet startup ready to fail, the Dot Com Bubble!


Along the way we are reminded why you should never take financial advice from a podcast host. (Particularly a drunk who doesn’t host a finance podcast) Then we dive right into what it took to turn the internet from an open forum dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and ideas into the cesspool of hate, conspiracy and commercialism that is it today! (Hint: Money.) Then we chart the rise and fall of a generation of dot coms as they grew from tiny venture capital funded stupid ideas into giant stock financed stupid ideas! (That’s capitalism baby!)


Our Sponsor this week is BadIdea.com, if you have a stupid idea, we will give you money for it! We open with news footage of the stock market crashing and close with Wyatt McCubbin explaining what happens when the stock market crashes.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jlR_g0k6jdo?si=DSdGI8O0zxYo5MsY

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop


Citations Needed:


What Was the First Thing Sold on the Internet?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-first-thing-sold-internet-180957414/


17 Companies That Failed During the Dot-Com Bubble: What Can They Teach Us About the NFT Market?

https://www.startwithnfts.com/posts/17-companies-that-failed-during-the-dot-com-bubble-what-can-they-teach-us-about-nfts/


What Was the Dot-Com Bubble & Why Did It Burst?

https://www.thestreet.com/dictionary/dot-com-bubble-and-burst

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]]> 1819 yes Episode 486: It Could Use More Snot Episode 486: It Could Use More Snot This week Host Dave Bledsoe proffered a Mickey Mantle rookie card in exchange for the clearance of his bar tab despite the fact that it was clearly printed on cardstock by an inkjet low on cyan. (They forced him to eat it before they tossed him out.) On the show this week we examine the disgusting kids collectible that swept the nation in the mid 1980’s (It was like pervy Pokemon!) Along the way we discover that Dave had no friends as a kid. (Just like now!) Then we dive in collectible cards and where they came from. (Smarmy nobles and cigarettes.) Then we opened up a pack of Topps Bubble Gum to see what we got.  (Dammit it’s Bobby Bonilla!) We discuss how Topps branched out in the parody “novelty” card market with some clever takes on capitalism and that morphed into a disgusting parody of the most popular toy of the early 80’s: The Garbage Pail Kids.   Our Sponsor this week is Dave-O-Mon Cards, gotta drink ‘em all! We open the show with the trailer for the Garbage Pail Kids movie and close with the Donna’s signing about the kids in this country. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/okCHKTYNFXk?si=bKqXncifC07skqFn Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Cigarette Card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_card The Snot-Soaked History of the Garbage Pail Kids https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643322/garbage-pail-kids-history Trash for Cash: An Oral History of Garbage Pail Kids https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77142/trash-cash-oral-history-garbage-pail-kids THEY'RE NASTY, THEY'RE UGLY, AND CHILDREN LOVE THEM https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/05/nyregion/they-re-nasty-they-re-ugly-and-children-love-them.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000 It Could Use More Snot full 486 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the disgusting kids collectible that swept the nation in the mid 1980’s (It was like pervy Pokemon!) Episode 486: It Could Use More Snot This week Host Dave Bledsoe proffered a Mickey Mantle rookie card in exchange for the clearance of his bar tab despite the fact that it was clearly printed on cardstock by an inkjet low on cyan. (They forced him to eat it before they tossed him out.) On the show this week we examine the disgusting kids collectible that swept the nation in the mid 1980’s (It was like pervy Pokemon!) Along the way we discover that Dave had no friends as a kid. (Just like now!) Then we dive in collectible cards and where they came from. (Smarmy nobles and cigarettes.) Then we opened up a pack of Topps Bubble Gum to see what we got.  (Dammit it’s Bobby Bonilla!) We discuss how Topps branched out in the parody “novelty” card market with some clever takes on capitalism and that morphed into a disgusting parody of the most popular toy of the early 80’s: The Garbage Pail Kids.   Our Sponsor this week is Dave-O-Mon Cards, gotta drink ‘em all! We open the show with the trailer for the Garbage Pail Kids movie and close with the Donna’s signing about the kids in this country. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/okCHKTYNFXk?si=bKqXncifC07skqFn Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Cigarette Card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_card The Snot-Soaked History of the Garbage Pail Kids https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643322/garbage-pail-kids-history Trash for Cash: An Oral History of Garbage Pail Kids https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77142/trash-cash-oral-history-garbage-pail-kids THEY'RE NASTY, THEY'RE UGLY, AND CHILDREN LOVE THEM https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/05/nyregion/they-re-nasty-they-re-ugly-and-children-love-them.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 486: It Could Use More Snot

This week Host Dave Bledsoe proffered a Mickey Mantle rookie card in exchange for the clearance of his bar tab despite the fact that it was clearly printed on cardstock by an inkjet low on cyan. (They forced him to eat it before they tossed him out.) On the show this week we examine the disgusting kids collectible that swept the nation in the mid 1980’s (It was like pervy Pokemon!)


Along the way we discover that Dave had no friends as a kid. (Just like now!) Then we dive in collectible cards and where they came from. (Smarmy nobles and cigarettes.) Then we opened up a pack of Topps Bubble Gum to see what we got.  (Dammit it’s Bobby Bonilla!) We discuss how Topps branched out in the parody “novelty” card market with some clever takes on capitalism and that morphed into a disgusting parody of the most popular toy of the early 80’s: The Garbage Pail Kids.  


Our Sponsor this week is Dave-O-Mon Cards, gotta drink ‘em all! We open the show with the trailer for the Garbage Pail Kids movie and close with the Donna’s signing about the kids in this country.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/okCHKTYNFXk?si=bKqXncifC07skqFn

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Cigarette Card

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_card


The Snot-Soaked History of the Garbage Pail Kids

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643322/garbage-pail-kids-history


Trash for Cash: An Oral History of Garbage Pail Kids

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77142/trash-cash-oral-history-garbage-pail-kids


THEY'RE NASTY, THEY'RE UGLY, AND CHILDREN LOVE THEM

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/05/nyregion/they-re-nasty-they-re-ugly-and-children-love-them.html

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]]> 1833 yes Episode 485: Avon, Amway and Tupperware. Oh My! Show Notes Episode 495: Avon, Amway and Tupperware, OH MY! This week host Dave Bledsoe devises a plan where he recruits two people to pay for his drinks and they recruit two people to pay for their drinks and one of his, everyone profits. (It didn’t work because no one likes him enough to buy even ONE drink for him.) On the show this week we took a look back at side hustles in the 70’s and 80’s (And maybe buy some Tupperware.) Along the way we learn that Dave might not be the worst uncle out there? Then we dive into the history of direct sales in America (Buy Farmwhoofer, buy the best!) before we head back to the beginnings of an American institution and how it made generations of American women feel pretty.  Then we move right along to the origin story of all those plastic bowls with missing lids in your parent's kitchen cabinets. (Seriously, none of these lids fit any of the bowls we have!) Then we talk about the granddaddy of multi level marketing scams. (Allegedly) And how Amway created something kind of like a cult around selling generic crap and how it is screwing us even today! Our Sponsor this week is Ponz-Co, we promise it’s not illegal.  We open with the burp to seal wonder of Tupperware and close with Chutes and Ladders who are falling in love with the Avon Lady! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closer:https://soundcloud.com/chutesandladdersmusic/avon-lady?in=chutesandladdersmusic/sets/cosmetics&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Avon’s History https://www.reps-r-us.co.uk/avons-history/ Secret History Of: Tupperware https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/secret-history-of-tupperware-2100910.html Social Marketing Before the Internet https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/social-marketing-internet How Does Amway Work? A comprehensive guide https://www.amway.com/en_US/amway-insider/about-amway/how-does-amway-work Inside ScAmway The alluring life offered by the world's largest 'multi-marketing' business closely resembles a sham. https://www.culteducation.com/group/815-amway/1710-inside-scamways.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Avon, Amway and Tupperware, OH MY! full 485 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we took a look back at side hustles in the 70’s and 80’s (And maybe buy some Tupperware.) Show Notes Episode 495: Avon, Amway and Tupperware, OH MY! This week host Dave Bledsoe devises a plan where he recruits two people to pay for his drinks and they recruit two people to pay for their drinks and one of his, everyone profits. (It didn’t work because no one likes him enough to buy even ONE drink for him.) On the show this week we took a look back at side hustles in the 70’s and 80’s (And maybe buy some Tupperware.) Along the way we learn that Dave might not be the worst uncle out there? Then we dive into the history of direct sales in America (Buy Farmwhoofer, buy the best!) before we head back to the beginnings of an American institution and how it made generations of American women feel pretty.  Then we move right along to the origin story of all those plastic bowls with missing lids in your parent's kitchen cabinets. (Seriously, none of these lids fit any of the bowls we have!) Then we talk about the granddaddy of multi level marketing scams. (Allegedly) And how Amway created something kind of like a cult around selling generic crap and how it is screwing us even today! Our Sponsor this week is Ponz-Co, we promise it’s not illegal.  We open with the burp to seal wonder of Tupperware and close with Chutes and Ladders who are falling in love with the Avon Lady! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closer:https://soundcloud.com/chutesandladdersmusic/avon-lady?in=chutesandladdersmusic/sets/cosmetics&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Avon’s History https://www.reps-r-us.co.uk/avons-history/ Secret History Of: Tupperware https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/secret-history-of-tupperware-2100910.html Social Marketing Before the Internet https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/social-marketing-internet How Does Amway Work? A comprehensive guide https://www.amway.com/en_US/amway-insider/about-amway/how-does-amway-work Inside ScAmway The alluring life offered by the world's largest 'multi-marketing' business closely resembles a sham. https://www.culteducation.com/group/815-amway/1710-inside-scamways.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 495: Avon, Amway and Tupperware, OH MY!


This week host Dave Bledsoe devises a plan where he recruits two people to pay for his drinks and they recruit two people to pay for their drinks and one of his, everyone profits. (It didn’t work because no one likes him enough to buy even ONE drink for him.) On the show this week we took a look back at side hustles in the 70’s and 80’s (And maybe buy some Tupperware.)


Along the way we learn that Dave might not be the worst uncle out there? Then we dive into the history of direct sales in America (Buy Farmwhoofer, buy the best!) before we head back to the beginnings of an American institution and how it made generations of American women feel pretty.  Then we move right along to the origin story of all those plastic bowls with missing lids in your parent's kitchen cabinets. (Seriously, none of these lids fit any of the bowls we have!) Then we talk about the granddaddy of multi level marketing scams. (Allegedly) And how Amway created something kind of like a cult around selling generic crap and how it is screwing us even today!


Our Sponsor this week is Ponz-Co, we promise it’s not illegal.  We open with the burp to seal wonder of Tupperware and close with Chutes and Ladders who are falling in love with the Avon Lady!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closer:https://soundcloud.com/chutesandladdersmusic/avon-lady?in=chutesandladdersmusic/sets/cosmetics&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop





Citations Needed:


Avon’s History

https://www.reps-r-us.co.uk/avons-history/


Secret History Of: Tupperware

https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/secret-history-of-tupperware-2100910.html


Social Marketing Before the Internet

https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/social-marketing-internet


How Does Amway Work? A comprehensive guide

https://www.amway.com/en_US/amway-insider/about-amway/how-does-amway-work


Inside ScAmway The alluring life offered by the world's largest 'multi-marketing' business closely resembles a sham.

https://www.culteducation.com/group/815-amway/1710-inside-scamways.html





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]]> 1915 yes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles and I Would Smoke 500 More (Redux) Show Notes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More (Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up coughing from what he is sure is just cat dander and allergies, and proceeds to light the first smoke of the day!  (We’re sure everything is fine!) On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there!  (25 miles, only 400 packs of Marlboro Reds to go to get that awesome windbreaker!) Along the way we learn of Dave’s formative years using an addictive chemical to give him the illusion of being cool.  (Cigarettes, not alcohol.That came slightly later.) From there we dive into the history of cigarette advertising in the 80’s and 90’s after Nixon kicked them off the television.  (Someone must have failed to contribute to Dick’s campaign!) We learn how the Brands needed something new and exciting to capture that youth market, and cowboys were NOT cool in 1992!  (Except for you Garth Brooks!)  We go on to talk about Marlboro Miles, the Marlboro Old Country Store and how you could spend $500 bucks on a ten dollar igloo cooler!  Then we spend some time with the Camel that Kills, Joe Camel.  (Joe didn’t kill kids, but he DID help kill big tobacco!) Finally, we explain that advertising isn’t what made kids smoke, it was the stress of life lived with Baby Boomers.  Our Sponsor this week is Cancer Cash, the smoking loyalty program that earns money for your future cancer treatment!  We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Brian Schmidty explaining the distance he and his friends will travel to pass out on your doorstep! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/VBkVhBBQ2ME Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Cigarette brand loyalty in Australia: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/23/suppl_1/i73.info THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; The Marlboro Man Is Missing in Action in New Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/business/media-business-advertising-marlboro-man-missing-action-new-campaign.html THE MOST SINISTER CIGARETTE PROMOTION OF ALL TIME https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-most-sinister-cigarette-promotion-of-all-time Joe Camel (1974-1997) https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2017/09/17/joe-camel-1974-1997/ Joe Camel, a Giant in Tobacco Marketing, Is Dead at 23 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/11/business/joe-camel-a-giant-in-tobacco-marketing-is-dead-at-23.html Joe Camel Video ABC  https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/july-10-1997-end-joe-camel-ads-10616510 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000 I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More Redux full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there! Show Notes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More (Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up coughing from what he is sure is just cat dander and allergies, and proceeds to light the first smoke of the day!  (We’re sure everything is fine!) On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there!  (25 miles, only 400 packs of Marlboro Reds to go to get that awesome windbreaker!) Along the way we learn of Dave’s formative years using an addictive chemical to give him the illusion of being cool.  (Cigarettes, not alcohol.That came slightly later.) From there we dive into the history of cigarette advertising in the 80’s and 90’s after Nixon kicked them off the television.  (Someone must have failed to contribute to Dick’s campaign!) We learn how the Brands needed something new and exciting to capture that youth market, and cowboys were NOT cool in 1992!  (Except for you Garth Brooks!)  We go on to talk about Marlboro Miles, the Marlboro Old Country Store and how you could spend $500 bucks on a ten dollar igloo cooler!  Then we spend some time with the Camel that Kills, Joe Camel.  (Joe didn’t kill kids, but he DID help kill big tobacco!) Finally, we explain that advertising isn’t what made kids smoke, it was the stress of life lived with Baby Boomers.  Our Sponsor this week is Cancer Cash, the smoking loyalty program that earns money for your future cancer treatment!  We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Brian Schmidty explaining the distance he and his friends will travel to pass out on your doorstep! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/VBkVhBBQ2ME Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Cigarette brand loyalty in Australia: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/23/suppl_1/i73.info THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; The Marlboro Man Is Missing in Action in New Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/business/media-business-advertising-marlboro-man-missing-action-new-campaign.html THE MOST SINISTER CIGARETTE PROMOTION OF ALL TIME https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-most-sinister-cigarette-promotion-of-all-time Joe Camel (1974-1997) https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2017/09/17/joe-camel-1974-1997/ Joe Camel, a Giant in Tobacco Marketing, Is Dead at 23 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/11/business/joe-camel-a-giant-in-tobacco-marketing-is-dead-at-23.html Joe Camel Video ABC  https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/july-10-1997-end-joe-camel-ads-10616510 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More (Redux


This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up coughing from what he is sure is just cat dander and allergies, and proceeds to light the first smoke of the day!  (We’re sure everything is fine!) On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there!  (25 miles, only 400 packs of Marlboro Reds to go to get that awesome windbreaker!)


Along the way we learn of Dave’s formative years using an addictive chemical to give him the illusion of being cool.  (Cigarettes, not alcohol.That came slightly later.) From there we dive into the history of cigarette advertising in the 80’s and 90’s after Nixon kicked them off the television.  (Someone must have failed to contribute to Dick’s campaign!) We learn how the Brands needed something new and exciting to capture that youth market, and cowboys were NOT cool in 1992!  (Except for you Garth Brooks!)  We go on to talk about Marlboro Miles, the Marlboro Old Country Store and how you could spend $500 bucks on a ten dollar igloo cooler!  Then we spend some time with the Camel that Kills, Joe Camel.  (Joe didn’t kill kids, but he DID help kill big tobacco!) Finally, we explain that advertising isn’t what made kids smoke, it was the stress of life lived with Baby Boomers. 


Our Sponsor this week is Cancer Cash, the smoking loyalty program that earns money for your future cancer treatment!  We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Brian Schmidty explaining the distance he and his friends will travel to pass out on your doorstep!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/VBkVhBBQ2ME

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop


Citations Needed:


Cigarette brand loyalty in Australia: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey

https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/23/suppl_1/i73.info


THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; The Marlboro Man Is Missing in Action in New Campaign

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/business/media-business-advertising-marlboro-man-missing-action-new-campaign.html


THE MOST SINISTER CIGARETTE PROMOTION OF ALL TIME

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-most-sinister-cigarette-promotion-of-all-time


Joe Camel (1974-1997)

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2017/09/17/joe-camel-1974-1997/


Joe Camel, a Giant in Tobacco Marketing, Is Dead at 23

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/11/business/joe-camel-a-giant-in-tobacco-marketing-is-dead-at-23.html


Joe Camel Video ABC  https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/july-10-1997-end-joe-camel-ads-10616510


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]]> 2074 yes Episode 484: Thank You For Smoking Show Notes Episode 484: Thank You For Smoking This week Host Dave Bledsoe had a protracted coughing fit he blamed on “the damn cat” and not the decades of cigarettes he continues to consume.  (Not the cat’s fault) On the show this week we look at the nicotine tinted world that existed before we all had to go outside to smoke. Along the way we discover that Dave is willing to blame anyone but himself for his addictions before moving right along to the topic of how the cigarette became the coffin nail of choice for millions of Americans. (It was all very American, war and advertising.) Then we learn from first hand sources (It’s Dave so he is probably making it up) what the world was like behind the haze of all that smoke.  From the backseat of your Mom’s car to coach class of an international flight, people had them and they smoked them. (Is there a nostalgic longing for smoking inside a bar? Yes.) We close out with how the world is actually better now that smokers have to go outside. (Even for the smokers!) Our Sponsor this week is Real Cigarettes, if you want nicotine why not try a real cigarette? We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Liel Bar Z who has a smoking problem. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=547071959340314 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The age of the cigarette https://www.britannica.com/topic/smoking-tobacco/The-age-of-the-cigarette Collection: Celebrities and Stars https://tobacco.stanford.edu/cigarpipes/celebrities-and-stars/ Surgeon General’s 1964 report: making smoking history https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surgeon-generals-1964-report-making-smoking-history-201401106970#:~:text=On%20a%20Saturday%20morning%2050,should%20do%20something%20about%20it. Ban on Smoking in Airliners Doesn't Apply to the Cockpit https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/10/us/ban-on-smoking-in-airliners-doesn-t-apply-to-the-cockpit.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Thank You For Smoking full 484 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we look at the nicotine tinted world that existed before we all had to go outside to smoke. Show Notes Episode 484: Thank You For Smoking This week Host Dave Bledsoe had a protracted coughing fit he blamed on “the damn cat” and not the decades of cigarettes he continues to consume.  (Not the cat’s fault) On the show this week we look at the nicotine tinted world that existed before we all had to go outside to smoke. Along the way we discover that Dave is willing to blame anyone but himself for his addictions before moving right along to the topic of how the cigarette became the coffin nail of choice for millions of Americans. (It was all very American, war and advertising.) Then we learn from first hand sources (It’s Dave so he is probably making it up) what the world was like behind the haze of all that smoke.  From the backseat of your Mom’s car to coach class of an international flight, people had them and they smoked them. (Is there a nostalgic longing for smoking inside a bar? Yes.) We close out with how the world is actually better now that smokers have to go outside. (Even for the smokers!) Our Sponsor this week is Real Cigarettes, if you want nicotine why not try a real cigarette? We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Liel Bar Z who has a smoking problem. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=547071959340314 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The age of the cigarette https://www.britannica.com/topic/smoking-tobacco/The-age-of-the-cigarette Collection: Celebrities and Stars https://tobacco.stanford.edu/cigarpipes/celebrities-and-stars/ Surgeon General’s 1964 report: making smoking history https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surgeon-generals-1964-report-making-smoking-history-201401106970#:~:text=On%20a%20Saturday%20morning%2050,should%20do%20something%20about%20it. Ban on Smoking in Airliners Doesn't Apply to the Cockpit https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/10/us/ban-on-smoking-in-airliners-doesn-t-apply-to-the-cockpit.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 484: Thank You For Smoking


This week Host Dave Bledsoe had a protracted coughing fit he blamed on “the damn cat” and not the decades of cigarettes he continues to consume.  (Not the cat’s fault) On the show this week we look at the nicotine tinted world that existed before we all had to go outside to smoke.


Along the way we discover that Dave is willing to blame anyone but himself for his addictions before moving right along to the topic of how the cigarette became the coffin nail of choice for millions of Americans. (It was all very American, war and advertising.) Then we learn from first hand sources (It’s Dave so he is probably making it up) what the world was like behind the haze of all that smoke.  From the backseat of your Mom’s car to coach class of an international flight, people had them and they smoked them. (Is there a nostalgic longing for smoking inside a bar? Yes.) We close out with how the world is actually better now that smokers have to go outside. (Even for the smokers!)


Our Sponsor this week is Real Cigarettes, if you want nicotine why not try a real cigarette? We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Liel Bar Z who has a smoking problem.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=547071959340314

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop



Citations Needed:


The age of the cigarette

https://www.britannica.com/topic/smoking-tobacco/The-age-of-the-cigarette


Collection: Celebrities and Stars

https://tobacco.stanford.edu/cigarpipes/celebrities-and-stars/


Surgeon General’s 1964 report: making smoking history

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surgeon-generals-1964-report-making-smoking-history-201401106970#:~:text=On%20a%20Saturday%20morning%2050,should%20do%20something%20about%20it.


Ban on Smoking in Airliners Doesn't Apply to the Cockpit

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/10/us/ban-on-smoking-in-airliners-doesn-t-apply-to-the-cockpit.html

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]]> 1720 yes Episode 483: Girl...I Want to Take You to a Fern Bar Show Notes Episode 483: “Girl…I Want to Take You to a Fern Bar” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes through a bitter breakup with Mrs. Maria Santamarino who accuses him of stepping out with Mrs. Alice Dougherty, her arch rival at Arbor Terrace Teaneck. (He was.) On the show this week we wind up Romance Month with the rise and fall of the Fern Bar! (Blame TGI Fridays!) Along the way we learn that Dave couldn’t even manage a bar in the basement of his home. (He caught himself drinking on the job and skimming the till.) Then we dive into the history of co-gendered drinking in America! (It is less boring than it sounds.) We chart women in bars through the waves of feminism and how important a place to get loaded when you are fighting the Patriarchy! We learn about Bar Nomenclature (Dance Clubs: Not Bars) and finally all about the Single Bars phenomena. (Yes, we explain the ferns.) Our Sponsor this week is Last Chance Inn, even a fat guy with a podcast has a shot here! We open with an incredibly bad 80s movie and close with Electric 6, who has plans for the evening. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=547071959340314 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Underground Spaces Where Drinking While Female Was a Radical Act https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/spirits/ladies-drinking-rooms-history/?srsltid=AfmBOooxZ3RHer7uSAoghgE-el_lk_6A3cwMBYd8Ter1sElXAEHt6z_H “No Unescorted Ladies Will Be Served” https://daily.jstor.org/no-unescorted-ladies-will-be-served/ How T.G.I. Friday’s Helped Invent the Singles Bar https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-t-g-i-fridays-helped-invent-the-singles-bar Whatever Happened to the Singles Bar? https://punchdrink.com/articles/whatever-happened-to-the-singles-bar-tgi-fridays-maxwells-plum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000 full 483 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wind up Romance Month with the rise and fall of the Fern Bar! (Blame TGI Fridays!) Show Notes Episode 483: “Girl…I Want to Take You to a Fern Bar” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes through a bitter breakup with Mrs. Maria Santamarino who accuses him of stepping out with Mrs. Alice Dougherty, her arch rival at Arbor Terrace Teaneck. (He was.) On the show this week we wind up Romance Month with the rise and fall of the Fern Bar! (Blame TGI Fridays!) Along the way we learn that Dave couldn’t even manage a bar in the basement of his home. (He caught himself drinking on the job and skimming the till.) Then we dive into the history of co-gendered drinking in America! (It is less boring than it sounds.) We chart women in bars through the waves of feminism and how important a place to get loaded when you are fighting the Patriarchy! We learn about Bar Nomenclature (Dance Clubs: Not Bars) and finally all about the Single Bars phenomena. (Yes, we explain the ferns.) Our Sponsor this week is Last Chance Inn, even a fat guy with a podcast has a shot here! We open with an incredibly bad 80s movie and close with Electric 6, who has plans for the evening. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=547071959340314 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: The Underground Spaces Where Drinking While Female Was a Radical Act https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/spirits/ladies-drinking-rooms-history/?srsltid=AfmBOooxZ3RHer7uSAoghgE-el_lk_6A3cwMBYd8Ter1sElXAEHt6z_H “No Unescorted Ladies Will Be Served” https://daily.jstor.org/no-unescorted-ladies-will-be-served/ How T.G.I. Friday’s Helped Invent the Singles Bar https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-t-g-i-fridays-helped-invent-the-singles-bar Whatever Happened to the Singles Bar? https://punchdrink.com/articles/whatever-happened-to-the-singles-bar-tgi-fridays-maxwells-plum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 483: “Girl…I Want to Take You to a Fern Bar”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes through a bitter breakup with Mrs. Maria Santamarino who accuses him of stepping out with Mrs. Alice Dougherty, her arch rival at Arbor Terrace Teaneck. (He was.) On the show this week we wind up Romance Month with the rise and fall of the Fern Bar! (Blame TGI Fridays!)


Along the way we learn that Dave couldn’t even manage a bar in the basement of his home. (He caught himself drinking on the job and skimming the till.) Then we dive into the history of co-gendered drinking in America! (It is less boring than it sounds.) We chart women in bars through the waves of feminism and how important a place to get loaded when you are fighting the Patriarchy! We learn about Bar Nomenclature (Dance Clubs: Not Bars) and finally all about the Single Bars phenomena. (Yes, we explain the ferns.)


Our Sponsor this week is Last Chance Inn, even a fat guy with a podcast has a shot here! We open with an incredibly bad 80s movie and close with Electric 6, who has plans for the evening.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=547071959340314

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop


Citations Needed:


The Underground Spaces Where Drinking While Female Was a Radical Act

https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/spirits/ladies-drinking-rooms-history/?srsltid=AfmBOooxZ3RHer7uSAoghgE-el_lk_6A3cwMBYd8Ter1sElXAEHt6z_H


“No Unescorted Ladies Will Be Served”

https://daily.jstor.org/no-unescorted-ladies-will-be-served/


How T.G.I. Friday’s Helped Invent the Singles Bar

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-t-g-i-fridays-helped-invent-the-singles-bar


Whatever Happened to the Singles Bar?

https://punchdrink.com/articles/whatever-happened-to-the-singles-bar-tgi-fridays-maxwells-plum


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 1744 yes Episode 482: Save The Last Dance For Me Show Notes Episodes 482: Save the Last Dance For Me This week host Dave Bledsoe was criminal trespassed from Arbor Terrace Teaneck for slow grinding with  Mrs. Maria Santamarino during the retirement village’s Valentine’s Dance. (Maria was into it!) On the show this week we remember the “fun” of high school dances in the 80’s, so grab your ruffles, soak yourself in Aquanet and let’s get ready to slow dance to Bon Jovi! Along the way we discover that Dave was asked out on a date by a girl, once.(We don’t believe it either) Then we dive right into a quick history of “Prom” before we hit the dance floor.  We cover all the big dances, Homecoming (Football prom), the Snow Ball (a euphemism Dave keeps trying to make a thing), Sade Hawkins (nerd prom) and finally Senior Prom. (Wedding practice) Relive the memories with a tick-tock countdown the Best Night Of Your Life ™. (Or, if you are like Dave, and never went to prom tell you what all the cool kids did that night.)  Our Sponsor this week is The King of the Prom, who wonders if he can interest  you in some life insurance.  We open with a disastrous prom date and close with Selina Joycee who would like to make a reservation on your dance card. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/8bf65Cun2lc?si=zvdXIdTMqls5n6zb Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Prom in the 1940s and 1950s https://web.archive.org/web/20161125043323/http://www.vintageinn.ca/2014/11/prom-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/ The History of Sadie Hawkins Dances https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053933/http://prom.about.com/od/introtopromsformaldance/p/sadiehistory.htm Sadies: An Ongoing, Outdated Dance https://desertoasisweekly.net/9346/opinioneditorial/sadies-an-ongoing-outdated-dance/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Save the Last Dance for Me full 482 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we remember the “fun” of high school dances in the 80’s, so grab your ruffles, soak yourself in Aquanet and let’s get ready to slow dance to Bon Jovi! Show Notes Episodes 482: Save the Last Dance For Me This week host Dave Bledsoe was criminal trespassed from Arbor Terrace Teaneck for slow grinding with  Mrs. Maria Santamarino during the retirement village’s Valentine’s Dance. (Maria was into it!) On the show this week we remember the “fun” of high school dances in the 80’s, so grab your ruffles, soak yourself in Aquanet and let’s get ready to slow dance to Bon Jovi! Along the way we discover that Dave was asked out on a date by a girl, once.(We don’t believe it either) Then we dive right into a quick history of “Prom” before we hit the dance floor.  We cover all the big dances, Homecoming (Football prom), the Snow Ball (a euphemism Dave keeps trying to make a thing), Sade Hawkins (nerd prom) and finally Senior Prom. (Wedding practice) Relive the memories with a tick-tock countdown the Best Night Of Your Life ™. (Or, if you are like Dave, and never went to prom tell you what all the cool kids did that night.)  Our Sponsor this week is The King of the Prom, who wonders if he can interest  you in some life insurance.  We open with a disastrous prom date and close with Selina Joycee who would like to make a reservation on your dance card. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/8bf65Cun2lc?si=zvdXIdTMqls5n6zb Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Prom in the 1940s and 1950s https://web.archive.org/web/20161125043323/http://www.vintageinn.ca/2014/11/prom-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/ The History of Sadie Hawkins Dances https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053933/http://prom.about.com/od/introtopromsformaldance/p/sadiehistory.htm Sadies: An Ongoing, Outdated Dance https://desertoasisweekly.net/9346/opinioneditorial/sadies-an-ongoing-outdated-dance/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episodes 482: Save the Last Dance For Me


This week host Dave Bledsoe was criminal trespassed from Arbor Terrace Teaneck for slow grinding with  Mrs. Maria Santamarino during the retirement village’s Valentine’s Dance. (Maria was into it!) On the show this week we remember the “fun” of high school dances in the 80’s, so grab your ruffles, soak yourself in Aquanet and let’s get ready to slow dance to Bon Jovi!


Along the way we discover that Dave was asked out on a date by a girl, once.(We don’t believe it either) Then we dive right into a quick history of “Prom” before we hit the dance floor.  We cover all the big dances, Homecoming (Football prom), the Snow Ball (a euphemism Dave keeps trying to make a thing), Sade Hawkins (nerd prom) and finally Senior Prom. (Wedding practice) Relive the memories with a tick-tock countdown the Best Night Of Your Life ™. (Or, if you are like Dave, and never went to prom tell you what all the cool kids did that night.) 


Our Sponsor this week is The King of the Prom, who wonders if he can interest  you in some life insurance.  We open with a disastrous prom date and close with Selina Joycee who would like to make a reservation on your dance card.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/8bf65Cun2lc?si=zvdXIdTMqls5n6zb

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:


Prom in the 1940s and 1950s

https://web.archive.org/web/20161125043323/http://www.vintageinn.ca/2014/11/prom-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/


The History of Sadie Hawkins Dances

https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053933/http://prom.about.com/od/introtopromsformaldance/p/sadiehistory.htm


Sadies: An Ongoing, Outdated Dance

https://desertoasisweekly.net/9346/opinioneditorial/sadies-an-ongoing-outdated-dance/


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 1758 yes Episode 481: What A Wicked Game to Play Show Notes Episode 481: What A Wicked Game to Play This week Host Dave Bledsoe is violently ejected from the Arbor Terrace Teaneck weekly Bingo Night for helping Mrs. Maria Santamarino when she rigged the game for sexual favors to be named later! (He also owed her money!) On the show this week we take a look at television matchmaking shows, the good, the bad, the insane! Along the way we discover that Dave had never been a big hit with the ladies! (Shocking!) Then we dive right into the history or matchmaking going back to the Bronze Age.  Finally, we hit the stage for The Dating Game, before finally sitting down on the couch with the suavest motherfucker in all the 80s, Chuck Woolery! (Before he became a MAGA CHUD and died.)  Then we take a tour of all the dating game shows that came after Love Connections but never rose to its perfection and remind you all that Jenny McCarthy, no matter how nice her boobs, is part of why the world is fucked today! Our Sponsor this week is Last Call Dating, because everyone is sexy at Last Call! We open with a Dating Game ripoff and close with the Brother Comatose, who don’t WANT to fall in love! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/SIaIP3EROJY?si=dP0bmFSu-TTphfsi Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Behind the scenes: ''Studs'' https://ew.com/article/1992/10/09/behind-scenes-studs/ 17 Forgotten Dating Shows https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64718/17-forgotten-dating-shows EGOS & IDS; Cupid in Prime Time https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/style/egos-ids-cupid-in-prime-time.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:40:00 -0000 What A Wicked Game to Play full 481 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look at television matchmaking shows, the good, the bad, the insane! Show Notes Episode 481: What A Wicked Game to Play This week Host Dave Bledsoe is violently ejected from the Arbor Terrace Teaneck weekly Bingo Night for helping Mrs. Maria Santamarino when she rigged the game for sexual favors to be named later! (He also owed her money!) On the show this week we take a look at television matchmaking shows, the good, the bad, the insane! Along the way we discover that Dave had never been a big hit with the ladies! (Shocking!) Then we dive right into the history or matchmaking going back to the Bronze Age.  Finally, we hit the stage for The Dating Game, before finally sitting down on the couch with the suavest motherfucker in all the 80s, Chuck Woolery! (Before he became a MAGA CHUD and died.)  Then we take a tour of all the dating game shows that came after Love Connections but never rose to its perfection and remind you all that Jenny McCarthy, no matter how nice her boobs, is part of why the world is fucked today! Our Sponsor this week is Last Call Dating, because everyone is sexy at Last Call! We open with a Dating Game ripoff and close with the Brother Comatose, who don’t WANT to fall in love! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/SIaIP3EROJY?si=dP0bmFSu-TTphfsi Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Behind the scenes: ''Studs'' https://ew.com/article/1992/10/09/behind-scenes-studs/ 17 Forgotten Dating Shows https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64718/17-forgotten-dating-shows EGOS & IDS; Cupid in Prime Time https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/style/egos-ids-cupid-in-prime-time.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 481: What A Wicked Game to Play


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is violently ejected from the Arbor Terrace Teaneck weekly Bingo Night for helping Mrs. Maria Santamarino when she rigged the game for sexual favors to be named later! (He also owed her money!) On the show this week we take a look at television matchmaking shows, the good, the bad, the insane!


Along the way we discover that Dave had never been a big hit with the ladies! (Shocking!) Then we dive right into the history or matchmaking going back to the Bronze Age.  Finally, we hit the stage for The Dating Game, before finally sitting down on the couch with the suavest motherfucker in all the 80s, Chuck Woolery! (Before he became a MAGA CHUD and died.)  Then we take a tour of all the dating game shows that came after Love Connections but never rose to its perfection and remind you all that Jenny McCarthy, no matter how nice her boobs, is part of why the world is fucked today!


Our Sponsor this week is Last Call Dating, because everyone is sexy at Last Call! We open with a Dating Game ripoff and close with the Brother Comatose, who don’t WANT to fall in love!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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Citations Needed:


Behind the scenes: ''Studs''

https://ew.com/article/1992/10/09/behind-scenes-studs/


17 Forgotten Dating Shows

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64718/17-forgotten-dating-shows


EGOS & IDS; Cupid in Prime Time

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/style/egos-ids-cupid-in-prime-time.html


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]]> 2252 yes Episode 480: Find Me...Fabio Show Notes Episode 480: Find Me…Fabio This week Host Dave Bledsoe was kicked out of a karaoke bar for attempting to perform a “Full Monty Version” of Rod Stewart’s “If You Want My Body”. (Again) On the show this week we begin our tribute to Love (Exciting and New) with the man face and body synonymous with romance in the 90’s: Fabio Fanzoni.  Along the way we learn that Dave thought he was sexy once. (He wasn’t) Then we dive right into the history of the medium that made Fabio so famous. (Sense and Sensibility walked so Texas Splendor could inspire masturbatory fantasies.) Then we meet the man meat, Fabio.  From his origins as a slightly naughty altar boy in Italy, to his time in the Italian Army and finally his arrival in the United States with nothing but a few dollars and a dream. (Also the perfect body and the perfect face.) We trace his career from the covers of slightly smutty books to his meeting with the goose that killed the golden career. Our Sponsor this week is Gordon’s Goose Guard, got geese, get Gordon’s. We open the show with footage from Fabio’s last ride and close with Andy Eversole, whose shirt isn’t good enough for him. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MeIkLesfjxE?si=dETfj_uBAquKau0_ Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: A Brief History of the Romance Novel https://frictionlit.org/a-brief-history-of-the-romance-novel/?srsltid=AfmBOoqJpWsTzEsIG-w8_Q10aEUCsLmaFs_AxWSCyagwC01BgCiID6Vb The Real-Life Diet of Fabio (Yes, That Fabio) https://www.gq.com/story/the-real-life-diet-of-fabio Fabio: A Phenomenon https://sites.duke.edu/unsuitable/fabio Evolution of Romance Novel Book Covers https://fchornetmedia.com/31808/inside-fullerton/the-evolution-of-romance-novel-book-covers/#:~:text=Fabio%20Lanzoni%20was%20a%20male,of%20masculinity%20and%20sex%20appeal. King Of Romance Fabio Knows How To Please His Fans At Book Signing https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jul/14/king-of-romance-fabio-knows-how-to-please-his/ Wikipedia: Apollo’s Chariot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%27s_Chariot Fabio Survives Goose Encounter, but Take a Gander at His Honker https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-09-cl-25542-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Find Me...Fabio full 479 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we begin our tribute to Love (Exciting and New) with the man face and body synonymous with romance in the 90’s: Fabio Fanzoni. Show Notes Episode 480: Find Me…Fabio This week Host Dave Bledsoe was kicked out of a karaoke bar for attempting to perform a “Full Monty Version” of Rod Stewart’s “If You Want My Body”. (Again) On the show this week we begin our tribute to Love (Exciting and New) with the man face and body synonymous with romance in the 90’s: Fabio Fanzoni.  Along the way we learn that Dave thought he was sexy once. (He wasn’t) Then we dive right into the history of the medium that made Fabio so famous. (Sense and Sensibility walked so Texas Splendor could inspire masturbatory fantasies.) Then we meet the man meat, Fabio.  From his origins as a slightly naughty altar boy in Italy, to his time in the Italian Army and finally his arrival in the United States with nothing but a few dollars and a dream. (Also the perfect body and the perfect face.) We trace his career from the covers of slightly smutty books to his meeting with the goose that killed the golden career. Our Sponsor this week is Gordon’s Goose Guard, got geese, get Gordon’s. We open the show with footage from Fabio’s last ride and close with Andy Eversole, whose shirt isn’t good enough for him. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MeIkLesfjxE?si=dETfj_uBAquKau0_ Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: A Brief History of the Romance Novel https://frictionlit.org/a-brief-history-of-the-romance-novel/?srsltid=AfmBOoqJpWsTzEsIG-w8_Q10aEUCsLmaFs_AxWSCyagwC01BgCiID6Vb The Real-Life Diet of Fabio (Yes, That Fabio) https://www.gq.com/story/the-real-life-diet-of-fabio Fabio: A Phenomenon https://sites.duke.edu/unsuitable/fabio Evolution of Romance Novel Book Covers https://fchornetmedia.com/31808/inside-fullerton/the-evolution-of-romance-novel-book-covers/#:~:text=Fabio%20Lanzoni%20was%20a%20male,of%20masculinity%20and%20sex%20appeal. King Of Romance Fabio Knows How To Please His Fans At Book Signing https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jul/14/king-of-romance-fabio-knows-how-to-please-his/ Wikipedia: Apollo’s Chariot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%27s_Chariot Fabio Survives Goose Encounter, but Take a Gander at His Honker https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-09-cl-25542-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 480: Find Me…Fabio


This week Host Dave Bledsoe was kicked out of a karaoke bar for attempting to perform a “Full Monty Version” of Rod Stewart’s “If You Want My Body”. (Again) On the show this week we begin our tribute to Love (Exciting and New) with the man face and body synonymous with romance in the 90’s: Fabio Fanzoni. 


Along the way we learn that Dave thought he was sexy once. (He wasn’t) Then we dive right into the history of the medium that made Fabio so famous. (Sense and Sensibility walked so Texas Splendor could inspire masturbatory fantasies.) Then we meet the man meat, Fabio.  From his origins as a slightly naughty altar boy in Italy, to his time in the Italian Army and finally his arrival in the United States with nothing but a few dollars and a dream. (Also the perfect body and the perfect face.) We trace his career from the covers of slightly smutty books to his meeting with the goose that killed the golden career.


Our Sponsor this week is Gordon’s Goose Guard, got geese, get Gordon’s. We open the show with footage from Fabio’s last ride and close with Andy Eversole, whose shirt isn’t good enough for him.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/MeIkLesfjxE?si=dETfj_uBAquKau0_

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop


Citations Needed:


A Brief History of the Romance Novel

https://frictionlit.org/a-brief-history-of-the-romance-novel/?srsltid=AfmBOoqJpWsTzEsIG-w8_Q10aEUCsLmaFs_AxWSCyagwC01BgCiID6Vb


The Real-Life Diet of Fabio (Yes, That Fabio)

https://www.gq.com/story/the-real-life-diet-of-fabio


Fabio: A Phenomenon

https://sites.duke.edu/unsuitable/fabio


Evolution of Romance Novel Book Covers

https://fchornetmedia.com/31808/inside-fullerton/the-evolution-of-romance-novel-book-covers/#:~:text=Fabio%20Lanzoni%20was%20a%20male,of%20masculinity%20and%20sex%20appeal.


King Of Romance Fabio Knows How To Please His Fans At Book Signing

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jul/14/king-of-romance-fabio-knows-how-to-please-his/


Wikipedia: Apollo’s Chariot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%27s_Chariot


Fabio Survives Goose Encounter, but Take a Gander at His Honker

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-09-cl-25542-story.html







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]]> 1929 yes Love Month Trailer: LOVE! Exciting and New! All February What the HELL Were You Thinking celebrates love and romance. (Meaning we make fun of it!) Join us lonely bastards at the bar and take a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:16:00 -0000 LOVE! Exciting and New! trailer Dave Bledsoe Celebrate the most Hallmark of Holidays with four shows about LOVE! All February What the HELL Were You Thinking celebrates love and romance. (Meaning we make fun of it!) Join us lonely bastards at the bar and take a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices All February What the HELL Were You Thinking celebrates love and romance. (Meaning we make fun of it!) Join us lonely bastards at the bar and take a listen!

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]]> 53 yes Episode 479: One World In Disharmony Winter Series 2025 Finale Show Notes Episode 479: One World In Disharmony Winter Series 2025 Finale This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly slurs “Can’t we all just get along?” as he was tossed out of Paramus New Jersey wedding reception for people he has never met. (Again) On the show this week the wrap up Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” with a look on the world 25 years after and how it fucked us up. Along the way we learn just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to Dave’s brother Fred.  Then we dive right into a long, occasionally serious, talk about the way the world was and the way the world is. (Bad. Worse) We discuss the flawed but effective monoculture that kept Americans somewhat together for fifty years. (It sucked, but it is all we had.) Then we wrapped up with all the ways Y2K dealt the final blow to the 20th Century without ever turning off a single light.  Our Sponsor this week is The Connect, when you inevitably find yourself in The Camps, it is good to have The Connect. We open with Tony Fauci unironically discussing the legacy of Y2K and close with Kalaghoda who is having supply chain problems. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/vSBH-x0LjUQ?si=NG8E7u-N0bvQijgx Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Computer ownership up sharply in the 1990s https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/1999/Apr/wk1/art01.htm Y2K: An American Crisis https://www.processhistory.org/vox-y2k/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000 One World In Disharmony Winter Series 2025 Finale full 479 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week the wrap up Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” with a look on the world 25 years after and how it fucked us up. Show Notes Episode 479: One World In Disharmony Winter Series 2025 Finale This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly slurs “Can’t we all just get along?” as he was tossed out of Paramus New Jersey wedding reception for people he has never met. (Again) On the show this week the wrap up Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” with a look on the world 25 years after and how it fucked us up. Along the way we learn just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to Dave’s brother Fred.  Then we dive right into a long, occasionally serious, talk about the way the world was and the way the world is. (Bad. Worse) We discuss the flawed but effective monoculture that kept Americans somewhat together for fifty years. (It sucked, but it is all we had.) Then we wrapped up with all the ways Y2K dealt the final blow to the 20th Century without ever turning off a single light.  Our Sponsor this week is The Connect, when you inevitably find yourself in The Camps, it is good to have The Connect. We open with Tony Fauci unironically discussing the legacy of Y2K and close with Kalaghoda who is having supply chain problems. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/vSBH-x0LjUQ?si=NG8E7u-N0bvQijgx Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Computer ownership up sharply in the 1990s https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/1999/Apr/wk1/art01.htm Y2K: An American Crisis https://www.processhistory.org/vox-y2k/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 479: One World In Disharmony

Winter Series 2025 Finale


This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly slurs “Can’t we all just get along?” as he was tossed out of Paramus New Jersey wedding reception for people he has never met. (Again) On the show this week the wrap up Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” with a look on the world 25 years after and how it fucked us up.


Along the way we learn just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to Dave’s brother Fred.  Then we dive right into a long, occasionally serious, talk about the way the world was and the way the world is. (Bad. Worse) We discuss the flawed but effective monoculture that kept Americans somewhat together for fifty years. (It sucked, but it is all we had.) Then we wrapped up with all the ways Y2K dealt the final blow to the 20th Century without ever turning off a single light. 


Our Sponsor this week is The Connect, when you inevitably find yourself in The Camps, it is good to have The Connect. We open with Tony Fauci unironically discussing the legacy of Y2K and close with Kalaghoda who is having supply chain problems.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

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Our Website: 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/vSBH-x0LjUQ?si=NG8E7u-N0bvQijgx

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop




Citations Needed:


Computer ownership up sharply in the 1990s

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/1999/Apr/wk1/art01.htm


Y2K: An American Crisis

https://www.processhistory.org/vox-y2k/


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]]> 1662 yes Episode 478: Jesus Was Supposed To BE HERE By Now! (Part 3 of Winter Series 2025 Et Tu Y2K?) Show Notes Episode 478: Jesus Was Supposed to BE HERE By Now! Part 3 of Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly tried to explain to a bartender that his bar tab was not late, because time is a human construct. (The bartender told him that money was also, and made him pay up.) On the show this week talk about the folks who thought Y2K meant whatever crazy religious thing they believed was about to happen. Along the way we discover a new way that Dave has disappointed his parents. (The list just keeps growing!) Then we dive right into a windy diatribe on the nature of time and human’s need to compartmentalize it. (Spark a bowl and sit back, this goes to some unexpected places, like a history of calendars.) Then we finally get around to talking about why people thought Jesus was coming back at the turn of the Millennium. (Honestly, it was a book they read in the mid 70’s) We take a tour of some of the more interesting groups and individuals who decided to FORCE Jesus into coming back by killing some folks.  Finally, we explain why Jesus didn’t come back and the world didn’t end in January of 2000. (Duh, the Millennium didn’t start until NEXT YEAR!!) Our Sponsor this week is The Lord, who wants you to know he will get here when he gets here.  We open the show with a CNN Special Report and close with The Goodnight who don’t have anyplace else to be, so take your time. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/Yt9MGz78gkQ?si=7rigo4fzg0K1DaMP Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Christian conservatives reconsider Y2K disaster warnings https://religionnews.com/1999/10/27/news-feature-christian-conservatives-reconsider-y2k-disaster-warnings/ Israel Detains U.S. Christian Cult Members https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-04-mn-60341-story.html Y2K Paranoia: Extremists Confront the Millenium https://www.adl.org/resources/report/y2k-paranoia-extremists-confront-millenium Frontline Readings: Project Meggido https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/readings/project.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Jesus Was Supposed To BE HERE By Now! (Part 3 of Winter Series 2025 Et Tu Y2K?) full 478 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week talk about the folks who thought Y2K meant whatever crazy religious thing they believed was about to happen. Show Notes Episode 478: Jesus Was Supposed to BE HERE By Now! Part 3 of Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly tried to explain to a bartender that his bar tab was not late, because time is a human construct. (The bartender told him that money was also, and made him pay up.) On the show this week talk about the folks who thought Y2K meant whatever crazy religious thing they believed was about to happen. Along the way we discover a new way that Dave has disappointed his parents. (The list just keeps growing!) Then we dive right into a windy diatribe on the nature of time and human’s need to compartmentalize it. (Spark a bowl and sit back, this goes to some unexpected places, like a history of calendars.) Then we finally get around to talking about why people thought Jesus was coming back at the turn of the Millennium. (Honestly, it was a book they read in the mid 70’s) We take a tour of some of the more interesting groups and individuals who decided to FORCE Jesus into coming back by killing some folks.  Finally, we explain why Jesus didn’t come back and the world didn’t end in January of 2000. (Duh, the Millennium didn’t start until NEXT YEAR!!) Our Sponsor this week is The Lord, who wants you to know he will get here when he gets here.  We open the show with a CNN Special Report and close with The Goodnight who don’t have anyplace else to be, so take your time. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/Yt9MGz78gkQ?si=7rigo4fzg0K1DaMP Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Christian conservatives reconsider Y2K disaster warnings https://religionnews.com/1999/10/27/news-feature-christian-conservatives-reconsider-y2k-disaster-warnings/ Israel Detains U.S. Christian Cult Members https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-04-mn-60341-story.html Y2K Paranoia: Extremists Confront the Millenium https://www.adl.org/resources/report/y2k-paranoia-extremists-confront-millenium Frontline Readings: Project Meggido https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/readings/project.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 478: Jesus Was Supposed to BE HERE By Now!

Part 3 of Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?”

This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly tried to explain to a bartender that his bar tab was not late, because time is a human construct. (The bartender told him that money was also, and made him pay up.) On the show this week talk about the folks who thought Y2K meant whatever crazy religious thing they believed was about to happen.


Along the way we discover a new way that Dave has disappointed his parents. (The list just keeps growing!) Then we dive right into a windy diatribe on the nature of time and human’s need to compartmentalize it. (Spark a bowl and sit back, this goes to some unexpected places, like a history of calendars.) Then we finally get around to talking about why people thought Jesus was coming back at the turn of the Millennium. (Honestly, it was a book they read in the mid 70’s) We take a tour of some of the more interesting groups and individuals who decided to FORCE Jesus into coming back by killing some folks.  Finally, we explain why Jesus didn’t come back and the world didn’t end in January of 2000. (Duh, the Millennium didn’t start until NEXT YEAR!!)


Our Sponsor this week is The Lord, who wants you to know he will get here when he gets here.  We open the show with a CNN Special Report and close with The Goodnight who don’t have anyplace else to be, so take your time.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/Yt9MGz78gkQ?si=7rigo4fzg0K1DaMP

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop


Citations Needed:


Christian conservatives reconsider Y2K disaster warnings

https://religionnews.com/1999/10/27/news-feature-christian-conservatives-reconsider-y2k-disaster-warnings/


Israel Detains U.S. Christian Cult Members

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-04-mn-60341-story.html


Y2K Paranoia: Extremists Confront the Millenium

https://www.adl.org/resources/report/y2k-paranoia-extremists-confront-millenium


Frontline Readings: Project Meggido

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/readings/project.html



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]]> 1922 yes Episode 477: There's Got To Be A Morning After (Part 2 of Winter Series 2025 Et Tu Y2k) Show Notes Episode 477: “There’s Got To Be A Morning After” Part 2 of Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe found some dusty bottles of pale yellow liquor in an old fallout shelter and woke up three days later in Nicaragua. (Again.) On the show this week Winter Series 2025 continues when we tell you all about the Y2k Prepper Movement. (Which wasn’t called that until 9/11) Along the way we learn that there are SOME things even Dave won’t eat. Then we dive right into the history of survivalism in America, going all the way to the very first Europeans. (They survived, the Indians not so much.) Then we move along to learn the difference between “Preppers” and “Survivalists” (The number of Nazi flags, basically.) Finally we detail EVERYTHING you need to survive Y2k and where you could buy it. Our Sponsor this week is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace Returns Department, who want you to know all sales are final. We open the show with a concerned family man and close the show with Mystic Inscho who has hope for a brighter tomorrow! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ctLaJ74njrg?si=_jrz-0QRwkVBpfLy Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Coureur des bois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coureur_des_bois History of the Prepper Movement: From Paranoid Radicals to Mainstream https://historycooperative.org/history-of-the-prepper-movement/ As Confetti Rained on Times Square, Y2K Bug Was a No-Show https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/insider/y2k-crisis.html My Y2K - A Personal Statement https://web.archive.org/web/20070927062527/http://kunstler.com/mags_y2k.html Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out https://www.npr.org/2024/12/28/nx-s1-5116271/y2k-year-2000-preparations ‘Time Bomb Y2K’ ignites the media hysteria around the 20th century’s final freakout https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/30/entertainment/time-bomb-y2k-review-hbo/index.html Advice for an Apocalypse: 10 Tips From Y2K Survival Guides https://www.mentalfloss.com/tips-from-y2k-survival-guides A Doom and Bust Cycle for Y2K Suppliers https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-01-mn-28735-story.html Master Prepping List https://www.happypreppers.com/masterlist.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000 There's Got To Be A Morning After (Part 2 of Winter Series 2025 Et Tu Y2k) full 475 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week Winter Series 2025 continues when we tell you all about the Y2k Prepper Movement. (Which wasn’t called that until 9/11) Show Notes Episode 477: “There’s Got To Be A Morning After” Part 2 of Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe found some dusty bottles of pale yellow liquor in an old fallout shelter and woke up three days later in Nicaragua. (Again.) On the show this week Winter Series 2025 continues when we tell you all about the Y2k Prepper Movement. (Which wasn’t called that until 9/11) Along the way we learn that there are SOME things even Dave won’t eat. Then we dive right into the history of survivalism in America, going all the way to the very first Europeans. (They survived, the Indians not so much.) Then we move along to learn the difference between “Preppers” and “Survivalists” (The number of Nazi flags, basically.) Finally we detail EVERYTHING you need to survive Y2k and where you could buy it. Our Sponsor this week is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace Returns Department, who want you to know all sales are final. We open the show with a concerned family man and close the show with Mystic Inscho who has hope for a brighter tomorrow! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ctLaJ74njrg?si=_jrz-0QRwkVBpfLy Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Coureur des bois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coureur_des_bois History of the Prepper Movement: From Paranoid Radicals to Mainstream https://historycooperative.org/history-of-the-prepper-movement/ As Confetti Rained on Times Square, Y2K Bug Was a No-Show https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/insider/y2k-crisis.html My Y2K - A Personal Statement https://web.archive.org/web/20070927062527/http://kunstler.com/mags_y2k.html Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out https://www.npr.org/2024/12/28/nx-s1-5116271/y2k-year-2000-preparations ‘Time Bomb Y2K’ ignites the media hysteria around the 20th century’s final freakout https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/30/entertainment/time-bomb-y2k-review-hbo/index.html Advice for an Apocalypse: 10 Tips From Y2K Survival Guides https://www.mentalfloss.com/tips-from-y2k-survival-guides A Doom and Bust Cycle for Y2K Suppliers https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-01-mn-28735-story.html Master Prepping List https://www.happypreppers.com/masterlist.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 477: “There’s Got To Be A Morning After”

Part 2 of Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?”

This week Host Dave Bledsoe found some dusty bottles of pale yellow liquor in an old fallout shelter and woke up three days later in Nicaragua. (Again.) On the show this week Winter Series 2025 continues when we tell you all about the Y2k Prepper Movement. (Which wasn’t called that until 9/11)


Along the way we learn that there are SOME things even Dave won’t eat. Then we dive right into the history of survivalism in America, going all the way to the very first Europeans. (They survived, the Indians not so much.) Then we move along to learn the difference between “Preppers” and “Survivalists” (The number of Nazi flags, basically.) Finally we detail EVERYTHING you need to survive Y2k and where you could buy it.


Our Sponsor this week is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace Returns Department, who want you to know all sales are final. We open the show with a concerned family man and close the show with Mystic Inscho who has hope for a brighter tomorrow!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/ctLaJ74njrg?si=_jrz-0QRwkVBpfLy

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop



Citations Needed:


Coureur des bois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coureur_des_bois


History of the Prepper Movement: From Paranoid Radicals to Mainstream

https://historycooperative.org/history-of-the-prepper-movement/


As Confetti Rained on Times Square, Y2K Bug Was a No-Show

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/insider/y2k-crisis.html


My Y2K - A Personal Statement

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927062527/http://kunstler.com/mags_y2k.html


Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/28/nx-s1-5116271/y2k-year-2000-preparations


‘Time Bomb Y2K’ ignites the media hysteria around the 20th century’s final freakout

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/30/entertainment/time-bomb-y2k-review-hbo/index.html


Advice for an Apocalypse: 10 Tips From Y2K Survival Guides

https://www.mentalfloss.com/tips-from-y2k-survival-guides


A Doom and Bust Cycle for Y2K Suppliers

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-01-mn-28735-story.html


Master Prepping List

https://www.happypreppers.com/masterlist.html


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]]> 2170 yes Episode 476: The Final Countdown Part 1 of Winters Series 2025 "Et Tu Y2K?" Show Notes Episode 476: The Final Countdown Part of 1 of Et Tu Y2K? This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to explain his behavior to some very unreceptive NYPD officers by claiming he experienced a “software glitch”. (It didn’t work and he spent New Year's Day in the Tombs. Again.) On the show this week we kick off the Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” by explaining what the Y2K Bug was and what would happen if it wasn’t fixed.(Everyone would fall apart, kind of like what is going to happen this year!) Along the way we discover that Dave being sad because he has no friends isn’t something that just happened recently. (He is a sad, lonely old man!) Then we dive into a brief history of computers and computer languages, a topic Dave knows nothing about and is not willing to learn. We discover how the world went from using thin slips of cardboard with holes punched in it to magnetic disks in a very short time. (Alien technology.) Then we see how very early on people were worried about the Y2K Problem and how they ignored it until the last possible minute.  (Sounds familiar?) Finally we give long overdue credit to the nerds who saved us all. Our Returning Sponsor is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace, when the end is near, Arnold’s has you covered! We open the show with Dick Clark counting down the Millennium and close with banjos on the way to Venus.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ctLaJ74njrg?si=_jrz-0QRwkVBpfLy Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia Computer Programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral History of Y2K https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30338692/y2k-panic/ How a batch of tinned meat fostered fears of the millennium bug https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/31/how-a-batch-of-tinned-meat-fostered-fears-of-the-millennium-bug The Economics of Y2K and the Impact on the United States https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/migrated/reports/y2k_1.pdf 12.31.99 The Y2K Nightmare https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/1/123199-the-y2k-nightmare 20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000 The Final Countdown Part 1 of Winters Series 2025 "Et Tu Y2K?" full 476 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off the Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” by explaining what the Y2K Bug was and what would happen if it wasn’t fixed.(Everyone would fall apart, kind of like what is going to happen this year!) Show Notes Episode 476: The Final Countdown Part of 1 of Et Tu Y2K? This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to explain his behavior to some very unreceptive NYPD officers by claiming he experienced a “software glitch”. (It didn’t work and he spent New Year's Day in the Tombs. Again.) On the show this week we kick off the Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” by explaining what the Y2K Bug was and what would happen if it wasn’t fixed.(Everyone would fall apart, kind of like what is going to happen this year!) Along the way we discover that Dave being sad because he has no friends isn’t something that just happened recently. (He is a sad, lonely old man!) Then we dive into a brief history of computers and computer languages, a topic Dave knows nothing about and is not willing to learn. We discover how the world went from using thin slips of cardboard with holes punched in it to magnetic disks in a very short time. (Alien technology.) Then we see how very early on people were worried about the Y2K Problem and how they ignored it until the last possible minute.  (Sounds familiar?) Finally we give long overdue credit to the nerds who saved us all. Our Returning Sponsor is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace, when the end is near, Arnold’s has you covered! We open the show with Dick Clark counting down the Millennium and close with banjos on the way to Venus.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ctLaJ74njrg?si=_jrz-0QRwkVBpfLy Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia Computer Programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral History of Y2K https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30338692/y2k-panic/ How a batch of tinned meat fostered fears of the millennium bug https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/31/how-a-batch-of-tinned-meat-fostered-fears-of-the-millennium-bug The Economics of Y2K and the Impact on the United States https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/migrated/reports/y2k_1.pdf 12.31.99 The Y2K Nightmare https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/1/123199-the-y2k-nightmare 20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 476: The Final Countdown

Part of 1 of Et Tu Y2K?


This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to explain his behavior to some very unreceptive NYPD officers by claiming he experienced a “software glitch”. (It didn’t work and he spent New Year's Day in the Tombs. Again.) On the show this week we kick off the Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” by explaining what the Y2K Bug was and what would happen if it wasn’t fixed.(Everyone would fall apart, kind of like what is going to happen this year!)


Along the way we discover that Dave being sad because he has no friends isn’t something that just happened recently. (He is a sad, lonely old man!) Then we dive into a brief history of computers and computer languages, a topic Dave knows nothing about and is not willing to learn. We discover how the world went from using thin slips of cardboard with holes punched in it to magnetic disks in a very short time. (Alien technology.) Then we see how very early on people were worried about the Y2K Problem and how they ignored it until the last possible minute.  (Sounds familiar?) Finally we give long overdue credit to the nerds who saved us all.


Our Returning Sponsor is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace, when the end is near, Arnold’s has you covered! We open the show with Dick Clark counting down the Millennium and close with banjos on the way to Venus. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/ctLaJ74njrg?si=_jrz-0QRwkVBpfLy

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

Citations Needed:


Wikipedia Computer Programming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming


Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral History of Y2K

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30338692/y2k-panic/


How a batch of tinned meat fostered fears of the millennium bug

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/31/how-a-batch-of-tinned-meat-fostered-fears-of-the-millennium-bug


The Economics of Y2K and the Impact on the United States

https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/migrated/reports/y2k_1.pdf


12.31.99 The Y2K Nightmare

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/1/123199-the-y2k-nightmare


20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously

https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/

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]]> 1743 yes Winter Series 2025 Trailer: Et Tu Y2K? 2000-25 party over Oops, out of time So this January we’re  gonna party like it's 1999! What the HELL Were You Thinking takes you back 25 years to the breathless anticipation of Y2K, would society collapse, would the ATM’s suddenly spew money into the streets, was Jesus coming back, or was it Aliens? No one knew, but a LOT of people THOUGHT they did! So join us as we kick off Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K” a look back at what DID happen and what people THOUGHT would happen!  Join us in our Y2K Bunker as we talk about the reality but mostly about panic over the Year 2000! Starting January 6th on the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network and wherever you get your pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:32:00 -0000 Et Tu Y2K? trailer Dave Bledsoe Join us in our Y2K Bunker as we talk about the reality but mostly about panic over the Year 2000! Starting January 6th on the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network and wherever you get your pods! 2000-25 party over Oops, out of time So this January we’re  gonna party like it's 1999! What the HELL Were You Thinking takes you back 25 years to the breathless anticipation of Y2K, would society collapse, would the ATM’s suddenly spew money into the streets, was Jesus coming back, or was it Aliens? No one knew, but a LOT of people THOUGHT they did! So join us as we kick off Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K” a look back at what DID happen and what people THOUGHT would happen!  Join us in our Y2K Bunker as we talk about the reality but mostly about panic over the Year 2000! Starting January 6th on the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network and wherever you get your pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 2000-25 party over Oops, out of time So this January we’re  gonna party like it's 1999! What the HELL Were You Thinking takes you back 25 years to the breathless anticipation of Y2K, would society collapse, would the ATM’s suddenly spew money into the streets, was Jesus coming back, or was it Aliens? No one knew, but a LOT of people THOUGHT they did! So join us as we kick off Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K” a look back at what DID happen and what people THOUGHT would happen!  Join us in our Y2K Bunker as we talk about the reality but mostly about panic over the Year 2000! Starting January 6th on the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network and wherever you get your pods!

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]]> 73 no Episode 475: 2024 Year In Review "So THAT Happened" Show Notes Episode 475: Year In Review 2024 “So THAT Really Happened” This week Host Dave Bledsoe awoke screaming in a dumpster behind a bar in Altoona Pennsylvania wearing only a “Justice For Luigi” Onesie and a pair of Crocs.  (He told us he considered it one of his better Christmas Days.) On the show this week we look back  horror, disgust and disappointment at the year that was 2024 Our Sponsor  this week is The Year 2025, who wants you to know it is about to get SO MUCH WORSE! We open the show with predictions for 2024 and close with The Theme Song for 2024.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Musichttps://youtu.be/9wO5TnYaJ4o?si=mUPcwsBFJXL4286a Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000 2024 Year In Review "So THAT Happened" full 475 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we look back horror, disgust and disappointment at the year that was 2024 Show Notes Episode 475: Year In Review 2024 “So THAT Really Happened” This week Host Dave Bledsoe awoke screaming in a dumpster behind a bar in Altoona Pennsylvania wearing only a “Justice For Luigi” Onesie and a pair of Crocs.  (He told us he considered it one of his better Christmas Days.) On the show this week we look back  horror, disgust and disappointment at the year that was 2024 Our Sponsor  this week is The Year 2025, who wants you to know it is about to get SO MUCH WORSE! We open the show with predictions for 2024 and close with The Theme Song for 2024.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Musichttps://youtu.be/9wO5TnYaJ4o?si=mUPcwsBFJXL4286a Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 475: Year In Review 2024 “So THAT Really Happened”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe awoke screaming in a dumpster behind a bar in Altoona Pennsylvania wearing only a “Justice For Luigi” Onesie and a pair of Crocs.  (He told us he considered it one of his better Christmas Days.) On the show this week we look back  horror, disgust and disappointment at the year that was 2024


Our Sponsor  this week is The Year 2025, who wants you to know it is about to get SO MUCH WORSE! We open the show with predictions for 2024 and close with The Theme Song for 2024. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

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Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

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]]> 2120 yes 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 inexplicable Christmas specials that taught us that sharing special times with family is the true meaning of Christmas.  (And to buy whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!) Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas! 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/7NEnSkpbmCY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Frosty the Snow Ho (Redux) full 342 Dave Bledsoe We are on Christmas Break, and Dave is on his Christmas Bender. Please enjoy this show from 2021 about weird Christmas Specials. 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!) Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas! 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/7NEnSkpbmCY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.)


Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!)


Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas!


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/7NEnSkpbmCY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html


The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time

https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php


Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials

https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/


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]]> 1835 yes Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer '83 Show Notes Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer 83 This week Host Dave Bledsoe said on Tuesday night he needed a little something to take the edge off, we dug him out of a dumpster in Bayside naked and screaming Friday morning. (In fairness, this is not unusual for him) On the show this week we kicked off a two parter about nuclear war in the 80’s (You know, to lighten the mood!) with the story of Able Archer ‘83 and how it almost started a nuclear war.. Along the way we discover that Dave was beat up a lot in high school. (Nothing shocking there) Then we dive right into how the Cold War was chilling out until a certain someone got elected in 1980! (Our old friend is back!) We learn how Reagan freaked out the Soviets and caused them to think he might just nuke them for funsies.  (Mostly because he was saying he might nuke them for funsies.) and how this resulted in what was called an “escalation of tensions”. (We would call it a full bore freakout!) The end result would be the world teetering on the brink of nuclear annihilation for about a week and the West not even noticing. (So much for the CIA!) Our sponsor this week is Bombs Away, prefab fallout shelters: turn a hole into a post apocalyptic home! We open the only good secret agent and close with Kat Cher in a certain zone. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/iFpk7s3wu4k?si=Jt_gOWYYsYJgbgjI Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The President's News Conference January 29, 1981 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-992 The war game that could have ended the world https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181108-the-wargame-that-could-have-ended-the-world Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear https://www.livescience.com/able-archer Nuclear Close Calls: Able Archer 83 https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/nuclear-close-calls-able-archer-83/ Able Archer 83: How the Cold War Caused a Near-Apocalyptic Misunderstanding https://www.mirasafety.com/blogs/news/able-archer-83-cold-war-nuclear-incident?srsltid=AfmBOorXrKulpcPZFqxYFv8J4HApP8X_F56QSmHEu1JpQ-d9SuyKKpfZ White House Diaries 11/18/83 https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-11181983/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:03:00 -0000 Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer '84 full 470 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kicked off a two parter about nuclear war in the 80’s (You know, to lighten the mood!) with the story of Able Archer ‘83 and how it almost started a nuclear war. Show Notes Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer 83 This week Host Dave Bledsoe said on Tuesday night he needed a little something to take the edge off, we dug him out of a dumpster in Bayside naked and screaming Friday morning. (In fairness, this is not unusual for him) On the show this week we kicked off a two parter about nuclear war in the 80’s (You know, to lighten the mood!) with the story of Able Archer ‘83 and how it almost started a nuclear war.. Along the way we discover that Dave was beat up a lot in high school. (Nothing shocking there) Then we dive right into how the Cold War was chilling out until a certain someone got elected in 1980! (Our old friend is back!) We learn how Reagan freaked out the Soviets and caused them to think he might just nuke them for funsies.  (Mostly because he was saying he might nuke them for funsies.) and how this resulted in what was called an “escalation of tensions”. (We would call it a full bore freakout!) The end result would be the world teetering on the brink of nuclear annihilation for about a week and the West not even noticing. (So much for the CIA!) Our sponsor this week is Bombs Away, prefab fallout shelters: turn a hole into a post apocalyptic home! We open the only good secret agent and close with Kat Cher in a certain zone. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/iFpk7s3wu4k?si=Jt_gOWYYsYJgbgjI Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The President's News Conference January 29, 1981 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-992 The war game that could have ended the world https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181108-the-wargame-that-could-have-ended-the-world Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear https://www.livescience.com/able-archer Nuclear Close Calls: Able Archer 83 https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/nuclear-close-calls-able-archer-83/ Able Archer 83: How the Cold War Caused a Near-Apocalyptic Misunderstanding https://www.mirasafety.com/blogs/news/able-archer-83-cold-war-nuclear-incident?srsltid=AfmBOorXrKulpcPZFqxYFv8J4HApP8X_F56QSmHEu1JpQ-d9SuyKKpfZ White House Diaries 11/18/83 https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-11181983/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer 83


This week Host Dave Bledsoe said on Tuesday night he needed a little something to take the edge off, we dug him out of a dumpster in Bayside naked and screaming Friday morning. (In fairness, this is not unusual for him) On the show this week we kicked off a two parter about nuclear war in the 80’s (You know, to lighten the mood!) with the story of Able Archer ‘83 and how it almost started a nuclear war..


Along the way we discover that Dave was beat up a lot in high school. (Nothing shocking there) Then we dive right into how the Cold War was chilling out until a certain someone got elected in 1980! (Our old friend is back!) We learn how Reagan freaked out the Soviets and caused them to think he might just nuke them for funsies.  (Mostly because he was saying he might nuke them for funsies.) and how this resulted in what was called an “escalation of tensions”. (We would call it a full bore freakout!) The end result would be the world teetering on the brink of nuclear annihilation for about a week and the West not even noticing. (So much for the CIA!)


Our sponsor this week is Bombs Away, prefab fallout shelters: turn a hole into a post apocalyptic home! We open the only good secret agent and close with Kat Cher in a certain zone.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

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Our Website: 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/iFpk7s3wu4k?si=Jt_gOWYYsYJgbgjI

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The President's News Conference January 29, 1981

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-992


The war game that could have ended the world

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181108-the-wargame-that-could-have-ended-the-world


Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear

https://www.livescience.com/able-archer


Nuclear Close Calls: Able Archer 83

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/nuclear-close-calls-able-archer-83/


Able Archer 83: How the Cold War Caused a Near-Apocalyptic Misunderstanding

https://www.mirasafety.com/blogs/news/able-archer-83-cold-war-nuclear-incident?srsltid=AfmBOorXrKulpcPZFqxYFv8J4HApP8X_F56QSmHEu1JpQ-d9SuyKKpfZ


White House Diaries 11/18/83

https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-11181983/





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]]> 1691 yes Episode 474: Santa Went to Sears Show Notes Episode 474: Santa Went to Sears This week Host Dave Bledsoe was ejected from Macy’s after getting drunk and trying to climb on Santa’s lap. (He also tried to kiss him under the beard.) On the show this week we celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas™: The annual Sears Wishbook Catalog. Along the way we learn that Dave was playing with dolls well into puberty. (It would be slightly less sad if they were sex dolls, but they weren’t). Then we learn a brief history of commerce in human history before he finally gets around to talking about Sears. We learn how the Wishbook went from a Depression era supplement to the annual announcement of the Christmas Season for an entire Generation. (This is one thing that belongs to Generation X entirely.  Boomers got pensions, we got a discontinued catalog.) Dave explains the math behind toy acquisition before the Internet before detailing why the Wishbook is no more. (It is more Walmart than Amazon.) Finally, we close with the cultural impact of the Wishbook and a frankly unnecessary digression into how the catalog framed the sexual awakening of Gen X boys. (We’re so sorry.) Our Returning Sponsor this week is the USS Flagg, the toy that made you realize you were poor.  We open the show with a Sears commercial from 1985 and close Zoot Fenster who has some questions about the items in the catalog. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/yd2gD_6YFos?si=hYt9vrtJqPNx57Kp Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise and Fall of Sears https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rise-and-fall-sears-180964181/ The Sears Wish Book Changed the Way America Does Christmas https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/a29729515/sears-wish-book-history/ Sears' Wish Book What Does Its Passing Say About Us? https://web.archive.org/web/20150218050815/http://articles.philly.com/1993-01-29/news/25961807_1_middle-class-sears-tools Literature of Desire: The 1976 Sears Christmas Wish Book https://rolfpotts.com/1976-sears-christmas-wish-book/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Santa Went to Sears full 474 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas™: The annual Sears Wishbook Catalog. Show Notes Episode 474: Santa Went to Sears This week Host Dave Bledsoe was ejected from Macy’s after getting drunk and trying to climb on Santa’s lap. (He also tried to kiss him under the beard.) On the show this week we celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas™: The annual Sears Wishbook Catalog. Along the way we learn that Dave was playing with dolls well into puberty. (It would be slightly less sad if they were sex dolls, but they weren’t). Then we learn a brief history of commerce in human history before he finally gets around to talking about Sears. We learn how the Wishbook went from a Depression era supplement to the annual announcement of the Christmas Season for an entire Generation. (This is one thing that belongs to Generation X entirely.  Boomers got pensions, we got a discontinued catalog.) Dave explains the math behind toy acquisition before the Internet before detailing why the Wishbook is no more. (It is more Walmart than Amazon.) Finally, we close with the cultural impact of the Wishbook and a frankly unnecessary digression into how the catalog framed the sexual awakening of Gen X boys. (We’re so sorry.) Our Returning Sponsor this week is the USS Flagg, the toy that made you realize you were poor.  We open the show with a Sears commercial from 1985 and close Zoot Fenster who has some questions about the items in the catalog. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/yd2gD_6YFos?si=hYt9vrtJqPNx57Kp Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise and Fall of Sears https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rise-and-fall-sears-180964181/ The Sears Wish Book Changed the Way America Does Christmas https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/a29729515/sears-wish-book-history/ Sears' Wish Book What Does Its Passing Say About Us? https://web.archive.org/web/20150218050815/http://articles.philly.com/1993-01-29/news/25961807_1_middle-class-sears-tools Literature of Desire: The 1976 Sears Christmas Wish Book https://rolfpotts.com/1976-sears-christmas-wish-book/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe was ejected from Macy’s after getting drunk and trying to climb on Santa’s lap. (He also tried to kiss him under the beard.) On the show this week we celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas™: The annual Sears Wishbook Catalog.


Along the way we learn that Dave was playing with dolls well into puberty. (It would be slightly less sad if they were sex dolls, but they weren’t). Then we learn a brief history of commerce in human history before he finally gets around to talking about Sears. We learn how the Wishbook went from a Depression era supplement to the annual announcement of the Christmas Season for an entire Generation. (This is one thing that belongs to Generation X entirely.  Boomers got pensions, we got a discontinued catalog.) Dave explains the math behind toy acquisition before the Internet before detailing why the Wishbook is no more. (It is more Walmart than Amazon.) Finally, we close with the cultural impact of the Wishbook and a frankly unnecessary digression into how the catalog framed the sexual awakening of Gen X boys. (We’re so sorry.)


Our Returning Sponsor this week is the USS Flagg, the toy that made you realize you were poor.  We open the show with a Sears commercial from 1985 and close Zoot Fenster who has some questions about the items in the catalog.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/yd2gD_6YFos?si=hYt9vrtJqPNx57Kp

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


The Rise and Fall of Sears

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rise-and-fall-sears-180964181/


The Sears Wish Book Changed the Way America Does Christmas

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/a29729515/sears-wish-book-history/


Sears' Wish Book What Does Its Passing Say About Us?

https://web.archive.org/web/20150218050815/http://articles.philly.com/1993-01-29/news/25961807_1_middle-class-sears-tools


Literature of Desire: The 1976 Sears Christmas Wish Book

https://rolfpotts.com/1976-sears-christmas-wish-book/













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]]> 1609 yes Episode 473: IT'S THE KILLER BEES! Show Notes Episode 473: IT’S THE KILLER BEES This week Host Dave Bledsoe had a terrible dream that he was being attacked by bees only to discover he was drunkenly taking a piss on a light socket. (Again.) On the show this week we examine a moment in our history when Americans were convinced their country was being overrun on our southern border, but with bees. Killer bees. Along the way we rediscover why Dave is so messed up about sex. (Again, he tells this story at least once a year.) Then we dive right into why bees? (Honey is yummy.) We examine the importance of honey bees in the past and present.  We meet a suspiciously German sounding scientist in Brazil with an interest in genetic manipulation.  (But with bees.) And we learn how his experiments go horribly wrong.  (Again, talking about bees.) From there we follow the Africanized Honey Bees north to the United States and talk about the strange cultural fixation that came ahead of them. Our Sponsor this week is The Bee In Your Car who wants you to calm down and focus on driving. We open with Elliot Gould in a pretty racist  SNL skit from the 1970’s and close with a love song to a Bee. (Or half of one anyway.)  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ftomw87g61Y?si=cURIwgS1nZrWSlVF Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Africanized Honey Bees https://agriculture.okstate.edu/departments-programs/entomol-plant-path/research-and-extension/africanized-honey-bees Hazards of Summer Week Three: Killer Bees!! https://cspn.us/2013/06/28/hazards-of-summer-week-three-killer-bees/ San Diego Officials Setting Traps for Expected Arrival of ‘Killer Bees’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-10-mn-2787-story.html What Happened to the Dreaded Killer Bees? https://kreolmagazine.com/music-entertainment/reflections-on-life/what-happened-to-the-dreaded-killer-bees/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000 IT'S THE KILLER BEES! full 473 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine a moment in our history when Americans were convinced their country was being overrun on our southern border, but with bees. Killer bees. Show Notes Episode 473: IT’S THE KILLER BEES This week Host Dave Bledsoe had a terrible dream that he was being attacked by bees only to discover he was drunkenly taking a piss on a light socket. (Again.) On the show this week we examine a moment in our history when Americans were convinced their country was being overrun on our southern border, but with bees. Killer bees. Along the way we rediscover why Dave is so messed up about sex. (Again, he tells this story at least once a year.) Then we dive right into why bees? (Honey is yummy.) We examine the importance of honey bees in the past and present.  We meet a suspiciously German sounding scientist in Brazil with an interest in genetic manipulation.  (But with bees.) And we learn how his experiments go horribly wrong.  (Again, talking about bees.) From there we follow the Africanized Honey Bees north to the United States and talk about the strange cultural fixation that came ahead of them. Our Sponsor this week is The Bee In Your Car who wants you to calm down and focus on driving. We open with Elliot Gould in a pretty racist  SNL skit from the 1970’s and close with a love song to a Bee. (Or half of one anyway.)  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ftomw87g61Y?si=cURIwgS1nZrWSlVF Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Africanized Honey Bees https://agriculture.okstate.edu/departments-programs/entomol-plant-path/research-and-extension/africanized-honey-bees Hazards of Summer Week Three: Killer Bees!! https://cspn.us/2013/06/28/hazards-of-summer-week-three-killer-bees/ San Diego Officials Setting Traps for Expected Arrival of ‘Killer Bees’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-10-mn-2787-story.html What Happened to the Dreaded Killer Bees? https://kreolmagazine.com/music-entertainment/reflections-on-life/what-happened-to-the-dreaded-killer-bees/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 473: IT’S THE KILLER BEES


This week Host Dave Bledsoe had a terrible dream that he was being attacked by bees only to discover he was drunkenly taking a piss on a light socket. (Again.) On the show this week we examine a moment in our history when Americans were convinced their country was being overrun on our southern border, but with bees. Killer bees.


Along the way we rediscover why Dave is so messed up about sex. (Again, he tells this story at least once a year.) Then we dive right into why bees? (Honey is yummy.) We examine the importance of honey bees in the past and present.  We meet a suspiciously German sounding scientist in Brazil with an interest in genetic manipulation.  (But with bees.) And we learn how his experiments go horribly wrong.  (Again, talking about bees.) From there we follow the Africanized Honey Bees north to the United States and talk about the strange cultural fixation that came ahead of them.


Our Sponsor this week is The Bee In Your Car who wants you to calm down and focus on driving. We open with Elliot Gould in a pretty racist  SNL skit from the 1970’s and close with a love song to a Bee. (Or half of one anyway.) 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/ftomw87g61Y?si=cURIwgS1nZrWSlVF

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed: 


Africanized Honey Bees

https://agriculture.okstate.edu/departments-programs/entomol-plant-path/research-and-extension/africanized-honey-bees


Hazards of Summer Week Three: Killer Bees!!

https://cspn.us/2013/06/28/hazards-of-summer-week-three-killer-bees/


San Diego Officials Setting Traps for Expected Arrival of ‘Killer Bees’

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-10-mn-2787-story.html


What Happened to the Dreaded Killer Bees?

https://kreolmagazine.com/music-entertainment/reflections-on-life/what-happened-to-the-dreaded-killer-bees/


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]]> 1791 yes Black Friday Special: The Life and Afterlife of Elvis MEGA-EDITION! Show Notes: Black Friday Special The Life and Afterlife of Elvis MEGA-EDITION! Thanksgiving is over and that can only mean one thing! Host Dave Bledsoe is drunk in a bar demanding the “Black Friday Deal” for his bar tab.  (He usually gets the black and blue deal from the bouncers.) On the show this week we are here to help you face The Malaise! (The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas when NOTHING gets done!) with a Mega Edition of the show. (Admittedly it is a rerun, but a LONG rerun!) We talk about Elvis!  His life and his life after “Death” So kick off your blue suede shoes and let Dave and King get you through till Christmas!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Interview with Vernon Presley (1978) https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-vernon-presley-1978.shtml Gladys Presley, the Mother Elvis Presley Worshiped https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/08/Galdys-Presley-the-Mother-Elvis-Presley-Worshipped/ Memphis blues (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_blues Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley#Teenage_life_in_Memphis ElvisWorld: Bill Burke on Elvis and “Little Elvis” (Elvis in Tighty Whities) https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/elvisworld-bill-burke-on-elvis-and-little-elvis/#:~:text=Elvis%20Presley%2C%20the%20King%20of,and%20he%20padded%20his%20package. Elvis Presley Stories With Enough Weird Sex To Make You Feel Like A Hound Dog https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-elvis-presley-facts/jon-skindzier Personal relationships of Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Elvis_Presley#Linda_Thompson,_Mindi_Miller,_and_Ginger_Alden Too Much Monkey Business | The story of Scatter, Elvis Presley's Pet Chimpanzee https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/scatter-elvis-presleys-pet-chimpanzee.shtml Inside the Enduring Mysteries of Elvis Presley's Death https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a26721749/elvis-presley-death-true-story/#:~:text=When%20the%20toxicology%20report%20of,during%20a%20performance%20in%201974. Suspicious Minds: The Bizarre, 40-Year History of Elvis Presley Sightings https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings Ginger Alden vs. The Memphis Mafia: Who Told the Truth About Elvis and Ginger? http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/ginger-alden.html Col Tom Parker Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker#Presley%27s_death THE POOL HOUSE DOOR PHOTO https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/the-pool-house-door-photo/ LINDA’S VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT TERMS OF SERVICE WE ARE DEFINITELY VIOLATING! https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/terms-of-agreement-for-those-who-visit-this-web-site/ Vicksburg Journal, Someplace for The King to Call Home https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/vicksburg-journal-someplace-for-the-king-to-call-home.html The Truth About Elvis Trailer  https://youtu.be/dyaJnZjTu6s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:50:00 -0000 The life and afterlife of Elvis Mega-Edition bonus Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we rerun our 2021 shows (with new stuff!) about Elvis! Show Notes: Black Friday Special The Life and Afterlife of Elvis MEGA-EDITION! Thanksgiving is over and that can only mean one thing! Host Dave Bledsoe is drunk in a bar demanding the “Black Friday Deal” for his bar tab.  (He usually gets the black and blue deal from the bouncers.) On the show this week we are here to help you face The Malaise! (The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas when NOTHING gets done!) with a Mega Edition of the show. (Admittedly it is a rerun, but a LONG rerun!) We talk about Elvis!  His life and his life after “Death” So kick off your blue suede shoes and let Dave and King get you through till Christmas!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Interview with Vernon Presley (1978) https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-vernon-presley-1978.shtml Gladys Presley, the Mother Elvis Presley Worshiped https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/08/Galdys-Presley-the-Mother-Elvis-Presley-Worshipped/ Memphis blues (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_blues Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley#Teenage_life_in_Memphis ElvisWorld: Bill Burke on Elvis and “Little Elvis” (Elvis in Tighty Whities) https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/elvisworld-bill-burke-on-elvis-and-little-elvis/#:~:text=Elvis%20Presley%2C%20the%20King%20of,and%20he%20padded%20his%20package. Elvis Presley Stories With Enough Weird Sex To Make You Feel Like A Hound Dog https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-elvis-presley-facts/jon-skindzier Personal relationships of Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Elvis_Presley#Linda_Thompson,_Mindi_Miller,_and_Ginger_Alden Too Much Monkey Business | The story of Scatter, Elvis Presley's Pet Chimpanzee https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/scatter-elvis-presleys-pet-chimpanzee.shtml Inside the Enduring Mysteries of Elvis Presley's Death https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a26721749/elvis-presley-death-true-story/#:~:text=When%20the%20toxicology%20report%20of,during%20a%20performance%20in%201974. Suspicious Minds: The Bizarre, 40-Year History of Elvis Presley Sightings https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings Ginger Alden vs. The Memphis Mafia: Who Told the Truth About Elvis and Ginger? http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/ginger-alden.html Col Tom Parker Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker#Presley%27s_death THE POOL HOUSE DOOR PHOTO https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/the-pool-house-door-photo/ LINDA’S VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT TERMS OF SERVICE WE ARE DEFINITELY VIOLATING! https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/terms-of-agreement-for-those-who-visit-this-web-site/ Vicksburg Journal, Someplace for The King to Call Home https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/vicksburg-journal-someplace-for-the-king-to-call-home.html The Truth About Elvis Trailer  https://youtu.be/dyaJnZjTu6s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes: Black Friday Special The Life and Afterlife of Elvis MEGA-EDITION!


Thanksgiving is over and that can only mean one thing! Host Dave Bledsoe is drunk in a bar demanding the “Black Friday Deal” for his bar tab.  (He usually gets the black and blue deal from the bouncers.) On the show this week we are here to help you face The Malaise! (The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas when NOTHING gets done!) with a Mega Edition of the show. (Admittedly it is a rerun, but a LONG rerun!) We talk about Elvis!  His life and his life after “Death” So kick off your blue suede shoes and let Dave and King get you through till Christmas! 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Interview with Vernon Presley (1978)

https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-vernon-presley-1978.shtml


Gladys Presley, the Mother Elvis Presley Worshiped

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/08/Galdys-Presley-the-Mother-Elvis-Presley-Worshipped/


Memphis blues (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_blues


Elvis Presley (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley#Teenage_life_in_Memphis


ElvisWorld: Bill Burke on Elvis and “Little Elvis” (Elvis in Tighty Whities)

https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/elvisworld-bill-burke-on-elvis-and-little-elvis/#:~:text=Elvis%20Presley%2C%20the%20King%20of,and%20he%20padded%20his%20package.


Elvis Presley Stories With Enough Weird Sex To Make You Feel Like A Hound Dog

https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-elvis-presley-facts/jon-skindzier


Personal relationships of Elvis Presley (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Elvis_Presley#Linda_Thompson,_Mindi_Miller,_and_Ginger_Alden


Too Much Monkey Business | The story of Scatter, Elvis Presley's Pet Chimpanzee

https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/scatter-elvis-presleys-pet-chimpanzee.shtml


Inside the Enduring Mysteries of Elvis Presley's Death

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a26721749/elvis-presley-death-true-story/#:~:text=When%20the%20toxicology%20report%20of,during%20a%20performance%20in%201974.


Suspicious Minds: The Bizarre, 40-Year History of Elvis Presley Sightings

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings


Ginger Alden vs. The Memphis Mafia: Who Told the Truth About Elvis and Ginger?

http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/ginger-alden.html


Col Tom Parker Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker#Presley%27s_death


THE POOL HOUSE DOOR PHOTO

https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/the-pool-house-door-photo/


LINDA’S VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT TERMS OF SERVICE WE ARE DEFINITELY VIOLATING!

https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/terms-of-agreement-for-those-who-visit-this-web-site/


Vicksburg Journal, Someplace for The King to Call Home

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/vicksburg-journal-someplace-for-the-king-to-call-home.html


The Truth About Elvis Trailer

 https://youtu.be/dyaJnZjTu6s

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]]> 3688 yes Episode 339 Redux: As God As My Witness I Thought Turkeys Could Fly We are dropping a little Thanksgiving Classic in your feeds to listen while stuck in traffic, standing in line at the TSA or walking off the rage from spending time with your family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:18:00 -0000 Redux: As God As My Witness I Thought Turkeys Could Fly bonus Dave Bledsoe Gather around the radio and listen to a "classic" WTH Thanksgiving Special! We are dropping a little Thanksgiving Classic in your feeds to listen while stuck in traffic, standing in line at the TSA or walking off the rage from spending time with your family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices We are dropping a little Thanksgiving Classic in your feeds to listen while stuck in traffic, standing in line at the TSA or walking off the rage from spending time with your family!

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]]> 1809 yes Episode 472: Are You Threatening Me?! Show Notes Episode 472: “Are You Threatening Me?!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe got blasted on Espresso Martinis when he gatecrashed a charity fundraiser and was ejected after screaming he needed “TP for his bunghole” (Just an average Tuesday afternoon.) On the show this week we took a look at the cultural high water mark of 90’s television: Beavis and Butthead. Along the way we discovered that Dave tried to murder his cousin with fireworks. (Or at least traumatize him for life.) Then we dove right into the story with a short history of animation from Neanderthals to Walt Disney. (We asked him to stop, he just won’t!) Then we meet Mike Judge, a Baby Boomer who was so Gen X he created pretty much all Gen X comedy culture. (Dave made Gavin wear a Winger t-shirt in the studio all week.) Then we learned all the ways that Beavis and Butthead were destroying the youth of America and why none of them were things that actually happened. Finally we wrapped up with an interesting theory that Mike Judge might just be a prophet. Our Sponsor this week is the Thomas Anderson School for Juvenile Delinquents, got kids whacking off in your tool shed, you send them to Thom.  We open with Inside Edition describing a new show and close with Mat Sturney jamming to a theme.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=rRCAoqLYhntiZMLt Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:    Wikipedia: Mike Judge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge Here Comes the Judge https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1996-12-20/525875/ Beavis and Butt-Head: The Voice of a Generation https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/beavis-and-butt-head-the-voice-of-a-generation-106356/ This Day in History: “Beavis and Butt‑Head” premieres on MTV https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtvs-highest-rated-series-premieres Child’s Death Prompts MTV to Retool ‘Beavis’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-14-ca-45776-story.html ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Was Once Blamed for 2-Year-Old Girl’s Death https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/beavis-and-butt-head-blamed-2-year-old-girl-death/ Beavis and Butt-Head Wiki: Ballbreakers https://beavisandbutthead.fandom.com/wiki/Ball_Breakers Wikipedia: Beavis and Butthead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head#:~:text=In%20February%201994%2C%20watchdog%20group,by%20Beavis%20and%20Butt%2DHead. BEAVIS, BUTTHEAD, AND THE END OF THE MODERN AGE https://history.hanover.edu/texts/beavis.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Are You Threatening Me?! full 472 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we took a look at the cultural high water mark of 90’s television: Beavis and Butthead. Show Notes Episode 472: “Are You Threatening Me?!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe got blasted on Espresso Martinis when he gatecrashed a charity fundraiser and was ejected after screaming he needed “TP for his bunghole” (Just an average Tuesday afternoon.) On the show this week we took a look at the cultural high water mark of 90’s television: Beavis and Butthead. Along the way we discovered that Dave tried to murder his cousin with fireworks. (Or at least traumatize him for life.) Then we dove right into the story with a short history of animation from Neanderthals to Walt Disney. (We asked him to stop, he just won’t!) Then we meet Mike Judge, a Baby Boomer who was so Gen X he created pretty much all Gen X comedy culture. (Dave made Gavin wear a Winger t-shirt in the studio all week.) Then we learned all the ways that Beavis and Butthead were destroying the youth of America and why none of them were things that actually happened. Finally we wrapped up with an interesting theory that Mike Judge might just be a prophet. Our Sponsor this week is the Thomas Anderson School for Juvenile Delinquents, got kids whacking off in your tool shed, you send them to Thom.  We open with Inside Edition describing a new show and close with Mat Sturney jamming to a theme.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=rRCAoqLYhntiZMLt Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:    Wikipedia: Mike Judge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge Here Comes the Judge https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1996-12-20/525875/ Beavis and Butt-Head: The Voice of a Generation https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/beavis-and-butt-head-the-voice-of-a-generation-106356/ This Day in History: “Beavis and Butt‑Head” premieres on MTV https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtvs-highest-rated-series-premieres Child’s Death Prompts MTV to Retool ‘Beavis’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-14-ca-45776-story.html ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Was Once Blamed for 2-Year-Old Girl’s Death https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/beavis-and-butt-head-blamed-2-year-old-girl-death/ Beavis and Butt-Head Wiki: Ballbreakers https://beavisandbutthead.fandom.com/wiki/Ball_Breakers Wikipedia: Beavis and Butthead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head#:~:text=In%20February%201994%2C%20watchdog%20group,by%20Beavis%20and%20Butt%2DHead. BEAVIS, BUTTHEAD, AND THE END OF THE MODERN AGE https://history.hanover.edu/texts/beavis.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 472: “Are You Threatening Me?!”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe got blasted on Espresso Martinis when he gatecrashed a charity fundraiser and was ejected after screaming he needed “TP for his bunghole” (Just an average Tuesday afternoon.) On the show this week we took a look at the cultural high water mark of 90’s television: Beavis and Butthead.


Along the way we discovered that Dave tried to murder his cousin with fireworks. (Or at least traumatize him for life.) Then we dove right into the story with a short history of animation from Neanderthals to Walt Disney. (We asked him to stop, he just won’t!) Then we meet Mike Judge, a Baby Boomer who was so Gen X he created pretty much all Gen X comedy culture. (Dave made Gavin wear a Winger t-shirt in the studio all week.) Then we learned all the ways that Beavis and Butthead were destroying the youth of America and why none of them were things that actually happened. Finally we wrapped up with an interesting theory that Mike Judge might just be a prophet.


Our Sponsor this week is the Thomas Anderson School for Juvenile Delinquents, got kids whacking off in your tool shed, you send them to Thom.  We open with Inside Edition describing a new show and close with Mat Sturney jamming to a theme. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=rRCAoqLYhntiZMLt

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:

  

Wikipedia: Mike Judge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge


Here Comes the Judge

https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1996-12-20/525875/


Beavis and Butt-Head: The Voice of a Generation

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/beavis-and-butt-head-the-voice-of-a-generation-106356/


This Day in History: “Beavis and Butt‑Head” premieres on MTV

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtvs-highest-rated-series-premieres


Child’s Death Prompts MTV to Retool ‘Beavis’

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-14-ca-45776-story.html


‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Was Once Blamed for 2-Year-Old Girl’s Death

https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/beavis-and-butt-head-blamed-2-year-old-girl-death/


Beavis and Butt-Head Wiki: Ballbreakers

https://beavisandbutthead.fandom.com/wiki/Ball_Breakers


Wikipedia: Beavis and Butthead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head#:~:text=In%20February%201994%2C%20watchdog%20group,by%20Beavis%20and%20Butt%2DHead.


BEAVIS, BUTTHEAD, AND THE END OF THE MODERN AGE

https://history.hanover.edu/texts/beavis.html










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]]> 1965 yes Episode 471: Danger Zone Part 2-The Day After Show Notes Episode 471: Danger Zone Part 2-The Day After WTH Movie Night: The Day After This week Host Dave Bledsoe hit the bottle because he was terrified by the memories of something he saw on television as a kid. (Sigmund and Sea Monsters, Sid and Marty Kroft were FREAKY!) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night, we talk about the movie that scared the shit of Generation X: 1983’s The Day After. Along the way we learn that someone was stupid enough to trust Dave enough to give him access to nuclear weapons. (He still has a plutonium core in his closet!) Then we dive right into the backstory of how ABC made a movie so scary an entire generation still freaks out when they think of it. (The same could be said of Jaws) We examine what it took to get the movie made in an era when television was more Love Boat than Masterpiece Theater. We talk about how the urban legend that says Ronald Reagan changed his nuclear policy because of this movie (Nope!) and the guy who REALLY thawed out the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev! (He really loved Pizza Hut!) Finally we hear from the people traumatized by the movie and why it haunts them still Our Sponsor this week is the Ground Zero Experience, the escape with real radiation! We open the show with the movie trailer and close with Black Jeans’ little oopsie!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=rRCAoqLYhntiZMLt Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Apocalypse Then: 40 Years Ago, A TV Movie Saved the World from Nuclear Annihilation https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-the-day-after-saved-the-world-1235711200/ THE IMPACT ON CHILDREN OF 'THE DAY AFTER' https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/07/style/the-impact-on-children-of-the-day-after.html Day After Viewers Guide https://www.scribd.com/document/35930516/Day-After-Viewers-Guide ATOMIC WAR FILM SPURS NATIONWIDE DISCUSSION https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/22/us/atomic-war-film-spurs-nationwide-discussion.html Reagan's Diary Monday, October 10, 1983 https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-10101983/?srsltid=AfmBOooQms5svYwpSUZp6r0HBWXOescjkcGg-gfV3sB_hT_IVybjb_DK How a TV Show Changed the Cold War https://time.com/6337667/day-after-tomorrow-cold-war-essay/ LOOKING BACK: The Nuclear Arms Control Legacy of Ronald Reagan https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2004-07/arms-control-today/looking-back-nuclear-arms-control-legacy-ronald-reagan Reddit: The Day After https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1gpyau6/the_day_after/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Danger Zone Part 2-The Day After full 471 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night, we talk about the movie that scared the shit of Generation X: 1983’s The Day After. Show Notes Episode 471: Danger Zone Part 2-The Day After WTH Movie Night: The Day After This week Host Dave Bledsoe hit the bottle because he was terrified by the memories of something he saw on television as a kid. (Sigmund and Sea Monsters, Sid and Marty Kroft were FREAKY!) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night, we talk about the movie that scared the shit of Generation X: 1983’s The Day After. Along the way we learn that someone was stupid enough to trust Dave enough to give him access to nuclear weapons. (He still has a plutonium core in his closet!) Then we dive right into the backstory of how ABC made a movie so scary an entire generation still freaks out when they think of it. (The same could be said of Jaws) We examine what it took to get the movie made in an era when television was more Love Boat than Masterpiece Theater. We talk about how the urban legend that says Ronald Reagan changed his nuclear policy because of this movie (Nope!) and the guy who REALLY thawed out the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev! (He really loved Pizza Hut!) Finally we hear from the people traumatized by the movie and why it haunts them still Our Sponsor this week is the Ground Zero Experience, the escape with real radiation! We open the show with the movie trailer and close with Black Jeans’ little oopsie!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=rRCAoqLYhntiZMLt Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Apocalypse Then: 40 Years Ago, A TV Movie Saved the World from Nuclear Annihilation https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-the-day-after-saved-the-world-1235711200/ THE IMPACT ON CHILDREN OF 'THE DAY AFTER' https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/07/style/the-impact-on-children-of-the-day-after.html Day After Viewers Guide https://www.scribd.com/document/35930516/Day-After-Viewers-Guide ATOMIC WAR FILM SPURS NATIONWIDE DISCUSSION https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/22/us/atomic-war-film-spurs-nationwide-discussion.html Reagan's Diary Monday, October 10, 1983 https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-10101983/?srsltid=AfmBOooQms5svYwpSUZp6r0HBWXOescjkcGg-gfV3sB_hT_IVybjb_DK How a TV Show Changed the Cold War https://time.com/6337667/day-after-tomorrow-cold-war-essay/ LOOKING BACK: The Nuclear Arms Control Legacy of Ronald Reagan https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2004-07/arms-control-today/looking-back-nuclear-arms-control-legacy-ronald-reagan Reddit: The Day After https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1gpyau6/the_day_after/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 471: Danger Zone Part 2-The Day After

WTH Movie Night: The Day After


This week Host Dave Bledsoe hit the bottle because he was terrified by the memories of something he saw on television as a kid. (Sigmund and Sea Monsters, Sid and Marty Kroft were FREAKY!) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night, we talk about the movie that scared the shit of Generation X: 1983’s The Day After.


Along the way we learn that someone was stupid enough to trust Dave enough to give him access to nuclear weapons. (He still has a plutonium core in his closet!) Then we dive right into the backstory of how ABC made a movie so scary an entire generation still freaks out when they think of it. (The same could be said of Jaws) We examine what it took to get the movie made in an era when television was more Love Boat than Masterpiece Theater. We talk about how the urban legend that says Ronald Reagan changed his nuclear policy because of this movie (Nope!) and the guy who REALLY thawed out the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev! (He really loved Pizza Hut!) Finally we hear from the people traumatized by the movie and why it haunts them still


Our Sponsor this week is the Ground Zero Experience, the escape with real radiation! We open the show with the movie trailer and close with Black Jeans’ little oopsie! 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=rRCAoqLYhntiZMLt

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Apocalypse Then: 40 Years Ago, A TV Movie Saved the World from Nuclear Annihilation

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-the-day-after-saved-the-world-1235711200/


THE IMPACT ON CHILDREN OF 'THE DAY AFTER'

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/07/style/the-impact-on-children-of-the-day-after.html


Day After Viewers Guide

https://www.scribd.com/document/35930516/Day-After-Viewers-Guide


ATOMIC WAR FILM SPURS NATIONWIDE DISCUSSION

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/22/us/atomic-war-film-spurs-nationwide-discussion.html


Reagan's Diary Monday, October 10, 1983

https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-10101983/?srsltid=AfmBOooQms5svYwpSUZp6r0HBWXOescjkcGg-gfV3sB_hT_IVybjb_DK


How a TV Show Changed the Cold War

https://time.com/6337667/day-after-tomorrow-cold-war-essay/


LOOKING BACK: The Nuclear Arms Control Legacy of Ronald Reagan

https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2004-07/arms-control-today/looking-back-nuclear-arms-control-legacy-ronald-reagan


Reddit: The Day After

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1gpyau6/the_day_after/


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]]> 2386 yes Episode 469: Reasons to Save America Show Notes Episode 469: Reasons to Save America This week Host Dave Bledsoe is tired, and he knows  you are tired too.  It has been a long decade and no amount of funny stories about him doing stupid stuff while he is drunk is going to make it any easier. (I mean we have one story about him pooping his pants because he was too drunk to get up from the bar that we COULD tell!) On the show this week, with just days to go before the 2024 election we give you some cool things about America and why you should vote for Kamala Harris so we keep on having a country.  That’s it.  That’s the show.  Go out and vote. (Unless you are voting for someone else then by all means, stay home!) Our Sponsor this week is Democracy, we know it isn’t perfect but it’s the best we have.  We open the show with a reminder of what happened in 2016 and close with Harper O’Niel who has reasons to go out and do the right thing.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/xmMqrCg0LLI?si=W-rwEdcroByZRLEa Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:20:00 -0000 Reasons to Save America full 469 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, with just days to go before the 2024 election we give you some cool things about America and why you should vote for Kamala Harris so we keep on having a country. That’s it. That’s the show. Go out and vote. (Unless you are voting for someone else then by all means, stay home!) Show Notes Episode 469: Reasons to Save America This week Host Dave Bledsoe is tired, and he knows  you are tired too.  It has been a long decade and no amount of funny stories about him doing stupid stuff while he is drunk is going to make it any easier. (I mean we have one story about him pooping his pants because he was too drunk to get up from the bar that we COULD tell!) On the show this week, with just days to go before the 2024 election we give you some cool things about America and why you should vote for Kamala Harris so we keep on having a country.  That’s it.  That’s the show.  Go out and vote. (Unless you are voting for someone else then by all means, stay home!) Our Sponsor this week is Democracy, we know it isn’t perfect but it’s the best we have.  We open the show with a reminder of what happened in 2016 and close with Harper O’Niel who has reasons to go out and do the right thing.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/xmMqrCg0LLI?si=W-rwEdcroByZRLEa Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 469: Reasons to Save America

This week Host Dave Bledsoe is tired, and he knows  you are tired too.  It has been a long decade and no amount of funny stories about him doing stupid stuff while he is drunk is going to make it any easier. (I mean we have one story about him pooping his pants because he was too drunk to get up from the bar that we COULD tell!) On the show this week, with just days to go before the 2024 election we give you some cool things about America and why you should vote for Kamala Harris so we keep on having a country.  That’s it.  That’s the show.  Go out and vote. (Unless you are voting for someone else then by all means, stay home!)


Our Sponsor this week is Democracy, we know it isn’t perfect but it’s the best we have.  We open the show with a reminder of what happened in 2016 and close with Harper O’Niel who has reasons to go out and do the right thing. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/xmMqrCg0LLI?si=W-rwEdcroByZRLEa

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


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]]> 1334 yes Episode 468: There's A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place (Spooktacular 2024 Finale) Show Notes Episode 468: There’s A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place Spooktacular 2024 Finale This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly declares that every day is Mardi Gras while offering strings of beads in exchange for being shown breasts. (The bouncers took the beads, and took Dave’s shirt off while tossing him out.) On the show this week we conclude Spooktacular 2024 with the story of the most haunted house in the most haunted city in America: The LaLaurie Mansion. Along the way we learn that while Dave once attended Mardi Gras in New Orleans he can't really tell you anything about it. (Because he was black out drunk.) Then we dive right into a brief history of New Orleans from the first native Americans to all the times it changed hands before being purchased by Thomas Jefferson for some Mardi Gras beads and the recipe for the Hurricane. (Allegedly). Then we dig into the story of Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie. (This is NOT a happy story) and life in her New Orleans mansion. (Seriously, there is a lot of brutal shit in this story, so you WERE warned.) Finally, there is some stuff about ghosts. Our Sponsor this week is the  Committee Representing American Paranormal Persons, shining a light on the unseen! We open with breathless discussion of the mansion and close with Chloé Lexia Worthington shining a light on things. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Before the Civil War, New Orleans Was the Center of the U.S. Slave Trade https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-new-orleans-was-center-us-slave-trade-180977532/ The fire on Royal Street https://web.archive.org/web/20101116011843/http://www.nola.com/lalaurie/archives/fire1.html Mistress of the Haunted House https://64parishes.org/mistress-haunted-house The Haunted LaLaurie Mansion https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000 There's A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place (Spooktacular 2024 Finale) full 467 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we conclude Spooktacular 2024 with the story of the most haunted house in the most haunted city in America: The LaLaurie Mansion. Show Notes Episode 468: There’s A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place Spooktacular 2024 Finale This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly declares that every day is Mardi Gras while offering strings of beads in exchange for being shown breasts. (The bouncers took the beads, and took Dave’s shirt off while tossing him out.) On the show this week we conclude Spooktacular 2024 with the story of the most haunted house in the most haunted city in America: The LaLaurie Mansion. Along the way we learn that while Dave once attended Mardi Gras in New Orleans he can't really tell you anything about it. (Because he was black out drunk.) Then we dive right into a brief history of New Orleans from the first native Americans to all the times it changed hands before being purchased by Thomas Jefferson for some Mardi Gras beads and the recipe for the Hurricane. (Allegedly). Then we dig into the story of Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie. (This is NOT a happy story) and life in her New Orleans mansion. (Seriously, there is a lot of brutal shit in this story, so you WERE warned.) Finally, there is some stuff about ghosts. Our Sponsor this week is the  Committee Representing American Paranormal Persons, shining a light on the unseen! We open with breathless discussion of the mansion and close with Chloé Lexia Worthington shining a light on things. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Before the Civil War, New Orleans Was the Center of the U.S. Slave Trade https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-new-orleans-was-center-us-slave-trade-180977532/ The fire on Royal Street https://web.archive.org/web/20101116011843/http://www.nola.com/lalaurie/archives/fire1.html Mistress of the Haunted House https://64parishes.org/mistress-haunted-house The Haunted LaLaurie Mansion https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 468: There’s A Light Over at the LaLaurie Place

Spooktacular 2024 Finale


This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly declares that every day is Mardi Gras while offering strings of beads in exchange for being shown breasts. (The bouncers took the beads, and took Dave’s shirt off while tossing him out.) On the show this week we conclude Spooktacular 2024 with the story of the most haunted house in the most haunted city in America: The LaLaurie Mansion.


Along the way we learn that while Dave once attended Mardi Gras in New Orleans he can't really tell you anything about it. (Because he was black out drunk.) Then we dive right into a brief history of New Orleans from the first native Americans to all the times it changed hands before being purchased by Thomas Jefferson for some Mardi Gras beads and the recipe for the Hurricane. (Allegedly). Then we dig into the story of Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie. (This is NOT a happy story) and life in her New Orleans mansion. (Seriously, there is a lot of brutal shit in this story, so you WERE warned.) Finally, there is some stuff about ghosts.


Our Sponsor this week is the  Committee Representing American Paranormal Persons, shining a light on the unseen! We open with breathless discussion of the mansion and close with Chloé Lexia Worthington shining a light on things.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

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Citations Needed:


Before the Civil War, New Orleans Was the Center of the U.S. Slave Trade

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-new-orleans-was-center-us-slave-trade-180977532/


The fire on Royal Street

https://web.archive.org/web/20101116011843/http://www.nola.com/lalaurie/archives/fire1.html


Mistress of the Haunted House

https://64parishes.org/mistress-haunted-house


The Haunted LaLaurie Mansion

https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/










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]]> 1879 yes Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024 Show Notes Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets lost trying to find his way to the bathroom in a strange bar and blames “The Spirits” when he got caught pissing in the corner. (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2024 continues with the tale of a mansion in California that was haunted for business purposes, the Winchester Mystery House. Along the way we discover that Dave thinks antique dealers might be evil. (We are kind of on board with this one.) Then we dive right into America’s favorite invention, guns that kill a lot of people without reloading! (God bless the USA!) We meet the man who made the Gun That Won the West! (By killing a lot of people living there already!) and his son, whose wife would move to California and build her dream home. (She was extremely rich, even in the 1880’s real estate prices out there were insane!) Then we dive right into all the spooky things that were said to have taken place in this haunted Barbie Dream House, all of which were definitely not made up after she died to sell tickets to the house. (Except they totally were, sorry.) Our Sponsor this week is Goth Contractors, when you can’t find your haunted house, build your haunted home.  We open the show promo material for the Winchester Mystery House and close with Kina Granis who is constructing her own inexplicability. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Winchester Mystery House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#Neverending_construction Demystifying the Winchester Mystery House https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4824 Everything you think you know about the Winchester Mystery House probably isn't true https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-myth-of-the-winchester-mystery-house-16571653.php When Harry Houdini Visited the Winchester Mystery House https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654998/when-harry-houdini-visited-winchester-mystery-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024 full 466 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week Spooktacular 2024 continues with the tale of a mansion in California that was haunted for business purposes, the Winchester Mystery House. Show Notes Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House) Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets lost trying to find his way to the bathroom in a strange bar and blames “The Spirits” when he got caught pissing in the corner. (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2024 continues with the tale of a mansion in California that was haunted for business purposes, the Winchester Mystery House. Along the way we discover that Dave thinks antique dealers might be evil. (We are kind of on board with this one.) Then we dive right into America’s favorite invention, guns that kill a lot of people without reloading! (God bless the USA!) We meet the man who made the Gun That Won the West! (By killing a lot of people living there already!) and his son, whose wife would move to California and build her dream home. (She was extremely rich, even in the 1880’s real estate prices out there were insane!) Then we dive right into all the spooky things that were said to have taken place in this haunted Barbie Dream House, all of which were definitely not made up after she died to sell tickets to the house. (Except they totally were, sorry.) Our Sponsor this week is Goth Contractors, when you can’t find your haunted house, build your haunted home.  We open the show promo material for the Winchester Mystery House and close with Kina Granis who is constructing her own inexplicability. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5 Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Winchester Mystery House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#Neverending_construction Demystifying the Winchester Mystery House https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4824 Everything you think you know about the Winchester Mystery House probably isn't true https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-myth-of-the-winchester-mystery-house-16571653.php When Harry Houdini Visited the Winchester Mystery House https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654998/when-harry-houdini-visited-winchester-mystery-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 467: Building A Mystery (House)

Part 3 of Spooktacular 2024


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets lost trying to find his way to the bathroom in a strange bar and blames “The Spirits” when he got caught pissing in the corner. (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2024 continues with the tale of a mansion in California that was haunted for business purposes, the Winchester Mystery House.


Along the way we discover that Dave thinks antique dealers might be evil. (We are kind of on board with this one.) Then we dive right into America’s favorite invention, guns that kill a lot of people without reloading! (God bless the USA!) We meet the man who made the Gun That Won the West! (By killing a lot of people living there already!) and his son, whose wife would move to California and build her dream home. (She was extremely rich, even in the 1880’s real estate prices out there were insane!) Then we dive right into all the spooky things that were said to have taken place in this haunted Barbie Dream House, all of which were definitely not made up after she died to sell tickets to the house. (Except they totally were, sorry.)


Our Sponsor this week is Goth Contractors, when you can’t find your haunted house, build your haunted home.  We open the show promo material for the Winchester Mystery House and close with Kina Granis who is constructing her own inexplicability.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/MqkrNA8r_CE?si=OcDvacKYmgz9uzN5

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Winchester Mystery House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#Neverending_construction


Demystifying the Winchester Mystery House

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4824


Everything you think you know about the Winchester Mystery House probably isn't true

https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-myth-of-the-winchester-mystery-house-16571653.php


When Harry Houdini Visited the Winchester Mystery House

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654998/when-harry-houdini-visited-winchester-mystery-house


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]]> 1753 yes Seltzer Kings Network Seltztacular Special Episode: Bledsoe's Ghost Bledsoe’s Ghost Dave Bledsoe, the host of What the HELL Were You Thinking, doesn't believe in ghosts.  So, clearly, whatever he saw that night could NOT have been a ghost.  It was just a spooky old man who appeared out of the fog one night and disappeared during a series of unlikely events which occurred simultaneously without any explanations.  Definitely not a ghost. He leaves it to the listeners to reach their own conclusions. Find all of Seltzer Kings Spooky Specials at https://www.seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 18 Oct 2024 04:00:00 -0000 Bledsoe's Ghosts bonus Dave Bledsoe The Seltzer Kings Network is bringing you special episodes from our shows for Spookly Season! Bledsoe’s Ghost Dave Bledsoe, the host of What the HELL Were You Thinking, doesn't believe in ghosts.  So, clearly, whatever he saw that night could NOT have been a ghost.  It was just a spooky old man who appeared out of the fog one night and disappeared during a series of unlikely events which occurred simultaneously without any explanations.  Definitely not a ghost. He leaves it to the listeners to reach their own conclusions. Find all of Seltzer Kings Spooky Specials at https://www.seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Bledsoe’s Ghost


Dave Bledsoe, the host of What the HELL Were You Thinking, doesn't believe in ghosts.  So, clearly, whatever he saw that night could NOT have been a ghost.  It was just a spooky old man who appeared out of the fog one night and disappeared during a series of unlikely events which occurred simultaneously without any explanations.  Definitely not a ghost. He leaves it to the listeners to reach their own conclusions.


Find all of Seltzer Kings Spooky Specials at https://www.seltzerkings.com/




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]]> 810 Episode 466: Oh Great, It's Lincoln's Ghost Again (Pt 2 of Spooktacular 2024) Show Notes Episode 466: Oh Great, Lincoln’s Ghost Again Part 2 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe experiences the sensation that someone is watching himself while he is sleeping, only to awake to a bouncer dragging him out for passing out on the bar (again).  On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House” by asking if Abraham Lincoln’s ghost (among others) haunts the White House. (Hint: Definitely not.) Along the way we discover that Dave is running out of ways to open the show. (shocking?) From there we dive right into why Americans LOVE ghost stories so much. (We love to believe in things that don’t exist, like trickle down economics!) We examine how Spiritualism made believing in ghosts so popular that even the First Lady could do it.  Then we ask the hard questions about Ghost Lincoln. (Like how pissed off would you be to have to keep coming to your job even after you're dead?) We learn that Winston Churchill went Full Monty in front of a Dead President and discuss all the other ghosts beside Honest Abe. Our Sponsor this week is My Bodyguard, because someone probably wants to kill you.  We open the show with a PBS show asking a dumb question and close with Ronnie Gavelin who is tired of seeing the ghost all the time. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/soKPDA3qdWY?si=Qarxg1WVaYZI8GdU Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise of Spiritualism in 19th Century America https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/10/18/the-rise-of-spiritualism-in-19th-century-america Séances at the White House? Why these first ladies turned to the occult https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seances-at-the-white-house The Legends of Lincoln's Ghost https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/10/29/legends-lincolns-ghost The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Wilderness_Hunter/R8FsFGuZxaEC?q=supernatural&gbpv=1&bsq=Bauman#f=false Forgotten Ghosts of the White House https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-forgotten-ghosts-that-haunted-the-white-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Oh Great, It's Lincoln's Ghost Again (Pt 2 of Spooktacular 2024) full 466 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House” by asking if Abraham Lincoln’s ghost (among others) haunts the White House. (Hint: Definitely not.) Show Notes Episode 466: Oh Great, Lincoln’s Ghost Again Part 2 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe experiences the sensation that someone is watching himself while he is sleeping, only to awake to a bouncer dragging him out for passing out on the bar (again).  On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House” by asking if Abraham Lincoln’s ghost (among others) haunts the White House. (Hint: Definitely not.) Along the way we discover that Dave is running out of ways to open the show. (shocking?) From there we dive right into why Americans LOVE ghost stories so much. (We love to believe in things that don’t exist, like trickle down economics!) We examine how Spiritualism made believing in ghosts so popular that even the First Lady could do it.  Then we ask the hard questions about Ghost Lincoln. (Like how pissed off would you be to have to keep coming to your job even after you're dead?) We learn that Winston Churchill went Full Monty in front of a Dead President and discuss all the other ghosts beside Honest Abe. Our Sponsor this week is My Bodyguard, because someone probably wants to kill you.  We open the show with a PBS show asking a dumb question and close with Ronnie Gavelin who is tired of seeing the ghost all the time. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/soKPDA3qdWY?si=Qarxg1WVaYZI8GdU Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise of Spiritualism in 19th Century America https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/10/18/the-rise-of-spiritualism-in-19th-century-america Séances at the White House? Why these first ladies turned to the occult https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seances-at-the-white-house The Legends of Lincoln's Ghost https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/10/29/legends-lincolns-ghost The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Wilderness_Hunter/R8FsFGuZxaEC?q=supernatural&gbpv=1&bsq=Bauman#f=false Forgotten Ghosts of the White House https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-forgotten-ghosts-that-haunted-the-white-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 466: Oh Great, Lincoln’s Ghost Again

Part 2 of Spooktacular 2024

This week Host Dave Bledsoe experiences the sensation that someone is watching himself while he is sleeping, only to awake to a bouncer dragging him out for passing out on the bar (again).  On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House” by asking if Abraham Lincoln’s ghost (among others) haunts the White House. (Hint: Definitely not.)


Along the way we discover that Dave is running out of ways to open the show. (shocking?) From there we dive right into why Americans LOVE ghost stories so much. (We love to believe in things that don’t exist, like trickle down economics!) We examine how Spiritualism made believing in ghosts so popular that even the First Lady could do it.  Then we ask the hard questions about Ghost Lincoln. (Like how pissed off would you be to have to keep coming to your job even after you're dead?) We learn that Winston Churchill went Full Monty in front of a Dead President and discuss all the other ghosts beside Honest Abe.


Our Sponsor this week is My Bodyguard, because someone probably wants to kill you.  We open the show with a PBS show asking a dumb question and close with Ronnie Gavelin who is tired of seeing the ghost all the time.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/soKPDA3qdWY?si=Qarxg1WVaYZI8GdU

Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The Rise of Spiritualism in 19th Century America

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/10/18/the-rise-of-spiritualism-in-19th-century-america


Séances at the White House? Why these first ladies turned to the occult

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seances-at-the-white-house


The Legends of Lincoln's Ghost

https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/10/29/legends-lincolns-ghost


The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Wilderness_Hunter/R8FsFGuZxaEC?q=supernatural&gbpv=1&bsq=Bauman#f=false


Forgotten Ghosts of the White House

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-forgotten-ghosts-that-haunted-the-white-house









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]]> 1636 yes Episode 465: Amityville Horrible (Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024) Episode 465: The Amityville Horrible Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not responsible for this bar tab since it was incurred while he was possessed by demon alcohol. (The bouncers performed a quick and dirty exorcism and he paid right up!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2024 with the REAL story behind The Amityville Horror. (Hint: It was all for the money.) Along the way we learned that Dave’s has a lot of stories about ghosts and none of them are true. (Same for ALL of his stories.) Then we dive right into the factual portions of the story, the parts about the house and the brutal murders that took place. (The actual story is pretty horrible.) Then we meet the Lutz family, who thought they got a great deal on a murder house but they found out what they really got was a ticket on the ghost gravy train! (All they had to do was lie a little!) We learn that pretty much everything in the book and movie were made up one night over way too much wine and way to little ethical standards. (God Bless America!) Our sponsor this week is Revenant Realtors, because ghosts need housing too. We open the show with a news report from 1979 and close with Marshal Mathers in a song that we definitely, probably, don’t,  have the rights to play on the show. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/8VYQRKIbQ4I?si=rj-GNLXubkZTBUjY Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Neighbors Recall DeFeos As 'Nice, Normal Family' https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/neighbors-recall-defeos-as-nice-normal-family-drink-and-play-music.html The Real Life Amityville Horror https://web.archive.org/web/20081219094155/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/amityville/3.html George Lutz's Amityville Horror http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2005/legends36_04122005.shtml BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/22/archives/behind-the-best-sellers-jay-anson.html The brutal truth about Amityville: It wasn’t ghosts but something worse https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-10/it-wasnt-ghosts-but-something-worse-the-brutal-truth-about-amityville.html The Amityville Hoax at 40: why the myth endures https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA477640965&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10639330&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true&aty=geo Lutz Vs Weber https://web.archive.org/web/20110707134116/http://www.amityvillemurders.com/lutzvweber.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Amityville Horrible (Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024) full 465 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2024 with the REAL story behind The Amityville Horror. (Hint: It was all for the money.) Episode 465: The Amityville Horrible Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not responsible for this bar tab since it was incurred while he was possessed by demon alcohol. (The bouncers performed a quick and dirty exorcism and he paid right up!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2024 with the REAL story behind The Amityville Horror. (Hint: It was all for the money.) Along the way we learned that Dave’s has a lot of stories about ghosts and none of them are true. (Same for ALL of his stories.) Then we dive right into the factual portions of the story, the parts about the house and the brutal murders that took place. (The actual story is pretty horrible.) Then we meet the Lutz family, who thought they got a great deal on a murder house but they found out what they really got was a ticket on the ghost gravy train! (All they had to do was lie a little!) We learn that pretty much everything in the book and movie were made up one night over way too much wine and way to little ethical standards. (God Bless America!) Our sponsor this week is Revenant Realtors, because ghosts need housing too. We open the show with a news report from 1979 and close with Marshal Mathers in a song that we definitely, probably, don’t,  have the rights to play on the show. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/8VYQRKIbQ4I?si=rj-GNLXubkZTBUjY Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Neighbors Recall DeFeos As 'Nice, Normal Family' https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/neighbors-recall-defeos-as-nice-normal-family-drink-and-play-music.html The Real Life Amityville Horror https://web.archive.org/web/20081219094155/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/amityville/3.html George Lutz's Amityville Horror http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2005/legends36_04122005.shtml BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/22/archives/behind-the-best-sellers-jay-anson.html The brutal truth about Amityville: It wasn’t ghosts but something worse https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-10/it-wasnt-ghosts-but-something-worse-the-brutal-truth-about-amityville.html The Amityville Hoax at 40: why the myth endures https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA477640965&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10639330&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true&aty=geo Lutz Vs Weber https://web.archive.org/web/20110707134116/http://www.amityvillemurders.com/lutzvweber.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 465: The Amityville Horrible

Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House?”

This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not responsible for this bar tab since it was incurred while he was possessed by demon alcohol. (The bouncers performed a quick and dirty exorcism and he paid right up!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2024 with the REAL story behind The Amityville Horror. (Hint: It was all for the money.)


Along the way we learned that Dave’s has a lot of stories about ghosts and none of them are true. (Same for ALL of his stories.) Then we dive right into the factual portions of the story, the parts about the house and the brutal murders that took place. (The actual story is pretty horrible.) Then we meet the Lutz family, who thought they got a great deal on a murder house but they found out what they really got was a ticket on the ghost gravy train! (All they had to do was lie a little!) We learn that pretty much everything in the book and movie were made up one night over way too much wine and way to little ethical standards. (God Bless America!)


Our sponsor this week is Revenant Realtors, because ghosts need housing too. We open the show with a news report from 1979 and close with Marshal Mathers in a song that we definitely, probably, don’t,  have the rights to play on the show.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8VYQRKIbQ4I?si=rj-GNLXubkZTBUjY

Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Neighbors Recall DeFeos As 'Nice, Normal Family'

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/neighbors-recall-defeos-as-nice-normal-family-drink-and-play-music.html


The Real Life Amityville Horror

https://web.archive.org/web/20081219094155/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/amityville/3.html


George Lutz's Amityville Horror

http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2005/legends36_04122005.shtml


BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/22/archives/behind-the-best-sellers-jay-anson.html


The brutal truth about Amityville: It wasn’t ghosts but something worse

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-10/it-wasnt-ghosts-but-something-worse-the-brutal-truth-about-amityville.html


The Amityville Hoax at 40: why the myth endures

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA477640965&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10639330&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true&aty=geo


Lutz Vs Weber

https://web.archive.org/web/20110707134116/http://www.amityvillemurders.com/lutzvweber.html

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]]> 2249 yes Episode 464: I Ain't Afraid of Reagan's Ghost (WTH Movie Night Ghostbusters) Show Notes Episode 464: “I Ain’t Afraid of Reagan’s Ghost” WTH Movie Night: Ghostbusters! This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets beaten up and thrown out of a TriBeca firehouse after drunkenly showing up at 3:00 AM insisting he was there to “bust some ghosts”. (The fire fighters busted his nose.) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night! This time 1984’s supernatural, super right wing,  super box office hit, Ghostbusters. (Yep, Dave is gonna ruin the movie for you) Along the way we discover why Dave keeps doing shows about things he doesn’t believe in. (Hint: a shockingly small amount of money.) Then we dive right into the backstory of how a Saturday Night Live alumni wrote a script based on his grandfather and fighting ghosts in space. (No kidding, this was in the original script for the movie) We find out how Harold Ramis was brought in to make the story slightly less crazy and MUCH less expensive to produce. We briefly talk about the movie (because you’ve ALL seen it, repeatedly) and then we totally ruin one of your childhood’s most cherished memories by explaining how it was all about politics. (What an asshole.) Our Sponsor this week is Spectral Supply Warehouse, our prices have to be seen to be believed. We open with the Ghostbusters ready to believe you and close with  Leo Moracchioli who needs directory assistance. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/hF39e_hnFb8?si=U_W7UhGd-A9FNOix Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Dan Aykroyd on his family history in the occult and why he wanted to be part of Hotel Paranormal https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-dan-aykroyd-on-his-family-history-in-the-occult-and-why-he-wanted-to/ An Oral History of Ghostbusters https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a27498/ghostbusters-oral-history/ Behind the Scenes The Making of Ghostbusters: How Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and “The Murricane” Built “The Perfect Comedy” https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of Wikipedia: Ghostbusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters#Legacy The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed https://www.aier.org/article/the-economic-lesson-in-ghostbusters-everyone-missed/ The Secret Money Messages Hidden in Ghostbusters https://www.fastcompany.com/91064604/the-secret-money-messages-hidden-in-ghostbusters The original Ghostbusters was hugely political. The new one, not so much. https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12204422/ghostbusters-political-movies Ghostbusters, the greatest movie ever made about Republican economic policy https://qz.com/176613/ghostbusters-harold-ramis-greatest-movie-ever-about-republican-economic-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000 I Ain't Afraid of Reagan's Ghost (WTH Movie Night Ghostbusters) full 464 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night! This time 1984’s supernatural, super right wing, super box office hit, Ghostbusters. (Yep, Dave is gonna ruin the movie for you) Show Notes Episode 464: “I Ain’t Afraid of Reagan’s Ghost” WTH Movie Night: Ghostbusters! This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets beaten up and thrown out of a TriBeca firehouse after drunkenly showing up at 3:00 AM insisting he was there to “bust some ghosts”. (The fire fighters busted his nose.) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night! This time 1984’s supernatural, super right wing,  super box office hit, Ghostbusters. (Yep, Dave is gonna ruin the movie for you) Along the way we discover why Dave keeps doing shows about things he doesn’t believe in. (Hint: a shockingly small amount of money.) Then we dive right into the backstory of how a Saturday Night Live alumni wrote a script based on his grandfather and fighting ghosts in space. (No kidding, this was in the original script for the movie) We find out how Harold Ramis was brought in to make the story slightly less crazy and MUCH less expensive to produce. We briefly talk about the movie (because you’ve ALL seen it, repeatedly) and then we totally ruin one of your childhood’s most cherished memories by explaining how it was all about politics. (What an asshole.) Our Sponsor this week is Spectral Supply Warehouse, our prices have to be seen to be believed. We open with the Ghostbusters ready to believe you and close with  Leo Moracchioli who needs directory assistance. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/hF39e_hnFb8?si=U_W7UhGd-A9FNOix Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Dan Aykroyd on his family history in the occult and why he wanted to be part of Hotel Paranormal https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-dan-aykroyd-on-his-family-history-in-the-occult-and-why-he-wanted-to/ An Oral History of Ghostbusters https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a27498/ghostbusters-oral-history/ Behind the Scenes The Making of Ghostbusters: How Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and “The Murricane” Built “The Perfect Comedy” https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of Wikipedia: Ghostbusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters#Legacy The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed https://www.aier.org/article/the-economic-lesson-in-ghostbusters-everyone-missed/ The Secret Money Messages Hidden in Ghostbusters https://www.fastcompany.com/91064604/the-secret-money-messages-hidden-in-ghostbusters The original Ghostbusters was hugely political. The new one, not so much. https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12204422/ghostbusters-political-movies Ghostbusters, the greatest movie ever made about Republican economic policy https://qz.com/176613/ghostbusters-harold-ramis-greatest-movie-ever-about-republican-economic-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 464: “I Ain’t Afraid of Reagan’s Ghost”

WTH Movie Night: Ghostbusters!


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets beaten up and thrown out of a TriBeca firehouse after drunkenly showing up at 3:00 AM insisting he was there to “bust some ghosts”. (The fire fighters busted his nose.) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night! This time 1984’s supernatural, super right wing,  super box office hit, Ghostbusters. (Yep, Dave is gonna ruin the movie for you)


Along the way we discover why Dave keeps doing shows about things he doesn’t believe in. (Hint: a shockingly small amount of money.) Then we dive right into the backstory of how a Saturday Night Live alumni wrote a script based on his grandfather and fighting ghosts in space. (No kidding, this was in the original script for the movie) We find out how Harold Ramis was brought in to make the story slightly less crazy and MUCH less expensive to produce. We briefly talk about the movie (because you’ve ALL seen it, repeatedly) and then we totally ruin one of your childhood’s most cherished memories by explaining how it was all about politics. (What an asshole.)


Our Sponsor this week is Spectral Supply Warehouse, our prices have to be seen to be believed. We open with the Ghostbusters ready to believe you and close with  Leo Moracchioli who needs directory assistance.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/hF39e_hnFb8?si=U_W7UhGd-A9FNOix

Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Dan Aykroyd on his family history in the occult and why he wanted to be part of Hotel Paranormal

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-dan-aykroyd-on-his-family-history-in-the-occult-and-why-he-wanted-to/


An Oral History of Ghostbusters

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a27498/ghostbusters-oral-history/


Behind the Scenes The Making of Ghostbusters: How Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and “The Murricane” Built “The Perfect Comedy”

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of


Wikipedia: Ghostbusters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters#Legacy


The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed

https://www.aier.org/article/the-economic-lesson-in-ghostbusters-everyone-missed/


The Secret Money Messages Hidden in Ghostbusters

https://www.fastcompany.com/91064604/the-secret-money-messages-hidden-in-ghostbusters


The original Ghostbusters was hugely political. The new one, not so much.

https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12204422/ghostbusters-political-movies


Ghostbusters, the greatest movie ever made about Republican economic policy

https://qz.com/176613/ghostbusters-harold-ramis-greatest-movie-ever-about-republican-economic-policy






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]]> 2079 yes Spooktacular 2024: "Is There A Ghost In My House" Trailer It’s time, Spooktacular 2024 kicks off with our series, “Is There A Ghost In My House?” All October brings you stories of hauntings  that may, or more likely, may NOT be true. So join us for some ghost stories starting October 7th for Spooktacular 2024! (Music by JBJ Music) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 28 Sep 2024 18:50:00 -0000 Spooktacular 2024: "Is There A Ghost In My House" Trailer trailer Dave Bledsoe Spooktacular 2024 starts October 7th It’s time, Spooktacular 2024 kicks off with our series, “Is There A Ghost In My House?” All October brings you stories of hauntings  that may, or more likely, may NOT be true. So join us for some ghost stories starting October 7th for Spooktacular 2024! (Music by JBJ Music) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices It’s time, Spooktacular 2024 kicks off with our series, “Is There A Ghost In My House?” All October brings you stories of hauntings  that may, or more likely, may NOT be true. So join us for some ghost stories starting October 7th for Spooktacular 2024!


(Music by JBJ Music)

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]]> 71 no Episode 463: Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van Episode 463: Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs into the back of a van and insists the driver take him back to 1986. (The cops closed the doors of the paddy wagon and took him to The Tombs. Again) On the show this week we go back to the 1970’s when the vans all airbrushed murals on the sides and waterbeds in the back! We talk about Van Life in the 70s! Along the way we learn that Dave’s Senior Prom experience was exactly what you might expect from him. (He got high in the parking lot.) Then we dive right into what vans are and why we are using them to pad out six minutes of content for the show. (We have a formula and we stick to it!) Then we dive right into how cool people decided to make their vans more than just boxes on wheels, they would make them artistic sex wagons. (Pro-tip: Bean Bags) We learn how van conversions went mainstream and then inevitably into corporate money makers, and died. (Blame Lee Iacocca.) Our sponsor this week is Corey’s Custom Conversions, the man for your van! We open with the story of vans and close with John G Chapman, who gave a girl a ride in his wagon. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ehUYONulQ3s?si=AgXU270W7Khiq804 Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 1971 Chevrolet G20 Van Catalog and Classic Car Guide, Ratings and Features https://metrommp.com/Classic-Car-Guides-Ratings-Features/Chevrolet/1971-Chevrolet-G20-Van-Catalog/ Boogie vans: the history & the present https://www.classic-american.com/boogie-vans/ Remembering the American Van Craze of the 1970s https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/remembering-the-american-van-craze-of-the-1970s The Van (1977) https://geekvsgoth.com/2011/09/12/the-van-1977/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van full 463 Dave Bledsoe n the show this week we go back to the 1970’s when the vans all airbrushed murals on the sides and waterbeds in the back! We talk about Van Life in the 70s! Episode 463: Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs into the back of a van and insists the driver take him back to 1986. (The cops closed the doors of the paddy wagon and took him to The Tombs. Again) On the show this week we go back to the 1970’s when the vans all airbrushed murals on the sides and waterbeds in the back! We talk about Van Life in the 70s! Along the way we learn that Dave’s Senior Prom experience was exactly what you might expect from him. (He got high in the parking lot.) Then we dive right into what vans are and why we are using them to pad out six minutes of content for the show. (We have a formula and we stick to it!) Then we dive right into how cool people decided to make their vans more than just boxes on wheels, they would make them artistic sex wagons. (Pro-tip: Bean Bags) We learn how van conversions went mainstream and then inevitably into corporate money makers, and died. (Blame Lee Iacocca.) Our sponsor this week is Corey’s Custom Conversions, the man for your van! We open with the story of vans and close with John G Chapman, who gave a girl a ride in his wagon. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ehUYONulQ3s?si=AgXU270W7Khiq804 Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 1971 Chevrolet G20 Van Catalog and Classic Car Guide, Ratings and Features https://metrommp.com/Classic-Car-Guides-Ratings-Features/Chevrolet/1971-Chevrolet-G20-Van-Catalog/ Boogie vans: the history & the present https://www.classic-american.com/boogie-vans/ Remembering the American Van Craze of the 1970s https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/remembering-the-american-van-craze-of-the-1970s The Van (1977) https://geekvsgoth.com/2011/09/12/the-van-1977/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 463: Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van


This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs into the back of a van and insists the driver take him back to 1986. (The cops closed the doors of the paddy wagon and took him to The Tombs. Again) On the show this week we go back to the 1970’s when the vans all airbrushed murals on the sides and waterbeds in the back! We talk about Van Life in the 70s!


Along the way we learn that Dave’s Senior Prom experience was exactly what you might expect from him. (He got high in the parking lot.) Then we dive right into what vans are and why we are using them to pad out six minutes of content for the show. (We have a formula and we stick to it!) Then we dive right into how cool people decided to make their vans more than just boxes on wheels, they would make them artistic sex wagons. (Pro-tip: Bean Bags) We learn how van conversions went mainstream and then inevitably into corporate money makers, and died. (Blame Lee Iacocca.)


Our sponsor this week is Corey’s Custom Conversions, the man for your van! We open with the story of vans and close with John G Chapman, who gave a girl a ride in his wagon.


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Citations Needed:


1971 Chevrolet G20 Van Catalog and Classic Car Guide, Ratings and Features

https://metrommp.com/Classic-Car-Guides-Ratings-Features/Chevrolet/1971-Chevrolet-G20-Van-Catalog/


Boogie vans: the history & the present

https://www.classic-american.com/boogie-vans/


Remembering the American Van Craze of the 1970s

https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/remembering-the-american-van-craze-of-the-1970s


The Van (1977)

https://geekvsgoth.com/2011/09/12/the-van-1977/


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]]> 1891 yes Episode 462: Saga of a Star Wars Rip Off Show Notes Episode 462: Saga of A Star Wars Rip Off This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily shouts at Producer Gavin insisting he was NOT playing with his dolls again. (He totally was.) On the show this week we head back to 1978 to talk about a short lived but influential Science Fiction TV show that wasn’t JUST a Star Wars rip off. (But kind of  doing that a little) Battlestar Galactica. Along the way we learn a little about some other short lived shows of the 70’s. (That Janeway/Odo crime fighting team up sounded great!) Then we dive right into the story of a Hollywood titan, some Latter Day Saint theology and how they came together to fight the Cylons. We follow the story from production to debut in theaters and on the small screen at home.  We meet the actors who would create memorable characters (and some we wish we could forget, FUCK BOXY!). From the beginning of its single season to the inevitable lawsuits we tell the story of a ragtag fugitive fleet trying desperately to find a new way to monetize the Star Wars mania sweeping the world.   Our Sponsor this week is Sy Lonika’s Centurion AI, who wants you to know, they have a plan.  We open the show with a promo for the show and close with TBone Shady who is just looking for some kind of way out of here. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ehUYONulQ3s?si=AgXU270W7Khiq804 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Battlestar Galactica (1978) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series) AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SAGA OF A STAR WORLD https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56136 A Tale of Two Galacticas https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/two_galacticas/ Born-Again 'Battlestar' https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/movies/2005/05/born-again-battlestar.aspx Mormon creator of 'Battlestar Galactica' dared to produce something profound https://www.deseret.com/2014/11/22/20553208/mormon-creator-of-battlestar-galactica-dared-to-produce-something-profound/ Ahead of its Time — The Rise and Fall of the Original Battlestar Galactica https://robert-b-marks.medium.com/ahead-of-its-time-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-original-battlestar-galactica-ae9bcb669d60 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. MCA, Inc., 715 F. 2d 1327 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 1983 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17217847881299692282&hl=en&as_sdt=100000000002 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Saga of a Star Wars Rip Off full 462 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to 1978 to talk about a short lived but influential Science Fiction TV show that wasn’t JUST a Star Wars rip off. (But kind of doing that a little) Battlestar Galactica. Show Notes Episode 462: Saga of A Star Wars Rip Off This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily shouts at Producer Gavin insisting he was NOT playing with his dolls again. (He totally was.) On the show this week we head back to 1978 to talk about a short lived but influential Science Fiction TV show that wasn’t JUST a Star Wars rip off. (But kind of  doing that a little) Battlestar Galactica. Along the way we learn a little about some other short lived shows of the 70’s. (That Janeway/Odo crime fighting team up sounded great!) Then we dive right into the story of a Hollywood titan, some Latter Day Saint theology and how they came together to fight the Cylons. We follow the story from production to debut in theaters and on the small screen at home.  We meet the actors who would create memorable characters (and some we wish we could forget, FUCK BOXY!). From the beginning of its single season to the inevitable lawsuits we tell the story of a ragtag fugitive fleet trying desperately to find a new way to monetize the Star Wars mania sweeping the world.   Our Sponsor this week is Sy Lonika’s Centurion AI, who wants you to know, they have a plan.  We open the show with a promo for the show and close with TBone Shady who is just looking for some kind of way out of here. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ehUYONulQ3s?si=AgXU270W7Khiq804 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Battlestar Galactica (1978) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series) AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SAGA OF A STAR WORLD https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56136 A Tale of Two Galacticas https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/two_galacticas/ Born-Again 'Battlestar' https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/movies/2005/05/born-again-battlestar.aspx Mormon creator of 'Battlestar Galactica' dared to produce something profound https://www.deseret.com/2014/11/22/20553208/mormon-creator-of-battlestar-galactica-dared-to-produce-something-profound/ Ahead of its Time — The Rise and Fall of the Original Battlestar Galactica https://robert-b-marks.medium.com/ahead-of-its-time-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-original-battlestar-galactica-ae9bcb669d60 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. MCA, Inc., 715 F. 2d 1327 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 1983 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17217847881299692282&hl=en&as_sdt=100000000002 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 462: Saga of A Star Wars Rip Off


This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily shouts at Producer Gavin insisting he was NOT playing with his dolls again. (He totally was.) On the show this week we head back to 1978 to talk about a short lived but influential Science Fiction TV show that wasn’t JUST a Star Wars rip off. (But kind of  doing that a little) Battlestar Galactica.


Along the way we learn a little about some other short lived shows of the 70’s. (That Janeway/Odo crime fighting team up sounded great!) Then we dive right into the story of a Hollywood titan, some Latter Day Saint theology and how they came together to fight the Cylons. We follow the story from production to debut in theaters and on the small screen at home.  We meet the actors who would create memorable characters (and some we wish we could forget, FUCK BOXY!). From the beginning of its single season to the inevitable lawsuits we tell the story of a ragtag fugitive fleet trying desperately to find a new way to monetize the Star Wars mania sweeping the world.  


Our Sponsor this week is Sy Lonika’s Centurion AI, who wants you to know, they have a plan.  We open the show with a promo for the show and close with TBone Shady who is just looking for some kind of way out of here.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Battlestar Galactica (1978)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)


AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SAGA OF A STAR WORLD

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56136


A Tale of Two Galacticas

https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/two_galacticas/


Born-Again 'Battlestar'

https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/movies/2005/05/born-again-battlestar.aspx


Mormon creator of 'Battlestar Galactica' dared to produce something profound

https://www.deseret.com/2014/11/22/20553208/mormon-creator-of-battlestar-galactica-dared-to-produce-something-profound/


Ahead of its Time — The Rise and Fall of the Original Battlestar Galactica

https://robert-b-marks.medium.com/ahead-of-its-time-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-original-battlestar-galactica-ae9bcb669d60


Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. MCA, Inc., 715 F. 2d 1327 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 1983

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17217847881299692282&hl=en&as_sdt=100000000002


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]]> 2635 yes Episode 461: Life Is A Highway Episode 461: Life Is A Highway This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets drunk at an East Village dive bar and takes a cab home and calls it his “Summer Road Trip”. On the show this week we scrape the bottom of the barrel for content and talk about how Dave’s family entertained him driving across the country in the 80’s. (Yeah, he really phoned it in. Again.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s “adult” trip from coast to coast. (So many truck stops) Then we dive right into the history of the interstate system before we talk about the greatest roadside stop in America: Stuckey’s! (We TOLD you things that were on the content shelf were thin this week!)  From there we weave our way through various roadside attractions, tourist traps and money grabs that make a cross-country road trip so incredible. From Tucumcari to Wall Drug we mention all the places you COULD visit and why you shouldn’t. So come for the world's largest ball of twine, stay for the birthplace of a fictional television character and hit the road with a fat, middle aged drunk man. (Virtually, of course, Dave doesn't have a license.)  Our Sponsor this week is Rodney’s Roadside Retreat, where the fun isn’t! We open the show with this word from Stuckey’s and close with The Fiasco who want you to go on a little trip with them. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/GaiU3XN_K4o?si=sCir3FXPY_BEdKW_ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: Cadillac Ranch https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220 Ted Hustead Is Dead at 96; Built the Popular Wall Drug https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/17/us/ted-hustead-is-dead-at-96-built-the-popular-wall-drug.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Life Is A Highway full 461 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we scrape the bottom of the barrel for content and talk about how Dave’s family entertained him driving across the country in the 80’s. Episode 461: Life Is A Highway This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets drunk at an East Village dive bar and takes a cab home and calls it his “Summer Road Trip”. On the show this week we scrape the bottom of the barrel for content and talk about how Dave’s family entertained him driving across the country in the 80’s. (Yeah, he really phoned it in. Again.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s “adult” trip from coast to coast. (So many truck stops) Then we dive right into the history of the interstate system before we talk about the greatest roadside stop in America: Stuckey’s! (We TOLD you things that were on the content shelf were thin this week!)  From there we weave our way through various roadside attractions, tourist traps and money grabs that make a cross-country road trip so incredible. From Tucumcari to Wall Drug we mention all the places you COULD visit and why you shouldn’t. So come for the world's largest ball of twine, stay for the birthplace of a fictional television character and hit the road with a fat, middle aged drunk man. (Virtually, of course, Dave doesn't have a license.)  Our Sponsor this week is Rodney’s Roadside Retreat, where the fun isn’t! We open the show with this word from Stuckey’s and close with The Fiasco who want you to go on a little trip with them. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/GaiU3XN_K4o?si=sCir3FXPY_BEdKW_ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: Cadillac Ranch https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220 Ted Hustead Is Dead at 96; Built the Popular Wall Drug https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/17/us/ted-hustead-is-dead-at-96-built-the-popular-wall-drug.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 461: Life Is A Highway


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets drunk at an East Village dive bar and takes a cab home and calls it his “Summer Road Trip”. On the show this week we scrape the bottom of the barrel for content and talk about how Dave’s family entertained him driving across the country in the 80’s. (Yeah, he really phoned it in. Again.)


Along the way we learn about Dave’s “adult” trip from coast to coast. (So many truck stops) Then we dive right into the history of the interstate system before we talk about the greatest roadside stop in America: Stuckey’s! (We TOLD you things that were on the content shelf were thin this week!) 


From there we weave our way through various roadside attractions, tourist traps and money grabs that make a cross-country road trip so incredible. From Tucumcari to Wall Drug we mention all the places you COULD visit and why you shouldn’t. So come for the world's largest ball of twine, stay for the birthplace of a fictional television character and hit the road with a fat, middle aged drunk man. (Virtually, of course, Dave doesn't have a license.) 


Our Sponsor this week is Rodney’s Roadside Retreat, where the fun isn’t! We open the show with this word from Stuckey’s and close with The Fiasco who want you to go on a little trip with them.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:


Cadillac Ranch

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220


Ted Hustead Is Dead at 96; Built the Popular Wall Drug

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/17/us/ted-hustead-is-dead-at-96-built-the-popular-wall-drug.html


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]]> 1699 yes Episode 460: A Beef With Oprah Show Notes Episode 460: A Beef With Oprah This week host Dave Bledsoe is thrown out of the cookout when the other attendees realize no one there actually knew him. (Happens a lot.) On the show this week we talk about that time in the 90’s when the cattle industry bit off more than they could chew by suing Oprah. (Bad idea.) Along the way we discover that Dave will eat anything so long as it is mostly dead and free. (Some of the things we aren’t even sure are really foods.) Then we dive right into our story by explaining why meat may be murder, but it is also very good for the economy. We then skip across the pond to Gavin’s homeland who didn’t understand that cows eat grass, not other cows. (We blame Margaret Thatcher.) We briefly (and badly) explain Mad Cow Disease, prions and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease before FINALLY getting to part about Oprah. (Mostly because Dave is afraid of offending Oprah fans, which he should be.) Our Sponsor this week is Last Week’s Meats, our meat should be OK, if you cook it right away. We open the show with Oprah’s case in the news and close with Forgotten Covers and their burger preferences. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/TArJnY-8koo?si=w5Ix5YLL3i9Kfxxe We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: A breakdown of the American beef sector https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/how-do-us-cattle-ranchers-put-food-our-table The decade that changed everything https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/19092-the-decade-that-changed-everything Wikipedia: Mad Cow Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_crisis#Deep_socio-economic_crisis The time Oprah Winfrey beefed with the Texas cattle industry https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/10/time-oprah-winfrey-beefed-texas-cattle-industry/ 'We cleaned up her act' For six weeks in 1998, star turned town on head https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/local/2011/05/22/we-cleaned-her-act/13159793007/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:23:00 -0000 A Beef With Oprah full 460 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about that time in the 90’s when the cattle industry bit off more than they could chew by suing Oprah. (Bad idea.) Show Notes Episode 460: A Beef With Oprah This week host Dave Bledsoe is thrown out of the cookout when the other attendees realize no one there actually knew him. (Happens a lot.) On the show this week we talk about that time in the 90’s when the cattle industry bit off more than they could chew by suing Oprah. (Bad idea.) Along the way we discover that Dave will eat anything so long as it is mostly dead and free. (Some of the things we aren’t even sure are really foods.) Then we dive right into our story by explaining why meat may be murder, but it is also very good for the economy. We then skip across the pond to Gavin’s homeland who didn’t understand that cows eat grass, not other cows. (We blame Margaret Thatcher.) We briefly (and badly) explain Mad Cow Disease, prions and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease before FINALLY getting to part about Oprah. (Mostly because Dave is afraid of offending Oprah fans, which he should be.) Our Sponsor this week is Last Week’s Meats, our meat should be OK, if you cook it right away. We open the show with Oprah’s case in the news and close with Forgotten Covers and their burger preferences. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/TArJnY-8koo?si=w5Ix5YLL3i9Kfxxe We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: A breakdown of the American beef sector https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/how-do-us-cattle-ranchers-put-food-our-table The decade that changed everything https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/19092-the-decade-that-changed-everything Wikipedia: Mad Cow Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_crisis#Deep_socio-economic_crisis The time Oprah Winfrey beefed with the Texas cattle industry https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/10/time-oprah-winfrey-beefed-texas-cattle-industry/ 'We cleaned up her act' For six weeks in 1998, star turned town on head https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/local/2011/05/22/we-cleaned-her-act/13159793007/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 460: A Beef With Oprah


This week host Dave Bledsoe is thrown out of the cookout when the other attendees realize no one there actually knew him. (Happens a lot.) On the show this week we talk about that time in the 90’s when the cattle industry bit off more than they could chew by suing Oprah. (Bad idea.)


Along the way we discover that Dave will eat anything so long as it is mostly dead and free. (Some of the things we aren’t even sure are really foods.) Then we dive right into our story by explaining why meat may be murder, but it is also very good for the economy. We then skip across the pond to Gavin’s homeland who didn’t understand that cows eat grass, not other cows. (We blame Margaret Thatcher.) We briefly (and badly) explain Mad Cow Disease, prions and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease before FINALLY getting to part about Oprah. (Mostly because Dave is afraid of offending Oprah fans, which he should be.)


Our Sponsor this week is Last Week’s Meats, our meat should be OK, if you cook it right away. We open the show with Oprah’s case in the news and close with Forgotten Covers and their burger preferences.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/TArJnY-8koo?si=w5Ix5YLL3i9Kfxxe

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15



Citations Needed:


A breakdown of the American beef sector

https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/how-do-us-cattle-ranchers-put-food-our-table


The decade that changed everything

https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/19092-the-decade-that-changed-everything


Wikipedia: Mad Cow Crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_crisis#Deep_socio-economic_crisis


The time Oprah Winfrey beefed with the Texas cattle industry

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/10/time-oprah-winfrey-beefed-texas-cattle-industry/


'We cleaned up her act' For six weeks in 1998, star turned town on head

https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/local/2011/05/22/we-cleaned-her-act/13159793007/





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]]> 1834 yes Episode 459: I Can Call You Geraldo and You Can Call Me Al Capone Show Notes Episode 459: “I Can Call You Geraldo, and You Can Call Me Al Capone This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes searching for buried treasure (meaning he dug through his Winter coats looking for money to buy booze.) On the show this week we talk about that time Geraldo Rivera knocked down a wall in Chicago on live TV because someone lied about Al Capne having a vault there. Along the way we discover why a young Dave spends all that time in the bathroom claiming he was “brushing his teeth”. (He was touching himself.) THen we dive right into the backstory with a little about Al Capone (bad guy) and a lot more about Geraldo Rivera (really bad guy). From there we discover how the guy from the People’s Court (Not Judge Wapner or Rusty the Bailiff) was instrumental in getting The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault on television. (He had to pay for that hairpiece somehow.) Then we give the step by step of how at least thirty million Americans watched so dudes dig a hole for two hours only to find some papers and empty liquor bottles. (They could have just looked under Dave’s bed if that is what they wanted.) We close with how this resurrected Geraldo’s career.  (Sometimes, dead is better.) Our Sponsor this week is Nunzio’s Locksmithing and Safe Cracking, WHY you personally can’t open the thing, THAT is YOUR BUSINESS. We open the show with a promo for the vault show and close with The Barefoot Movement who want you to know you can call them Al. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/FN8xSEm11j4?si=qeudrk2T-nFHMZmJ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Geraldo Rivera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera Oral History: When Geraldo Rivera Opened Al Capone's Vault https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78842/oral-history-30-years-ago-geraldo-rivera-opened-al-capones-vault Vintage Chicago Tribune: Watch and revisit ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’ hosted by Geraldo Rivera https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/vintage-chicago-tribune-watch-and-revisit-the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera/ ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’: Watch the highly-rated, live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera in 1986 https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-watch-the-highly-rated-live-tv-special-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera-in-1986/ Gun-toting Geraldo under fire for the story that never was https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1365910/Gun-toting-Geraldo-under-fire-for-the-story-that-never-was.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000 I Can Call You Geraldo and You Can Call Me Al Capone full 459 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about that time Geraldo Rivera knocked down a wall in Chicago on live TV because someone lied about Al Capne having a vault there. Show Notes Episode 459: “I Can Call You Geraldo, and You Can Call Me Al Capone This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes searching for buried treasure (meaning he dug through his Winter coats looking for money to buy booze.) On the show this week we talk about that time Geraldo Rivera knocked down a wall in Chicago on live TV because someone lied about Al Capne having a vault there. Along the way we discover why a young Dave spends all that time in the bathroom claiming he was “brushing his teeth”. (He was touching himself.) THen we dive right into the backstory with a little about Al Capone (bad guy) and a lot more about Geraldo Rivera (really bad guy). From there we discover how the guy from the People’s Court (Not Judge Wapner or Rusty the Bailiff) was instrumental in getting The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault on television. (He had to pay for that hairpiece somehow.) Then we give the step by step of how at least thirty million Americans watched so dudes dig a hole for two hours only to find some papers and empty liquor bottles. (They could have just looked under Dave’s bed if that is what they wanted.) We close with how this resurrected Geraldo’s career.  (Sometimes, dead is better.) Our Sponsor this week is Nunzio’s Locksmithing and Safe Cracking, WHY you personally can’t open the thing, THAT is YOUR BUSINESS. We open the show with a promo for the vault show and close with The Barefoot Movement who want you to know you can call them Al. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/FN8xSEm11j4?si=qeudrk2T-nFHMZmJ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Geraldo Rivera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera Oral History: When Geraldo Rivera Opened Al Capone's Vault https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78842/oral-history-30-years-ago-geraldo-rivera-opened-al-capones-vault Vintage Chicago Tribune: Watch and revisit ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’ hosted by Geraldo Rivera https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/vintage-chicago-tribune-watch-and-revisit-the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera/ ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’: Watch the highly-rated, live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera in 1986 https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-watch-the-highly-rated-live-tv-special-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera-in-1986/ Gun-toting Geraldo under fire for the story that never was https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1365910/Gun-toting-Geraldo-under-fire-for-the-story-that-never-was.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes searching for buried treasure (meaning he dug through his Winter coats looking for money to buy booze.) On the show this week we talk about that time Geraldo Rivera knocked down a wall in Chicago on live TV because someone lied about Al Capne having a vault there.


Along the way we discover why a young Dave spends all that time in the bathroom claiming he was “brushing his teeth”. (He was touching himself.) THen we dive right into the backstory with a little about Al Capone (bad guy) and a lot more about Geraldo Rivera (really bad guy). From there we discover how the guy from the People’s Court (Not Judge Wapner or Rusty the Bailiff) was instrumental in getting The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault on television. (He had to pay for that hairpiece somehow.) Then we give the step by step of how at least thirty million Americans watched so dudes dig a hole for two hours only to find some papers and empty liquor bottles. (They could have just looked under Dave’s bed if that is what they wanted.) We close with how this resurrected Geraldo’s career.  (Sometimes, dead is better.)


Our Sponsor this week is Nunzio’s Locksmithing and Safe Cracking, WHY you personally can’t open the thing, THAT is YOUR BUSINESS. We open the show with a promo for the vault show and close with The Barefoot Movement who want you to know you can call them Al.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Geraldo Rivera

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera


Oral History: When Geraldo Rivera Opened Al Capone's Vault

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78842/oral-history-30-years-ago-geraldo-rivera-opened-al-capones-vault


Vintage Chicago Tribune: Watch and revisit ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’ hosted by Geraldo Rivera

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/vintage-chicago-tribune-watch-and-revisit-the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera/


‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’: Watch the highly-rated, live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera in 1986

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-watch-the-highly-rated-live-tv-special-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera-in-1986/


Gun-toting Geraldo under fire for the story that never was

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1365910/Gun-toting-Geraldo-under-fire-for-the-story-that-never-was.html





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]]> 2131 yes Episode 458: How We Stopped Worrying and Learned to Ignore the Bomb Show Notes Episode 458: How We Learned Not to Worry and Ignore the Bomb This week Host Dave Bledsoe slams half a bottle of tequila, jumps on the bar and screams “AIR RAID WARNING” before stage diving into the mosh pit. (It wasn’t a mosh pit, it was a wedding reception, in which he had crashed. They were doing the chicken dance and he was arrested. Again.) On the show this week we tell you about that time in 1971 when the Emergency Broadcast System told everyone the end was nigh! (But it wasn’t nigh, someone had a fucked up very, very, badly.) Along the way we discover that Dave doesn’t think of himself as an “influencer”. (Anyone who is “influenced” by Dave needs to check right into rehab.) Then we dive right into why we have an Emergency Broadcast System (Harry Truman and nukes) and all the ways it went dreadfully wrong in 1971. (Honestly people , label your files clearly!  You will be glad you did!) Finally we examine why people just sort of stopped worrying about the end of the world from nukes. (Probably because of all the other ways it was ending right in front of their eyes.) Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shop and Doomsday Supply. The end is near, but the fish are still biting.  We open with an innovative way of letting you know this is a test and close with The Black Jeans who have some balloons they bought. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=9eVTtvjl44KtHRDo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: ‘Nuclear Alert’ Proves False https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/21/archives/nuclear-alert-proves-false-a-false-emergency-nuclear-alert-is-laid.html The False ‘Emergency’ https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/22/archives/the-false-emergency.html For 40 Minutes in 1971, It Seemed the End Was Near https://www.history.com/news/america-was-once-tricked-into-believing-nuclear-war-had-begun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000 How We Stopped Worrying and Learned to Ignore the Bomb full 458 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you about that time in 1971 when the Emergency Broadcast System told everyone the end was nigh! (But it wasn’t nigh, someone had a fucked up very, very, badly.) Show Notes Episode 458: How We Learned Not to Worry and Ignore the Bomb This week Host Dave Bledsoe slams half a bottle of tequila, jumps on the bar and screams “AIR RAID WARNING” before stage diving into the mosh pit. (It wasn’t a mosh pit, it was a wedding reception, in which he had crashed. They were doing the chicken dance and he was arrested. Again.) On the show this week we tell you about that time in 1971 when the Emergency Broadcast System told everyone the end was nigh! (But it wasn’t nigh, someone had a fucked up very, very, badly.) Along the way we discover that Dave doesn’t think of himself as an “influencer”. (Anyone who is “influenced” by Dave needs to check right into rehab.) Then we dive right into why we have an Emergency Broadcast System (Harry Truman and nukes) and all the ways it went dreadfully wrong in 1971. (Honestly people , label your files clearly!  You will be glad you did!) Finally we examine why people just sort of stopped worrying about the end of the world from nukes. (Probably because of all the other ways it was ending right in front of their eyes.) Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shop and Doomsday Supply. The end is near, but the fish are still biting.  We open with an innovative way of letting you know this is a test and close with The Black Jeans who have some balloons they bought. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=9eVTtvjl44KtHRDo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: ‘Nuclear Alert’ Proves False https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/21/archives/nuclear-alert-proves-false-a-false-emergency-nuclear-alert-is-laid.html The False ‘Emergency’ https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/22/archives/the-false-emergency.html For 40 Minutes in 1971, It Seemed the End Was Near https://www.history.com/news/america-was-once-tricked-into-believing-nuclear-war-had-begun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 458: How We Learned Not to Worry and Ignore the Bomb


This week Host Dave Bledsoe slams half a bottle of tequila, jumps on the bar and screams “AIR RAID WARNING” before stage diving into the mosh pit. (It wasn’t a mosh pit, it was a wedding reception, in which he had crashed. They were doing the chicken dance and he was arrested. Again.) On the show this week we tell you about that time in 1971 when the Emergency Broadcast System told everyone the end was nigh! (But it wasn’t nigh, someone had a fucked up very, very, badly.)


Along the way we discover that Dave doesn’t think of himself as an “influencer”. (Anyone who is “influenced” by Dave needs to check right into rehab.) Then we dive right into why we have an Emergency Broadcast System (Harry Truman and nukes) and all the ways it went dreadfully wrong in 1971. (Honestly people , label your files clearly!  You will be glad you did!) Finally we examine why people just sort of stopped worrying about the end of the world from nukes. (Probably because of all the other ways it was ending right in front of their eyes.)


Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shop and Doomsday Supply. The end is near, but the fish are still biting.  We open with an innovative way of letting you know this is a test and close with The Black Jeans who have some balloons they bought.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=9eVTtvjl44KtHRDo

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


‘Nuclear Alert’ Proves False

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/21/archives/nuclear-alert-proves-false-a-false-emergency-nuclear-alert-is-laid.html


The False ‘Emergency’

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/22/archives/the-false-emergency.html


For 40 Minutes in 1971, It Seemed the End Was Near

https://www.history.com/news/america-was-once-tricked-into-believing-nuclear-war-had-begun




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]]> 2023 yes Summer Short: Don't Page Me Bro! Show Notes Summer Short: “Don’t Page Me, Bro!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe slaps an old beeper he found in a box in the basement on the bar and asks if “doctors drank for free” (They don’t and he isn’t one.)  On the show this week we are doing a Summer Short about that time in the late 80’s when every kid with the beeper in America was slinging smack. (They weren’t and it was racist moral panic thing.) Along the way we learn about the Worst Summer of Dave’s Life. (He couldn’t drink for a couple of weeks.) Then we dive into the story with the “411” on pagers (but just the basics, this IS a Summer Short) before getting to the meat of the story: how beepers became synonymous with the drug trade. (Was the media involved? You already know the answer!) We then chart the progress from school suspension to felony beeper possession in America’s schools. (Fuck, White People were so scared of Black kids!) We see the fever break thanks to Howard Stern. (We are not making this up) and of course millions of dollars spent by corporations. Our Sponsor this week is Beeper City, your one and pretty much only stop, for all your beeper needs. We open with all the reasons your dad should buy you a beeper and close with Sir Mix A Lot beep beep beeping along. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MPZ3cO2zOdQ?si=QGWS2v3qCOZs7mQv We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  MESSAGE IS OUT ON BEEPERS https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/07/11/message-is-out-on-beepers/58840caa-523e-413b-9224-60ad94d7803f/ Street Smart: Drug dealers turn on to beepers https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,962483,00.html Schools Silencing Beepers https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/143472926/ The Forgotten War on Beepers https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-beepers BEEPER BAN IN SCHOOLS URGED https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/11/30/beeper-ban-in-schools-urged/ Bad News Beepers https://tedium.co/2023/06/07/pager-schools-negative-reputation-history/ 'Cockroaches of the healthcare system': Why many physicians still use pagers https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cockroaches-of-the-healthcare-system-why-many-physicians-still-use-pagers.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Don't Page Me Bro! bonus Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we are doing a Summer Short about that time in the late 80’s when every kid with the beeper in America was slinging smack. (They weren’t and it was racist moral panic thing.) Show Notes Summer Short: “Don’t Page Me, Bro!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe slaps an old beeper he found in a box in the basement on the bar and asks if “doctors drank for free” (They don’t and he isn’t one.)  On the show this week we are doing a Summer Short about that time in the late 80’s when every kid with the beeper in America was slinging smack. (They weren’t and it was racist moral panic thing.) Along the way we learn about the Worst Summer of Dave’s Life. (He couldn’t drink for a couple of weeks.) Then we dive into the story with the “411” on pagers (but just the basics, this IS a Summer Short) before getting to the meat of the story: how beepers became synonymous with the drug trade. (Was the media involved? You already know the answer!) We then chart the progress from school suspension to felony beeper possession in America’s schools. (Fuck, White People were so scared of Black kids!) We see the fever break thanks to Howard Stern. (We are not making this up) and of course millions of dollars spent by corporations. Our Sponsor this week is Beeper City, your one and pretty much only stop, for all your beeper needs. We open with all the reasons your dad should buy you a beeper and close with Sir Mix A Lot beep beep beeping along. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/MPZ3cO2zOdQ?si=QGWS2v3qCOZs7mQv We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  MESSAGE IS OUT ON BEEPERS https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/07/11/message-is-out-on-beepers/58840caa-523e-413b-9224-60ad94d7803f/ Street Smart: Drug dealers turn on to beepers https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,962483,00.html Schools Silencing Beepers https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/143472926/ The Forgotten War on Beepers https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-beepers BEEPER BAN IN SCHOOLS URGED https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/11/30/beeper-ban-in-schools-urged/ Bad News Beepers https://tedium.co/2023/06/07/pager-schools-negative-reputation-history/ 'Cockroaches of the healthcare system': Why many physicians still use pagers https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cockroaches-of-the-healthcare-system-why-many-physicians-still-use-pagers.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Summer Short: “Don’t Page Me, Bro!”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe slaps an old beeper he found in a box in the basement on the bar and asks if “doctors drank for free” (They don’t and he isn’t one.)  On the show this week we are doing a Summer Short about that time in the late 80’s when every kid with the beeper in America was slinging smack. (They weren’t and it was racist moral panic thing.)


Along the way we learn about the Worst Summer of Dave’s Life. (He couldn’t drink for a couple of weeks.) Then we dive into the story with the “411” on pagers (but just the basics, this IS a Summer Short) before getting to the meat of the story: how beepers became synonymous with the drug trade. (Was the media involved? You already know the answer!) We then chart the progress from school suspension to felony beeper possession in America’s schools. (Fuck, White People were so scared of Black kids!) We see the fever break thanks to Howard Stern. (We are not making this up) and of course millions of dollars spent by corporations.


Our Sponsor this week is Beeper City, your one and pretty much only stop, for all your beeper needs. We open with all the reasons your dad should buy you a beeper and close with Sir Mix A Lot beep beep beeping along.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/MPZ3cO2zOdQ?si=QGWS2v3qCOZs7mQv

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed: 


MESSAGE IS OUT ON BEEPERS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/07/11/message-is-out-on-beepers/58840caa-523e-413b-9224-60ad94d7803f/


Street Smart: Drug dealers turn on to beepers

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,962483,00.html


Schools Silencing Beepers

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/143472926/


The Forgotten War on Beepers

https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-beepers


BEEPER BAN IN SCHOOLS URGED

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/11/30/beeper-ban-in-schools-urged/


Bad News Beepers

https://tedium.co/2023/06/07/pager-schools-negative-reputation-history/


'Cockroaches of the healthcare system': Why many physicians still use pagers

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cockroaches-of-the-healthcare-system-why-many-physicians-still-use-pagers.html













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]]> 1491 yes Episode 370-371 Mega-Mix The Summer of Sam Redux Show Notes Episode 370-371 Mega-Mix The Summer of Sam Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a “well deserved” rest after “working so hard” on the Summer Series. (All he did was show up in the studio and slur drunkenly into a microphone.) So while he “rests” (If by resting you mean squats in a dimly lit dive bar arguing with the bartender over how many rounds he’s ordered).  So while he “refreshes” we offer a megamix of two episodes we first ran in 2022 as a part of that year’s Summer Series. It is all about the Summer of Sam! So slip on your Boogie Shoes, snug up those bell bottoms and unbutton your flare collared shirt down the navel and get ready to dance! (Just make sure you don’t park in secluded places after the discos close!) 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Closing Music: https://youtu.be/g-7uRvLMtzU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Son of Sam fires into a car, killing a woman sitting next to her boyfriend https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-kills-woman-sitting-boyfriend-article-1.3351723 Son of Sam shoots and kills couple sitting in parked car in the Bronx https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-killer-murders-couple-bronx-1977-article-1.3065668 How David Berkowitz Terrorized 1970s New York City As The Demonic ‘Son Of Sam’ Killer https://allthatsinteresting.com/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz Key witness describes spotting Son of Sam before attack https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/don-afraid-sam-spotter-article-1.3361705 David Berkowitz Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz John L. Keenan, Who Led the ‘Son of Sam’ Manhunt, Dies at 99 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/obituaries/John-L-Keenan-Dies.html SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY ‘SON’ https://nypost.com/1999/06/22/some-doubt-berkowitz-is-an-only-son/ Netflix’s Sons Of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000 The Summer of Sam Redux bonus Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a “well deserved” rest after “working so hard” on the Summer Series. (All he did was show up in the studio and slur drunkenly into a microphone.) Show Notes Episode 370-371 Mega-Mix The Summer of Sam Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a “well deserved” rest after “working so hard” on the Summer Series. (All he did was show up in the studio and slur drunkenly into a microphone.) So while he “rests” (If by resting you mean squats in a dimly lit dive bar arguing with the bartender over how many rounds he’s ordered).  So while he “refreshes” we offer a megamix of two episodes we first ran in 2022 as a part of that year’s Summer Series. It is all about the Summer of Sam! So slip on your Boogie Shoes, snug up those bell bottoms and unbutton your flare collared shirt down the navel and get ready to dance! (Just make sure you don’t park in secluded places after the discos close!) 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Closing Music: https://youtu.be/g-7uRvLMtzU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Son of Sam fires into a car, killing a woman sitting next to her boyfriend https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-kills-woman-sitting-boyfriend-article-1.3351723 Son of Sam shoots and kills couple sitting in parked car in the Bronx https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-killer-murders-couple-bronx-1977-article-1.3065668 How David Berkowitz Terrorized 1970s New York City As The Demonic ‘Son Of Sam’ Killer https://allthatsinteresting.com/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz Key witness describes spotting Son of Sam before attack https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/don-afraid-sam-spotter-article-1.3361705 David Berkowitz Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz John L. Keenan, Who Led the ‘Son of Sam’ Manhunt, Dies at 99 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/obituaries/John-L-Keenan-Dies.html SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY ‘SON’ https://nypost.com/1999/06/22/some-doubt-berkowitz-is-an-only-son/ Netflix’s Sons Of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 370-371 Mega-Mix The Summer of Sam Redux


This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a “well deserved” rest after “working so hard” on the Summer Series. (All he did was show up in the studio and slur drunkenly into a microphone.) So while he “rests” (If by resting you mean squats in a dimly lit dive bar arguing with the bartender over how many rounds he’s ordered).  So while he “refreshes” we offer a megamix of two episodes we first ran in 2022 as a part of that year’s Summer Series. It is all about the Summer of Sam! So slip on your Boogie Shoes, snug up those bell bottoms and unbutton your flare collared shirt down the navel and get ready to dance! (Just make sure you don’t park in secluded places after the discos close!)


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Citations Needed:


Son of Sam fires into a car, killing a woman sitting next to her boyfriend

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-kills-woman-sitting-boyfriend-article-1.3351723


Son of Sam shoots and kills couple sitting in parked car in the Bronx

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-killer-murders-couple-bronx-1977-article-1.3065668


How David Berkowitz Terrorized 1970s New York City As The Demonic ‘Son Of Sam’ Killer

https://allthatsinteresting.com/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz


Key witness describes spotting Son of Sam before attack

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/don-afraid-sam-spotter-article-1.3361705


David Berkowitz Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz


John L. Keenan, Who Led the ‘Son of Sam’ Manhunt, Dies at 99

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/obituaries/John-L-Keenan-Dies.html


SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY ‘SON’

https://nypost.com/1999/06/22/some-doubt-berkowitz-is-an-only-son/


Netflix’s Sons Of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending







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]]> 4579 yes Episode 457: When You Wish Upon A Starr Pt 2 Bill Clinton Summer Series 2024 Finale Show Notes Episode 457: When You Wish Upon A Starr Part Two of Bill Clinton and Summer Series 2024 Finale  This week Host Dave Bledsoe parses the definition of the term “owed” in relation to a bar tab. (It depends on what the word “owed” means.) On the show this week we wrap up Summer Series 2024 and the story of Bill Clinton with the Sex Scandal that defined the 90’s. (There are ZERO Monica jokes here, move on if that is what you are looking for.) Along the way we learn that Dave had a strong sexual attraction to Bill Clinton. (He is always trying to fuck his way to the top!) Then we dive right into why Bill Clinton got into trouble in the first place. (Also Dick Nixon was fucking Zsa Zsa Gabor?) We give the short, short version of Whitewater just to show how far out in left field Ken Starr was with the whole Monica thing! We then meet young Miss Lewinsky (She got fucked by more that just Bill Clinton) and how she and Bill did a very dumb thing together. Then we meet Linda, who loved Monica so much that she betrayed her hoping for a fat book deal. (Linda Tripp is treated EXACTLY how she deserves in this story.) Finally, we examine the moral, legal and ethical points of the whole scandal. (Bill OUGHT to have resigned!) Our Sponsor this week is Caca de Perro Cubano El Presidente Premium, slip it in, it feels nice! We open with CNN Breaking News and close with Mister Runnerholic, who wants their dream to come true. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/t894hkM6IKc?si=vbrkXai5m3PUHc3d We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: My darlink Zsa Zsa had nine husbands, and slept with Nixon. But her real love? Her Shiht zus https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1296141/My-darlink-Zsa-Zsa-husbands-slept-Nixon-But-real-love-Her-shih-tzus.html#comments Wikipedia: United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Office_of_Special_Counsel ABC News Special Report https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/president-clinton-deposed-paula-jones-case-part-60300741 Lewinsky: Two Coasts, Two Lives, Many Images https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lewprofile.htm Linda Tripp: A Catalyst of a Clinton Scandal Who Maintained She’d Done Right https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/26/linda-tripp-obituary-2020-448351 The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton: An Account https://www.famous-trials.com/clinton/884-home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 29 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000 When You Wish Upon A Starr Pt 2 Bill Clinton Summer Series 2024 Finale full 457 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap up Summer Series 2024 and the story of Bill Clinton with the Sex Scandal that defined the 90’s. Show Notes Episode 457: When You Wish Upon A Starr Part Two of Bill Clinton and Summer Series 2024 Finale  This week Host Dave Bledsoe parses the definition of the term “owed” in relation to a bar tab. (It depends on what the word “owed” means.) On the show this week we wrap up Summer Series 2024 and the story of Bill Clinton with the Sex Scandal that defined the 90’s. (There are ZERO Monica jokes here, move on if that is what you are looking for.) Along the way we learn that Dave had a strong sexual attraction to Bill Clinton. (He is always trying to fuck his way to the top!) Then we dive right into why Bill Clinton got into trouble in the first place. (Also Dick Nixon was fucking Zsa Zsa Gabor?) We give the short, short version of Whitewater just to show how far out in left field Ken Starr was with the whole Monica thing! We then meet young Miss Lewinsky (She got fucked by more that just Bill Clinton) and how she and Bill did a very dumb thing together. Then we meet Linda, who loved Monica so much that she betrayed her hoping for a fat book deal. (Linda Tripp is treated EXACTLY how she deserves in this story.) Finally, we examine the moral, legal and ethical points of the whole scandal. (Bill OUGHT to have resigned!) Our Sponsor this week is Caca de Perro Cubano El Presidente Premium, slip it in, it feels nice! We open with CNN Breaking News and close with Mister Runnerholic, who wants their dream to come true. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/t894hkM6IKc?si=vbrkXai5m3PUHc3d We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: My darlink Zsa Zsa had nine husbands, and slept with Nixon. But her real love? Her Shiht zus https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1296141/My-darlink-Zsa-Zsa-husbands-slept-Nixon-But-real-love-Her-shih-tzus.html#comments Wikipedia: United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Office_of_Special_Counsel ABC News Special Report https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/president-clinton-deposed-paula-jones-case-part-60300741 Lewinsky: Two Coasts, Two Lives, Many Images https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lewprofile.htm Linda Tripp: A Catalyst of a Clinton Scandal Who Maintained She’d Done Right https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/26/linda-tripp-obituary-2020-448351 The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton: An Account https://www.famous-trials.com/clinton/884-home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 457: When You Wish Upon A Starr

Part Two of Bill Clinton and Summer Series 2024 Finale 

This week Host Dave Bledsoe parses the definition of the term “owed” in relation to a bar tab. (It depends on what the word “owed” means.) On the show this week we wrap up Summer Series 2024 and the story of Bill Clinton with the Sex Scandal that defined the 90’s. (There are ZERO Monica jokes here, move on if that is what you are looking for.)


Along the way we learn that Dave had a strong sexual attraction to Bill Clinton. (He is always trying to fuck his way to the top!) Then we dive right into why Bill Clinton got into trouble in the first place. (Also Dick Nixon was fucking Zsa Zsa Gabor?) We give the short, short version of Whitewater just to show how far out in left field Ken Starr was with the whole Monica thing! We then meet young Miss Lewinsky (She got fucked by more that just Bill Clinton) and how she and Bill did a very dumb thing together. Then we meet Linda, who loved Monica so much that she betrayed her hoping for a fat book deal. (Linda Tripp is treated EXACTLY how she deserves in this story.) Finally, we examine the moral, legal and ethical points of the whole scandal. (Bill OUGHT to have resigned!)


Our Sponsor this week is Caca de Perro Cubano El Presidente Premium, slip it in, it feels nice! We open with CNN Breaking News and close with Mister Runnerholic, who wants their dream to come true.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/t894hkM6IKc?si=vbrkXai5m3PUHc3d

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


My darlink Zsa Zsa had nine husbands, and slept with Nixon. But her real love? Her Shiht zus

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1296141/My-darlink-Zsa-Zsa-husbands-slept-Nixon-But-real-love-Her-shih-tzus.html#comments


Wikipedia: United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Office_of_Special_Counsel


ABC News Special Report

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/president-clinton-deposed-paula-jones-case-part-60300741


Lewinsky: Two Coasts, Two Lives, Many Images

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lewprofile.htm


Linda Tripp: A Catalyst of a Clinton Scandal Who Maintained She’d Done Right

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/26/linda-tripp-obituary-2020-448351


The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton: An Account

https://www.famous-trials.com/clinton/884-home



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]]> 1948 yes Episode 456: "Stand By Your Man" Part 4 of Summer Series 2024 Show Notes Episode 456: “Stand By Your Man” Part 4 of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in ethical hot water when he gets drunk and starts confessing to things he really ought to keep to himself. (Like literally! It happens in the first ten minutes of this episode.) On the show this week we kick off the finale of Summer Series 2024 with part one of a two part show about the many peccadillos of William Jefferson Clinton! (A very horny man!) Along the way we learn things about Dave no one asked for and no one wanted.  Then we dive right into the history of the Man from Hope. (His biggest hope was getting some pussy). From his young life in Arkansas to his education at Dave’s alma mater (Dave never graduated from there, and they keep threatening to sue him for saying this) to his time at Oxford and finally Yale.  We introduce his wife and life partner who for good and bad stood by her man. Then we move right along to his time in Arkansas politics. (Horn dogging all the way) and to his rise in national politics.  Then we meet some of the women (just some, the list is long!) who have had sex with Bill Clinton, whether they wanted to or not. (Things get icky).  Finally we talk about the lawsuit that brought Bill’s House of Horny Cards down. Our Sponsor this week is Leo Brisky, Divorce Lawyer, because, let’s face it, some people shouldn’t be married. We open with Bill and Hill on 60 Minutes and close with Roman Music, who will be faithful no matter what. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/SHHYQAbKFeY?si=WD_wsUR6pCNjixJB We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Troopers Say Clinton Sought Silence on Personal Affairs : Arkansas: The White House calls their allegations about the President’s private life ‘ridiculous.’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-21-mn-4179-story.html On Tortuous Route, Sexual Assault Accusation Against Clinton Resurfaces https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/24/us/on-tortuous-route-sexual-assault-accusation-against-clinton-resurfaces.html Affidavit From Jane Doe #5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/affidavit122398.htm Declaration of Gennifer G. Flowers https://web.archive.org/web/20080726150653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/flowers031398.htm Declaration of Paula Jones https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/jonesdec031398.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Stand By Your Man Pt 4 of Summer Series 2024 full 456 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off the finale of Summer Series 2024 with part one of a two part show about the many peccadillos of William Jefferson Clinton! (A very horny man!) Show Notes Episode 456: “Stand By Your Man” Part 4 of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in ethical hot water when he gets drunk and starts confessing to things he really ought to keep to himself. (Like literally! It happens in the first ten minutes of this episode.) On the show this week we kick off the finale of Summer Series 2024 with part one of a two part show about the many peccadillos of William Jefferson Clinton! (A very horny man!) Along the way we learn things about Dave no one asked for and no one wanted.  Then we dive right into the history of the Man from Hope. (His biggest hope was getting some pussy). From his young life in Arkansas to his education at Dave’s alma mater (Dave never graduated from there, and they keep threatening to sue him for saying this) to his time at Oxford and finally Yale.  We introduce his wife and life partner who for good and bad stood by her man. Then we move right along to his time in Arkansas politics. (Horn dogging all the way) and to his rise in national politics.  Then we meet some of the women (just some, the list is long!) who have had sex with Bill Clinton, whether they wanted to or not. (Things get icky).  Finally we talk about the lawsuit that brought Bill’s House of Horny Cards down. Our Sponsor this week is Leo Brisky, Divorce Lawyer, because, let’s face it, some people shouldn’t be married. We open with Bill and Hill on 60 Minutes and close with Roman Music, who will be faithful no matter what. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/SHHYQAbKFeY?si=WD_wsUR6pCNjixJB We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Troopers Say Clinton Sought Silence on Personal Affairs : Arkansas: The White House calls their allegations about the President’s private life ‘ridiculous.’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-21-mn-4179-story.html On Tortuous Route, Sexual Assault Accusation Against Clinton Resurfaces https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/24/us/on-tortuous-route-sexual-assault-accusation-against-clinton-resurfaces.html Affidavit From Jane Doe #5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/affidavit122398.htm Declaration of Gennifer G. Flowers https://web.archive.org/web/20080726150653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/flowers031398.htm Declaration of Paula Jones https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/jonesdec031398.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 456: “Stand By Your Man”

Part 4 of Summer Series 2024


This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in ethical hot water when he gets drunk and starts confessing to things he really ought to keep to himself. (Like literally! It happens in the first ten minutes of this episode.) On the show this week we kick off the finale of Summer Series 2024 with part one of a two part show about the many peccadillos of William Jefferson Clinton! (A very horny man!)


Along the way we learn things about Dave no one asked for and no one wanted.  Then we dive right into the history of the Man from Hope. (His biggest hope was getting some pussy). From his young life in Arkansas to his education at Dave’s alma mater (Dave never graduated from there, and they keep threatening to sue him for saying this) to his time at Oxford and finally Yale.  We introduce his wife and life partner who for good and bad stood by her man. Then we move right along to his time in Arkansas politics. (Horn dogging all the way) and to his rise in national politics.  Then we meet some of the women (just some, the list is long!) who have had sex with Bill Clinton, whether they wanted to or not. (Things get icky).  Finally we talk about the lawsuit that brought Bill’s House of Horny Cards down.


Our Sponsor this week is Leo Brisky, Divorce Lawyer, because, let’s face it, some people shouldn’t be married. We open with Bill and Hill on 60 Minutes and close with Roman Music, who will be faithful no matter what.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/SHHYQAbKFeY?si=WD_wsUR6pCNjixJB

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Troopers Say Clinton Sought Silence on Personal Affairs : Arkansas: The White House calls their allegations about the President’s private life ‘ridiculous.’

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-21-mn-4179-story.html


On Tortuous Route, Sexual Assault Accusation Against Clinton Resurfaces

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/24/us/on-tortuous-route-sexual-assault-accusation-against-clinton-resurfaces.html


Affidavit From Jane Doe #5

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/affidavit122398.htm


Declaration of Gennifer G. Flowers

https://web.archive.org/web/20080726150653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/flowers031398.htm


Declaration of Paula Jones

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/jonesdec031398.htm











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]]> 1897 yes Episode 455: We Have Clearance Clarence Pt 3 of Summer Series 2024 Show Notes Episode 455: We Have Clearance Clarence Part Three of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles in a butch lesbian bar and finds himself among people who will FINALLY buy him drinks. (They found him so harmless they adopted him!) On the show week we talk about the horniest Supreme Court Justice nominee since Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Horny Clarence Thomas! (Check your coke cans for pubes folks!) Along the way we chart Dave’s evolution from misogynist pig to soft soy boy. (One of the few good things he’s done with his life!) Then we dive right into our story about a young man, an abusive grandfathers and his dream to eradicate Civil Rights for African Americans and finally repeal that pesky 13th Amendment.(He might just do it!) We follow his life journey from black radical to radical fascism with stops in pornography, misogyny and gross sexual harassment on the way! We meet Anita Hill, the woman who stood up to Horny Clarence but was not a match for Genial Joe Biden.  Finally, we examine the legacy of Anita Hill for women and how Clarence Thomas fucking won in the end. (Not a happy story.) Our Sponsor this week is Rent-A-Justice, when you don’t have enough money to buy a Supreme Court Justice outright you can rent to own one!  We open with news coverage of Horny Clarence and close with Clarence Carter who be strokin’! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/NO0SFWYIZNg?si=uol1gdDxQQjihJ28 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Clarence Thomas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas#Early_life Unforgiven https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/12/unforgiven Ex-Companion Details ‘Real’ Thomas https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/us/politics/23thomas.html Opening Statement of Anita Hill to the Senate Judiciary Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20180304163805/http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Anita%20Hill%20-%20Opening%20Statement.pdf Senators’ Private Deal Kept ‘2nd Woman’ Off TV : Thomas: Democrats feared Republican attacks on Angela Wright’s public testimony. Biden’s handling of the hearing is criticized. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-17-mn-911-story.html Becoming the Third Wave by Rebecca Walker https://heathengrrl.blogspot.com/2007/02/becoming-third-wave-by-rebecca-walker.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000 We Have Clearance Clarence Pt 3 of Summer Series 2024 full 454 Dave Bledsoe On the show week we talk about the horniest Supreme Court Justice nominee since Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Horny Clarence Thomas! (Check your coke cans for pubes folks!) Show Notes Episode 455: We Have Clearance Clarence Part Three of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles in a butch lesbian bar and finds himself among people who will FINALLY buy him drinks. (They found him so harmless they adopted him!) On the show week we talk about the horniest Supreme Court Justice nominee since Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Horny Clarence Thomas! (Check your coke cans for pubes folks!) Along the way we chart Dave’s evolution from misogynist pig to soft soy boy. (One of the few good things he’s done with his life!) Then we dive right into our story about a young man, an abusive grandfathers and his dream to eradicate Civil Rights for African Americans and finally repeal that pesky 13th Amendment.(He might just do it!) We follow his life journey from black radical to radical fascism with stops in pornography, misogyny and gross sexual harassment on the way! We meet Anita Hill, the woman who stood up to Horny Clarence but was not a match for Genial Joe Biden.  Finally, we examine the legacy of Anita Hill for women and how Clarence Thomas fucking won in the end. (Not a happy story.) Our Sponsor this week is Rent-A-Justice, when you don’t have enough money to buy a Supreme Court Justice outright you can rent to own one!  We open with news coverage of Horny Clarence and close with Clarence Carter who be strokin’! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/NO0SFWYIZNg?si=uol1gdDxQQjihJ28 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Clarence Thomas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas#Early_life Unforgiven https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/12/unforgiven Ex-Companion Details ‘Real’ Thomas https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/us/politics/23thomas.html Opening Statement of Anita Hill to the Senate Judiciary Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20180304163805/http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Anita%20Hill%20-%20Opening%20Statement.pdf Senators’ Private Deal Kept ‘2nd Woman’ Off TV : Thomas: Democrats feared Republican attacks on Angela Wright’s public testimony. Biden’s handling of the hearing is criticized. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-17-mn-911-story.html Becoming the Third Wave by Rebecca Walker https://heathengrrl.blogspot.com/2007/02/becoming-third-wave-by-rebecca-walker.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 455: We Have Clearance Clarence

Part Three of Summer Series 2024

This week Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles in a butch lesbian bar and finds himself among people who will FINALLY buy him drinks. (They found him so harmless they adopted him!) On the show week we talk about the horniest Supreme Court Justice nominee since Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Horny Clarence Thomas! (Check your coke cans for pubes folks!)


Along the way we chart Dave’s evolution from misogynist pig to soft soy boy. (One of the few good things he’s done with his life!) Then we dive right into our story about a young man, an abusive grandfathers and his dream to eradicate Civil Rights for African Americans and finally repeal that pesky 13th Amendment.(He might just do it!) We follow his life journey from black radical to radical fascism with stops in pornography, misogyny and gross sexual harassment on the way! We meet Anita Hill, the woman who stood up to Horny Clarence but was not a match for Genial Joe Biden.  Finally, we examine the legacy of Anita Hill for women and how Clarence Thomas fucking won in the end. (Not a happy story.)


Our Sponsor this week is Rent-A-Justice, when you don’t have enough money to buy a Supreme Court Justice outright you can rent to own one!  We open with news coverage of Horny Clarence and close with Clarence Carter who be strokin’!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/NO0SFWYIZNg?si=uol1gdDxQQjihJ28

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Clarence Thomas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas#Early_life


Unforgiven

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/12/unforgiven


Ex-Companion Details ‘Real’ Thomas

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/us/politics/23thomas.html


Opening Statement of Anita Hill to the Senate Judiciary Committee

https://web.archive.org/web/20180304163805/http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Anita%20Hill%20-%20Opening%20Statement.pdf


Senators’ Private Deal Kept ‘2nd Woman’ Off TV : Thomas: Democrats feared Republican attacks on Angela Wright’s public testimony. Biden’s handling of the hearing is criticized.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-17-mn-911-story.html


Becoming the Third Wave by Rebecca Walker

https://heathengrrl.blogspot.com/2007/02/becoming-third-wave-by-rebecca-walker.html


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]]> 1882 yes Episode 454: “Where The F**K Did I Say Build A Waterslide?” Pt 2 of Summer Series 2024 Show Notes Episode 454: “Where The F**K Did I Say Build A Waterslide?” Part Two of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in a situation of over promising and under delivering vis-à-vie paying for the staggering amounts of drinks he has consumed. (The bouncers were not at all interested in the timeshare opportunity he offered in recompense.) On the show this week we turn back to the pulpit with the story of a man who loved God so much, he just HAD to build him a theme park. (And also stealing millions for himself) Reverend Jim Bakker. Along the way we discover that comes from a long line of people not good with money. (The difference being Dave just drinks with his money versus their trying  to help people)Then we dive into a brief history of religion in America and why it has so many con men. (Again people, THE MONEY!) From there we meet a young man from Muskeegon who met the girl of his dreams and set out to build an empire with his faith. (Using other people’s money, of course) We TRY to treat Tammy Faye as lightly as possible, we are not monsters. We meet Jessica Hahn, who was either Machiavellian jezebel or a twenty one year old victim of a powerful, amoral man. (We leave it to you to decide.) Finally we explain how it all fell apart. (You see, there was this waterslide.) Our Sponsor this week is St Matthew’s Accounting and Bookkeeping, trust the name Jesus trusted with his money. We open the show with ABC new coverage of the scandal and close with Heart Attack, who have been talking to Jesus. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/8BuVm0v9ZJQ?si=i1T2Ti4ogNiIWCnD We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Spartan Herald Journal Oct 7 1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20200213143115/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6009,3137616&dq=finding-refuge-in-a-doting-grandmother&hl=en FOR JIM AND TAMMY BAKKER, EXCESS WIPED OUT A RAPID CLIMB TO SUCCESS https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/16/us/for-jim-and-tammy-bakker-excess-wiped-out-a-rapid-climb-to-success.html The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker The scandals that brought down the Bakkers, once among US's most famous televangelists https://abcnews.go.com/US/scandals-brought-bakkers-uss-famous-televangelists/story?id=60389342 Bakker Issues Denial of Rival TV Minister’s New Sex Allegations https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-26-mn-1576-story.html Wikipedia: Jim Bakker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker#Fraud_conviction_and_imprisonment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000 “Where The F**K Did I Say Build A Waterslide?” Pt 2 of Summer Series 2024 full 454 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we turn back to the pulpit with the story of a man who loved God so much, he just HAD to build him a theme park. (And also stealing millions for himself) Reverend Jim Bakker. Show Notes Episode 454: “Where The F**K Did I Say Build A Waterslide?” Part Two of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in a situation of over promising and under delivering vis-à-vie paying for the staggering amounts of drinks he has consumed. (The bouncers were not at all interested in the timeshare opportunity he offered in recompense.) On the show this week we turn back to the pulpit with the story of a man who loved God so much, he just HAD to build him a theme park. (And also stealing millions for himself) Reverend Jim Bakker. Along the way we discover that comes from a long line of people not good with money. (The difference being Dave just drinks with his money versus their trying  to help people)Then we dive into a brief history of religion in America and why it has so many con men. (Again people, THE MONEY!) From there we meet a young man from Muskeegon who met the girl of his dreams and set out to build an empire with his faith. (Using other people’s money, of course) We TRY to treat Tammy Faye as lightly as possible, we are not monsters. We meet Jessica Hahn, who was either Machiavellian jezebel or a twenty one year old victim of a powerful, amoral man. (We leave it to you to decide.) Finally we explain how it all fell apart. (You see, there was this waterslide.) Our Sponsor this week is St Matthew’s Accounting and Bookkeeping, trust the name Jesus trusted with his money. We open the show with ABC new coverage of the scandal and close with Heart Attack, who have been talking to Jesus. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/8BuVm0v9ZJQ?si=i1T2Ti4ogNiIWCnD We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Spartan Herald Journal Oct 7 1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20200213143115/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6009,3137616&dq=finding-refuge-in-a-doting-grandmother&hl=en FOR JIM AND TAMMY BAKKER, EXCESS WIPED OUT A RAPID CLIMB TO SUCCESS https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/16/us/for-jim-and-tammy-bakker-excess-wiped-out-a-rapid-climb-to-success.html The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker The scandals that brought down the Bakkers, once among US's most famous televangelists https://abcnews.go.com/US/scandals-brought-bakkers-uss-famous-televangelists/story?id=60389342 Bakker Issues Denial of Rival TV Minister’s New Sex Allegations https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-26-mn-1576-story.html Wikipedia: Jim Bakker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker#Fraud_conviction_and_imprisonment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 454: “Where The F**K Did I Say Build A Waterslide?”

Part Two of Summer Series 2024


This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in a situation of over promising and under delivering vis-à-vie paying for the staggering amounts of drinks he has consumed. (The bouncers were not at all interested in the timeshare opportunity he offered in recompense.) On the show this week we turn back to the pulpit with the story of a man who loved God so much, he just HAD to build him a theme park. (And also stealing millions for himself) Reverend Jim Bakker.


Along the way we discover that comes from a long line of people not good with money. (The difference being Dave just drinks with his money versus their trying  to help people)Then we dive into a brief history of religion in America and why it has so many con men. (Again people, THE MONEY!) From there we meet a young man from Muskeegon who met the girl of his dreams and set out to build an empire with his faith. (Using other people’s money, of course) We TRY to treat Tammy Faye as lightly as possible, we are not monsters. We meet Jessica Hahn, who was either Machiavellian jezebel or a twenty one year old victim of a powerful, amoral man. (We leave it to you to decide.) Finally we explain how it all fell apart. (You see, there was this waterslide.)


Our Sponsor this week is St Matthew’s Accounting and Bookkeeping, trust the name Jesus trusted with his money. We open the show with ABC new coverage of the scandal and close with Heart Attack, who have been talking to Jesus.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/8BuVm0v9ZJQ?si=i1T2Ti4ogNiIWCnD

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Spartan Herald Journal Oct 7 1989

https://web.archive.org/web/20200213143115/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6009,3137616&dq=finding-refuge-in-a-doting-grandmother&hl=en


FOR JIM AND TAMMY BAKKER, EXCESS WIPED OUT A RAPID CLIMB TO SUCCESS

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/16/us/for-jim-and-tammy-bakker-excess-wiped-out-a-rapid-climb-to-success.html


The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker


The scandals that brought down the Bakkers, once among US's most famous televangelists

https://abcnews.go.com/US/scandals-brought-bakkers-uss-famous-televangelists/story?id=60389342


Bakker Issues Denial of Rival TV Minister’s New Sex Allegations

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-26-mn-1576-story.html


Wikipedia: Jim Bakker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker#Fraud_conviction_and_imprisonment


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]]> 2075 yes Episode 453: "I Have Sinned Against You" Pt 1 of Summer Series 2024 Show Notes Episode 453: I Have Sinned Against You  Part 1 of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets religion as he fervently prays for absolution of his bar tab. (Prayer is always the last refuge of a scoundrel and a deadbeat.) On the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2024 Let’s Talk About (Scandals) with part one, the story of a pious man who loved to “minister” to the sex workers just a little too much: Reverend Jimmy Swaggart. Along the way Dave explains why he is such a disappointment to his family. (Well one of the many reasons.) Then give you a brief history of why Christians are compelled to want you to be a Christian too. (Enjoy this copy of The Watch Tower.) Then we meet Jimmy Lee Swaggart, cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. (True, we looked it up!) We follow Jimmy’s rise from humble servant of the Lord singing in church to preaching on the television and finally the pulpit of a multi-million dollar international ministry. (Did he have his own private jet? You bet your ass he did.) We learn how Jimmy spent millions of tax free dollars every year. (Did he sponsor a private army in Africa that committed war crimes?  You bet your ass he did!) Finally, we find out what brought it all down for the Reverend. (A low rent hotel and a lower rent sex worker.)  Our Sponsor this week is Sin Away, we can’t absolve your sins, but we can plea bargain them down. We open the show with news footage of Jerry’s little goof ‘em up and close with Gates & Goodell who want you to conserve electricity. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ORJzGGHa2OQ?si=b6qgHcCCjjTPp91H We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Jimmy Swaggart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart Wikipedia: Tent Revivals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_revival About Jimmy Swaggart https://www.jsm.org/about-jimmy-swaggart JIMMY SWAGGART AND THE SNARE OF SIN https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/25/jimmy-swaggart-and-the-snare-of-sin/d07127d2-c412-4738-98d9-3b186d1b92f9/ The Fall of Jimmy Swaggart https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-fall-of-jimmy-swaggart-vol-29-no-9/ Woman Riding in Swaggart Car Says She’s a Prostitute https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-12-mn-202-story.html Swaggart: God Says `It's None Of Your Business' https://web.archive.org/web/20200219033627/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19911017&slug=1311458 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000 "I Have Sinned Against You" Pt 1 of Summer Series 2024 full 453 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2024 Let’s Talk About (Scandals) with part one, the story of a pious man who loved to “minister” to the sex workers just a little too much: Reverend Jimmy Swaggart. Show Notes Episode 453: I Have Sinned Against You  Part 1 of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets religion as he fervently prays for absolution of his bar tab. (Prayer is always the last refuge of a scoundrel and a deadbeat.) On the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2024 Let’s Talk About (Scandals) with part one, the story of a pious man who loved to “minister” to the sex workers just a little too much: Reverend Jimmy Swaggart. Along the way Dave explains why he is such a disappointment to his family. (Well one of the many reasons.) Then give you a brief history of why Christians are compelled to want you to be a Christian too. (Enjoy this copy of The Watch Tower.) Then we meet Jimmy Lee Swaggart, cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. (True, we looked it up!) We follow Jimmy’s rise from humble servant of the Lord singing in church to preaching on the television and finally the pulpit of a multi-million dollar international ministry. (Did he have his own private jet? You bet your ass he did.) We learn how Jimmy spent millions of tax free dollars every year. (Did he sponsor a private army in Africa that committed war crimes?  You bet your ass he did!) Finally, we find out what brought it all down for the Reverend. (A low rent hotel and a lower rent sex worker.)  Our Sponsor this week is Sin Away, we can’t absolve your sins, but we can plea bargain them down. We open the show with news footage of Jerry’s little goof ‘em up and close with Gates & Goodell who want you to conserve electricity. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/ORJzGGHa2OQ?si=b6qgHcCCjjTPp91H We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Jimmy Swaggart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart Wikipedia: Tent Revivals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_revival About Jimmy Swaggart https://www.jsm.org/about-jimmy-swaggart JIMMY SWAGGART AND THE SNARE OF SIN https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/25/jimmy-swaggart-and-the-snare-of-sin/d07127d2-c412-4738-98d9-3b186d1b92f9/ The Fall of Jimmy Swaggart https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-fall-of-jimmy-swaggart-vol-29-no-9/ Woman Riding in Swaggart Car Says She’s a Prostitute https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-12-mn-202-story.html Swaggart: God Says `It's None Of Your Business' https://web.archive.org/web/20200219033627/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19911017&slug=1311458 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 453: I Have Sinned Against You 

Part 1 of Summer Series 2024

This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets religion as he fervently prays for absolution of his bar tab. (Prayer is always the last refuge of a scoundrel and a deadbeat.) On the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2024 Let’s Talk About (Scandals) with part one, the story of a pious man who loved to “minister” to the sex workers just a little too much: Reverend Jimmy Swaggart.


Along the way Dave explains why he is such a disappointment to his family. (Well one of the many reasons.) Then give you a brief history of why Christians are compelled to want you to be a Christian too. (Enjoy this copy of The Watch Tower.) Then we meet Jimmy Lee Swaggart, cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. (True, we looked it up!) We follow Jimmy’s rise from humble servant of the Lord singing in church to preaching on the television and finally the pulpit of a multi-million dollar international ministry. (Did he have his own private jet? You bet your ass he did.) We learn how Jimmy spent millions of tax free dollars every year. (Did he sponsor a private army in Africa that committed war crimes?  You bet your ass he did!) Finally, we find out what brought it all down for the Reverend. (A low rent hotel and a lower rent sex worker.) 


Our Sponsor this week is Sin Away, we can’t absolve your sins, but we can plea bargain them down. We open the show with news footage of Jerry’s little goof ‘em up and close with Gates & Goodell who want you to conserve electricity.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/ORJzGGHa2OQ?si=b6qgHcCCjjTPp91H

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Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Jimmy Swaggart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart


Wikipedia: Tent Revivals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_revival


About Jimmy Swaggart

https://www.jsm.org/about-jimmy-swaggart


JIMMY SWAGGART AND THE SNARE OF SIN

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/25/jimmy-swaggart-and-the-snare-of-sin/d07127d2-c412-4738-98d9-3b186d1b92f9/


The Fall of Jimmy Swaggart

https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-fall-of-jimmy-swaggart-vol-29-no-9/


Woman Riding in Swaggart Car Says She’s a Prostitute

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-12-mn-202-story.html


Swaggart: God Says `It's None Of Your Business'

https://web.archive.org/web/20200219033627/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19911017&slug=1311458


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]]> 2123 yes Summer Short 2 Cause of Death: POP ROCKS! Show Notes Summer Short #2: Cause of Death: Pop Rocks This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to impress an old drunk lady at the bar by offering to demonstrate the size of his Eructation, and gets tasered before she learned it meant burps. (She tasered him again after she did learn it) On the show this week, it’s a Summer Short, smaller episodes we do to give our writers a break during the Summer.  This week, the tragic death of Life Cereal’s Mikey by Pop Rock consumption. (Hint: It didn’t happen.) Along the way we learn that Dave ‘s poor life choices are part of a long history with him. (Ask his parents) Then we move right into an abbreviated history of all things carbonated candy. We meet the inventors and companies that shepherded this life changing product to store shelves.(For a little while) Then comes the tragic story of how Coke took the life of an American icon. (The soda, not the nose candy.) Finally we expose the REAL TRUTH ™ behind the story of Pop Rocks. (Hint: It wasn’t exploding kids.) Our Returning Sponsor this week is The Year 1983, 1983, we gave you Nintendo and took everything else you loved  in exchange!  We open the show with a 1979 commercial for the Death Candy and close with Steven DeLio who has some thoughts on things that go “pop”.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/Jo4T9MZe_M0?si=N4zVhG8K8DHEU-fK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: When Pop Rocks Exploded In the 1970s https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646469/pop-rocks-candy-explosion-1970s Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pop-rocks-soda/ M I K E Y : A N   I N V E S T I G A T I O N . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610224045/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/10/07mikey.html How the Explosive 'Pop Rocks and Coke' Legend Destroyed an Iconic Candy Brand https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death Pop Rocks - The Candy that Killed a Child T.V. Star https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pop-rocks-candy-killed-child-tv-star-gregory-farrell-pqole Wikipedia: Pop Rocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Rocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Cause of Death: POP ROCKS! bonus Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, it’s a Summer Short, smaller episodes we do to give our writers a break during the Summer. This week, the tragic death of Life Cereal’s Mikey by Pop Rock consumption. (Hint: It didn’t happen.) Show Notes Summer Short #2: Cause of Death: Pop Rocks This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to impress an old drunk lady at the bar by offering to demonstrate the size of his Eructation, and gets tasered before she learned it meant burps. (She tasered him again after she did learn it) On the show this week, it’s a Summer Short, smaller episodes we do to give our writers a break during the Summer.  This week, the tragic death of Life Cereal’s Mikey by Pop Rock consumption. (Hint: It didn’t happen.) Along the way we learn that Dave ‘s poor life choices are part of a long history with him. (Ask his parents) Then we move right into an abbreviated history of all things carbonated candy. We meet the inventors and companies that shepherded this life changing product to store shelves.(For a little while) Then comes the tragic story of how Coke took the life of an American icon. (The soda, not the nose candy.) Finally we expose the REAL TRUTH ™ behind the story of Pop Rocks. (Hint: It wasn’t exploding kids.) Our Returning Sponsor this week is The Year 1983, 1983, we gave you Nintendo and took everything else you loved  in exchange!  We open the show with a 1979 commercial for the Death Candy and close with Steven DeLio who has some thoughts on things that go “pop”.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: 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/Jo4T9MZe_M0?si=N4zVhG8K8DHEU-fK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: When Pop Rocks Exploded In the 1970s https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646469/pop-rocks-candy-explosion-1970s Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pop-rocks-soda/ M I K E Y : A N   I N V E S T I G A T I O N . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610224045/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/10/07mikey.html How the Explosive 'Pop Rocks and Coke' Legend Destroyed an Iconic Candy Brand https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death Pop Rocks - The Candy that Killed a Child T.V. Star https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pop-rocks-candy-killed-child-tv-star-gregory-farrell-pqole Wikipedia: Pop Rocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Rocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Summer Short #2: Cause of Death: Pop Rocks

This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to impress an old drunk lady at the bar by offering to demonstrate the size of his Eructation, and gets tasered before she learned it meant burps. (She tasered him again after she did learn it) On the show this week, it’s a Summer Short, smaller episodes we do to give our writers a break during the Summer.  This week, the tragic death of Life Cereal’s Mikey by Pop Rock consumption. (Hint: It didn’t happen.)

Along the way we learn that Dave ‘s poor life choices are part of a long history with him. (Ask his parents) Then we move right into an abbreviated history of all things carbonated candy. We meet the inventors and companies that shepherded this life changing product to store shelves.(For a little while) Then comes the tragic story of how Coke took the life of an American icon. (The soda, not the nose candy.) Finally we expose the REAL TRUTH ™ behind the story of Pop Rocks. (Hint: It wasn’t exploding kids.)

Our Returning Sponsor this week is The Year 1983, 1983, we gave you Nintendo and took everything else you loved  in exchange!  We open the show with a 1979 commercial for the Death Candy and close with Steven DeLio who has some thoughts on things that go “pop”. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

Our Website: 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/Jo4T9MZe_M0?si=N4zVhG8K8DHEU-fK

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


When Pop Rocks Exploded In the 1970s

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646469/pop-rocks-candy-explosion-1970s


Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pop-rocks-soda/


M I K E Y : A N   I N V E S T I G A T I O N .

https://web.archive.org/web/20070610224045/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/10/07mikey.html


How the Explosive 'Pop Rocks and Coke' Legend Destroyed an Iconic Candy Brand

https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death


Pop Rocks - The Candy that Killed a Child T.V. Star

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pop-rocks-candy-killed-child-tv-star-gregory-farrell-pqole


Wikipedia: Pop Rocks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Rocks


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]]> 1401 yes Episode 452: Subterranean Homesick Alien Autopsy Show Notes Episode 452: Subterranean Homesick Alien Autopsy This week Host Dave Bledsoe is back from his tax deductible “research trip” where he was researching a story about a old, fat, drunk man who gets thrown out of bars in a small southeastern Tennessee town screaming “You can’t do this, I was born here!” (He was, and they can.) On the show this week we examine a television show that purported to show an alien autopsy that aired on Fox in 1995. (Fox, bringing the bullshit for over thirty years!) Along the way we learn that Dave saw a UFO on his flight, or at least what he thought was one. (It wasn’t. He was drunk.) Then we dive right into why Americans Wanted To Believe in UFOs back in the mid 90’s. (It was more that they wanted to have a threesome with Scully and Mulder.) We meet the “brains” behind Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction and ask the question, was Jonathan Frakes having money troubles when he did this? From there we introduce you to the English record producer who “accidentally” discovered footage proving that life exists on other planets and were visiting Earth for decades. (They aren’t and he didn’t.) Finally, we discuss WHY people believed it was real. (people are very stupid.) Our returning Sponsor is Morley Cigarettes, America Smokes a Morely.  We open with the Fox Special and close with Warrenmusic who met a friend on the subway. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/uZpDRZMWyM4?si=aPWV555CD--CE3rK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Last Time There Was a Craze About UFOs and Aliens https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-last-time-there-was-a-craze-about-ufos-and-aliens E.T. or B.S.? When Fox Aired Its Infamous 'Alien Autopsy' in 1995 https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/fox-1995-alien-autopsy-hoax AUTOPSY OR FRAUD-TOPSY? https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,983764,00.html Santill's Controversial Autopsy Movie http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/kjeff396.html Man behind infamous ‘alien autopsy’ video finally reveals the whole truth behind it https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/25/man-behind-infamous-alien-autopsy-video-finally-reveals-the-whole-truth-behind-it-6954667/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Subterranean Homesick Alien Autopsy full 452 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine a television show that purported to show an alien autopsy that aired on Fox in 1995. (Fox, bringing the bullshit for over thirty years!) Show Notes Episode 452: Subterranean Homesick Alien Autopsy This week Host Dave Bledsoe is back from his tax deductible “research trip” where he was researching a story about a old, fat, drunk man who gets thrown out of bars in a small southeastern Tennessee town screaming “You can’t do this, I was born here!” (He was, and they can.) On the show this week we examine a television show that purported to show an alien autopsy that aired on Fox in 1995. (Fox, bringing the bullshit for over thirty years!) Along the way we learn that Dave saw a UFO on his flight, or at least what he thought was one. (It wasn’t. He was drunk.) Then we dive right into why Americans Wanted To Believe in UFOs back in the mid 90’s. (It was more that they wanted to have a threesome with Scully and Mulder.) We meet the “brains” behind Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction and ask the question, was Jonathan Frakes having money troubles when he did this? From there we introduce you to the English record producer who “accidentally” discovered footage proving that life exists on other planets and were visiting Earth for decades. (They aren’t and he didn’t.) Finally, we discuss WHY people believed it was real. (people are very stupid.) Our returning Sponsor is Morley Cigarettes, America Smokes a Morely.  We open with the Fox Special and close with Warrenmusic who met a friend on the subway. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/uZpDRZMWyM4?si=aPWV555CD--CE3rK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Last Time There Was a Craze About UFOs and Aliens https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-last-time-there-was-a-craze-about-ufos-and-aliens E.T. or B.S.? When Fox Aired Its Infamous 'Alien Autopsy' in 1995 https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/fox-1995-alien-autopsy-hoax AUTOPSY OR FRAUD-TOPSY? https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,983764,00.html Santill's Controversial Autopsy Movie http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/kjeff396.html Man behind infamous ‘alien autopsy’ video finally reveals the whole truth behind it https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/25/man-behind-infamous-alien-autopsy-video-finally-reveals-the-whole-truth-behind-it-6954667/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 452: Subterranean Homesick Alien Autopsy

This week Host Dave Bledsoe is back from his tax deductible “research trip” where he was researching a story about a old, fat, drunk man who gets thrown out of bars in a small southeastern Tennessee town screaming “You can’t do this, I was born here!” (He was, and they can.) On the show this week we examine a television show that purported to show an alien autopsy that aired on Fox in 1995. (Fox, bringing the bullshit for over thirty years!)


Along the way we learn that Dave saw a UFO on his flight, or at least what he thought was one. (It wasn’t. He was drunk.) Then we dive right into why Americans Wanted To Believe in UFOs back in the mid 90’s. (It was more that they wanted to have a threesome with Scully and Mulder.) We meet the “brains” behind Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction and ask the question, was Jonathan Frakes having money troubles when he did this? From there we introduce you to the English record producer who “accidentally” discovered footage proving that life exists on other planets and were visiting Earth for decades. (They aren’t and he didn’t.) Finally, we discuss WHY people believed it was real. (people are very stupid.)


Our returning Sponsor is Morley Cigarettes, America Smokes a Morely.  We open with the Fox Special and close with Warrenmusic who met a friend on the subway.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/uZpDRZMWyM4?si=aPWV555CD--CE3rK

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The Last Time There Was a Craze About UFOs and Aliens

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-last-time-there-was-a-craze-about-ufos-and-aliens


E.T. or B.S.? When Fox Aired Its Infamous 'Alien Autopsy' in 1995

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/fox-1995-alien-autopsy-hoax


AUTOPSY OR FRAUD-TOPSY?

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,983764,00.html


Santill's Controversial Autopsy Movie

http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/kjeff396.html


Man behind infamous ‘alien autopsy’ video finally reveals the whole truth behind it

https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/25/man-behind-infamous-alien-autopsy-video-finally-reveals-the-whole-truth-behind-it-6954667/




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]]> 2078 yes Summers Series 2024 "Let's Talk About Sex (Scandals)" Teaser Trailer Our Big Summer Series is going to be a HOT one, as Dave digs the dirt on all the scandals that USED to mean the end of a career. Coming in July to a pod feed near you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 15 Jun 2024 16:13:00 -0000 Summers Series 2024 "Let's Talk About Sex (Scandals)" Teaser Trailer trailer Dave Bledsoe Coming July 8th! Our Big Summer Series is going to be a HOT one, as Dave digs the dirt on all the scandals that USED to mean the end of a career. Coming in July to a pod feed near you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Our Big Summer Series is going to be a HOT one, as Dave digs the dirt on all the scandals that USED to mean the end of a career. Coming in July to a pod feed near you!

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]]> 88 yes Seltzer Kings Network Shout Out: The Puzzy Boyz Seltzer Kings Network Shout Out: Puzzy Boyz Dave is on a “research trip” in the lands of his birth. (He is just visiting his parents, but is claiming he is doing “research” for tax purposes) So we are running one of the other fine podcasts on the Seltzer Kings Network!  So please enjoy Episode 33: The Garfield Movie Review! Welcome to PuzzyBoyz, a paw-dcast about four middle-aged men who love their cats. Purr-pare for cute stories, cat product reviews, hot takes, and silly bits as comedians Zach Broussard, Nick Maritato, Adam Newman, and Danny Solomon ME-WOW you into thinking it's cool to be a cat guy. Email: PuzzyBoyzPod@gmail.com IG: PuzzyBoyzPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Seltzer Kings Network Shout Out: The Puzzy Boyz bonus Dave Bledsoe With Dave on vacation, we are running a network show. Don't like it more than our show! Seltzer Kings Network Shout Out: Puzzy Boyz Dave is on a “research trip” in the lands of his birth. (He is just visiting his parents, but is claiming he is doing “research” for tax purposes) So we are running one of the other fine podcasts on the Seltzer Kings Network!  So please enjoy Episode 33: The Garfield Movie Review! Welcome to PuzzyBoyz, a paw-dcast about four middle-aged men who love their cats. Purr-pare for cute stories, cat product reviews, hot takes, and silly bits as comedians Zach Broussard, Nick Maritato, Adam Newman, and Danny Solomon ME-WOW you into thinking it's cool to be a cat guy. Email: PuzzyBoyzPod@gmail.com IG: PuzzyBoyzPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Seltzer Kings Network Shout Out: Puzzy Boyz

Dave is on a “research trip” in the lands of his birth. (He is just visiting his parents, but is claiming he is doing “research” for tax purposes) So we are running one of the other fine podcasts on the Seltzer Kings Network!  So please enjoy Episode 33: The Garfield Movie Review!

Welcome to PuzzyBoyz, a paw-dcast about four middle-aged men who love their cats. Purr-pare for cute stories, cat product reviews, hot takes, and silly bits as comedians Zach Broussard, Nick Maritato, Adam Newman, and Danny Solomon ME-WOW you into thinking it's cool to be a cat guy. Email: PuzzyBoyzPod@gmail.com IG: PuzzyBoyzPod



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]]> 3921 yes Episode 451: Blame Old Bumble Butt Show Notes Episode 451: Blame Old Bumble Butt This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with a taxi driver when he claims he should have to pay because he has thumb out and is clearly hitchhiking. (The driver blackened his eye and took his wallet. Again.) On the show this week we look back on the lost art of hitchhiking and why no one does it anymore. (Blame Edmund Kemper) Along the way we discover that Dave had Tiny Bladder Syndrome as a child. (And today as well) Then we dive right into the long history of thumbing a ride from strangers on the side of the road. (Along with a VERY dubious Chaucer quote.) Then we move along to hitching in America from Depression era necessity to flower children wearing flowers in their hair right up until the murders started.  Then we debunk all that nonsense about the murders.  Finally, we wrap up with the REAL reason we don’t hitch anymore. (Did Dave find a way to blame technology? He did indeed!) Our Sponsor this week is the Electronic Thumb, taking the fun out of hitchhiking but leaving all the risks! We open the show with Kai’s colorful interview and close with some Canadian Cold Water Review picking up hot chicks on the highway. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/uZpDRZMWyM4?si=aPWV555CD--CE3rK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Hitchhiker's guide - what you should know? https://myluggage.io/en/blog/article/hitchhiker-s-guide-what-you-should-know Looking At America Through A Hitchhiking Lens https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/04/08/hitchhiking-america-jack-reid HITCHHIKING: a ’60s & ’70s Form of Transportation, Real Human Social Networking, and Fearless Fun! https://00individual.wordpress.com/2019/12/11/hitchhiking-a-60s-70s-form-of-transportation-real-human-social-networking-and-fearless-fun/ Wikipedia: Edmund Kemper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Kemper#:~:text=Between%20May%201972%20and%20April,%2C%20smother%2C%20or%20strangle%20them. Thumbs Down: America and the Decline of Hitchhiking https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/23377-Original%20File.pdf Thumbs Up, Then And Now: Hitchhiking Stories From The Road https://www.npr.org/2015/08/09/430079847/thumbs-up-then-and-now-hitchhiking-stories-from-the-road Hitchhiking’s Dead End (repost from ’88) https://davemargulius.com/hitchhikings-dead-end-repost-from-88/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Blame Old Bumble Butt full 451 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we look back on the lost art of hitchhiking and why no one does it anymore. (Blame Edmund Kemper) Show Notes Episode 451: Blame Old Bumble Butt This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with a taxi driver when he claims he should have to pay because he has thumb out and is clearly hitchhiking. (The driver blackened his eye and took his wallet. Again.) On the show this week we look back on the lost art of hitchhiking and why no one does it anymore. (Blame Edmund Kemper) Along the way we discover that Dave had Tiny Bladder Syndrome as a child. (And today as well) Then we dive right into the long history of thumbing a ride from strangers on the side of the road. (Along with a VERY dubious Chaucer quote.) Then we move along to hitching in America from Depression era necessity to flower children wearing flowers in their hair right up until the murders started.  Then we debunk all that nonsense about the murders.  Finally, we wrap up with the REAL reason we don’t hitch anymore. (Did Dave find a way to blame technology? He did indeed!) Our Sponsor this week is the Electronic Thumb, taking the fun out of hitchhiking but leaving all the risks! We open the show with Kai’s colorful interview and close with some Canadian Cold Water Review picking up hot chicks on the highway. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/uZpDRZMWyM4?si=aPWV555CD--CE3rK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Hitchhiker's guide - what you should know? https://myluggage.io/en/blog/article/hitchhiker-s-guide-what-you-should-know Looking At America Through A Hitchhiking Lens https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/04/08/hitchhiking-america-jack-reid HITCHHIKING: a ’60s & ’70s Form of Transportation, Real Human Social Networking, and Fearless Fun! https://00individual.wordpress.com/2019/12/11/hitchhiking-a-60s-70s-form-of-transportation-real-human-social-networking-and-fearless-fun/ Wikipedia: Edmund Kemper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Kemper#:~:text=Between%20May%201972%20and%20April,%2C%20smother%2C%20or%20strangle%20them. Thumbs Down: America and the Decline of Hitchhiking https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/23377-Original%20File.pdf Thumbs Up, Then And Now: Hitchhiking Stories From The Road https://www.npr.org/2015/08/09/430079847/thumbs-up-then-and-now-hitchhiking-stories-from-the-road Hitchhiking’s Dead End (repost from ’88) https://davemargulius.com/hitchhikings-dead-end-repost-from-88/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 451: Blame Old Bumble Butt

This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with a taxi driver when he claims he should have to pay because he has thumb out and is clearly hitchhiking. (The driver blackened his eye and took his wallet. Again.) On the show this week we look back on the lost art of hitchhiking and why no one does it anymore. (Blame Edmund Kemper)


Along the way we discover that Dave had Tiny Bladder Syndrome as a child. (And today as well) Then we dive right into the long history of thumbing a ride from strangers on the side of the road. (Along with a VERY dubious Chaucer quote.) Then we move along to hitching in America from Depression era necessity to flower children wearing flowers in their hair right up until the murders started.  Then we debunk all that nonsense about the murders.  Finally, we wrap up with the REAL reason we don’t hitch anymore. (Did Dave find a way to blame technology? He did indeed!)


Our Sponsor this week is the Electronic Thumb, taking the fun out of hitchhiking but leaving all the risks! We open the show with Kai’s colorful interview and close with some Canadian Cold Water Review picking up hot chicks on the highway.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/uZpDRZMWyM4?si=aPWV555CD--CE3rK

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Hitchhiker's guide - what you should know?

https://myluggage.io/en/blog/article/hitchhiker-s-guide-what-you-should-know


Looking At America Through A Hitchhiking Lens

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/04/08/hitchhiking-america-jack-reid


HITCHHIKING: a ’60s & ’70s Form of Transportation, Real Human Social Networking, and Fearless Fun!

https://00individual.wordpress.com/2019/12/11/hitchhiking-a-60s-70s-form-of-transportation-real-human-social-networking-and-fearless-fun/


Wikipedia: Edmund Kemper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Kemper#:~:text=Between%20May%201972%20and%20April,%2C%20smother%2C%20or%20strangle%20them.


Thumbs Down: America and the Decline of Hitchhiking

https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/23377-Original%20File.pdf


Thumbs Up, Then And Now: Hitchhiking Stories From The Road

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/09/430079847/thumbs-up-then-and-now-hitchhiking-stories-from-the-road


Hitchhiking’s Dead End (repost from ’88)

https://davemargulius.com/hitchhikings-dead-end-repost-from-88/


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]]> 1891 yes What the HELL Were You Thinking Spotify Trailer 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, @thehell_podcast on Twitter, @whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social and the show name on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 29 May 2024 20:11:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Just a quick promo for the show, which if you are… 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, @thehell_podcast on Twitter, @whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social and the show name on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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, @thehell_podcast on Twitter, @whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social and the show name on Facebook.

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]]> 58 yes Summer Shorts Volume 1: Toxic Pink Houses Show Notes Summer Shorts Volume 1: Toxic Pink Houses It is Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of Murka and that means that all across the land people are heading out for the traditional start of Summer! That also means Host Dave Bledsoe has retreated to the dankest, darkest, dingiest dive bar he can find, swearing he will not come out until Halloween. (He says this every year, he never lives up to it!)  That also means the start of our series of minisodes (OK, slightly shorter than normal episodes) so the WTH Team can take some time off. (Dave is making Gavin regrout the WTH Studio Bathroom over the long weekend.  What a dick!) These are episodes with topics we found just a little thin for a full length show but didn’t want to give up on entirely. (Because content is content!) This week we are talking about MTV’s Paint The Mutha Pink contest where they gave away a house to a lucky listener! The catch, the house is on a toxic waste dump! (Yay Capitalism!)  Our return Sponsor is Davey Beer, the cheap beer with Dave’s face on the can. Please enjoy it responsibly. We open with the winner of the house and close with Amanda Watkins talking real estate. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/4vHIl9l-1jk?si=IvspnvtMhNuakWDT We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: MTV’s Pink Houses John Cougar Mellencamp Contest Disaster https://www.ghosttownpod.com/blog/mtvs-pink-houses-john-cougar-mellencamp-contest-disaster/ Neal's Landfill (Bloomington) https://www.toxicsites.us/site.php?epa_id=IND980614556 Viacom to Buy MTV and Showtime in Deal Worth $667.5 Million https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-27-fi-25404-story.html Pink Houses, Black Lives, And John Mellencamp’s Misunderstood Legacy
 https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-and-opinion/news/pink-houses-black-lives-and-john-mellencamps-misunderstood-legacy%E2%80%A8/ Pink Houses, Yuppie Scum and Beastie Boy Kidnappings: Relive MTV’s Most Insane Contests https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-houses-yuppie-scum-and-beastie-boy-kidnappings-relive-mtvs-most-insane-contests-832009/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 24 May 2024 21:06:00 -0000 Toxic Pink Houses bonus Dave Bledsoe These are episodes with topics we found just a little thin for a full length show but didn’t want to give up on entirely. (Because content is content!) This week we are talking about MTV’s Paint The Mutha Pink contest where they gave away a house to a lucky listener! Show Notes Summer Shorts Volume 1: Toxic Pink Houses It is Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of Murka and that means that all across the land people are heading out for the traditional start of Summer! That also means Host Dave Bledsoe has retreated to the dankest, darkest, dingiest dive bar he can find, swearing he will not come out until Halloween. (He says this every year, he never lives up to it!)  That also means the start of our series of minisodes (OK, slightly shorter than normal episodes) so the WTH Team can take some time off. (Dave is making Gavin regrout the WTH Studio Bathroom over the long weekend.  What a dick!) These are episodes with topics we found just a little thin for a full length show but didn’t want to give up on entirely. (Because content is content!) This week we are talking about MTV’s Paint The Mutha Pink contest where they gave away a house to a lucky listener! The catch, the house is on a toxic waste dump! (Yay Capitalism!)  Our return Sponsor is Davey Beer, the cheap beer with Dave’s face on the can. Please enjoy it responsibly. We open with the winner of the house and close with Amanda Watkins talking real estate. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/4vHIl9l-1jk?si=IvspnvtMhNuakWDT We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: MTV’s Pink Houses John Cougar Mellencamp Contest Disaster https://www.ghosttownpod.com/blog/mtvs-pink-houses-john-cougar-mellencamp-contest-disaster/ Neal's Landfill (Bloomington) https://www.toxicsites.us/site.php?epa_id=IND980614556 Viacom to Buy MTV and Showtime in Deal Worth $667.5 Million https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-27-fi-25404-story.html Pink Houses, Black Lives, And John Mellencamp’s Misunderstood Legacy
 https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-and-opinion/news/pink-houses-black-lives-and-john-mellencamps-misunderstood-legacy%E2%80%A8/ Pink Houses, Yuppie Scum and Beastie Boy Kidnappings: Relive MTV’s Most Insane Contests https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-houses-yuppie-scum-and-beastie-boy-kidnappings-relive-mtvs-most-insane-contests-832009/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Summer Shorts Volume 1: Toxic Pink Houses

It is Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of Murka and that means that all across the land people are heading out for the traditional start of Summer! That also means Host Dave Bledsoe has retreated to the dankest, darkest, dingiest dive bar he can find, swearing he will not come out until Halloween. (He says this every year, he never lives up to it!) 


That also means the start of our series of minisodes (OK, slightly shorter than normal episodes) so the WTH Team can take some time off. (Dave is making Gavin regrout the WTH Studio Bathroom over the long weekend.  What a dick!) These are episodes with topics we found just a little thin for a full length show but didn’t want to give up on entirely. (Because content is content!) This week we are talking about MTV’s Paint The Mutha Pink contest where they gave away a house to a lucky listener! The catch, the house is on a toxic waste dump! (Yay Capitalism!) 


Our return Sponsor is Davey Beer, the cheap beer with Dave’s face on the can. Please enjoy it responsibly. We open with the winner of the house and close with Amanda Watkins talking real estate.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/4vHIl9l-1jk?si=IvspnvtMhNuakWDT

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


MTV’s Pink Houses John Cougar Mellencamp Contest Disaster

https://www.ghosttownpod.com/blog/mtvs-pink-houses-john-cougar-mellencamp-contest-disaster/


Neal's Landfill (Bloomington)

https://www.toxicsites.us/site.php?epa_id=IND980614556


Viacom to Buy MTV and Showtime in Deal Worth $667.5 Million

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-27-fi-25404-story.html


Pink Houses, Black Lives, And John Mellencamp’s Misunderstood Legacy


https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-and-opinion/news/pink-houses-black-lives-and-john-mellencamps-misunderstood-legacy%E2%80%A8/


Pink Houses, Yuppie Scum and Beastie Boy Kidnappings: Relive MTV’s Most Insane Contests

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-houses-yuppie-scum-and-beastie-boy-kidnappings-relive-mtvs-most-insane-contests-832009/





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]]> 1165 yes Episode 450: Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me Show Notes Episode 450:”Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe staggers into what he thought was a cornfield drunk out of his gourd on moonshine. Only to be kicked out of the WalMart Garden Department for telling off color jokes to the other shoppers. (again) On the show this week, we celebrate nine years of podcasting by paying tribute to the wellspring of all our humor: Hee Haw! Along the way we discover why Dave is the uncultured oaf he is. (Don’t blame his Aunt Bonnie, she TRIED!) Then we dive right into the story of Hee Haw, after we explain why Nashville is the heart of Country Music. (Hint: A lot of out of work musicians.) We follow two Canadians who came south to make television and the reasons why they made the greatest comedy variety show of all time in a fake cornfield. (The sets were left over from Green Acres.) We meet the hosts and cast of Hee Haw and then explain why Hee Haw is more than just bad jokes and hillbilly stereotypes. (We mean, there is a LOT of that too!) Finally we explain why Dave chose Hee Haw to celebrate nine years of this show. (He misses his Papaw.) Our Sponsor this week is the Kornfield Kounty Chamber of Commerce who say “SALUTE” to all the visitors! We open the show with KORN News and close with Pickin and Grinnin’ Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/2m7FifTu39I?si=EpIS16ux4R47HOgf We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed Wikipedia: The Nashville Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound#:~:text=The%20Nashville%20sound%20is%20a,tempos%22%20associated%20with%20traditional%20pop. Country Music by Ken Burns: The Nashville Sound https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/nashville-sound-branches-of-country-music How Did Nashville Become the Hub of Country Music? https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/nashville-become-hub-country-music.htm Wikipedia: Peppiatt and Aylesworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppiatt_and_Aylesworth John Aylesworth, a ‘Hee-Haw’ Creator, Dies at 81 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/arts/television/04aylesworth.html Hee Haw Television Show https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/hee-haw-television-show/ Wikipedia: Roy Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Clark#Career The Weird History of Hillbilly TV https://bittersoutherner.com/the-weird-history-of-hillbilly-tv In praise of Hee Haw’s old-time country laughs – and music https://troymedia.com/in-the-news/in-praise-of-hee-haws-old-time-country-laughs-and-music/ Reconciliation Blog: How Hee Haw Changed My Life https://edwardg.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/how-hee-haw-changed-my-life/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me full 450 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we celebrate nine years of podcasting by paying tribute to the wellspring of all our humor: Hee Haw! Show Notes Episode 450:”Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe staggers into what he thought was a cornfield drunk out of his gourd on moonshine. Only to be kicked out of the WalMart Garden Department for telling off color jokes to the other shoppers. (again) On the show this week, we celebrate nine years of podcasting by paying tribute to the wellspring of all our humor: Hee Haw! Along the way we discover why Dave is the uncultured oaf he is. (Don’t blame his Aunt Bonnie, she TRIED!) Then we dive right into the story of Hee Haw, after we explain why Nashville is the heart of Country Music. (Hint: A lot of out of work musicians.) We follow two Canadians who came south to make television and the reasons why they made the greatest comedy variety show of all time in a fake cornfield. (The sets were left over from Green Acres.) We meet the hosts and cast of Hee Haw and then explain why Hee Haw is more than just bad jokes and hillbilly stereotypes. (We mean, there is a LOT of that too!) Finally we explain why Dave chose Hee Haw to celebrate nine years of this show. (He misses his Papaw.) Our Sponsor this week is the Kornfield Kounty Chamber of Commerce who say “SALUTE” to all the visitors! We open the show with KORN News and close with Pickin and Grinnin’ Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/2m7FifTu39I?si=EpIS16ux4R47HOgf We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed Wikipedia: The Nashville Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound#:~:text=The%20Nashville%20sound%20is%20a,tempos%22%20associated%20with%20traditional%20pop. Country Music by Ken Burns: The Nashville Sound https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/nashville-sound-branches-of-country-music How Did Nashville Become the Hub of Country Music? https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/nashville-become-hub-country-music.htm Wikipedia: Peppiatt and Aylesworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppiatt_and_Aylesworth John Aylesworth, a ‘Hee-Haw’ Creator, Dies at 81 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/arts/television/04aylesworth.html Hee Haw Television Show https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/hee-haw-television-show/ Wikipedia: Roy Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Clark#Career The Weird History of Hillbilly TV https://bittersoutherner.com/the-weird-history-of-hillbilly-tv In praise of Hee Haw’s old-time country laughs – and music https://troymedia.com/in-the-news/in-praise-of-hee-haws-old-time-country-laughs-and-music/ Reconciliation Blog: How Hee Haw Changed My Life https://edwardg.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/how-hee-haw-changed-my-life/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe staggers into what he thought was a cornfield drunk out of his gourd on moonshine. Only to be kicked out of the WalMart Garden Department for telling off color jokes to the other shoppers. (again) On the show this week, we celebrate nine years of podcasting by paying tribute to the wellspring of all our humor: Hee Haw!


Along the way we discover why Dave is the uncultured oaf he is. (Don’t blame his Aunt Bonnie, she TRIED!) Then we dive right into the story of Hee Haw, after we explain why Nashville is the heart of Country Music. (Hint: A lot of out of work musicians.) We follow two Canadians who came south to make television and the reasons why they made the greatest comedy variety show of all time in a fake cornfield. (The sets were left over from Green Acres.) We meet the hosts and cast of Hee Haw and then explain why Hee Haw is more than just bad jokes and hillbilly stereotypes. (We mean, there is a LOT of that too!) Finally we explain why Dave chose Hee Haw to celebrate nine years of this show. (He misses his Papaw.)


Our Sponsor this week is the Kornfield Kounty Chamber of Commerce who say “SALUTE” to all the visitors! We open the show with KORN News and close with Pickin and Grinnin’


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/2m7FifTu39I?si=EpIS16ux4R47HOgf

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed


Wikipedia: The Nashville Sound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound#:~:text=The%20Nashville%20sound%20is%20a,tempos%22%20associated%20with%20traditional%20pop.


Country Music by Ken Burns: The Nashville Sound

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/nashville-sound-branches-of-country-music


How Did Nashville Become the Hub of Country Music?

https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/nashville-become-hub-country-music.htm


Wikipedia: Peppiatt and Aylesworth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppiatt_and_Aylesworth


John Aylesworth, a ‘Hee-Haw’ Creator, Dies at 81

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/arts/television/04aylesworth.html


Hee Haw Television Show

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/hee-haw-television-show/


Wikipedia: Roy Clark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Clark#Career


The Weird History of Hillbilly TV

https://bittersoutherner.com/the-weird-history-of-hillbilly-tv


In praise of Hee Haw’s old-time country laughs – and music

https://troymedia.com/in-the-news/in-praise-of-hee-haws-old-time-country-laughs-and-music/


Reconciliation Blog: How Hee Haw Changed My Life

https://edwardg.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/how-hee-haw-changed-my-life/




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]]> 2209 yes Episode 291: “The Ruror Furor” Redux Episode 291: “The Ruror Furor” Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking off to recharge his batteries. (Meaning he suddenly came into some money we are unable to find which shitty bar he is currently on a bender within.) So while we waited for him, we thought we would run a companion piece from the archives to last week’s AND next week’s show.  It is one of our favorites and includes the single finest topic segue in podcasting history.  (According to Dave anyway.) So  sit right back and hear a tale about the time CBS canceled every show featuring a pig on their network! It was called “the rural purge” 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/hV85sDCRGkE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Rural Purge Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part Six http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-rural-comedies-of-sixties-part_23.html All In the Family Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family Mobituaries Podcast The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/the-rural-purge-death-of-the-country-broadcasting-system/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000 The Ruror Furor Redux full 291 Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking off to recharge his batteries. (Meaning he suddenly came into some money we are unable to find which shitty bar he is currently on a bender within.) Episode 291: “The Ruror Furor” Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking off to recharge his batteries. (Meaning he suddenly came into some money we are unable to find which shitty bar he is currently on a bender within.) So while we waited for him, we thought we would run a companion piece from the archives to last week’s AND next week’s show.  It is one of our favorites and includes the single finest topic segue in podcasting history.  (According to Dave anyway.) So  sit right back and hear a tale about the time CBS canceled every show featuring a pig on their network! It was called “the rural purge” 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/hV85sDCRGkE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Rural Purge Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part Six http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-rural-comedies-of-sixties-part_23.html All In the Family Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family Mobituaries Podcast The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/the-rural-purge-death-of-the-country-broadcasting-system/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 291: “The Ruror Furor” Redux

This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking off to recharge his batteries. (Meaning he suddenly came into some money we are unable to find which shitty bar he is currently on a bender within.) So while we waited for him, we thought we would run a companion piece from the archives to last week’s AND next week’s show.  It is one of our favorites and includes the single finest topic segue in podcasting history.  (According to Dave anyway.) So  sit right back and hear a tale about the time CBS canceled every show featuring a pig on their network! It was called “the rural purge”


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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/hV85sDCRGkE

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/









Citations Needed:


Rural Purge Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge


American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part Six

http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-rural-comedies-of-sixties-part_23.html


All In the Family Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family


Mobituaries Podcast The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System

https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/the-rural-purge-death-of-the-country-broadcasting-system/




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]]> 1879 yes Episode 449: Good Evening From Captain Midnight Show Notes Episode 449: “Good Evening From Captain Midnight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe was found trapped on the 8th floor fire escape of his building after drunkenly trying to install an illegal cable hook up.(Which is odd since he doesn’t own a TV, but again, he was drunk at the time.) On the show this week we travel back to the golden age of satellite dishes when millions of Americans had a big ass dish in the front of their trailer homes.  Along the way we discover that Dave’s parents TRIED to teach him valuable skills as a child but he just wanted to become a podcaster. (He CLAIMS he was very ahead of his time!)  Then we dive into a brief history of all the ways one could get a television signal into your home. (Many of them are kind of illegal) Then we take you to the brief heyday of free pay cable channels if you had a couple of thousand dollars for a satellite dish. (A surprising number of people went for it!) Finally we explain how HBO ruined it for everyone and what one man would do in the name of justice.  (Briefly interrupt HBO’s signal in the middle of the night.) Our sponsor this week is Mega Dish, because bigger is BETTER! We open the show with news coverage of Captain Midnight and close with Luca Carpenter’s space obsession.. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/5s1pGVCawKs?si=PMo4aYojvt7EEeWn&t=8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Telstar Sattelites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar#:~:text=Telstar%201%20launched%20on%20top,was%20launched%20May%207%2C%201963. Deep Dish: For a short period in the early 1980s, giant satellite dishes ruled the land. https://tedium.co/2015/08/27/early-satellite-dish-history/ TUNING INTO SATELLITE TV https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/14/business/tuning-into-satellite-tv.html SATELLITE DISHES SURVIVE GREAT SCRAMBLE OF 1980S https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120130/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/81378/SATELLITE-DISHES-SURVIVE-GREAT-SCRAMBLE-OF-1980S.html?pg=all Signal to Noise dot net archive: The Story of Captain Midnight https://archive.robertianhawdon.me.uk/sites/~ian/pages/signal_hijacking/captain_midnight_hbo/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Good Evening From Captain Midnight full 449 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we travel back to the golden age of satellite dishes when millions of Americans had a big ass dish in the front of their trailer homes. Show Notes Episode 449: “Good Evening From Captain Midnight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe was found trapped on the 8th floor fire escape of his building after drunkenly trying to install an illegal cable hook up.(Which is odd since he doesn’t own a TV, but again, he was drunk at the time.) On the show this week we travel back to the golden age of satellite dishes when millions of Americans had a big ass dish in the front of their trailer homes.  Along the way we discover that Dave’s parents TRIED to teach him valuable skills as a child but he just wanted to become a podcaster. (He CLAIMS he was very ahead of his time!)  Then we dive into a brief history of all the ways one could get a television signal into your home. (Many of them are kind of illegal) Then we take you to the brief heyday of free pay cable channels if you had a couple of thousand dollars for a satellite dish. (A surprising number of people went for it!) Finally we explain how HBO ruined it for everyone and what one man would do in the name of justice.  (Briefly interrupt HBO’s signal in the middle of the night.) Our sponsor this week is Mega Dish, because bigger is BETTER! We open the show with news coverage of Captain Midnight and close with Luca Carpenter’s space obsession.. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/5s1pGVCawKs?si=PMo4aYojvt7EEeWn&t=8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Telstar Sattelites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar#:~:text=Telstar%201%20launched%20on%20top,was%20launched%20May%207%2C%201963. Deep Dish: For a short period in the early 1980s, giant satellite dishes ruled the land. https://tedium.co/2015/08/27/early-satellite-dish-history/ TUNING INTO SATELLITE TV https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/14/business/tuning-into-satellite-tv.html SATELLITE DISHES SURVIVE GREAT SCRAMBLE OF 1980S https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120130/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/81378/SATELLITE-DISHES-SURVIVE-GREAT-SCRAMBLE-OF-1980S.html?pg=all Signal to Noise dot net archive: The Story of Captain Midnight https://archive.robertianhawdon.me.uk/sites/~ian/pages/signal_hijacking/captain_midnight_hbo/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 449: “Good Evening From Captain Midnight”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe was found trapped on the 8th floor fire escape of his building after drunkenly trying to install an illegal cable hook up.(Which is odd since he doesn’t own a TV, but again, he was drunk at the time.) On the show this week we travel back to the golden age of satellite dishes when millions of Americans had a big ass dish in the front of their trailer homes. 


Along the way we discover that Dave’s parents TRIED to teach him valuable skills as a child but he just wanted to become a podcaster. (He CLAIMS he was very ahead of his time!)  Then we dive into a brief history of all the ways one could get a television signal into your home. (Many of them are kind of illegal) Then we take you to the brief heyday of free pay cable channels if you had a couple of thousand dollars for a satellite dish. (A surprising number of people went for it!) Finally we explain how HBO ruined it for everyone and what one man would do in the name of justice.  (Briefly interrupt HBO’s signal in the middle of the night.)


Our sponsor this week is Mega Dish, because bigger is BETTER! We open the show with news coverage of Captain Midnight and close with Luca Carpenter’s space obsession..



Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/5s1pGVCawKs?si=PMo4aYojvt7EEeWn&t=8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Wikipedia Telstar Sattelites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar#:~:text=Telstar%201%20launched%20on%20top,was%20launched%20May%207%2C%201963.


Deep Dish: For a short period in the early 1980s, giant satellite dishes ruled the land.

https://tedium.co/2015/08/27/early-satellite-dish-history/


TUNING INTO SATELLITE TV

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/14/business/tuning-into-satellite-tv.html


SATELLITE DISHES SURVIVE GREAT SCRAMBLE OF 1980S

https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120130/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/81378/SATELLITE-DISHES-SURVIVE-GREAT-SCRAMBLE-OF-1980S.html?pg=all


Signal to Noise dot net archive: The Story of Captain Midnight

https://archive.robertianhawdon.me.uk/sites/~ian/pages/signal_hijacking/captain_midnight_hbo/




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]]> 1867 yes Episode 448: Outrageous, Egregious, Preposterous! Show Notes Episode 448: Outrageous, Egregious, Preposterous! This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists he should NOT have to pay for the drink that he drunkenly spilled all over himself because the bartender clearly knew he was too drunk to lift it! (The case was settled out of court when the bouncers appealed to his sense of self preservation) On the show this week we talk about that time that McDonald’s burned an old lady’s vay jay jay and refused to pay! Along the way we discovered where Dave’s terrible taste in coffee originated. (He takes it black, like his men) Then we dip into the history of coffee (because we have a formula and we stick to it) and finally get around to telling you about that time in the 1990’s when an old lady suffered massive burns on her Hoo Hah because McDonald’s crappy coffee was served WAY too hot! We also explain how the media helped their corporate masters spin the story to fuck over all us little people in court. (Again!) Our Sponsor is “Cuppa Damn Coffee” the place where you can get a cup of damn coffee!  We open the show with Kramer seeking legal counsel and close with La La Life starting their day! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/HfjPrbatsMg?si=g8df5a5_EJWXnAYC We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: How America’s Coffee Got Bad — and Then Got Great https://www.eater.com/22966312/coffee-history-america-third-wave-dark-roast A Brief History Of American Coffee Culture https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/a-brief-history-of-american-coffee-culture Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stirring-response/ Remember the Hot Coffee Lawsuit? It Changed the Way McDonald’s Heats Coffee Forever https://www.rd.com/article/hot-coffee-lawsuit/ Calculating the optimum temperature for serving hot beverages https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18226454/#:~:text=Hot%20beverages%20such%20as%20tea,can%20cause%20significant%20scald%20burns. Liebeck v. McDonald’s The Hot Coffee Case https://www.tortmuseum.org/liebeck-v-mcdonalds/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Outrageous, Egregious, Preposterous! full 448 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about that time that McDonald’s burned an old lady’s vay jay jay and refused to pay! Show Notes Episode 448: Outrageous, Egregious, Preposterous! This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists he should NOT have to pay for the drink that he drunkenly spilled all over himself because the bartender clearly knew he was too drunk to lift it! (The case was settled out of court when the bouncers appealed to his sense of self preservation) On the show this week we talk about that time that McDonald’s burned an old lady’s vay jay jay and refused to pay! Along the way we discovered where Dave’s terrible taste in coffee originated. (He takes it black, like his men) Then we dip into the history of coffee (because we have a formula and we stick to it) and finally get around to telling you about that time in the 1990’s when an old lady suffered massive burns on her Hoo Hah because McDonald’s crappy coffee was served WAY too hot! We also explain how the media helped their corporate masters spin the story to fuck over all us little people in court. (Again!) Our Sponsor is “Cuppa Damn Coffee” the place where you can get a cup of damn coffee!  We open the show with Kramer seeking legal counsel and close with La La Life starting their day! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/HfjPrbatsMg?si=g8df5a5_EJWXnAYC We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: How America’s Coffee Got Bad — and Then Got Great https://www.eater.com/22966312/coffee-history-america-third-wave-dark-roast A Brief History Of American Coffee Culture https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/a-brief-history-of-american-coffee-culture Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stirring-response/ Remember the Hot Coffee Lawsuit? It Changed the Way McDonald’s Heats Coffee Forever https://www.rd.com/article/hot-coffee-lawsuit/ Calculating the optimum temperature for serving hot beverages https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18226454/#:~:text=Hot%20beverages%20such%20as%20tea,can%20cause%20significant%20scald%20burns. Liebeck v. McDonald’s The Hot Coffee Case https://www.tortmuseum.org/liebeck-v-mcdonalds/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 448: Outrageous, Egregious, Preposterous!


This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists he should NOT have to pay for the drink that he drunkenly spilled all over himself because the bartender clearly knew he was too drunk to lift it! (The case was settled out of court when the bouncers appealed to his sense of self preservation) On the show this week we talk about that time that McDonald’s burned an old lady’s vay jay jay and refused to pay!


Along the way we discovered where Dave’s terrible taste in coffee originated. (He takes it black, like his men) Then we dip into the history of coffee (because we have a formula and we stick to it) and finally get around to telling you about that time in the 1990’s when an old lady suffered massive burns on her Hoo Hah because McDonald’s crappy coffee was served WAY too hot! We also explain how the media helped their corporate masters spin the story to fuck over all us little people in court. (Again!)


Our Sponsor is “Cuppa Damn Coffee” the place where you can get a cup of damn coffee!  We open the show with Kramer seeking legal counsel and close with La La Life starting their day!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/HfjPrbatsMg?si=g8df5a5_EJWXnAYC

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


How America’s Coffee Got Bad — and Then Got Great

https://www.eater.com/22966312/coffee-history-america-third-wave-dark-roast


A Brief History Of American Coffee Culture

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/a-brief-history-of-american-coffee-culture


Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stirring-response/


Remember the Hot Coffee Lawsuit? It Changed the Way McDonald’s Heats Coffee Forever

https://www.rd.com/article/hot-coffee-lawsuit/


Calculating the optimum temperature for serving hot beverages

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18226454/#:~:text=Hot%20beverages%20such%20as%20tea,can%20cause%20significant%20scald%20burns.


Liebeck v. McDonald’s The Hot Coffee Case

https://www.tortmuseum.org/liebeck-v-mcdonalds/



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]]> 2004 yes Episode 447: Tell Him About the Twinkie Show Notes Episode 447: Tell Him About the Twinkie This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he cannot be legally responsible for this bar tab because he was drunk when the charges were incurred! (The bartender dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the bouncers threw him in the dumpster out back. Again.) On the show this week we examine how a snack cake entered the lexicon of American jurisprudence. (Hint: It was the media.) Along the way we learn why Dave was such a fat little boy! (Little Debbies ARE delicious!) Then we explain the history of the Twinkie, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with the court case we eventually get around to talking about! (This is a very circuitous episode.) Finally we get into the court case in which case the aforementioned Twinkie is tangentially relevant. (We have a formula, folks.) We talk about the San Francisco murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. But mostly we talk about the defense their murderer Dan White used in court. (Ergo, the Twinkie Defense.) Our Sponsor this week is Low Rent Legal, because even bad lawyers are still technically lawyers.  We open the show with an explanation of the Twinkie and close with Larry Groce, who has a problem. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/jQnIL-XPerQ?si=rFol2hlE5KBieNUl We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  LGBT culture in San Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_San_Francisco#:~:text=San%20Francisco%27s%20LGBT%20culture%20has,a%20town%20where%20anything%20goes%22. SUSPECT SOUGHT JOB https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/28/archives/suspect-sought-job-moscone-had-been-asked-to-reappoint-him-as-a.html The Trial of Dan White: An Account https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/599-home Myth of the 'Twinkie defense' / The verdict in the Dan White case wasn't based on his ingestion of junk food https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Myth-of-the-Twinkie-defense-The-verdict-in-2511152.php Dan White's Motive More About Betrayal Than Homophobia https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184657/http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-01-30/news/white-in-milk/1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Tell Him About the Twinkie full 477 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine how a snack cake entered the lexicon of American jurisprudence. (Hint: It was the media.) Show Notes Episode 447: Tell Him About the Twinkie This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he cannot be legally responsible for this bar tab because he was drunk when the charges were incurred! (The bartender dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the bouncers threw him in the dumpster out back. Again.) On the show this week we examine how a snack cake entered the lexicon of American jurisprudence. (Hint: It was the media.) Along the way we learn why Dave was such a fat little boy! (Little Debbies ARE delicious!) Then we explain the history of the Twinkie, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with the court case we eventually get around to talking about! (This is a very circuitous episode.) Finally we get into the court case in which case the aforementioned Twinkie is tangentially relevant. (We have a formula, folks.) We talk about the San Francisco murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. But mostly we talk about the defense their murderer Dan White used in court. (Ergo, the Twinkie Defense.) Our Sponsor this week is Low Rent Legal, because even bad lawyers are still technically lawyers.  We open the show with an explanation of the Twinkie and close with Larry Groce, who has a problem. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/jQnIL-XPerQ?si=rFol2hlE5KBieNUl We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  LGBT culture in San Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_San_Francisco#:~:text=San%20Francisco%27s%20LGBT%20culture%20has,a%20town%20where%20anything%20goes%22. SUSPECT SOUGHT JOB https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/28/archives/suspect-sought-job-moscone-had-been-asked-to-reappoint-him-as-a.html The Trial of Dan White: An Account https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/599-home Myth of the 'Twinkie defense' / The verdict in the Dan White case wasn't based on his ingestion of junk food https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Myth-of-the-Twinkie-defense-The-verdict-in-2511152.php Dan White's Motive More About Betrayal Than Homophobia https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184657/http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-01-30/news/white-in-milk/1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 447: Tell Him About the Twinkie


This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he cannot be legally responsible for this bar tab because he was drunk when the charges were incurred! (The bartender dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the bouncers threw him in the dumpster out back. Again.) On the show this week we examine how a snack cake entered the lexicon of American jurisprudence. (Hint: It was the media.)


Along the way we learn why Dave was such a fat little boy! (Little Debbies ARE delicious!) Then we explain the history of the Twinkie, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with the court case we eventually get around to talking about! (This is a very circuitous episode.) Finally we get into the court case in which case the aforementioned Twinkie is tangentially relevant. (We have a formula, folks.) We talk about the San Francisco murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. But mostly we talk about the defense their murderer Dan White used in court. (Ergo, the Twinkie Defense.)


Our Sponsor this week is Low Rent Legal, because even bad lawyers are still technically lawyers.  We open the show with an explanation of the Twinkie and close with Larry Groce, who has a problem.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

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We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed: 


LGBT culture in San Francisco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_San_Francisco#:~:text=San%20Francisco%27s%20LGBT%20culture%20has,a%20town%20where%20anything%20goes%22.


SUSPECT SOUGHT JOB

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/28/archives/suspect-sought-job-moscone-had-been-asked-to-reappoint-him-as-a.html


The Trial of Dan White: An Account

https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/599-home


Myth of the 'Twinkie defense' / The verdict in the Dan White case wasn't based on his ingestion of junk food

https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Myth-of-the-Twinkie-defense-The-verdict-in-2511152.php


Dan White's Motive More About Betrayal Than Homophobia

https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184657/http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-01-30/news/white-in-milk/1/

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]]> 1932 yes Episode 446: Many Fools Were Pitied Show Notes Episode 446: Many Fools Were Pitied This week Host Dave Bledsoe is kicked out of a bar for bar tab he claimed he did not commit and is desperately searching for the A-Team to help. (The A-Team in this case is asking Gavin to loan him fifty bucks until Friday.) On the show this week we examine life and career or 80’s pop culture phenom Laurence Tereaud. You know him as Mr. T. Along the way we discover why Dave never wears any jewelry. (He is a cheapskate) Then we dive right into how much America loves to make myths out of men, whether those men deserve it or not.  However, in the case of Mr. T.,he kind of does. We trace T’s origins from the South Side of Chicago (It’s the baddest part of town) to a riot on a college campus, then to T’s lumberjacking in the military and finally to Dingbats, the disco where Mr. T’s personae was developed. (And the lawsuit over the proceeds). We follow his movie and television career to the inevitable moment Nancy Reagan sits on his lap and kisses him. (It was a strange moment in America).  In the end we discover something about Mr. T. and about ourselves. (Meaning Dave couldn’t find anything horrible to say about Mr. T.) Our Sponsor this week is Fools Gold, because REAL gold is expensive.  We open the show with words of advice from Mr. T. and close with Eric Berts explaining an origins story. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Actor and professional wrestler Mr. T, known for his mohawk and gold chains, starred in 1980s TV programs like 'The A-Team' and 'Mister T.' https://www.biography.com/actors/mr-t “Silence is a very good weapon” https://pvpantherproject.com/2023/02/silence-is-a-very-good-weapon/ Wikipedia: Mr T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T Famous Veteran: Mr. T https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veterans-mr-t.html#:~:text=In%201975%2C%20he%20became%20Pvt,leader%20at%20Fort%20McCoy%2C%20Wisconsin. Mr. T loses in court https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/25/Mr-T-loses-in-court/7214838267200/#:~:text=%27I%20was%20the%20originator%20of,and%20promoted%20him%20as%20Mr. How The A-Team sparked the cult phenomenon that was Mr. T https://www.metv.com/stories/how-the-a-team-sparked-the-cult-phenomenon-that-was-mr-t Mr. T Reveals How 'That' Photo of Nancy Reagan Sitting on His Lap Came to Be https://people.com/politics/mr-t-reveals-the-story-behind-nancy-reagan-sitting-on-his-lap/ Mr. T dressed as Santa. Nancy Reagan sat on his lap. It was the most shocking first lady photo ever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/12/21/mr-t-dressed-santa-nancy-reagan-sat-his-lap-it-was-most-shocking-first-lady-photo-ever/ 'The A-Team' 's Mr. T https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-a-teams-mr-t-vol-19-no-21/ Words of Wisdom from Mr. T https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/celebrities/words-of-wisdom-from-mr-t.aspx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Many Fools Were Pitied full 446 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine life and career or 80’s pop culture phenom Laurence Tereaud. You know him as Mr. T. Show Notes Episode 446: Many Fools Were Pitied This week Host Dave Bledsoe is kicked out of a bar for bar tab he claimed he did not commit and is desperately searching for the A-Team to help. (The A-Team in this case is asking Gavin to loan him fifty bucks until Friday.) On the show this week we examine life and career or 80’s pop culture phenom Laurence Tereaud. You know him as Mr. T. Along the way we discover why Dave never wears any jewelry. (He is a cheapskate) Then we dive right into how much America loves to make myths out of men, whether those men deserve it or not.  However, in the case of Mr. T.,he kind of does. We trace T’s origins from the South Side of Chicago (It’s the baddest part of town) to a riot on a college campus, then to T’s lumberjacking in the military and finally to Dingbats, the disco where Mr. T’s personae was developed. (And the lawsuit over the proceeds). We follow his movie and television career to the inevitable moment Nancy Reagan sits on his lap and kisses him. (It was a strange moment in America).  In the end we discover something about Mr. T. and about ourselves. (Meaning Dave couldn’t find anything horrible to say about Mr. T.) Our Sponsor this week is Fools Gold, because REAL gold is expensive.  We open the show with words of advice from Mr. T. and close with Eric Berts explaining an origins story. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Actor and professional wrestler Mr. T, known for his mohawk and gold chains, starred in 1980s TV programs like 'The A-Team' and 'Mister T.' https://www.biography.com/actors/mr-t “Silence is a very good weapon” https://pvpantherproject.com/2023/02/silence-is-a-very-good-weapon/ Wikipedia: Mr T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T Famous Veteran: Mr. T https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veterans-mr-t.html#:~:text=In%201975%2C%20he%20became%20Pvt,leader%20at%20Fort%20McCoy%2C%20Wisconsin. Mr. T loses in court https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/25/Mr-T-loses-in-court/7214838267200/#:~:text=%27I%20was%20the%20originator%20of,and%20promoted%20him%20as%20Mr. How The A-Team sparked the cult phenomenon that was Mr. T https://www.metv.com/stories/how-the-a-team-sparked-the-cult-phenomenon-that-was-mr-t Mr. T Reveals How 'That' Photo of Nancy Reagan Sitting on His Lap Came to Be https://people.com/politics/mr-t-reveals-the-story-behind-nancy-reagan-sitting-on-his-lap/ Mr. T dressed as Santa. Nancy Reagan sat on his lap. It was the most shocking first lady photo ever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/12/21/mr-t-dressed-santa-nancy-reagan-sat-his-lap-it-was-most-shocking-first-lady-photo-ever/ 'The A-Team' 's Mr. T https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-a-teams-mr-t-vol-19-no-21/ Words of Wisdom from Mr. T https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/celebrities/words-of-wisdom-from-mr-t.aspx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 446: Many Fools Were Pitied


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is kicked out of a bar for bar tab he claimed he did not commit and is desperately searching for the A-Team to help. (The A-Team in this case is asking Gavin to loan him fifty bucks until Friday.) On the show this week we examine life and career or 80’s pop culture phenom Laurence Tereaud. You know him as Mr. T.


Along the way we discover why Dave never wears any jewelry. (He is a cheapskate) Then we dive right into how much America loves to make myths out of men, whether those men deserve it or not.  However, in the case of Mr. T.,he kind of does.


We trace T’s origins from the South Side of Chicago (It’s the baddest part of town) to a riot on a college campus, then to T’s lumberjacking in the military and finally to Dingbats, the disco where Mr. T’s personae was developed. (And the lawsuit over the proceeds). We follow his movie and television career to the inevitable moment Nancy Reagan sits on his lap and kisses him. (It was a strange moment in America).  In the end we discover something about Mr. T. and about ourselves. (Meaning Dave couldn’t find anything horrible to say about Mr. T.)


Our Sponsor this week is Fools Gold, because REAL gold is expensive.  We open the show with words of advice from Mr. T. and close with Eric Berts explaining an origins story.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Actor and professional wrestler Mr. T, known for his mohawk and gold chains, starred in 1980s TV programs like 'The A-Team' and 'Mister T.'

https://www.biography.com/actors/mr-t


“Silence is a very good weapon”

https://pvpantherproject.com/2023/02/silence-is-a-very-good-weapon/


Wikipedia: Mr T

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T


Famous Veteran: Mr. T

https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veterans-mr-t.html#:~:text=In%201975%2C%20he%20became%20Pvt,leader%20at%20Fort%20McCoy%2C%20Wisconsin.


Mr. T loses in court

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/25/Mr-T-loses-in-court/7214838267200/#:~:text=%27I%20was%20the%20originator%20of,and%20promoted%20him%20as%20Mr.


How The A-Team sparked the cult phenomenon that was Mr. T

https://www.metv.com/stories/how-the-a-team-sparked-the-cult-phenomenon-that-was-mr-t


Mr. T Reveals How 'That' Photo of Nancy Reagan Sitting on His Lap Came to Be

https://people.com/politics/mr-t-reveals-the-story-behind-nancy-reagan-sitting-on-his-lap/


Mr. T dressed as Santa. Nancy Reagan sat on his lap. It was the most shocking first lady photo ever.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/12/21/mr-t-dressed-santa-nancy-reagan-sat-his-lap-it-was-most-shocking-first-lady-photo-ever/


'The A-Team' 's Mr. T

https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-a-teams-mr-t-vol-19-no-21/


Words of Wisdom from Mr. T

https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/celebrities/words-of-wisdom-from-mr-t.aspx


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]]> 2128 yes Episode 445: What We Are Talking When We Talk Taco Tuesday Show Notes Episode 445: “What We’re Talking When We’re Talking Taco Tuesday” This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out face down in a Big Beef Burrito Supreme and is kicked out of Taco Bell. (Again) On the show this week talk tacos, specifically we are talking out the origins of Taco Tuesday! (Who doesn’t love tacos, right?) Along the way we discover that Dave probably missed out on his once chance for a meaningful relationship but not understanding the fundamental nature of “cruising”. Then we dive right into the history of food wrapped in tortillas, going all the way to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica! We trace the tasty treats journey from south of the border to the boardroom of megacorporations as they squabble over who owned the rights to use the phrase “taco tuesday” (Come to find out, the legal owner is a bar in New Jersey!) Then we take the time to examine the beauty of the taco and how it can heal us as a nation. Our Sponsor this week is the return Tacopocalypse It’s HERE!  We open the show with a very smart Chihuahua and close with Lucky Diaz singing the national anthem of Taco Tuesday! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Taco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco Where Did the Taco Come From? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-taco-come-from-81228162/ The Trademarking of “Taco Tuesday” https://priceonomics.com/the-trademarking-of-taco-tuesday/ The Crazy Contentious History of Taco Tuesday https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-taco-tuesday-when-did-it-start The Surprisingly Contentious Origins of Taco Tuesday https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/taco-tuesday-history-origins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000 What We Are Talking When We Talk Taco Tuesday full 445 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week talk tacos, specifically we are talking out the origins of Taco Tuesday! (Who doesn’t love tacos, right?) Show Notes Episode 445: “What We’re Talking When We’re Talking Taco Tuesday” This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out face down in a Big Beef Burrito Supreme and is kicked out of Taco Bell. (Again) On the show this week talk tacos, specifically we are talking out the origins of Taco Tuesday! (Who doesn’t love tacos, right?) Along the way we discover that Dave probably missed out on his once chance for a meaningful relationship but not understanding the fundamental nature of “cruising”. Then we dive right into the history of food wrapped in tortillas, going all the way to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica! We trace the tasty treats journey from south of the border to the boardroom of megacorporations as they squabble over who owned the rights to use the phrase “taco tuesday” (Come to find out, the legal owner is a bar in New Jersey!) Then we take the time to examine the beauty of the taco and how it can heal us as a nation. Our Sponsor this week is the return Tacopocalypse It’s HERE!  We open the show with a very smart Chihuahua and close with Lucky Diaz singing the national anthem of Taco Tuesday! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Taco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco Where Did the Taco Come From? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-taco-come-from-81228162/ The Trademarking of “Taco Tuesday” https://priceonomics.com/the-trademarking-of-taco-tuesday/ The Crazy Contentious History of Taco Tuesday https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-taco-tuesday-when-did-it-start The Surprisingly Contentious Origins of Taco Tuesday https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/taco-tuesday-history-origins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 445: “What We’re Talking When We’re Talking Taco Tuesday”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out face down in a Big Beef Burrito Supreme and is kicked out of Taco Bell. (Again) On the show this week talk tacos, specifically we are talking out the origins of Taco Tuesday! (Who doesn’t love tacos, right?)


Along the way we discover that Dave probably missed out on his once chance for a meaningful relationship but not understanding the fundamental nature of “cruising”. Then we dive right into the history of food wrapped in tortillas, going all the way to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica! We trace the tasty treats journey from south of the border to the boardroom of megacorporations as they squabble over who owned the rights to use the phrase “taco tuesday” (Come to find out, the legal owner is a bar in New Jersey!) Then we take the time to examine the beauty of the taco and how it can heal us as a nation.


Our Sponsor this week is the return Tacopocalypse It’s HERE!  We open the show with a very smart Chihuahua and close with Lucky Diaz singing the national anthem of Taco Tuesday!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Taco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco


Where Did the Taco Come From?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-taco-come-from-81228162/


The Trademarking of “Taco Tuesday”

https://priceonomics.com/the-trademarking-of-taco-tuesday/


The Crazy Contentious History of Taco Tuesday

https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-taco-tuesday-when-did-it-start


The Surprisingly Contentious Origins of Taco Tuesday

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/taco-tuesday-history-origins


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]]> 1823 yes Episode 444: "Ron, John, and Jodie" Show Notes Episode 444: “Ron, John and Jodie” This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender “You talking to me, are YOU talking to me?” when they ask him to pay for his drinks. (The bartender replied that he must be since he didn’t see any other deadbeat drunks around there.) On the show this week we head back to 1981 when John Hinckley Jr had his shot at greatness and missed. (A very fine line is being walked) Along the way we discover why Dave is the sad lonely old man he is today. (He is afraid of girls!) Then we dive right into the events of March 30th 1981 when Organized Labor saved Ronald Reagan’s life. (And STILL he fired those air traffic controllers!) We might John Warnock Hinckley Jr, a rich kid living the rich kid life in the mid 1970’s. But then his life took a turn toward darkness (not becoming a stock broker, which is how most rich kids turned to darkness back then.) Follow along as John watches a movie and takes the entirely wrong message and then barks a wrong try by trying to woo a young  Jodie Foster. (She was gay THEN John!) Finally we talk about his trial and how it changed very, very little.  Our Sponsor this week is Boyd’s Body Armor, because somebody probably wants to shoot you. We open with NBC Nightly News and close with J. Fla who wants you to not miss your shot. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/DPJv5u1EcaM?si=bHA4Zs7RTvXojUTI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The First 100 Days: Reagan Pushed His Agenda of Tax Cuts and Less Government https://www.usnews.com/news/history/articles/2009/03/12/the-first-100-days-reagan-pushed-his-agenda-of-tax-cuts-and-less-government John Hinckley, Jr. brings infamy to Lubbock https://web.archive.org/web/20130925143644/http://www.lubbockcentennial.com/Section/1959_1983/hinckley.shtml The Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. https://famous-trials.com/johnhinckley/537-home?__cf_chl_tk=FpBcrfEUItcGHJE40s26uuMJWXN8nEjNfUe3GY7mdMs-1711234800-0.0.1.1-1365 The John Hinckley Case https://www.crimelibrary.org/terrorists_spies/assassins/john_hinckley/4.html From Daniel M’Naughten to John Hinckley, A Brief History of the Insanity Defense https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/history.html#:~:text=Before%20Hinckley%2C%20the%20burden%20of,the%20time%20of%20the%20crime. John Hinckley Jr., who once tried to kill Ronald Reagan, claims he is a victim of ‘cancel culture’ after concert nixed: ‘Keeps happening’ https://nypost.com/2024/03/20/us-news/john-hinckley-jr-claims-he-is-a-victim-of-cancel-culture-after-concert-called-off/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:42:00 -0000 Ron, John, and Jodie full 444 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to 1981 when John Hinckley Jr had his shot at greatness and missed. (A very fine line is being walked) Show Notes Episode 444: “Ron, John and Jodie” This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender “You talking to me, are YOU talking to me?” when they ask him to pay for his drinks. (The bartender replied that he must be since he didn’t see any other deadbeat drunks around there.) On the show this week we head back to 1981 when John Hinckley Jr had his shot at greatness and missed. (A very fine line is being walked) Along the way we discover why Dave is the sad lonely old man he is today. (He is afraid of girls!) Then we dive right into the events of March 30th 1981 when Organized Labor saved Ronald Reagan’s life. (And STILL he fired those air traffic controllers!) We might John Warnock Hinckley Jr, a rich kid living the rich kid life in the mid 1970’s. But then his life took a turn toward darkness (not becoming a stock broker, which is how most rich kids turned to darkness back then.) Follow along as John watches a movie and takes the entirely wrong message and then barks a wrong try by trying to woo a young  Jodie Foster. (She was gay THEN John!) Finally we talk about his trial and how it changed very, very little.  Our Sponsor this week is Boyd’s Body Armor, because somebody probably wants to shoot you. We open with NBC Nightly News and close with J. Fla who wants you to not miss your shot. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/DPJv5u1EcaM?si=bHA4Zs7RTvXojUTI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The First 100 Days: Reagan Pushed His Agenda of Tax Cuts and Less Government https://www.usnews.com/news/history/articles/2009/03/12/the-first-100-days-reagan-pushed-his-agenda-of-tax-cuts-and-less-government John Hinckley, Jr. brings infamy to Lubbock https://web.archive.org/web/20130925143644/http://www.lubbockcentennial.com/Section/1959_1983/hinckley.shtml The Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. https://famous-trials.com/johnhinckley/537-home?__cf_chl_tk=FpBcrfEUItcGHJE40s26uuMJWXN8nEjNfUe3GY7mdMs-1711234800-0.0.1.1-1365 The John Hinckley Case https://www.crimelibrary.org/terrorists_spies/assassins/john_hinckley/4.html From Daniel M’Naughten to John Hinckley, A Brief History of the Insanity Defense https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/history.html#:~:text=Before%20Hinckley%2C%20the%20burden%20of,the%20time%20of%20the%20crime. John Hinckley Jr., who once tried to kill Ronald Reagan, claims he is a victim of ‘cancel culture’ after concert nixed: ‘Keeps happening’ https://nypost.com/2024/03/20/us-news/john-hinckley-jr-claims-he-is-a-victim-of-cancel-culture-after-concert-called-off/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 444: “Ron, John and Jodie”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender “You talking to me, are YOU talking to me?” when they ask him to pay for his drinks. (The bartender replied that he must be since he didn’t see any other deadbeat drunks around there.) On the show this week we head back to 1981 when John Hinckley Jr had his shot at greatness and missed. (A very fine line is being walked)


Along the way we discover why Dave is the sad lonely old man he is today. (He is afraid of girls!) Then we dive right into the events of March 30th 1981 when Organized Labor saved Ronald Reagan’s life. (And STILL he fired those air traffic controllers!) We might John Warnock Hinckley Jr, a rich kid living the rich kid life in the mid 1970’s. But then his life took a turn toward darkness (not becoming a stock broker, which is how most rich kids turned to darkness back then.) Follow along as John watches a movie and takes the entirely wrong message and then barks a wrong try by trying to woo a young  Jodie Foster. (She was gay THEN John!) Finally we talk about his trial and how it changed very, very little. 


Our Sponsor this week is Boyd’s Body Armor, because somebody probably wants to shoot you. We open with NBC Nightly News and close with J. Fla who wants you to not miss your shot.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/DPJv5u1EcaM?si=bHA4Zs7RTvXojUTI

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The First 100 Days: Reagan Pushed His Agenda of Tax Cuts and Less Government

https://www.usnews.com/news/history/articles/2009/03/12/the-first-100-days-reagan-pushed-his-agenda-of-tax-cuts-and-less-government


John Hinckley, Jr. brings infamy to Lubbock

https://web.archive.org/web/20130925143644/http://www.lubbockcentennial.com/Section/1959_1983/hinckley.shtml


The Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr.

https://famous-trials.com/johnhinckley/537-home?__cf_chl_tk=FpBcrfEUItcGHJE40s26uuMJWXN8nEjNfUe3GY7mdMs-1711234800-0.0.1.1-1365


The John Hinckley Case

https://www.crimelibrary.org/terrorists_spies/assassins/john_hinckley/4.html


From Daniel M’Naughten to John Hinckley, A Brief History of the Insanity Defense

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/history.html#:~:text=Before%20Hinckley%2C%20the%20burden%20of,the%20time%20of%20the%20crime.


John Hinckley Jr., who once tried to kill Ronald Reagan, claims he is a victim of ‘cancel culture’ after concert nixed: ‘Keeps happening’

https://nypost.com/2024/03/20/us-news/john-hinckley-jr-claims-he-is-a-victim-of-cancel-culture-after-concert-called-off/


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]]> 2069 yes Episode 443: Hale Bopp MmmHmm Hale Bopp (Part Two of Packing A Purple Shroud) Show Notes Episode 443: Hale Bopp, Mmmmhmm, Hale Bopp Part Two of Packing a Purple Shroud This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly gets into a white panel van thinking it was an Uber and spent three days in a UFO Cult before they kicked him out for being an asshole. (Again) On the show this week we finish our story about the Heaven’s Gate Cult. (Trigger Warning, balls are cut off) Along the way we discover Dave was quite the connoisseur of uncomfortable ways to fly. Then we pick back up with Herff and Bonnie who are busy building themselves a clique of believers.  We follow along as they assemble their “Away Team” (Honestly, these people were watching too much Star Trek and that is saying something coming from THIS podcast),moving from “starbases” in the woods to a mansion in San Diego. We cover the innovative solution to their sexual desires. (They cut off their balls) Finally, we discuss their ascension and why America found it so fucking funny. (America has bad taste) Our Sponsor this week is Art’s Intergalactic Tours, when it is time to leave the Earth behind, book with Art’s! We open the show with Art Bell and close with Leo Moracchioli who plays us a little bop! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/1ZxP5g7lMrs?si=GaYz2DIMWkkpuOPK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Overview of Present Mission https://heavensgate.com/misc/ovrview.htm Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=4 Wikipedia: Techniques to enter the next level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)#Techniques_to_enter_the_next_level Line separating comedy, tragedy is awfully thin https://www.deseret.com/1997/4/11/19305964/line-separating-comedy-tragedy-is-awfully-thin/ Suicides should inspire curiosity, not jokes Guest columnist Joshua Molina (Not that one) https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19970409-01.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Fascination over Heaven’s Gate cult continues, 20 years after mass suicide https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-heavens-gate-20170319-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Hale Bopp MmmHmm Hale Bopp (Part Two of Packing A Purple Shroud) full 443 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we finish our story about the Heaven’s Gate Cult. (Trigger Warning, balls are cut off) Show Notes Episode 443: Hale Bopp, Mmmmhmm, Hale Bopp Part Two of Packing a Purple Shroud This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly gets into a white panel van thinking it was an Uber and spent three days in a UFO Cult before they kicked him out for being an asshole. (Again) On the show this week we finish our story about the Heaven’s Gate Cult. (Trigger Warning, balls are cut off) Along the way we discover Dave was quite the connoisseur of uncomfortable ways to fly. Then we pick back up with Herff and Bonnie who are busy building themselves a clique of believers.  We follow along as they assemble their “Away Team” (Honestly, these people were watching too much Star Trek and that is saying something coming from THIS podcast),moving from “starbases” in the woods to a mansion in San Diego. We cover the innovative solution to their sexual desires. (They cut off their balls) Finally, we discuss their ascension and why America found it so fucking funny. (America has bad taste) Our Sponsor this week is Art’s Intergalactic Tours, when it is time to leave the Earth behind, book with Art’s! We open the show with Art Bell and close with Leo Moracchioli who plays us a little bop! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/1ZxP5g7lMrs?si=GaYz2DIMWkkpuOPK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Overview of Present Mission https://heavensgate.com/misc/ovrview.htm Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=4 Wikipedia: Techniques to enter the next level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)#Techniques_to_enter_the_next_level Line separating comedy, tragedy is awfully thin https://www.deseret.com/1997/4/11/19305964/line-separating-comedy-tragedy-is-awfully-thin/ Suicides should inspire curiosity, not jokes Guest columnist Joshua Molina (Not that one) https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19970409-01.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Fascination over Heaven’s Gate cult continues, 20 years after mass suicide https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-heavens-gate-20170319-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 443: Hale Bopp, Mmmmhmm, Hale Bopp

Part Two of Packing a Purple Shroud


This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly gets into a white panel van thinking it was an Uber and spent three days in a UFO Cult before they kicked him out for being an asshole. (Again) On the show this week we finish our story about the Heaven’s Gate Cult. (Trigger Warning, balls are cut off)


Along the way we discover Dave was quite the connoisseur of uncomfortable ways to fly. Then we pick back up with Herff and Bonnie who are busy building themselves a clique of believers.  We follow along as they assemble their “Away Team” (Honestly, these people were watching too much Star Trek and that is saying something coming from THIS podcast),moving from “starbases” in the woods to a mansion in San Diego. We cover the innovative solution to their sexual desires. (They cut off their balls) Finally, we discuss their ascension and why America found it so fucking funny. (America has bad taste)


Our Sponsor this week is Art’s Intergalactic Tours, when it is time to leave the Earth behind, book with Art’s! We open the show with Art Bell and close with Leo Moracchioli who plays us a little bop!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/1ZxP5g7lMrs?si=GaYz2DIMWkkpuOPK

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Overview of Present Mission

https://heavensgate.com/misc/ovrview.htm


Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=4


Wikipedia: Techniques to enter the next level

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)#Techniques_to_enter_the_next_level


Line separating comedy, tragedy is awfully thin

https://www.deseret.com/1997/4/11/19305964/line-separating-comedy-tragedy-is-awfully-thin/


Suicides should inspire curiosity, not jokes Guest columnist Joshua Molina (Not that one)

https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19970409-01.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------


Fascination over Heaven’s Gate cult continues, 20 years after mass suicide

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-heavens-gate-20170319-story.html





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]]> 2023 yes Episode 442: Which Brings Us Back to Doh! Show Notes Episode 442: “Which Brings Us Back to DOH!”  Part One of Packing a Purple Shroud  This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender to float him one last drink because later he will be leaving to join a Mothership located near Uranus. (He was still giggling when the bouncer dragged him out.) On the show this week we turn back to 1997 when a group of religious enthusiasts made big news for their unorthodox travel plans! We are talking about Heaven's Gate! Along the way we discover that Dave once tried to join a Wiccan coven because he thought he would see chicks naked. (They turned him down because they had no desire to see Dave naked.) Then we meet Marshall Herff Applewhite, a gentle soul born in the wrong place and time, also the wrong planet.  We follow Herff on his journey toward enlightenment, by which we mean we watch him struggle with being gay.  Herff struggles would eventually lead him to his cosmic destiny in the form of a middle aged Registered Nurse who was into astrology and aliens. (Everyone has a soulmate.) Together the two would join together to become The Two, Bo and Peep and Ti and Do. (Yes, like the song.) When we are done you will have the backstory you need to understand (OK not understand, but be informed about) the origins of the Heaven’s Gate Cult. Our Sponsor this week is The Temple of Dave Ascendant, we may not save your soul, but at least you get to keep your dick and balls. We open with Lewis Black close withEdgard Roock who metals up on old classic. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: General background information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate:_The_Cult_of_Cults Wikipedia Heaven’s Gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) Wikipedia Fourth Great Awakening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Great_Awakening Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Which Brings Us Back to Doh! full 442 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we turn back to 1997 when a group of religious enthusiasts made big news for their unorthodox travel plans! We are talking about Heaven's Gate! Show Notes Episode 442: “Which Brings Us Back to DOH!”  Part One of Packing a Purple Shroud  This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender to float him one last drink because later he will be leaving to join a Mothership located near Uranus. (He was still giggling when the bouncer dragged him out.) On the show this week we turn back to 1997 when a group of religious enthusiasts made big news for their unorthodox travel plans! We are talking about Heaven's Gate! Along the way we discover that Dave once tried to join a Wiccan coven because he thought he would see chicks naked. (They turned him down because they had no desire to see Dave naked.) Then we meet Marshall Herff Applewhite, a gentle soul born in the wrong place and time, also the wrong planet.  We follow Herff on his journey toward enlightenment, by which we mean we watch him struggle with being gay.  Herff struggles would eventually lead him to his cosmic destiny in the form of a middle aged Registered Nurse who was into astrology and aliens. (Everyone has a soulmate.) Together the two would join together to become The Two, Bo and Peep and Ti and Do. (Yes, like the song.) When we are done you will have the backstory you need to understand (OK not understand, but be informed about) the origins of the Heaven’s Gate Cult. Our Sponsor this week is The Temple of Dave Ascendant, we may not save your soul, but at least you get to keep your dick and balls. We open with Lewis Black close withEdgard Roock who metals up on old classic. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: General background information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate:_The_Cult_of_Cults Wikipedia Heaven’s Gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) Wikipedia Fourth Great Awakening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Great_Awakening Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 442: “Which Brings Us Back to DOH!” 

Part One of Packing a Purple Shroud 


This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender to float him one last drink because later he will be leaving to join a Mothership located near Uranus. (He was still giggling when the bouncer dragged him out.) On the show this week we turn back to 1997 when a group of religious enthusiasts made big news for their unorthodox travel plans! We are talking about Heaven's Gate!


Along the way we discover that Dave once tried to join a Wiccan coven because he thought he would see chicks naked. (They turned him down because they had no desire to see Dave naked.) Then we meet Marshall Herff Applewhite, a gentle soul born in the wrong place and time, also the wrong planet.  We follow Herff on his journey toward enlightenment, by which we mean we watch him struggle with being gay.  Herff struggles would eventually lead him to his cosmic destiny in the form of a middle aged Registered Nurse who was into astrology and aliens. (Everyone has a soulmate.) Together the two would join together to become The Two, Bo and Peep and Ti and Do. (Yes, like the song.) When we are done you will have the backstory you need to understand (OK not understand, but be informed about) the origins of the Heaven’s Gate Cult.


Our Sponsor this week is The Temple of Dave Ascendant, we may not save your soul, but at least you get to keep your dick and balls. We open with Lewis Black close withEdgard Roock who metals up on old classic.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


General background information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate:_The_Cult_of_Cults


Wikipedia Heaven’s Gate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)



Wikipedia Fourth Great Awakening

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Great_Awakening


Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=1


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]]> 1978 yes Episode 441: "A Few Good Lawyers" (WTH Movie Night A Few Good Men) Show Notes Episode 441: “A Few Good Lawyers”  Movie Night: A Few Good Men This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists the bartender “can’t handle the truth” when asked when he might be paying his bar tab. (They dragged Dave outside while screaming: “You WANT me at that bar, you NEED me at this bar” Again.) On the show this week, it is What the HELL Movie Night, we are talking about 1992’s “A Few Good Men”  Along the way we discover that Dave has opinions about the women and men in our nation’s National Guard. (Like he is such a hero?) Then we dive right into the story of a bartender with a dream (Yeah, that Dave would find another bar) and that dream is of Hollywood!  We meet a young Aaron Sorkin who wrote a script on bar napkins that became a Hollywood blockbuster. We follow along as Meathead from All In the Family takes up the story and casts the sexiest people to ever wear a US Navy uniform in a movie about the bastard step-children of the Navy. (The editorial stance of this podcast is firmly pro-Marine, if for no other reason than Dave still owes some former Marines drinks from back in the day) We close with an examination of why the Marines did NOT like A Few Good Men. (Tom Cruise should have been a Marine Lawyer) Our Sponsor this week is the Navy National Guard, because Oklahoma should have a Navy too! We open with the trailer for A Few Good Men and close with Town Mountain who invoke their Fifth Amendment rights! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Ex-Marine who felt ‘A Few Good Men’ maligned him is mysteriously murdered https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/04/10/ex-marine-who-felt-a-few-good-men-maligned-him-is-mysteriously-murdered/ Can You Handle the True Story Behind Aaron Sorkin's 'A Few Good Men'? https://collider.com/a-few-good-men-true-story-aaron-sorkin/ Close Order Moral Drill https://web.archive.org/web/20121107110601/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977216-1,00.html A FEW GOOD MEN https://web.archive.org/web/20160408084528/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-few-good-men-1992 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000 A Few Good Lawyers (WTH Movie Night A Few Good Men) full 441 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, it is What the HELL Movie Night, we are talking about 1992’s “A Few Good Men” Show Notes Episode 441: “A Few Good Lawyers”  Movie Night: A Few Good Men This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists the bartender “can’t handle the truth” when asked when he might be paying his bar tab. (They dragged Dave outside while screaming: “You WANT me at that bar, you NEED me at this bar” Again.) On the show this week, it is What the HELL Movie Night, we are talking about 1992’s “A Few Good Men”  Along the way we discover that Dave has opinions about the women and men in our nation’s National Guard. (Like he is such a hero?) Then we dive right into the story of a bartender with a dream (Yeah, that Dave would find another bar) and that dream is of Hollywood!  We meet a young Aaron Sorkin who wrote a script on bar napkins that became a Hollywood blockbuster. We follow along as Meathead from All In the Family takes up the story and casts the sexiest people to ever wear a US Navy uniform in a movie about the bastard step-children of the Navy. (The editorial stance of this podcast is firmly pro-Marine, if for no other reason than Dave still owes some former Marines drinks from back in the day) We close with an examination of why the Marines did NOT like A Few Good Men. (Tom Cruise should have been a Marine Lawyer) Our Sponsor this week is the Navy National Guard, because Oklahoma should have a Navy too! We open with the trailer for A Few Good Men and close with Town Mountain who invoke their Fifth Amendment rights! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq 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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Ex-Marine who felt ‘A Few Good Men’ maligned him is mysteriously murdered https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/04/10/ex-marine-who-felt-a-few-good-men-maligned-him-is-mysteriously-murdered/ Can You Handle the True Story Behind Aaron Sorkin's 'A Few Good Men'? https://collider.com/a-few-good-men-true-story-aaron-sorkin/ Close Order Moral Drill https://web.archive.org/web/20121107110601/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977216-1,00.html A FEW GOOD MEN https://web.archive.org/web/20160408084528/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-few-good-men-1992 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 441: “A Few Good Lawyers”

 Movie Night: A Few Good Men


This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists the bartender “can’t handle the truth” when asked when he might be paying his bar tab. (They dragged Dave outside while screaming: “You WANT me at that bar, you NEED me at this bar” Again.) On the show this week, it is What the HELL Movie Night, we are talking about 1992’s “A Few Good Men” 


Along the way we discover that Dave has opinions about the women and men in our nation’s National Guard. (Like he is such a hero?) Then we dive right into the story of a bartender with a dream (Yeah, that Dave would find another bar) and that dream is of Hollywood!  We meet a young Aaron Sorkin who wrote a script on bar napkins that became a Hollywood blockbuster. We follow along as Meathead from All In the Family takes up the story and casts the sexiest people to ever wear a US Navy uniform in a movie about the bastard step-children of the Navy. (The editorial stance of this podcast is firmly pro-Marine, if for no other reason than Dave still owes some former Marines drinks from back in the day) We close with an examination of why the Marines did NOT like A Few Good Men. (Tom Cruise should have been a Marine Lawyer)


Our Sponsor this week is the Navy National Guard, because Oklahoma should have a Navy too! We open with the trailer for A Few Good Men and close with Town Mountain who invoke their Fifth Amendment rights!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq

www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Ex-Marine who felt ‘A Few Good Men’ maligned him is mysteriously murdered

https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/04/10/ex-marine-who-felt-a-few-good-men-maligned-him-is-mysteriously-murdered/


Can You Handle the True Story Behind Aaron Sorkin's 'A Few Good Men'?

https://collider.com/a-few-good-men-true-story-aaron-sorkin/


Close Order Moral Drill

https://web.archive.org/web/20121107110601/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977216-1,00.html


A FEW GOOD MEN

https://web.archive.org/web/20160408084528/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-few-good-men-1992


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]]> 2159 yes Episode 440: Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle Show Notes Episode 440: Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes to a Tiki Bar in Teaneck and gets lost on the way to the bathroom. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. (We mean why people in the 1970’s suddenly got so into the idea of the Bermuda Triangle.  The other stuff is easily explained.) Along the way we learn that Dave is like he is because parents in the 70’s didn’t love their kids enough. (This is a baseless lie told for comedic effect, his parents HAD to love him a lot not to give him up for adoption) Then we dive right into the mysterious region called the Devil’s Triangle. (Not a euphemism for a well manicured bush) From its origins as some shit Christopher Columbus made up to make himself look cool, to some shit some dudes centuries later made up to sell books and magazines. (There is a common thread) We tell you about all the ways Hollywood made money off the triangle, and all the ways Milton Bradley made up to make money. (Yes, there was a board game!) Finally, we give you the rational explanation for what is happening you all need for closure. (Nothing, nothing is happening.) Our Sponsor this week is Eternal Cruise Lines, isn’t it time to leave it all behind?  We open with Leonard Nimoy searching, and close with Gary Gee plotting some dark shit for his lady. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Sea's Puzzles Still Baffle Men In Pushbutton Age https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/evwjones.html The Deadly Bermuda Triangle https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/vincentgaddis.txt Why The Bermuda Triangle Craze Of The '70s? The Hoax And Hysteria Explained https://groovyhistory.com/bermuda-triangle-craze-hoax-hysteria?utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=pinterest_bermuda_triangle_craze&utm_medium=pinterest__bermuda_triangle_craze The Bermuda Depths https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077223/ Bermuda Triangle (1975) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2296/bermuda-triangle TV: ‘Nova’ Explores the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Case https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/29/archives/tv-nova-explores-the-bermuda-triangle-case-program-challenges.html According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the Bermuda Triangle myth blows up in the 1970s and has been popular ever since. What happened in the 1970s to make it so popular? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1383hh6/according_to_the_google_ngram_viewer_the_bermuda/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle full 440 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. (We mean why people in the 1970’s suddenly got so into the idea of the Bermuda Triangle. The other stuff is easily explained.) Show Notes Episode 440: Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes to a Tiki Bar in Teaneck and gets lost on the way to the bathroom. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. (We mean why people in the 1970’s suddenly got so into the idea of the Bermuda Triangle.  The other stuff is easily explained.) Along the way we learn that Dave is like he is because parents in the 70’s didn’t love their kids enough. (This is a baseless lie told for comedic effect, his parents HAD to love him a lot not to give him up for adoption) Then we dive right into the mysterious region called the Devil’s Triangle. (Not a euphemism for a well manicured bush) From its origins as some shit Christopher Columbus made up to make himself look cool, to some shit some dudes centuries later made up to sell books and magazines. (There is a common thread) We tell you about all the ways Hollywood made money off the triangle, and all the ways Milton Bradley made up to make money. (Yes, there was a board game!) Finally, we give you the rational explanation for what is happening you all need for closure. (Nothing, nothing is happening.) Our Sponsor this week is Eternal Cruise Lines, isn’t it time to leave it all behind?  We open with Leonard Nimoy searching, and close with Gary Gee plotting some dark shit for his lady. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Sea's Puzzles Still Baffle Men In Pushbutton Age https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/evwjones.html The Deadly Bermuda Triangle https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/vincentgaddis.txt Why The Bermuda Triangle Craze Of The '70s? The Hoax And Hysteria Explained https://groovyhistory.com/bermuda-triangle-craze-hoax-hysteria?utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=pinterest_bermuda_triangle_craze&utm_medium=pinterest__bermuda_triangle_craze The Bermuda Depths https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077223/ Bermuda Triangle (1975) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2296/bermuda-triangle TV: ‘Nova’ Explores the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Case https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/29/archives/tv-nova-explores-the-bermuda-triangle-case-program-challenges.html According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the Bermuda Triangle myth blows up in the 1970s and has been popular ever since. What happened in the 1970s to make it so popular? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1383hh6/according_to_the_google_ngram_viewer_the_bermuda/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 440: Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle


This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes to a Tiki Bar in Teaneck and gets lost on the way to the bathroom. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. (We mean why people in the 1970’s suddenly got so into the idea of the Bermuda Triangle.  The other stuff is easily explained.)


Along the way we learn that Dave is like he is because parents in the 70’s didn’t love their kids enough. (This is a baseless lie told for comedic effect, his parents HAD to love him a lot not to give him up for adoption) Then we dive right into the mysterious region called the Devil’s Triangle. (Not a euphemism for a well manicured bush) From its origins as some shit Christopher Columbus made up to make himself look cool, to some shit some dudes centuries later made up to sell books and magazines. (There is a common thread) We tell you about all the ways Hollywood made money off the triangle, and all the ways Milton Bradley made up to make money. (Yes, there was a board game!) Finally, we give you the rational explanation for what is happening you all need for closure. (Nothing, nothing is happening.)


Our Sponsor this week is Eternal Cruise Lines, isn’t it time to leave it all behind?  We open with Leonard Nimoy searching, and close with Gary Gee plotting some dark shit for his lady.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Sea's Puzzles Still Baffle Men In Pushbutton Age

https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/evwjones.html


The Deadly Bermuda Triangle

https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/vincentgaddis.txt


Why The Bermuda Triangle Craze Of The '70s? The Hoax And Hysteria Explained

https://groovyhistory.com/bermuda-triangle-craze-hoax-hysteria?utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=pinterest_bermuda_triangle_craze&utm_medium=pinterest__bermuda_triangle_craze


The Bermuda Depths

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077223/


Bermuda Triangle (1975)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2296/bermuda-triangle


TV: ‘Nova’ Explores the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Case

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/29/archives/tv-nova-explores-the-bermuda-triangle-case-program-challenges.html


According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the Bermuda Triangle myth blows up in the 1970s and has been popular ever since. What happened in the 1970s to make it so popular?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1383hh6/according_to_the_google_ngram_viewer_the_bermuda/


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]]> 1967 yes Episode 439: Borked By Blockbuster Episode 439: Borked by Blockbuster This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets in a drunken row with a fellow barfly on the artistic merits of “Jiggly Juggs Volume 7” versus “Jiggly Juggs Volume 8” insisting 8 was repetitive trash until the bartender tossed them both out. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the time a Supreme Court nominee’s video rental records gave us a whole new law! (But had nothing to do with keeping Bork off the bench.) Along the way Dave goes on Old Man Rant ™ about how tough it was before corporate video chains took over the video rental market.  Then we dive right into a brief history of home video rentals and how capitalism killed the mom and pop video stores. (It is somehow relevant, we swear) before finally getting to the main story about Robert Bork. (It’s OK if you don’t know who that is, we didn’t either.) We explain how the guy who did Dick Nixon’s dirty work gets nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court and everyone gets super pissed by the end of the story. (It really is a wild ride on this one!) Finally we explain why all of this resulted in politicians feeling safe when they rented their hard core porn at their local video store. (You know the stuff behind the swinging doors in the back, you dad went in there while you were looking for Star Wars movies.) Finally  we explain why you still have privacy at The Last Blockbuster but not on Netflix.  (Say it with us: CAPITALISM!) Our sponsor this week is Mondo Fast Eddies Home Video back again because they still got tapes.  We open with Randall from RST Video and close with Datarock who are waiting for you at the video store. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/fqfX_IlYngo?si=Z9d2GkXFtID7w_10 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Silicon Underground: How much did VHS tapes cost in the 80s? https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-much-did-vhs-tapes-cost-in-the-80s/ A Tight Squeeze at Video Stores https://web.archive.org/web/20200414084654/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/01/business/a-tight-squeeze-at-video-stores.html Wikipedia: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork_Supreme_Court_nomination THE BORK TAPES SAGA https://web.archive.org/web/20071009144531/http://www.theamericanporch.com/bork2.htm PUBLICATION OF BORK`S VIDEO RENTALS RAISES PRIVACY ISSUE https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/11/20/publication-of-borks-video-rentals-raises-privacy-issue/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Borked By Blockbuster full 439 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you about the time a Supreme Court nominee’s video rental records gave us a whole new law! (But had nothing to do with keeping Bork off the bench.) Episode 439: Borked by Blockbuster This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets in a drunken row with a fellow barfly on the artistic merits of “Jiggly Juggs Volume 7” versus “Jiggly Juggs Volume 8” insisting 8 was repetitive trash until the bartender tossed them both out. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the time a Supreme Court nominee’s video rental records gave us a whole new law! (But had nothing to do with keeping Bork off the bench.) Along the way Dave goes on Old Man Rant ™ about how tough it was before corporate video chains took over the video rental market.  Then we dive right into a brief history of home video rentals and how capitalism killed the mom and pop video stores. (It is somehow relevant, we swear) before finally getting to the main story about Robert Bork. (It’s OK if you don’t know who that is, we didn’t either.) We explain how the guy who did Dick Nixon’s dirty work gets nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court and everyone gets super pissed by the end of the story. (It really is a wild ride on this one!) Finally we explain why all of this resulted in politicians feeling safe when they rented their hard core porn at their local video store. (You know the stuff behind the swinging doors in the back, you dad went in there while you were looking for Star Wars movies.) Finally  we explain why you still have privacy at The Last Blockbuster but not on Netflix.  (Say it with us: CAPITALISM!) Our sponsor this week is Mondo Fast Eddies Home Video back again because they still got tapes.  We open with Randall from RST Video and close with Datarock who are waiting for you at the video store. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/fqfX_IlYngo?si=Z9d2GkXFtID7w_10 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Silicon Underground: How much did VHS tapes cost in the 80s? https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-much-did-vhs-tapes-cost-in-the-80s/ A Tight Squeeze at Video Stores https://web.archive.org/web/20200414084654/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/01/business/a-tight-squeeze-at-video-stores.html Wikipedia: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork_Supreme_Court_nomination THE BORK TAPES SAGA https://web.archive.org/web/20071009144531/http://www.theamericanporch.com/bork2.htm PUBLICATION OF BORK`S VIDEO RENTALS RAISES PRIVACY ISSUE https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/11/20/publication-of-borks-video-rentals-raises-privacy-issue/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 439: Borked by Blockbuster


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets in a drunken row with a fellow barfly on the artistic merits of “Jiggly Juggs Volume 7” versus “Jiggly Juggs Volume 8” insisting 8 was repetitive trash until the bartender tossed them both out. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the time a Supreme Court nominee’s video rental records gave us a whole new law! (But had nothing to do with keeping Bork off the bench.)


Along the way Dave goes on Old Man Rant ™ about how tough it was before corporate video chains took over the video rental market.  Then we dive right into a brief history of home video rentals and how capitalism killed the mom and pop video stores. (It is somehow relevant, we swear) before finally getting to the main story about Robert Bork. (It’s OK if you don’t know who that is, we didn’t either.) We explain how the guy who did Dick Nixon’s dirty work gets nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court and everyone gets super pissed by the end of the story. (It really is a wild ride on this one!) Finally we explain why all of this resulted in politicians feeling safe when they rented their hard core porn at their local video store. (You know the stuff behind the swinging doors in the back, you dad went in there while you were looking for Star Wars movies.) Finally  we explain why you still have privacy at The Last Blockbuster but not on Netflix.  (Say it with us: CAPITALISM!)


Our sponsor this week is Mondo Fast Eddies Home Video back again because they still got tapes.  We open with Randall from RST Video and close with Datarock who are waiting for you at the video store.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/fqfX_IlYngo?si=Z9d2GkXFtID7w_10

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


The Silicon Underground: How much did VHS tapes cost in the 80s?

https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-much-did-vhs-tapes-cost-in-the-80s/


A Tight Squeeze at Video Stores

https://web.archive.org/web/20200414084654/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/01/business/a-tight-squeeze-at-video-stores.html


Wikipedia: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork_Supreme_Court_nomination


THE BORK TAPES SAGA

https://web.archive.org/web/20071009144531/http://www.theamericanporch.com/bork2.htm


PUBLICATION OF BORK`S VIDEO RENTALS RAISES PRIVACY ISSUE

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/11/20/publication-of-borks-video-rentals-raises-privacy-issue/


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]]> 1934 yes Episode 438: What If Everyone WAS Kung Fu Fighting? Show Notes Episode 438: What If Everyone WAS Kung Fu Fighting? This week Host Dave Bledsoe loudly proclaims he knows “Drunk Fu” as the bouncers haul him toward the exit. (Drunk Fu is mostly just screaming and crying while struggling weakly against stronger men). On the show this week talk about that time in the 1970’s when everyone was doing karate kicks on the disco floor and hurting each other: we are talking the Kung Fu Craze of the 1970’s Along the way we learn exactly what kind of nerd Dave was as a kid. (The kind who eschewed physical exercise for reading books.) Then we dive right into the short, short version of martial arts, martial arts movies and how martial arts movies became a thing Americans watched, and eventually danced to. (The Seventies were fucking weird man!) We head to Asia for a quick tour of Asian cinema and learn (very) little about the good Asian films in favor of the ones with dudes in rubber lizard suits and dudes punching the shit out of each other. (You want a movie podcast, listen to Karina Longworth!)  We meet Bruce Lee and sadly, say goodbye to him almost instantly.  Then we discuss the actual topic of the show: how a Jamaican man and an Indian man both living in Britain made a song about Kung Fu. (Is it a LITTLE racist? Yeah, sadly.) We discuss how the song swept America and the things it made white Americans do on the disco floor that injured one another. (Not just by cutting themselves with their coke chopping razors.) Our Sponsor this week is Paddy’s School of Boston Martial Arts who want to know, what the fuck are YOU looking at? We open with Ed Gruberman and close with Fernan doing an acoustic version that is somehow LESS racist than the original song.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/APD1ffPpWAw?si=NQOMd74F82dVYSde We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/  Citations Needed: The Life and Times of the Kung Fu Film https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/kung-fu-film-life-and-times/ Film: '5 Fingers of Death':The Cast https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/22/archives/film-5-fingers-of-deaththe-cast.html The exact moment kung fu blew up in America https://www.polygon.com/22660909/kung-fu-movies-1970s The Kung Fu Craze of the Seventies Part Two https://mercurie.blogspot.com/2008/06/kung-fu-craze-of-seventies-part-two.html Kung Fu Fighting: Carl Douglas' Chop-Socky Disco Hit https://groovyhistory.com/kung-fu-fighting-carl-douglas-chop-socky-disco-hit How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/08/28/338622840/how-the-kung-fu-fighting-melody-came-to-represent-asia Soul Train Dancer - Carl Douglas (Kung-Fu fighting) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjjdz3 Racist? My song's just a blend of East and West, says Kung Fu Fighting composer https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381305/Kung-Fu-Fighting-composer-Carl-Douglas-defends-racist-pub-singer-Simon-Ledger.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000 What If Everyone WAS Kung Fu Fighting? full 438 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week talk about that time in the 1970’s when everyone was doing karate kicks on the disco floor and hurting each other: we are talking the Kung Fu Craze of the 1970’s Show Notes Episode 438: What If Everyone WAS Kung Fu Fighting? This week Host Dave Bledsoe loudly proclaims he knows “Drunk Fu” as the bouncers haul him toward the exit. (Drunk Fu is mostly just screaming and crying while struggling weakly against stronger men). On the show this week talk about that time in the 1970’s when everyone was doing karate kicks on the disco floor and hurting each other: we are talking the Kung Fu Craze of the 1970’s Along the way we learn exactly what kind of nerd Dave was as a kid. (The kind who eschewed physical exercise for reading books.) Then we dive right into the short, short version of martial arts, martial arts movies and how martial arts movies became a thing Americans watched, and eventually danced to. (The Seventies were fucking weird man!) We head to Asia for a quick tour of Asian cinema and learn (very) little about the good Asian films in favor of the ones with dudes in rubber lizard suits and dudes punching the shit out of each other. (You want a movie podcast, listen to Karina Longworth!)  We meet Bruce Lee and sadly, say goodbye to him almost instantly.  Then we discuss the actual topic of the show: how a Jamaican man and an Indian man both living in Britain made a song about Kung Fu. (Is it a LITTLE racist? Yeah, sadly.) We discuss how the song swept America and the things it made white Americans do on the disco floor that injured one another. (Not just by cutting themselves with their coke chopping razors.) Our Sponsor this week is Paddy’s School of Boston Martial Arts who want to know, what the fuck are YOU looking at? We open with Ed Gruberman and close with Fernan doing an acoustic version that is somehow LESS racist than the original song.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/APD1ffPpWAw?si=NQOMd74F82dVYSde We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/  Citations Needed: The Life and Times of the Kung Fu Film https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/kung-fu-film-life-and-times/ Film: '5 Fingers of Death':The Cast https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/22/archives/film-5-fingers-of-deaththe-cast.html The exact moment kung fu blew up in America https://www.polygon.com/22660909/kung-fu-movies-1970s The Kung Fu Craze of the Seventies Part Two https://mercurie.blogspot.com/2008/06/kung-fu-craze-of-seventies-part-two.html Kung Fu Fighting: Carl Douglas' Chop-Socky Disco Hit https://groovyhistory.com/kung-fu-fighting-carl-douglas-chop-socky-disco-hit How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/08/28/338622840/how-the-kung-fu-fighting-melody-came-to-represent-asia Soul Train Dancer - Carl Douglas (Kung-Fu fighting) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjjdz3 Racist? My song's just a blend of East and West, says Kung Fu Fighting composer https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381305/Kung-Fu-Fighting-composer-Carl-Douglas-defends-racist-pub-singer-Simon-Ledger.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 438: What If Everyone WAS Kung Fu Fighting?


This week Host Dave Bledsoe loudly proclaims he knows “Drunk Fu” as the bouncers haul him toward the exit. (Drunk Fu is mostly just screaming and crying while struggling weakly against stronger men). On the show this week talk about that time in the 1970’s when everyone was doing karate kicks on the disco floor and hurting each other: we are talking the Kung Fu Craze of the 1970’s


Along the way we learn exactly what kind of nerd Dave was as a kid. (The kind who eschewed physical exercise for reading books.) Then we dive right into the short, short version of martial arts, martial arts movies and how martial arts movies became a thing Americans watched, and eventually danced to. (The Seventies were fucking weird man!) We head to Asia for a quick tour of Asian cinema and learn (very) little about the good Asian films in favor of the ones with dudes in rubber lizard suits and dudes punching the shit out of each other. (You want a movie podcast, listen to Karina Longworth!)  We meet Bruce Lee and sadly, say goodbye to him almost instantly.  Then we discuss the actual topic of the show: how a Jamaican man and an Indian man both living in Britain made a song about Kung Fu. (Is it a LITTLE racist? Yeah, sadly.) We discuss how the song swept America and the things it made white Americans do on the disco floor that injured one another. (Not just by cutting themselves with their coke chopping razors.)


Our Sponsor this week is Paddy’s School of Boston Martial Arts who want to know, what the fuck are YOU looking at? We open with Ed Gruberman and close with Fernan doing an acoustic version that is somehow LESS racist than the original song. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/APD1ffPpWAw?si=NQOMd74F82dVYSde

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


 Citations Needed:


The Life and Times of the Kung Fu Film

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/kung-fu-film-life-and-times/


Film: '5 Fingers of Death':The Cast

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/22/archives/film-5-fingers-of-deaththe-cast.html


The exact moment kung fu blew up in America

https://www.polygon.com/22660909/kung-fu-movies-1970s


The Kung Fu Craze of the Seventies Part Two

https://mercurie.blogspot.com/2008/06/kung-fu-craze-of-seventies-part-two.html


Kung Fu Fighting: Carl Douglas' Chop-Socky Disco Hit

https://groovyhistory.com/kung-fu-fighting-carl-douglas-chop-socky-disco-hit


How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/08/28/338622840/how-the-kung-fu-fighting-melody-came-to-represent-asia


Soul Train Dancer - Carl Douglas (Kung-Fu fighting)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjjdz3


Racist? My song's just a blend of East and West, says Kung Fu Fighting composer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381305/Kung-Fu-Fighting-composer-Carl-Douglas-defends-racist-pub-singer-Simon-Ledger.html

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]]> 2203 yes Episode 437: The Nip Slip Seen Around the World Episode 437: The Nip Slip Seen Around the World This week Host Dave Bledsoe loudly is very excited because he gets to talk about his favorite subject: Boobs. (Unfortunately he keeps insisting on talking about them to women at the bar, who do NOT want to hear it.) On the show this week we travel back 20 years ago this month to a more innocent time, when a half second of barely bar boob scandalized America. (Well, a small portion of it, the rest of American wanted to see more.) We are talking about The Wardrobe Malfunction and Nipplegate!  (Game on!) Along the way we learn more than ANYONE wanted to know about Dave’s first sexual experience. (Our editing team are still feeling nauseous) Then we dive into the history of mid game entertainment during American football championship games.  (We are not legally allowed to use the name of the damn thing without express permission of the National Football League.) Then we tell the backstory of all the people on the stage that fateful night, including Kid Rock. (For no adequately explored reason.) We walk you through the events leading to point seconds of televised, barely visible nipple and the fallout from people almost but not quite seeing Janet Jackson’s bare boob.  Finally, we explain what really happened that night, and it is (according to our research)exactly what EVERYONE thought happened in the first place. (We cite our sources!) Our Sponsor this week's sponsor is Penny’s Pasties, when you need them not to be seen, slap on a Penny’s. We open with anniversary coverage of Nipplegate and close with JC & the Two Steps who bet they have you naked by the end of this podcast. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/TvyVpbrwwNM?si=LbhWT3wmLCxGhLVp&t=14 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/01/31/from-marching-bands-to-megastars-how-the-super-bowl-halftime-show-became-a-global-spectacle/72422045007/ Nipple Ripples: 10 Years of Fallout From Janet Jackson’s Halftime Show https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nipple-ripples-10-years-of-fallout-from-janet-jacksons-halftime-show-122792/ Super Bowl Halftime show generates controversy https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a13281/super-bowl-halftime-show-generates-controversy/ Jackson steps out as 'Damita Jo' https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-03-29-janet-jackson-main_x.htm What Happened After Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl ‘Nipplegate’ Incident https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-2004-super-bowl-what-happened-8007041/ How Nipplegate Created YouTube https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/youtube-origin-nipplegate-janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-949019/ Handy chart tells you if your breasts weigh more or less than a newborn polar bear https://metro.co.uk/2016/07/07/handy-chart-tells-you-if-your-breasts-weight-more-or-less-than-a-newborn-polar-bear-5991663/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 09 Feb 2024 22:00:00 -0000 The Nip Slip Seen Around the World full 437 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we travel back 20 years ago this month to a more innocent time, when a half second of barely bar boob scandalized America. (Well, a small portion of it, the rest of American wanted to see more.) We are talking about The Wardrobe Malfunction and Nipplegate! (Game on!) Episode 437: The Nip Slip Seen Around the World This week Host Dave Bledsoe loudly is very excited because he gets to talk about his favorite subject: Boobs. (Unfortunately he keeps insisting on talking about them to women at the bar, who do NOT want to hear it.) On the show this week we travel back 20 years ago this month to a more innocent time, when a half second of barely bar boob scandalized America. (Well, a small portion of it, the rest of American wanted to see more.) We are talking about The Wardrobe Malfunction and Nipplegate!  (Game on!) Along the way we learn more than ANYONE wanted to know about Dave’s first sexual experience. (Our editing team are still feeling nauseous) Then we dive into the history of mid game entertainment during American football championship games.  (We are not legally allowed to use the name of the damn thing without express permission of the National Football League.) Then we tell the backstory of all the people on the stage that fateful night, including Kid Rock. (For no adequately explored reason.) We walk you through the events leading to point seconds of televised, barely visible nipple and the fallout from people almost but not quite seeing Janet Jackson’s bare boob.  Finally, we explain what really happened that night, and it is (according to our research)exactly what EVERYONE thought happened in the first place. (We cite our sources!) Our Sponsor this week's sponsor is Penny’s Pasties, when you need them not to be seen, slap on a Penny’s. We open with anniversary coverage of Nipplegate and close with JC & the Two Steps who bet they have you naked by the end of this podcast. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/TvyVpbrwwNM?si=LbhWT3wmLCxGhLVp&t=14 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/01/31/from-marching-bands-to-megastars-how-the-super-bowl-halftime-show-became-a-global-spectacle/72422045007/ Nipple Ripples: 10 Years of Fallout From Janet Jackson’s Halftime Show https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nipple-ripples-10-years-of-fallout-from-janet-jacksons-halftime-show-122792/ Super Bowl Halftime show generates controversy https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a13281/super-bowl-halftime-show-generates-controversy/ Jackson steps out as 'Damita Jo' https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-03-29-janet-jackson-main_x.htm What Happened After Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl ‘Nipplegate’ Incident https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-2004-super-bowl-what-happened-8007041/ How Nipplegate Created YouTube https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/youtube-origin-nipplegate-janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-949019/ Handy chart tells you if your breasts weigh more or less than a newborn polar bear https://metro.co.uk/2016/07/07/handy-chart-tells-you-if-your-breasts-weight-more-or-less-than-a-newborn-polar-bear-5991663/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe loudly is very excited because he gets to talk about his favorite subject: Boobs. (Unfortunately he keeps insisting on talking about them to women at the bar, who do NOT want to hear it.) On the show this week we travel back 20 years ago this month to a more innocent time, when a half second of barely bar boob scandalized America. (Well, a small portion of it, the rest of American wanted to see more.) We are talking about The Wardrobe Malfunction and Nipplegate!  (Game on!)


Along the way we learn more than ANYONE wanted to know about Dave’s first sexual experience. (Our editing team are still feeling nauseous) Then we dive into the history of mid game entertainment during American football championship games.  (We are not legally allowed to use the name of the damn thing without express permission of the National Football League.) Then we tell the backstory of all the people on the stage that fateful night, including Kid Rock. (For no adequately explored reason.) We walk you through the events leading to point seconds of televised, barely visible nipple and the fallout from people almost but not quite seeing Janet Jackson’s bare boob.  Finally, we explain what really happened that night, and it is (according to our research)exactly what EVERYONE thought happened in the first place. (We cite our sources!)


Our Sponsor this week's sponsor is Penny’s Pasties, when you need them not to be seen, slap on a Penny’s. We open with anniversary coverage of Nipplegate and close with JC & the Two Steps who bet they have you naked by the end of this podcast.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/TvyVpbrwwNM?si=LbhWT3wmLCxGhLVp&t=14

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:  


From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/01/31/from-marching-bands-to-megastars-how-the-super-bowl-halftime-show-became-a-global-spectacle/72422045007/


Nipple Ripples: 10 Years of Fallout From Janet Jackson’s Halftime Show

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nipple-ripples-10-years-of-fallout-from-janet-jacksons-halftime-show-122792/


Super Bowl Halftime show generates controversy

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a13281/super-bowl-halftime-show-generates-controversy/


Jackson steps out as 'Damita Jo'

https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-03-29-janet-jackson-main_x.htm


What Happened After Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl ‘Nipplegate’ Incident

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-2004-super-bowl-what-happened-8007041/


How Nipplegate Created YouTube

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/youtube-origin-nipplegate-janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-949019/


Handy chart tells you if your breasts weigh more or less than a newborn polar bear

https://metro.co.uk/2016/07/07/handy-chart-tells-you-if-your-breasts-weight-more-or-less-than-a-newborn-polar-bear-5991663/


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]]> 2179 yes Episode 279 Expanded Edition: Warning Challenger Jokes Ahead (Update and Redux) Episode 279 Expanded Edition: Warning, Challenger Jokes Ahead(Update and Redux) 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 Tuesday!) From there we jump right into the grim and stupid tale of the Shuttle Challenger disaster, mostly gleaned from the Netflix docu-series Challenger: Final Flight.  (We are not afraid to let others do our research for us!)  We learn why someone thought it was a good idea to send an untrained civilian into freaking Space.  (Reagan was doing badly with teachers.)  We meet the starry eyed optimist teacher who erroneously believed no one would be so STUPID as to send an untrained civilian into space if it were at ALL dangerous.  (Turns out they would, and it was.)  Then we explain all the ways this didn’t have to happen and why it was always GOING to happen.  (Turns out NASA, not exactly well managed.)  Finally, we talk about the jokes,  (Honestly, this was always going to be about the jokes.) and how they colored the world view of an entire generation. Our Sponsor this week is the Russian Space Agency, you want to go space cheap, fly Russian Space Agency, coming back costs extra.  We open the show with Jerry Seinfeld from a Tonight Show appearance in the 1980’s and close with Pushnoy singing about the Ford 150 of space! 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8QNxgBPfsl4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed Challenger: Final Flight https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137 Roger Boisjoly-The Challenger Disaster https://www.onlineethics.org/12703/Erosion WHITE HOUSE FINDS NO PRESSURE TO LAUNCH https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/04/us/white-house-finds-no-pressure-to-launch.html#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20said%20today,pressure%20on%20the%20launching%20schedule. Criticism of the Space Shuttle program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program#Cultural_issues_and_problems DISASTER AS A LAUGHING MATTER https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-25-8601220292-story.html Challenger Jokes and the Humor of Disaster https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499820?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents Experts Defend Them : ‘Sick’ Jokes: Coping With the Horror https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-30-mn-8176-story.html  Update/Redux: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/nasa-confirms-talks-fly-big-bird-doomed-shuttle-challenger-n353521 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Expanded Edition: Warning Challenger Jokes Ahead (Update and Redux) full Dave Bledsoe This week we update a classic with new information we learned just this week! Episode 279 Expanded Edition: Warning, Challenger Jokes Ahead(Update and Redux) 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 Tuesday!) From there we jump right into the grim and stupid tale of the Shuttle Challenger disaster, mostly gleaned from the Netflix docu-series Challenger: Final Flight.  (We are not afraid to let others do our research for us!)  We learn why someone thought it was a good idea to send an untrained civilian into freaking Space.  (Reagan was doing badly with teachers.)  We meet the starry eyed optimist teacher who erroneously believed no one would be so STUPID as to send an untrained civilian into space if it were at ALL dangerous.  (Turns out they would, and it was.)  Then we explain all the ways this didn’t have to happen and why it was always GOING to happen.  (Turns out NASA, not exactly well managed.)  Finally, we talk about the jokes,  (Honestly, this was always going to be about the jokes.) and how they colored the world view of an entire generation. Our Sponsor this week is the Russian Space Agency, you want to go space cheap, fly Russian Space Agency, coming back costs extra.  We open the show with Jerry Seinfeld from a Tonight Show appearance in the 1980’s and close with Pushnoy singing about the Ford 150 of space! 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8QNxgBPfsl4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed Challenger: Final Flight https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137 Roger Boisjoly-The Challenger Disaster https://www.onlineethics.org/12703/Erosion WHITE HOUSE FINDS NO PRESSURE TO LAUNCH https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/04/us/white-house-finds-no-pressure-to-launch.html#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20said%20today,pressure%20on%20the%20launching%20schedule. Criticism of the Space Shuttle program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program#Cultural_issues_and_problems DISASTER AS A LAUGHING MATTER https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-25-8601220292-story.html Challenger Jokes and the Humor of Disaster https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499820?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents Experts Defend Them : ‘Sick’ Jokes: Coping With the Horror https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-30-mn-8176-story.html  Update/Redux: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/nasa-confirms-talks-fly-big-bird-doomed-shuttle-challenger-n353521 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 279 Expanded Edition: Warning, Challenger Jokes Ahead(Update and Redux)


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 Tuesday!) From there we jump right into the grim and stupid tale of the Shuttle Challenger disaster, mostly gleaned from the Netflix docu-series Challenger: Final Flight.  (We are not afraid to let others do our research for us!)  We learn why someone thought it was a good idea to send an untrained civilian into freaking Space.  (Reagan was doing badly with teachers.)  We meet the starry eyed optimist teacher who erroneously believed no one would be so STUPID as to send an untrained civilian into space if it were at ALL dangerous.  (Turns out they would, and it was.)  Then we explain all the ways this didn’t have to happen and why it was always GOING to happen.  (Turns out NASA, not exactly well managed.)  Finally, we talk about the jokes,  (Honestly, this was always going to be about the jokes.) and how they colored the world view of an entire generation.


Our Sponsor this week is the Russian Space Agency, you want to go space cheap, fly Russian Space Agency, coming back costs extra.  We open the show with Jerry Seinfeld from a Tonight Show appearance in the 1980’s and close with Pushnoy singing about the Ford 150 of space!


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/

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www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8QNxgBPfsl4

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!





Citations Needed


Challenger: Final Flight

https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137


Roger Boisjoly-The Challenger Disaster

https://www.onlineethics.org/12703/Erosion


WHITE HOUSE FINDS NO PRESSURE TO LAUNCH

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/04/us/white-house-finds-no-pressure-to-launch.html#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20said%20today,pressure%20on%20the%20launching%20schedule.


Criticism of the Space Shuttle program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program#Cultural_issues_and_problems


DISASTER AS A LAUGHING MATTER

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-25-8601220292-story.html


Challenger Jokes and the Humor of Disaster

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499820?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents


Experts Defend Them : ‘Sick’ Jokes: Coping With the Horror

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-30-mn-8176-story.html


 Update/Redux:

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/nasa-confirms-talks-fly-big-bird-doomed-shuttle-challenger-n353521


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]]> 2348 yes Episode 436: Now You're Just A Leno That I Used to Know the Finale of Winter Series 2024 Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 436: Now You’re Just A Leno That I Used to Know Finale of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite with Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a bitter feud with his agent over whose round of drinks it is. (Dave doesn’t have an agent, he was arguing with an old drunk lady in Port Authority.  Again.) On the show this week we conclude our Winter Series for 2024 with the true tale of how Jay Leno ratfucked everyone he ever met. (Pointy chin motherfucker!) Along the way we discover that Dave is nothing if not consistent. (Consistently do stupid shit while drunk and then breaking into tears afterwards.) Then dive right into the backstory of James Douglas Muir Leno from his humble origins to his time in Hollywood buddying up to people he would eventually stab in the during his long march to the Tonight Show. (This show is neither fair, nor balanced.) We meet Helen, the woman that created Jay’s career only to be discarded when she threatened his seat behind the desk.  We learn the details about Jay’s weaseling that were far worse than what you think you already know. (There was ALWAYS a plan to fuck over David Letterman.) Our Sponsor this week is Nunzio’s Talent Management, you get the contract you want and nobody gets hurt. We open with Bill Hicks waxing rhapsodic about Jay Leno and close with the Pentatonix harmonizing about people they used to know. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/hOKuAigsrec?si=CqMRFyAjJXdtzT6T&t=6 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Jay Leno Biography https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/jay-leno Jay Leno Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno BEHIND THE HEADLINES IN THE LENO -- LETTERMAN WAR https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/30/magazine/behind-the-headlines-in-the-leno-letterman-war.html Jay Leno’s Loyalty Test in the Battle for the “Tonight Show” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/11/09/jay-lenos-hard-bargain Inside Jay Leno's 'Secret Deal' with NBC to Host 'The Tonight Show' over David Letterman https://people.com/tv/inside-jay-leno-secret-deal-with-nbc-to-host-the-tonight-show-over-david-letterman/ The History Behind How Jay Leno Became The Most Hated Man In Show Business https://www.ranker.com/list/stories-of-jay-leno-being-shameless/jacob-shelton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Now You're Just A Leno That I Used to Know the Finale of Winter Series 2024 Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe full 436 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we conclude our Winter Series for 2024 with the true tale of how Jay Leno ratfucked everyone he ever met. (Pointy chin motherfucker!) Show Notes Episode 436: Now You’re Just A Leno That I Used to Know Finale of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite with Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a bitter feud with his agent over whose round of drinks it is. (Dave doesn’t have an agent, he was arguing with an old drunk lady in Port Authority.  Again.) On the show this week we conclude our Winter Series for 2024 with the true tale of how Jay Leno ratfucked everyone he ever met. (Pointy chin motherfucker!) Along the way we discover that Dave is nothing if not consistent. (Consistently do stupid shit while drunk and then breaking into tears afterwards.) Then dive right into the backstory of James Douglas Muir Leno from his humble origins to his time in Hollywood buddying up to people he would eventually stab in the during his long march to the Tonight Show. (This show is neither fair, nor balanced.) We meet Helen, the woman that created Jay’s career only to be discarded when she threatened his seat behind the desk.  We learn the details about Jay’s weaseling that were far worse than what you think you already know. (There was ALWAYS a plan to fuck over David Letterman.) Our Sponsor this week is Nunzio’s Talent Management, you get the contract you want and nobody gets hurt. We open with Bill Hicks waxing rhapsodic about Jay Leno and close with the Pentatonix harmonizing about people they used to know. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/hOKuAigsrec?si=CqMRFyAjJXdtzT6T&t=6 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Jay Leno Biography https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/jay-leno Jay Leno Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno BEHIND THE HEADLINES IN THE LENO -- LETTERMAN WAR https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/30/magazine/behind-the-headlines-in-the-leno-letterman-war.html Jay Leno’s Loyalty Test in the Battle for the “Tonight Show” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/11/09/jay-lenos-hard-bargain Inside Jay Leno's 'Secret Deal' with NBC to Host 'The Tonight Show' over David Letterman https://people.com/tv/inside-jay-leno-secret-deal-with-nbc-to-host-the-tonight-show-over-david-letterman/ The History Behind How Jay Leno Became The Most Hated Man In Show Business https://www.ranker.com/list/stories-of-jay-leno-being-shameless/jacob-shelton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 436: Now You’re Just A Leno That I Used to Know

Finale of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite with Dave Bledsoe”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a bitter feud with his agent over whose round of drinks it is. (Dave doesn’t have an agent, he was arguing with an old drunk lady in Port Authority.  Again.) On the show this week we conclude our Winter Series for 2024 with the true tale of how Jay Leno ratfucked everyone he ever met. (Pointy chin motherfucker!)


Along the way we discover that Dave is nothing if not consistent. (Consistently do stupid shit while drunk and then breaking into tears afterwards.) Then dive right into the backstory of James Douglas Muir Leno from his humble origins to his time in Hollywood buddying up to people he would eventually stab in the during his long march to the Tonight Show. (This show is neither fair, nor balanced.) We meet Helen, the woman that created Jay’s career only to be discarded when she threatened his seat behind the desk.  We learn the details about Jay’s weaseling that were far worse than what you think you already know. (There was ALWAYS a plan to fuck over David Letterman.)


Our Sponsor this week is Nunzio’s Talent Management, you get the contract you want and nobody gets hurt. We open with Bill Hicks waxing rhapsodic about Jay Leno and close with the Pentatonix harmonizing about people they used to know.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/hOKuAigsrec?si=CqMRFyAjJXdtzT6T&t=6

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Jay Leno Biography

https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/jay-leno


Jay Leno Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno


BEHIND THE HEADLINES IN THE LENO -- LETTERMAN WAR

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/30/magazine/behind-the-headlines-in-the-leno-letterman-war.html


Jay Leno’s Loyalty Test in the Battle for the “Tonight Show”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/11/09/jay-lenos-hard-bargain


Inside Jay Leno's 'Secret Deal' with NBC to Host 'The Tonight Show' over David Letterman

https://people.com/tv/inside-jay-leno-secret-deal-with-nbc-to-host-the-tonight-show-over-david-letterman/


The History Behind How Jay Leno Became The Most Hated Man In Show Business

https://www.ranker.com/list/stories-of-jay-leno-being-shameless/jacob-shelton

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]]> 2334 yes Episode 435: From the Home Office in Howard Beach Queens Show Notes Episode 435: From the Home Office In Howard Beach Queens Part Three of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a blazing row with the network on whether or not he can submit bar tabs on his expense account, claiming them as a “vital research expense”. (Jeremy laughed him out of the office.) On the show this week we talk about the man who was hand picked to succeed Johnny Carson only to get screwed by The Chin, David Letterman. Along the way we discover Dave’s middle name (It is just as embarrassing as any of us could have hoped for!) Then we dive right into the backstory of Indiana's Favorite Son, David Letterman. (No state claims Dave Bledsoe) We follow him on his move to Los Angeles where he was discovered by Jimmy Walker, who thought he was DYNOMITE! (Sadly, we are the originators of that joke.) Then we see Letterman launch his career on television with a little help from the Starland Vocal Band. (This only sounds like we are making it up). Finally we see Dave behind the desk of Late Night where his legacy truly begins. Our Sponsor this week is a classic Sponsor from our early days the Mark Tweaky Tibbman YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN MAN podcast! He’s off the meth and high on podcasting.  We open with Letterman’s first time on Carson and close with The New Love Generation getting some in the afternoon. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/HrhKNLGoE5U?si=Lw367CmNctfGi-Pl We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Station History A short history of WBST and Indiana Public Radio https://indianapublicradio.org/about/stationhistory/ DAVID LETTERMAN: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW https://web.archive.org/web/20090415130808/http://www.playboy.com/articles/david-letterman-interview/index.html How I Discovered Jay Leno and David Letterman Recollections from Jimmie Walker’s writers’ room. https://slate.com/culture/2012/07/jimmie-walker-how-i-discovered-jay-leno-and-david-letterman.html David Letterman Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman How David Letterman Reinvented TV https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-david-letter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000 From the Home Office in Howard Beach Queens Part Three of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe” full 435 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the man who was hand picked to succeed Johnny Carson only to get screwed by The Chin, David Letterman. Show Notes Episode 435: From the Home Office In Howard Beach Queens Part Three of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a blazing row with the network on whether or not he can submit bar tabs on his expense account, claiming them as a “vital research expense”. (Jeremy laughed him out of the office.) On the show this week we talk about the man who was hand picked to succeed Johnny Carson only to get screwed by The Chin, David Letterman. Along the way we discover Dave’s middle name (It is just as embarrassing as any of us could have hoped for!) Then we dive right into the backstory of Indiana's Favorite Son, David Letterman. (No state claims Dave Bledsoe) We follow him on his move to Los Angeles where he was discovered by Jimmy Walker, who thought he was DYNOMITE! (Sadly, we are the originators of that joke.) Then we see Letterman launch his career on television with a little help from the Starland Vocal Band. (This only sounds like we are making it up). Finally we see Dave behind the desk of Late Night where his legacy truly begins. Our Sponsor this week is a classic Sponsor from our early days the Mark Tweaky Tibbman YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN MAN podcast! He’s off the meth and high on podcasting.  We open with Letterman’s first time on Carson and close with The New Love Generation getting some in the afternoon. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/HrhKNLGoE5U?si=Lw367CmNctfGi-Pl We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Station History A short history of WBST and Indiana Public Radio https://indianapublicradio.org/about/stationhistory/ DAVID LETTERMAN: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW https://web.archive.org/web/20090415130808/http://www.playboy.com/articles/david-letterman-interview/index.html How I Discovered Jay Leno and David Letterman Recollections from Jimmie Walker’s writers’ room. https://slate.com/culture/2012/07/jimmie-walker-how-i-discovered-jay-leno-and-david-letterman.html David Letterman Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman How David Letterman Reinvented TV https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-david-letter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 435: From the Home Office In Howard Beach Queens

Part Three of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a blazing row with the network on whether or not he can submit bar tabs on his expense account, claiming them as a “vital research expense”. (Jeremy laughed him out of the office.) On the show this week we talk about the man who was hand picked to succeed Johnny Carson only to get screwed by The Chin, David Letterman.


Along the way we discover Dave’s middle name (It is just as embarrassing as any of us could have hoped for!) Then we dive right into the backstory of Indiana's Favorite Son, David Letterman. (No state claims Dave Bledsoe) We follow him on his move to Los Angeles where he was discovered by Jimmy Walker, who thought he was DYNOMITE! (Sadly, we are the originators of that joke.) Then we see Letterman launch his career on television with a little help from the Starland Vocal Band. (This only sounds like we are making it up). Finally we see Dave behind the desk of Late Night where his legacy truly begins.


Our Sponsor this week is a classic Sponsor from our early days the Mark Tweaky Tibbman YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN MAN podcast! He’s off the meth and high on podcasting.  We open with Letterman’s first time on Carson and close with The New Love Generation getting some in the afternoon.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/HrhKNLGoE5U?si=Lw367CmNctfGi-Pl

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Station History A short history of WBST and Indiana Public Radio

https://indianapublicradio.org/about/stationhistory/


DAVID LETTERMAN: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW

https://web.archive.org/web/20090415130808/http://www.playboy.com/articles/david-letterman-interview/index.html


How I Discovered Jay Leno and David Letterman Recollections from Jimmie Walker’s writers’ room.

https://slate.com/culture/2012/07/jimmie-walker-how-i-discovered-jay-leno-and-david-letterman.html


David Letterman Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman


How David Letterman Reinvented TV

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-david-letter


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]]> 2262 yes Episode 434: Johnny Come Lately Part Two of "Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe" Show Notes Episode 434: Johnny Come Lately Part Two of “Late Nite with Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets banned from the Bronx Zoo after being found drunkenly screaming and throwing his own feces at a monkey who “will never work in show business again!”. (Just another Tuesday for Dave) On the show this week we tell you about the King of Late Night, that guy who made those Girls Gone Wild Tapes.  (Kidding, we mean Johnny Carson!) Along the way we discover that the real radio talent in Dave’s family is with his sister and she should be the one with a podcast. (Honestly, this could be said for all the members of his family.) Then we dive right into the early history of a kid from the Midwest who had a dream, he would be on the radio! He chased the dream and became one of the influential people in Hollywood. (We still believe Ed McMahon is the power behind the throne.) After we spend some time on hagiography, we finally get around to dealing with the dirt about the REAL Johnny Carson. (Turns out, he was kind of dick.  We can say that now, he’s dead.) Finally we explain to you the REAL reason Johnny retired.   Our Sponsor this week is Rent a Sidekick, your one stop shop for sidekicks, cronies and yes men!  We open the show with Ed McMahon feeling GOOD and close with Kelly Oliver and World War Two tub thumper! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/OzSRIOljIS4?si=iWMvuL669sPO5_aP&t=16 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Johnny Carson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson Biographical Essay About Johnny Carson by Author Bill Zehme https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/biographical-essay-about-johnny-carson-by-author-bill-zehme/2054/ TV'S MR. ROGERS-A BUSY SURROGATE DAD https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1983/06/19/231804.html?pageNumber=235 Fifteen Years of the Salto Mortale https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/02/20/fifteen-years-salto-mortale Carson good at drinking, dames and being a d!@# https://nypost.com/2013/10/12/johnny-carson-was-good-at-3-things-drink-dames-and-being-a-d/ The Private Side Of Johnny Carson https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-private-side-of-johnny-carson/ Many come to praise Johnny Carson others would rather just bury him https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/05/17/many-come-to-praise-johnny-carson-others-would-rather-just-bury-him/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Johnny Come Lately Part Two of "Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe" full 434 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you about the King of Late Night, that guy who made those Girls Gone Wild Tapes. (Kidding, we mean Johnny Carson!) Show Notes Episode 434: Johnny Come Lately Part Two of “Late Nite with Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets banned from the Bronx Zoo after being found drunkenly screaming and throwing his own feces at a monkey who “will never work in show business again!”. (Just another Tuesday for Dave) On the show this week we tell you about the King of Late Night, that guy who made those Girls Gone Wild Tapes.  (Kidding, we mean Johnny Carson!) Along the way we discover that the real radio talent in Dave’s family is with his sister and she should be the one with a podcast. (Honestly, this could be said for all the members of his family.) Then we dive right into the early history of a kid from the Midwest who had a dream, he would be on the radio! He chased the dream and became one of the influential people in Hollywood. (We still believe Ed McMahon is the power behind the throne.) After we spend some time on hagiography, we finally get around to dealing with the dirt about the REAL Johnny Carson. (Turns out, he was kind of dick.  We can say that now, he’s dead.) Finally we explain to you the REAL reason Johnny retired.   Our Sponsor this week is Rent a Sidekick, your one stop shop for sidekicks, cronies and yes men!  We open the show with Ed McMahon feeling GOOD and close with Kelly Oliver and World War Two tub thumper! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/OzSRIOljIS4?si=iWMvuL669sPO5_aP&t=16 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Johnny Carson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson Biographical Essay About Johnny Carson by Author Bill Zehme https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/biographical-essay-about-johnny-carson-by-author-bill-zehme/2054/ TV'S MR. ROGERS-A BUSY SURROGATE DAD https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1983/06/19/231804.html?pageNumber=235 Fifteen Years of the Salto Mortale https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/02/20/fifteen-years-salto-mortale Carson good at drinking, dames and being a d!@# https://nypost.com/2013/10/12/johnny-carson-was-good-at-3-things-drink-dames-and-being-a-d/ The Private Side Of Johnny Carson https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-private-side-of-johnny-carson/ Many come to praise Johnny Carson others would rather just bury him https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/05/17/many-come-to-praise-johnny-carson-others-would-rather-just-bury-him/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 434: Johnny Come Lately

Part Two of “Late Nite with Dave Bledsoe


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets banned from the Bronx Zoo after being found drunkenly screaming and throwing his own feces at a monkey who “will never work in show business again!”. (Just another Tuesday for Dave) On the show this week we tell you about the King of Late Night, that guy who made those Girls Gone Wild Tapes.  (Kidding, we mean Johnny Carson!)


Along the way we discover that the real radio talent in Dave’s family is with his sister and she should be the one with a podcast. (Honestly, this could be said for all the members of his family.) Then we dive right into the early history of a kid from the Midwest who had a dream, he would be on the radio! He chased the dream and became one of the influential people in Hollywood. (We still believe Ed McMahon is the power behind the throne.) After we spend some time on hagiography, we finally get around to dealing with the dirt about the REAL Johnny Carson. (Turns out, he was kind of dick.  We can say that now, he’s dead.) Finally we explain to you the REAL reason Johnny retired.  


Our Sponsor this week is Rent a Sidekick, your one stop shop for sidekicks, cronies and yes men!  We open the show with Ed McMahon feeling GOOD and close with Kelly Oliver and World War Two tub thumper!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/OzSRIOljIS4?si=iWMvuL669sPO5_aP&t=16

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Johnny Carson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson


Biographical Essay About Johnny Carson by Author Bill Zehme

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/biographical-essay-about-johnny-carson-by-author-bill-zehme/2054/


TV'S MR. ROGERS-A BUSY SURROGATE DAD

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1983/06/19/231804.html?pageNumber=235


Fifteen Years of the Salto Mortale

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/02/20/fifteen-years-salto-mortale


Carson good at drinking, dames and being a d!@#

https://nypost.com/2013/10/12/johnny-carson-was-good-at-3-things-drink-dames-and-being-a-d/


The Private Side Of Johnny Carson

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-private-side-of-johnny-carson/


Many come to praise Johnny Carson others would rather just bury him

https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/05/17/many-come-to-praise-johnny-carson-others-would-rather-just-bury-him/


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]]> 2146 yes Episode 433: Waiting For A Paar to Fall Pt 1 of Winter Series 2024 "Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe" Episode 433: “Waiting for a Paar to Fall”  Part 1 of  Winter Series 2024: “Late Night With Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly stumbles out of the studio bathroom shouting “Heeeeere's Davey!” with his pants around his ankles as a joke. (Again) On the show this week we kick off our Winter Series for 2024 with the B.C. era of late night TV talk. (Before Carson) Along the way we are forced to listen to an old man wax nostalgic about TV sign-offs from his childhood. (Honestly, we are looking for a home for Dave, a cheap one.) Then we dive right into the history of television talk shows.  We hear about Joe Franklin, the “Ur” Late Night Host who essentially created the format before moving on to NBC’s first incarnation of an iconic show with an iconic host. (Well, TWO iconic hosts actually) and how they created a television show that has been on the air over half a century.  (Before being utterly ruined by Jay Leno.). Our Sponsor this week is Panelist R Us, in a bind because your guest canceled at the last minute?  Grab a D Lister from Panelist R Us.  We open with the very first broadcast of the Tonight show and close with Hindley Street Social Club waiting for the star to fall and hit Dave for his dumb ass pun. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/2YIVQn-bGfM?si=YgtorD5a1ot31Hq7 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: II. History: U.S. Talk Shows from Radio to Television and the Internet https://ellenhume.com/talk-show-culture/ii-history-u-s-talk-shows-from-radio-to-television-and-the-internet/ JOE FRANKLIN https://www.bronxwalkoffame.com/inductees/joe-franklin The Peculiar Truth about Joe Franklin, the Eccentric Talk Show Host https://medium.com/the-peculiar-truth/the-peculiar-truth-about-joe-franklin-the-eccentric-talk-show-host-6169875aec11 That Old Feeling: Paar Excellence Richard Corliss remembers Jack Paar, the emotional, inimitable host of “The Tonight Show” https://web.archive.org/web/20040217114614/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,585397,00.html Wikipedia: Transition from Paar to Carson (1962) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show#Transition_from_Paar_to_Carson_(1962) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 06 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0000 Waiting For A Paar to Fall full 433 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off our Winter Series for 2024 with the B.C. era of late night TV talk. (Before Carson) Episode 433: “Waiting for a Paar to Fall”  Part 1 of  Winter Series 2024: “Late Night With Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly stumbles out of the studio bathroom shouting “Heeeeere's Davey!” with his pants around his ankles as a joke. (Again) On the show this week we kick off our Winter Series for 2024 with the B.C. era of late night TV talk. (Before Carson) Along the way we are forced to listen to an old man wax nostalgic about TV sign-offs from his childhood. (Honestly, we are looking for a home for Dave, a cheap one.) Then we dive right into the history of television talk shows.  We hear about Joe Franklin, the “Ur” Late Night Host who essentially created the format before moving on to NBC’s first incarnation of an iconic show with an iconic host. (Well, TWO iconic hosts actually) and how they created a television show that has been on the air over half a century.  (Before being utterly ruined by Jay Leno.). Our Sponsor this week is Panelist R Us, in a bind because your guest canceled at the last minute?  Grab a D Lister from Panelist R Us.  We open with the very first broadcast of the Tonight show and close with Hindley Street Social Club waiting for the star to fall and hit Dave for his dumb ass pun. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/2YIVQn-bGfM?si=YgtorD5a1ot31Hq7 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: II. History: U.S. Talk Shows from Radio to Television and the Internet https://ellenhume.com/talk-show-culture/ii-history-u-s-talk-shows-from-radio-to-television-and-the-internet/ JOE FRANKLIN https://www.bronxwalkoffame.com/inductees/joe-franklin The Peculiar Truth about Joe Franklin, the Eccentric Talk Show Host https://medium.com/the-peculiar-truth/the-peculiar-truth-about-joe-franklin-the-eccentric-talk-show-host-6169875aec11 That Old Feeling: Paar Excellence Richard Corliss remembers Jack Paar, the emotional, inimitable host of “The Tonight Show” https://web.archive.org/web/20040217114614/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,585397,00.html Wikipedia: Transition from Paar to Carson (1962) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show#Transition_from_Paar_to_Carson_(1962) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 433: “Waiting for a Paar to Fall” 

Part 1 of  Winter Series 2024: “Late Night With Dave Bledsoe”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly stumbles out of the studio bathroom shouting “Heeeeere's Davey!” with his pants around his ankles as a joke. (Again) On the show this week we kick off our Winter Series for 2024 with the B.C. era of late night TV talk. (Before Carson)


Along the way we are forced to listen to an old man wax nostalgic about TV sign-offs from his childhood. (Honestly, we are looking for a home for Dave, a cheap one.) Then we dive right into the history of television talk shows.  We hear about Joe Franklin, the “Ur” Late Night Host who essentially created the format before moving on to NBC’s first incarnation of an iconic show with an iconic host. (Well, TWO iconic hosts actually) and how they created a television show that has been on the air over half a century.  (Before being utterly ruined by Jay Leno.).


Our Sponsor this week is Panelist R Us, in a bind because your guest canceled at the last minute?  Grab a D Lister from Panelist R Us.  We open with the very first broadcast of the Tonight show and close with Hindley Street Social Club waiting for the star to fall and hit Dave for his dumb ass pun.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/2YIVQn-bGfM?si=YgtorD5a1ot31Hq7

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


II. History: U.S. Talk Shows from Radio to Television and the Internet

https://ellenhume.com/talk-show-culture/ii-history-u-s-talk-shows-from-radio-to-television-and-the-internet/


JOE FRANKLIN

https://www.bronxwalkoffame.com/inductees/joe-franklin


The Peculiar Truth about Joe Franklin, the Eccentric Talk Show Host

https://medium.com/the-peculiar-truth/the-peculiar-truth-about-joe-franklin-the-eccentric-talk-show-host-6169875aec11


That Old Feeling: Paar Excellence Richard Corliss remembers Jack Paar, the emotional, inimitable host of “The Tonight Show”

https://web.archive.org/web/20040217114614/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,585397,00.html


Wikipedia: Transition from Paar to Carson (1962)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show#Transition_from_Paar_to_Carson_(1962)

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]]> 1858 yes Episode 432: The Whack Heard Around the World Show Notes Episode 432: The Whack Heard Around the World This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with Fast Eddie because Fast Eddie won’t have one of his guys “do something about his Joe Rogan problem”. (His problem is he liked Joe Rogan on Newsradio and wants to know what happened to that Joe Rogan.) On the show this week we go back thirty years from the week of release to the time a group of bumbling idiots lightly bruised a figure skater’s leg. (morons, all of them) Along the way we learn why you should never play cards with Dave’s Mom. (She regularly won back Dave’s allowance, because Dave sucks at poker!) Then we zip back to 1994 and the world of Olympic Figure Skating and the cut throat (knee bashing) competition to make the US Olympic Team. We meet Nancy and Tonya, two girls from very similar backgrounds with big dreams. Only one of them was married to a moron, and that moron was going to make things very hard for BOTH of them.  (Whatever you think about Tonya, she had horrible taste in men!) We follow along as the world's dumbest criminals hatch an overly complicated plan to take out Nancy Kerrigan, if they could only find her. Wackiness ensues when one of these dipshits whacks Nancy Kerrigan in the leg. (Honestly, these guys were idiots) Our Sponsor this week is Johnson’s Protectives, don’t take a shot to the nuts without a Johnson’s Protective! We open the show with news footage of the run by whacking and close with Alyson Greenfield’s Mom explaining conflict resolution. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/gT2ej6ULgKs?si=K3G5tJ4x0rRRwXgD We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: FIGURE SKATING https://usopm.org/hall-of-fame/figure-skating/ This Is the Insane Amount of Money It Takes to Become an Olympic Figure Skater https://money.com/olympic-figure-skating-costs/ ‘I, Tonya’: What You Need to Know About Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/i-tonya-what-you-need-to-know-about-tonya-harding-and-nancy-kerrigan-120857/ Harding-Kerrigan 20 Years Later: Remembering the Stunning, Life-Changing Attack https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1887592-harding-kerrigan-20-years-later-remembering-the-stunning-life-changing-attack Wikipedia: Assault of Nancy Kerrigan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_of_Nancy_Kerrigan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000 The Whack Heard Around the World full 432 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we got thirty years the week of release to the time a group of bumbling idiots lightly bruised a figure skater’s leg. (morons, all of them) Show Notes Episode 432: The Whack Heard Around the World This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with Fast Eddie because Fast Eddie won’t have one of his guys “do something about his Joe Rogan problem”. (His problem is he liked Joe Rogan on Newsradio and wants to know what happened to that Joe Rogan.) On the show this week we go back thirty years from the week of release to the time a group of bumbling idiots lightly bruised a figure skater’s leg. (morons, all of them) Along the way we learn why you should never play cards with Dave’s Mom. (She regularly won back Dave’s allowance, because Dave sucks at poker!) Then we zip back to 1994 and the world of Olympic Figure Skating and the cut throat (knee bashing) competition to make the US Olympic Team. We meet Nancy and Tonya, two girls from very similar backgrounds with big dreams. Only one of them was married to a moron, and that moron was going to make things very hard for BOTH of them.  (Whatever you think about Tonya, she had horrible taste in men!) We follow along as the world's dumbest criminals hatch an overly complicated plan to take out Nancy Kerrigan, if they could only find her. Wackiness ensues when one of these dipshits whacks Nancy Kerrigan in the leg. (Honestly, these guys were idiots) Our Sponsor this week is Johnson’s Protectives, don’t take a shot to the nuts without a Johnson’s Protective! We open the show with news footage of the run by whacking and close with Alyson Greenfield’s Mom explaining conflict resolution. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/gT2ej6ULgKs?si=K3G5tJ4x0rRRwXgD We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: FIGURE SKATING https://usopm.org/hall-of-fame/figure-skating/ This Is the Insane Amount of Money It Takes to Become an Olympic Figure Skater https://money.com/olympic-figure-skating-costs/ ‘I, Tonya’: What You Need to Know About Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/i-tonya-what-you-need-to-know-about-tonya-harding-and-nancy-kerrigan-120857/ Harding-Kerrigan 20 Years Later: Remembering the Stunning, Life-Changing Attack https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1887592-harding-kerrigan-20-years-later-remembering-the-stunning-life-changing-attack Wikipedia: Assault of Nancy Kerrigan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_of_Nancy_Kerrigan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 432: The Whack Heard Around the World


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken row with Fast Eddie because Fast Eddie won’t have one of his guys “do something about his Joe Rogan problem”. (His problem is he liked Joe Rogan on Newsradio and wants to know what happened to that Joe Rogan.) On the show this week we go back thirty years from the week of release to the time a group of bumbling idiots lightly bruised a figure skater’s leg. (morons, all of them)


Along the way we learn why you should never play cards with Dave’s Mom. (She regularly won back Dave’s allowance, because Dave sucks at poker!) Then we zip back to 1994 and the world of Olympic Figure Skating and the cut throat (knee bashing) competition to make the US Olympic Team. We meet Nancy and Tonya, two girls from very similar backgrounds with big dreams. Only one of them was married to a moron, and that moron was going to make things very hard for BOTH of them.  (Whatever you think about Tonya, she had horrible taste in men!) We follow along as the world's dumbest criminals hatch an overly complicated plan to take out Nancy Kerrigan, if they could only find her. Wackiness ensues when one of these dipshits whacks Nancy Kerrigan in the leg. (Honestly, these guys were idiots)


Our Sponsor this week is Johnson’s Protectives, don’t take a shot to the nuts without a Johnson’s Protective! We open the show with news footage of the run by whacking and close with Alyson Greenfield’s Mom explaining conflict resolution.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/gT2ej6ULgKs?si=K3G5tJ4x0rRRwXgD

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


FIGURE SKATING

https://usopm.org/hall-of-fame/figure-skating/


This Is the Insane Amount of Money It Takes to Become an Olympic Figure Skater

https://money.com/olympic-figure-skating-costs/


‘I, Tonya’: What You Need to Know About Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/i-tonya-what-you-need-to-know-about-tonya-harding-and-nancy-kerrigan-120857/


Harding-Kerrigan 20 Years Later: Remembering the Stunning, Life-Changing Attack

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1887592-harding-kerrigan-20-years-later-remembering-the-stunning-life-changing-attack


Wikipedia: Assault of Nancy Kerrigan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_of_Nancy_Kerrigan


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]]> 2097 yes Episode 431: This Year Was Trouble When It Walked In 2023 Year In Review Show Notes Episode 431: This Year Was Trouble When it Walked In 2023 Year In Review Dave wraps up 2023 the same way he started the year, bloodied, drunk and crying behind a bar in Bay Ridge.  (It’s tradition) On the show this week it is our Annual Year in Review when we look back at the year that was and tell you how it went.  (Hint: Not Great) We cull the endless news cycles to bring the stories that truly shaped events in the past year.  (And some stuff about George Santos because we thought it was funny.) To pop a champagne cork, put on a funny hat, blow that paper whistle thing and look back on Two Thousand and Twenty Three! Our Sponsor this week is the Year 2024, who promises this year will be different, baby, if you just give it a chance! We open the show with a prediction that never came true and close with Walk Off Earth who had their suspicions.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/WcM14Al83Ls?si=V9dalvbh7xhT8Oft We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000 This Year Was Trouble When It Walked In 2023 Year In Review full 431 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week it is our Annual Year in Review when we look back at the year that was and tell you how it went. (Hint: Not Great) Show Notes Episode 431: This Year Was Trouble When it Walked In 2023 Year In Review Dave wraps up 2023 the same way he started the year, bloodied, drunk and crying behind a bar in Bay Ridge.  (It’s tradition) On the show this week it is our Annual Year in Review when we look back at the year that was and tell you how it went.  (Hint: Not Great) We cull the endless news cycles to bring the stories that truly shaped events in the past year.  (And some stuff about George Santos because we thought it was funny.) To pop a champagne cork, put on a funny hat, blow that paper whistle thing and look back on Two Thousand and Twenty Three! Our Sponsor this week is the Year 2024, who promises this year will be different, baby, if you just give it a chance! We open the show with a prediction that never came true and close with Walk Off Earth who had their suspicions.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/WcM14Al83Ls?si=V9dalvbh7xhT8Oft We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 431: This Year Was Trouble When it Walked In

2023 Year In Review

Dave wraps up 2023 the same way he started the year, bloodied, drunk and crying behind a bar in Bay Ridge.  (It’s tradition) On the show this week it is our Annual Year in Review when we look back at the year that was and tell you how it went.  (Hint: Not Great) We cull the endless news cycles to bring the stories that truly shaped events in the past year.  (And some stuff about George Santos because we thought it was funny.) To pop a champagne cork, put on a funny hat, blow that paper whistle thing and look back on Two Thousand and Twenty Three!


Our Sponsor this week is the Year 2024, who promises this year will be different, baby, if you just give it a chance! We open the show with a prediction that never came true and close with Walk Off Earth who had their suspicions. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/WcM14Al83Ls?si=V9dalvbh7xhT8Oft

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]]> 2113 yes Episode 430: Carl's Worst Christmas and Other Holiday tales 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 singularly misfortunate ornament mishap, someone is not having a happy holiday. (This is why Dave doesn’t get invited to story hours at the library.) So gather your family around the fire (I mean the adult family, leave kids watching their Youtube or whatever) pour yourselves something from a bottle being passed around and get ready for stories of people having a MUCH worse Christmas than you are! Our sponsor this week is the Holiday Ornament Safety Council who remind you that decorations go on the tree, not inside you.  We open with a heartwarming family gathering and close with Lord Weatherby who is freaking out. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/T7OBPvc9ddA?si=dtGOwiq-8t-HRzSz We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 18 Christmas Disasters That'll Make You Feel Bad For Laughing https://www.buzzfeed.com/beckybarnicoat/christmas-disasters People Tell Us Their Worst Christmas Horror Stories https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmm5p/people-tell-us-their-worst-christmas-horror-stories 24 Christmas disasters to make you feel better about burning the turkey, from poisoned guests to 7,000 acres of fire damage https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/24-christmas-disasters-make-feel-better-burning-turkey-poisoned-guests-7000-acres-fire-damage-209545 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Carl's Worst Christmas and Other Holiday Tales full 430 Dave Bledsoe So gather your family around the fire (I mean the adult family, leave kids watching their Youtube or whatever) pour yourselves something from a bottle being passed around and get ready for stories of people having a MUCH worse Christmas than you are! 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 singularly misfortunate ornament mishap, someone is not having a happy holiday. (This is why Dave doesn’t get invited to story hours at the library.) So gather your family around the fire (I mean the adult family, leave kids watching their Youtube or whatever) pour yourselves something from a bottle being passed around and get ready for stories of people having a MUCH worse Christmas than you are! Our sponsor this week is the Holiday Ornament Safety Council who remind you that decorations go on the tree, not inside you.  We open with a heartwarming family gathering and close with Lord Weatherby who is freaking out. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/T7OBPvc9ddA?si=dtGOwiq-8t-HRzSz We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 18 Christmas Disasters That'll Make You Feel Bad For Laughing https://www.buzzfeed.com/beckybarnicoat/christmas-disasters People Tell Us Their Worst Christmas Horror Stories https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmm5p/people-tell-us-their-worst-christmas-horror-stories 24 Christmas disasters to make you feel better about burning the turkey, from poisoned guests to 7,000 acres of fire damage https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/24-christmas-disasters-make-feel-better-burning-turkey-poisoned-guests-7000-acres-fire-damage-209545 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 singularly misfortunate ornament mishap, someone is not having a happy holiday. (This is why Dave doesn’t get invited to story hours at the library.) So gather your family around the fire (I mean the adult family, leave kids watching their Youtube or whatever) pour yourselves something from a bottle being passed around and get ready for stories of people having a MUCH worse Christmas than you are!


Our sponsor this week is the Holiday Ornament Safety Council who remind you that decorations go on the tree, not inside you.  We open with a heartwarming family gathering and close with Lord Weatherby who is freaking out.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/T7OBPvc9ddA?si=dtGOwiq-8t-HRzSz

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


18 Christmas Disasters That'll Make You Feel Bad For Laughing

https://www.buzzfeed.com/beckybarnicoat/christmas-disasters


People Tell Us Their Worst Christmas Horror Stories

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmm5p/people-tell-us-their-worst-christmas-horror-stories


24 Christmas disasters to make you feel better about burning the turkey, from poisoned guests to 7,000 acres of fire damage

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/24-christmas-disasters-make-feel-better-burning-turkey-poisoned-guests-7000-acres-fire-damage-209545


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]]> 1756 yes Episode 429: The President Called Me A Lard Ass Show Notes Episode 429: The President Called Me A Lard Ass This week Host Dave Bledsoe relives his youthful trauma when some vicious preteens inadvertently call him a long forgotten childhood nickname. (Fat Ass, it was Fat Ass!) On the show this week we take a look back at the annual childhood trauma that was the Presidential Fitness Test. (You will want a box of tissues for this one.) Along the way we discover why Dave never played team sports in school. (See the nickname: Fat Ass!) Then we dive right into the story of how The Depression made the Greatest Generation such sexy bitches.  From there we dig into how Cold War Paranoia led 10 US Presidents to force fat kids to embarass themselves in front of their peers.  (That’s when the wedgies started!) We learn how Eisenhower and Kennedy believed the Baby Boomers were soft and unmanly, so they instituted a quasi military fitness program for grammar school kids.  Dave goes into excruciating detail what it was like to take the President’s Fitness Test as a larger child. (Again, we point out, they called him “Fat Ass”) We explain how Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to convince kids it was cool to be mercilessly mocked by their more athletic classmates, and finally why Gen Z and Gen Alpha are no longer forced to endure this ritual humiliation. (Thanks Obama!) Our sponsor this week is Flintrock Chewable Yaba Gaba ZOOM Diet Pills for Kids and Dino Downers, to help you tubby little tykes lose that “baby fat”.  We open with a Kennedy era fitness test and close with TomeStyle, who would like to hear what your body has to say.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/mW-Cn87IdNI?si=AXsgXGlpr8rOk4Rc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Presidential Fitness Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Fitness_Test THE REPORT THAT SHOCKED THE PRESIDENT IT CAME FROM TWO PHYSICAL FITNESS EXPERTS WHO TESTED U.S. AND EUROPEAN YOUNGSTERS, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE U.S. IS RAPIDLY BECOMING THE SOFTEST NATION IN THE WORLD https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/08/15/the-report-that-shocked-the-president The sad, sad stories of the Presidential Fitness Test https://www.sbnation.com/2015/7/31/9038201/the-sad-sad-stories-of-the-presidential-fitness-test Tools Of The Trade: The Presidential Physical Fitness Test https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/11/24/365716113/tools-of-the-trade-the-presidential-physical-fitness-test Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000 The President Called Me A Lard Ass full 429 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look back at the annual childhood trauma that was the Presidential Fitness Test. (You will want a box of tissues for this one.) Show Notes Episode 429: The President Called Me A Lard Ass This week Host Dave Bledsoe relives his youthful trauma when some vicious preteens inadvertently call him a long forgotten childhood nickname. (Fat Ass, it was Fat Ass!) On the show this week we take a look back at the annual childhood trauma that was the Presidential Fitness Test. (You will want a box of tissues for this one.) Along the way we discover why Dave never played team sports in school. (See the nickname: Fat Ass!) Then we dive right into the story of how The Depression made the Greatest Generation such sexy bitches.  From there we dig into how Cold War Paranoia led 10 US Presidents to force fat kids to embarass themselves in front of their peers.  (That’s when the wedgies started!) We learn how Eisenhower and Kennedy believed the Baby Boomers were soft and unmanly, so they instituted a quasi military fitness program for grammar school kids.  Dave goes into excruciating detail what it was like to take the President’s Fitness Test as a larger child. (Again, we point out, they called him “Fat Ass”) We explain how Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to convince kids it was cool to be mercilessly mocked by their more athletic classmates, and finally why Gen Z and Gen Alpha are no longer forced to endure this ritual humiliation. (Thanks Obama!) Our sponsor this week is Flintrock Chewable Yaba Gaba ZOOM Diet Pills for Kids and Dino Downers, to help you tubby little tykes lose that “baby fat”.  We open with a Kennedy era fitness test and close with TomeStyle, who would like to hear what your body has to say.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/mW-Cn87IdNI?si=AXsgXGlpr8rOk4Rc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Presidential Fitness Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Fitness_Test THE REPORT THAT SHOCKED THE PRESIDENT IT CAME FROM TWO PHYSICAL FITNESS EXPERTS WHO TESTED U.S. AND EUROPEAN YOUNGSTERS, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE U.S. IS RAPIDLY BECOMING THE SOFTEST NATION IN THE WORLD https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/08/15/the-report-that-shocked-the-president The sad, sad stories of the Presidential Fitness Test https://www.sbnation.com/2015/7/31/9038201/the-sad-sad-stories-of-the-presidential-fitness-test Tools Of The Trade: The Presidential Physical Fitness Test https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/11/24/365716113/tools-of-the-trade-the-presidential-physical-fitness-test Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe relives his youthful trauma when some vicious preteens inadvertently call him a long forgotten childhood nickname. (Fat Ass, it was Fat Ass!) On the show this week we take a look back at the annual childhood trauma that was the Presidential Fitness Test. (You will want a box of tissues for this one.)


Along the way we discover why Dave never played team sports in school. (See the nickname: Fat Ass!) Then we dive right into the story of how The Depression made the Greatest Generation such sexy bitches.  From there we dig into how Cold War Paranoia led 10 US Presidents to force fat kids to embarass themselves in front of their peers.  (That’s when the wedgies started!) We learn how Eisenhower and Kennedy believed the Baby Boomers were soft and unmanly, so they instituted a quasi military fitness program for grammar school kids.  Dave goes into excruciating detail what it was like to take the President’s Fitness Test as a larger child. (Again, we point out, they called him “Fat Ass”) We explain how Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to convince kids it was cool to be mercilessly mocked by their more athletic classmates, and finally why Gen Z and Gen Alpha are no longer forced to endure this ritual humiliation. (Thanks Obama!)


Our sponsor this week is Flintrock Chewable Yaba Gaba ZOOM Diet Pills for Kids and Dino Downers, to help you tubby little tykes lose that “baby fat”.  We open with a Kennedy era fitness test and close with TomeStyle, who would like to hear what your body has to say.  


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/mW-Cn87IdNI?si=AXsgXGlpr8rOk4Rc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/





Citations Needed:


Wikipedia Presidential Fitness Test

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Fitness_Test


THE REPORT THAT SHOCKED THE PRESIDENT

IT CAME FROM TWO PHYSICAL FITNESS EXPERTS WHO TESTED U.S. AND EUROPEAN YOUNGSTERS, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE U.S. IS RAPIDLY BECOMING THE SOFTEST NATION IN THE WORLD

https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/08/15/the-report-that-shocked-the-president


The sad, sad stories of the Presidential Fitness Test

https://www.sbnation.com/2015/7/31/9038201/the-sad-sad-stories-of-the-presidential-fitness-test


Tools Of The Trade: The Presidential Physical Fitness Test

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/11/24/365716113/tools-of-the-trade-the-presidential-physical-fitness-test


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]]> 2222 yes Holiday Bonus: Holliest, Jolliest Time of the Year Show Notes Holiday Bonus: Holiest Jolliest Time of the Year Yeah, Dave got drunk for Thanksgiving, forced Gavin to work on the holiday to make a clip show.  Enjoy. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/o6Q2lwzN3K8?si=2RIBcHp_o_hjUp1j We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Holliest, Jolliest Time of the Year full Dave Bledsoe Yeah, Dave got drunk for Thanksgiving, forced Gavin to work on the holiday to make a clip show. Enjoy. Show Notes Holiday Bonus: Holiest Jolliest Time of the Year Yeah, Dave got drunk for Thanksgiving, forced Gavin to work on the holiday to make a clip show.  Enjoy. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/o6Q2lwzN3K8?si=2RIBcHp_o_hjUp1j We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Holiday Bonus: Holiest Jolliest Time of the Year


Yeah, Dave got drunk for Thanksgiving, forced Gavin to work on the holiday to make a clip show.  Enjoy.


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]]> 1164 yes Episode 428: Black Friday, I've Been Shoved Show Notes Episode 428: Black Friday, I’ve Been Shoved This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands 50% off his bar tabs for Black Friday, only to discover Black Eye Friday when the bouncer punches him in the face. (Again.) On the show this week, we prepare you for the Christmas Shopping Season by telling you the True History of Black Friday! Along the way we discover why Dave is afraid to ever step foot in a WalMart again. (He got his ass kicked in the Garden Center like a little bitch! True story!) Then we dive right into the origins of the busy shopping day of the year. (Does it have anything to do with unfettered Capitalism?  You bet your sweet bippy!) From the Panic of 1869 to FDR bumping up the date, we tell you all about the origins and THEN we get to the Old Ultra Violence! (It just wouldn’t be America without unnecessary and excessive violence!) Finally we explain in detail all the ways you are being ripped off by the retailers on Black Friday and why America finally decided to just Stay Home and eat turkey leftovers.  (Some of America anyway) Our Sponsor this week is www.seltzerkings.com/shop and our Black Friday Blowout Sale, get a thong with Dave’s face on it!  We open with a vintage Black Friday commercial and close with SingIt explaining why Friday is for lovers! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/SPEVov-4Xmo?si=MIC2Iz9-Q1SQr02G We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: What’s the Real History of Black Friday? https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history Wikipedia: Black Friday (Shopping) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping) Black Friday https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/11/black-friday/ Black Friday Death Count https://blackfridaydeathcount.com/ Dirty secrets of Black Friday 'doorbusters' https://money.cnn.com/2009/11/20/news/economy/black_friday_doorbuster_secrets/ BLACK FRIDAY STATISTICS [2023]: FACTS ON SALES + TRENDS YOU NEED TO KNOW https://www.zippia.com/advice/black-friday-statistics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Black Friday, I've Been Shoved full 428 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we prepare you for the Christmas Shopping Season by telling you the True History of Black Friday! Show Notes Episode 428: Black Friday, I’ve Been Shoved This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands 50% off his bar tabs for Black Friday, only to discover Black Eye Friday when the bouncer punches him in the face. (Again.) On the show this week, we prepare you for the Christmas Shopping Season by telling you the True History of Black Friday! Along the way we discover why Dave is afraid to ever step foot in a WalMart again. (He got his ass kicked in the Garden Center like a little bitch! True story!) Then we dive right into the origins of the busy shopping day of the year. (Does it have anything to do with unfettered Capitalism?  You bet your sweet bippy!) From the Panic of 1869 to FDR bumping up the date, we tell you all about the origins and THEN we get to the Old Ultra Violence! (It just wouldn’t be America without unnecessary and excessive violence!) Finally we explain in detail all the ways you are being ripped off by the retailers on Black Friday and why America finally decided to just Stay Home and eat turkey leftovers.  (Some of America anyway) Our Sponsor this week is www.seltzerkings.com/shop and our Black Friday Blowout Sale, get a thong with Dave’s face on it!  We open with a vintage Black Friday commercial and close with SingIt explaining why Friday is for lovers! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/SPEVov-4Xmo?si=MIC2Iz9-Q1SQr02G We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: What’s the Real History of Black Friday? https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history Wikipedia: Black Friday (Shopping) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping) Black Friday https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/11/black-friday/ Black Friday Death Count https://blackfridaydeathcount.com/ Dirty secrets of Black Friday 'doorbusters' https://money.cnn.com/2009/11/20/news/economy/black_friday_doorbuster_secrets/ BLACK FRIDAY STATISTICS [2023]: FACTS ON SALES + TRENDS YOU NEED TO KNOW https://www.zippia.com/advice/black-friday-statistics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 428: Black Friday, I’ve Been Shoved


This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands 50% off his bar tabs for Black Friday, only to discover Black Eye Friday when the bouncer punches him in the face. (Again.) On the show this week, we prepare you for the Christmas Shopping Season by telling you the True History of Black Friday!


Along the way we discover why Dave is afraid to ever step foot in a WalMart again. (He got his ass kicked in the Garden Center like a little bitch! True story!) Then we dive right into the origins of the busy shopping day of the year. (Does it have anything to do with unfettered Capitalism?  You bet your sweet bippy!) From the Panic of 1869 to FDR bumping up the date, we tell you all about the origins and THEN we get to the Old Ultra Violence! (It just wouldn’t be America without unnecessary and excessive violence!) Finally we explain in detail all the ways you are being ripped off by the retailers on Black Friday and why America finally decided to just Stay Home and eat turkey leftovers.  (Some of America anyway)


Our Sponsor this week is www.seltzerkings.com/shop and our Black Friday Blowout Sale, get a thong with Dave’s face on it!  We open with a vintage Black Friday commercial and close with SingIt explaining why Friday is for lovers!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/SPEVov-4Xmo?si=MIC2Iz9-Q1SQr02G

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


What’s the Real History of Black Friday?

https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history


Wikipedia: Black Friday (Shopping)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)


Black Friday

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/11/black-friday/


Black Friday Death Count

https://blackfridaydeathcount.com/


Dirty secrets of Black Friday 'doorbusters'

https://money.cnn.com/2009/11/20/news/economy/black_friday_doorbuster_secrets/


BLACK FRIDAY STATISTICS [2023]: FACTS ON SALES + TRENDS YOU NEED TO KNOW

https://www.zippia.com/advice/black-friday-statistics/









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]]> 1751 yes Episode 427: The Original Party Animal Show Note Episode 427: The Original Party Animal This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly and loudly insists that Spuds MacKenzie wasn’t even Scottish while being physically ejected from a Bottom Brunch in Hell's Kitchen. (Again) On the show this week we head back to 1987 when American kind of wanted to get their freak on with a dog: Spuds MacKenzie. Along the way we learn that Dave grew up with a series of problematically named dogs. (So much bigotry in him!) Then we dive right into our story about a scrappy little brewing company, their quest to make America party again, and maybe make a few billions dollars along the way! We discuss how Budweiser went searching for just the right messaging for their new “light” beer. (And yes, they thought about using boobies to sell beer!) Only to discover the real life of the party was a Bull Terrier named Evie all along! (Spuds was Budweiser’s first gender non-conforming pitch person!) We follow Spuds mania from the beginning on college dorm room walls to the inevitable backlash spearheads by a geriatric racist Senator. (The one from South Carolina, no the other one, the one with an illegitimate black child, that still leaves a lot of names on the table, let’s be even more specific: Strom Thurmond) Our Sponsor this week is Bark Anon, when your dog is ready to quit drinking, call Bark Anon. We open the show with a Spud commercial and close with Spud’s Party Anthem. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/dBq1V-mG5Uw?si=_TVIE80cB-zZZRWy We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Real Mystery of Bud Light https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/rise-and-fall-bud-light-boycott/674752/ The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Spuds MacKenzie, The Original Party Animal https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56228/life-death-and-resurrection-spuds-mackenzie-original-party-animal Spuds MacKenzie: An Underdog’s Triumph : ‘The Original Party Animal’ Has Become the Nation’s Most Unlikely Sex Symbol https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-16-vw-4213-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0000 The Original Party Animal full 427 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to 1987 when American kind of wanted to get their freak on with a dog: Spuds MacKenzie. Show Note Episode 427: The Original Party Animal This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly and loudly insists that Spuds MacKenzie wasn’t even Scottish while being physically ejected from a Bottom Brunch in Hell's Kitchen. (Again) On the show this week we head back to 1987 when American kind of wanted to get their freak on with a dog: Spuds MacKenzie. Along the way we learn that Dave grew up with a series of problematically named dogs. (So much bigotry in him!) Then we dive right into our story about a scrappy little brewing company, their quest to make America party again, and maybe make a few billions dollars along the way! We discuss how Budweiser went searching for just the right messaging for their new “light” beer. (And yes, they thought about using boobies to sell beer!) Only to discover the real life of the party was a Bull Terrier named Evie all along! (Spuds was Budweiser’s first gender non-conforming pitch person!) We follow Spuds mania from the beginning on college dorm room walls to the inevitable backlash spearheads by a geriatric racist Senator. (The one from South Carolina, no the other one, the one with an illegitimate black child, that still leaves a lot of names on the table, let’s be even more specific: Strom Thurmond) Our Sponsor this week is Bark Anon, when your dog is ready to quit drinking, call Bark Anon. We open the show with a Spud commercial and close with Spud’s Party Anthem. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/dBq1V-mG5Uw?si=_TVIE80cB-zZZRWy We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Real Mystery of Bud Light https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/rise-and-fall-bud-light-boycott/674752/ The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Spuds MacKenzie, The Original Party Animal https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56228/life-death-and-resurrection-spuds-mackenzie-original-party-animal Spuds MacKenzie: An Underdog’s Triumph : ‘The Original Party Animal’ Has Become the Nation’s Most Unlikely Sex Symbol https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-16-vw-4213-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Note Episode 427: The Original Party Animal


This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly and loudly insists that Spuds MacKenzie wasn’t even Scottish while being physically ejected from a Bottom Brunch in Hell's Kitchen. (Again) On the show this week we head back to 1987 when American kind of wanted to get their freak on with a dog: Spuds MacKenzie.


Along the way we learn that Dave grew up with a series of problematically named dogs. (So much bigotry in him!) Then we dive right into our story about a scrappy little brewing company, their quest to make America party again, and maybe make a few billions dollars along the way! We discuss how Budweiser went searching for just the right messaging for their new “light” beer. (And yes, they thought about using boobies to sell beer!) Only to discover the real life of the party was a Bull Terrier named Evie all along! (Spuds was Budweiser’s first gender non-conforming pitch person!) We follow Spuds mania from the beginning on college dorm room walls to the inevitable backlash spearheads by a geriatric racist Senator. (The one from South Carolina, no the other one, the one with an illegitimate black child, that still leaves a lot of names on the table, let’s be even more specific: Strom Thurmond)


Our Sponsor this week is Bark Anon, when your dog is ready to quit drinking, call Bark Anon. We open the show with a Spud commercial and close with Spud’s Party Anthem.


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Citations Needed:


The Real Mystery of Bud Light

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/rise-and-fall-bud-light-boycott/674752/


The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Spuds MacKenzie, The Original Party Animal

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56228/life-death-and-resurrection-spuds-mackenzie-original-party-animal


Spuds MacKenzie: An Underdog’s Triumph : ‘The Original Party Animal’ Has Become the Nation’s Most Unlikely Sex Symbol

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-16-vw-4213-story.html

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]]> 2322 yes Episode 426: Interview About the Vampire Show Notes Episode 426: Interview About the Vampire The Conclusion of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe is joined by Executive Producer Kimberly Steele who is a real person and not at all made up! (He has friends! At least one, anyway.) Together they talk about vampires in pop culture, particularly about Anne Rice’s vampires and then Joss Whedon’s vampires. (We loved him before we knew Joss was the Big Bad all along!) So settle back and spend an hour with a person who knows what they are talking about and Dave, who doesn’t. Finally we close out Spooktacular 2023 in the scariest way we could think of, so stay through the credits for a jump scare that will leave you screaming. We’ll be back on our regular bullshit…NEXT WEEEEEEK! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:00:00 -0000 Interview About the Vampire full 426 Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe is joined by Executive Producer Kimberly Steele who is a real person and not at all made up! Show Notes Episode 426: Interview About the Vampire The Conclusion of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe is joined by Executive Producer Kimberly Steele who is a real person and not at all made up! (He has friends! At least one, anyway.) Together they talk about vampires in pop culture, particularly about Anne Rice’s vampires and then Joss Whedon’s vampires. (We loved him before we knew Joss was the Big Bad all along!) So settle back and spend an hour with a person who knows what they are talking about and Dave, who doesn’t. Finally we close out Spooktacular 2023 in the scariest way we could think of, so stay through the credits for a jump scare that will leave you screaming. We’ll be back on our regular bullshit…NEXT WEEEEEEK! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 426: Interview About the Vampire

The Conclusion of Spooktacular 2023


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is joined by Executive Producer Kimberly Steele who is a real person and not at all made up! (He has friends! At least one, anyway.) Together they talk about vampires in pop culture, particularly about Anne Rice’s vampires and then Joss Whedon’s vampires. (We loved him before we knew Joss was the Big Bad all along!)


So settle back and spend an hour with a person who knows what they are talking about and Dave, who doesn’t. Finally we close out Spooktacular 2023 in the scariest way we could think of, so stay through the credits for a jump scare that will leave you screaming.


We’ll be back on our regular bullshit…NEXT WEEEEEEK!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

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]]> 3937 yes Episode 425: VH Investigations Part Two Show Notes Episode 425: VH Investigations Part Two Part 4 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!) VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the second part of a two part series, if you haven’t listened to part one you should probably do that first.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: Noches de Insomnio We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 VH Investigations Part Two full 425 Dave Bledsoe This is the second part of a two part series, if you haven’t listened to part one you should probably do that first. Show Notes Episode 425: VH Investigations Part Two Part 4 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!) VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the second part of a two part series, if you haven’t listened to part one you should probably do that first.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: Noches de Insomnio We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 425: VH Investigations Part Two

Part 4 of Spooktacular 2023


This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!)


VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the second part of a two part series, if you haven’t listened to part one you should probably do that first. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Show Music: Noches de Insomnio

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]]> 1802 no Episode 424: VH Investigations Part One Show Notes Episode 424: VH Investigations Part One Part 3 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!) VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the first part of a two part series, part two will arrive in your feed one week after this one.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: Noches de Insomnio We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 VH Investigations Part One full 424 Dave Bledsoe VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. Show Notes Episode 424: VH Investigations Part One Part 3 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!) VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the first part of a two part series, part two will arrive in your feed one week after this one.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: Noches de Insomnio We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 424: VH Investigations Part One

Part 3 of Spooktacular 2023


This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes off his podcaster mankini and slips into his fiction writer thong for an original audio short story. (If only it was half as horrifying as the mental image of Dave we just gave you!)


VH Investigations is a vampire noir audio short story, written and performed by Dave Bledsoe. This is the first part of a two part series, part two will arrive in your feed one week after this one. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Show Music: Noches de Insomnio

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]]> 1576 yes Spooktacular 2023 Bonus: We Call Satan to the Witness Stand Patreon Bonus Spooktacular 2022: We Call Satan to the Witness Stand In this Patreon Exclusive Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to sue himself, the bar, Jameson Whiskey and the Lord God Himself to get out of these bartabs that were clearly THEIR fault! (He couldn’t find a lawyer to take his case, not even if he represented himself) On the bonus we talk about suing The Devil and why it is a bad idea! (All the lawyers are on his retainer) Along the way we learn about Ralph J Forbes from Arkansas, self avowed Nazi, Senate candidate and general pain in the ass and his attempt to sue the Devil. (This guy would have a Trump Rally for him these days!) Then we learn about Gerald Mayo, who sued the Devil for making him such a loser. (The Devil denied any involvement citing never having anything to do with a loser like Mayo) and then wrapped up with a law professor's guide to suing the Devil!  Our Sponsor this week is Agamemnon and Associates Attorneys at Law, when you need a helluva good lawyer, call Agamemnon! We open with Lucifer in the People’s Court and close with Gareth Heesom asking for a little compassion! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/Q1xhqBVu7ME We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 1986: When A Former Nazi Sued Satan In The Name Of Jesus Christ https://groovyhistory.com/halloween-lawsuit-against-satan-nazi-ralph-forbes Wikipedia: United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ex_rel._Gerald_Mayo_v._Satan_and_His_Staff Charles M. Yablon https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/charles-m-yablon#:~:text=Yablon%20was%20an%20associate%20at,involving%20two%20and%20more%20companies. Suing the Devil: A Guide for Practitioners https://www.jstor.org/stable/1073956 Suing Yourself - Is it Possible? https://donotpay.com/learn/suing-yourself-is-it-possible Bagley v. Bagley https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/2016/20150182.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 We Call Satan to the Witness Stand bonus Dave Bledsoe On the bonus we talk about suing The Devil and why it is a bad idea! (All the lawyers are on his retainer) Patreon Bonus Spooktacular 2022: We Call Satan to the Witness Stand In this Patreon Exclusive Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to sue himself, the bar, Jameson Whiskey and the Lord God Himself to get out of these bartabs that were clearly THEIR fault! (He couldn’t find a lawyer to take his case, not even if he represented himself) On the bonus we talk about suing The Devil and why it is a bad idea! (All the lawyers are on his retainer) Along the way we learn about Ralph J Forbes from Arkansas, self avowed Nazi, Senate candidate and general pain in the ass and his attempt to sue the Devil. (This guy would have a Trump Rally for him these days!) Then we learn about Gerald Mayo, who sued the Devil for making him such a loser. (The Devil denied any involvement citing never having anything to do with a loser like Mayo) and then wrapped up with a law professor's guide to suing the Devil!  Our Sponsor this week is Agamemnon and Associates Attorneys at Law, when you need a helluva good lawyer, call Agamemnon! We open with Lucifer in the People’s Court and close with Gareth Heesom asking for a little compassion! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/Q1xhqBVu7ME We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 1986: When A Former Nazi Sued Satan In The Name Of Jesus Christ https://groovyhistory.com/halloween-lawsuit-against-satan-nazi-ralph-forbes Wikipedia: United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ex_rel._Gerald_Mayo_v._Satan_and_His_Staff Charles M. Yablon https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/charles-m-yablon#:~:text=Yablon%20was%20an%20associate%20at,involving%20two%20and%20more%20companies. Suing the Devil: A Guide for Practitioners https://www.jstor.org/stable/1073956 Suing Yourself - Is it Possible? https://donotpay.com/learn/suing-yourself-is-it-possible Bagley v. Bagley https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/2016/20150182.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Patreon Bonus Spooktacular 2022: We Call Satan to the Witness Stand


In this Patreon Exclusive Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to sue himself, the bar, Jameson Whiskey and the Lord God Himself to get out of these bartabs that were clearly THEIR fault! (He couldn’t find a lawyer to take his case, not even if he represented himself) On the bonus we talk about suing The Devil and why it is a bad idea! (All the lawyers are on his retainer)


Along the way we learn about Ralph J Forbes from Arkansas, self avowed Nazi, Senate candidate and general pain in the ass and his attempt to sue the Devil. (This guy would have a Trump Rally for him these days!) Then we learn about Gerald Mayo, who sued the Devil for making him such a loser. (The Devil denied any involvement citing never having anything to do with a loser like Mayo) and then wrapped up with a law professor's guide to suing the Devil! 


Our Sponsor this week is Agamemnon and Associates Attorneys at Law, when you need a helluva good lawyer, call Agamemnon! We open with Lucifer in the People’s Court and close with Gareth Heesom asking for a little compassion!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/Q1xhqBVu7ME

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Citations Needed:


1986: When A Former Nazi Sued Satan In The Name Of Jesus Christ

https://groovyhistory.com/halloween-lawsuit-against-satan-nazi-ralph-forbes


Wikipedia: United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ex_rel._Gerald_Mayo_v._Satan_and_His_Staff


Charles M. Yablon

https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/charles-m-yablon#:~:text=Yablon%20was%20an%20associate%20at,involving%20two%20and%20more%20companies.


Suing the Devil: A Guide for Practitioners

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1073956


Suing Yourself - Is it Possible?

https://donotpay.com/learn/suing-yourself-is-it-possible


Bagley v. Bagley

https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/2016/20150182.html

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]]> 1782 Episode 423: The Vampire of Sacramento Part Two of Spooktacular 2023 Show Notes Episode 422: The Vampire of Sacramento Part Two of Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembered that time when he got drunk in Sacramento and realized Sacramento was a really boring place to get drunk. (Even drunk, Sacramento is really boring) On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2023 with one of the vilest serial killers in American crime history, Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento. Along the way Dave takes you on an audio tour of the Big Tomato (That really IS what they call Sacramento) it only takes thirty seconds because there is so little to see. Then we dive right into why Sacramento has SO MANY serial killers. (See the part about how boring it is) After that it is straight into the backstory of Richard Trenton Chase, a regular kid growing up in regular life in the 1950s with regular 1950’s kid hobbies, like torturing and killing small animals. (You want a trigger warning? On a show about a serial killer? You didn't infer that from the topic?) We will meet Richard's family, who were not loving, in fact they had a LOT to do with what Richard became. (Well that and Richard’s peep being on the fritz) We learn how Richard mixed his own smoothies at home with all natural farm fresh ingredients. (Seriously, this is a sick dude and this is a SICK topic!) Then we discover how Richard moved from small furry creatures to hairless hominids in order to replenish his delusion blood problem. (We TRIED to keep the WORST of the detail out, but what we left in fucking horrifying!) Finally, we pin the blame on the real villain responsible for Richard’s crimes and so many other California killers in the 70’s and 80’s (It is exactly who you think it is!)   Our Sponsor this week is the Blood Bank of Sacramento, who need you to know they are not a cafeteria and you are not a real vampire. We open with some people who knew Richard Chase and close with the Middle of Road singing the praises of Sacramento.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/sW8574GA06A?si=nQpukSit-iccxMBL We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: SERIAL KILLERS IN SACRAMENTO–WHY HERE? https://jamesletoile.com/2019/04/07/serial-killers-in-sacramento-why-here/ The Vampire of Sacramento – The True Story of Richard Chase https://truecrimeseven.com/the-vampire-of-sacramento-the-true-story-of-richard-chase/ Richard Trenton CHASE https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chase-richard.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 The Vampire of Sacramento Part Two of Spooktacular 2023 full 423 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2023 with one of the vilest serial killers in American crime history, Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento. Show Notes Episode 422: The Vampire of Sacramento Part Two of Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembered that time when he got drunk in Sacramento and realized Sacramento was a really boring place to get drunk. (Even drunk, Sacramento is really boring) On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2023 with one of the vilest serial killers in American crime history, Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento. Along the way Dave takes you on an audio tour of the Big Tomato (That really IS what they call Sacramento) it only takes thirty seconds because there is so little to see. Then we dive right into why Sacramento has SO MANY serial killers. (See the part about how boring it is) After that it is straight into the backstory of Richard Trenton Chase, a regular kid growing up in regular life in the 1950s with regular 1950’s kid hobbies, like torturing and killing small animals. (You want a trigger warning? On a show about a serial killer? You didn't infer that from the topic?) We will meet Richard's family, who were not loving, in fact they had a LOT to do with what Richard became. (Well that and Richard’s peep being on the fritz) We learn how Richard mixed his own smoothies at home with all natural farm fresh ingredients. (Seriously, this is a sick dude and this is a SICK topic!) Then we discover how Richard moved from small furry creatures to hairless hominids in order to replenish his delusion blood problem. (We TRIED to keep the WORST of the detail out, but what we left in fucking horrifying!) Finally, we pin the blame on the real villain responsible for Richard’s crimes and so many other California killers in the 70’s and 80’s (It is exactly who you think it is!)   Our Sponsor this week is the Blood Bank of Sacramento, who need you to know they are not a cafeteria and you are not a real vampire. We open with some people who knew Richard Chase and close with the Middle of Road singing the praises of Sacramento.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/sW8574GA06A?si=nQpukSit-iccxMBL We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: SERIAL KILLERS IN SACRAMENTO–WHY HERE? https://jamesletoile.com/2019/04/07/serial-killers-in-sacramento-why-here/ The Vampire of Sacramento – The True Story of Richard Chase https://truecrimeseven.com/the-vampire-of-sacramento-the-true-story-of-richard-chase/ Richard Trenton CHASE https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chase-richard.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 422: The Vampire of Sacramento

Part Two of Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembered that time when he got drunk in Sacramento and realized Sacramento was a really boring place to get drunk. (Even drunk, Sacramento is really boring) On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2023 with one of the vilest serial killers in American crime history, Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento.


Along the way Dave takes you on an audio tour of the Big Tomato (That really IS what they call Sacramento) it only takes thirty seconds because there is so little to see. Then we dive right into why Sacramento has SO MANY serial killers. (See the part about how boring it is) After that it is straight into the backstory of Richard Trenton Chase, a regular kid growing up in regular life in the 1950s with regular 1950’s kid hobbies, like torturing and killing small animals. (You want a trigger warning? On a show about a serial killer? You didn't infer that from the topic?) We will meet Richard's family, who were not loving, in fact they had a LOT to do with what Richard became. (Well that and Richard’s peep being on the fritz) We learn how Richard mixed his own smoothies at home with all natural farm fresh ingredients. (Seriously, this is a sick dude and this is a SICK topic!) Then we discover how Richard moved from small furry creatures to hairless hominids in order to replenish his delusion blood problem. (We TRIED to keep the WORST of the detail out, but what we left in fucking horrifying!) Finally, we pin the blame on the real villain responsible for Richard’s crimes and so many other California killers in the 70’s and 80’s (It is exactly who you think it is!)

 

Our Sponsor this week is the Blood Bank of Sacramento, who need you to know they are not a cafeteria and you are not a real vampire. We open with some people who knew Richard Chase and close with the Middle of Road singing the praises of Sacramento. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/sW8574GA06A?si=nQpukSit-iccxMBL

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


SERIAL KILLERS IN SACRAMENTO–WHY HERE?

https://jamesletoile.com/2019/04/07/serial-killers-in-sacramento-why-here/


The Vampire of Sacramento – The True Story of Richard Chase

https://truecrimeseven.com/the-vampire-of-sacramento-the-true-story-of-richard-chase/


Richard Trenton CHASE

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chase-richard.htm

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]]> 2159 yes Episode 422: Say Hello to the Night WTH Movie Night The Lost Boys Pt 1 of Spooktacular 2023 Show Notes Episode 422: Say Hello to the Night WTH Movie Night: The Lost Boys Pt 1 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe resolves to sleep all day, party all night and never grow old. Only to discover he has grown old and he is sound asleep by 8 PM. (He is SO old!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” with a What the HELL Movie Night, 1987’s The Lost Boys!  Along the way we learn that little Davy got so scared reading Stephen King he made his Mommy buy him a crucifix. (What a pussy!) Then we dive right into how two novice screenwriters wrote the Goonies but with vampires and how it became a MUCH better movie than that. We learn how the guy who made Danny Glover too old for this shit, passed on the movie and gave it to the Director who would make a classic vampire movie for Generation X. (And also snuck in a LOT of gay subtext!) Do we mention Sexy Saxophone Man? (See what we just said about gay subtext.) Finally we ask the hard question: is it scary? (Yes, and no.) Our Sponsor this week is the Santa Clara Tourism Board who wants you to know the murder rate isn’t THAT bad! We open with the trailer to the movie and close with Tailgunner who would like to introduce you to their friend “The Night”. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/67k5T1lcZOk?si=QbJwWKkHo3i55vzS We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993 https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/67055 The Lost Boys: Joel Schumacher On Making The Coolest Vampire Movie Of All Time https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/lost-boys-joel-schumacher-making-of-interview-feature/ The True Story of The Lost Boys' Sax Man https://gizmodo.com/the-true-story-of-the-lost-boys-sax-man-1842774832 The Lost Boys, 35 years later: 'Everything was still firing on all cylinders and it was a f---ing madhouse' https://ew.com/movies/lost-boys-35-years-later-interview/ 30 Years Ago, The Lost Boys Introduced Me to Queer Cinema https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/12/01/30-years-ago-lost-boys-introduced-queer-cinema/ “The Lost Boys” was horror for an overlooked audience https://thespool.net/features/the-lost-boys-review-fotm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Say Hello to the Night WTH Movie Night The Lost Boys Pt 1 of Spooktacular 2023 full 422 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” with a What the HELL Movie Night, 1987’s The Lost Boys! Show Notes Episode 422: Say Hello to the Night WTH Movie Night: The Lost Boys Pt 1 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe resolves to sleep all day, party all night and never grow old. Only to discover he has grown old and he is sound asleep by 8 PM. (He is SO old!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” with a What the HELL Movie Night, 1987’s The Lost Boys!  Along the way we learn that little Davy got so scared reading Stephen King he made his Mommy buy him a crucifix. (What a pussy!) Then we dive right into how two novice screenwriters wrote the Goonies but with vampires and how it became a MUCH better movie than that. We learn how the guy who made Danny Glover too old for this shit, passed on the movie and gave it to the Director who would make a classic vampire movie for Generation X. (And also snuck in a LOT of gay subtext!) Do we mention Sexy Saxophone Man? (See what we just said about gay subtext.) Finally we ask the hard question: is it scary? (Yes, and no.) Our Sponsor this week is the Santa Clara Tourism Board who wants you to know the murder rate isn’t THAT bad! We open with the trailer to the movie and close with Tailgunner who would like to introduce you to their friend “The Night”. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/67k5T1lcZOk?si=QbJwWKkHo3i55vzS We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993 https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/67055 The Lost Boys: Joel Schumacher On Making The Coolest Vampire Movie Of All Time https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/lost-boys-joel-schumacher-making-of-interview-feature/ The True Story of The Lost Boys' Sax Man https://gizmodo.com/the-true-story-of-the-lost-boys-sax-man-1842774832 The Lost Boys, 35 years later: 'Everything was still firing on all cylinders and it was a f---ing madhouse' https://ew.com/movies/lost-boys-35-years-later-interview/ 30 Years Ago, The Lost Boys Introduced Me to Queer Cinema https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/12/01/30-years-ago-lost-boys-introduced-queer-cinema/ “The Lost Boys” was horror for an overlooked audience https://thespool.net/features/the-lost-boys-review-fotm/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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WTH Movie Night: The Lost Boys Pt 1 of Spooktacular 2023


This week Host Dave Bledsoe resolves to sleep all day, party all night and never grow old. Only to discover he has grown old and he is sound asleep by 8 PM. (He is SO old!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2023 “Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter” with a What the HELL Movie Night, 1987’s The Lost Boys! 


Along the way we learn that little Davy got so scared reading Stephen King he made his Mommy buy him a crucifix. (What a pussy!) Then we dive right into how two novice screenwriters wrote the Goonies but with vampires and how it became a MUCH better movie than that. We learn how the guy who made Danny Glover too old for this shit, passed on the movie and gave it to the Director who would make a classic vampire movie for Generation X. (And also snuck in a LOT of gay subtext!) Do we mention Sexy Saxophone Man? (See what we just said about gay subtext.) Finally we ask the hard question: is it scary? (Yes, and no.)


Our Sponsor this week is the Santa Clara Tourism Board who wants you to know the murder rate isn’t THAT bad! We open with the trailer to the movie and close with Tailgunner who would like to introduce you to their friend “The Night”.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/67k5T1lcZOk?si=QbJwWKkHo3i55vzS

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/67055


The Lost Boys: Joel Schumacher On Making The Coolest Vampire Movie Of All Time

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/lost-boys-joel-schumacher-making-of-interview-feature/


The True Story of The Lost Boys' Sax Man

https://gizmodo.com/the-true-story-of-the-lost-boys-sax-man-1842774832


The Lost Boys, 35 years later: 'Everything was still firing on all cylinders and it was a f---ing madhouse'

https://ew.com/movies/lost-boys-35-years-later-interview/


30 Years Ago, The Lost Boys Introduced Me to Queer Cinema

https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/12/01/30-years-ago-lost-boys-introduced-queer-cinema/


“The Lost Boys” was horror for an overlooked audience

https://thespool.net/features/the-lost-boys-review-fotm/

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]]> 2255 yes Spooktacular 2023: Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter Trailer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:57:54 -0000 Spooktacular 2023: Gavin St James, Vampyre Hunter Trailer trailer Dave Bledsoe Count Von Dave-ula teases what is in store next month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 109 no Episode 421: Come On In Boy, Have A Cigar Episode 421: Come On In Boy, Have A Cigar This week Host Dave Bledsoe pops the tube a fine imported Cuban Cigar. (He stole it from the coat pocket of a Wall Street guy next to him at the bar.)Then he slits it open, dumps the tobacco and fills it with some sweet kush he’s been smoking. (Great, he has a NEW bad habit!) On the show this week we head back to the mid 1990’s when it seems every asshole you knew suddenly had a smoldering dog turd sticking out of their lips because they thought it made them look “cool” (It didn’t and it doesn’t) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Dad has far better taste than his son could ever dream of. (Honestly, he must wonder what happened to his boy!) Then we dive right into the history of tobacco, from the snuff box to the cigarette! (You get cancer and YOU get cancer!) We discover how Christopher Columbus stole the idea of smoking cigars from the native Cuban islanders. (Then he stole their food, their land and eventually them!) We followed along as cigar smoking became the affectation of choice for rich pricks and just pricks that WISHED they were rich! Then we get right into why everyone was suddenly pretending they were smoking these nasty things in 1995 and why just as suddenly, everyone stopped. (Do we talk about the Bill Clinton thing? Come ON! Of course we do!) Our Sponsor this week is Caca de Perro Cubano, the genuine Havana rolled premium cigar from Fast Eddie’s Hothouse Humidors! We open with George Carlin explaining Freudian theory and close with Corey Heuvel who urges you to smoke them if you got them. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/lgjUv7AQkuM?si=_Bc4lQQJ80M0-1hF We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THE PERFECT COMBINATION: BUSINESS AND CIGARS https://tabanerocigars.com/blogs/tabanero-blog/the-perfect-combination-business-and-cigars The Cigar Boom of the 1990s https://www.holts.com/clubhouse/cigar-culture/cigar-boom-1990s Remembering The Cigar Boom – A David Garofalo Editorial https://thecigarauthority.com/remembering-the-cigar-boom-a-david-garofalo-editorial/ As a Prop for the 90's, the Cigar Flourishes https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/30/us/as-a-prop-for-the-90-s-the-cigar-flourishes.html A Decade to Remember https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/a-decade-to-remember-8281 Narrative Pt. III: Continued Sexual Encounters https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/icreport/6narritiii.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Come On In Boy, Have a Cigar full 421 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the mid 1990’s when it seems every asshole you knew suddenly had a smoldering dog turd sticking out of their lips because they thought it made them look “cool” (It didn’t and it doesn’t) Episode 421: Come On In Boy, Have A Cigar This week Host Dave Bledsoe pops the tube a fine imported Cuban Cigar. (He stole it from the coat pocket of a Wall Street guy next to him at the bar.)Then he slits it open, dumps the tobacco and fills it with some sweet kush he’s been smoking. (Great, he has a NEW bad habit!) On the show this week we head back to the mid 1990’s when it seems every asshole you knew suddenly had a smoldering dog turd sticking out of their lips because they thought it made them look “cool” (It didn’t and it doesn’t) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Dad has far better taste than his son could ever dream of. (Honestly, he must wonder what happened to his boy!) Then we dive right into the history of tobacco, from the snuff box to the cigarette! (You get cancer and YOU get cancer!) We discover how Christopher Columbus stole the idea of smoking cigars from the native Cuban islanders. (Then he stole their food, their land and eventually them!) We followed along as cigar smoking became the affectation of choice for rich pricks and just pricks that WISHED they were rich! Then we get right into why everyone was suddenly pretending they were smoking these nasty things in 1995 and why just as suddenly, everyone stopped. (Do we talk about the Bill Clinton thing? Come ON! Of course we do!) Our Sponsor this week is Caca de Perro Cubano, the genuine Havana rolled premium cigar from Fast Eddie’s Hothouse Humidors! We open with George Carlin explaining Freudian theory and close with Corey Heuvel who urges you to smoke them if you got them. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/lgjUv7AQkuM?si=_Bc4lQQJ80M0-1hF We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THE PERFECT COMBINATION: BUSINESS AND CIGARS https://tabanerocigars.com/blogs/tabanero-blog/the-perfect-combination-business-and-cigars The Cigar Boom of the 1990s https://www.holts.com/clubhouse/cigar-culture/cigar-boom-1990s Remembering The Cigar Boom – A David Garofalo Editorial https://thecigarauthority.com/remembering-the-cigar-boom-a-david-garofalo-editorial/ As a Prop for the 90's, the Cigar Flourishes https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/30/us/as-a-prop-for-the-90-s-the-cigar-flourishes.html A Decade to Remember https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/a-decade-to-remember-8281 Narrative Pt. III: Continued Sexual Encounters https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/icreport/6narritiii.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 421: Come On In Boy, Have A Cigar


This week Host Dave Bledsoe pops the tube a fine imported Cuban Cigar. (He stole it from the coat pocket of a Wall Street guy next to him at the bar.)Then he slits it open, dumps the tobacco and fills it with some sweet kush he’s been smoking. (Great, he has a NEW bad habit!) On the show this week we head back to the mid 1990’s when it seems every asshole you knew suddenly had a smoldering dog turd sticking out of their lips because they thought it made them look “cool” (It didn’t and it doesn’t)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s Dad has far better taste than his son could ever dream of. (Honestly, he must wonder what happened to his boy!) Then we dive right into the history of tobacco, from the snuff box to the cigarette! (You get cancer and YOU get cancer!) We discover how Christopher Columbus stole the idea of smoking cigars from the native Cuban islanders. (Then he stole their food, their land and eventually them!) We followed along as cigar smoking became the affectation of choice for rich pricks and just pricks that WISHED they were rich! Then we get right into why everyone was suddenly pretending they were smoking these nasty things in 1995 and why just as suddenly, everyone stopped. (Do we talk about the Bill Clinton thing? Come ON! Of course we do!)


Our Sponsor this week is Caca de Perro Cubano, the genuine Havana rolled premium cigar from Fast Eddie’s Hothouse Humidors! We open with George Carlin explaining Freudian theory and close with Corey Heuvel who urges you to smoke them if you got them.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/lgjUv7AQkuM?si=_Bc4lQQJ80M0-1hF

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


THE PERFECT COMBINATION: BUSINESS AND CIGARS

https://tabanerocigars.com/blogs/tabanero-blog/the-perfect-combination-business-and-cigars


The Cigar Boom of the 1990s

https://www.holts.com/clubhouse/cigar-culture/cigar-boom-1990s


Remembering The Cigar Boom – A David Garofalo Editorial

https://thecigarauthority.com/remembering-the-cigar-boom-a-david-garofalo-editorial/


As a Prop for the 90's, the Cigar Flourishes

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/30/us/as-a-prop-for-the-90-s-the-cigar-flourishes.html


A Decade to Remember

https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/a-decade-to-remember-8281


Narrative Pt. III: Continued Sexual Encounters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/icreport/6narritiii.htm

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]]> 2229 yes Episode 420: I Got Stone and I Missed It Show Notes Episode 420: I Got Stoned and I Missed It This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to give up drinking and take up smoking weed. Only to discover that legal weed dealers will NOT let him run a tab. (Not unlike most neighborhood bars!) On the show this week we experience some kind of hallucination where we think we are talking to a real person instead of shouting angrily as a figment of Dave’s imagination. (Or is it? We’ll never tell!) So we welcome Jerrod Tracht, the co-host of the Hit Podcast The Dowers Boys, on the show to chat with Dave about weed. (Honestly “hit” is a stronger word than we would choose, but Dave made us say it!) Along the way Jerrod gives Dave some advice on how to be a better pot smoker and the two of them share some highly improbable tales of their adventures with the Devil’s Lettuce!   Our Sponsor this week is Sweet Sticky Icky, the weed that takes all the worry out of weed. We open the show with a regretful pot smoker and close with Dr Hook lamenting the impacts of weed on their lives. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/g3EOF76paWk?si=UXNTRxD_QIPNEYr4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 I Got Stone and I Missed It full 420 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we experience some kind of hallucination where we think we are talking to a real person instead of shouting angrily as a figment of Dave’s imagination. (Or is it? We’ll never tell!) Show Notes Episode 420: I Got Stoned and I Missed It This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to give up drinking and take up smoking weed. Only to discover that legal weed dealers will NOT let him run a tab. (Not unlike most neighborhood bars!) On the show this week we experience some kind of hallucination where we think we are talking to a real person instead of shouting angrily as a figment of Dave’s imagination. (Or is it? We’ll never tell!) So we welcome Jerrod Tracht, the co-host of the Hit Podcast The Dowers Boys, on the show to chat with Dave about weed. (Honestly “hit” is a stronger word than we would choose, but Dave made us say it!) Along the way Jerrod gives Dave some advice on how to be a better pot smoker and the two of them share some highly improbable tales of their adventures with the Devil’s Lettuce!   Our Sponsor this week is Sweet Sticky Icky, the weed that takes all the worry out of weed. We open the show with a regretful pot smoker and close with Dr Hook lamenting the impacts of weed on their lives. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/g3EOF76paWk?si=UXNTRxD_QIPNEYr4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 420: I Got Stoned and I Missed It


This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to give up drinking and take up smoking weed. Only to discover that legal weed dealers will NOT let him run a tab. (Not unlike most neighborhood bars!) On the show this week we experience some kind of hallucination where we think we are talking to a real person instead of shouting angrily as a figment of Dave’s imagination. (Or is it? We’ll never tell!) So we welcome Jerrod Tracht, the co-host of the Hit Podcast The Dowers Boys, on the show to chat with Dave about weed. (Honestly “hit” is a stronger word than we would choose, but Dave made us say it!) Along the way Jerrod gives Dave some advice on how to be a better pot smoker and the two of them share some highly improbable tales of their adventures with the Devil’s Lettuce!  


Our Sponsor this week is Sweet Sticky Icky, the weed that takes all the worry out of weed. We open the show with a regretful pot smoker and close with Dr Hook lamenting the impacts of weed on their lives.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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]]> 2430 yes Episode 419: Find A Stranger In the Alps Show Notes Episode 419: Find A Stranger In the Alps This week Network boss Jeremy Balon shows up at the studio to wash Dave’s filthy mouth out with soap! (We guess he finally listened to the podcast.) On the show this week we take a look at the strange history of The Bleep and swear words on television. (It is *bleep*ing more interesting than you think!) Along the way we learn that Dave is still afraid of his Mom. (He should be, he is a VERY bad son!) Then we dive right into the history of censorship in these United States. (Blame the Puritans, natch!) From there we follow along as technology makes hearing potty mouths more common. We see how early TV broadcasts found ways to keep bad words off the airwaves. (Mostly by hoping no one heard them.) Then we talk about the Bleep and how it became an American Icon. Finally we learn how and why for reasons never adequately explained, we all had to see Dennis Franz’s hairy naked ass on ABC in the late 1990’s. (Blame HBO!) Our Sponsor this week is Swearing Soap, specially formulated to get dirty mouths clean! We open the show with Carlin’s famous Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Television and close with The P(Bleep)cat Dolls who censor their song for effect. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/1r9ghI7YcL0?si=NGG-R5Fw1W2oJpmO We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Cursing and swearing: an Englishman’s birthright? https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/cursing-and-swearing-an-englishman%E2%80%99s-birthright/#:~:text=Lickorous%20glutton%2C%20freckled%20bittor%2C%20jobbernol,words%20in%20the%20seventeenth%20century. Profanity https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1143/profanity Radio Act of 1927 (1927) https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1091/radio-act-of-1927 Jerry Springer and the history of that [bleeping] bleep sound https://theconversation.com/jerry-springer-and-the-history-of-that-bleeping-bleep-sound-204669 CURSES! THE BIRTH OF THE BLEEP AND MODERN AMERICAN CENSORSHIP https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/27/4545388/curses-the-birth-of-the-bleep-and-modern-american-censorship Go Bleep Yourself! Why Censorship is Funny https://www.academia.edu/79850481/Go_Bleep_Yourself_Why_Censorship_is_Funny Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Find A Stranger In the Alps full 419 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look at the strange history of The Bleep and swear words on television. (It is *bleep*ing more interesting than you think!) Show Notes Episode 419: Find A Stranger In the Alps This week Network boss Jeremy Balon shows up at the studio to wash Dave’s filthy mouth out with soap! (We guess he finally listened to the podcast.) On the show this week we take a look at the strange history of The Bleep and swear words on television. (It is *bleep*ing more interesting than you think!) Along the way we learn that Dave is still afraid of his Mom. (He should be, he is a VERY bad son!) Then we dive right into the history of censorship in these United States. (Blame the Puritans, natch!) From there we follow along as technology makes hearing potty mouths more common. We see how early TV broadcasts found ways to keep bad words off the airwaves. (Mostly by hoping no one heard them.) Then we talk about the Bleep and how it became an American Icon. Finally we learn how and why for reasons never adequately explained, we all had to see Dennis Franz’s hairy naked ass on ABC in the late 1990’s. (Blame HBO!) Our Sponsor this week is Swearing Soap, specially formulated to get dirty mouths clean! We open the show with Carlin’s famous Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Television and close with The P(Bleep)cat Dolls who censor their song for effect. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/1r9ghI7YcL0?si=NGG-R5Fw1W2oJpmO We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Cursing and swearing: an Englishman’s birthright? https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/cursing-and-swearing-an-englishman%E2%80%99s-birthright/#:~:text=Lickorous%20glutton%2C%20freckled%20bittor%2C%20jobbernol,words%20in%20the%20seventeenth%20century. Profanity https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1143/profanity Radio Act of 1927 (1927) https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1091/radio-act-of-1927 Jerry Springer and the history of that [bleeping] bleep sound https://theconversation.com/jerry-springer-and-the-history-of-that-bleeping-bleep-sound-204669 CURSES! THE BIRTH OF THE BLEEP AND MODERN AMERICAN CENSORSHIP https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/27/4545388/curses-the-birth-of-the-bleep-and-modern-american-censorship Go Bleep Yourself! Why Censorship is Funny https://www.academia.edu/79850481/Go_Bleep_Yourself_Why_Censorship_is_Funny Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 419: Find A Stranger In the Alps


This week Network boss Jeremy Balon shows up at the studio to wash Dave’s filthy mouth out with soap! (We guess he finally listened to the podcast.) On the show this week we take a look at the strange history of The Bleep and swear words on television. (It is *bleep*ing more interesting than you think!)


Along the way we learn that Dave is still afraid of his Mom. (He should be, he is a VERY bad son!) Then we dive right into the history of censorship in these United States. (Blame the Puritans, natch!) From there we follow along as technology makes hearing potty mouths more common. We see how early TV broadcasts found ways to keep bad words off the airwaves. (Mostly by hoping no one heard them.) Then we talk about the Bleep and how it became an American Icon. Finally we learn how and why for reasons never adequately explained, we all had to see Dennis Franz’s hairy naked ass on ABC in the late 1990’s. (Blame HBO!)


Our Sponsor this week is Swearing Soap, specially formulated to get dirty mouths clean! We open the show with Carlin’s famous Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Television and close with The P(Bleep)cat Dolls who censor their song for effect.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/1r9ghI7YcL0?si=NGG-R5Fw1W2oJpmO

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


Cursing and swearing: an Englishman’s birthright?

https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/cursing-and-swearing-an-englishman%E2%80%99s-birthright/#:~:text=Lickorous%20glutton%2C%20freckled%20bittor%2C%20jobbernol,words%20in%20the%20seventeenth%20century.


Profanity

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1143/profanity


Radio Act of 1927 (1927)

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1091/radio-act-of-1927


Jerry Springer and the history of that [bleeping] bleep sound

https://theconversation.com/jerry-springer-and-the-history-of-that-bleeping-bleep-sound-204669


CURSES! THE BIRTH OF THE BLEEP AND MODERN AMERICAN CENSORSHIP

https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/27/4545388/curses-the-birth-of-the-bleep-and-modern-american-censorship


Go Bleep Yourself! Why Censorship is Funny

https://www.academia.edu/79850481/Go_Bleep_Yourself_Why_Censorship_is_Funny


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]]> 2033 yes Episode 418: Zay Zomething Different Show Notes Episode 418: Zay Zomething Different This week Host Dave Bledsoe thinks it’s funny to order a Zima from a bartender who wasn’t alive when Zima was a thing. (The bartender did not.) On the show this week we head back to the early 90’s when Coors decided they wanted to toss their hat in the “clear craze” and released a drink that tasted like nothing ever before, because it tasted like nothing: Zima! (Are there WAY too many S’s pronounced with Z’s in this show? Unfortunately, yes.) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Uncle is going to be in REAL trouble if Dave’s Mom finds out he gave him booze when he was eight years old. (Sorry!) Then we dive right into the story of an obscure brewery that just wanted to make a name for itself in the “youth market” (By which we mean underage drinkers). So they created a new “malternative” to beer that no one asked for and no wanted. (Except maybe David Letterman.) We learn how it tasted (it didn’t) and who it was marketed towards. (Dudes, and they didn’t like it) We find out that David Letterman is really the guy who killed Zima. (Well, that and the dude who created it in the first place.) Finally we chart the longer and much slower than you remember decline of Zima and the rise of its successors.  Our Sponsor this week is Malt Liquor, it is any booze you want it to be. We open with two guys who just wanted a beer and close with Zorahna who has a little surprise for us in their trunk. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/lgjUv7AQkuM?si=_Bc4lQQJ80M0-1hF We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wine Coolers: What Are They And How Are They Made? https://blog.saucey.com/wine-coolers-what-are-they-how-are-they-made/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20wine%20coolers,sold%20in%20the%20United%20States. Wikipedia: Malt Liquor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt_liquor Zomething Different: The Rise, Fall, and Recent Comeback of Zima https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76438/zomething-different-zima-story From "The Top Ten Signs Your U.S. Senator Is Nuts." Number 9: Breakfast, lunch and dinner? Zima. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/from-the-top-ten-signs-your-us-senator-is-nuts-number-9-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-zima-6363314?showFullText=true OFFICIALS SAY ZIMA IS A MISLEADING ALCOHOL DRINK https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1995/02/08/officials-say-zima-is-a-misleading-alcohol-drink/ The Long, Slow, Torturous Death of Zima https://slate.com/human-interest/2008/11/the-long-slow-torturous-death-of-zima.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Zay Zomething Different full 418 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the early 90’s when Coors decided they wanted to toss their hat in the “clear craze” and released a drink that tasted like nothing ever before, because it tasted like nothing: Zima! (Are there WAY too many S’s pronounced with Z’s in this show? Unfortunately, yes.) Show Notes Episode 418: Zay Zomething Different This week Host Dave Bledsoe thinks it’s funny to order a Zima from a bartender who wasn’t alive when Zima was a thing. (The bartender did not.) On the show this week we head back to the early 90’s when Coors decided they wanted to toss their hat in the “clear craze” and released a drink that tasted like nothing ever before, because it tasted like nothing: Zima! (Are there WAY too many S’s pronounced with Z’s in this show? Unfortunately, yes.) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Uncle is going to be in REAL trouble if Dave’s Mom finds out he gave him booze when he was eight years old. (Sorry!) Then we dive right into the story of an obscure brewery that just wanted to make a name for itself in the “youth market” (By which we mean underage drinkers). So they created a new “malternative” to beer that no one asked for and no wanted. (Except maybe David Letterman.) We learn how it tasted (it didn’t) and who it was marketed towards. (Dudes, and they didn’t like it) We find out that David Letterman is really the guy who killed Zima. (Well, that and the dude who created it in the first place.) Finally we chart the longer and much slower than you remember decline of Zima and the rise of its successors.  Our Sponsor this week is Malt Liquor, it is any booze you want it to be. We open with two guys who just wanted a beer and close with Zorahna who has a little surprise for us in their trunk. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: 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/lgjUv7AQkuM?si=_Bc4lQQJ80M0-1hF We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wine Coolers: What Are They And How Are They Made? https://blog.saucey.com/wine-coolers-what-are-they-how-are-they-made/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20wine%20coolers,sold%20in%20the%20United%20States. Wikipedia: Malt Liquor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt_liquor Zomething Different: The Rise, Fall, and Recent Comeback of Zima https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76438/zomething-different-zima-story From "The Top Ten Signs Your U.S. Senator Is Nuts." Number 9: Breakfast, lunch and dinner? Zima. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/from-the-top-ten-signs-your-us-senator-is-nuts-number-9-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-zima-6363314?showFullText=true OFFICIALS SAY ZIMA IS A MISLEADING ALCOHOL DRINK https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1995/02/08/officials-say-zima-is-a-misleading-alcohol-drink/ The Long, Slow, Torturous Death of Zima https://slate.com/human-interest/2008/11/the-long-slow-torturous-death-of-zima.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 418: Zay Zomething Different


This week Host Dave Bledsoe thinks it’s funny to order a Zima from a bartender who wasn’t alive when Zima was a thing. (The bartender did not.) On the show this week we head back to the early 90’s when Coors decided they wanted to toss their hat in the “clear craze” and released a drink that tasted like nothing ever before, because it tasted like nothing: Zima! (Are there WAY too many S’s pronounced with Z’s in this show? Unfortunately, yes.)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s Uncle is going to be in REAL trouble if Dave’s Mom finds out he gave him booze when he was eight years old. (Sorry!) Then we dive right into the story of an obscure brewery that just wanted to make a name for itself in the “youth market” (By which we mean underage drinkers). So they created a new “malternative” to beer that no one asked for and no wanted. (Except maybe David Letterman.) We learn how it tasted (it didn’t) and who it was marketed towards. (Dudes, and they didn’t like it) We find out that David Letterman is really the guy who killed Zima. (Well, that and the dude who created it in the first place.) Finally we chart the longer and much slower than you remember decline of Zima and the rise of its successors. 


Our Sponsor this week is Malt Liquor, it is any booze you want it to be. We open with two guys who just wanted a beer and close with Zorahna who has a little surprise for us in their trunk.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

Our Website: 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/lgjUv7AQkuM?si=_Bc4lQQJ80M0-1hF

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Wine Coolers: What Are They And How Are They Made?

https://blog.saucey.com/wine-coolers-what-are-they-how-are-they-made/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20wine%20coolers,sold%20in%20the%20United%20States.


Wikipedia: Malt Liquor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt_liquor


Zomething Different: The Rise, Fall, and Recent Comeback of Zima

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76438/zomething-different-zima-story


From "The Top Ten Signs Your U.S. Senator Is Nuts." Number 9: Breakfast, lunch and dinner? Zima.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/from-the-top-ten-signs-your-us-senator-is-nuts-number-9-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-zima-6363314?showFullText=true


OFFICIALS SAY ZIMA IS A MISLEADING ALCOHOL DRINK

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1995/02/08/officials-say-zima-is-a-misleading-alcohol-drink/


The Long, Slow, Torturous Death of Zima

https://slate.com/human-interest/2008/11/the-long-slow-torturous-death-of-zima.html

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]]> 2165 yes Episode 417: Segassem Lanimilbus Niatnoc Yam Show Notes Episode 417: Segassem Lanimilbus Niatnoc Yam This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to get a free drink by briefly holding up a 3x5 Index Card with the words “NO PAY” on it to the bartender hoping to subliminally message him. (The bartender made him choose between eating the card or getting thrown out. He ate it.) On the show this week we head back to 1990 when Judas Priest was sued because someone thought they used subliminal messages to kill their fans. (They weren’t and they didn’t) Along the way we discover that Dave was NOT very metal as a teenager, (He was downright cherubic! Which is NOT Metal!) Then we dive right into the dark and sad story of two teenagers who did a terrible and tragic thing and the greedy lawyers who tried to make a buck on it. (Trigger warning: Capitalism) We meet the family who very much want you to believe that Judas Priest was responsible for the terrible and tragic thing and NOT the terrible and tragic lives the kids led, largely due to the parents. Then we follow the twisted logic as a small town lawyer goes after a band and record label on the legal pretext that somehow it makes good business sense for either of them to want fewer customers rather than more. (And are willing to kill to make that happen) Finally, we hear from any number of “experts” who listened to a Judas Priest album and just heard whatever the fuck they wanted to hear. (But somehow missed Rob Halford asking for a peppermint. GIVE ROB HIS PEPPERMINT!) Our Sponsor this week is Sully’s Subliminals, who want you to know it isn’t ILLEGAL to use subliminal advertising! We open the show with Bill Hicks and close with Judas Priest doing the least evil song a metal band ever wrote. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/0IVqI-byCFE?si=JceouMk4f7l-DRTp We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: ALBUM BLAMED IN SUICIDE PACT https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/07/17/album-blamed-in-suicide-pact/f0369825-a29a-4446-a6fd-73e40ff15817/ Teen-Age Suicide, Rock And Parental Deception https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/06/movies/teen-age-suicide-rock-and-parental-deception.html Dream Deceivers Documentary - The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest 1992 https://youtu.be/MGeNjfRWzXI?si=hdD2NSIHMpjhy0fh ‘My Heart Aches’ : Mothers in Judas Priest Trial Tell of Their Five-Year Ordeal https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-07-ca-342-story.html 2 Families Sue Heavy-Metal Band As Having Driven Sons to Suicide https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/arts/2-families-sue-heavy-metal-band-as-having-driven-sons-to-suicide.html Wikipedia: Better by You, Better than Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_by_You,_Better_than_Me Judas Priest: The Lawsuit That Shook The Metal World https://rockandrolltruestories.com/judas-priest-lawsuit/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Segassem Lanimilbus Niatnoc Yam full 417 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to 1990 when Judas Priest was sued because someone thought they used subliminal messages to kill their fans. (They weren’t and they didn’t) Show Notes Episode 417: Segassem Lanimilbus Niatnoc Yam This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to get a free drink by briefly holding up a 3x5 Index Card with the words “NO PAY” on it to the bartender hoping to subliminally message him. (The bartender made him choose between eating the card or getting thrown out. He ate it.) On the show this week we head back to 1990 when Judas Priest was sued because someone thought they used subliminal messages to kill their fans. (They weren’t and they didn’t) Along the way we discover that Dave was NOT very metal as a teenager, (He was downright cherubic! Which is NOT Metal!) Then we dive right into the dark and sad story of two teenagers who did a terrible and tragic thing and the greedy lawyers who tried to make a buck on it. (Trigger warning: Capitalism) We meet the family who very much want you to believe that Judas Priest was responsible for the terrible and tragic thing and NOT the terrible and tragic lives the kids led, largely due to the parents. Then we follow the twisted logic as a small town lawyer goes after a band and record label on the legal pretext that somehow it makes good business sense for either of them to want fewer customers rather than more. (And are willing to kill to make that happen) Finally, we hear from any number of “experts” who listened to a Judas Priest album and just heard whatever the fuck they wanted to hear. (But somehow missed Rob Halford asking for a peppermint. GIVE ROB HIS PEPPERMINT!) Our Sponsor this week is Sully’s Subliminals, who want you to know it isn’t ILLEGAL to use subliminal advertising! We open the show with Bill Hicks and close with Judas Priest doing the least evil song a metal band ever wrote. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/0IVqI-byCFE?si=JceouMk4f7l-DRTp We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: ALBUM BLAMED IN SUICIDE PACT https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/07/17/album-blamed-in-suicide-pact/f0369825-a29a-4446-a6fd-73e40ff15817/ Teen-Age Suicide, Rock And Parental Deception https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/06/movies/teen-age-suicide-rock-and-parental-deception.html Dream Deceivers Documentary - The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest 1992 https://youtu.be/MGeNjfRWzXI?si=hdD2NSIHMpjhy0fh ‘My Heart Aches’ : Mothers in Judas Priest Trial Tell of Their Five-Year Ordeal https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-07-ca-342-story.html 2 Families Sue Heavy-Metal Band As Having Driven Sons to Suicide https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/arts/2-families-sue-heavy-metal-band-as-having-driven-sons-to-suicide.html Wikipedia: Better by You, Better than Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_by_You,_Better_than_Me Judas Priest: The Lawsuit That Shook The Metal World https://rockandrolltruestories.com/judas-priest-lawsuit/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 417: Segassem Lanimilbus Niatnoc Yam


This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to get a free drink by briefly holding up a 3x5 Index Card with the words “NO PAY” on it to the bartender hoping to subliminally message him. (The bartender made him choose between eating the card or getting thrown out. He ate it.) On the show this week we head back to 1990 when Judas Priest was sued because someone thought they used subliminal messages to kill their fans. (They weren’t and they didn’t)


Along the way we discover that Dave was NOT very metal as a teenager, (He was downright cherubic! Which is NOT Metal!) Then we dive right into the dark and sad story of two teenagers who did a terrible and tragic thing and the greedy lawyers who tried to make a buck on it. (Trigger warning: Capitalism) We meet the family who very much want you to believe that Judas Priest was responsible for the terrible and tragic thing and NOT the terrible and tragic lives the kids led, largely due to the parents. Then we follow the twisted logic as a small town lawyer goes after a band and record label on the legal pretext that somehow it makes good business sense for either of them to want fewer customers rather than more. (And are willing to kill to make that happen) Finally, we hear from any number of “experts” who listened to a Judas Priest album and just heard whatever the fuck they wanted to hear. (But somehow missed Rob Halford asking for a peppermint. GIVE ROB HIS PEPPERMINT!)


Our Sponsor this week is Sully’s Subliminals, who want you to know it isn’t ILLEGAL to use subliminal advertising! We open the show with Bill Hicks and close with Judas Priest doing the least evil song a metal band ever wrote.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/0IVqI-byCFE?si=JceouMk4f7l-DRTp

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


ALBUM BLAMED IN SUICIDE PACT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/07/17/album-blamed-in-suicide-pact/f0369825-a29a-4446-a6fd-73e40ff15817/


Teen-Age Suicide, Rock And Parental Deception

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/06/movies/teen-age-suicide-rock-and-parental-deception.html


Dream Deceivers Documentary - The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest 1992

https://youtu.be/MGeNjfRWzXI?si=hdD2NSIHMpjhy0fh


‘My Heart Aches’ : Mothers in Judas Priest Trial Tell of Their Five-Year Ordeal

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-07-ca-342-story.html


2 Families Sue Heavy-Metal Band As Having Driven Sons to Suicide

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/arts/2-families-sue-heavy-metal-band-as-having-driven-sons-to-suicide.html


Wikipedia: Better by You, Better than Me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_by_You,_Better_than_Me


Judas Priest: The Lawsuit That Shook The Metal World

https://rockandrolltruestories.com/judas-priest-lawsuit/

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]]> 2658 yes Episode 416: Milli Vanilli Were Neither A Milli Nor A Vanilli Show Notes Episode 416: Milli Vanilli Were Neither A Milli Nor A Vanilli This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS the person who ran up this bar tab was an imposter and he is NOT responsible for paying them! (This did not work.) On the show this week we talk about the scandal that officially ended the 1980’s, even though it happened in 1990: The Milli Vanilli lip sync affair! (Turns out the real bad guy was capitalism!) Along the way we learn that some told Dave he could sing! (They were wrong, so very, very, wrong!) Then we meet our bad guy Frank Farian and a German record producer with a penchant for exploiting black musicians. (Kind of a cliche in the recording industry.) We follow Frank as he tries to cash in on this whole “rap thing” he’s been hearing about by putting together a band with the right look and the right sound to make a hit! (Sadly, the look and the sound were different people.) Then we watch the rise of Milli Vanilli from the West German Club Scene to taking best new artist at the Grammys only to fall just as fast as the rose when the CD skipped at an MTV Concert. (With all the money they were making you would think they could afford a new CD for every show!) Finally, we see what happens when capitalism meets reality. (The rich get richer, the poors die of drug overdose.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Talent Management, who want you to know it isn’t fraud unless we get caught. We open with news coverage of Rob and Fab’s downfall and close with Frog Leap Studios professing their love for you girl! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/M1BPt9fPEo4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Frank Farian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farian Wikipedia Milli Vanilli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli 30 Years Later: The Great Milli Vanilli Hoax https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/601512/milli-vanilli-hoax?a_aid=45648 The Creator of Milli Vanilli Speaks Out--in His Own Words : Pop music: German producer Frank Farian admits that he should have been more candid about the duo’s lip-syncing, but please don’t compare him to Saddam Hussein. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-ca-5618-story.html Mime & Punishment? The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli https://traxploitation.com/milli-vanilli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Milli Vanilli Were Neither A Milli Nor A Vanilli full 416 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the scandal that officially ended the 1980’s, even though it happened in 1990: The Milli Vanilli lip sync affair! (Turns out the real bad guy was capitalism!) Show Notes Episode 416: Milli Vanilli Were Neither A Milli Nor A Vanilli This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS the person who ran up this bar tab was an imposter and he is NOT responsible for paying them! (This did not work.) On the show this week we talk about the scandal that officially ended the 1980’s, even though it happened in 1990: The Milli Vanilli lip sync affair! (Turns out the real bad guy was capitalism!) Along the way we learn that some told Dave he could sing! (They were wrong, so very, very, wrong!) Then we meet our bad guy Frank Farian and a German record producer with a penchant for exploiting black musicians. (Kind of a cliche in the recording industry.) We follow Frank as he tries to cash in on this whole “rap thing” he’s been hearing about by putting together a band with the right look and the right sound to make a hit! (Sadly, the look and the sound were different people.) Then we watch the rise of Milli Vanilli from the West German Club Scene to taking best new artist at the Grammys only to fall just as fast as the rose when the CD skipped at an MTV Concert. (With all the money they were making you would think they could afford a new CD for every show!) Finally, we see what happens when capitalism meets reality. (The rich get richer, the poors die of drug overdose.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Talent Management, who want you to know it isn’t fraud unless we get caught. We open with news coverage of Rob and Fab’s downfall and close with Frog Leap Studios professing their love for you girl! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/M1BPt9fPEo4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Frank Farian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farian Wikipedia Milli Vanilli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli 30 Years Later: The Great Milli Vanilli Hoax https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/601512/milli-vanilli-hoax?a_aid=45648 The Creator of Milli Vanilli Speaks Out--in His Own Words : Pop music: German producer Frank Farian admits that he should have been more candid about the duo’s lip-syncing, but please don’t compare him to Saddam Hussein. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-ca-5618-story.html Mime & Punishment? The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli https://traxploitation.com/milli-vanilli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 416: Milli Vanilli Were Neither A Milli Nor A Vanilli


This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS the person who ran up this bar tab was an imposter and he is NOT responsible for paying them! (This did not work.) On the show this week we talk about the scandal that officially ended the 1980’s, even though it happened in 1990: The Milli Vanilli lip sync affair! (Turns out the real bad guy was capitalism!)


Along the way we learn that some told Dave he could sing! (They were wrong, so very, very, wrong!) Then we meet our bad guy Frank Farian and a German record producer with a penchant for exploiting black musicians. (Kind of a cliche in the recording industry.) We follow Frank as he tries to cash in on this whole “rap thing” he’s been hearing about by putting together a band with the right look and the right sound to make a hit! (Sadly, the look and the sound were different people.) Then we watch the rise of Milli Vanilli from the West German Club Scene to taking best new artist at the Grammys only to fall just as fast as the rose when the CD skipped at an MTV Concert. (With all the money they were making you would think they could afford a new CD for every show!) Finally, we see what happens when capitalism meets reality. (The rich get richer, the poors die of drug overdose.)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Talent Management, who want you to know it isn’t fraud unless we get caught. We open with news coverage of Rob and Fab’s downfall and close with Frog Leap Studios professing their love for you girl!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/M1BPt9fPEo4

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


Wikipedia Frank Farian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farian


Wikipedia Milli Vanilli

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli


30 Years Later: The Great Milli Vanilli Hoax

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/601512/milli-vanilli-hoax?a_aid=45648


The Creator of Milli Vanilli Speaks Out--in His Own Words : Pop music: German producer Frank Farian admits that he should have been more candid about the duo’s lip-syncing, but please don’t compare him to Saddam Hussein.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-ca-5618-story.html


Mime & Punishment? The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli

https://traxploitation.com/milli-vanilli

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]]> 1963 yes Episode 415: Beautiful Downtown Calumet (WTH Movie Night RED DAWN!) Show Notes Episode 415: Beautiful Downtown Calumet WTH Movie Night: Red Dawn This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs on the bar and shouts Wolverines as the bouncers tackle him from all sides. (Again) On the show this week we fire up the popcorn for a What the Hell Movie Night, when we take a classic 80’s movie and ruin it for everyone! This time in the VCR: Red Dawn! (The original, not the shitty remake that we don’t acknowledge as even existing!) Along the way we learned that Dave preserved the peace by preparing for war on the battlefields of his granny’s property. (Honestly, he just bullied his cousin!) Then we dive right into 1984’s Cold War Propaganda Right Wing Fan Wank, Red Dawn! (Told you we would ruin it for you!) We introduce you to the Director John Milius who once left a gun on his desk to intimidate a reporter! (True story!) Then we explain how the Nixon AND Reagan Whitehouse was somehow involved in the making of this movie. (Another True Story!) We meet the cast of up and coming 80’s stars and then we finally get down to business.  (Dissecting the endless glaring plot holes and utterly impossible things that made this move so beloved and annoying.) Finally, we wrap up with a socio-political analysis of the movie's cultural impact. (There are masturbation jokes too!  This IS a comedy podcast!) Our Sponsor this week is Jed’s Bait, Tackle and Paramilitary Supply, when you flyspeck town is overrun by the godless Commie Horde, shop at Jed’s! We open with the trailer for Red Dawn and close with Entombed and the heartache of being a predator. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/uNi0tsCU-6g We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: IMDB: Red Dawn (84) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985/?ref_=ttpl_ov Wikipedia: Red Dawn  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dawn FILM: 'RED DAWN,' ON WORLD WAR III https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/10/movies/film-red-dawn-on-world-war-iii.html Hailey Wattman Red Dawn in the Context of the Cold War https://ucisportfolios.pitt.edu/haileywattman/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2018/11/Final-Context-Paper-Red-Dawn.docx Red Dawn Its portrait of Russia is dated. Its portrait of America is timely—and terrifying. https://slate.com/culture/2008/10/patrick-swayze-and-charlie-sheen-in-red-dawn.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Beautiful Downtown Calumet (WTH Movie Night RED DAWN!) full 415 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we fire up the popcorn for a What the Hell Movie Night, when we take a classic 80’s movie and ruin it for everyone! This time in the VCR: Red Dawn! (The original, not the shitty Show Notes Episode 415: Beautiful Downtown Calumet WTH Movie Night: Red Dawn This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs on the bar and shouts Wolverines as the bouncers tackle him from all sides. (Again) On the show this week we fire up the popcorn for a What the Hell Movie Night, when we take a classic 80’s movie and ruin it for everyone! This time in the VCR: Red Dawn! (The original, not the shitty remake that we don’t acknowledge as even existing!) Along the way we learned that Dave preserved the peace by preparing for war on the battlefields of his granny’s property. (Honestly, he just bullied his cousin!) Then we dive right into 1984’s Cold War Propaganda Right Wing Fan Wank, Red Dawn! (Told you we would ruin it for you!) We introduce you to the Director John Milius who once left a gun on his desk to intimidate a reporter! (True story!) Then we explain how the Nixon AND Reagan Whitehouse was somehow involved in the making of this movie. (Another True Story!) We meet the cast of up and coming 80’s stars and then we finally get down to business.  (Dissecting the endless glaring plot holes and utterly impossible things that made this move so beloved and annoying.) Finally, we wrap up with a socio-political analysis of the movie's cultural impact. (There are masturbation jokes too!  This IS a comedy podcast!) Our Sponsor this week is Jed’s Bait, Tackle and Paramilitary Supply, when you flyspeck town is overrun by the godless Commie Horde, shop at Jed’s! We open with the trailer for Red Dawn and close with Entombed and the heartache of being a predator. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/uNi0tsCU-6g We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: IMDB: Red Dawn (84) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985/?ref_=ttpl_ov Wikipedia: Red Dawn  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dawn FILM: 'RED DAWN,' ON WORLD WAR III https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/10/movies/film-red-dawn-on-world-war-iii.html Hailey Wattman Red Dawn in the Context of the Cold War https://ucisportfolios.pitt.edu/haileywattman/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2018/11/Final-Context-Paper-Red-Dawn.docx Red Dawn Its portrait of Russia is dated. Its portrait of America is timely—and terrifying. https://slate.com/culture/2008/10/patrick-swayze-and-charlie-sheen-in-red-dawn.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 415: Beautiful Downtown Calumet

WTH Movie Night: Red Dawn


This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs on the bar and shouts Wolverines as the bouncers tackle him from all sides. (Again) On the show this week we fire up the popcorn for a What the Hell Movie Night, when we take a classic 80’s movie and ruin it for everyone! This time in the VCR: Red Dawn! (The original, not the shitty remake that we don’t acknowledge as even existing!)


Along the way we learned that Dave preserved the peace by preparing for war on the battlefields of his granny’s property. (Honestly, he just bullied his cousin!) Then we dive right into 1984’s Cold War Propaganda Right Wing Fan Wank, Red Dawn! (Told you we would ruin it for you!) We introduce you to the Director John Milius who once left a gun on his desk to intimidate a reporter! (True story!) Then we explain how the Nixon AND Reagan Whitehouse was somehow involved in the making of this movie. (Another True Story!) We meet the cast of up and coming 80’s stars and then we finally get down to business.  (Dissecting the endless glaring plot holes and utterly impossible things that made this move so beloved and annoying.) Finally, we wrap up with a socio-political analysis of the movie's cultural impact. (There are masturbation jokes too!  This IS a comedy podcast!)


Our Sponsor this week is Jed’s Bait, Tackle and Paramilitary Supply, when you flyspeck town is overrun by the godless Commie Horde, shop at Jed’s! We open with the trailer for Red Dawn and close with Entombed and the heartache of being a predator.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/uNi0tsCU-6g

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


IMDB: Red Dawn (84)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985/?ref_=ttpl_ov


Wikipedia: Red Dawn 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dawn


FILM: 'RED DAWN,' ON WORLD WAR III

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/10/movies/film-red-dawn-on-world-war-iii.html


Hailey Wattman Red Dawn in the Context of the Cold War

https://ucisportfolios.pitt.edu/haileywattman/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2018/11/Final-Context-Paper-Red-Dawn.docx


Red Dawn Its portrait of Russia is dated. Its portrait of America is timely—and terrifying.

https://slate.com/culture/2008/10/patrick-swayze-and-charlie-sheen-in-red-dawn.html



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]]> 2305 yes Episode 219-220 Reprise: "Murka and the Moon" Show Notes Episode 219 & 220 Reprise: “Murka and the Moon” This week Host Dave Bledsoe didn’t feel like writing so we kludged up a couple of old scripts into a newish show (He DID record it, because he likes the part where he gets drunk) So sit back and enjoy a cleaned up, De-Trump and somewhat pertinent reprise of a show we did four years ago about that time America went to the Moon with the help of a Nazi. (It all comes back to Nazis!) If you have heard it, the jokes will be new to you, and if you HAVE heard you know the jokes weren’t that good anyway! We will be back next week with new content, unless Dave gets arrested again. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/QEJ9HrZq7Ro We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Wernher von Braun and Peak Whiteness https://medium.com/the-secret-history-of-america/the-whitest-man-who-ever-lived-1350c5a237f5 Bill Kaysing Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kaysing Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake? https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/moon-landing-fake-american-conspiracy-why.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000 "Murka and the Moon" bonus Dave Bledsoe So sit back and enjoy a cleaned up, De-Trump and somewhat pertinent reprise of a show we did four years ago about that time America went to the Moon with the help of a Nazi Show Notes Episode 219 & 220 Reprise: “Murka and the Moon” This week Host Dave Bledsoe didn’t feel like writing so we kludged up a couple of old scripts into a newish show (He DID record it, because he likes the part where he gets drunk) So sit back and enjoy a cleaned up, De-Trump and somewhat pertinent reprise of a show we did four years ago about that time America went to the Moon with the help of a Nazi. (It all comes back to Nazis!) If you have heard it, the jokes will be new to you, and if you HAVE heard you know the jokes weren’t that good anyway! We will be back next week with new content, unless Dave gets arrested again. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/QEJ9HrZq7Ro We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Wernher von Braun and Peak Whiteness https://medium.com/the-secret-history-of-america/the-whitest-man-who-ever-lived-1350c5a237f5 Bill Kaysing Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kaysing Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake? https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/moon-landing-fake-american-conspiracy-why.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 219 & 220 Reprise: “Murka and the Moon”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe didn’t feel like writing so we kludged up a couple of old scripts into a newish show (He DID record it, because he likes the part where he gets drunk) So sit back and enjoy a cleaned up, De-Trump and somewhat pertinent reprise of a show we did four years ago about that time America went to the Moon with the help of a Nazi. (It all comes back to Nazis!) If you have heard it, the jokes will be new to you, and if you HAVE heard you know the jokes weren’t that good anyway! We will be back next week with new content, unless Dave gets arrested again.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/QEJ9HrZq7Ro

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Citations Needed: 

Wernher von Braun and Peak Whiteness

https://medium.com/the-secret-history-of-america/the-whitest-man-who-ever-lived-1350c5a237f5


Bill Kaysing Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kaysing


Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake?

https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/moon-landing-fake-american-conspiracy-why.html

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]]> 2533 yes Episode 414: "Admiral, It Is the Enterprise!" Show Notes Episode 414: “Admiral, It is the Enterprise!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe boldly goes where he has never gone before! (Meaning a bar in Bayonne New Jersey where he hopes they’ve never heard of him!) On the show this week we open hailing frequencies and tell you about the time nerds convinced the President to name a space shuttle after a TV show (Dr Quinn Medicine Woman). Along the way we learn about Dave’s fantasies. (Thank god we are talking about his CHILDHOOD fantasies not the sewer that they are today!) Then we dive right into the Big Dreams NASA had after going to the Moon! (We were gonna get Moon Bases!) and how reality, along with Dick Nixon, brought them back down to Earth. We then learn a little about the American Space Truck, the Flying Ford F-150! (Could have been worse, could have been a Chevy) Then we talk about how even the modest dreams of the shuttle program had to be dialed back in the face of harsh reality. (Do we mention Reagan? Sadly, we do.) Finally, we tell you how a group of very determined nerds used their powers of persuasion not to get someone to finally sleep with them, but convince Gerald Ford to name a shuttle after an imaginary spaceship. (Meaning their girlfriends would continue to be imaginary.) Our Sponsor this week is the PodTrek Podcast, three middle aged white dudes doing five shows complaining about modern Star Trek being “woke”. We open with NASA unveiling the shuttle and close with the Firm boldly going forward because they can’t find reverse. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/FCARADb9asE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THE POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM: DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/files/original/20/1632/Binder1_081110135224.pdf Wikipedia: Space Shuttle program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program Social, Cultural, and Educational Legacies https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/584743main_Wings-ch6a-pgs459-469.pdf NASA NAMING COMMITTEES https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/app-d.htm Grassroots Enterprise: How the Space Shuttle got its name http://startrekdom.blogspot.com/2007/04/grassroots-enterprise-how-space-shuttle.html Declassified Memos Reveal Debate Over Naming the Shuttle "Enterprise" https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259 45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes its Public Debut https://www.nasa.gov/feature/45-years-ago-space-shuttle-enterprise-makes-its-public-debut Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000 "Admiral, It Is the Enterprise!" full 414 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we open hailing frequencies and tell you about the time nerds convinced the President to name a space shuttle after a TV show (Dr Quinn Medicine Woman). Show Notes Episode 414: “Admiral, It is the Enterprise!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe boldly goes where he has never gone before! (Meaning a bar in Bayonne New Jersey where he hopes they’ve never heard of him!) On the show this week we open hailing frequencies and tell you about the time nerds convinced the President to name a space shuttle after a TV show (Dr Quinn Medicine Woman). Along the way we learn about Dave’s fantasies. (Thank god we are talking about his CHILDHOOD fantasies not the sewer that they are today!) Then we dive right into the Big Dreams NASA had after going to the Moon! (We were gonna get Moon Bases!) and how reality, along with Dick Nixon, brought them back down to Earth. We then learn a little about the American Space Truck, the Flying Ford F-150! (Could have been worse, could have been a Chevy) Then we talk about how even the modest dreams of the shuttle program had to be dialed back in the face of harsh reality. (Do we mention Reagan? Sadly, we do.) Finally, we tell you how a group of very determined nerds used their powers of persuasion not to get someone to finally sleep with them, but convince Gerald Ford to name a shuttle after an imaginary spaceship. (Meaning their girlfriends would continue to be imaginary.) Our Sponsor this week is the PodTrek Podcast, three middle aged white dudes doing five shows complaining about modern Star Trek being “woke”. We open with NASA unveiling the shuttle and close with the Firm boldly going forward because they can’t find reverse. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/FCARADb9asE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THE POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM: DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/files/original/20/1632/Binder1_081110135224.pdf Wikipedia: Space Shuttle program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program Social, Cultural, and Educational Legacies https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/584743main_Wings-ch6a-pgs459-469.pdf NASA NAMING COMMITTEES https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/app-d.htm Grassroots Enterprise: How the Space Shuttle got its name http://startrekdom.blogspot.com/2007/04/grassroots-enterprise-how-space-shuttle.html Declassified Memos Reveal Debate Over Naming the Shuttle "Enterprise" https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259 45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes its Public Debut https://www.nasa.gov/feature/45-years-ago-space-shuttle-enterprise-makes-its-public-debut Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe boldly goes where he has never gone before! (Meaning a bar in Bayonne New Jersey where he hopes they’ve never heard of him!) On the show this week we open hailing frequencies and tell you about the time nerds convinced the President to name a space shuttle after a TV show (Dr Quinn Medicine Woman).


Along the way we learn about Dave’s fantasies. (Thank god we are talking about his CHILDHOOD fantasies not the sewer that they are today!) Then we dive right into the Big Dreams NASA had after going to the Moon! (We were gonna get Moon Bases!) and how reality, along with Dick Nixon, brought them back down to Earth. We then learn a little about the American Space Truck, the Flying Ford F-150! (Could have been worse, could have been a Chevy) Then we talk about how even the modest dreams of the shuttle program had to be dialed back in the face of harsh reality. (Do we mention Reagan? Sadly, we do.) Finally, we tell you how a group of very determined nerds used their powers of persuasion not to get someone to finally sleep with them, but convince Gerald Ford to name a shuttle after an imaginary spaceship. (Meaning their girlfriends would continue to be imaginary.)


Our Sponsor this week is the PodTrek Podcast, three middle aged white dudes doing five shows complaining about modern Star Trek being “woke”. We open with NASA unveiling the shuttle and close with the Firm boldly going forward because they can’t find reverse.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/FCARADb9asE

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


THE POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM: DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/files/original/20/1632/Binder1_081110135224.pdf


Wikipedia: Space Shuttle program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program


Social, Cultural, and Educational Legacies

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/584743main_Wings-ch6a-pgs459-469.pdf


NASA NAMING COMMITTEES

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/app-d.htm


Grassroots Enterprise: How the Space Shuttle got its name

http://startrekdom.blogspot.com/2007/04/grassroots-enterprise-how-space-shuttle.html


Declassified Memos Reveal Debate Over Naming the Shuttle "Enterprise"

https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259


45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes its Public Debut

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/45-years-ago-space-shuttle-enterprise-makes-its-public-debut


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]]> 2029 yes Episode 413: Skylab Fallout Show Notes Episode 413: Skylab Fallout This week Host Dave Bledsoe orders up a mixed drink so powerful it can strip the varnish off the bar top. (The last time we saw him, he was passed out in a bathroom stall) On the show this week we turn back to July of 1979 when NASA’s abandoned space station plummeted back to Earth like a GOP Presidential Primary candidate’s poll numbers. (Looking at you Ron DeSantis) We are talking about Skylab!  Along the way we learn how Dave spent a Summer digging a hole in the ground because he thought his parents were on the edge of a divorce. (They weren’t, he was an idiot).  Then we dive right into the story of how some recycled rocket parts, repatriated Nazi and Congressional budget cuts led to America’s first space station! (Tacky Cardassian Fascist Eyesore!) We learn how a slapdash rushed program resulted in multiple repair missions and uncomfortable living conditions for the crew. (The body odor in that tube must have been unspeakable) And then how NASA just turned the lights off and left it to crash in a few years. (Did NOT see that coming!) We also learn how the world and America reacted to the looming threat of orbital armageddon! (Hard hats and t-shirts!)  Our Sponsor this week is Celestial Underwriters, the only insurance that covers falling space debris! We open the show with an English news report on the end of Skylab and close with Mike Offutt singing a little song about disaster!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/aRxn35Ketgk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Skylab: First U.S. space station https://www.space.com/19607-skylab.html The Forgotten Success of Skylab https://www.realclearhistory.com/historiat/2018/07/11/the_forgotten_success_of_skylab_334.html#:~:text=Skylab%20gathered%20tons%20of%20data,solar%20studies%20to%20this%20day. How to Shower in Space https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/how-shower-space#:~:text=Showering%20on%20the%20Skylab&text=Astronauts%20took%20cumbersome%20showers%20in,to%20a%20hose%20and%20showerhead. Skylab's Path a Diagonal Across U.S https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/07/07/skylabs-path-a-diagonal-across-us/c370933d-e4d7-41fa-b603-2230d44fe88d/ The Last Days Of Skylab https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1979/04/08/the-last-days-of-skylab/d0887927-a421-4a94-8609-160fad8d6150/ Skylab's Fiery Fall https://web.archive.org/web/20070213023709/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,920502,00.html Matter Wins Again Over Mind https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/05/26/matter-wins-again-over-mind/7ea4f819-8f94-4822-99b3-2f22b9cd5e6c/ A space station fell to Earth. An Australian boy brought it to San Francisco https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-skylab-race-to-san-francisco-18074888.php Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Skylab Fallout full 413 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we turn back to July of 1979 when NASA’s abandoned space station plummeted back to Earth like a GOP Presidential Primary candidate’s poll numbers. (Looking at you Ron DeSantis) We are talking about Skylab! Show Notes Episode 413: Skylab Fallout This week Host Dave Bledsoe orders up a mixed drink so powerful it can strip the varnish off the bar top. (The last time we saw him, he was passed out in a bathroom stall) On the show this week we turn back to July of 1979 when NASA’s abandoned space station plummeted back to Earth like a GOP Presidential Primary candidate’s poll numbers. (Looking at you Ron DeSantis) We are talking about Skylab!  Along the way we learn how Dave spent a Summer digging a hole in the ground because he thought his parents were on the edge of a divorce. (They weren’t, he was an idiot).  Then we dive right into the story of how some recycled rocket parts, repatriated Nazi and Congressional budget cuts led to America’s first space station! (Tacky Cardassian Fascist Eyesore!) We learn how a slapdash rushed program resulted in multiple repair missions and uncomfortable living conditions for the crew. (The body odor in that tube must have been unspeakable) And then how NASA just turned the lights off and left it to crash in a few years. (Did NOT see that coming!) We also learn how the world and America reacted to the looming threat of orbital armageddon! (Hard hats and t-shirts!)  Our Sponsor this week is Celestial Underwriters, the only insurance that covers falling space debris! We open the show with an English news report on the end of Skylab and close with Mike Offutt singing a little song about disaster!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/aRxn35Ketgk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Skylab: First U.S. space station https://www.space.com/19607-skylab.html The Forgotten Success of Skylab https://www.realclearhistory.com/historiat/2018/07/11/the_forgotten_success_of_skylab_334.html#:~:text=Skylab%20gathered%20tons%20of%20data,solar%20studies%20to%20this%20day. How to Shower in Space https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/how-shower-space#:~:text=Showering%20on%20the%20Skylab&text=Astronauts%20took%20cumbersome%20showers%20in,to%20a%20hose%20and%20showerhead. Skylab's Path a Diagonal Across U.S https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/07/07/skylabs-path-a-diagonal-across-us/c370933d-e4d7-41fa-b603-2230d44fe88d/ The Last Days Of Skylab https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1979/04/08/the-last-days-of-skylab/d0887927-a421-4a94-8609-160fad8d6150/ Skylab's Fiery Fall https://web.archive.org/web/20070213023709/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,920502,00.html Matter Wins Again Over Mind https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/05/26/matter-wins-again-over-mind/7ea4f819-8f94-4822-99b3-2f22b9cd5e6c/ A space station fell to Earth. An Australian boy brought it to San Francisco https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-skylab-race-to-san-francisco-18074888.php Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe orders up a mixed drink so powerful it can strip the varnish off the bar top. (The last time we saw him, he was passed out in a bathroom stall) On the show this week we turn back to July of 1979 when NASA’s abandoned space station plummeted back to Earth like a GOP Presidential Primary candidate’s poll numbers. (Looking at you Ron DeSantis) We are talking about Skylab! 

Along the way we learn how Dave spent a Summer digging a hole in the ground because he thought his parents were on the edge of a divorce. (They weren’t, he was an idiot). 

Then we dive right into the story of how some recycled rocket parts, repatriated Nazi and Congressional budget cuts led to America’s first space station! (Tacky Cardassian Fascist Eyesore!) We learn how a slapdash rushed program resulted in multiple repair missions and uncomfortable living conditions for the crew. (The body odor in that tube must have been unspeakable) And then how NASA just turned the lights off and left it to crash in a few years. (Did NOT see that coming!) We also learn how the world and America reacted to the looming threat of orbital armageddon! (Hard hats and t-shirts!) 

Our Sponsor this week is Celestial Underwriters, the only insurance that covers falling space debris! We open the show with an English news report on the end of Skylab and close with Mike Offutt singing a little song about disaster! 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/aRxn35Ketgk

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Skylab: First U.S. space station

https://www.space.com/19607-skylab.html

The Forgotten Success of Skylab

https://www.realclearhistory.com/historiat/2018/07/11/the_forgotten_success_of_skylab_334.html#:~:text=Skylab%20gathered%20tons%20of%20data,solar%20studies%20to%20this%20day.

How to Shower in Space

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/how-shower-space#:~:text=Showering%20on%20the%20Skylab&text=Astronauts%20took%20cumbersome%20showers%20in,to%20a%20hose%20and%20showerhead.

Skylab's Path a Diagonal Across U.S

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/07/07/skylabs-path-a-diagonal-across-us/c370933d-e4d7-41fa-b603-2230d44fe88d/

The Last Days Of Skylab

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1979/04/08/the-last-days-of-skylab/d0887927-a421-4a94-8609-160fad8d6150/

Skylab's Fiery Fall

https://web.archive.org/web/20070213023709/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,920502,00.html

Matter Wins Again Over Mind

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/05/26/matter-wins-again-over-mind/7ea4f819-8f94-4822-99b3-2f22b9cd5e6c/

A space station fell to Earth. An Australian boy brought it to San Francisco

https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-skylab-race-to-san-francisco-18074888.php


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]]> 2077 yes Episode 412: If You Start Me Up, I Will NEVER Stop Show Notes Episode 412: If You Start Me Up, I’ll Never Stop This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally decides he is in need of an upgrade. (Meaning he started buying liter bottles of Jameson instead of his usual 750ml) On the show this week we head back to the most exciting moment of human history, the launch of Windows 95 (Well that is what Bill Gates TOLD us at the time, in retrospect this might not be exactly true.) Along the way we learn that Dave’s septuagenarian parents are still more tech savvy than he is! (He STILL has to call THEM for help with his computer!) Then we dive into the history of Graphical User Interface. (Which is only slightly more interesting than it sounds.) From there we take a brief look at why the world uses PC’s more than Apples. (All the cool video games were on the PC) Finally we get to what Windows 95 was and why everyone in the world was so amped up about it being released. (The 90’s were pretty boring, really) We explain why Bill Gates and Jay Leno danced to a mid tier Rolling Stones song on stage. (They paid three million dollars for it, that’s why) Finally we talk about the mania that accompanied the midnight release of CD-ROM. Our Sponsor this week is Hewlett Packard 486 DX2, all the computer you will EVER need! We open the show with Microsoft’s promotional video for Windows 95 and close with Christian Porter and a MUCH better song choice for Windows! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/h63LxKAoSsw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Windows 95 Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95: The hype and beyond Nerds wreak their billion-dollar revenge  https://www.theguardian.com/century/1990-1999/Story/0,6051,112728,00.html Windows 95 is 25 years old today https://www.theverge.com/21398999/windows-95-anniversary-release-date-history People were unbelievably excited at the launch of Windows 95\ https://www.businessinsider.com/windows-95-launch-20-years-ago-2015-8 20 years ago, people waited overnight in line for a Microsoft product https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-windows-95-software-turned-192528654.html Windows 95 opens on a waiting world https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/08/23/windows-95-opens-on-a-waiting-world/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000 If You Start Me Up, I Will NEVER Stop full 412 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the most exciting moment of human history, the launch of Windows 95 (Well that is what Bill Gates TOLD us at the time, in retrospect this might not be exactly true.) Show Notes Episode 412: If You Start Me Up, I’ll Never Stop This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally decides he is in need of an upgrade. (Meaning he started buying liter bottles of Jameson instead of his usual 750ml) On the show this week we head back to the most exciting moment of human history, the launch of Windows 95 (Well that is what Bill Gates TOLD us at the time, in retrospect this might not be exactly true.) Along the way we learn that Dave’s septuagenarian parents are still more tech savvy than he is! (He STILL has to call THEM for help with his computer!) Then we dive into the history of Graphical User Interface. (Which is only slightly more interesting than it sounds.) From there we take a brief look at why the world uses PC’s more than Apples. (All the cool video games were on the PC) Finally we get to what Windows 95 was and why everyone in the world was so amped up about it being released. (The 90’s were pretty boring, really) We explain why Bill Gates and Jay Leno danced to a mid tier Rolling Stones song on stage. (They paid three million dollars for it, that’s why) Finally we talk about the mania that accompanied the midnight release of CD-ROM. Our Sponsor this week is Hewlett Packard 486 DX2, all the computer you will EVER need! We open the show with Microsoft’s promotional video for Windows 95 and close with Christian Porter and a MUCH better song choice for Windows! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/h63LxKAoSsw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Windows 95 Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95: The hype and beyond Nerds wreak their billion-dollar revenge  https://www.theguardian.com/century/1990-1999/Story/0,6051,112728,00.html Windows 95 is 25 years old today https://www.theverge.com/21398999/windows-95-anniversary-release-date-history People were unbelievably excited at the launch of Windows 95\ https://www.businessinsider.com/windows-95-launch-20-years-ago-2015-8 20 years ago, people waited overnight in line for a Microsoft product https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-windows-95-software-turned-192528654.html Windows 95 opens on a waiting world https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/08/23/windows-95-opens-on-a-waiting-world/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 412: If You Start Me Up, I’ll Never Stop


This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally decides he is in need of an upgrade. (Meaning he started buying liter bottles of Jameson instead of his usual 750ml) On the show this week we head back to the most exciting moment of human history, the launch of Windows 95 (Well that is what Bill Gates TOLD us at the time, in retrospect this might not be exactly true.)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s septuagenarian parents are still more tech savvy than he is! (He STILL has to call THEM for help with his computer!) Then we dive into the history of Graphical User Interface. (Which is only slightly more interesting than it sounds.) From there we take a brief look at why the world uses PC’s more than Apples. (All the cool video games were on the PC) Finally we get to what Windows 95 was and why everyone in the world was so amped up about it being released. (The 90’s were pretty boring, really) We explain why Bill Gates and Jay Leno danced to a mid tier Rolling Stones song on stage. (They paid three million dollars for it, that’s why) Finally we talk about the mania that accompanied the midnight release of CD-ROM.


Our Sponsor this week is Hewlett Packard 486 DX2, all the computer you will EVER need! We open the show with Microsoft’s promotional video for Windows 95 and close with Christian Porter and a MUCH better song choice for Windows!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/h63LxKAoSsw

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Citations Needed:

Windows 95 Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95


Windows 95: The hype and beyond Nerds wreak their billion-dollar revenge

 https://www.theguardian.com/century/1990-1999/Story/0,6051,112728,00.html


Windows 95 is 25 years old today

https://www.theverge.com/21398999/windows-95-anniversary-release-date-history


People were unbelievably excited at the launch of Windows 95\

https://www.businessinsider.com/windows-95-launch-20-years-ago-2015-8


20 years ago, people waited overnight in line for a Microsoft product

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-windows-95-software-turned-192528654.html


Windows 95 opens on a waiting world

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/08/23/windows-95-opens-on-a-waiting-world/

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]]> 2076 yes Episode 411: Dennis Fung Blues Pt 3 of Wheezing the Juice Show Notes Episode 411: “Dennis Fung Blues” Part 3 of Wheezing the Juice This week Host Dave Bledsoe is called to testify in civil court for an overdue bar tab only to be held in contempt after a very tasteless Johnnie Cochran impression. (Again) On the show this week we wrap our Summer Se ries, Wheezing the Juice, with the trial of OJ Simpson. (Stay tuned for the surprise ending!) Along the way we discover Dave did not enjoy his all expense paid trip to Panama. (The accommodations were terrible) Then we dive right into the criminal trial of OJ Simpson. We meet the Judge (who won’t dance, don’t ask him) , the prosecutors and finally The Dream Team. (Robert Kardashian was barely a lawyer) We take a quick look at the evidence before we head right into why the trial was such a gigantic shit show and what went wrong. (Turns out, people don’t like racist cops!) Then we explain why the OJ Simpson Trial was never going to end any other way than how it ended. (With a made for TV twist!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Consultants, we can “fix” your jury problem. We open with Peter Jennings on opening remarks and close with the Edgintones who have got a case of the blues.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/x1l5KdqwX7Y We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Johnnie Cochran, Famed Defense Lawyer, Is Dead at 67 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/national/johnnie-cochran-famed-defense-lawyer-is-dead-at-67.html Famous Court Cases : People Vs. Oj Simpson Case https://steemit.com/court/@vsaraf/famous-court-cases-people-vs-oj-simpson-case Dennis Fung https://famous-trials.com/simpson/1841-fung O.J. Simpson Talks Jay-Z’s “The Story Of O.J.”: “He Didn’t Say It Right” https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/oj-simpson-talk-jayz-the-story-of-oj-1234749328/ Issue of Racism Erupts in Simpson Trial https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/14/us/issue-of-racism-erupts-in-simpson-trial.html Evaluating the Prosecution’s Case https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/themes/prosecution.html The Murder Trial of OJ Simpson Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson#Verdict Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Dennis Fung Blues Pt 3 of Wheezing the Juice full 411 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap our Summer Se ries, Wheezing the Juice, with the trial of OJ Simpson. (Stay tuned for the surprise ending!) Show Notes Episode 411: “Dennis Fung Blues” Part 3 of Wheezing the Juice This week Host Dave Bledsoe is called to testify in civil court for an overdue bar tab only to be held in contempt after a very tasteless Johnnie Cochran impression. (Again) On the show this week we wrap our Summer Se ries, Wheezing the Juice, with the trial of OJ Simpson. (Stay tuned for the surprise ending!) Along the way we discover Dave did not enjoy his all expense paid trip to Panama. (The accommodations were terrible) Then we dive right into the criminal trial of OJ Simpson. We meet the Judge (who won’t dance, don’t ask him) , the prosecutors and finally The Dream Team. (Robert Kardashian was barely a lawyer) We take a quick look at the evidence before we head right into why the trial was such a gigantic shit show and what went wrong. (Turns out, people don’t like racist cops!) Then we explain why the OJ Simpson Trial was never going to end any other way than how it ended. (With a made for TV twist!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Consultants, we can “fix” your jury problem. We open with Peter Jennings on opening remarks and close with the Edgintones who have got a case of the blues.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/x1l5KdqwX7Y We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Johnnie Cochran, Famed Defense Lawyer, Is Dead at 67 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/national/johnnie-cochran-famed-defense-lawyer-is-dead-at-67.html Famous Court Cases : People Vs. Oj Simpson Case https://steemit.com/court/@vsaraf/famous-court-cases-people-vs-oj-simpson-case Dennis Fung https://famous-trials.com/simpson/1841-fung O.J. Simpson Talks Jay-Z’s “The Story Of O.J.”: “He Didn’t Say It Right” https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/oj-simpson-talk-jayz-the-story-of-oj-1234749328/ Issue of Racism Erupts in Simpson Trial https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/14/us/issue-of-racism-erupts-in-simpson-trial.html Evaluating the Prosecution’s Case https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/themes/prosecution.html The Murder Trial of OJ Simpson Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson#Verdict Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 411: “Dennis Fung Blues”

Part 3 of Wheezing the Juice

This week Host Dave Bledsoe is called to testify in civil court for an overdue bar tab only to be held in contempt after a very tasteless Johnnie Cochran impression. (Again) On the show this week we wrap our Summer Se ries, Wheezing the Juice, with the trial of OJ Simpson. (Stay tuned for the surprise ending!)


Along the way we discover Dave did not enjoy his all expense paid trip to Panama. (The accommodations were terrible) Then we dive right into the criminal trial of OJ Simpson. We meet the Judge (who won’t dance, don’t ask him) , the prosecutors and finally The Dream Team. (Robert Kardashian was barely a lawyer) We take a quick look at the evidence before we head right into why the trial was such a gigantic shit show and what went wrong. (Turns out, people don’t like racist cops!) Then we explain why the OJ Simpson Trial was never going to end any other way than how it ended. (With a made for TV twist!)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Consultants, we can “fix” your jury problem. We open with Peter Jennings on opening remarks and close with the Edgintones who have got a case of the blues.


 Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/x1l5KdqwX7Y

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Johnnie Cochran, Famed Defense Lawyer, Is Dead at 67

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/national/johnnie-cochran-famed-defense-lawyer-is-dead-at-67.html


Famous Court Cases : People Vs. Oj Simpson Case

https://steemit.com/court/@vsaraf/famous-court-cases-people-vs-oj-simpson-case


Dennis Fung

https://famous-trials.com/simpson/1841-fung


O.J. Simpson Talks Jay-Z’s “The Story Of O.J.”: “He Didn’t Say It Right”

https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/oj-simpson-talk-jayz-the-story-of-oj-1234749328/


Issue of Racism Erupts in Simpson Trial

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/14/us/issue-of-racism-erupts-in-simpson-trial.html


Evaluating the Prosecution’s Case

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/themes/prosecution.html


The Murder Trial of OJ Simpson Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson#Verdict

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]]> 2609 yes Episode 410: Everything's Coming Up Kato! (Pt 2 of Wheezing the Juice) Show Notes Episode 410: “Everything’s Coming Up Kato!” Part 2 of Wheezing the Juice This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up in what he thought was the pool house of a D List celebrity with a brutal hangover and pair of shoes three sizes too big with some kind of red liquid on them only to realize he has passed out on a Wendy’s ketchup dispenser. (Again) This week we continue our Summer Series “Wheezing the Juice” (Again, we apologize for that name, it was NOT our idea) with the sensation that swept the nation in 1994, OJ Simpson! We pick up with the infamous Bronco Chase that 95 MILLION Americans watch live and jump from that insanity to the even bigger madness that followed. From the initial feed frenzy in the news to the long trudge toward trial. (You think this show is long, you should have been around for the period between his arrest and the trial!) We check in with all the characters who would go on to take center stage, be they Howard Stern, racist Broadway dancers in judicial robes, Jay Leno’s terrible jokes, and of course white people in blackface. (It never gets old does it America?) Then we meet the players, from Al Cowlings, to Faye Resnick, to Johnny Cochrane and of course the only one who came out ahead in all of this: Brian Gerard Kaelin! (You know him better as Kato!) So grab you OJ Pogs, and get ready to get disgusted as we talk about OJ Mania! Our Sponsor this week is Roomies, finding roommates for people who no one would ever want to live with. We open with new reports from the night of OJ’s Last Run and close with the glorious Ethel Merman!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/aGyiuFZ7cs8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: ‘The Juice is loose’: How the O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase mesmerized the world https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oj-simpson-white-bronco-chase-timeline-20190617-story.html Officers recall night spent chasing O.J. Simpson and a white Ford Bronco https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/officers-recall-night-spent-chasing-o-j-simpson-and-a-white-ford-bronco A Year in O.J.: How Popular Culture Responded to the Trial of the Century https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/oj-simpson-how-popular-culture-responded.html Apocalypse Later: CD-ROMs 1991 to mid-1994 http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/anniversary/flashback.machine/flashback1.html O.J. Simpson Masks a Macabre Halloween Sensation : Costumes: Store operators say wigs, football jerseys and other items are selling briskly. Sociologists call sales trend disturbing. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-08-mn-47798-story.html Judge in Simpson Trial Allows TV Camera in Courtroom https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/08/us/judge-in-simpson-trial-allows-tv-camera-in-courtroom.html How O. J. Simpson Killed Popular Culture https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/oj-simpson-trial-reality-tv-pop-culture Frontline: The OJ Verdict https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/themes/media.html Juice-o-nomics: The economic value of the O.J. Simpson trial https://financialpost.com/news/juice-o-nomics-the-economic-value-of-the-o-j-simpson-trial THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Simpson Case Gives Cable An Edge on the Networks https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/20/business/the-media-business-simpson-case-gives-cable-an-edge-on-the-networks.html Squeeze the Juice (1995) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7283/squeeze-juice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 17 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Everything's Coming Up Kato! (Pt 2 of Wheezing the Juice) full 409 Dave Bledsoe This week we continue our Summer Series “Wheezing the Juice” (Again, we apologize for that name, it was NOT our idea) with the sensation that swept the nation in 1994, OJ Simpson! Show Notes Episode 410: “Everything’s Coming Up Kato!” Part 2 of Wheezing the Juice This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up in what he thought was the pool house of a D List celebrity with a brutal hangover and pair of shoes three sizes too big with some kind of red liquid on them only to realize he has passed out on a Wendy’s ketchup dispenser. (Again) This week we continue our Summer Series “Wheezing the Juice” (Again, we apologize for that name, it was NOT our idea) with the sensation that swept the nation in 1994, OJ Simpson! We pick up with the infamous Bronco Chase that 95 MILLION Americans watch live and jump from that insanity to the even bigger madness that followed. From the initial feed frenzy in the news to the long trudge toward trial. (You think this show is long, you should have been around for the period between his arrest and the trial!) We check in with all the characters who would go on to take center stage, be they Howard Stern, racist Broadway dancers in judicial robes, Jay Leno’s terrible jokes, and of course white people in blackface. (It never gets old does it America?) Then we meet the players, from Al Cowlings, to Faye Resnick, to Johnny Cochrane and of course the only one who came out ahead in all of this: Brian Gerard Kaelin! (You know him better as Kato!) So grab you OJ Pogs, and get ready to get disgusted as we talk about OJ Mania! Our Sponsor this week is Roomies, finding roommates for people who no one would ever want to live with. We open with new reports from the night of OJ’s Last Run and close with the glorious Ethel Merman!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/aGyiuFZ7cs8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: ‘The Juice is loose’: How the O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase mesmerized the world https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oj-simpson-white-bronco-chase-timeline-20190617-story.html Officers recall night spent chasing O.J. Simpson and a white Ford Bronco https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/officers-recall-night-spent-chasing-o-j-simpson-and-a-white-ford-bronco A Year in O.J.: How Popular Culture Responded to the Trial of the Century https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/oj-simpson-how-popular-culture-responded.html Apocalypse Later: CD-ROMs 1991 to mid-1994 http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/anniversary/flashback.machine/flashback1.html O.J. Simpson Masks a Macabre Halloween Sensation : Costumes: Store operators say wigs, football jerseys and other items are selling briskly. Sociologists call sales trend disturbing. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-08-mn-47798-story.html Judge in Simpson Trial Allows TV Camera in Courtroom https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/08/us/judge-in-simpson-trial-allows-tv-camera-in-courtroom.html How O. J. Simpson Killed Popular Culture https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/oj-simpson-trial-reality-tv-pop-culture Frontline: The OJ Verdict https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/themes/media.html Juice-o-nomics: The economic value of the O.J. Simpson trial https://financialpost.com/news/juice-o-nomics-the-economic-value-of-the-o-j-simpson-trial THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Simpson Case Gives Cable An Edge on the Networks https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/20/business/the-media-business-simpson-case-gives-cable-an-edge-on-the-networks.html Squeeze the Juice (1995) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7283/squeeze-juice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 410: “Everything’s Coming Up Kato!”

Part 2 of Wheezing the Juice


This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up in what he thought was the pool house of a D List celebrity with a brutal hangover and pair of shoes three sizes too big with some kind of red liquid on them only to realize he has passed out on a Wendy’s ketchup dispenser. (Again) This week we continue our Summer Series “Wheezing the Juice” (Again, we apologize for that name, it was NOT our idea) with the sensation that swept the nation in 1994, OJ Simpson!


We pick up with the infamous Bronco Chase that 95 MILLION Americans watch live and jump from that insanity to the even bigger madness that followed. From the initial feed frenzy in the news to the long trudge toward trial. (You think this show is long, you should have been around for the period between his arrest and the trial!) We check in with all the characters who would go on to take center stage, be they Howard Stern, racist Broadway dancers in judicial robes, Jay Leno’s terrible jokes, and of course white people in blackface. (It never gets old does it America?) Then we meet the players, from Al Cowlings, to Faye Resnick, to Johnny Cochrane and of course the only one who came out ahead in all of this: Brian Gerard Kaelin! (You know him better as Kato!) So grab you OJ Pogs, and get ready to get disgusted as we talk about OJ Mania!


Our Sponsor this week is Roomies, finding roommates for people who no one would ever want to live with. We open with new reports from the night of OJ’s Last Run and close with the glorious Ethel Merman!


 Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/aGyiuFZ7cs8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


‘The Juice is loose’: How the O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase mesmerized the world

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oj-simpson-white-bronco-chase-timeline-20190617-story.html


Officers recall night spent chasing O.J. Simpson and a white Ford Bronco

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/officers-recall-night-spent-chasing-o-j-simpson-and-a-white-ford-bronco


A Year in O.J.: How Popular Culture Responded to the Trial of the Century

https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/oj-simpson-how-popular-culture-responded.html


Apocalypse Later: CD-ROMs 1991 to mid-1994

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/anniversary/flashback.machine/flashback1.html


O.J. Simpson Masks a Macabre Halloween Sensation : Costumes: Store operators say wigs, football jerseys and other items are selling briskly. Sociologists call sales trend disturbing.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-08-mn-47798-story.html


Judge in Simpson Trial Allows TV Camera in Courtroom

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/08/us/judge-in-simpson-trial-allows-tv-camera-in-courtroom.html


How O. J. Simpson Killed Popular Culture

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/oj-simpson-trial-reality-tv-pop-culture


Frontline: The OJ Verdict

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/themes/media.html


Juice-o-nomics: The economic value of the O.J. Simpson trial

https://financialpost.com/news/juice-o-nomics-the-economic-value-of-the-o-j-simpson-trial


THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Simpson Case Gives Cable An Edge on the Networks

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/20/business/the-media-business-simpson-case-gives-cable-an-edge-on-the-networks.html


Squeeze the Juice (1995)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7283/squeeze-juice


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]]> 2194 yes Episode 409: Everybody Knows (OJ Did It) Pt 1 of Wheezing the Juice Show Notes Episode 409: Everybody Knows (OJ Did It) Part 1 of “Wheezing the Juice” This week Host Dave Bledsoe sprints through the bar toward the exit with a Jameson in hand one step ahead of the bouncers, just like OJ through the airport. (If OJ were a fat, white, middle aged drunk dude) On the show this week we kick off our Summer Series with Part One of “Wheezing the Juice” (We tried to convince him NOT to name it that!) talking about The Juice and all the things that led up to the Events of 1994. Along the way we learn that Dave thinks he was very “progressive” for adhering to the basic tenets of criminal procedure. (Honestly, we kinda have to give him this one) Then we dive right into the backstory of Orenthal James Simpson. (Relax, we keep it pertinent). From there we explain why White America loved OJ! (He was one of the ”Good Ones”) and why OJ thought he could get away with murder. (He DID play Norberg on Police Squad!) Finally, we do as best we can to discuss the crime without being excessively childish. (He BARELY pulls it off.) Our Sponsor this week is Murder-abelia dot com, your source for murder related sports collectibles. We open with OJ pontification on the art of acting and close with Eydrey explaining how we all KNOW who did it.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/YxjMs8r4vhc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Before trial, Simpson charmed America https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00016472.html Ranking every 'Monday Night Football' announcer ever, from O.J. Simpson to Howard Cosell https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/best-worst-monday-night-football-announcers-rankings-espn-abc The Hollywood Career OJ Simpson Left Behind https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-hollywoods-oj-simpson-before-the-white-bronco-20140612-story.html The Sage of OJ’s Last Lost Pilot https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-08-ca-27673-story.html Does OJ Simpson's First Wife Think He's Guilty? Marguerite Whitley Has Kept To Herself https://www.romper.com/p/does-oj-simpsons-first-wife-think-hes-guilty-marguerite-whitley-has-kept-to-herself-5275 No Reports of Violence By Simpson's First Wife https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/29/us/no-reports-of-violence-by-simpson-s-first-wife.html Inside the Short, Tragic Life of Nicole Brown Simpson and Her Hopeful Final Days https://www.eonline.com/news/1048564/inside-the-short-tragic-life-of-nicole-brown-simpson-and-her-hopeful-final-days Dreams of Better Days Died That Night : Nicole Simpson: A strong woman, she was on a quest to find her identity. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-03-mn-11579-story.html NICOLE AND O.J.: SCENES FROM A VOLATILE RELATIONSHIP https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/06/24/nicole-and-oj-scenes-from-a-volatile-relationship/0ec96c2a-f916-4e35-b10d-5882b1cb43fa/ Details Emerge of Close LAPD Ties to Simpson https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-02-mn-27324-story.html Victim Thrived On Life in the Fast Lane His Friend Recall https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oj-anniv-goldman-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Everybody Knows (OJ Did It) Pt 1 of Wheezing the Juice full 409 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off our Summer Series with Part One of “Wheezing the Juice” (We tried to convince him NOT to name it that!) talking about The Juice and all the things that led up to the Events of 1994. Show Notes Episode 409: Everybody Knows (OJ Did It) Part 1 of “Wheezing the Juice” This week Host Dave Bledsoe sprints through the bar toward the exit with a Jameson in hand one step ahead of the bouncers, just like OJ through the airport. (If OJ were a fat, white, middle aged drunk dude) On the show this week we kick off our Summer Series with Part One of “Wheezing the Juice” (We tried to convince him NOT to name it that!) talking about The Juice and all the things that led up to the Events of 1994. Along the way we learn that Dave thinks he was very “progressive” for adhering to the basic tenets of criminal procedure. (Honestly, we kinda have to give him this one) Then we dive right into the backstory of Orenthal James Simpson. (Relax, we keep it pertinent). From there we explain why White America loved OJ! (He was one of the ”Good Ones”) and why OJ thought he could get away with murder. (He DID play Norberg on Police Squad!) Finally, we do as best we can to discuss the crime without being excessively childish. (He BARELY pulls it off.) Our Sponsor this week is Murder-abelia dot com, your source for murder related sports collectibles. We open with OJ pontification on the art of acting and close with Eydrey explaining how we all KNOW who did it.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/YxjMs8r4vhc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Before trial, Simpson charmed America https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00016472.html Ranking every 'Monday Night Football' announcer ever, from O.J. Simpson to Howard Cosell https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/best-worst-monday-night-football-announcers-rankings-espn-abc The Hollywood Career OJ Simpson Left Behind https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-hollywoods-oj-simpson-before-the-white-bronco-20140612-story.html The Sage of OJ’s Last Lost Pilot https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-08-ca-27673-story.html Does OJ Simpson's First Wife Think He's Guilty? Marguerite Whitley Has Kept To Herself https://www.romper.com/p/does-oj-simpsons-first-wife-think-hes-guilty-marguerite-whitley-has-kept-to-herself-5275 No Reports of Violence By Simpson's First Wife https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/29/us/no-reports-of-violence-by-simpson-s-first-wife.html Inside the Short, Tragic Life of Nicole Brown Simpson and Her Hopeful Final Days https://www.eonline.com/news/1048564/inside-the-short-tragic-life-of-nicole-brown-simpson-and-her-hopeful-final-days Dreams of Better Days Died That Night : Nicole Simpson: A strong woman, she was on a quest to find her identity. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-03-mn-11579-story.html NICOLE AND O.J.: SCENES FROM A VOLATILE RELATIONSHIP https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/06/24/nicole-and-oj-scenes-from-a-volatile-relationship/0ec96c2a-f916-4e35-b10d-5882b1cb43fa/ Details Emerge of Close LAPD Ties to Simpson https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-02-mn-27324-story.html Victim Thrived On Life in the Fast Lane His Friend Recall https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oj-anniv-goldman-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 409: Everybody Knows (OJ Did It)

Part 1 of “Wheezing the Juice”

This week Host Dave Bledsoe sprints through the bar toward the exit with a Jameson in hand one step ahead of the bouncers, just like OJ through the airport. (If OJ were a fat, white, middle aged drunk dude) On the show this week we kick off our Summer Series with Part One of “Wheezing the Juice” (We tried to convince him NOT to name it that!) talking about The Juice and all the things that led up to the Events of 1994.


Along the way we learn that Dave thinks he was very “progressive” for adhering to the basic tenets of criminal procedure. (Honestly, we kinda have to give him this one) Then we dive right into the backstory of Orenthal James Simpson. (Relax, we keep it pertinent). From there we explain why White America loved OJ! (He was one of the ”Good Ones”) and why OJ thought he could get away with murder. (He DID play Norberg on Police Squad!) Finally, we do as best we can to discuss the crime without being excessively childish. (He BARELY pulls it off.)


Our Sponsor this week is Murder-abelia dot com, your source for murder related sports collectibles. We open with OJ pontification on the art of acting and close with Eydrey explaining how we all KNOW who did it.


 Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/YxjMs8r4vhc

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Citations Needed:

Before trial, Simpson charmed America

https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00016472.html

Ranking every 'Monday Night Football' announcer ever, from O.J. Simpson to Howard Cosell

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/best-worst-monday-night-football-announcers-rankings-espn-abc

The Hollywood Career OJ Simpson Left Behind

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-hollywoods-oj-simpson-before-the-white-bronco-20140612-story.html

The Sage of OJ’s Last Lost Pilot

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-08-ca-27673-story.html

Does OJ Simpson's First Wife Think He's Guilty? Marguerite Whitley Has Kept To Herself

https://www.romper.com/p/does-oj-simpsons-first-wife-think-hes-guilty-marguerite-whitley-has-kept-to-herself-5275

No Reports of Violence By Simpson's First Wife

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/29/us/no-reports-of-violence-by-simpson-s-first-wife.html

Inside the Short, Tragic Life of Nicole Brown Simpson and Her Hopeful Final Days

https://www.eonline.com/news/1048564/inside-the-short-tragic-life-of-nicole-brown-simpson-and-her-hopeful-final-days

Dreams of Better Days Died That Night : Nicole Simpson: A strong woman, she was on a quest to find her identity.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-03-mn-11579-story.html

NICOLE AND O.J.: SCENES FROM A VOLATILE RELATIONSHIP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/06/24/nicole-and-oj-scenes-from-a-volatile-relationship/0ec96c2a-f916-4e35-b10d-5882b1cb43fa/

Details Emerge of Close LAPD Ties to Simpson

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-02-mn-27324-story.html

Victim Thrived On Life in the Fast Lane His Friend Recall

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oj-anniv-goldman-story.html



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]]> 2168 yes Episode 408: Yet ANOTHER Trial of the Century Show Notes Episode 408: Yet ANOTHER Trial of the Century This week Host Dave Bledsoe files suit for his overdue bartabs in something he is calling the “Drinker’s Court” demanding a brokered settlement and injunctive relief from the court. (The court ruled he lacks standing because it doesn't actually exist.) On the show this week, we ramp up our Summer Series with a show about some “Trials of the Century” which happen roughly every eight or nine years. Along the way we discover just how many times Dave has been inside a courtroom over the years and some of the reasons why. (Far fewer public intoxication charges than we expected.) Then we dive right into what it takes to be the “Trial of the Century”! (Turns out, just someone saying in a newspaper that it’s one.) Then we examine just a few of the cases that happened within the last half decade. (Because that is how long Dave has been alive, he’s old). From the Manson to the Menendez’s we peek under the hood of what made Americans so compelled to read about and then watch them so obsessively. (Probably because we are an emotionally bankrupt nation.) Finally, we reveal our Big Summer Series for 2023, so climb in your white Ford Bronco and hit the road with us! Our Sponsor this week is Robo Lawyer, an AI lawyer trained not in the law, but television scripts about court cases! We open the show with SNL’s take on a Trial of the Century and close with Pigmeat Markham announcing the arrival of the presiding trial authority.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/DvMBxlu62c0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: (The Last) Trial of the Century! https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/trial010499.htm The Manson Family murders, and their complicated legacy, explained https://www.vox.com/2019/8/7/20695284/charles-manson-family-what-is-helter-skelter-explained Problem Of a Fair Trial for Manson https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/09/archives/problem-of-a-fair-trial-for-manson.html Confessions of a Court TV Addict https://ew.com/article/1993/11/12/confessions-court-tv-addict/ How the Menendez Brothers’ Trial Changed America https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-the-menendez-brothers-trial-changed-america-2-190861/ MEDIA GIVES DAHMER TRIAL MILD COVERAGE https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-02-9201100558-story.html English criminal court case broadcast on TV for first time https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/english-criminal-court-case-broadcast-tv-first-time-2022-07-28/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.crschools.net/blog/20-trials-of-the-century/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_century https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75184/15-trials-century-and-media-frenzies-accompanied-them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Yet ANOTHER Trial of the Century full 408 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we ramp up our Summer Series with a show about some “Trials of the Century” which happen roughly every eight or nine years. Show Notes Episode 408: Yet ANOTHER Trial of the Century This week Host Dave Bledsoe files suit for his overdue bartabs in something he is calling the “Drinker’s Court” demanding a brokered settlement and injunctive relief from the court. (The court ruled he lacks standing because it doesn't actually exist.) On the show this week, we ramp up our Summer Series with a show about some “Trials of the Century” which happen roughly every eight or nine years. Along the way we discover just how many times Dave has been inside a courtroom over the years and some of the reasons why. (Far fewer public intoxication charges than we expected.) Then we dive right into what it takes to be the “Trial of the Century”! (Turns out, just someone saying in a newspaper that it’s one.) Then we examine just a few of the cases that happened within the last half decade. (Because that is how long Dave has been alive, he’s old). From the Manson to the Menendez’s we peek under the hood of what made Americans so compelled to read about and then watch them so obsessively. (Probably because we are an emotionally bankrupt nation.) Finally, we reveal our Big Summer Series for 2023, so climb in your white Ford Bronco and hit the road with us! Our Sponsor this week is Robo Lawyer, an AI lawyer trained not in the law, but television scripts about court cases! We open the show with SNL’s take on a Trial of the Century and close with Pigmeat Markham announcing the arrival of the presiding trial authority.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/DvMBxlu62c0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: (The Last) Trial of the Century! https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/trial010499.htm The Manson Family murders, and their complicated legacy, explained https://www.vox.com/2019/8/7/20695284/charles-manson-family-what-is-helter-skelter-explained Problem Of a Fair Trial for Manson https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/09/archives/problem-of-a-fair-trial-for-manson.html Confessions of a Court TV Addict https://ew.com/article/1993/11/12/confessions-court-tv-addict/ How the Menendez Brothers’ Trial Changed America https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-the-menendez-brothers-trial-changed-america-2-190861/ MEDIA GIVES DAHMER TRIAL MILD COVERAGE https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-02-9201100558-story.html English criminal court case broadcast on TV for first time https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/english-criminal-court-case-broadcast-tv-first-time-2022-07-28/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.crschools.net/blog/20-trials-of-the-century/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_century https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75184/15-trials-century-and-media-frenzies-accompanied-them Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe files suit for his overdue bartabs in something he is calling the “Drinker’s Court” demanding a brokered settlement and injunctive relief from the court. (The court ruled he lacks standing because it doesn't actually exist.) On the show this week, we ramp up our Summer Series with a show about some “Trials of the Century” which happen roughly every eight or nine years.


Along the way we discover just how many times Dave has been inside a courtroom over the years and some of the reasons why. (Far fewer public intoxication charges than we expected.) Then we dive right into what it takes to be the “Trial of the Century”! (Turns out, just someone saying in a newspaper that it’s one.) Then we examine just a few of the cases that happened within the last half decade. (Because that is how long Dave has been alive, he’s old). From the Manson to the Menendez’s we peek under the hood of what made Americans so compelled to read about and then watch them so obsessively. (Probably because we are an emotionally bankrupt nation.) Finally, we reveal our Big Summer Series for 2023, so climb in your white Ford Bronco and hit the road with us!


Our Sponsor this week is Robo Lawyer, an AI lawyer trained not in the law, but television scripts about court cases! We open the show with SNL’s take on a Trial of the Century and close with Pigmeat Markham announcing the arrival of the presiding trial authority.


 Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/DvMBxlu62c0

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


(The Last) Trial of the Century!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/trial010499.htm


The Manson Family murders, and their complicated legacy, explained

https://www.vox.com/2019/8/7/20695284/charles-manson-family-what-is-helter-skelter-explained


Problem Of a Fair Trial for Manson

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/09/archives/problem-of-a-fair-trial-for-manson.html


Confessions of a Court TV Addict

https://ew.com/article/1993/11/12/confessions-court-tv-addict/


How the Menendez Brothers’ Trial Changed America

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-the-menendez-brothers-trial-changed-america-2-190861/


MEDIA GIVES DAHMER TRIAL MILD COVERAGE

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-02-9201100558-story.html


English criminal court case broadcast on TV for first time

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/english-criminal-court-case-broadcast-tv-first-time-2022-07-28/


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.crschools.net/blog/20-trials-of-the-century/index.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_century


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75184/15-trials-century-and-media-frenzies-accompanied-them

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]]> 1657 yes Summer Series 2023 Teaser: Wheezing The Juice Each Summer we do a deep dive series on a topic and this year we go back 29 years (give or take) for the tale of the Summer of OJ! Will this podcast break any new ground? No. Will it treat the subject with the respect it deserved, sadly, also, no. Will you learn something? We wouldn't bet on it. But you MIGHT be entertained. (Maybe, no promises.) Summer Series 2023 kicks off Monday, June 5th with the OJ shows starting one week late. See you on the Freeway! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:20:31 -0000 Summer Series 2023 Teaser: Wheezing The Juice trailer Dave Bledsoe This Summer: get ready to go back to the halcyon days of 1994 Each Summer we do a deep dive series on a topic and this year we go back 29 years (give or take) for the tale of the Summer of OJ! Will this podcast break any new ground? No. Will it treat the subject with the respect it deserved, sadly, also, no. Will you learn something? We wouldn't bet on it. But you MIGHT be entertained. (Maybe, no promises.) Summer Series 2023 kicks off Monday, June 5th with the OJ shows starting one week late. See you on the Freeway! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Each Summer we do a deep dive series on a topic and this year we go back 29 years (give or take) for the tale of the Summer of OJ! Will this podcast break any new ground? No. Will it treat the subject with the respect it deserved, sadly, also, no. Will you learn something? We wouldn't bet on it. But you MIGHT be entertained. (Maybe, no promises.) Summer Series 2023 kicks off Monday, June 5th with the OJ shows starting one week late.

See you on the Freeway!

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]]> 125 no Episode 407: Rock Against Drugs Show Notes Episode 407: Rock Against Drugs This week Host Dave Bledsoe records a public service announcement as part of his probation agreements because he was caught pissing behind a dumpster. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the 1980’s when Nancy Reagan was harshing everyone's buzz because she could never handle her high! (We could have told her never to smoke up with Caspar Weinberger!) We are talking about the ill fated and barely remembered time that rock and roll told us NOT to do drugs. (So there would be more drugs for them to do!) Along the way we learned that Dave lied to his mother about drinking and doing drugs. (Still does) Then we dive right into Just Say No and how it failed in every conceivable fashion. (Damn near killed Willis!) Then we explain the rationale behind MTV running commercials where rock stars actually had the balls to tell the kids not to do drugs. (Come on, Vince Neil, really?) Then we close out by explaining the REAL reasons kids did drugs. (It made us look cool.) Our Sponsor this week is Dave Bledsoe, who has a very important message the courts want you to know. We open with Sam Kinison explaining why RAD was so dumb and close with Travis Gidney explaining why he was late for a job interview.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/Sk1Hn14OFWk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Bon Jovi admits to drug dealing past https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/51035/Bon-Jovi-admits-to-drug-dealing-past#:~:text=BAD%20BOY%3A%20Bon%20Jovi%20has,growing%20up%20in%20New%20Jersey. Robert Cox, Man Behind the ‘Just Say No’ Antidrug Campaign, Dies at 78 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/business/media/robert-cox-man-behind-the-just-say-no-antidrug-campaign-dies-at-78.html JUST SAY NO, OR ELSE: CELEBRITIES AS CULTURAL ADVOCATES IN THE WAR ON DRUGS https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/68025/PDF/1/play/ To Reach Teens: Rock Stars Speak Against Drugs https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-14-op-7154-story.html Gene Simmons Doesn’t Drink or Do Drugs Because of His Mother https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gene-simmons-drugs/ SAYING YES TO LIFE https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-12-07-8604010612-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Rock Against Drugs full 407 Dave Bledsoe We are talking about the ill fated and barely remembered time that rock and roll told us NOT to do drugs. (So there would be more drugs for them to do!) Show Notes Episode 407: Rock Against Drugs This week Host Dave Bledsoe records a public service announcement as part of his probation agreements because he was caught pissing behind a dumpster. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the 1980’s when Nancy Reagan was harshing everyone's buzz because she could never handle her high! (We could have told her never to smoke up with Caspar Weinberger!) We are talking about the ill fated and barely remembered time that rock and roll told us NOT to do drugs. (So there would be more drugs for them to do!) Along the way we learned that Dave lied to his mother about drinking and doing drugs. (Still does) Then we dive right into Just Say No and how it failed in every conceivable fashion. (Damn near killed Willis!) Then we explain the rationale behind MTV running commercials where rock stars actually had the balls to tell the kids not to do drugs. (Come on, Vince Neil, really?) Then we close out by explaining the REAL reasons kids did drugs. (It made us look cool.) Our Sponsor this week is Dave Bledsoe, who has a very important message the courts want you to know. We open with Sam Kinison explaining why RAD was so dumb and close with Travis Gidney explaining why he was late for a job interview.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/Sk1Hn14OFWk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Bon Jovi admits to drug dealing past https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/51035/Bon-Jovi-admits-to-drug-dealing-past#:~:text=BAD%20BOY%3A%20Bon%20Jovi%20has,growing%20up%20in%20New%20Jersey. Robert Cox, Man Behind the ‘Just Say No’ Antidrug Campaign, Dies at 78 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/business/media/robert-cox-man-behind-the-just-say-no-antidrug-campaign-dies-at-78.html JUST SAY NO, OR ELSE: CELEBRITIES AS CULTURAL ADVOCATES IN THE WAR ON DRUGS https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/68025/PDF/1/play/ To Reach Teens: Rock Stars Speak Against Drugs https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-14-op-7154-story.html Gene Simmons Doesn’t Drink or Do Drugs Because of His Mother https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gene-simmons-drugs/ SAYING YES TO LIFE https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-12-07-8604010612-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 407: Rock Against Drugs

This week Host Dave Bledsoe records a public service announcement as part of his probation agreements because he was caught pissing behind a dumpster. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the 1980’s when Nancy Reagan was harshing everyone's buzz because she could never handle her high! (We could have told her never to smoke up with Caspar Weinberger!) We are talking about the ill fated and barely remembered time that rock and roll told us NOT to do drugs. (So there would be more drugs for them to do!)


Along the way we learned that Dave lied to his mother about drinking and doing drugs. (Still does) Then we dive right into Just Say No and how it failed in every conceivable fashion. (Damn near killed Willis!) Then we explain the rationale behind MTV running commercials where rock stars actually had the balls to tell the kids not to do drugs. (Come on, Vince Neil, really?) Then we close out by explaining the REAL reasons kids did drugs. (It made us look cool.)


Our Sponsor this week is Dave Bledsoe, who has a very important message the courts want you to know. We open with Sam Kinison explaining why RAD was so dumb and close with Travis Gidney explaining why he was late for a job interview.


 Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/Sk1Hn14OFWk

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Bon Jovi admits to drug dealing past

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/51035/Bon-Jovi-admits-to-drug-dealing-past#:~:text=BAD%20BOY%3A%20Bon%20Jovi%20has,growing%20up%20in%20New%20Jersey.


Robert Cox, Man Behind the ‘Just Say No’ Antidrug Campaign, Dies at 78

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/business/media/robert-cox-man-behind-the-just-say-no-antidrug-campaign-dies-at-78.html


JUST SAY NO, OR ELSE: CELEBRITIES AS CULTURAL ADVOCATES IN THE WAR ON DRUGS

https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/68025/PDF/1/play/


To Reach Teens: Rock Stars Speak Against Drugs

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-14-op-7154-story.html


Gene Simmons Doesn’t Drink or Do Drugs Because of His Mother

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gene-simmons-drugs/


SAYING YES TO LIFE

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-12-07-8604010612-story.html




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]]> 2035 yes Episode 406: Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll Show Notes Episode 406: Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to convince a Gen Z bartender he was one of the original MTV VJs only to learn the bartender has never heard of MTV. (Is that like a Tik Tok thing?) On the show this week we take you back to the origins of the music video and the channel they created. (VH-1!) Along the way we discover that Dave wasn’t there when MTV debuted because he was not allowed to up past his bedtime. (Things haven’t changed really, he usually passed out around 7 PM.) Then we dive right into the long association of music and moving pictures, even when the moving pictures had no sound. Then we take on the long and winding road that leads to August of 1981 and the music video network that had very, very few music videos. (There were a LOT of Flock of Seagulls videos on repeat in the early days.) Finally we explain the incredible impact the genre of music videos themselves had on a generation and the music industry. (Turns out the record companies could make a lot of money showing half naked women dancing in front of a stage!) Our Sponsor this week is Dave TV the only all music video channel left on television, not affiliated with David Lee Roth and available in limited markets, mainly northern New Jersey. We open the show with the first few minutes of MTV and close with Lucy May Walker testifying in a brutal true crime story.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/-6WWO6c7ud8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: AP WAS THERE: The Beatles invade America in 1964 https://apnews.com/article/80fd83172d9a4535a8a4e75874a9a1d9 Wikipedia: American Bandstand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand Wikipedia: Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series) The Music Video, Before Music Television https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television The Creation of MTV: How Do You Market a Brand New Medium? https://bettermarketing.pub/the-creation-of-mtv-how-do-you-market-a-brand-new-medium-98045afed23b Michael Jackson and His ‘Billie Jean’ Music Video Changed MTV https://twobees.org/michael-jackson-billie-jean-changed-mtv/ Pretenders interview: the magic of songwriting and how MTV killed rock'n'roll https://www.loudersound.com/features/pretenders-interview-the-magic-of-songwriting-and-how-mtv-killed-rocknroll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll full 406 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take you back to the origins of the music video and the channel they created. (VH-1!) Show Notes Episode 406: Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to convince a Gen Z bartender he was one of the original MTV VJs only to learn the bartender has never heard of MTV. (Is that like a Tik Tok thing?) On the show this week we take you back to the origins of the music video and the channel they created. (VH-1!) Along the way we discover that Dave wasn’t there when MTV debuted because he was not allowed to up past his bedtime. (Things haven’t changed really, he usually passed out around 7 PM.) Then we dive right into the long association of music and moving pictures, even when the moving pictures had no sound. Then we take on the long and winding road that leads to August of 1981 and the music video network that had very, very few music videos. (There were a LOT of Flock of Seagulls videos on repeat in the early days.) Finally we explain the incredible impact the genre of music videos themselves had on a generation and the music industry. (Turns out the record companies could make a lot of money showing half naked women dancing in front of a stage!) Our Sponsor this week is Dave TV the only all music video channel left on television, not affiliated with David Lee Roth and available in limited markets, mainly northern New Jersey. We open the show with the first few minutes of MTV and close with Lucy May Walker testifying in a brutal true crime story.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/-6WWO6c7ud8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: AP WAS THERE: The Beatles invade America in 1964 https://apnews.com/article/80fd83172d9a4535a8a4e75874a9a1d9 Wikipedia: American Bandstand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand Wikipedia: Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series) The Music Video, Before Music Television https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television The Creation of MTV: How Do You Market a Brand New Medium? https://bettermarketing.pub/the-creation-of-mtv-how-do-you-market-a-brand-new-medium-98045afed23b Michael Jackson and His ‘Billie Jean’ Music Video Changed MTV https://twobees.org/michael-jackson-billie-jean-changed-mtv/ Pretenders interview: the magic of songwriting and how MTV killed rock'n'roll https://www.loudersound.com/features/pretenders-interview-the-magic-of-songwriting-and-how-mtv-killed-rocknroll Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to convince a Gen Z bartender he was one of the original MTV VJs only to learn the bartender has never heard of MTV. (Is that like a Tik Tok thing?) On the show this week we take you back to the origins of the music video and the channel they created. (VH-1!)


Along the way we discover that Dave wasn’t there when MTV debuted because he was not allowed to up past his bedtime. (Things haven’t changed really, he usually passed out around 7 PM.) Then we dive right into the long association of music and moving pictures, even when the moving pictures had no sound. Then we take on the long and winding road that leads to August of 1981 and the music video network that had very, very few music videos. (There were a LOT of Flock of Seagulls videos on repeat in the early days.) Finally we explain the incredible impact the genre of music videos themselves had on a generation and the music industry. (Turns out the record companies could make a lot of money showing half naked women dancing in front of a stage!)


Our Sponsor this week is Dave TV the only all music video channel left on television, not affiliated with David Lee Roth and available in limited markets, mainly northern New Jersey. We open the show with the first few minutes of MTV and close with Lucy May Walker testifying in a brutal true crime story.


 Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/-6WWO6c7ud8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:

AP WAS THERE: The Beatles invade America in 1964

https://apnews.com/article/80fd83172d9a4535a8a4e75874a9a1d9


Wikipedia: American Bandstand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand


Wikipedia: Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series)


The Music Video, Before Music Television

https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television


The Creation of MTV: How Do You Market a Brand New Medium?

https://bettermarketing.pub/the-creation-of-mtv-how-do-you-market-a-brand-new-medium-98045afed23b


Michael Jackson and His ‘Billie Jean’ Music Video Changed MTV

https://twobees.org/michael-jackson-billie-jean-changed-mtv/


Pretenders interview: the magic of songwriting and how MTV killed rock'n'roll

https://www.loudersound.com/features/pretenders-interview-the-magic-of-songwriting-and-how-mtv-killed-rocknroll

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]]> 2250 yes Support the WGA The show is quasi-dark this week to show support for the Writers Guild Strike. We aren't in the Union, but we stand with the Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 04 May 2023 17:00:58 -0000 Support the WGA bonus Dave Bledsoe Dave explains why it matters the Writers Guild is on Strike The show is quasi-dark this week to show support for the Writers Guild Strike. We aren't in the Union, but we stand with the Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The show is quasi-dark this week to show support for the Writers Guild Strike. We aren't in the Union, but we stand with the Union.

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]]> 400 yes Episode 405: Juuuuuust A Bit Outside Show Notes Episode 405: Juuuuuust A Bit Outside What the HELL Movie Night Watches Major League This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands his drinks be free or he will release the Wrath of Jobu on this establishment. (The bartender booted his ass out for cultural appropriation) On the show this week it is a What the HELL Movie Night where we talk about Major League!  Along the way we discover that Dave was as bad at baseball as he was/is everything else in life. (Swung on and missed is basically his romantic life in a nutshell.) Then we dive right into 1989’s feel good classic about a plucky band of misfits who somehow pull together and find a way to overcome their limits and discover anything is possible if they work together. (To be honest this describes about 80% of all movies made in the 1980’s) So grab your glove and bottle of Jack Daniels and head out to the ballpark for Major League! Our Sponsor this week are the Mahwah Monsters, the hottest beer league softball in Mahwah township for the past six months! We open the show with the card you never leave home without and close with Matt Woods begging for his shot in the game. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/9PwoXTND7TY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN https://vault.si.com/vault/2011/07/04/a-league-of-its-own Wikipedia: Bob Uecker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Uecker Wikipedia: Marge Schott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_Schott 25 of the best baseball movies ever https://www.mlb.com/news/best-baseball-movies-of-all-time-c301609142 What Happened to Baseball? https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/happened-baseball The 1990s: To Hell and Back https://thisgreatgame.com/1990s-baseball-history/ Baseball as an American Metaphor https://www.csmonitor.com/1993/0621/21121.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Juuuuuust A Bit Outside full 405 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week it is a What the HELL Movie Night where we talk about Major League! Show Notes Episode 405: Juuuuuust A Bit Outside What the HELL Movie Night Watches Major League This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands his drinks be free or he will release the Wrath of Jobu on this establishment. (The bartender booted his ass out for cultural appropriation) On the show this week it is a What the HELL Movie Night where we talk about Major League!  Along the way we discover that Dave was as bad at baseball as he was/is everything else in life. (Swung on and missed is basically his romantic life in a nutshell.) Then we dive right into 1989’s feel good classic about a plucky band of misfits who somehow pull together and find a way to overcome their limits and discover anything is possible if they work together. (To be honest this describes about 80% of all movies made in the 1980’s) So grab your glove and bottle of Jack Daniels and head out to the ballpark for Major League! Our Sponsor this week are the Mahwah Monsters, the hottest beer league softball in Mahwah township for the past six months! We open the show with the card you never leave home without and close with Matt Woods begging for his shot in the game. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/9PwoXTND7TY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN https://vault.si.com/vault/2011/07/04/a-league-of-its-own Wikipedia: Bob Uecker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Uecker Wikipedia: Marge Schott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_Schott 25 of the best baseball movies ever https://www.mlb.com/news/best-baseball-movies-of-all-time-c301609142 What Happened to Baseball? https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/happened-baseball The 1990s: To Hell and Back https://thisgreatgame.com/1990s-baseball-history/ Baseball as an American Metaphor https://www.csmonitor.com/1993/0621/21121.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 405: Juuuuuust A Bit Outside

What the HELL Movie Night Watches Major League



This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands his drinks be free or he will release the Wrath of Jobu on this establishment. (The bartender booted his ass out for cultural appropriation) On the show this week it is a What the HELL Movie Night where we talk about Major League! 


Along the way we discover that Dave was as bad at baseball as he was/is everything else in life. (Swung on and missed is basically his romantic life in a nutshell.) Then we dive right into 1989’s feel good classic about a plucky band of misfits who somehow pull together and find a way to overcome their limits and discover anything is possible if they work together. (To be honest this describes about 80% of all movies made in the 1980’s) So grab your glove and bottle of Jack Daniels and head out to the ballpark for Major League!


Our Sponsor this week are the Mahwah Monsters, the hottest beer league softball in Mahwah township for the past six months! We open the show with the card you never leave home without and close with Matt Woods begging for his shot in the game.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/9PwoXTND7TY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN

https://vault.si.com/vault/2011/07/04/a-league-of-its-own


Wikipedia: Bob Uecker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Uecker


Wikipedia: Marge Schott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_Schott


25 of the best baseball movies ever

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-baseball-movies-of-all-time-c301609142


What Happened to Baseball?

https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/happened-baseball


The 1990s: To Hell and Back

https://thisgreatgame.com/1990s-baseball-history/


Baseball as an American Metaphor

https://www.csmonitor.com/1993/0621/21121.html


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]]> 1774 yes Episode 404: Cheap Nightly Rates Show Notes Episode 404: Cheap Nightly Rates This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember his friend’s phone numbers when he NEEDS to make a call, but the jailor won’t give his cell phone and he can’t remember their numbers. (Gavin had to come bail him out, again) On the show this week we report on yet another of the long and bloody wars we fought in the 80’s and 90’s, this time, the brutal Long Distance Wars! Along the way we learn why Dave never liked to talk on the telephone. (Bitter memories of never having a girlfriend to talk to!) Then we dive right into the creation of the long distance calling plan. Meaning we spend half the show explaining the history of long distance telephone service in the United States. Eventually we get around to telling you about that time in the 90’s when Americans were pitted against one another as they were forced to take sides in the brutal Long Distance Wars. (MCI families versus AT&T families did not speak to each other for nearly a decade!) This was the way of things until finally the 10-10 321 Treaty was signed and peace was restored. (Until cell phones came along and all the sudden we were even MORE divided than before!) Our Sponsor this week is Phast Eddie’s Phone Cards, when you need to call long distance but don’t want the Feds listening on your number, think Phast Eddies. We open the show with Gieco’s perfect parody of phone plan commercials and close with Djangofire covering Muddy Waters’ long distance choices. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/hAD8qRaStwk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Science Behind It: Telephones https://ext.vt.edu/content/dam/ext_vt_edu/topics/4h-youth/makers/files/ww1-science-behind-it-telephones.pdf 1870s – 1940s: Telephone https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1870-1940/ How does a long-distance call work? https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question354.htm#:~:text=Your%20long%2Ddistance%20carrier%27s%20switches,a%20blink%20of%20an%20eye. 1910 – Long Distance Telephone Rates From New York https://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2017/06/12/1910-long-distance/ AntiTrust III :: The Break-up of AT&T and the Story of MCI https://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/att_antitrust.htm 1998 Long Distance Phone Rates Pricing Survey https://www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/1998_long_distance_phone_rates_pricing_survey Long-Distance Price War Heats Up With AT&T; Cuts : Telecom: Phone company drops residential rate to 7 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, in bid to secure its dominant position. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-31-fi-5244-story.html Wikipedia 10-10-321 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-10-321 WAS LONG-DISTANCE CALLING A SCAM? https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/was-long-distance-calling-a-scam Uncited Additional Reading: https://eightiesbaby.net/2020/01/24/landline-week-the-long-distance-and-collect-call-wars/ https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/attmci-long-distance-phone-wars-mci-introduces-friends-family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_calling https://money.cnn.com/1999/09/12/expert/moneytalk/index.htm https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/05/business/all-about-phone-cards-the-latest-front-in-a-long-distance-telephone-war.html https://www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/1998_long_distance_phone_rates_pricing_survey https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/08/05/so-long-to-long-distance/5cd227fb-0235-4900-9d6a-63acf2c25745/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Cheap Nightly Rates full 404 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we report on yet another of the long and bloody wars we fought in the 80’s and 90’s, this time, the brutal Long Distance Wars! Show Notes Episode 404: Cheap Nightly Rates This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember his friend’s phone numbers when he NEEDS to make a call, but the jailor won’t give his cell phone and he can’t remember their numbers. (Gavin had to come bail him out, again) On the show this week we report on yet another of the long and bloody wars we fought in the 80’s and 90’s, this time, the brutal Long Distance Wars! Along the way we learn why Dave never liked to talk on the telephone. (Bitter memories of never having a girlfriend to talk to!) Then we dive right into the creation of the long distance calling plan. Meaning we spend half the show explaining the history of long distance telephone service in the United States. Eventually we get around to telling you about that time in the 90’s when Americans were pitted against one another as they were forced to take sides in the brutal Long Distance Wars. (MCI families versus AT&T families did not speak to each other for nearly a decade!) This was the way of things until finally the 10-10 321 Treaty was signed and peace was restored. (Until cell phones came along and all the sudden we were even MORE divided than before!) Our Sponsor this week is Phast Eddie’s Phone Cards, when you need to call long distance but don’t want the Feds listening on your number, think Phast Eddies. We open the show with Gieco’s perfect parody of phone plan commercials and close with Djangofire covering Muddy Waters’ long distance choices. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/hAD8qRaStwk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Science Behind It: Telephones https://ext.vt.edu/content/dam/ext_vt_edu/topics/4h-youth/makers/files/ww1-science-behind-it-telephones.pdf 1870s – 1940s: Telephone https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1870-1940/ How does a long-distance call work? https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question354.htm#:~:text=Your%20long%2Ddistance%20carrier%27s%20switches,a%20blink%20of%20an%20eye. 1910 – Long Distance Telephone Rates From New York https://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2017/06/12/1910-long-distance/ AntiTrust III :: The Break-up of AT&T and the Story of MCI https://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/att_antitrust.htm 1998 Long Distance Phone Rates Pricing Survey https://www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/1998_long_distance_phone_rates_pricing_survey Long-Distance Price War Heats Up With AT&T; Cuts : Telecom: Phone company drops residential rate to 7 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, in bid to secure its dominant position. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-31-fi-5244-story.html Wikipedia 10-10-321 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-10-321 WAS LONG-DISTANCE CALLING A SCAM? https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/was-long-distance-calling-a-scam Uncited Additional Reading: https://eightiesbaby.net/2020/01/24/landline-week-the-long-distance-and-collect-call-wars/ https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/attmci-long-distance-phone-wars-mci-introduces-friends-family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_calling https://money.cnn.com/1999/09/12/expert/moneytalk/index.htm https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/05/business/all-about-phone-cards-the-latest-front-in-a-long-distance-telephone-war.html https://www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/1998_long_distance_phone_rates_pricing_survey https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/08/05/so-long-to-long-distance/5cd227fb-0235-4900-9d6a-63acf2c25745/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember his friend’s phone numbers when he NEEDS to make a call, but the jailor won’t give his cell phone and he can’t remember their numbers. (Gavin had to come bail him out, again) On the show this week we report on yet another of the long and bloody wars we fought in the 80’s and 90’s, this time, the brutal Long Distance Wars!


Along the way we learn why Dave never liked to talk on the telephone. (Bitter memories of never having a girlfriend to talk to!) Then we dive right into the creation of the long distance calling plan. Meaning we spend half the show explaining the history of long distance telephone service in the United States. Eventually we get around to telling you about that time in the 90’s when Americans were pitted against one another as they were forced to take sides in the brutal Long Distance Wars. (MCI families versus AT&T families did not speak to each other for nearly a decade!) This was the way of things until finally the 10-10 321 Treaty was signed and peace was restored. (Until cell phones came along and all the sudden we were even MORE divided than before!)


Our Sponsor this week is Phast Eddie’s Phone Cards, when you need to call long distance but don’t want the Feds listening on your number, think Phast Eddies. We open the show with Gieco’s perfect parody of phone plan commercials and close with Djangofire covering Muddy Waters’ long distance choices.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/hAD8qRaStwk

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Citations Needed:


The Science Behind It: Telephones

https://ext.vt.edu/content/dam/ext_vt_edu/topics/4h-youth/makers/files/ww1-science-behind-it-telephones.pdf


1870s – 1940s: Telephone

https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1870-1940/


How does a long-distance call work?

https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question354.htm#:~:text=Your%20long%2Ddistance%20carrier%27s%20switches,a%20blink%20of%20an%20eye.


1910 – Long Distance Telephone Rates From New York

https://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2017/06/12/1910-long-distance/


AntiTrust III :: The Break-up of AT&T and the Story of MCI

https://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/att_antitrust.htm


1998 Long Distance Phone Rates Pricing Survey

https://www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/1998_long_distance_phone_rates_pricing_survey


Long-Distance Price War Heats Up With AT&T; Cuts : Telecom: Phone company drops residential rate to 7 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, in bid to secure its dominant position.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-31-fi-5244-story.html


Wikipedia 10-10-321

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-10-321


WAS LONG-DISTANCE CALLING A SCAM?

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/was-long-distance-calling-a-scam



Uncited Additional Reading:


https://eightiesbaby.net/2020/01/24/landline-week-the-long-distance-and-collect-call-wars/


https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/attmci-long-distance-phone-wars-mci-introduces-friends-family


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_calling


https://money.cnn.com/1999/09/12/expert/moneytalk/index.htm


https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/05/business/all-about-phone-cards-the-latest-front-in-a-long-distance-telephone-war.html


https://www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/1998_long_distance_phone_rates_pricing_survey


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/08/05/so-long-to-long-distance/5cd227fb-0235-4900-9d6a-63acf2c25745/

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]]> 1964 yes Episode 403: Not Today, Not On Rex Manning Day Episode 403: Not Today, Not On Rex Manning Day This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites a “friend” home to check his 10 inch only for her to discover he was talking about his record albums. (And in penis department he is more like a cassingle) On the show this week we celebrate Rex Manning Day by taking you back to the glory days of the record store! Along the way we learn how Dave keeps trying to deal with his childhood through buying things rather than go to therapy. (Also, binge drinking is NOT therapy no matter what your “doctor” told you Dave.)  Then we dive right into the two great record store movies, though one is arguably greater than the other, Empire Records and High Fidelity.(For record, the greater one was Empire Records) Then we take a walk through the history of the record store, from its humble beginning as mom and pop shops in every town and the rise of Tower Records all the way through to their eventual downfall from Big Box stores and the internet.  (Amazon didn’t kill record stores, WalMart did) Finally we talk about the incredibly unlikely revival of vinyl and the indie record store. (We genuinely have to thank Hipsters for bringing it back.) Our Sponsor this week is Whipped Cream Records, the record store that only stocks Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ Whipped Cream and Other Delights, because every vinyl collection is legally required to have a copy.  We open with Rob talking about his record store and close with Rex Manning saying no more. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/DQdvuWqm3Ow We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Rex Manning Day: Maxwell Caulfield Thrilled ‘Empire Records’ Celebrated Yearly https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rex-manning-day-maxwell-caulfield-thrilled-empire-records-celebrated-yearly-4163455/ IMDB: Empire Records https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112950/ How "Empire Records" Became The Unlikely Film Of A Generation https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/how-empire-records-became-the-unlikely-film-of-a-generation Record Store Day Turns 10: Founders Break Down Its Past, Present and Future https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-store-day-2017-founders-10th-anniversary-vinyl/ How many Americans are still buying vinyl records? https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2019/04/12/record-store-day-2019-records-generations-poll Wikipedia: Vinyl Revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival Uncited Additional Reading: https://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/empire-records-20-year-retrospective/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/22/empire-records-90s-cult-classic-starring-liv-tyler-and-renee-zellweger-is-ripe-for-a-comeback https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68787/14-fun-facts-about-empire-records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Records Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 08 Apr 2023 04:00:00 -0000 Not Today, Not On Rex Manning Day full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we celebrate Rex Manning Day by taking you back to the glory days of the record store! Episode 403: Not Today, Not On Rex Manning Day This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites a “friend” home to check his 10 inch only for her to discover he was talking about his record albums. (And in penis department he is more like a cassingle) On the show this week we celebrate Rex Manning Day by taking you back to the glory days of the record store! Along the way we learn how Dave keeps trying to deal with his childhood through buying things rather than go to therapy. (Also, binge drinking is NOT therapy no matter what your “doctor” told you Dave.)  Then we dive right into the two great record store movies, though one is arguably greater than the other, Empire Records and High Fidelity.(For record, the greater one was Empire Records) Then we take a walk through the history of the record store, from its humble beginning as mom and pop shops in every town and the rise of Tower Records all the way through to their eventual downfall from Big Box stores and the internet.  (Amazon didn’t kill record stores, WalMart did) Finally we talk about the incredibly unlikely revival of vinyl and the indie record store. (We genuinely have to thank Hipsters for bringing it back.) Our Sponsor this week is Whipped Cream Records, the record store that only stocks Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ Whipped Cream and Other Delights, because every vinyl collection is legally required to have a copy.  We open with Rob talking about his record store and close with Rex Manning saying no more. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/DQdvuWqm3Ow We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Rex Manning Day: Maxwell Caulfield Thrilled ‘Empire Records’ Celebrated Yearly https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rex-manning-day-maxwell-caulfield-thrilled-empire-records-celebrated-yearly-4163455/ IMDB: Empire Records https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112950/ How "Empire Records" Became The Unlikely Film Of A Generation https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/how-empire-records-became-the-unlikely-film-of-a-generation Record Store Day Turns 10: Founders Break Down Its Past, Present and Future https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-store-day-2017-founders-10th-anniversary-vinyl/ How many Americans are still buying vinyl records? https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2019/04/12/record-store-day-2019-records-generations-poll Wikipedia: Vinyl Revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival Uncited Additional Reading: https://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/empire-records-20-year-retrospective/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/22/empire-records-90s-cult-classic-starring-liv-tyler-and-renee-zellweger-is-ripe-for-a-comeback https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68787/14-fun-facts-about-empire-records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Records Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites a “friend” home to check his 10 inch only for her to discover he was talking about his record albums. (And in penis department he is more like a cassingle) On the show this week we celebrate Rex Manning Day by taking you back to the glory days of the record store!


Along the way we learn how Dave keeps trying to deal with his childhood through buying things rather than go to therapy. (Also, binge drinking is NOT therapy no matter what your “doctor” told you Dave.)  Then we dive right into the two great record store movies, though one is arguably greater than the other, Empire Records and High Fidelity.(For record, the greater one was Empire Records) Then we take a walk through the history of the record store, from its humble beginning as mom and pop shops in every town and the rise of Tower Records all the way through to their eventual downfall from Big Box stores and the internet.  (Amazon didn’t kill record stores, WalMart did) Finally we talk about the incredibly unlikely revival of vinyl and the indie record store. (We genuinely have to thank Hipsters for bringing it back.)


Our Sponsor this week is Whipped Cream Records, the record store that only stocks Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ Whipped Cream and Other Delights, because every vinyl collection is legally required to have a copy.  We open with Rob talking about his record store and close with Rex Manning saying no more.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/DQdvuWqm3Ow

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Rex Manning Day: Maxwell Caulfield Thrilled ‘Empire Records’ Celebrated Yearly

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rex-manning-day-maxwell-caulfield-thrilled-empire-records-celebrated-yearly-4163455/


IMDB: Empire Records

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112950/


How "Empire Records" Became The Unlikely Film Of A Generation

https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/how-empire-records-became-the-unlikely-film-of-a-generation


Record Store Day Turns 10: Founders Break Down Its Past, Present and Future

https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-store-day-2017-founders-10th-anniversary-vinyl/


How many Americans are still buying vinyl records?

https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2019/04/12/record-store-day-2019-records-generations-poll


Wikipedia: Vinyl Revival

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/empire-records-20-year-retrospective/


https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/22/empire-records-90s-cult-classic-starring-liv-tyler-and-renee-zellweger-is-ripe-for-a-comeback


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68787/14-fun-facts-about-empire-records


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Records


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]]> 1958 Episode 402: Gene, Gene the Dancing MACHINE Show Notes Episode 402: Gene Gene the Dancing MACHINE This week Host Dave Bledsoe plops a brown paper bag over his head and tries to pass himself off as the unknown drunkard. (The bartender gonged him out of the bar. Again.) On the show this week we are talking about one of the most influential TV shows of all time. (For certain Gen X podcast hosts anyway): The Gong Show. Along the way we discover that Dave was not always the small, apathetic slacker he is now, he once had dreams. (Small, apathetic slacker dreams) Then we dive right into the creation of a talent show panel game show that broke barriers in the mid 1970’s. (Admittedly the barriers were to good taste and decency.) We follow the show’s inception as a fairly banal talent show into the pop culture phenomena that explains why large brass gongs are featured in every low rent talent show in America. (Talent shows are the largest single sales driver in the large brass gong market, after Nights in White Satin and Bohemian Rhapsody.) We talk about the secret ingredient that made the show click with TV audiences (raunchy humor) and why it eventually was kicked off daytime television. (raunchy humor and Jaye P Morgan’s lovely breasts.) Finally, we wrestle with the complicated legacy of the show today. Also, Gene Gene the Dancing Machine! Our Sponsor this week is the St. Cyril & Methodius Roman Catholic Church of Boonton NJ annual Talent Night open audition call for the 36th largest Catholic talent show in northeastern New Jersey. We open with the trailer for the Gong Show Movie and close with the Gene, Gene the Dancing MACHINE!!!! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/EnBEmdxE_LA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Major Bowes Amateur Hour https://www.otrcat.com/p/major-bowes Wikipedia: The Gong Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show 45 Years Ago: 'The Gong Show' Makes TV Crazy  https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gong-show/ The Inspired Insanity of The Gong Show https://www.vulture.com/2012/03/the-inspired-insanity-of-the-gong-show.html Jamie Farr discusses "The Gong Show" https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jamie-farr Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.toomanythoughtsmedia.com/gong-show-oral-history/ http://www.tvparty.com/recgong.html https://www.dannylockin.com/death.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris https://www.metv.com/lists/11-gong-worthy-facts-about-the-gong-show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Gene, Gene the Dancing MACHINE full 402 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we are talking about one of the most influential TV shows of all time. (For certain Gen X podcast hosts anyway): The Gong Show. Show Notes Episode 402: Gene Gene the Dancing MACHINE This week Host Dave Bledsoe plops a brown paper bag over his head and tries to pass himself off as the unknown drunkard. (The bartender gonged him out of the bar. Again.) On the show this week we are talking about one of the most influential TV shows of all time. (For certain Gen X podcast hosts anyway): The Gong Show. Along the way we discover that Dave was not always the small, apathetic slacker he is now, he once had dreams. (Small, apathetic slacker dreams) Then we dive right into the creation of a talent show panel game show that broke barriers in the mid 1970’s. (Admittedly the barriers were to good taste and decency.) We follow the show’s inception as a fairly banal talent show into the pop culture phenomena that explains why large brass gongs are featured in every low rent talent show in America. (Talent shows are the largest single sales driver in the large brass gong market, after Nights in White Satin and Bohemian Rhapsody.) We talk about the secret ingredient that made the show click with TV audiences (raunchy humor) and why it eventually was kicked off daytime television. (raunchy humor and Jaye P Morgan’s lovely breasts.) Finally, we wrestle with the complicated legacy of the show today. Also, Gene Gene the Dancing Machine! Our Sponsor this week is the St. Cyril & Methodius Roman Catholic Church of Boonton NJ annual Talent Night open audition call for the 36th largest Catholic talent show in northeastern New Jersey. We open with the trailer for the Gong Show Movie and close with the Gene, Gene the Dancing MACHINE!!!! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/EnBEmdxE_LA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Major Bowes Amateur Hour https://www.otrcat.com/p/major-bowes Wikipedia: The Gong Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show 45 Years Ago: 'The Gong Show' Makes TV Crazy  https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gong-show/ The Inspired Insanity of The Gong Show https://www.vulture.com/2012/03/the-inspired-insanity-of-the-gong-show.html Jamie Farr discusses "The Gong Show" https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jamie-farr Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.toomanythoughtsmedia.com/gong-show-oral-history/ http://www.tvparty.com/recgong.html https://www.dannylockin.com/death.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris https://www.metv.com/lists/11-gong-worthy-facts-about-the-gong-show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 402: Gene Gene the Dancing MACHINE


This week Host Dave Bledsoe plops a brown paper bag over his head and tries to pass himself off as the unknown drunkard. (The bartender gonged him out of the bar. Again.) On the show this week we are talking about one of the most influential TV shows of all time. (For certain Gen X podcast hosts anyway): The Gong Show.


Along the way we discover that Dave was not always the small, apathetic slacker he is now, he once had dreams. (Small, apathetic slacker dreams) Then we dive right into the creation of a talent show panel game show that broke barriers in the mid 1970’s. (Admittedly the barriers were to good taste and decency.) We follow the show’s inception as a fairly banal talent show into the pop culture phenomena that explains why large brass gongs are featured in every low rent talent show in America. (Talent shows are the largest single sales driver in the large brass gong market, after Nights in White Satin and Bohemian Rhapsody.) We talk about the secret ingredient that made the show click with TV audiences (raunchy humor) and why it eventually was kicked off daytime television. (raunchy humor and Jaye P Morgan’s lovely breasts.) Finally, we wrestle with the complicated legacy of the show today. Also, Gene Gene the Dancing Machine!


Our Sponsor this week is the St. Cyril & Methodius Roman Catholic Church of Boonton NJ annual Talent Night open audition call for the 36th largest Catholic talent show in northeastern New Jersey. We open with the trailer for the Gong Show Movie and close with the Gene, Gene the Dancing MACHINE!!!!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/EnBEmdxE_LA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Major Bowes Amateur Hour

https://www.otrcat.com/p/major-bowes


Wikipedia: The Gong Show

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show


45 Years Ago: 'The Gong Show' Makes TV Crazy 

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gong-show/


The Inspired Insanity of The Gong Show

https://www.vulture.com/2012/03/the-inspired-insanity-of-the-gong-show.html


Jamie Farr discusses "The Gong Show"

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jamie-farr


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.toomanythoughtsmedia.com/gong-show-oral-history/


http://www.tvparty.com/recgong.html


https://www.dannylockin.com/death.htm


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris


https://www.metv.com/lists/11-gong-worthy-facts-about-the-gong-show

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]]> 2259 yes Episode 401: It's Morning Again In America Pt 2 of Reagan Show Notes Episode 401: It’s Morning Again In America Pt 2 of Reagan This week Host Dave Bledsoe claims his overdue bar tabs are actually deficit spending and they are the only way we can stand up to Soviet dominance! (The bartender impeached his ass out of the bar) On the show this week talk about Reagan the President and his long lasting impact on America. (He broke it, so we bought it.) Along the way we learn that Dave’s dad looks nothing like Richard Gere. Then we dive right in with the 1980 election, an election Reagan was always going to win, but he had to cheat anyway. (How very Nixon of him!) Then we take a look at what Ronnie promised he would do (Make America great again) and what he actually DID. (Make rich people great again.) We examine all the ways The Gipper ripped up the protections put in place to keep poisons out of our water, criminals out of our bank accounts and our bosses from fucking us over in pursuit of their buying a private jet. (They already had their yachts.) From there, we tell you how the entire Reagan expansion of the military was like a college student with their first credit card! (Only instead of a keg fridge, Ronnie bought aircraft carriers and space lasers.) Lastly, we breakdown why it worked (humans are very bad at long term thinking) and why we are still struggling with everything he did today. (Republicans are stupid and evil.) Our Sponsor this week is The Timeline Where Jimmy Carter Won, it isn’t perfect but it is a hell of a lot better than where we are! We open the show with Reagan’s ‘84 campaign ad and close with The Valentine Brothers experiencing Reaganomics. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/5W-2AK2zLZE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The evangelical presidency: Reagan's dangerous love affair with the Christian right https://www.salon.com/2014/05/18/the_evangelical_presidency_reagans_dangerous_love_affair_with_the_christian_right/ Wikipedia: Reaganomics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics What Reagan Has Done to America https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-reagan-has-done-to-america-79233/ ‘A Nation at Risk’ demanded education reform 35 years ago. Here’s how it’s been bungled ever since. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/04/26/the-landmark-a-nation-at-risk-called-for-education-reform-35-years-ago-heres-how-it-was-bungled/ Reagan's Defense Buildup Bridged Military Eras https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/06/09/reagans-defense-buildup-bridged-military-eras/ec621466-b78e-4a2e-9f8a-50654e3f95fa/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-reagan-has-done-to-america-79233/ https://theintercept.com/2021/08/06/middle-class-reagan-patco-strike/ https://patrickjuli.us/2016/01/20/how-reagan-ruined-america/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-how-reaganomics-deregulation-and-bailouts-led-to-the-rise-of-trump https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/12/the-reagans-showtime-docuseries https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/did-reagan-teams-iran-hostage-sabotage-defeat-jimmy-carter.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0000 It's Morning Again in America Pt 2 of Reagan full 401 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week talk about Reagan the President and his long lasting impact on America. (He broke it, so we bought it.) Show Notes Episode 401: It’s Morning Again In America Pt 2 of Reagan This week Host Dave Bledsoe claims his overdue bar tabs are actually deficit spending and they are the only way we can stand up to Soviet dominance! (The bartender impeached his ass out of the bar) On the show this week talk about Reagan the President and his long lasting impact on America. (He broke it, so we bought it.) Along the way we learn that Dave’s dad looks nothing like Richard Gere. Then we dive right in with the 1980 election, an election Reagan was always going to win, but he had to cheat anyway. (How very Nixon of him!) Then we take a look at what Ronnie promised he would do (Make America great again) and what he actually DID. (Make rich people great again.) We examine all the ways The Gipper ripped up the protections put in place to keep poisons out of our water, criminals out of our bank accounts and our bosses from fucking us over in pursuit of their buying a private jet. (They already had their yachts.) From there, we tell you how the entire Reagan expansion of the military was like a college student with their first credit card! (Only instead of a keg fridge, Ronnie bought aircraft carriers and space lasers.) Lastly, we breakdown why it worked (humans are very bad at long term thinking) and why we are still struggling with everything he did today. (Republicans are stupid and evil.) Our Sponsor this week is The Timeline Where Jimmy Carter Won, it isn’t perfect but it is a hell of a lot better than where we are! We open the show with Reagan’s ‘84 campaign ad and close with The Valentine Brothers experiencing Reaganomics. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/5W-2AK2zLZE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The evangelical presidency: Reagan's dangerous love affair with the Christian right https://www.salon.com/2014/05/18/the_evangelical_presidency_reagans_dangerous_love_affair_with_the_christian_right/ Wikipedia: Reaganomics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics What Reagan Has Done to America https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-reagan-has-done-to-america-79233/ ‘A Nation at Risk’ demanded education reform 35 years ago. Here’s how it’s been bungled ever since. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/04/26/the-landmark-a-nation-at-risk-called-for-education-reform-35-years-ago-heres-how-it-was-bungled/ Reagan's Defense Buildup Bridged Military Eras https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/06/09/reagans-defense-buildup-bridged-military-eras/ec621466-b78e-4a2e-9f8a-50654e3f95fa/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-reagan-has-done-to-america-79233/ https://theintercept.com/2021/08/06/middle-class-reagan-patco-strike/ https://patrickjuli.us/2016/01/20/how-reagan-ruined-america/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-how-reaganomics-deregulation-and-bailouts-led-to-the-rise-of-trump https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/12/the-reagans-showtime-docuseries https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/did-reagan-teams-iran-hostage-sabotage-defeat-jimmy-carter.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 401: It’s Morning Again In America Pt 2 of Reagan

This week Host Dave Bledsoe claims his overdue bar tabs are actually deficit spending and they are the only way we can stand up to Soviet dominance! (The bartender impeached his ass out of the bar) On the show this week talk about Reagan the President and his long lasting impact on America. (He broke it, so we bought it.)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s dad looks nothing like Richard Gere. Then we dive right in with the 1980 election, an election Reagan was always going to win, but he had to cheat anyway. (How very Nixon of him!) Then we take a look at what Ronnie promised he would do (Make America great again) and what he actually DID. (Make rich people great again.) We examine all the ways The Gipper ripped up the protections put in place to keep poisons out of our water, criminals out of our bank accounts and our bosses from fucking us over in pursuit of their buying a private jet. (They already had their yachts.) From there, we tell you how the entire Reagan expansion of the military was like a college student with their first credit card! (Only instead of a keg fridge, Ronnie bought aircraft carriers and space lasers.) Lastly, we breakdown why it worked (humans are very bad at long term thinking) and why we are still struggling with everything he did today. (Republicans are stupid and evil.)


Our Sponsor this week is The Timeline Where Jimmy Carter Won, it isn’t perfect but it is a hell of a lot better than where we are! We open the show with Reagan’s ‘84 campaign ad and close with The Valentine Brothers experiencing Reaganomics.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Closing Music:https://youtu.be/5W-2AK2zLZE

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Citations Needed:

The evangelical presidency: Reagan's dangerous love affair with the Christian right

https://www.salon.com/2014/05/18/the_evangelical_presidency_reagans_dangerous_love_affair_with_the_christian_right/

Wikipedia: Reaganomics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics

What Reagan Has Done to America

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-reagan-has-done-to-america-79233/

‘A Nation at Risk’ demanded education reform 35 years ago. Here’s how it’s been bungled ever since.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/04/26/the-landmark-a-nation-at-risk-called-for-education-reform-35-years-ago-heres-how-it-was-bungled/

Reagan's Defense Buildup Bridged Military Eras

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/06/09/reagans-defense-buildup-bridged-military-eras/ec621466-b78e-4a2e-9f8a-50654e3f95fa/

Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-reagan-has-done-to-america-79233/

https://theintercept.com/2021/08/06/middle-class-reagan-patco-strike/

https://patrickjuli.us/2016/01/20/how-reagan-ruined-america/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-how-reaganomics-deregulation-and-bailouts-led-to-the-rise-of-trump

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/12/the-reagans-showtime-docuseries

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/did-reagan-teams-iran-hostage-sabotage-defeat-jimmy-carter.html

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]]> 1994 yes Episode 400: Win One for the Gipper Pt 1 of Reagan Show Notes Episode 400: Win One for the Gipper (Reagan Pt 1) This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks his “friends” to say a little something about four hundred episodes of this dumb podcast, and they do NOT disappoint! (We found him sobbing in the bathroom, again) On the show this week we FINALLY get around to talking about the  Bête noire of the show, Ronald Reagan! (Insert Peter Griffin shouting “He Said It!”) Along the way we learn that Dave was a Young Republican until he realized he would be one doing the bleeding and dying for the GOP. (He was a slow learner) Then we dive right into the back story of Ronald Wilson Reagan, from his time doing B List movies, to his lackluster military career, through his years stabbing his fellow actors in the back as president of the Screen Actors Guild, to his marriage to arch conservative but extremely skilled at oral Nancy Davis. We go on to chart his entry into politics and his time as governor of California fucking over poor people through his conniving to fuck over Dick Nixon and Gerry Ford. (Ronnie was back stabber, Nancy was a knob slobber) Our Sponsor this week is the Simian Actors Guild, who want you to know they NEVER voted for the guy. We open the show with Reagan shivving Nixon and close with the Austin Lounge Lizards and their history of The Gipper.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/Dx1zJPuO_s8?t=23 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: No Method to His Madness https://www.filmcomment.com/article/ronald-reagan-film-career-actor-president/ How Ronald Reagan’s Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism https://lithub.com/how-ronald-reagans-time-at-general-electric-pushed-him-to-conservatism/ Wikipedia: Ronald Reagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Win One for the Gipper Pt 1 of Reagan full 400 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we FINALLY get around to talking about the Bête Noire of the show, Ronald Reagan! (Insert Peter Griffin shouting “He Said It!”) Show Notes Episode 400: Win One for the Gipper (Reagan Pt 1) This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks his “friends” to say a little something about four hundred episodes of this dumb podcast, and they do NOT disappoint! (We found him sobbing in the bathroom, again) On the show this week we FINALLY get around to talking about the  Bête noire of the show, Ronald Reagan! (Insert Peter Griffin shouting “He Said It!”) Along the way we learn that Dave was a Young Republican until he realized he would be one doing the bleeding and dying for the GOP. (He was a slow learner) Then we dive right into the back story of Ronald Wilson Reagan, from his time doing B List movies, to his lackluster military career, through his years stabbing his fellow actors in the back as president of the Screen Actors Guild, to his marriage to arch conservative but extremely skilled at oral Nancy Davis. We go on to chart his entry into politics and his time as governor of California fucking over poor people through his conniving to fuck over Dick Nixon and Gerry Ford. (Ronnie was back stabber, Nancy was a knob slobber) Our Sponsor this week is the Simian Actors Guild, who want you to know they NEVER voted for the guy. We open the show with Reagan shivving Nixon and close with the Austin Lounge Lizards and their history of The Gipper.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/Dx1zJPuO_s8?t=23 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: No Method to His Madness https://www.filmcomment.com/article/ronald-reagan-film-career-actor-president/ How Ronald Reagan’s Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism https://lithub.com/how-ronald-reagans-time-at-general-electric-pushed-him-to-conservatism/ Wikipedia: Ronald Reagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 400: Win One for the Gipper (Reagan Pt 1)


This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks his “friends” to say a little something about four hundred episodes of this dumb podcast, and they do NOT disappoint! (We found him sobbing in the bathroom, again) On the show this week we FINALLY get around to talking about the 

Bête noire of the show, Ronald Reagan! (Insert Peter Griffin shouting “He Said It!”)


Along the way we learn that Dave was a Young Republican until he realized he would be one doing the bleeding and dying for the GOP. (He was a slow learner) Then we dive right into the back story of Ronald Wilson Reagan, from his time doing B List movies, to his lackluster military career, through his years stabbing his fellow actors in the back as president of the Screen Actors Guild, to his marriage to arch conservative but extremely skilled at oral Nancy Davis. We go on to chart his entry into politics and his time as governor of California fucking over poor people through his conniving to fuck over Dick Nixon and Gerry Ford. (Ronnie was back stabber, Nancy was a knob slobber)


Our Sponsor this week is the Simian Actors Guild, who want you to know they NEVER voted for the guy. We open the show with Reagan shivving Nixon and close with the Austin Lounge Lizards and their history of The Gipper.  



Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/Dx1zJPuO_s8?t=23

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/





Citations Needed:


No Method to His Madness

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/ronald-reagan-film-career-actor-president/


How Ronald Reagan’s Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism

https://lithub.com/how-ronald-reagans-time-at-general-electric-pushed-him-to-conservatism/


Wikipedia: Ronald Reagan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan

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]]> 1639 yes Bonus Episodes: Friends Going to Low Places Bonus Edition: Friends Going to Low Places Host Dave Bledsoe asked his friends to give him their thoughts on 400 episodes of this dumb podcast.  They did not hesitate to give him the unvarnished truth.  The only thing harsher than his friends, was Chat GPT.  The AI was brutal. A VERY special thanks to all of those who sent  us their thoughts on the show:  Kimberly Steele, Andrew Roedell, Sean Crespo and Carol Hartsell, Jerermy Balon, Amy Shepphard, CJ Oliver, John-Michael Bassett, Brett Hall, Jerrod Tracht, Ben Bennick and Chat GPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:00:00 -0000 Friends Going to Low Places bonus Dave Bledsoe Host Dave Bledsoe asked his friends to give him their thoughts on 400 episodes of this dumb podcast. Bonus Edition: Friends Going to Low Places Host Dave Bledsoe asked his friends to give him their thoughts on 400 episodes of this dumb podcast.  They did not hesitate to give him the unvarnished truth.  The only thing harsher than his friends, was Chat GPT.  The AI was brutal. A VERY special thanks to all of those who sent  us their thoughts on the show:  Kimberly Steele, Andrew Roedell, Sean Crespo and Carol Hartsell, Jerermy Balon, Amy Shepphard, CJ Oliver, John-Michael Bassett, Brett Hall, Jerrod Tracht, Ben Bennick and Chat GPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Bonus Edition: Friends Going to Low Places


Host Dave Bledsoe asked his friends to give him their thoughts on 400 episodes of this dumb podcast.  They did not hesitate to give him the unvarnished truth.  The only thing harsher than his friends, was Chat GPT.  The AI was brutal.


A VERY special thanks to all of those who sent  us their thoughts on the show:  Kimberly Steele, Andrew Roedell, Sean Crespo and Carol Hartsell, Jerermy Balon, Amy Shepphard, CJ Oliver, John-Michael Bassett, Brett Hall, Jerrod Tracht, Ben Bennick and Chat GPT.


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]]> 824 yes Episode 100 Redux: What the HELL Was I Thinking (Originally broadcast March 11th 2017) SHOW NOTES Episode #100: “What the HELL Was I Thinking?” This week Dave Bledsoe wakes up, stumbles past the empty whiskey bottles and takes a long look in the mirror and finally asks himself what the hell was he thinking? (Hint: I need to clean up all the empty bottles). On the show this week we look back at 100 Episode of a low rated podcast and what we’ve learned. (Hint: We need to get out of the house more.) Along the way, we learn about the history of podcasting from the early form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself with his friends to a more evolved form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself alone. (It’s evolved because he learned it is cheaper to drink alone.) We also discover that the iPod was NOT the original name Steve Jobs preferred, we find that podcasts are where failed radio DJ’s go to die, and just that Dennis Miller deserves an Executive Producer credit on this show. (Sane Dennis Miller, not current Dennis.) We also look forward to the inevitable death of podcasting with a quiet, desperate longing.   Our show is sponsored this week by all of sponsors, without whom you would be listening to a much better show. We open with Howard Stern’s wisdom on the podcast format and close with the Greatest American Hero. (Not Reagan, settle down!) Citations Needed: Alas, we never knew ye, And now a word from our sponsors Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:30:00 -0000 Redux: What the HELL Was I Thinking full 100 Dave Bledsoe We replay our 100th Episode as we are preparing our 400th! (Originally broadcast March 11th 2017) SHOW NOTES Episode #100: “What the HELL Was I Thinking?” This week Dave Bledsoe wakes up, stumbles past the empty whiskey bottles and takes a long look in the mirror and finally asks himself what the hell was he thinking? (Hint: I need to clean up all the empty bottles). On the show this week we look back at 100 Episode of a low rated podcast and what we’ve learned. (Hint: We need to get out of the house more.) Along the way, we learn about the history of podcasting from the early form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself with his friends to a more evolved form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself alone. (It’s evolved because he learned it is cheaper to drink alone.) We also discover that the iPod was NOT the original name Steve Jobs preferred, we find that podcasts are where failed radio DJ’s go to die, and just that Dennis Miller deserves an Executive Producer credit on this show. (Sane Dennis Miller, not current Dennis.) We also look forward to the inevitable death of podcasting with a quiet, desperate longing.   Our show is sponsored this week by all of sponsors, without whom you would be listening to a much better show. We open with Howard Stern’s wisdom on the podcast format and close with the Greatest American Hero. (Not Reagan, settle down!) Citations Needed: Alas, we never knew ye, And now a word from our sponsors Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (Originally broadcast March 11th 2017)

SHOW NOTES Episode #100: “What the HELL Was I Thinking?”

This week Dave Bledsoe wakes up, stumbles past the empty whiskey bottles and takes a long look in the mirror and finally asks himself what the hell was he thinking? (Hint: I need to clean up all the empty bottles). On the show this week we look back at 100 Episode of a low rated podcast and what we’ve learned. (Hint: We need to get out of the house more.)


Along the way, we learn about the history of podcasting from the early form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself with his friends to a more evolved form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself alone. (It’s evolved because he learned it is cheaper to drink alone.) We also discover that the iPod was NOT the original name Steve Jobs preferred, we find that podcasts are where failed radio DJ’s go to die, and just that Dennis Miller deserves an Executive Producer credit on this show. (Sane Dennis Miller, not current Dennis.) We also look forward to the inevitable death of podcasting with a quiet, desperate longing.  


Our show is sponsored this week by all of sponsors, without whom you would be listening to a much better show. We open with Howard Stern’s wisdom on the podcast format and close with the Greatest American Hero. (Not Reagan, settle down!)


Citations Needed: Alas, we never knew ye, And now a word from our sponsors


Show Music: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense

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]]> 1838 yes Episode 399: Waco Me Up Before You Go-Go Pt 2 of the Waco Siege Episode 399: Waco Me Up, Before You Go-Go (Pt 2 of the Waco Siege) This week Host Dave Bledsoe flashes his old cop badge and informs the bartender he is the State Liquor Inspector and will need to check their Jameson for “quality assurance” (He was lucky he was only thrown out, not arrested) On the show this week we wrap up our two-parter on the Waco Siege with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (who sounds like a real fun bunch, but aren’t) and how the screwed up pretty much EVERYTHING! Along the way we hear a little story about that one time where Dave got to be a hero, or something close. (We’re not saying he made it up, but we wouldn’t be surprised) Then we jump right into the way the country was in the early 1990’s and the Federal Government was making it worse. (Not to sound all Republican, but they REALLY were!) Then head down to Waco Texas (Technically, the Branch Davidian Compound was not IN Waco, more Waco adjacent!) where the ATF is looking into the activities of the Branch Davidians in the most painfully obvious ways possible. (They might as well have put a sign that read “ATF Stakeout In Progress”). Then we look at all the ways things went wrong before the raid ever happened. (We’re not saying all this WOULD have been avoided with a phone call, but it might have) Finally, we wrap up with a look at how Waco left the country and how its echoes sound today. Our Sponsor this week is Spin Doctors, when your reputation is on life support, call in a specialist, call in Spin Doctors! We open the show with news footage from thirty years ago and close with the Middle Ages who are putting in a wakeup call for early tomorrow morning.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/PVmxXnqETBk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Tripped Up By Lies A report paints a devastating portrait of ATF's Waco planning -- or, rather, the lack of it https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153817/http://www.time.com/time/daily/newsfiles/waco/101193.html Wikipedia Waco Siege https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege Trojan Horse: Inside the ATF Raid at Waco, Texas https://web.archive.org/web/20131108094342/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/waco_raid/index.html  Waco Must Get a Hearing https://web.archive.org/web/20110713105220/http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/04/19/waco-rip/ What Really Happened at Waco https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/what-really-happened-at-waco/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.atf.gov/our-history/remembering-waco https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-waco-atf/ex-atf-agents-recall-storm-of-gunfire-in-deadly-1993-waco-raid-idUSBRE9170JC20130208 https://apnews.com/article/4fc8745f6c835ce802ad68ee054aef0e https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-waco-raid-at-25-enough-with-the-fabulist-lies https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-106hrpt1037/html/CRPT-106hrpt1037.htm https://abcnews.go.com/US/atf-agents-fatal-1993-waco-raid-describe-barrage/story?id=52148324 https://robertbryce.com/killing-the-messenger-whos-really-to-blame-for-the-botched-raid-in-waco/ https://www.justice.gov/archives/publications/waco/report-deputy-attorney-general-events-waco-texas-prosecutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Waco Me Up Before You Go-Go Pt of the Waco Siege full 399 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap up our two-parter on the Waco Siege with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (who sounds like a real fun bunch, but aren’t) and how the screwed up pretty much EVERYTHING! Episode 399: Waco Me Up, Before You Go-Go (Pt 2 of the Waco Siege) This week Host Dave Bledsoe flashes his old cop badge and informs the bartender he is the State Liquor Inspector and will need to check their Jameson for “quality assurance” (He was lucky he was only thrown out, not arrested) On the show this week we wrap up our two-parter on the Waco Siege with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (who sounds like a real fun bunch, but aren’t) and how the screwed up pretty much EVERYTHING! Along the way we hear a little story about that one time where Dave got to be a hero, or something close. (We’re not saying he made it up, but we wouldn’t be surprised) Then we jump right into the way the country was in the early 1990’s and the Federal Government was making it worse. (Not to sound all Republican, but they REALLY were!) Then head down to Waco Texas (Technically, the Branch Davidian Compound was not IN Waco, more Waco adjacent!) where the ATF is looking into the activities of the Branch Davidians in the most painfully obvious ways possible. (They might as well have put a sign that read “ATF Stakeout In Progress”). Then we look at all the ways things went wrong before the raid ever happened. (We’re not saying all this WOULD have been avoided with a phone call, but it might have) Finally, we wrap up with a look at how Waco left the country and how its echoes sound today. Our Sponsor this week is Spin Doctors, when your reputation is on life support, call in a specialist, call in Spin Doctors! We open the show with news footage from thirty years ago and close with the Middle Ages who are putting in a wakeup call for early tomorrow morning.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/PVmxXnqETBk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Tripped Up By Lies A report paints a devastating portrait of ATF's Waco planning -- or, rather, the lack of it https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153817/http://www.time.com/time/daily/newsfiles/waco/101193.html Wikipedia Waco Siege https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege Trojan Horse: Inside the ATF Raid at Waco, Texas https://web.archive.org/web/20131108094342/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/waco_raid/index.html  Waco Must Get a Hearing https://web.archive.org/web/20110713105220/http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/04/19/waco-rip/ What Really Happened at Waco https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/what-really-happened-at-waco/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.atf.gov/our-history/remembering-waco https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-waco-atf/ex-atf-agents-recall-storm-of-gunfire-in-deadly-1993-waco-raid-idUSBRE9170JC20130208 https://apnews.com/article/4fc8745f6c835ce802ad68ee054aef0e https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-waco-raid-at-25-enough-with-the-fabulist-lies https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-106hrpt1037/html/CRPT-106hrpt1037.htm https://abcnews.go.com/US/atf-agents-fatal-1993-waco-raid-describe-barrage/story?id=52148324 https://robertbryce.com/killing-the-messenger-whos-really-to-blame-for-the-botched-raid-in-waco/ https://www.justice.gov/archives/publications/waco/report-deputy-attorney-general-events-waco-texas-prosecutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 399: Waco Me Up, Before You Go-Go (Pt 2 of the Waco Siege)

This week Host Dave Bledsoe flashes his old cop badge and informs the bartender he is the State Liquor Inspector and will need to check their Jameson for “quality assurance” (He was lucky he was only thrown out, not arrested) On the show this week we wrap up our two-parter on the Waco Siege with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (who sounds like a real fun bunch, but aren’t) and how the screwed up pretty much EVERYTHING!


Along the way we hear a little story about that one time where Dave got to be a hero, or something close. (We’re not saying he made it up, but we wouldn’t be surprised) Then we jump right into the way the country was in the early 1990’s and the Federal Government was making it worse. (Not to sound all Republican, but they REALLY were!) Then head down to Waco Texas (Technically, the Branch Davidian Compound was not IN Waco, more Waco adjacent!) where the ATF is looking into the activities of the Branch Davidians in the most painfully obvious ways possible. (They might as well have put a sign that read “ATF Stakeout In Progress”). Then we look at all the ways things went wrong before the raid ever happened. (We’re not saying all this WOULD have been avoided with a phone call, but it might have) Finally, we wrap up with a look at how Waco left the country and how its echoes sound today.


Our Sponsor this week is Spin Doctors, when your reputation is on life support, call in a specialist, call in Spin Doctors! We open the show with news footage from thirty years ago and close with the Middle Ages who are putting in a wakeup call for early tomorrow morning. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:

Tripped Up By Lies A report paints a devastating portrait of ATF's Waco planning -- or, rather, the lack of it

https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153817/http://www.time.com/time/daily/newsfiles/waco/101193.html

Wikipedia Waco Siege

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege

Trojan Horse: Inside the ATF Raid at Waco, Texas

https://web.archive.org/web/20131108094342/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/waco_raid/index.html

 Waco Must Get a Hearing

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713105220/http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/04/19/waco-rip/

What Really Happened at Waco

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/what-really-happened-at-waco/

Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.atf.gov/our-history/remembering-waco

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-waco-atf/ex-atf-agents-recall-storm-of-gunfire-in-deadly-1993-waco-raid-idUSBRE9170JC20130208

https://apnews.com/article/4fc8745f6c835ce802ad68ee054aef0e

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-waco-raid-at-25-enough-with-the-fabulist-lies

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-106hrpt1037/html/CRPT-106hrpt1037.htm

https://abcnews.go.com/US/atf-agents-fatal-1993-waco-raid-describe-barrage/story?id=52148324

https://robertbryce.com/killing-the-messenger-whos-really-to-blame-for-the-botched-raid-in-waco/

https://www.justice.gov/archives/publications/waco/report-deputy-attorney-general-events-waco-texas-prosecutions

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]]> 2104 Episode 398: Your Own, Personal, Vernon (Pt 1 of the Waco Siege) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Your Own, Personal, Vernon (Pt 1 of the Waco Siege) full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we introduce you to Vernon Wayne Howell, a high school drop out with a predilection for young girls and Jesus! (You probably know him best by his later name, David Koresh) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1865 Episode 397: All Bun, No Beef Show Notes Episode 397: All Bun, No Beef This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes on a date only to have it end badly when he experiences a “Clara Peller Moment”. (He claimed it was a very cold evening.) On the show this week we head back to 1984 when America had our hearts stolen by a crank octogenarian demanding to know where the beef was kept! That’s right, we talk Clara Peller and Where’s the Beef! Along the way we learn that despite not eating fast food for almost four years, Dave was somehow still fat! (He claims he was just “big boned", his latest date would beg to differ!) Then we dive right into the history of a totally different Dave, a Dave with a dream that did not involve a specific brand of Irish whiskey, Dave Thomas. We learn how Wendy’s went from a plucky upstart to the third largest burger chain in the United States. Moreover, we learn how Wendy’s had a plan to take on the Clown and King and become Number One! How? With the Platonic Ideal of the Little Old Lady. We chart Clara’s improbable rise from Chicago manicurist to national overnight sensation! (They were wearing her face at football games!) Finally, we discuss how it all ended over a jar of spaghetti sauce. (As these things so often do) Our Sponsor this week is Meef, a meat substitute that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike meat! We open with Clara Peller’s star turn commercial and close with Clare and Coyote McCloud demanding to know where the HELL is the beef! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/bdq6TZwepg0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: FOUNDING WENDY'S https://www.wendys.com/who-we-are-daves-legacy-founding-wendys “Where’s the Beef?” The Story of the Most Famous Slogan Ever https://bettermarketing.pub/wheres-the-beef-the-story-of-the-most-famous-slogan-ever-550d3f0c48c FEISTY CLARA PELLER, 86; `WHERE`S THE BEEF?` LADY https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-08-12-8703010403-story.html Wikipedia: Clara Peller  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Peller Face the Nation https://youtu.be/K6a-FLKMxUs Clara Peller, the Actress In 'Where's the Beef?' TV Ad https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/12/obituaries/clara-peller-the-actress-in-where-s-the-beef-tv-ad.html WHERE'S THE JOB? CLARA FIRED FOR MAKING SPAGHETTI SAUCE AD https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-03-23-8501110180-story.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639775/clara-peller-wendys-wheres-the-beef-lady https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267167-clara-peller?language=en-US https://www.discogs.com/release/9267805-Coyote-McCloud-Featuring-Clara-Peller-Wheres-The-Beef https://www.campaignlive.com/article/history-advertising-no-182-clara-pellers-hamburger/1421235 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_the_beef%3F#:~:text=%22Where's%20the%20beef%3F%22%20is,idea%2C%20event%2C%20or%20product. https://www.wideopeneats.com/wheres-the-beef/ https://onlykutts.com/index.php/2021/10/07/wendys-wheres-the-beef/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-inside-story-of-wendys-wheres-the-beef-ad-140051010.html https://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/2018/01/10/on-this-date-wendys-first-asked-wheres-the-beef/ http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-wendys-1984-wheres-beef-commercial.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0000 All Bun, No Beef full 397 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to 1984 when America had our hearts stolen by a crank octogenarian demanding to know where the beef was kept! That’s right, we talk Clara Peller and Where’s the Beef! Show Notes Episode 397: All Bun, No Beef This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes on a date only to have it end badly when he experiences a “Clara Peller Moment”. (He claimed it was a very cold evening.) On the show this week we head back to 1984 when America had our hearts stolen by a crank octogenarian demanding to know where the beef was kept! That’s right, we talk Clara Peller and Where’s the Beef! Along the way we learn that despite not eating fast food for almost four years, Dave was somehow still fat! (He claims he was just “big boned", his latest date would beg to differ!) Then we dive right into the history of a totally different Dave, a Dave with a dream that did not involve a specific brand of Irish whiskey, Dave Thomas. We learn how Wendy’s went from a plucky upstart to the third largest burger chain in the United States. Moreover, we learn how Wendy’s had a plan to take on the Clown and King and become Number One! How? With the Platonic Ideal of the Little Old Lady. We chart Clara’s improbable rise from Chicago manicurist to national overnight sensation! (They were wearing her face at football games!) Finally, we discuss how it all ended over a jar of spaghetti sauce. (As these things so often do) Our Sponsor this week is Meef, a meat substitute that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike meat! We open with Clara Peller’s star turn commercial and close with Clare and Coyote McCloud demanding to know where the HELL is the beef! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/bdq6TZwepg0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: FOUNDING WENDY'S https://www.wendys.com/who-we-are-daves-legacy-founding-wendys “Where’s the Beef?” The Story of the Most Famous Slogan Ever https://bettermarketing.pub/wheres-the-beef-the-story-of-the-most-famous-slogan-ever-550d3f0c48c FEISTY CLARA PELLER, 86; `WHERE`S THE BEEF?` LADY https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-08-12-8703010403-story.html Wikipedia: Clara Peller  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Peller Face the Nation https://youtu.be/K6a-FLKMxUs Clara Peller, the Actress In 'Where's the Beef?' TV Ad https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/12/obituaries/clara-peller-the-actress-in-where-s-the-beef-tv-ad.html WHERE'S THE JOB? CLARA FIRED FOR MAKING SPAGHETTI SAUCE AD https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-03-23-8501110180-story.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639775/clara-peller-wendys-wheres-the-beef-lady https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267167-clara-peller?language=en-US https://www.discogs.com/release/9267805-Coyote-McCloud-Featuring-Clara-Peller-Wheres-The-Beef https://www.campaignlive.com/article/history-advertising-no-182-clara-pellers-hamburger/1421235 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_the_beef%3F#:~:text=%22Where's%20the%20beef%3F%22%20is,idea%2C%20event%2C%20or%20product. https://www.wideopeneats.com/wheres-the-beef/ https://onlykutts.com/index.php/2021/10/07/wendys-wheres-the-beef/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-inside-story-of-wendys-wheres-the-beef-ad-140051010.html https://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/2018/01/10/on-this-date-wendys-first-asked-wheres-the-beef/ http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-wendys-1984-wheres-beef-commercial.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 397: All Bun, No Beef

This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes on a date only to have it end badly when he experiences a “Clara Peller Moment”. (He claimed it was a very cold evening.) On the show this week we head back to 1984 when America had our hearts stolen by a crank octogenarian demanding to know where the beef was kept! That’s right, we talk Clara Peller and Where’s the Beef!


Along the way we learn that despite not eating fast food for almost four years, Dave was somehow still fat! (He claims he was just “big boned", his latest date would beg to differ!) Then we dive right into the history of a totally different Dave, a Dave with a dream that did not involve a specific brand of Irish whiskey, Dave Thomas. We learn how Wendy’s went from a plucky upstart to the third largest burger chain in the United States. Moreover, we learn how Wendy’s had a plan to take on the Clown and King and become Number One! How? With the Platonic Ideal of the Little Old Lady. We chart Clara’s improbable rise from Chicago manicurist to national overnight sensation! (They were wearing her face at football games!) Finally, we discuss how it all ended over a jar of spaghetti sauce. (As these things so often do)


Our Sponsor this week is Meef, a meat substitute that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike meat! We open with Clara Peller’s star turn commercial and close with Clare and Coyote McCloud demanding to know where the HELL is the beef!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/bdq6TZwepg0

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


FOUNDING WENDY'S

https://www.wendys.com/who-we-are-daves-legacy-founding-wendys


“Where’s the Beef?” The Story of the Most Famous Slogan Ever

https://bettermarketing.pub/wheres-the-beef-the-story-of-the-most-famous-slogan-ever-550d3f0c48c


FEISTY CLARA PELLER, 86; `WHERE`S THE BEEF?` LADY

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-08-12-8703010403-story.html


Wikipedia: Clara Peller 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Peller


Face the Nation

https://youtu.be/K6a-FLKMxUs


Clara Peller, the Actress In 'Where's the Beef?' TV Ad

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/12/obituaries/clara-peller-the-actress-in-where-s-the-beef-tv-ad.html


WHERE'S THE JOB? CLARA FIRED FOR MAKING SPAGHETTI SAUCE AD

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-03-23-8501110180-story.html


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639775/clara-peller-wendys-wheres-the-beef-lady


https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267167-clara-peller?language=en-US


https://www.discogs.com/release/9267805-Coyote-McCloud-Featuring-Clara-Peller-Wheres-The-Beef


https://www.campaignlive.com/article/history-advertising-no-182-clara-pellers-hamburger/1421235


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_the_beef%3F#:~:text=%22Where's%20the%20beef%3F%22%20is,idea%2C%20event%2C%20or%20product.


https://www.wideopeneats.com/wheres-the-beef/


https://onlykutts.com/index.php/2021/10/07/wendys-wheres-the-beef/


https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-inside-story-of-wendys-wheres-the-beef-ad-140051010.html


https://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/2018/01/10/on-this-date-wendys-first-asked-wheres-the-beef/


http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-wendys-1984-wheres-beef-commercial.html

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]]> 1905 yes Episode 396: Balloons! Menace from Above! Show Notes Episode 396: BALLOONS! Menace from Above! This week, Host Dave Bledsoe ducks his bill collectors by huffing helium and pretends to be a child when he answers the phone. (He could let it go to voicemail). On the show this week we examine the existential threat of the most dangerous flying object ever devised: The Balloon! (Someone tell the Montgolfier Brothers they finally made it!) Along the way we discover that Dave had no friends as a child. (Shocker, we know) Then we provide you with three tales of perfidy and panic all created by the diabolical auspices of the BALLOON! Beware listeners, you cannot know how heinous these latex harbingers of doom truly can be!  From the deserts of New Mexico, to the sunny skies of Southern California all the way to the shores of Lake Eerie, the Balloon Threat has terrorized and intimidated innocent Americans guilty of nothing more than living their lives! Why do these inflated horrors hate us with such unmitigated passions, we may know never. All we know is that Balloons are an existential threat! (Trust us, we did the research) Our Sponsor this week is Helium, so much more than a way to make your voice sound silly. We open the show with a dangerous toy from the 1980’s and close with Kaye and Rob attempting to lure you into their death machine!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/RvnjKIbLRKw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1947-high-altitude-balloon-crash-landed-roswell-aliens-never-left-180963917/ Lawn Chair Larry 1982 Honorable Mention Confirmed True by Darwin https://darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid1998-11.html Late Night with David Letterman July 12, 1982 https://youtu.be/FtdLo1Mug8A Wikipedia: Lawnchair Larry flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight Cleveland marks 35 years since 1.5 million balloons fell on city in disastrous balloonfest https://www.wivb.com/news/cleveland-marks-35-years-since-1-5-million-balloons-fell-on-city-in-disastrous-balloonfest/ Wikipedia: Balloonfest ‘86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Balloons! Menace from Above! full 396 Dave Bledsoe . On the show this week we examine the existential threat of the most dangerous flying object ever devised: The Balloon! (Someone tell the Montgolfier Brothers they finally made it!) Show Notes Episode 396: BALLOONS! Menace from Above! This week, Host Dave Bledsoe ducks his bill collectors by huffing helium and pretends to be a child when he answers the phone. (He could let it go to voicemail). On the show this week we examine the existential threat of the most dangerous flying object ever devised: The Balloon! (Someone tell the Montgolfier Brothers they finally made it!) Along the way we discover that Dave had no friends as a child. (Shocker, we know) Then we provide you with three tales of perfidy and panic all created by the diabolical auspices of the BALLOON! Beware listeners, you cannot know how heinous these latex harbingers of doom truly can be!  From the deserts of New Mexico, to the sunny skies of Southern California all the way to the shores of Lake Eerie, the Balloon Threat has terrorized and intimidated innocent Americans guilty of nothing more than living their lives! Why do these inflated horrors hate us with such unmitigated passions, we may know never. All we know is that Balloons are an existential threat! (Trust us, we did the research) Our Sponsor this week is Helium, so much more than a way to make your voice sound silly. We open the show with a dangerous toy from the 1980’s and close with Kaye and Rob attempting to lure you into their death machine!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/RvnjKIbLRKw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1947-high-altitude-balloon-crash-landed-roswell-aliens-never-left-180963917/ Lawn Chair Larry 1982 Honorable Mention Confirmed True by Darwin https://darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid1998-11.html Late Night with David Letterman July 12, 1982 https://youtu.be/FtdLo1Mug8A Wikipedia: Lawnchair Larry flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight Cleveland marks 35 years since 1.5 million balloons fell on city in disastrous balloonfest https://www.wivb.com/news/cleveland-marks-35-years-since-1-5-million-balloons-fell-on-city-in-disastrous-balloonfest/ Wikipedia: Balloonfest ‘86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 396: BALLOONS! Menace from Above!

This week, Host Dave Bledsoe ducks his bill collectors by huffing helium and pretends to be a child when he answers the phone. (He could let it go to voicemail). On the show this week we examine the existential threat of the most dangerous flying object ever devised: The Balloon! (Someone tell the Montgolfier Brothers they finally made it!)


Along the way we discover that Dave had no friends as a child. (Shocker, we know) Then we provide you with three tales of perfidy and panic all created by the diabolical auspices of the BALLOON! Beware listeners, you cannot know how heinous these latex harbingers of doom truly can be! 


From the deserts of New Mexico, to the sunny skies of Southern California all the way to the shores of Lake Eerie, the Balloon Threat has terrorized and intimidated innocent Americans guilty of nothing more than living their lives! Why do these inflated horrors hate us with such unmitigated passions, we may know never. All we know is that Balloons are an existential threat! (Trust us, we did the research)


Our Sponsor this week is Helium, so much more than a way to make your voice sound silly. We open the show with a dangerous toy from the 1980’s and close with Kaye and Rob attempting to lure you into their death machine! 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/RvnjKIbLRKw

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1947-high-altitude-balloon-crash-landed-roswell-aliens-never-left-180963917/


Lawn Chair Larry 1982 Honorable Mention Confirmed True by Darwin

https://darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid1998-11.html


Late Night with David Letterman July 12, 1982

https://youtu.be/FtdLo1Mug8A


Wikipedia: Lawnchair Larry flight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight


Cleveland marks 35 years since 1.5 million balloons fell on city in disastrous balloonfest

https://www.wivb.com/news/cleveland-marks-35-years-since-1-5-million-balloons-fell-on-city-in-disastrous-balloonfest/


Wikipedia: Balloonfest ‘86

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 2031 yes Episode 395: America Onthropocene Show Notes Episode 395: America Onthropocene This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes looking for love by staggering up to a bachelorette party and slurring Age/Sex/Location to the bride. (The bruises are finally starting to fade.) On the show this week are talking about how America went online with a little dial up service called Q-Link! You might know it better by its later name: American Online. (Or, just AOL) Along the way we find out that Dave was a Wordstar Wizard! (He earned an Air Force medal for his brave embrace of DOS based software!) Then we dive right into the history of how people downloaded porn from the Internet before their phones. (Those ASCII nudes were HOT!) Then we get on the story of two General Electric employees who had a dream that computers could be used for more than designing microwaves! Eventually, they sold their dream to a company that let you connect your Atari 2600 to a server and download a game. (You only got to keep the game for a week, and it took longer than that to download.) From there we explain how AOL came to dominate the Online Service Provider field by blanketing the landscape with one BILLION Compact Discs! Finally, we chart the slow, painful demise of AOL as the company committed one stupid move after another until it became irrelevant. (Kind of like Facebook is doing right now with that whole Meta thing!) Our Sponsor this week is Duane’s Dial Up, keeping kids safe from the internet by keeping them at 56.6 kbps! We open the show with an explainer on this new “online thing” and close with Bob River’s frustrations trying to connect to AOL. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/G6tRQsfueoc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: What is a walled garden on the internet? https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/walled-garden#:~:text=On%20the%20internet%2C%20a%20walled,prevent%20access%20to%20other%20material. The Lamest Things About The Early Internet Era https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/10/worst-things-about-early-internet-years You've Got Mail: A History of AOL's Free Trial CDs https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87291/youve-got-mail-history-aols-free-trial-cds Hollywood Flashback: Time Warner, AOL Entered a Doomed $182 Billion Alliance 20 Years Ago https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-flashback-time-warner-aol-entered-a-doomed-182-billion-alliance-20-years-1267322/ What happened to AOL? Here's the fascinating story behind America Online https://slidebean.com/story/does-aol-still-exist#:~:text=AOL%20was%20unable%20to%20change&text=It%20focused%20on%20dial%2Dup,but%20only%203%25%20had%20broadband. About 1.5 million people still pay for AOL — but now they get tech support and identity theft services instead of dial-up internet https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/aol-1point5-million-people-still-pay-for-service-but-not-for-dial-up-internet.html Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8594049/aol-free-trial-cds#:~:text=1%20billion%20CDs%20with%20free%20trial%20software. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL#:~:text=The%20service%20traces%20its%20history,as%20America%20Online%20in%201989. https://www.wired.com/1995/09/aol-2/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202125/http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-verizon-buys-faded-internet-pioneer-aol-for-4.4-bn-2015-5?IR=T https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/aol-discs-90s/ https://money.cnn.com/1996/11/25/technology/excite/ https://searchengineland.com/history-of-aol-search-11634 https://money.cnn.com/1996/11/01/technology/aol/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0000 America Onthropocene full 395 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week are talking about how America went online with a little dial up service called Q-Link! You might know it better by its later name: American Onlione. (Or, just AOL) Show Notes Episode 395: America Onthropocene This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes looking for love by staggering up to a bachelorette party and slurring Age/Sex/Location to the bride. (The bruises are finally starting to fade.) On the show this week are talking about how America went online with a little dial up service called Q-Link! You might know it better by its later name: American Online. (Or, just AOL) Along the way we find out that Dave was a Wordstar Wizard! (He earned an Air Force medal for his brave embrace of DOS based software!) Then we dive right into the history of how people downloaded porn from the Internet before their phones. (Those ASCII nudes were HOT!) Then we get on the story of two General Electric employees who had a dream that computers could be used for more than designing microwaves! Eventually, they sold their dream to a company that let you connect your Atari 2600 to a server and download a game. (You only got to keep the game for a week, and it took longer than that to download.) From there we explain how AOL came to dominate the Online Service Provider field by blanketing the landscape with one BILLION Compact Discs! Finally, we chart the slow, painful demise of AOL as the company committed one stupid move after another until it became irrelevant. (Kind of like Facebook is doing right now with that whole Meta thing!) Our Sponsor this week is Duane’s Dial Up, keeping kids safe from the internet by keeping them at 56.6 kbps! We open the show with an explainer on this new “online thing” and close with Bob River’s frustrations trying to connect to AOL. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/G6tRQsfueoc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: What is a walled garden on the internet? https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/walled-garden#:~:text=On%20the%20internet%2C%20a%20walled,prevent%20access%20to%20other%20material. The Lamest Things About The Early Internet Era https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/10/worst-things-about-early-internet-years You've Got Mail: A History of AOL's Free Trial CDs https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87291/youve-got-mail-history-aols-free-trial-cds Hollywood Flashback: Time Warner, AOL Entered a Doomed $182 Billion Alliance 20 Years Ago https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-flashback-time-warner-aol-entered-a-doomed-182-billion-alliance-20-years-1267322/ What happened to AOL? Here's the fascinating story behind America Online https://slidebean.com/story/does-aol-still-exist#:~:text=AOL%20was%20unable%20to%20change&text=It%20focused%20on%20dial%2Dup,but%20only%203%25%20had%20broadband. About 1.5 million people still pay for AOL — but now they get tech support and identity theft services instead of dial-up internet https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/aol-1point5-million-people-still-pay-for-service-but-not-for-dial-up-internet.html Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8594049/aol-free-trial-cds#:~:text=1%20billion%20CDs%20with%20free%20trial%20software. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL#:~:text=The%20service%20traces%20its%20history,as%20America%20Online%20in%201989. https://www.wired.com/1995/09/aol-2/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202125/http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-verizon-buys-faded-internet-pioneer-aol-for-4.4-bn-2015-5?IR=T https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/aol-discs-90s/ https://money.cnn.com/1996/11/25/technology/excite/ https://searchengineland.com/history-of-aol-search-11634 https://money.cnn.com/1996/11/01/technology/aol/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 395: America Onthropocene

This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes looking for love by staggering up to a bachelorette party and slurring Age/Sex/Location to the bride. (The bruises are finally starting to fade.) On the show this week are talking about how America went online with a little dial up service called Q-Link! You might know it better by its later name: American Online. (Or, just AOL)


Along the way we find out that Dave was a Wordstar Wizard! (He earned an Air Force medal for his brave embrace of DOS based software!) Then we dive right into the history of how people downloaded porn from the Internet before their phones. (Those ASCII nudes were HOT!) Then we get on the story of two General Electric employees who had a dream that computers could be used for more than designing microwaves! Eventually, they sold their dream to a company that let you connect your Atari 2600 to a server and download a game. (You only got to keep the game for a week, and it took longer than that to download.) From there we explain how AOL came to dominate the Online Service Provider field by blanketing the landscape with one BILLION Compact Discs! Finally, we chart the slow, painful demise of AOL as the company committed one stupid move after another until it became irrelevant. (Kind of like Facebook is doing right now with that whole Meta thing!)


Our Sponsor this week is Duane’s Dial Up, keeping kids safe from the internet by keeping them at 56.6 kbps! We open the show with an explainer on this new “online thing” and close with Bob River’s frustrations trying to connect to AOL.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/G6tRQsfueoc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


What is a walled garden on the internet?

https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/walled-garden#:~:text=On%20the%20internet%2C%20a%20walled,prevent%20access%20to%20other%20material.


The Lamest Things About The Early Internet Era

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/10/worst-things-about-early-internet-years


You've Got Mail: A History of AOL's Free Trial CDs

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87291/youve-got-mail-history-aols-free-trial-cds


Hollywood Flashback: Time Warner, AOL Entered a Doomed $182 Billion Alliance 20 Years Ago

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-flashback-time-warner-aol-entered-a-doomed-182-billion-alliance-20-years-1267322/


What happened to AOL? Here's the fascinating story behind America Online

https://slidebean.com/story/does-aol-still-exist#:~:text=AOL%20was%20unable%20to%20change&text=It%20focused%20on%20dial%2Dup,but%20only%203%25%20had%20broadband.


About 1.5 million people still pay for AOL — but now they get tech support and identity theft services instead of dial-up internet

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/aol-1point5-million-people-still-pay-for-service-but-not-for-dial-up-internet.html


Uncited Additional Reading: 

https://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8594049/aol-free-trial-cds#:~:text=1%20billion%20CDs%20with%20free%20trial%20software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL#:~:text=The%20service%20traces%20its%20history,as%20America%20Online%20in%201989.

https://www.wired.com/1995/09/aol-2/

https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202125/http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-verizon-buys-faded-internet-pioneer-aol-for-4.4-bn-2015-5?IR=T

https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/aol-discs-90s/

https://money.cnn.com/1996/11/25/technology/excite/

https://searchengineland.com/history-of-aol-search-11634

https://money.cnn.com/1996/11/01/technology/aol/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 2484 yes Episode 394: Bomb In the Bathroom Window Part 2 of Operation Desert Storm Episode 394: Bomb In the Bathroom Window (Part 2 of Operation Desert Storm) This week Host Dave Bledsoe sets his crosshairs on a valuable asset, meaning he found a bar where they haven’t heard of him. (Yet) On the show this week we come back with Part Two of Operation Desert, the shooty part! Don’t worry we would never glorify violence, in fact we find it entirely disturbing. (Except on television, that is cool.) Along the way we learn why Dave doesn't watch horror movies. (He’s a big fraidy cat!) Then we dive right into everything that happened once the bombs started dropping. (Bernie Shaw hid under a table!) We then discuss the feared Iraqi SCUD missile. (You can just call it Al!) And of course, who could forget the famous Patriot Missile! (We suppose the Iraqis would like to.) We talk ground combat from the ill fated Khafji Offensive all the way to the Highway of Death! (They had such descriptive names in this war!) Finally, we talk about homecoming, parades and how short a time the discounts at Denny’s lasted. (Dave is bitter he didn’t get one!) We spent some time how quickly everyone got over liking George HW Bush, and went right back to thinking he was useless. Finally, we talk about consequences and how karma is a real bitch. Our Sponsor this week is Nate’s Night Vision, shining a light on savings! We open the show with footage of the luckiest man in Iraq and close with Stephen R. Archambault talking about alternative entries.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/G6tRQsfueoc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Epic Little Battle of Khafji https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0298khafji/ Wikipedia: Highway of Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death DESERT STORM PARTY DRAWS HEROES LAKE TO HAVE LARGEST PARADE EVER https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-05-14-9105140399-story.html "It appeared Washington was under attack": Inside the 1991 Washington military parade https://youtu.be/PDv0ZG0AFDw Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/02/the-mother-of-all-battles-20-years-later/71804/ https://timeline.com/photos-gulf-war-cnn-effect-press-manipulation-66680a20cf42 https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/desert_storm-timeline.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Gulf_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hussein_(missile) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0000 Bomb In the Bathroom Window Part 2 of Operation Desert Storm full 394 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we come back with Part Two of Operation Desert, the shooty part! Don’t worry we would never glorify violence, in fact we find it entirely disturbing. (Except on television, that is cool.) Episode 394: Bomb In the Bathroom Window (Part 2 of Operation Desert Storm) This week Host Dave Bledsoe sets his crosshairs on a valuable asset, meaning he found a bar where they haven’t heard of him. (Yet) On the show this week we come back with Part Two of Operation Desert, the shooty part! Don’t worry we would never glorify violence, in fact we find it entirely disturbing. (Except on television, that is cool.) Along the way we learn why Dave doesn't watch horror movies. (He’s a big fraidy cat!) Then we dive right into everything that happened once the bombs started dropping. (Bernie Shaw hid under a table!) We then discuss the feared Iraqi SCUD missile. (You can just call it Al!) And of course, who could forget the famous Patriot Missile! (We suppose the Iraqis would like to.) We talk ground combat from the ill fated Khafji Offensive all the way to the Highway of Death! (They had such descriptive names in this war!) Finally, we talk about homecoming, parades and how short a time the discounts at Denny’s lasted. (Dave is bitter he didn’t get one!) We spent some time how quickly everyone got over liking George HW Bush, and went right back to thinking he was useless. Finally, we talk about consequences and how karma is a real bitch. Our Sponsor this week is Nate’s Night Vision, shining a light on savings! We open the show with footage of the luckiest man in Iraq and close with Stephen R. Archambault talking about alternative entries.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/G6tRQsfueoc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Epic Little Battle of Khafji https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0298khafji/ Wikipedia: Highway of Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death DESERT STORM PARTY DRAWS HEROES LAKE TO HAVE LARGEST PARADE EVER https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-05-14-9105140399-story.html "It appeared Washington was under attack": Inside the 1991 Washington military parade https://youtu.be/PDv0ZG0AFDw Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/02/the-mother-of-all-battles-20-years-later/71804/ https://timeline.com/photos-gulf-war-cnn-effect-press-manipulation-66680a20cf42 https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/desert_storm-timeline.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Gulf_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hussein_(missile) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 394: Bomb In the Bathroom Window (Part 2 of Operation Desert Storm)


This week Host Dave Bledsoe sets his crosshairs on a valuable asset, meaning he found a bar where they haven’t heard of him. (Yet) On the show this week we come back with Part Two of Operation Desert, the shooty part! Don’t worry we would never glorify violence, in fact we find it entirely disturbing. (Except on television, that is cool.)


Along the way we learn why Dave doesn't watch horror movies. (He’s a big fraidy cat!) Then we dive right into everything that happened once the bombs started dropping. (Bernie Shaw hid under a table!) We then discuss the feared Iraqi SCUD missile. (You can just call it Al!) And of course, who could forget the famous Patriot Missile! (We suppose the Iraqis would like to.) We talk ground combat from the ill fated Khafji Offensive all the way to the Highway of Death! (They had such descriptive names in this war!) Finally, we talk about homecoming, parades and how short a time the discounts at Denny’s lasted. (Dave is bitter he didn’t get one!) We spent some time how quickly everyone got over liking George HW Bush, and went right back to thinking he was useless. Finally, we talk about consequences and how karma is a real bitch.


Our Sponsor this week is Nate’s Night Vision, shining a light on savings! We open the show with footage of the luckiest man in Iraq and close with Stephen R. Archambault talking about alternative entries.  


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Citations Needed:


The Epic Little Battle of Khafji

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0298khafji/


Wikipedia: Highway of Death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death


DESERT STORM PARTY DRAWS HEROES LAKE TO HAVE LARGEST PARADE EVER

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-05-14-9105140399-story.html


"It appeared Washington was under attack": Inside the 1991 Washington military parade

https://youtu.be/PDv0ZG0AFDw


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/02/the-mother-of-all-battles-20-years-later/71804/


https://timeline.com/photos-gulf-war-cnn-effect-press-manipulation-66680a20cf42


https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/desert_storm-timeline.htm


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Gulf_War


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hussein_(missile)

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]]> 2211 yes Episode 393: A Feel Good War! (Part 1 of Desert Storm) Show Notes Episode 393: A Feel Good War! Part 1 of Operation Desert Storm On the show this week Host Dave Bledsoe demands to drink for free on the anniversary of Operation Desert Storm and gets beat up in the VFW Hall. (Again) On the show this week we talk about the time America got its mojo back by going to war in Iraq! (That isn’t very specific, we mean the FIRST time!) Along the way we learn that Dave turned down a lucrative career in the fast food drive through for a wasted decade in the military. (He was never Taco John’s material) Then we dive right into the backstory that would lead America to the first war in the Persian Gulf.  (George HW Bush=WIMP!) Then we examine the “reasons” for the war and how we arm twisted the world into going along with us.  (I mean you can’t trust Dick Cheney, who CAN you trust?)  We time out for a tangent to explain a fight between Dave and his dad before we tell you why everyone was so on-board with this whole war thing in 1990!  (Wolf Blitzer’s beard was dead sexy!)  Finally, we look at the most important part of Desert Storm, the marketing! Our Sponsor this week is Second Hand Boom, our guns aren’t new but we reckon they will do.  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to start killing brown people and close with Moxy Furious who has a little song about the Gulf War for us! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/DktM16tVAD4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Two-thirds of military teens want to follow in their parents’ footsteps. But these kids ‘are not okay,’ survey finds https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2021/10/07/two-thirds-of-military-teens-want-to-follow-in-their-parents-footsteps-but-these-kids-are-not-okay-survey-finds/ Bush Battles the 'Wimp Factor' https://www.newsweek.com/bush-battles-wimp-factor-207008 A First-Lens Analysis George H.W.  Bush: Chief Diplomat https://wwnorton.com/college/polisci/lenses/demo/print/dm_cs_pg_bush2.htm A Brief History of Everything That Happened Because of George H.W. Bush’s Insecurity https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/george-h-w-bush-wimp-766076/ Manuel Noriega's Favorite Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ssB--7GJVy9mgGTxBXhJD50gkR25qkB Iraqi Author: Saddam Planned to Invade Saudi After Kuwait https://apnews.com/article/43a1ca8f080fe18ce186d6d0f0fee6a0 Wikipedia: The Gulf War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Diplomatic_means War Policy, Public Support, and the Media by WILLIAM M. DARLEY https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA485899.pdf TRADING CARDS OF WAR GAINING POPULARITY https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910302/03020367.htm 20367.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0000 A Feel Good War! (Part 1 of Desert Storm) full 393 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the time America got its mojo back by going to war! (That isn’t very specific, we mean the FIRST Gulf War!) Show Notes Episode 393: A Feel Good War! Part 1 of Operation Desert Storm On the show this week Host Dave Bledsoe demands to drink for free on the anniversary of Operation Desert Storm and gets beat up in the VFW Hall. (Again) On the show this week we talk about the time America got its mojo back by going to war in Iraq! (That isn’t very specific, we mean the FIRST time!) Along the way we learn that Dave turned down a lucrative career in the fast food drive through for a wasted decade in the military. (He was never Taco John’s material) Then we dive right into the backstory that would lead America to the first war in the Persian Gulf.  (George HW Bush=WIMP!) Then we examine the “reasons” for the war and how we arm twisted the world into going along with us.  (I mean you can’t trust Dick Cheney, who CAN you trust?)  We time out for a tangent to explain a fight between Dave and his dad before we tell you why everyone was so on-board with this whole war thing in 1990!  (Wolf Blitzer’s beard was dead sexy!)  Finally, we look at the most important part of Desert Storm, the marketing! Our Sponsor this week is Second Hand Boom, our guns aren’t new but we reckon they will do.  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to start killing brown people and close with Moxy Furious who has a little song about the Gulf War for us! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/DktM16tVAD4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Two-thirds of military teens want to follow in their parents’ footsteps. But these kids ‘are not okay,’ survey finds https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2021/10/07/two-thirds-of-military-teens-want-to-follow-in-their-parents-footsteps-but-these-kids-are-not-okay-survey-finds/ Bush Battles the 'Wimp Factor' https://www.newsweek.com/bush-battles-wimp-factor-207008 A First-Lens Analysis George H.W.  Bush: Chief Diplomat https://wwnorton.com/college/polisci/lenses/demo/print/dm_cs_pg_bush2.htm A Brief History of Everything That Happened Because of George H.W. Bush’s Insecurity https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/george-h-w-bush-wimp-766076/ Manuel Noriega's Favorite Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ssB--7GJVy9mgGTxBXhJD50gkR25qkB Iraqi Author: Saddam Planned to Invade Saudi After Kuwait https://apnews.com/article/43a1ca8f080fe18ce186d6d0f0fee6a0 Wikipedia: The Gulf War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Diplomatic_means War Policy, Public Support, and the Media by WILLIAM M. DARLEY https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA485899.pdf TRADING CARDS OF WAR GAINING POPULARITY https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910302/03020367.htm 20367.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 393: A Feel Good War! Part 1 of Operation Desert Storm


On the show this week Host Dave Bledsoe demands to drink for free on the anniversary of Operation Desert Storm and gets beat up in the VFW Hall. (Again) On the show this week we talk about the time America got its mojo back by going to war in Iraq! (That isn’t very specific, we mean the FIRST time!)


Along the way we learn that Dave turned down a lucrative career in the fast food drive through for a wasted decade in the military. (He was never Taco John’s material) Then we dive right into the backstory that would lead America to the first war in the Persian Gulf.  (George HW Bush=WIMP!) Then we examine the “reasons” for the war and how we arm twisted the world into going along with us.  (I mean you can’t trust Dick Cheney, who CAN you trust?)  We time out for a tangent to explain a fight between Dave and his dad before we tell you why everyone was so on-board with this whole war thing in 1990!  (Wolf Blitzer’s beard was dead sexy!)  Finally, we look at the most important part of Desert Storm, the marketing!


Our Sponsor this week is Second Hand Boom, our guns aren’t new but we reckon they will do.  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to start killing brown people and close with Moxy Furious who has a little song about the Gulf War for us!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/DktM16tVAD4

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/





Citations Needed:


Two-thirds of military teens want to follow in their parents’ footsteps. But these kids ‘are not okay,’ survey finds

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2021/10/07/two-thirds-of-military-teens-want-to-follow-in-their-parents-footsteps-but-these-kids-are-not-okay-survey-finds/


Bush Battles the 'Wimp Factor'

https://www.newsweek.com/bush-battles-wimp-factor-207008


A First-Lens Analysis George H.W.  Bush: Chief Diplomat

https://wwnorton.com/college/polisci/lenses/demo/print/dm_cs_pg_bush2.htm


A Brief History of Everything That Happened Because of George H.W. Bush’s Insecurity

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/george-h-w-bush-wimp-766076/


Manuel Noriega's Favorite Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ssB--7GJVy9mgGTxBXhJD50gkR25qkB


Iraqi Author: Saddam Planned to Invade Saudi After Kuwait

https://apnews.com/article/43a1ca8f080fe18ce186d6d0f0fee6a0


Wikipedia: The Gulf War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Diplomatic_means


War Policy, Public Support, and the Media by WILLIAM M. DARLEY

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA485899.pdf


TRADING CARDS OF WAR GAINING POPULARITY

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910302/03020367.htm




20367.htm

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]]> 2303 yes Episode 392: Your Parent's Old Polaroids Show Notes Episode 392: Your Parent’s Old Polaroids This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds some horrifying Polaroids in a shoebox in his parent’s garage. (They were for his 5th birthday party, my GOD he was a fat little kid!) On the show this week talk about how the Apple of the 1970’s revolutionized photography and changed  how we all took pictures: Polaroid. Along the way we discover why Dave is the schlubby dresser he is today. (His parents didn’t waste money buying him fashionable clothes, because he was a fat little kid.) Then we dive right into a history of photography that nobody asked for and nobody wants, but is relevant to the topic. Then we move right along to the Polaroid camera and the role it played in pop culture in the 1970’s.  (Very easy to use while very coked up!) We talk about how it changed not only how we took photos, but WHY we took photos. (Even Boomers wanted homemade porn!) Then we see how technology changed everything, from the way art was created to how our Mamaws documented our birthday parties.  Finally, we talk about what happened to Polaroid and why even today and still shake the damn photos even though we never needed to.(Insert Outkast song here.) Our Sponsor this week is Analog Sanitzers, we find those old photos and videos of you, so your kids won’t have to.  We open the show with James Garner getting smacked down by Mariette Hartley and close with Mixed Up Everything who would like you to take a selfie with them. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/lVd5UvnUmMw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Polaroid: How a square-shaped nostalgia symbol paved the way for social media https://www.cnn.com/style/article/how-polaroid-changed-photography/index.html Andy Warhol’s Polaroids of Pop Culture Icons https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10098/andy-warhols-polaroids-of-pop-culture-icons Polaroid Queen and 80s icon Maripol on capturing NYC’s downtown movement https://hero-magazine.com/article/181652/maripol-interview-polaroid-new-york-underground-80s-andy-warhol The 5 Real Reasons Polaroid Failed https://history-computer.com/the-x-real-reasons-polaroid-failed/ Why Brands fail: How Polaroid lost grip of the market as a industry leader https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-brands-fail-how-polaroid-lost-grip-market-industry-temitope-ajayi Uncited Additional Reading:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_H._Land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation#:~:text=The%20company%20was%20founded%20in,was%20%243%20billion%20in%201991.\ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/01/09/kodak-to-end-its-instant-camera-line/801f5963-d731-4e19-ad58-12c2f35cb15c/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-polaroid-pioneered-the-instant-photography-revolution https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/polaroid-instantly-changed-photography-and-its-legacy-lives-on-1.369318 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/back-to-the-future-what-makes-polaroids-cool/263117/ https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-polaroid/ https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/wj48y4/andy-warhols-polaroids-are-his-most-influential-works Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Your Parent's Old Polaroids full 392 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week talk about how the Apple of the 1970’s revolutionized photography and changed how we all took pictures: Polaroid. Show Notes Episode 392: Your Parent’s Old Polaroids This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds some horrifying Polaroids in a shoebox in his parent’s garage. (They were for his 5th birthday party, my GOD he was a fat little kid!) On the show this week talk about how the Apple of the 1970’s revolutionized photography and changed  how we all took pictures: Polaroid. Along the way we discover why Dave is the schlubby dresser he is today. (His parents didn’t waste money buying him fashionable clothes, because he was a fat little kid.) Then we dive right into a history of photography that nobody asked for and nobody wants, but is relevant to the topic. Then we move right along to the Polaroid camera and the role it played in pop culture in the 1970’s.  (Very easy to use while very coked up!) We talk about how it changed not only how we took photos, but WHY we took photos. (Even Boomers wanted homemade porn!) Then we see how technology changed everything, from the way art was created to how our Mamaws documented our birthday parties.  Finally, we talk about what happened to Polaroid and why even today and still shake the damn photos even though we never needed to.(Insert Outkast song here.) Our Sponsor this week is Analog Sanitzers, we find those old photos and videos of you, so your kids won’t have to.  We open the show with James Garner getting smacked down by Mariette Hartley and close with Mixed Up Everything who would like you to take a selfie with them. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/lVd5UvnUmMw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Polaroid: How a square-shaped nostalgia symbol paved the way for social media https://www.cnn.com/style/article/how-polaroid-changed-photography/index.html Andy Warhol’s Polaroids of Pop Culture Icons https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10098/andy-warhols-polaroids-of-pop-culture-icons Polaroid Queen and 80s icon Maripol on capturing NYC’s downtown movement https://hero-magazine.com/article/181652/maripol-interview-polaroid-new-york-underground-80s-andy-warhol The 5 Real Reasons Polaroid Failed https://history-computer.com/the-x-real-reasons-polaroid-failed/ Why Brands fail: How Polaroid lost grip of the market as a industry leader https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-brands-fail-how-polaroid-lost-grip-market-industry-temitope-ajayi Uncited Additional Reading:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_H._Land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation#:~:text=The%20company%20was%20founded%20in,was%20%243%20billion%20in%201991.\ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/01/09/kodak-to-end-its-instant-camera-line/801f5963-d731-4e19-ad58-12c2f35cb15c/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-polaroid-pioneered-the-instant-photography-revolution https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/polaroid-instantly-changed-photography-and-its-legacy-lives-on-1.369318 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/back-to-the-future-what-makes-polaroids-cool/263117/ https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-polaroid/ https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/wj48y4/andy-warhols-polaroids-are-his-most-influential-works Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 392: Your Parent’s Old Polaroids


This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds some horrifying Polaroids in a shoebox in his parent’s garage. (They were for his 5th birthday party, my GOD he was a fat little kid!) On the show this week talk about how the Apple of the 1970’s revolutionized photography and changed  how we all took pictures: Polaroid.


Along the way we discover why Dave is the schlubby dresser he is today. (His parents didn’t waste money buying him fashionable clothes, because he was a fat little kid.) Then we dive right into a history of photography that nobody asked for and nobody wants, but is relevant to the topic. Then we move right along to the Polaroid camera and the role it played in pop culture in the 1970’s.  (Very easy to use while very coked up!) We talk about how it changed not only how we took photos, but WHY we took photos. (Even Boomers wanted homemade porn!) Then we see how technology changed everything, from the way art was created to how our Mamaws documented our birthday parties.  Finally, we talk about what happened to Polaroid and why even today and still shake the damn photos even though we never needed to.(Insert Outkast song here.)


Our Sponsor this week is Analog Sanitzers, we find those old photos and videos of you, so your kids won’t have to.  We open the show with James Garner getting smacked down by Mariette Hartley and close with Mixed Up Everything who would like you to take a selfie with them.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/lVd5UvnUmMw

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:

Polaroid: How a square-shaped nostalgia symbol paved the way for social media

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/how-polaroid-changed-photography/index.html

Andy Warhol’s Polaroids of Pop Culture Icons

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10098/andy-warhols-polaroids-of-pop-culture-icons

Polaroid Queen and 80s icon Maripol on capturing NYC’s downtown movement

https://hero-magazine.com/article/181652/maripol-interview-polaroid-new-york-underground-80s-andy-warhol

The 5 Real Reasons Polaroid Failed

https://history-computer.com/the-x-real-reasons-polaroid-failed/

Why Brands fail: How Polaroid lost grip of the market as a industry leader

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-brands-fail-how-polaroid-lost-grip-market-industry-temitope-ajayi


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_H._Land


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation#:~:text=The%20company%20was%20founded%20in,was%20%243%20billion%20in%201991.\


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/01/09/kodak-to-end-its-instant-camera-line/801f5963-d731-4e19-ad58-12c2f35cb15c/


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-polaroid-pioneered-the-instant-photography-revolution


https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/polaroid-instantly-changed-photography-and-its-legacy-lives-on-1.369318


https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/back-to-the-future-what-makes-polaroids-cool/263117/


https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-polaroid/


https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/wj48y4/andy-warhols-polaroids-are-his-most-influential-works

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]]> 1687 yes Episode 391: Did She F**k That Duck? Show Notes Episode 391: Did She F**k That Duck This week Host Dave Bledsoe kicks off the New Year by showing up at a New Year’s Eve costume party wearing a fedora and pants claiming to be Howard the Duck. (He left after everyone just pointed and laughed at his tighty whities.) On the show this week, we talk about the second worst movie George Lucas ever produced after Phantom Menace: Howard the Duck. Along the way we learn how Dave basically thought Archie and Veronica were porn when he was growing up. (Honestly, we can see tossing one off to Veronica!) Then we dive right into the backstory of a misanthropic statement on existentialism that became one of the worst movies ever made. (By taking out the misanthropy and existentialism mostly.) We trace the lineage of Howard from his creation as a one off joke in a Marvel horror comic to his rise as a solo series and his brief run for President in 1976. (Howard would have handled the Iranian hostage situation quite differently!) Then we explain how this fairly cult comic book character came to the big screen via the auspices of one of the most influential directors and producers of the 20th Century: Cecil B DeMille. (We’re kidding it was George Lucas) Then we simply explain what went wrong to bring us the movie that was Howard the Duck. (Everything) Our Sponsor this week is the Anthropomorphic Waterfowl Association of America who ask is not a duck man both a duck AND man, both deserving of respect? We open with the Howard trailer and close with Cherry Bomb singing the praises of Howard!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/fTeiBSiEA8M We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: All Quacked Up: Steve Gerber, Marvel Comics, and Howard the Duck https://web.archive.org/web/20140529143308/http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2014/05/all-quacked-up-steve-gerber-marvel-comics-and-howard-the-duck/ 11 Far Out Facts About Howard the Duck https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78156/11-far-out-facts-about-howard-duck?a_aid=45648 ‘Howard The Duck’: The Oral History https://decider.com/2016/03/11/howard-the-duck-the-oral-history/?_ga=1.192178989.608980329.1302539496 Wikipedia Howard the Duck Movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_(film)#Box_office Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67473/brief-introduction-howard-duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck https://collider.com/howard-the-duck-influence-marvel-lucasfilm-pixar/ https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Howard_the_Duck https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/howard_the_duck/reviews?type=top_critics https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/01/movies/screen-from-george-lucas-howard-the-duck.html https://www.flavorwire.com/473030/so-bad-its-good-howard-the-duck-the-marvel-movie-wed-all-like-to-forget https://web.archive.org/web/20100729163458/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/foom/126874125950897.htm https://www.slashfilm.com/800962/how-george-lucas-howard-the-duck-led-to-toy-story/ https://decider.com/2016/03/11/howard-the-duck-the-oral-history/?_ga=1.192178989.608980329.1302539496 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Did She F**k That Duck? full 391 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we talk about the second worst movie George Lucas ever produced after Phantom Menace: Howard the Duck. Show Notes Episode 391: Did She F**k That Duck This week Host Dave Bledsoe kicks off the New Year by showing up at a New Year’s Eve costume party wearing a fedora and pants claiming to be Howard the Duck. (He left after everyone just pointed and laughed at his tighty whities.) On the show this week, we talk about the second worst movie George Lucas ever produced after Phantom Menace: Howard the Duck. Along the way we learn how Dave basically thought Archie and Veronica were porn when he was growing up. (Honestly, we can see tossing one off to Veronica!) Then we dive right into the backstory of a misanthropic statement on existentialism that became one of the worst movies ever made. (By taking out the misanthropy and existentialism mostly.) We trace the lineage of Howard from his creation as a one off joke in a Marvel horror comic to his rise as a solo series and his brief run for President in 1976. (Howard would have handled the Iranian hostage situation quite differently!) Then we explain how this fairly cult comic book character came to the big screen via the auspices of one of the most influential directors and producers of the 20th Century: Cecil B DeMille. (We’re kidding it was George Lucas) Then we simply explain what went wrong to bring us the movie that was Howard the Duck. (Everything) Our Sponsor this week is the Anthropomorphic Waterfowl Association of America who ask is not a duck man both a duck AND man, both deserving of respect? We open with the Howard trailer and close with Cherry Bomb singing the praises of Howard!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/fTeiBSiEA8M We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: All Quacked Up: Steve Gerber, Marvel Comics, and Howard the Duck https://web.archive.org/web/20140529143308/http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2014/05/all-quacked-up-steve-gerber-marvel-comics-and-howard-the-duck/ 11 Far Out Facts About Howard the Duck https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78156/11-far-out-facts-about-howard-duck?a_aid=45648 ‘Howard The Duck’: The Oral History https://decider.com/2016/03/11/howard-the-duck-the-oral-history/?_ga=1.192178989.608980329.1302539496 Wikipedia Howard the Duck Movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_(film)#Box_office Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67473/brief-introduction-howard-duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck https://collider.com/howard-the-duck-influence-marvel-lucasfilm-pixar/ https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Howard_the_Duck https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/howard_the_duck/reviews?type=top_critics https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/01/movies/screen-from-george-lucas-howard-the-duck.html https://www.flavorwire.com/473030/so-bad-its-good-howard-the-duck-the-marvel-movie-wed-all-like-to-forget https://web.archive.org/web/20100729163458/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/foom/126874125950897.htm https://www.slashfilm.com/800962/how-george-lucas-howard-the-duck-led-to-toy-story/ https://decider.com/2016/03/11/howard-the-duck-the-oral-history/?_ga=1.192178989.608980329.1302539496 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe kicks off the New Year by showing up at a New Year’s Eve costume party wearing a fedora and pants claiming to be Howard the Duck. (He left after everyone just pointed and laughed at his tighty whities.) On the show this week, we talk about the second worst movie George Lucas ever produced after Phantom Menace: Howard the Duck.


Along the way we learn how Dave basically thought Archie and Veronica were porn when he was growing up. (Honestly, we can see tossing one off to Veronica!) Then we dive right into the backstory of a misanthropic statement on existentialism that became one of the worst movies ever made. (By taking out the misanthropy and existentialism mostly.) We trace the lineage of Howard from his creation as a one off joke in a Marvel horror comic to his rise as a solo series and his brief run for President in 1976. (Howard would have handled the Iranian hostage situation quite differently!) Then we explain how this fairly cult comic book character came to the big screen via the auspices of one of the most influential directors and producers of the 20th Century: Cecil B DeMille. (We’re kidding it was George Lucas) Then we simply explain what went wrong to bring us the movie that was Howard the Duck. (Everything)


Our Sponsor this week is the Anthropomorphic Waterfowl Association of America who ask is not a duck man both a duck AND man, both deserving of respect? We open with the Howard trailer and close with Cherry Bomb singing the praises of Howard! 


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

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Citations Needed:

All Quacked Up: Steve Gerber, Marvel Comics, and Howard the Duck

https://web.archive.org/web/20140529143308/http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2014/05/all-quacked-up-steve-gerber-marvel-comics-and-howard-the-duck/


11 Far Out Facts About Howard the Duck

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78156/11-far-out-facts-about-howard-duck?a_aid=45648


‘Howard The Duck’: The Oral History

https://decider.com/2016/03/11/howard-the-duck-the-oral-history/?_ga=1.192178989.608980329.1302539496


Wikipedia Howard the Duck Movie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_(film)#Box_office



Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67473/brief-introduction-howard-duck


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck


https://collider.com/howard-the-duck-influence-marvel-lucasfilm-pixar/


https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Howard_the_Duck


https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/howard_the_duck/reviews?type=top_critics


https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/01/movies/screen-from-george-lucas-howard-the-duck.html


https://www.flavorwire.com/473030/so-bad-its-good-howard-the-duck-the-marvel-movie-wed-all-like-to-forget


https://web.archive.org/web/20100729163458/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/foom/126874125950897.htm


https://www.slashfilm.com/800962/how-george-lucas-howard-the-duck-led-to-toy-story/


https://decider.com/2016/03/11/howard-the-duck-the-oral-history/?_ga=1.192178989.608980329.1302539496

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]]> 2077 yes Episode 390: A Boxing Day Miracle! (2022 Year In Review) Show Notes Episode 390: A Boxing Day Miracle This week Host Dave Bledsoe and Producer Gavin St James switch places in a traditional celebration of Boxing Day! (This is an outright lie because that is not how Boxing Day works and Dave only thinks that because of a MASH episode he saw as a kid) On the show this week, it is our annual year in review where we talk about all the stupid shit that happened in 2022!   Our Sponsor this week is The Year 2023, who wants you to keep your expectations in check. We open with a New Year’s montage from Ghostbuster 2 and close with Odi Acoustic singing about Boxing Day! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/i7LXPdrzc88 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Dec 2022 10:00:00 -0000 A Boxing Day Miracle! (2022 Year In Review) full 390 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, it is our annual year in review where we talk about all the stupid shit that happened in 2022! Show Notes Episode 390: A Boxing Day Miracle This week Host Dave Bledsoe and Producer Gavin St James switch places in a traditional celebration of Boxing Day! (This is an outright lie because that is not how Boxing Day works and Dave only thinks that because of a MASH episode he saw as a kid) On the show this week, it is our annual year in review where we talk about all the stupid shit that happened in 2022!   Our Sponsor this week is The Year 2023, who wants you to keep your expectations in check. We open with a New Year’s montage from Ghostbuster 2 and close with Odi Acoustic singing about Boxing Day! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/i7LXPdrzc88 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 390: A Boxing Day Miracle

This week Host Dave Bledsoe and Producer Gavin St James switch places in a traditional celebration of Boxing Day! (This is an outright lie because that is not how Boxing Day works and Dave only thinks that because of a MASH episode he saw as a kid) On the show this week, it is our annual year in review where we talk about all the stupid shit that happened in 2022!  


Our Sponsor this week is The Year 2023, who wants you to keep your expectations in check. We open with a New Year’s montage from Ghostbuster 2 and close with Odi Acoustic singing about Boxing Day!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

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]]> 1669 yes Episode 389: Don't Throw ME in that Cabbage Patch! Show Notes Episode 389: Don’t Throw ME In that Cabbage Patch This week, Host Dave Bledsoe staggers into the Cabbage Patch looking for a little action only to get kicked out of the community garden for not wearing pants. (Again) On the show this week, we head down to the toy store to beat the shit out of a mother of four who grabbed the last Cabbage Patch Doll before us. (She had it coming!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s parents loved him enough to buy him guns, but not enough to buy him bullets. (Smart thinking there) From there we dive right into the story of a 21 year old art student who blatantly rips off a middle aged doll maker to create the biggest shit show toy craze of the 1980s! (Capitalism at work folks!) Then we discover how Cabbage Patch Dolls are actually conceived, and find it…disturbing. (THIS IS A KID’S TOY?!?!) We follow along as a 70’s toy company makes it rich on fat, ugly babies only to lose it all on a laughably bad home computer system! (Those were the times.) Our returning Sponsor this week is Gavvie the Lovable Producer Plush doll, with a life-like smell! We open the show with parental riots and close with a song as treacly as the dolls that inspired it.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/PoOHeZpUSYc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Who Invented The Cabbage Patch Kids? https://thevibrantcrafter.com/who-invented-cabbage-patch-kids/ The Strange Cabbage Patch Craze https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921419,00.html The strange story of the Cabbage Patch Kid Riots of 1983 https://abc13.com/cabbage-patch-dolls-crazy-riot-the-vault/5713681/ The weird, rabid history of the Cabbage Patch craze https://timeline.com/cabbage-patch-craze-867ce8d076c Uncited Additional Reading: https://groovyhistory.com/cabbage-patch-kids/2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_Kids https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1257&context=sumagazine https://web.archive.org/web/20080218053854/http://www.cabbagepatchkids.com/pages/History_folklore/Milestones/milestones.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-cabbage-patch-kids-twisted-history-117266351832.html https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a32201/cabbage-patch-dolls-history/ https://www.purewow.com/entertainment/what-happened-to-cabbage-patch-kids https://abc13.com/cabbage-patch-dolls-crazy-riot-the-vault/5713681/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,967387,00.html https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,955377-1,00.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Don't Throw ME in that Cabbage Patch! full 389 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we head down to the toy store to beat the shit out of a mother of four who grabbed the last Cabbage Patch Doll before us. (She had it coming!) Show Notes Episode 389: Don’t Throw ME In that Cabbage Patch This week, Host Dave Bledsoe staggers into the Cabbage Patch looking for a little action only to get kicked out of the community garden for not wearing pants. (Again) On the show this week, we head down to the toy store to beat the shit out of a mother of four who grabbed the last Cabbage Patch Doll before us. (She had it coming!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s parents loved him enough to buy him guns, but not enough to buy him bullets. (Smart thinking there) From there we dive right into the story of a 21 year old art student who blatantly rips off a middle aged doll maker to create the biggest shit show toy craze of the 1980s! (Capitalism at work folks!) Then we discover how Cabbage Patch Dolls are actually conceived, and find it…disturbing. (THIS IS A KID’S TOY?!?!) We follow along as a 70’s toy company makes it rich on fat, ugly babies only to lose it all on a laughably bad home computer system! (Those were the times.) Our returning Sponsor this week is Gavvie the Lovable Producer Plush doll, with a life-like smell! We open the show with parental riots and close with a song as treacly as the dolls that inspired it.  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/PoOHeZpUSYc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Who Invented The Cabbage Patch Kids? https://thevibrantcrafter.com/who-invented-cabbage-patch-kids/ The Strange Cabbage Patch Craze https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921419,00.html The strange story of the Cabbage Patch Kid Riots of 1983 https://abc13.com/cabbage-patch-dolls-crazy-riot-the-vault/5713681/ The weird, rabid history of the Cabbage Patch craze https://timeline.com/cabbage-patch-craze-867ce8d076c Uncited Additional Reading: https://groovyhistory.com/cabbage-patch-kids/2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_Kids https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1257&context=sumagazine https://web.archive.org/web/20080218053854/http://www.cabbagepatchkids.com/pages/History_folklore/Milestones/milestones.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-cabbage-patch-kids-twisted-history-117266351832.html https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a32201/cabbage-patch-dolls-history/ https://www.purewow.com/entertainment/what-happened-to-cabbage-patch-kids https://abc13.com/cabbage-patch-dolls-crazy-riot-the-vault/5713681/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,967387,00.html https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,955377-1,00.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 389: Don’t Throw ME In that Cabbage Patch


This week, Host Dave Bledsoe staggers into the Cabbage Patch looking for a little action only to get kicked out of the community garden for not wearing pants. (Again) On the show this week, we head down to the toy store to beat the shit out of a mother of four who grabbed the last Cabbage Patch Doll before us. (She had it coming!)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s parents loved him enough to buy him guns, but not enough to buy him bullets. (Smart thinking there) From there we dive right into the story of a 21 year old art student who blatantly rips off a middle aged doll maker to create the biggest shit show toy craze of the 1980s! (Capitalism at work folks!) Then we discover how Cabbage Patch Dolls are actually conceived, and find it…disturbing. (THIS IS A KID’S TOY?!?!) We follow along as a 70’s toy company makes it rich on fat, ugly babies only to lose it all on a laughably bad home computer system! (Those were the times.)


Our returning Sponsor this week is Gavvie the Lovable Producer Plush doll, with a life-like smell! We open the show with parental riots and close with a song as treacly as the dolls that inspired it. 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/PoOHeZpUSYc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Who Invented The Cabbage Patch Kids?

https://thevibrantcrafter.com/who-invented-cabbage-patch-kids/


The Strange Cabbage Patch Craze

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921419,00.html


The strange story of the Cabbage Patch Kid Riots of 1983

https://abc13.com/cabbage-patch-dolls-crazy-riot-the-vault/5713681/


The weird, rabid history of the Cabbage Patch craze

https://timeline.com/cabbage-patch-craze-867ce8d076c


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://groovyhistory.com/cabbage-patch-kids/2


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_Kids


https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1257&context=sumagazine


https://web.archive.org/web/20080218053854/http://www.cabbagepatchkids.com/pages/History_folklore/Milestones/milestones.html


https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-cabbage-patch-kids-twisted-history-117266351832.html


https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a32201/cabbage-patch-dolls-history/


https://www.purewow.com/entertainment/what-happened-to-cabbage-patch-kids


https://abc13.com/cabbage-patch-dolls-crazy-riot-the-vault/5713681/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco


https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,967387,00.html


https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,955377-1,00.html

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]]> 1818 yes Episode 240 Redux: Dave Saves Christmas (Again) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Dave Saves Christmas (Again) full 240 Dave Bledsoe 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1970 yes Episode 388: As Seen On TV Show Notes Episode 388: As Seen on TV This week Host Dave Bledsoe is making a one time special offer for the low, low price of him not paying this bar tab if you just act now! (The bartender didn’t take him up on it.) On the show this week we take a look back at the origins of every late night bad decision in your life that did not involve a fellow bar patron with one eye and prison tattoo on their forehead, the infomercial.  Along the way we discover how Dave blocks commercials all the while making you listen to them so he can get paid. (Fucking hypocrite!) Then we dive right into the history of late night television and why you can only see cheesy products and washed up celebrities after 1 AM. (They need jobs too!) Then we explain why infomercials are so cheap and ubiquitous. (Do we play a bunch of them, you bet we do!) Then we tell you the tale of the man who almost (well he wasn’t even close) became President using the power of infomercials. (He actually just made Bill Clinton President.) Our Sponsor this week is the Beer Bladder, why pay outrageous prices for beer when you can squeeze it right out of your Beer Bladder. We open the show with a little practical advice and close with some cheesy corporate soft rock commercial music.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/9fn2kUnyCr4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: About Kevin Harrington https://kevinharrington.tv/ Wikipedia Informercials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomercial TV Infomercials Draw Mixed Reactions https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/nyregion/tv-infomercials-draw-mixed-reactions.html?pagewanted=2 Remind Me, Why Was It That We Ever Watched Infomercials? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/style/infomercials-television-prozac.html Selling Salvation? https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3164858&page=1 Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.bustle.com/p/16-things-you-wanted-from-infomercials-in-the-90s-7994328 https://www.yesteryearretro.com/2022/05/15-totally-awesome-90s-infomercial.html https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-infomercials-from-the-1990s/melissa-sartore https://finance.yahoo.com/news/19-infomercial-toys-90s-werent-164602771.html https://cafemom.com/news/198143-13_fly_infomercial_products_from’ https://www.cnbc.com/2014/05/02/meet-the-members-of-the-infomercial-hall-of-fame.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/12-favorite-infomercial-pitchmen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomercial https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-24-ca-1245-story.html https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/infomercial.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/27/nyregion/the-1992-campaign-the-media-perot-s-30-minute-tv-ads-defy-the-experts-again.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/media/22adco.html https://www.fastcompany.com/1794515/greatest-infomercial-parodies-all-time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:00:00 -0000 As Seen on TV full 388 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look back at the origins of every late night bad decision in your life that did not involve a fellow bar patron with one eye and prison tattoo on their forehead, the infomercial. Show Notes Episode 388: As Seen on TV This week Host Dave Bledsoe is making a one time special offer for the low, low price of him not paying this bar tab if you just act now! (The bartender didn’t take him up on it.) On the show this week we take a look back at the origins of every late night bad decision in your life that did not involve a fellow bar patron with one eye and prison tattoo on their forehead, the infomercial.  Along the way we discover how Dave blocks commercials all the while making you listen to them so he can get paid. (Fucking hypocrite!) Then we dive right into the history of late night television and why you can only see cheesy products and washed up celebrities after 1 AM. (They need jobs too!) Then we explain why infomercials are so cheap and ubiquitous. (Do we play a bunch of them, you bet we do!) Then we tell you the tale of the man who almost (well he wasn’t even close) became President using the power of infomercials. (He actually just made Bill Clinton President.) Our Sponsor this week is the Beer Bladder, why pay outrageous prices for beer when you can squeeze it right out of your Beer Bladder. We open the show with a little practical advice and close with some cheesy corporate soft rock commercial music.   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/9fn2kUnyCr4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: About Kevin Harrington https://kevinharrington.tv/ Wikipedia Informercials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomercial TV Infomercials Draw Mixed Reactions https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/nyregion/tv-infomercials-draw-mixed-reactions.html?pagewanted=2 Remind Me, Why Was It That We Ever Watched Infomercials? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/style/infomercials-television-prozac.html Selling Salvation? https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3164858&page=1 Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.bustle.com/p/16-things-you-wanted-from-infomercials-in-the-90s-7994328 https://www.yesteryearretro.com/2022/05/15-totally-awesome-90s-infomercial.html https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-infomercials-from-the-1990s/melissa-sartore https://finance.yahoo.com/news/19-infomercial-toys-90s-werent-164602771.html https://cafemom.com/news/198143-13_fly_infomercial_products_from’ https://www.cnbc.com/2014/05/02/meet-the-members-of-the-infomercial-hall-of-fame.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/12-favorite-infomercial-pitchmen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomercial https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-24-ca-1245-story.html https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/infomercial.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/27/nyregion/the-1992-campaign-the-media-perot-s-30-minute-tv-ads-defy-the-experts-again.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/media/22adco.html https://www.fastcompany.com/1794515/greatest-infomercial-parodies-all-time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 388: As Seen on TV


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is making a one time special offer for the low, low price of him not paying this bar tab if you just act now! (The bartender didn’t take him up on it.) On the show this week we take a look back at the origins of every late night bad decision in your life that did not involve a fellow bar patron with one eye and prison tattoo on their forehead, the infomercial. 


Along the way we discover how Dave blocks commercials all the while making you listen to them so he can get paid. (Fucking hypocrite!) Then we dive right into the history of late night television and why you can only see cheesy products and washed up celebrities after 1 AM. (They need jobs too!) Then we explain why infomercials are so cheap and ubiquitous. (Do we play a bunch of them, you bet we do!) Then we tell you the tale of the man who almost (well he wasn’t even close) became President using the power of infomercials. (He actually just made Bill Clinton President.)


Our Sponsor this week is the Beer Bladder, why pay outrageous prices for beer when you can squeeze it right out of your Beer Bladder. We open the show with a little practical advice and close with some cheesy corporate soft rock commercial music.  


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/9fn2kUnyCr4

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:

About Kevin Harrington

https://kevinharrington.tv/

Wikipedia Informercials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomercial

TV Infomercials Draw Mixed Reactions

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/nyregion/tv-infomercials-draw-mixed-reactions.html?pagewanted=2

Remind Me, Why Was It That We Ever Watched Infomercials?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/style/infomercials-television-prozac.html

Selling Salvation?

https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3164858&page=1


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://www.bustle.com/p/16-things-you-wanted-from-infomercials-in-the-90s-7994328


https://www.yesteryearretro.com/2022/05/15-totally-awesome-90s-infomercial.html


https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-infomercials-from-the-1990s/melissa-sartore


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/19-infomercial-toys-90s-werent-164602771.html


https://cafemom.com/news/198143-13_fly_infomercial_products_from’


https://www.cnbc.com/2014/05/02/meet-the-members-of-the-infomercial-hall-of-fame.html


https://www.thedailybeast.com/12-favorite-infomercial-pitchmen


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infomercial


https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-24-ca-1245-story.html


https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/infomercial.asp


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot


https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/27/nyregion/the-1992-campaign-the-media-perot-s-30-minute-tv-ads-defy-the-experts-again.html


https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/media/22adco.html


https://www.fastcompany.com/1794515/greatest-infomercial-parodies-all-time

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]]> 2063 yes Episode 387: Dumb Dave was SO DUMB! (How Dumb Was He?) Episode 387: Dumb Dave Was So Dumb (How Dumb Was He?) This week Host Dave Bledsoe is violently ejected from a pub trivia night for answering every question with “Who is Charles Nelson Reilly?”. (Again) On the show this week we talk about the raunchiest drinking party that ever pretended to be a game show in history, the Match Game. Along the way we learn that Dave doesn’t clearly remember much of anything. (Particularly when it is time to cut staff paychecks) Then we dive right into the origin stories of game shows and one game show specifically. (It is the Match Game, come we just told you that!) From its origins as a vanilla quiz panel to the heyday of the dirtiest show on TV!   Our Sponsor this week is That One Team at Pub Trivia, who want you to know they are IN THIS TO WIN THIS! We open with Match Game 74 and close with it as well!   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: The Match Game theme We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Secret(s) to Being a Successful Game Show Host https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/secrets-being-a-successful-game-show-host-977908/ Match Game Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Game 11 Fun Facts About Match Game https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/82089/11-fun-facts-about-match-game The Real Match Game Story-Behind The Blank: November 26, 2006 https://archive.org/details/the-real-match-game-story-behind-the-blank-november-26-2006  Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/arts/television/25blan.html https://ask.metafilter.com/270781/Are-there-any-salacious-history-books-of-1970s-gameshows https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/match-game https://www.primetimer.com/watch/the-match-game-premiered-on-nbc-58-years-ago-today-and-became-a-new-years-eve-tradition https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1960s/the-match-game/ https://markgoodson.fandom.com/wiki/Match_Game https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/heres-what-happened-to-match-game-host-gene-rayburn/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Dumb Dave was SO DUMB! (How Dumb Was He?) full 387 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the raunchiest drinking party that ever pretended to be a game show in history, the Match Game. Episode 387: Dumb Dave Was So Dumb (How Dumb Was He?) This week Host Dave Bledsoe is violently ejected from a pub trivia night for answering every question with “Who is Charles Nelson Reilly?”. (Again) On the show this week we talk about the raunchiest drinking party that ever pretended to be a game show in history, the Match Game. Along the way we learn that Dave doesn’t clearly remember much of anything. (Particularly when it is time to cut staff paychecks) Then we dive right into the origin stories of game shows and one game show specifically. (It is the Match Game, come we just told you that!) From its origins as a vanilla quiz panel to the heyday of the dirtiest show on TV!   Our Sponsor this week is That One Team at Pub Trivia, who want you to know they are IN THIS TO WIN THIS! We open with Match Game 74 and close with it as well!   Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: The Match Game theme We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Secret(s) to Being a Successful Game Show Host https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/secrets-being-a-successful-game-show-host-977908/ Match Game Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Game 11 Fun Facts About Match Game https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/82089/11-fun-facts-about-match-game The Real Match Game Story-Behind The Blank: November 26, 2006 https://archive.org/details/the-real-match-game-story-behind-the-blank-november-26-2006  Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/arts/television/25blan.html https://ask.metafilter.com/270781/Are-there-any-salacious-history-books-of-1970s-gameshows https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/match-game https://www.primetimer.com/watch/the-match-game-premiered-on-nbc-58-years-ago-today-and-became-a-new-years-eve-tradition https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1960s/the-match-game/ https://markgoodson.fandom.com/wiki/Match_Game https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/heres-what-happened-to-match-game-host-gene-rayburn/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 387: Dumb Dave Was So Dumb (How Dumb Was He?)


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is violently ejected from a pub trivia night for answering every question with “Who is Charles Nelson Reilly?”. (Again) On the show this week we talk about the raunchiest drinking party that ever pretended to be a game show in history, the Match Game.


Along the way we learn that Dave doesn’t clearly remember much of anything. (Particularly when it is time to cut staff paychecks) Then we dive right into the origin stories of game shows and one game show specifically. (It is the Match Game, come we just told you that!) From its origins as a vanilla quiz panel to the heyday of the dirtiest show on TV!  


Our Sponsor this week is That One Team at Pub Trivia, who want you to know they are IN THIS TO WIN THIS! We open with Match Game 74 and close with it as well!  


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: The Match Game theme

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


The Secret(s) to Being a Successful Game Show Host

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/secrets-being-a-successful-game-show-host-977908/


Match Game Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Game


11 Fun Facts About Match Game

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/82089/11-fun-facts-about-match-game


The Real Match Game Story-Behind The Blank: November 26, 2006

https://archive.org/details/the-real-match-game-story-behind-the-blank-november-26-2006 


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/arts/television/25blan.html


https://ask.metafilter.com/270781/Are-there-any-salacious-history-books-of-1970s-gameshows


https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/match-game


https://www.primetimer.com/watch/the-match-game-premiered-on-nbc-58-years-ago-today-and-became-a-new-years-eve-tradition


https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1960s/the-match-game/


https://markgoodson.fandom.com/wiki/Match_Game


https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/heres-what-happened-to-match-game-host-gene-rayburn/

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]]> 1990 yes Bonus Episode: A Yam for Katta (Redux) Once upon a time, Dave was NOT a hateful drunk filled with contempt for humanity. He was happy drunk, filled with hope for the future. (That ended pretty quick) This Thanksgiving we replay the only show we've ever produced that has nothing but hope, happiness and love. (It is kind of sickening) So take a listen while you make your Thanksgiving Dinners or just go about your Thursday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 23 Nov 2022 21:02:05 -0000 A Yam for Katta (Redux) bonus Dave Bledsoe For Thanksgiving we replay the most wholesome content we have ever created on this podcast. Once upon a time, Dave was NOT a hateful drunk filled with contempt for humanity. He was happy drunk, filled with hope for the future. (That ended pretty quick) This Thanksgiving we replay the only show we've ever produced that has nothing but hope, happiness and love. (It is kind of sickening) So take a listen while you make your Thanksgiving Dinners or just go about your Thursday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Once upon a time, Dave was NOT a hateful drunk filled with contempt for humanity. He was happy drunk, filled with hope for the future. (That ended pretty quick)

This Thanksgiving we replay the only show we've ever produced that has nothing but hope, happiness and love. (It is kind of sickening) So take a listen while you make your Thanksgiving Dinners or just go about your Thursday!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 1250 yes Episode 386: Family in the Front, Bomb in the Back Episode 386: Family In Front, Bomb In the Back This week Host Dave Bledsoe sustains painful burns in a sensitive area while attempting to light his farts as part of his “research” for this episode. (Again) On the show this week, we tell you the True Story of The Little Carefree Car, which turned out to need a LOT of care indeed, the Ford Pinto! (Big Badda Boom) Along the way, Dave tells the same damn story he always tells when cars come up about his dream car that turned out to be a real POS. (Much like every poor woman who dated Dave naively thinking he was their dream guy) Then we dive right into the story how Ford created a little car that could go boom because of the Nazis. (Technically, they were just West Germans by then) From there we dig into the details behind the design flaws that made the Pinto so flammable and the lawsuit that demonstrated how little the Ford Motor Company valued a human life. (Less than eleven dollars) Then we cover the debunking that wasn’t exactly a debunking, but more like lawyer-splaing. Our sponsor this week is A Used Yugo, does it suck? Yes, but it sucked when it was new! We open the show with a commercial introducing the Pinto and close with Randy Scott Slavin and his sweet ride! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/tRIY5H7pDuo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The First VW Beetle in the U.S. Landed 70 Years Ago https://www.motortrend.com/news/first-vw-beetle-landed-in-the-u-s-70-years-ago/ Poor Quality Products: Is their Production Unethical? https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00251749210015661/full/html Chevrolet Vega vs. Ford Pinto https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15125566/chevrolet-vega-vs-ford-pinto-archived-comparison/ Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 1981 https://www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto Wikipedia Ford Pinto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto Fatalities Associated With Crash Induced Fuel Leakage and Fires (Pinto Memo) https://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/import/phpq3mJ7F_FordMemo.pdf Youth Awarded $128 Million in Car Explosion https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/02/08/youth-awarded-128-million-in-car-explosion/62887410-f870-44da-98ab-14f58d6fffaf/ The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case http://www.pointoflaw.com/articles/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.autorephttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pintoair-review.com/shop/i92869/j-g-auto-inc/article/4002/why-did-ford-pintos-really-blow-up https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness/ https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/10/archives/yearold-recall-of-fords-pinto-continues-to-stir-deep-controversy-50.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/02/15/jury-in-pinto-crash-case-we-wanted-ford-to-take-notice/996a9aa5-8f48-4541-8553-19c63f666830/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Family in the Front, Bomb in the Back full 386 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we tell you the True Story of The Little Carefree Car, which turned out to need a LOT of care indeed, the Ford Pinto! (Big Badda Boom) Episode 386: Family In Front, Bomb In the Back This week Host Dave Bledsoe sustains painful burns in a sensitive area while attempting to light his farts as part of his “research” for this episode. (Again) On the show this week, we tell you the True Story of The Little Carefree Car, which turned out to need a LOT of care indeed, the Ford Pinto! (Big Badda Boom) Along the way, Dave tells the same damn story he always tells when cars come up about his dream car that turned out to be a real POS. (Much like every poor woman who dated Dave naively thinking he was their dream guy) Then we dive right into the story how Ford created a little car that could go boom because of the Nazis. (Technically, they were just West Germans by then) From there we dig into the details behind the design flaws that made the Pinto so flammable and the lawsuit that demonstrated how little the Ford Motor Company valued a human life. (Less than eleven dollars) Then we cover the debunking that wasn’t exactly a debunking, but more like lawyer-splaing. Our sponsor this week is A Used Yugo, does it suck? Yes, but it sucked when it was new! We open the show with a commercial introducing the Pinto and close with Randy Scott Slavin and his sweet ride! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/tRIY5H7pDuo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The First VW Beetle in the U.S. Landed 70 Years Ago https://www.motortrend.com/news/first-vw-beetle-landed-in-the-u-s-70-years-ago/ Poor Quality Products: Is their Production Unethical? https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00251749210015661/full/html Chevrolet Vega vs. Ford Pinto https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15125566/chevrolet-vega-vs-ford-pinto-archived-comparison/ Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 1981 https://www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto Wikipedia Ford Pinto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto Fatalities Associated With Crash Induced Fuel Leakage and Fires (Pinto Memo) https://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/import/phpq3mJ7F_FordMemo.pdf Youth Awarded $128 Million in Car Explosion https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/02/08/youth-awarded-128-million-in-car-explosion/62887410-f870-44da-98ab-14f58d6fffaf/ The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case http://www.pointoflaw.com/articles/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.autorephttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pintoair-review.com/shop/i92869/j-g-auto-inc/article/4002/why-did-ford-pintos-really-blow-up https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness/ https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/10/archives/yearold-recall-of-fords-pinto-continues-to-stir-deep-controversy-50.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/02/15/jury-in-pinto-crash-case-we-wanted-ford-to-take-notice/996a9aa5-8f48-4541-8553-19c63f666830/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe sustains painful burns in a sensitive area while attempting to light his farts as part of his “research” for this episode. (Again) On the show this week, we tell you the True Story of The Little Carefree Car, which turned out to need a LOT of care indeed, the Ford Pinto! (Big Badda Boom)


Along the way, Dave tells the same damn story he always tells when cars come up about his dream car that turned out to be a real POS. (Much like every poor woman who dated Dave naively thinking he was their dream guy) Then we dive right into the story how Ford created a little car that could go boom because of the Nazis. (Technically, they were just West Germans by then) From there we dig into the details behind the design flaws that made the Pinto so flammable and the lawsuit that demonstrated how little the Ford Motor Company valued a human life. (Less than eleven dollars) Then we cover the debunking that wasn’t exactly a debunking, but more like lawyer-splaing.


Our sponsor this week is A Used Yugo, does it suck? Yes, but it sucked when it was new! We open the show with a commercial introducing the Pinto and close with Randy Scott Slavin and his sweet ride!


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Citations Needed:


The First VW Beetle in the U.S. Landed 70 Years Ago

https://www.motortrend.com/news/first-vw-beetle-landed-in-the-u-s-70-years-ago/


Poor Quality Products: Is their Production Unethical?

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00251749210015661/full/html


Chevrolet Vega vs. Ford Pinto

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15125566/chevrolet-vega-vs-ford-pinto-archived-comparison/


Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 1981

https://www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto


Wikipedia Ford Pinto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto


Fatalities Associated With Crash Induced Fuel Leakage and Fires (Pinto Memo)

https://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/import/phpq3mJ7F_FordMemo.pdf


Youth Awarded $128 Million in Car Explosion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/02/08/youth-awarded-128-million-in-car-explosion/62887410-f870-44da-98ab-14f58d6fffaf/


The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case

http://www.pointoflaw.com/articles/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.autorephttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pintoair-review.com/shop/i92869/j-g-auto-inc/article/4002/why-did-ford-pintos-really-blow-up


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness/


https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/10/archives/yearold-recall-of-fords-pinto-continues-to-stir-deep-controversy-50.html


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/02/15/jury-in-pinto-crash-case-we-wanted-ford-to-take-notice/996a9aa5-8f48-4541-8553-19c63f666830/


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]]> 1859 yes Episode 385: They Were Dueling Dalton at the Double Deuce Show Notes Episode 385: They Were Dueling Dalton at the Double Deuce This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to apply for work as a Cooler in a small midtown bar hoping he can drink for free, only to discover the bartender is much tougher than he is and she kicks his ass right out. (Again) On the show this week we talk about one of the greatest movies of the 1980’s, it has everything, fighting, boobies, booze, boobies, monster trucks, boobies and a dude’s throat being ripped out: Road House! Along the way we learn about the time Dave was savagely beaten by a tiny Korean woman. (He deserved it) Then we jump right into the history of the noble profession of bouncing from its beginnings as temple guards to the modern incarnation of large men who tell you that you are too ugly get into the club. Then we deep dive on Road House, a movie that most critics thought was so terrible it might actually be good! (Unlike this show which is just bad.) Our Sponsor this week is the James Dalton School of Philosophy and Martial Arts, teaching you Zen and the Art of Kicking Ass. We open the show with Dalton’s Rules for successful bar bouncing and close with Jim DiBattista singing a cowboy ballad. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/TXMFP4pLmHY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Bouncers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncer IMDB: Road House https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/ Roger Ebert Reviews: Road House https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/road-house-1989 IMDB Road House Trivia https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv THE REAL MEANING OF “ROAD HOUSE” STARING PATRICK SWAYZE! https://overactiveimaginationforfunandprofit.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/the-real-meaning-of-road-house-staring-patrick-swayze-part-1/ Don't Take Film Too Seriously, "Road House' Star Elliott Says https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1989/05/28/dont-take-film-too-seriously-road-house-star-elliott-says/62612461007/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://web.archive.org/web/20070607170004/http://www.crimedoctor.com/nightclub1.htm https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/22/16041474/road-house-interview-rowdy-herrington-9f0894b29082 https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/22/16040720/road-house-patrick-swayze-good-bad-movies-5670135550c https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/road-house-oral-history-throat-rip-scene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film) https://www.eightieskids.com/things-you-might-not-have-realised-about-the-1989-film-road-house/3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000 They Were Dueling Dalton at the Double Deuce full 385 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about one of the greatest movies of the 1980’s, it has everything, fighting, boobies, booze, boobies, monster trucks, boobies and a dude’s throat being ripped out: Road House! Show Notes Episode 385: They Were Dueling Dalton at the Double Deuce This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to apply for work as a Cooler in a small midtown bar hoping he can drink for free, only to discover the bartender is much tougher than he is and she kicks his ass right out. (Again) On the show this week we talk about one of the greatest movies of the 1980’s, it has everything, fighting, boobies, booze, boobies, monster trucks, boobies and a dude’s throat being ripped out: Road House! Along the way we learn about the time Dave was savagely beaten by a tiny Korean woman. (He deserved it) Then we jump right into the history of the noble profession of bouncing from its beginnings as temple guards to the modern incarnation of large men who tell you that you are too ugly get into the club. Then we deep dive on Road House, a movie that most critics thought was so terrible it might actually be good! (Unlike this show which is just bad.) Our Sponsor this week is the James Dalton School of Philosophy and Martial Arts, teaching you Zen and the Art of Kicking Ass. We open the show with Dalton’s Rules for successful bar bouncing and close with Jim DiBattista singing a cowboy ballad. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/TXMFP4pLmHY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Bouncers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncer IMDB: Road House https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/ Roger Ebert Reviews: Road House https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/road-house-1989 IMDB Road House Trivia https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv THE REAL MEANING OF “ROAD HOUSE” STARING PATRICK SWAYZE! https://overactiveimaginationforfunandprofit.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/the-real-meaning-of-road-house-staring-patrick-swayze-part-1/ Don't Take Film Too Seriously, "Road House' Star Elliott Says https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1989/05/28/dont-take-film-too-seriously-road-house-star-elliott-says/62612461007/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://web.archive.org/web/20070607170004/http://www.crimedoctor.com/nightclub1.htm https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/22/16041474/road-house-interview-rowdy-herrington-9f0894b29082 https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/22/16040720/road-house-patrick-swayze-good-bad-movies-5670135550c https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/road-house-oral-history-throat-rip-scene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film) https://www.eightieskids.com/things-you-might-not-have-realised-about-the-1989-film-road-house/3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to apply for work as a Cooler in a small midtown bar hoping he can drink for free, only to discover the bartender is much tougher than he is and she kicks his ass right out. (Again) On the show this week we talk about one of the greatest movies of the 1980’s, it has everything, fighting, boobies, booze, boobies, monster trucks, boobies and a dude’s throat being ripped out: Road House!


Along the way we learn about the time Dave was savagely beaten by a tiny Korean woman. (He deserved it) Then we jump right into the history of the noble profession of bouncing from its beginnings as temple guards to the modern incarnation of large men who tell you that you are too ugly get into the club. Then we deep dive on Road House, a movie that most critics thought was so terrible it might actually be good! (Unlike this show which is just bad.)


Our Sponsor this week is the James Dalton School of Philosophy and Martial Arts, teaching you Zen and the Art of Kicking Ass. We open the show with Dalton’s Rules for successful bar bouncing and close with Jim DiBattista singing a cowboy ballad.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/TXMFP4pLmHY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Wikipedia: Bouncers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncer


IMDB: Road House

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/


Roger Ebert Reviews: Road House

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/road-house-1989


IMDB Road House Trivia

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv


THE REAL MEANING OF “ROAD HOUSE” STARING PATRICK SWAYZE!

https://overactiveimaginationforfunandprofit.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/the-real-meaning-of-road-house-staring-patrick-swayze-part-1/


Don't Take Film Too Seriously, "Road House' Star Elliott Says

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1989/05/28/dont-take-film-too-seriously-road-house-star-elliott-says/62612461007/


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://web.archive.org/web/20070607170004/http://www.crimedoctor.com/nightclub1.htm


https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/22/16041474/road-house-interview-rowdy-herrington-9f0894b29082


https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/22/16040720/road-house-patrick-swayze-good-bad-movies-5670135550c


https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/road-house-oral-history-throat-rip-scene


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)


https://www.eightieskids.com/things-you-might-not-have-realised-about-the-1989-film-road-house/3


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy

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]]> 1878 yes Episode 384: The Devil and Caleb Black Show Notes Episode 384: The Devil and Caleb Black Part 5 of Spooktacular 20222 This week Host Dave Bledsoe actually did some damn work and wrote original audio fiction for the finale of the Spooktacular. (It was because he was afraid the Satanists were gonna cast a hex on his Jameson bottle!) On the show this week tell you the story of a bad man and his deal with the Devil. (Not Dave, and the devil isn’t real) Along the way we meet Dave’s Papaw, who is the guy on the right in the show pic. He tells him a tale of an Appalachian bootlegger and his encounter with an old man in the mountains who makes him an offer he can’t refuse.  The Devil and Caleb Black is an original audio drama written, performed and sound designed by Dave Bledsoe. (Is it a thinly veiled rip off of Old Gods of Appalachian? Yes, it really is!) It concludes Spooktacular 2022, with one last story about the Devil. Hopefully the Church of Satan will not get their black silk crotchless panties in a twist over this one since we admit right here at the start, that we made the whole thing up. (So lighted up! We thought you guys had a sense of humor and shit!) Show Music: Matt King - The Mountain; The Builders and the Butchers - Bringin' Home the Rain; Rhiannon Giddens - Wayfaring Strangerrrisi); Copperhead Road by Steve Earle (Buchanan Boys Cover) Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:03:00 -0000 The Devil and Caleb Black (Pt 5 of Spooktacular 2022) full 384 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week tell you the story of a bad man and his deal with the Devil. (Not Dave, and the devil isn’t real) Show Notes Episode 384: The Devil and Caleb Black Part 5 of Spooktacular 20222 This week Host Dave Bledsoe actually did some damn work and wrote original audio fiction for the finale of the Spooktacular. (It was because he was afraid the Satanists were gonna cast a hex on his Jameson bottle!) On the show this week tell you the story of a bad man and his deal with the Devil. (Not Dave, and the devil isn’t real) Along the way we meet Dave’s Papaw, who is the guy on the right in the show pic. He tells him a tale of an Appalachian bootlegger and his encounter with an old man in the mountains who makes him an offer he can’t refuse.  The Devil and Caleb Black is an original audio drama written, performed and sound designed by Dave Bledsoe. (Is it a thinly veiled rip off of Old Gods of Appalachian? Yes, it really is!) It concludes Spooktacular 2022, with one last story about the Devil. Hopefully the Church of Satan will not get their black silk crotchless panties in a twist over this one since we admit right here at the start, that we made the whole thing up. (So lighted up! We thought you guys had a sense of humor and shit!) Show Music: Matt King - The Mountain; The Builders and the Butchers - Bringin' Home the Rain; Rhiannon Giddens - Wayfaring Strangerrrisi); Copperhead Road by Steve Earle (Buchanan Boys Cover) Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 384: The Devil and Caleb Black

Part 5 of Spooktacular 20222


This week Host Dave Bledsoe actually did some damn work and wrote original audio fiction for the finale of the Spooktacular. (It was because he was afraid the Satanists were gonna cast a hex on his Jameson bottle!) On the show this week tell you the story of a bad man and his deal with the Devil. (Not Dave, and the devil isn’t real)


Along the way we meet Dave’s Papaw, who is the guy on the right in the show pic. He tells him a tale of an Appalachian bootlegger and his encounter with an old man in the mountains who makes him an offer he can’t refuse. 


The Devil and Caleb Black is an original audio drama written, performed and sound designed by Dave Bledsoe. (Is it a thinly veiled rip off of Old Gods of Appalachian? Yes, it really is!) It concludes Spooktacular 2022, with one last story about the Devil. Hopefully the Church of Satan will not get their black silk crotchless panties in a twist over this one since we admit right here at the start, that we made the whole thing up. (So lighted up! We thought you guys had a sense of humor and shit!)


Show Music: Matt King - The Mountain; The Builders and the Butchers - Bringin' Home the Rain; Rhiannon Giddens - Wayfaring Strangerrrisi); Copperhead Road by Steve Earle (Buchanan Boys Cover)


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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]]> 1826 no Episode 383: I Didn't Go to Satanic Medical School to be Called Mister Show Notes Episode 383: I Didn't Go to Satanic Medical School to be Called Mister (Part 4 of Spooktacular 2022) This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands his bar tab be wiped out as a religious observance to his new Church of Dave! (The bartender was an atheist and told him to go to hell) On the show this week we introduce you to the man who made Satanism modern and cool, Howard Stanton Levey! (He preferred Dr. Anton Szandor LeVey) Along the way we learn about the first time Dave was called a devil worshiper and how much he was and is afraid of girls! (What a nerd!) Then we dive right into the exotic story of a boy, the circus and the Devil! (You can take the carnie out of the circus, but not the man!) We follow Anton LeVey from his humble origins of lying about his origins to his rise as a minor celebrity on the San Francisco OddBall circuit to his eventual formation of the Church of Satan. (Not really a church and didn’t even believe in Satan!) We take a look at Anton's philosophy and discover most of it is actually someone else’s philosophy with some spooky words and black cloaks. We chart the rise of the Church of Satan and the eventual decline of Anton LeVey when he discovered that most Satanists were just there for the black eye make up, the sex and the discounts at Denny’s (10% off all breakfast items at participating Denny’s in Northern California with proof of membership in the Church of Satan) Our sponsor this week is the Church of Dave, believe whatever you want to believe, just donate to Dave. We open with a plea to be noticed by Senpai and close with Anton LeVey tickling the ivories! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/X6XTyOqz_iM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Church of Satan History: The Magic Circle / Order of the Trapezoid https://www.churchofsatan.com/cos-order-of-trapezoid/ Wikipedia: Anton LeVay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey Wikipedia: LaVeyan Satanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism Serpent Anton Szandor LaVey by Magus Peter H. Gilmore © 2003 https://www.churchofsatan.com/history-anton-szandor-lavey/ COUNTERCULTURE SAN FRANCISCO FOUND SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL IN OCCULTIST ANTON SZANDOR LAVEY https://www.historynet.com/anton-szandor-lavey-church-of-satan-san-franscisco-counterculture/ Satan, the FBI, the Mob—and the Forgotten Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/12/fbi-satan-mobplot-kill-ted-kennedy-097180 Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Anton-LaVey-Church-of-Satan-founder-3309154.php https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=imwjournal https://vault.fbi.gov/anton-lavey-part-01-of-01/anton-lavey-part-01-of-01/view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible https://groovyhistory.com/satanism-invented-1960s-anton-lavey-church-of-satan/6 https://people.howstuffworks.com/satanism.htm#pt5 https://www.historynet.com/anton-szandor-lavey-church-of-satan-san-franscisco-counterculture/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110903122224/http://satanismcentral.com/aslv.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0000 I Didn't Go to Satanic Medical School to be Called Mister full 383 Dave Bledsoe Part 4 of Spooktacular 2022: On the show this week we introduce you to the man who made Satanism modern and cool, Howard Stanton Levey! (He preferred Dr. Anton Szandor LeVay) Show Notes Episode 383: I Didn't Go to Satanic Medical School to be Called Mister (Part 4 of Spooktacular 2022) This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands his bar tab be wiped out as a religious observance to his new Church of Dave! (The bartender was an atheist and told him to go to hell) On the show this week we introduce you to the man who made Satanism modern and cool, Howard Stanton Levey! (He preferred Dr. Anton Szandor LeVey) Along the way we learn about the first time Dave was called a devil worshiper and how much he was and is afraid of girls! (What a nerd!) Then we dive right into the exotic story of a boy, the circus and the Devil! (You can take the carnie out of the circus, but not the man!) We follow Anton LeVey from his humble origins of lying about his origins to his rise as a minor celebrity on the San Francisco OddBall circuit to his eventual formation of the Church of Satan. (Not really a church and didn’t even believe in Satan!) We take a look at Anton's philosophy and discover most of it is actually someone else’s philosophy with some spooky words and black cloaks. We chart the rise of the Church of Satan and the eventual decline of Anton LeVey when he discovered that most Satanists were just there for the black eye make up, the sex and the discounts at Denny’s (10% off all breakfast items at participating Denny’s in Northern California with proof of membership in the Church of Satan) Our sponsor this week is the Church of Dave, believe whatever you want to believe, just donate to Dave. We open with a plea to be noticed by Senpai and close with Anton LeVey tickling the ivories! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/X6XTyOqz_iM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Church of Satan History: The Magic Circle / Order of the Trapezoid https://www.churchofsatan.com/cos-order-of-trapezoid/ Wikipedia: Anton LeVay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey Wikipedia: LaVeyan Satanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism Serpent Anton Szandor LaVey by Magus Peter H. Gilmore © 2003 https://www.churchofsatan.com/history-anton-szandor-lavey/ COUNTERCULTURE SAN FRANCISCO FOUND SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL IN OCCULTIST ANTON SZANDOR LAVEY https://www.historynet.com/anton-szandor-lavey-church-of-satan-san-franscisco-counterculture/ Satan, the FBI, the Mob—and the Forgotten Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/12/fbi-satan-mobplot-kill-ted-kennedy-097180 Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Anton-LaVey-Church-of-Satan-founder-3309154.php https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=imwjournal https://vault.fbi.gov/anton-lavey-part-01-of-01/anton-lavey-part-01-of-01/view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible https://groovyhistory.com/satanism-invented-1960s-anton-lavey-church-of-satan/6 https://people.howstuffworks.com/satanism.htm#pt5 https://www.historynet.com/anton-szandor-lavey-church-of-satan-san-franscisco-counterculture/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110903122224/http://satanismcentral.com/aslv.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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Show Notes Episode 383: I Didn't Go to Satanic Medical School to be Called Mister

(Part 4 of Spooktacular 2022)


This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands his bar tab be wiped out as a religious observance to his new Church of Dave! (The bartender was an atheist and told him to go to hell) On the show this week we introduce you to the man who made Satanism modern and cool, Howard Stanton Levey! (He preferred Dr. Anton Szandor LeVey)


Along the way we learn about the first time Dave was called a devil worshiper and how much he was and is afraid of girls! (What a nerd!) Then we dive right into the exotic story of a boy, the circus and the Devil! (You can take the carnie out of the circus, but not the man!) We follow Anton LeVey from his humble origins of lying about his origins to his rise as a minor celebrity on the San Francisco OddBall circuit to his eventual formation of the Church of Satan. (Not really a church and didn’t even believe in Satan!) We take a look at Anton's philosophy and discover most of it is actually someone else’s philosophy with some spooky words and black cloaks. We chart the rise of the Church of Satan and the eventual decline of Anton LeVey when he discovered that most Satanists were just there for the black eye make up, the sex and the discounts at Denny’s (10% off all breakfast items at participating Denny’s in Northern California with proof of membership in the Church of Satan)


Our sponsor this week is the Church of Dave, believe whatever you want to believe, just donate to Dave. We open with a plea to be noticed by Senpai and close with Anton LeVey tickling the ivories!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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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/X6XTyOqz_iM

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Citations Needed:


Church of Satan History: The Magic Circle / Order of the Trapezoid

https://www.churchofsatan.com/cos-order-of-trapezoid/


Wikipedia: Anton LeVay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey


Wikipedia: LaVeyan Satanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism


Serpent Anton Szandor LaVey by Magus Peter H. Gilmore © 2003

https://www.churchofsatan.com/history-anton-szandor-lavey/


COUNTERCULTURE SAN FRANCISCO FOUND SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL IN OCCULTIST ANTON SZANDOR LAVEY

https://www.historynet.com/anton-szandor-lavey-church-of-satan-san-franscisco-counterculture/


Satan, the FBI, the Mob—and the Forgotten Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/12/fbi-satan-mobplot-kill-ted-kennedy-097180


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Anton-LaVey-Church-of-Satan-founder-3309154.php


https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=imwjournal


https://vault.fbi.gov/anton-lavey-part-01-of-01/anton-lavey-part-01-of-01/view


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible


https://groovyhistory.com/satanism-invented-1960s-anton-lavey-church-of-satan/6


https://people.howstuffworks.com/satanism.htm#pt5


https://www.historynet.com/anton-szandor-lavey-church-of-satan-san-franscisco-counterculture/


https://web.archive.org/web/20110903122224/http://satanismcentral.com/aslv.html

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]]> 2165 yes Spooktacular 2022 Bonus: The Depot The Depot is an original audio drama, written and performed by me Dave Bledsoe for the Spooktacular 2021 Patreon exclusive. Mix and sound editing by Gavin St James and story help came from Kimberly Steele. The closing music is by VJ Visuals by Jane see a show note for a link to their content. We are a member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network. If you enjoyed this content let us know and tell your friends to kick us a dolar to keep more coming. Thanks and remember to Stay Spooky Podfriends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 21 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0000 The Depot full Dave Bledsoe Last year's Patron exclusive is yours for free, but give us a dollar! The Depot is an original audio drama, written and performed by me Dave Bledsoe for the Spooktacular 2021 Patreon exclusive. Mix and sound editing by Gavin St James and story help came from Kimberly Steele. The closing music is by VJ Visuals by Jane see a show note for a link to their content. We are a member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network. If you enjoyed this content let us know and tell your friends to kick us a dolar to keep more coming. Thanks and remember to Stay Spooky Podfriends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The Depot is an original audio drama, written and performed by me Dave Bledsoe for the Spooktacular 2021 Patreon exclusive. Mix and sound editing by Gavin St James and story help came from Kimberly Steele. The closing music is by VJ Visuals by Jane see a show note for a link to their content. We are a member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network. If you enjoyed this content let us know and tell your friends to kick us a dolar to keep more coming. Thanks and remember to Stay Spooky Podfriends

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]]> 1331 Episode 382: So, You SAY You Love Satan Episode 382: “So, You SAY You Love Satan?” Part 3 of Spooktacular 2022 This week Host Dave Bledsoe has the strangest feeling he is not alone in his bed, only to wake up and realized he isn’t in his bed but has passed out on the bar (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2022 continues with Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker and how he said he loved Satan. (Satan never thought much of Richie) Along the way we learn how military unit nicknames could be somewhere better thought out. (A lot of “bastards” out there) Then we dive right into the story of Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez. (Though his friends and family just called him Richie, the little thieving asshole.) We take a short tour about what made Richie so very Richie (Dysfunction, drugs and war) and how that created one of the most sadistic serial killers in American history. (Which is saying something when you look at the competition.) Because this is NOT a true crime podcast, we do NOT go into the gory details because even for us, they are a bit much. Instead we talk about Richie’s relationship with the Dark Lord Satan and how it was a bit one sided. (The Devil repeatedly claimed “not to even know the guy!”) Then we wrap up by explaining that Richie was no more a Satanist than the Pope. (Who, well, you know!) Our sponsor this week is Walter’s Window Locks who remind you that you DIE if you don’t get a quality window lock from Walter’s! We open with CBS News and close with Riff Raff warning you about those who go bump in the night. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/CNGnHMgwnE0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Heavy metal, satanism and the Night Stalker https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/09/02/Heavy-metal-satanism-and-the-Night-Stalker/3569494481600/ WHEN KILLERS COME TO YOUR CHURCH: GROWING UP IN THE CHURCH OF SATAN https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/when-killers-come-to-your-church-growing-up-in-the-church-of-satan/96050/ Ramirez Ordered Her to ‘Swear Upon Satan,’ Rape Victim Testifies https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-16-me-138-story.html# Other Serial Slayings Tinged by Satanism : Elements of Devil Worship in Stalker Case May Not Be Factors in Motivation, Experts Caution https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-02-mn-22957-story.html# Jennifer Grise 12/00 RICHARD RAMIREZ https://pages.nyu.edu/keefer/ww1/grise.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://ihorror.com/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker/ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/5-shocking-real-life-cases-of-satanic-ritual-killings https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2018/05/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker-serial-killer/ https://www.grunge.com/296268/the-messed-up-truth-about-the-night-stalker/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/01/10260137/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-childhood-murders-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-ramirez-night-stalker https://www.thewrap.com/night-stalker-terrifying-facts-serial-killer-richard-ramirez/ https://www.foxla.com/news/on-this-day-in-1984-richard-ramirez-begins-night-stalker-killing-spree-in-southern-california https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2021/01/22/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-caught-victims-count/6676574002/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0000 So You SAY You Love Satan Pt 3 of Spooktacular 2022 full 382 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week Spooktacular 2022 continues with Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker and how he said he loved Satan. (Satan never thought much of Richie) Episode 382: “So, You SAY You Love Satan?” Part 3 of Spooktacular 2022 This week Host Dave Bledsoe has the strangest feeling he is not alone in his bed, only to wake up and realized he isn’t in his bed but has passed out on the bar (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2022 continues with Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker and how he said he loved Satan. (Satan never thought much of Richie) Along the way we learn how military unit nicknames could be somewhere better thought out. (A lot of “bastards” out there) Then we dive right into the story of Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez. (Though his friends and family just called him Richie, the little thieving asshole.) We take a short tour about what made Richie so very Richie (Dysfunction, drugs and war) and how that created one of the most sadistic serial killers in American history. (Which is saying something when you look at the competition.) Because this is NOT a true crime podcast, we do NOT go into the gory details because even for us, they are a bit much. Instead we talk about Richie’s relationship with the Dark Lord Satan and how it was a bit one sided. (The Devil repeatedly claimed “not to even know the guy!”) Then we wrap up by explaining that Richie was no more a Satanist than the Pope. (Who, well, you know!) Our sponsor this week is Walter’s Window Locks who remind you that you DIE if you don’t get a quality window lock from Walter’s! We open with CBS News and close with Riff Raff warning you about those who go bump in the night. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/CNGnHMgwnE0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Heavy metal, satanism and the Night Stalker https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/09/02/Heavy-metal-satanism-and-the-Night-Stalker/3569494481600/ WHEN KILLERS COME TO YOUR CHURCH: GROWING UP IN THE CHURCH OF SATAN https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/when-killers-come-to-your-church-growing-up-in-the-church-of-satan/96050/ Ramirez Ordered Her to ‘Swear Upon Satan,’ Rape Victim Testifies https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-16-me-138-story.html# Other Serial Slayings Tinged by Satanism : Elements of Devil Worship in Stalker Case May Not Be Factors in Motivation, Experts Caution https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-02-mn-22957-story.html# Jennifer Grise 12/00 RICHARD RAMIREZ https://pages.nyu.edu/keefer/ww1/grise.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://ihorror.com/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker/ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/5-shocking-real-life-cases-of-satanic-ritual-killings https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2018/05/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker-serial-killer/ https://www.grunge.com/296268/the-messed-up-truth-about-the-night-stalker/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/01/10260137/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-childhood-murders-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-ramirez-night-stalker https://www.thewrap.com/night-stalker-terrifying-facts-serial-killer-richard-ramirez/ https://www.foxla.com/news/on-this-day-in-1984-richard-ramirez-begins-night-stalker-killing-spree-in-southern-california https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2021/01/22/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-caught-victims-count/6676574002/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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Part 3 of Spooktacular 2022



This week Host Dave Bledsoe has the strangest feeling he is not alone in his bed, only to wake up and realized he isn’t in his bed but has passed out on the bar (Again) On the show this week Spooktacular 2022 continues with Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker and how he said he loved Satan. (Satan never thought much of Richie)


Along the way we learn how military unit nicknames could be somewhere better thought out. (A lot of “bastards” out there) Then we dive right into the story of Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez. (Though his friends and family just called him Richie, the little thieving asshole.) We take a short tour about what made Richie so very Richie (Dysfunction, drugs and war) and how that created one of the most sadistic serial killers in American history. (Which is saying something when you look at the competition.) Because this is NOT a true crime podcast, we do NOT go into the gory details because even for us, they are a bit much. Instead we talk about Richie’s relationship with the Dark Lord Satan and how it was a bit one sided. (The Devil repeatedly claimed “not to even know the guy!”) Then we wrap up by explaining that Richie was no more a Satanist than the Pope. (Who, well, you know!)


Our sponsor this week is Walter’s Window Locks who remind you that you DIE if you don’t get a quality window lock from Walter’s! We open with CBS News and close with Riff Raff warning you about those who go bump in the night.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/CNGnHMgwnE0

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Heavy metal, satanism and the Night Stalker

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/09/02/Heavy-metal-satanism-and-the-Night-Stalker/3569494481600/


WHEN KILLERS COME TO YOUR CHURCH: GROWING UP IN THE CHURCH OF SATAN

https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/when-killers-come-to-your-church-growing-up-in-the-church-of-satan/96050/


Ramirez Ordered Her to ‘Swear Upon Satan,’ Rape Victim Testifies

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-16-me-138-story.html#


Other Serial Slayings Tinged by Satanism : Elements of Devil Worship in Stalker Case May Not Be Factors in Motivation, Experts Caution

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-02-mn-22957-story.html#


Jennifer Grise 12/00 RICHARD RAMIREZ

https://pages.nyu.edu/keefer/ww1/grise.html


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://ihorror.com/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker/


https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/5-shocking-real-life-cases-of-satanic-ritual-killings


https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2018/05/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker-serial-killer/


https://www.grunge.com/296268/the-messed-up-truth-about-the-night-stalker/


https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/01/10260137/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-childhood-murders-death


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez


https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-ramirez-night-stalker


https://www.thewrap.com/night-stalker-terrifying-facts-serial-killer-richard-ramirez/


https://www.foxla.com/news/on-this-day-in-1984-richard-ramirez-begins-night-stalker-killing-spree-in-southern-california


https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2021/01/22/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-caught-victims-count/6676574002/

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]]> 1951 yes Spooktacular 2022 Bonus: Haunted Dolls In this bonus episode from last year's Patreon Specials we present to you a little review of HAUNTED DOLLS! We are not saying we BELIEVE in haunted dolls, we ARE saying you bring one of these things around us, we are setting it on fire! If you would like to support the show, kick us a dollar at https://www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast where we will be post new exclusive content soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 15 Oct 2022 19:00:00 -0000 Haunted Dolls bonus Dave Bledsoe Someone should just burn these monstrosities....enjoy! In this bonus episode from last year's Patreon Specials we present to you a little review of HAUNTED DOLLS! We are not saying we BELIEVE in haunted dolls, we ARE saying you bring one of these things around us, we are setting it on fire! If you would like to support the show, kick us a dollar at https://www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast where we will be post new exclusive content soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In this bonus episode from last year's Patreon Specials we present to you a little review of HAUNTED DOLLS! We are not saying we BELIEVE in haunted dolls, we ARE saying you bring one of these things around us, we are setting it on fire!

If you would like to support the show, kick us a dollar at https://www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast where we will be post new exclusive content soon!

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]]> 1318 Episode 381: SHOUT! SHOUT! Shout with the Devil! Part Two of Spooktacular 2022 Show Notes Episode 381: SHOUT! SHOUT! Shouting With the Devil Part Two of Spooktacular 2022 This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Iron Maiden t-shirt, straps on his leather and spikes and tries to relive his headbanging youth, only to grievously injure his neck and need an appointment with his chiropractor. (He is OLD!) On the show this week we head back to the Glory Days of Heavy Metal when Satan reigned supreme and everyone was worried the kids were practicing the Dark Arts. (This was before Satan got into producing Boy Bands) Along the way we learn that Dave’s indoctrination involved a deal with the Devil (Because apparently the Devil needed a Dungeon Master’s Guide) Then we dive right into the history of Heavy Metal from its humble origins as acid influenced guitar shredding and the short, quick march into the occult realms of(checks our research notes) JRR Tolkien. We tell you about why Black Sabbath used some many “diabolical” themes in their music (Hint: because it was COOL AS HELL!) and Alisteir Crowley became the go to guy for every Heavy Metal songwriter. (Drugs, it was the drugs.) Then we explain why people thought Heavy Metal musicians and their record labels thought the bands were telling their fans to kill themselves. (We guess all the money, drugs and sex was really getting them down.) Finally we explain why young people like to listen to loud angry music for all you parents out there. (Hint: Because they’re teenagers) Our Sponsor this week is Lucifer and the Lucitones, the world’s only Satanic Polka Band, they Oompa the Hell Into You! We open with Bill Hicks explaining the fallacy of killing fans as a business model and close with Divided Heaven with the most mellow version of a Motley Crue song ever played. Spooktacular 2022 jams on!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/3ILjLT5qjUA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: A Brief History of Metal https://metal.mit.edu/brief-history-metal The True Story Of Black Sabbath's Real (And Fake) Relationship With Satan https://www.ranker.com/list/black-sabbath-s-relationship-with-satan/jacob-shelton Wikipedia Heavy Metal Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music Wikipedia Backmasking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking Judas Priest’s Subliminal Message Trial: Rob Halford Looks Back https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/judas-priests-subliminal-message-trial-rob-halford-looks-back-57552/ The Judas Priest Trial: The Verdict on Subliminality : Mind Intrusion Is the Worst Kind of Invasion of Privacy https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-27-ca-124-story.html How Motley Crue’s ‘Shout With the Devil’ Became ‘Shout at the Devil’ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-shout-at-the-devil-song/ Heavy Metal Rock and Gangsta Rap Music Promote Violence https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/heavy-metal-rock-and-gangsta-rap-music-promote-violence-violence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0000 SHOUT! SHOUT! Shout with the Devil! Part Two of Spooktacular 2022 full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the Glory Days of Heavy Metal when Satan reigned supreme and everyone was worried the kids were practicing the Dark Arts. (This was before Satan got into producing Boy Bands) Show Notes Episode 381: SHOUT! SHOUT! Shouting With the Devil Part Two of Spooktacular 2022 This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Iron Maiden t-shirt, straps on his leather and spikes and tries to relive his headbanging youth, only to grievously injure his neck and need an appointment with his chiropractor. (He is OLD!) On the show this week we head back to the Glory Days of Heavy Metal when Satan reigned supreme and everyone was worried the kids were practicing the Dark Arts. (This was before Satan got into producing Boy Bands) Along the way we learn that Dave’s indoctrination involved a deal with the Devil (Because apparently the Devil needed a Dungeon Master’s Guide) Then we dive right into the history of Heavy Metal from its humble origins as acid influenced guitar shredding and the short, quick march into the occult realms of(checks our research notes) JRR Tolkien. We tell you about why Black Sabbath used some many “diabolical” themes in their music (Hint: because it was COOL AS HELL!) and Alisteir Crowley became the go to guy for every Heavy Metal songwriter. (Drugs, it was the drugs.) Then we explain why people thought Heavy Metal musicians and their record labels thought the bands were telling their fans to kill themselves. (We guess all the money, drugs and sex was really getting them down.) Finally we explain why young people like to listen to loud angry music for all you parents out there. (Hint: Because they’re teenagers) Our Sponsor this week is Lucifer and the Lucitones, the world’s only Satanic Polka Band, they Oompa the Hell Into You! We open with Bill Hicks explaining the fallacy of killing fans as a business model and close with Divided Heaven with the most mellow version of a Motley Crue song ever played. Spooktacular 2022 jams on!  Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/3ILjLT5qjUA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: A Brief History of Metal https://metal.mit.edu/brief-history-metal The True Story Of Black Sabbath's Real (And Fake) Relationship With Satan https://www.ranker.com/list/black-sabbath-s-relationship-with-satan/jacob-shelton Wikipedia Heavy Metal Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music Wikipedia Backmasking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking Judas Priest’s Subliminal Message Trial: Rob Halford Looks Back https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/judas-priests-subliminal-message-trial-rob-halford-looks-back-57552/ The Judas Priest Trial: The Verdict on Subliminality : Mind Intrusion Is the Worst Kind of Invasion of Privacy https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-27-ca-124-story.html How Motley Crue’s ‘Shout With the Devil’ Became ‘Shout at the Devil’ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-shout-at-the-devil-song/ Heavy Metal Rock and Gangsta Rap Music Promote Violence https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/heavy-metal-rock-and-gangsta-rap-music-promote-violence-violence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 381: SHOUT! SHOUT! Shouting With the Devil

Part Two of Spooktacular 2022


This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Iron Maiden t-shirt, straps on his leather and spikes and tries to relive his headbanging youth, only to grievously injure his neck and need an appointment with his chiropractor. (He is OLD!) On the show this week we head back to the Glory Days of Heavy Metal when Satan reigned supreme and everyone was worried the kids were practicing the Dark Arts. (This was before Satan got into producing Boy Bands)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s indoctrination involved a deal with the Devil (Because apparently the Devil needed a Dungeon Master’s Guide) Then we dive right into the history of Heavy Metal from its humble origins as acid influenced guitar shredding and the short, quick march into the occult realms of(checks our research notes) JRR Tolkien. We tell you about why Black Sabbath used some many “diabolical” themes in their music (Hint: because it was COOL AS HELL!) and Alisteir Crowley became the go to guy for every Heavy Metal songwriter. (Drugs, it was the drugs.) Then we explain why people thought Heavy Metal musicians and their record labels thought the bands were telling their fans to kill themselves. (We guess all the money, drugs and sex was really getting them down.) Finally we explain why young people like to listen to loud angry music for all you parents out there. (Hint: Because they’re teenagers)


Our Sponsor this week is Lucifer and the Lucitones, the world’s only Satanic Polka Band, they Oompa the Hell Into You! We open with Bill Hicks explaining the fallacy of killing fans as a business model and close with Divided Heaven with the most mellow version of a Motley Crue song ever played. Spooktacular 2022 jams on! 


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/3ILjLT5qjUA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:

A Brief History of Metal

https://metal.mit.edu/brief-history-metal


The True Story Of Black Sabbath's Real (And Fake) Relationship With Satan

https://www.ranker.com/list/black-sabbath-s-relationship-with-satan/jacob-shelton


Wikipedia Heavy Metal Music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music


Wikipedia Backmasking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking


Judas Priest’s Subliminal Message Trial: Rob Halford Looks Back

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/judas-priests-subliminal-message-trial-rob-halford-looks-back-57552/


The Judas Priest Trial: The Verdict on Subliminality : Mind Intrusion Is the Worst Kind of Invasion of Privacy

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-27-ca-124-story.html


How Motley Crue’s ‘Shout With the Devil’ Became ‘Shout at the Devil’

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-shout-at-the-devil-song/


Heavy Metal Rock and Gangsta Rap Music Promote Violence

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/heavy-metal-rock-and-gangsta-rap-music-promote-violence-violence


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]]> 2650 Spooktacular 2022 Bonus: The Candy Man Can Happy Halloween Podfriends, it is time for a Patreon Exclusive for Spooktacular 2021. We begin with Father of the Year 1974 Ronald O’Bryan, the man who murdered his child for money by poisoning his Halloween Candy! This asshole is the reason your parents got the first shot of all the good candy before you could even touch it! Big thank you to all our Patrons who keep this show liquored up and coming at you all year round. If you like what you hear, and we’ve got more cool stuff coming, tell a friend, tell an enemy, tell that creepy guy on the train who MIGHT be jerking off while staring at you to kick a dollar to keep the content coming! (Kind of like that creepy guy on the train!) Sources: The Haunting Legacy of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, the Man Who Killed Halloween https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-halloween 35 years later, memories of notorious Halloween ‘Candyman’ murder remain vivid https://www.statesman.com/news/20161014/35-years-later-memories-of-notorious-halloween-candyman-murder-remain-vivid Spooky Music courtesy of Darren Curtis Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE3yg1sjKJvHLz3GlSrPiOw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 07 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0000 The Candy Man Can full Dave Bledsoe This asshole is the reason your parents got the first shot of all the good candy before you could even touch it! Happy Halloween Podfriends, it is time for a Patreon Exclusive for Spooktacular 2021. We begin with Father of the Year 1974 Ronald O’Bryan, the man who murdered his child for money by poisoning his Halloween Candy! This asshole is the reason your parents got the first shot of all the good candy before you could even touch it! Big thank you to all our Patrons who keep this show liquored up and coming at you all year round. If you like what you hear, and we’ve got more cool stuff coming, tell a friend, tell an enemy, tell that creepy guy on the train who MIGHT be jerking off while staring at you to kick a dollar to keep the content coming! (Kind of like that creepy guy on the train!) Sources: The Haunting Legacy of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, the Man Who Killed Halloween https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-halloween 35 years later, memories of notorious Halloween ‘Candyman’ murder remain vivid https://www.statesman.com/news/20161014/35-years-later-memories-of-notorious-halloween-candyman-murder-remain-vivid Spooky Music courtesy of Darren Curtis Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE3yg1sjKJvHLz3GlSrPiOw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Happy Halloween Podfriends, it is time for a Patreon Exclusive for Spooktacular 2021. We begin with Father of the Year 1974 Ronald O’Bryan, the man who murdered his child for money by poisoning his Halloween Candy! This asshole is the reason your parents got the first shot of all the good candy before you could even touch it!

Big thank you to all our Patrons who keep this show liquored up and coming at you all year round. If you like what you hear, and we’ve got more cool stuff coming, tell a friend, tell an enemy, tell that creepy guy on the train who MIGHT be jerking off while staring at you to kick a dollar to keep the content coming! (Kind of like that creepy guy on the train!)

Sources:

The Haunting Legacy of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, the Man Who Killed Halloween

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-halloween

35 years later, memories of notorious Halloween ‘Candyman’ murder remain vivid

https://www.statesman.com/news/20161014/35-years-later-memories-of-notorious-halloween-candyman-murder-remain-vivid

Spooky Music courtesy of Darren Curtis Music

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE3yg1sjKJvHLz3GlSrPiOw

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]]> 1142 Episode 380: The Devil Goes Hollywood Show Notes Episode 380: Stay Away From Captain Howdy, Kids! Part 1 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a bad tumble down the Exorcist Steps and has to go Dixie Liquors for his “medicine”. (This will only make sense if you live near Georgetown University) On the show this week we kick off the Spooktacular with the true tale of the scariest movie of all time and how it might have started the Satanic Panic! (No, not Mazes and Monsters! The Exorcist!) Along the way we discover the REAL reason Dave had to drop out of Georgetown. (He used all his student loan money for booze!) Then we dive right into the story of how The Exorcist went from nationwide best selling novel to a blockbuster movie that had people puking in the aisles like a possessed little girl! (Most of which never really happened) From the cursed film set (cursed by an asshole director that is) to its impact on how people in America believed in religion! The true story of The Exorcist is more about the devil inside the marketing department than some red dude with horns and a pitchfork. (Sorry, Satan!) Our Sponsor this week is The Infernal Names, when you don’t have to time invoke them all, just use Infernal Names. We open with news footage from 1974 and close with LeFay warning kids to stay away from a creepy military officer. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/JNKNFAKt7Q8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   Demoniac: Who Is Roland Doe, the Boy Who Inspired The Exorcist? https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/demoniac-who-is-roland-doe-the-boy-who-inspired-the-exorcist/ Boy whose case inspired The Exorcist is named by US magazine https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/the-exorcist-boy-named-magazine THE EXORCIST – The Story Of A Cursed Production https://cinemascholars.com/the-exorcist-the-story-of-a-cursed-production/ The Exorcist Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist#Critical_response Roger Ebert The Exorcist https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-exorcist-1973 They Wait Hours to Be Shocked https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/27/archives/they-wait-hoursto-be-shocked-the-exorcist-got-mixed-reviews-why-has.html The Folk Piety of William Peter Blatty: The Exorcist in the Context of Secularization Joseph Laycock https://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr05006.pdf ‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09526951211004465 AMERICAN EXORCISM https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/ Exorcists and Exorcisms Proliferate Across U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/28/us/exorcists-and-exorcisms-proliferate-across-us.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/the-exorcist-40th-anniversary-blu-ray-why-the-devil-fearing-south-loves-william-friedkins-profane-horror-movie-classic.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(novel) https://screenrant.com/the-exorcist-making-of-behind-scenes-hidden-trivia/ https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-terror-of-unbelief/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/exorcist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html https://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr05006.pdf https://youtu.be/LSVHpX1CDN8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0000 The Devil Goes Hollywood Part 1 of Spooktacular 2022 full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off the Spooktacular with the true tale of the scariest movie of all time and how it might have started the Satanic Panic! (No, not Mazes and Monsters! The Exorcist!) Show Notes Episode 380: Stay Away From Captain Howdy, Kids! Part 1 of Spooktacular 2023 This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a bad tumble down the Exorcist Steps and has to go Dixie Liquors for his “medicine”. (This will only make sense if you live near Georgetown University) On the show this week we kick off the Spooktacular with the true tale of the scariest movie of all time and how it might have started the Satanic Panic! (No, not Mazes and Monsters! The Exorcist!) Along the way we discover the REAL reason Dave had to drop out of Georgetown. (He used all his student loan money for booze!) Then we dive right into the story of how The Exorcist went from nationwide best selling novel to a blockbuster movie that had people puking in the aisles like a possessed little girl! (Most of which never really happened) From the cursed film set (cursed by an asshole director that is) to its impact on how people in America believed in religion! The true story of The Exorcist is more about the devil inside the marketing department than some red dude with horns and a pitchfork. (Sorry, Satan!) Our Sponsor this week is The Infernal Names, when you don’t have to time invoke them all, just use Infernal Names. We open with news footage from 1974 and close with LeFay warning kids to stay away from a creepy military officer. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/JNKNFAKt7Q8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   Demoniac: Who Is Roland Doe, the Boy Who Inspired The Exorcist? https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/demoniac-who-is-roland-doe-the-boy-who-inspired-the-exorcist/ Boy whose case inspired The Exorcist is named by US magazine https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/the-exorcist-boy-named-magazine THE EXORCIST – The Story Of A Cursed Production https://cinemascholars.com/the-exorcist-the-story-of-a-cursed-production/ The Exorcist Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist#Critical_response Roger Ebert The Exorcist https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-exorcist-1973 They Wait Hours to Be Shocked https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/27/archives/they-wait-hoursto-be-shocked-the-exorcist-got-mixed-reviews-why-has.html The Folk Piety of William Peter Blatty: The Exorcist in the Context of Secularization Joseph Laycock https://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr05006.pdf ‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09526951211004465 AMERICAN EXORCISM https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/ Exorcists and Exorcisms Proliferate Across U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/28/us/exorcists-and-exorcisms-proliferate-across-us.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/the-exorcist-40th-anniversary-blu-ray-why-the-devil-fearing-south-loves-william-friedkins-profane-horror-movie-classic.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(novel) https://screenrant.com/the-exorcist-making-of-behind-scenes-hidden-trivia/ https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-terror-of-unbelief/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/exorcist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html https://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr05006.pdf https://youtu.be/LSVHpX1CDN8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 380: Stay Away From Captain Howdy, Kids!

Part 1 of Spooktacular 2023


This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a bad tumble down the Exorcist Steps and has to go Dixie Liquors for his “medicine”. (This will only make sense if you live near Georgetown University) On the show this week we kick off the Spooktacular with the true tale of the scariest movie of all time and how it might have started the Satanic Panic! (No, not Mazes and Monsters! The Exorcist!)


Along the way we discover the REAL reason Dave had to drop out of Georgetown. (He used all his student loan money for booze!) Then we dive right into the story of how The Exorcist went from nationwide best selling novel to a blockbuster movie that had people puking in the aisles like a possessed little girl! (Most of which never really happened) From the cursed film set (cursed by an asshole director that is) to its impact on how people in America believed in religion! The true story of The Exorcist is more about the devil inside the marketing department than some red dude with horns and a pitchfork. (Sorry, Satan!)


Our Sponsor this week is The Infernal Names, when you don’t have to time invoke them all, just use Infernal Names. We open with news footage from 1974 and close with LeFay warning kids to stay away from a creepy military officer.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/JNKNFAKt7Q8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:  


Demoniac: Who Is Roland Doe, the Boy Who Inspired The Exorcist?

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/demoniac-who-is-roland-doe-the-boy-who-inspired-the-exorcist/


Boy whose case inspired The Exorcist is named by US magazine

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/the-exorcist-boy-named-magazine


THE EXORCIST – The Story Of A Cursed Production

https://cinemascholars.com/the-exorcist-the-story-of-a-cursed-production/


The Exorcist Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist#Critical_response


Roger Ebert The Exorcist

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-exorcist-1973


They Wait Hours to Be Shocked

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/27/archives/they-wait-hoursto-be-shocked-the-exorcist-got-mixed-reviews-why-has.html


The Folk Piety of William Peter Blatty: The Exorcist in the Context of Secularization

Joseph Laycock

https://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr05006.pdf


‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09526951211004465


AMERICAN EXORCISM

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/


Exorcists and Exorcisms Proliferate Across U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/28/us/exorcists-and-exorcisms-proliferate-across-us.html


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/the-exorcist-40th-anniversary-blu-ray-why-the-devil-fearing-south-loves-william-friedkins-profane-horror-movie-classic.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(novel)


https://screenrant.com/the-exorcist-making-of-behind-scenes-hidden-trivia/


https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-terror-of-unbelief/


https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/exorcist


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html


https://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr05006.pdf


https://youtu.be/LSVHpX1CDN8

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]]> 2220 Spooktacular 2022 Teaser Trailer The Devil Inside! Podfriends, THE DEVIL IS REAL! (Popular, there is no Devil) The Spooktacular is here and we are talking all things Satanic in FIVE episode this October! Every Monday in October has a brand new show! See you in Hell! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:40:10 -0000 Spooktacular 2022 Teaser Trailer The Devil Inside! trailer 2023 Dave Bledsoe This month we've got The Devil Inside Us! Podfriends, THE DEVIL IS REAL! (Popular, there is no Devil) The Spooktacular is here and we are talking all things Satanic in FIVE episode this October! Every Monday in October has a brand new show! See you in Hell! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Podfriends, THE DEVIL IS REAL! (Popular, there is no Devil) The Spooktacular is here and we are talking all things Satanic in FIVE episode this October! Every Monday in October has a brand new show! See you in Hell!

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]]> 70 yes Episode 307: HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO Redux Show Notes Episode 307: HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO! This week Host Dave Bledsoe cut his heel on a pop top and had to cruise on back home, meaning he got bombed off his ass drinking margaritas and is listening to Jimmy Buffett. (again) On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!)  Along the way we learn a little about what Dave thought he might do as a second career back in the 90’s, both of which were VERY bad ideas. (We are shocked he didn’t do them!) Then we head to Key West Florida for the true tales of the last pirate republic, the Conch Republic in the 1970’s when bales of weed floated up on the beach and enterprising islanders could make their fortune selling it. (Honestly, we are sure this STILL happens down there) Then we take a look at the rise of the cocaine culture in the States and how it was FUN to be a smuggler before Reagan came along and ruined it. (Like he did EVERYTHING!) From there we learn about how the rest of Florida harshed Key West’s buzz and ruined a good deal for everyone, especially Bum Farto. (Who again is NOT a name Dave just made up to tell fart jokes.) Finally we explore the mystery of who Bum Farto was and try to answer the question “Where IS Bum Farto!” (Don’t expect a satisfactory answer.) Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shack who wants you to know just because a place LOOKS like a drug front doesn’t mean it necessarily IS a drug front. We open the show with an NBC news story on Operation Conch and close with Koit who wants you to know how THEIR bum goes. 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/n6Hm4LZv1sU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice https://reason.com/2021/03/20/this-florida-drug-smuggler-escaped-7-life-sentences-twice/?fbclid=IwAR1AWFGyXFlsFzLmvvzVl6i397ighgWsxVm8K1bDGW2a3F7VOFWGLBcMOas WHERE IS BUM FARTO https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-10-06-9610100301-story.html THE BUM FARTO FILES – TOO MANY CHIEFS https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-too-many-chiefs/ THE BUM FARTO FILES: THE OTHER OPERATION CONCH https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-the-other-operation-conch/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://keysweekly.com/42/bum-farto-podcast-explores-key-wests-drug-dealing-fugitive-fire-chief/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/joseph-bum-fartos-desk https://thebluepaper.com/article/dennis-reeves-cooper-the-bubba-busts-revisited/ https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-better-red-than-dead/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0000 HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO Redux full 307 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!) Show Notes Episode 307: HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO! This week Host Dave Bledsoe cut his heel on a pop top and had to cruise on back home, meaning he got bombed off his ass drinking margaritas and is listening to Jimmy Buffett. (again) On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!)  Along the way we learn a little about what Dave thought he might do as a second career back in the 90’s, both of which were VERY bad ideas. (We are shocked he didn’t do them!) Then we head to Key West Florida for the true tales of the last pirate republic, the Conch Republic in the 1970’s when bales of weed floated up on the beach and enterprising islanders could make their fortune selling it. (Honestly, we are sure this STILL happens down there) Then we take a look at the rise of the cocaine culture in the States and how it was FUN to be a smuggler before Reagan came along and ruined it. (Like he did EVERYTHING!) From there we learn about how the rest of Florida harshed Key West’s buzz and ruined a good deal for everyone, especially Bum Farto. (Who again is NOT a name Dave just made up to tell fart jokes.) Finally we explore the mystery of who Bum Farto was and try to answer the question “Where IS Bum Farto!” (Don’t expect a satisfactory answer.) Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shack who wants you to know just because a place LOOKS like a drug front doesn’t mean it necessarily IS a drug front. We open the show with an NBC news story on Operation Conch and close with Koit who wants you to know how THEIR bum goes. 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/n6Hm4LZv1sU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice https://reason.com/2021/03/20/this-florida-drug-smuggler-escaped-7-life-sentences-twice/?fbclid=IwAR1AWFGyXFlsFzLmvvzVl6i397ighgWsxVm8K1bDGW2a3F7VOFWGLBcMOas WHERE IS BUM FARTO https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-10-06-9610100301-story.html THE BUM FARTO FILES – TOO MANY CHIEFS https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-too-many-chiefs/ THE BUM FARTO FILES: THE OTHER OPERATION CONCH https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-the-other-operation-conch/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://keysweekly.com/42/bum-farto-podcast-explores-key-wests-drug-dealing-fugitive-fire-chief/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/joseph-bum-fartos-desk https://thebluepaper.com/article/dennis-reeves-cooper-the-bubba-busts-revisited/ https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-better-red-than-dead/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe cut his heel on a pop top and had to cruise on back home, meaning he got bombed off his ass drinking margaritas and is listening to Jimmy Buffett. (again) On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!) 


Along the way we learn a little about what Dave thought he might do as a second career back in the 90’s, both of which were VERY bad ideas. (We are shocked he didn’t do them!) Then we head to Key West Florida for the true tales of the last pirate republic, the Conch Republic in the 1970’s when bales of weed floated up on the beach and enterprising islanders could make their fortune selling it. (Honestly, we are sure this STILL happens down there) Then we take a look at the rise of the cocaine culture in the States and how it was FUN to be a smuggler before Reagan came along and ruined it. (Like he did EVERYTHING!) From there we learn about how the rest of Florida harshed Key West’s buzz and ruined a good deal for everyone, especially Bum Farto. (Who again is NOT a name Dave just made up to tell fart jokes.) Finally we explore the mystery of who Bum Farto was and try to answer the question “Where IS Bum Farto!” (Don’t expect a satisfactory answer.)


Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shack who wants you to know just because a place LOOKS like a drug front doesn’t mean it necessarily IS a drug front. We open the show with an NBC news story on Operation Conch and close with Koit who wants you to know how THEIR bum goes.


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/n6Hm4LZv1sU

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice

https://reason.com/2021/03/20/this-florida-drug-smuggler-escaped-7-life-sentences-twice/?fbclid=IwAR1AWFGyXFlsFzLmvvzVl6i397ighgWsxVm8K1bDGW2a3F7VOFWGLBcMOas


WHERE IS BUM FARTO

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-10-06-9610100301-story.html


THE BUM FARTO FILES – TOO MANY CHIEFS

https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-too-many-chiefs/


THE BUM FARTO FILES: THE OTHER OPERATION CONCH

https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-the-other-operation-conch/


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://keysweekly.com/42/bum-farto-podcast-explores-key-wests-drug-dealing-fugitive-fire-chief/


https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/joseph-bum-fartos-desk


https://thebluepaper.com/article/dennis-reeves-cooper-the-bubba-busts-revisited/


https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-better-red-than-dead/

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]]> 1892 yes Episode 379: I Talk Funny Sometimes Show Notes Episode 379: I Talk Funny Sometimes This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to play off not paying this week by saying he came in to pay his bartab last week and the bartender probably just forgot about it. (This…does not work) On the show this week we try to play off that this is mostly a rerun show by tossing a few clips of unheard content that wasn’t good enough to make the show when it was created. (This..will not work) Along the way we discover that Dave does a horrible Trump impression, (Join the club) Then we dive right into some clips that someone thought (Dave) were funny enough to highlight. Going back over seven years, he managed to find just enough to make the show as long as it is. Considering the hundreds of hours of podcasts, that he struggled to find enough content to make close to thirty minutes says something. (But not something good)  Our Sponsor this week is “Have I Heard This Before” because if you haven’t heard it, it is new to you! We open with our man Rerun and close with (God help us) Dave singing. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: No Seriously, It Is Dave Singing We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0000 I Talk Funny Sometimes full 379 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we try to play off that this is mostly a rerun show by tossing a few clips of unheard content that wasn’t good enough to make the show when it was created. Show Notes Episode 379: I Talk Funny Sometimes This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to play off not paying this week by saying he came in to pay his bartab last week and the bartender probably just forgot about it. (This…does not work) On the show this week we try to play off that this is mostly a rerun show by tossing a few clips of unheard content that wasn’t good enough to make the show when it was created. (This..will not work) Along the way we discover that Dave does a horrible Trump impression, (Join the club) Then we dive right into some clips that someone thought (Dave) were funny enough to highlight. Going back over seven years, he managed to find just enough to make the show as long as it is. Considering the hundreds of hours of podcasts, that he struggled to find enough content to make close to thirty minutes says something. (But not something good)  Our Sponsor this week is “Have I Heard This Before” because if you haven’t heard it, it is new to you! We open with our man Rerun and close with (God help us) Dave singing. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: No Seriously, It Is Dave Singing We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 379: I Talk Funny Sometimes

This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to play off not paying this week by saying he came in to pay his bartab last week and the bartender probably just forgot about it. (This…does not work) On the show this week we try to play off that this is mostly a rerun show by tossing a few clips of unheard content that wasn’t good enough to make the show when it was created. (This..will not work)


Along the way we discover that Dave does a horrible Trump impression, (Join the club) Then we dive right into some clips that someone thought (Dave) were funny enough to highlight. Going back over seven years, he managed to find just enough to make the show as long as it is. Considering the hundreds of hours of podcasts, that he struggled to find enough content to make close to thirty minutes says something. (But not something good) 


Our Sponsor this week is “Have I Heard This Before” because if you haven’t heard it, it is new to you! We open with our man Rerun and close with (God help us) Dave singing.


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

www.whatthehellpodcast.com

Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: No Seriously, It Is Dave Singing

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]]> 2635 yes Episode 378: Watch It Jiggle, See It Wiggle Show Notes Episode 378: What It Jiggle, See It Wiggle This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to show a little cleavage if it can help with his bartab only to get the entire bar shut down for uncontrollable vomiting. (Again.) On the show this week we turn back to the magical time in television history when we were not afraid to admit we were there for the boobs! (And it was glorious!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Mom wouldn’t allow him to hang racy posters on his bedroom wall, so he had to masturbate to posters of Iron Maiden. (Not that there's anything WRONG with that!) Then we dive right into the history movies, television and sex. (Along with how they were very worried White People would be offended.) Then move right along to the halcyon days of what was called “Jiggle TV” in the greatest jiggle show of all time, Charlie’s Angels! (Poor Bosley, they did him dirty!) Then we tell you about all the OTHER jiggle shows where the plot (such as it was) was secondary to the beautiful women barely dressed on the show. (Wonder Woman was WONDERFUL!) Our Sponsor this week is the American Broadcasting Corporation, who want you to know that they know you know, so look at these boobs! We open with Bill Hicks and his new TV show and close with Robert Lund and his extensive vocabulary! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/RuEVNr8gdPc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Censorship / Standards & Practices https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/topics/censorship-standards-practices John Bosley (Charlie's Angels) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosley_(Charlie%27s_Angels) Charlie's Angels Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels#Cast_and_characters Charlie’s Angels was TV heaven… but network had dismissed it as ‘worst idea’ ever https://flashbak.com/the-breast-of-the-best-the-top-5-jiggle-tv-shows-of-the-1970s-21215/ The Breast of the Best: The Top 5 Jiggle TV Shows of the 1970s https://flashbak.com/the-breast-of-the-best-the-top-5-jiggle-tv-shows-of-the-1970s-21215/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JiggleShow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggle_television https://historydaily.org/take-a-peek-vintage-tv-exposed/2 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/09/the-maestro-of-jiggle-tv/305101/ https://nostalgicreads.com/tv/jiggle-tv-shows-that-are-too-provocative-for-todays-climate/ https://www.today.com/popculture/jiggles-changed-television-wbna4441078 https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/TV-violence-and-self-regulation#ref1057601 https://thiswastv.com/2012/08/28/1970s-fun-flops-blanskys-beauties/ https://travsd.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/on-charlies-angels-and-the-dubious-breakthrough-of-jiggle-tv/ https://reprobatepress.com/2021/02/23/jiggle-tv-keeping-women-in-their-place/ https://www.popmatters.com/179217-charlies-angels-season-one-2495686463.html https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/today-in-history/ghosts-of-the-past-haunt-old-government-house-at-halloween/news-story/957e982cb21281335acaa30569a147c5 https://www.avclub.com/three-s-company-pushed-the-limits-of-double-entendres-o-1798259407 https://archive.jsonline.com/news/opinion/121953738.html/ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/movies/television-reruns-misogyny-plus-girl-power-original-recipe-angels.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/female-empowerment-no-charlies-angels-sexist-jiggle-tv-worst/ https://doorfliesopen.com/2015/08/15/slutty-saturday-jiggle-tv-edition/ http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6558/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Watch It Jiggle, See It Wiggle full 378 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we turn back to the magical time in television history when we were not afraid to admit we were there for the boobs! (And it was glorious!) Show Notes Episode 378: What It Jiggle, See It Wiggle This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to show a little cleavage if it can help with his bartab only to get the entire bar shut down for uncontrollable vomiting. (Again.) On the show this week we turn back to the magical time in television history when we were not afraid to admit we were there for the boobs! (And it was glorious!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Mom wouldn’t allow him to hang racy posters on his bedroom wall, so he had to masturbate to posters of Iron Maiden. (Not that there's anything WRONG with that!) Then we dive right into the history movies, television and sex. (Along with how they were very worried White People would be offended.) Then move right along to the halcyon days of what was called “Jiggle TV” in the greatest jiggle show of all time, Charlie’s Angels! (Poor Bosley, they did him dirty!) Then we tell you about all the OTHER jiggle shows where the plot (such as it was) was secondary to the beautiful women barely dressed on the show. (Wonder Woman was WONDERFUL!) Our Sponsor this week is the American Broadcasting Corporation, who want you to know that they know you know, so look at these boobs! We open with Bill Hicks and his new TV show and close with Robert Lund and his extensive vocabulary! Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/RuEVNr8gdPc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Censorship / Standards & Practices https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/topics/censorship-standards-practices John Bosley (Charlie's Angels) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosley_(Charlie%27s_Angels) Charlie's Angels Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels#Cast_and_characters Charlie’s Angels was TV heaven… but network had dismissed it as ‘worst idea’ ever https://flashbak.com/the-breast-of-the-best-the-top-5-jiggle-tv-shows-of-the-1970s-21215/ The Breast of the Best: The Top 5 Jiggle TV Shows of the 1970s https://flashbak.com/the-breast-of-the-best-the-top-5-jiggle-tv-shows-of-the-1970s-21215/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JiggleShow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggle_television https://historydaily.org/take-a-peek-vintage-tv-exposed/2 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/09/the-maestro-of-jiggle-tv/305101/ https://nostalgicreads.com/tv/jiggle-tv-shows-that-are-too-provocative-for-todays-climate/ https://www.today.com/popculture/jiggles-changed-television-wbna4441078 https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/TV-violence-and-self-regulation#ref1057601 https://thiswastv.com/2012/08/28/1970s-fun-flops-blanskys-beauties/ https://travsd.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/on-charlies-angels-and-the-dubious-breakthrough-of-jiggle-tv/ https://reprobatepress.com/2021/02/23/jiggle-tv-keeping-women-in-their-place/ https://www.popmatters.com/179217-charlies-angels-season-one-2495686463.html https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/today-in-history/ghosts-of-the-past-haunt-old-government-house-at-halloween/news-story/957e982cb21281335acaa30569a147c5 https://www.avclub.com/three-s-company-pushed-the-limits-of-double-entendres-o-1798259407 https://archive.jsonline.com/news/opinion/121953738.html/ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/movies/television-reruns-misogyny-plus-girl-power-original-recipe-angels.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/female-empowerment-no-charlies-angels-sexist-jiggle-tv-worst/ https://doorfliesopen.com/2015/08/15/slutty-saturday-jiggle-tv-edition/ http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6558/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 378: What It Jiggle, See It Wiggle


This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to show a little cleavage if it can help with his bartab only to get the entire bar shut down for uncontrollable vomiting. (Again.) On the show this week we turn back to the magical time in television history when we were not afraid to admit we were there for the boobs! (And it was glorious!)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s Mom wouldn’t allow him to hang racy posters on his bedroom wall, so he had to masturbate to posters of Iron Maiden. (Not that there's anything WRONG with that!) Then we dive right into the history movies, television and sex. (Along with how they were very worried White People would be offended.) Then move right along to the halcyon days of what was called “Jiggle TV” in the greatest jiggle show of all time, Charlie’s Angels! (Poor Bosley, they did him dirty!) Then we tell you about all the OTHER jiggle shows where the plot (such as it was) was secondary to the beautiful women barely dressed on the show. (Wonder Woman was WONDERFUL!)


Our Sponsor this week is the American Broadcasting Corporation, who want you to know that they know you know, so look at these boobs! We open with Bill Hicks and his new TV show and close with Robert Lund and his extensive vocabulary!


Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/RuEVNr8gdPc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Censorship / Standards & Practices

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/topics/censorship-standards-practices


John Bosley (Charlie's Angels) Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosley_(Charlie%27s_Angels)


Charlie's Angels Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels#Cast_and_characters


Charlie’s Angels was TV heaven… but network had dismissed it as ‘worst idea’ ever

https://flashbak.com/the-breast-of-the-best-the-top-5-jiggle-tv-shows-of-the-1970s-21215/


The Breast of the Best: The Top 5 Jiggle TV Shows of the 1970s

https://flashbak.com/the-breast-of-the-best-the-top-5-jiggle-tv-shows-of-the-1970s-21215/


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JiggleShow


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggle_television


https://historydaily.org/take-a-peek-vintage-tv-exposed/2


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/09/the-maestro-of-jiggle-tv/305101/


https://nostalgicreads.com/tv/jiggle-tv-shows-that-are-too-provocative-for-todays-climate/


https://www.today.com/popculture/jiggles-changed-television-wbna4441078


https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/TV-violence-and-self-regulation#ref1057601


https://thiswastv.com/2012/08/28/1970s-fun-flops-blanskys-beauties/


https://travsd.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/on-charlies-angels-and-the-dubious-breakthrough-of-jiggle-tv/


https://reprobatepress.com/2021/02/23/jiggle-tv-keeping-women-in-their-place/


https://www.popmatters.com/179217-charlies-angels-season-one-2495686463.html


https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/today-in-history/ghosts-of-the-past-haunt-old-government-house-at-halloween/news-story/957e982cb21281335acaa30569a147c5


https://www.avclub.com/three-s-company-pushed-the-limits-of-double-entendres-o-1798259407


https://archive.jsonline.com/news/opinion/121953738.html/


https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/movies/television-reruns-misogyny-plus-girl-power-original-recipe-angels.html


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/female-empowerment-no-charlies-angels-sexist-jiggle-tv-worst/


https://doorfliesopen.com/2015/08/15/slutty-saturday-jiggle-tv-edition/


http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6558/

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]]> 1990 yes Episode 377: New Coke! Catch the Pepsi! Episode 377: New Coke: Catch the Pepsi This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets very, very angry about this new orange flavored Jameson and angrily demands the bar toss it out immediately, only to be the one who gets tossed out. (Again) On the show this week we tell you what REALLY happened when Coca Cola changed its formula back in the 80’s (Spoiler Alert: It didn’t go well) Along the way we learn why Dave drank Diet Coke as a teen (He was a wee fat baby!) Then we dive right into the history of Coca Cola from its beginnings as a booze and cocaine fueled “cure” for morphine addiction up through it being placed on the American flag. (Trust us, they wanted to do it!) Then we discover why Coke changed (people liked Pepsi) and that most people LIKED the new formula. Sadly, SOME people didn’t and they were very LOUD about it. (You know the kind of people we are talking about!) Our Sponsor this week is New Kombucha, all the great taste of infected feet, but MORE of it! We open the show with the news of Coke’s change and close with Band Geeks reflecting on the transitory nature of time. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/qITjP6UfXR8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Spectacular Failure of New Coke https://bettermarketing.pub/the-spectacular-failure-of-new-coke-47495af0e371 This mistake from 30 years ago almost destroyed Coca-Cola https://www.businessinsider.com/new-coke-the-30th-anniversary-of-coca-colas-biggest-mistake-2015-4 New Coke Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke#Launch Here's What New Coke Tasted Like https://time.com/3822869/new-coke-history/ New Coke Didn’t Fail. It Was Murdered. https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/07/what-if-weve-all-been-wrong-about-what-killed-new-coke/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/11/business/company-news-ten-years-later-coca-cola-laughs-at-new-coke.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/the-story-of-one-of-the-most-memorable-marketing-blunders-ever https://www.history.com/news/why-coca-cola-new-coke-flopped https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Coke https://www.vox.com/2015/4/23/8472539/new-coke-cola-wars https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-11-03/the-inside-history-of-the-new-coke-debacle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0000 New Coke! Catch the Pepsi! full 377 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you what REALLY happened when Coca Cola changed its formula back in the 80’s (Spoiler Alert: It didn’t go well) Episode 377: New Coke: Catch the Pepsi This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets very, very angry about this new orange flavored Jameson and angrily demands the bar toss it out immediately, only to be the one who gets tossed out. (Again) On the show this week we tell you what REALLY happened when Coca Cola changed its formula back in the 80’s (Spoiler Alert: It didn’t go well) Along the way we learn why Dave drank Diet Coke as a teen (He was a wee fat baby!) Then we dive right into the history of Coca Cola from its beginnings as a booze and cocaine fueled “cure” for morphine addiction up through it being placed on the American flag. (Trust us, they wanted to do it!) Then we discover why Coke changed (people liked Pepsi) and that most people LIKED the new formula. Sadly, SOME people didn’t and they were very LOUD about it. (You know the kind of people we are talking about!) Our Sponsor this week is New Kombucha, all the great taste of infected feet, but MORE of it! We open the show with the news of Coke’s change and close with Band Geeks reflecting on the transitory nature of time. Show Theme: Hypnostate 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/qITjP6UfXR8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Spectacular Failure of New Coke https://bettermarketing.pub/the-spectacular-failure-of-new-coke-47495af0e371 This mistake from 30 years ago almost destroyed Coca-Cola https://www.businessinsider.com/new-coke-the-30th-anniversary-of-coca-colas-biggest-mistake-2015-4 New Coke Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke#Launch Here's What New Coke Tasted Like https://time.com/3822869/new-coke-history/ New Coke Didn’t Fail. It Was Murdered. https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/07/what-if-weve-all-been-wrong-about-what-killed-new-coke/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/11/business/company-news-ten-years-later-coca-cola-laughs-at-new-coke.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/the-story-of-one-of-the-most-memorable-marketing-blunders-ever https://www.history.com/news/why-coca-cola-new-coke-flopped https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Coke https://www.vox.com/2015/4/23/8472539/new-coke-cola-wars https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-11-03/the-inside-history-of-the-new-coke-debacle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 377: New Coke: Catch the Pepsi


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets very, very angry about this new orange flavored Jameson and angrily demands the bar toss it out immediately, only to be the one who gets tossed out. (Again) On the show this week we tell you what REALLY happened when Coca Cola changed its formula back in the 80’s (Spoiler Alert: It didn’t go well)


Along the way we learn why Dave drank Diet Coke as a teen (He was a wee fat baby!) Then we dive right into the history of Coca Cola from its beginnings as a booze and cocaine fueled “cure” for morphine addiction up through it being placed on the American flag. (Trust us, they wanted to do it!) Then we discover why Coke changed (people liked Pepsi) and that most people LIKED the new formula. Sadly, SOME people didn’t and they were very LOUD about it. (You know the kind of people we are talking about!)


Our Sponsor this week is New Kombucha, all the great taste of infected feet, but MORE of it! We open the show with the news of Coke’s change and close with Band Geeks reflecting on the transitory nature of time.


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/qITjP6UfXR8

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Citations Needed:


The Spectacular Failure of New Coke

https://bettermarketing.pub/the-spectacular-failure-of-new-coke-47495af0e371


This mistake from 30 years ago almost destroyed Coca-Cola

https://www.businessinsider.com/new-coke-the-30th-anniversary-of-coca-colas-biggest-mistake-2015-4


New Coke Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke#Launch


Here's What New Coke Tasted Like

https://time.com/3822869/new-coke-history/


New Coke Didn’t Fail. It Was Murdered.

https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/07/what-if-weve-all-been-wrong-about-what-killed-new-coke/


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/11/business/company-news-ten-years-later-coca-cola-laughs-at-new-coke.html?searchResultPosition=9


https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/the-story-of-one-of-the-most-memorable-marketing-blunders-ever


https://www.history.com/news/why-coca-cola-new-coke-flopped


https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Coke


https://www.vox.com/2015/4/23/8472539/new-coke-cola-wars


https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-11-03/the-inside-history-of-the-new-coke-debacle

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]]> 2327 yes Episode 376: M-M-Max Headroom Show Notes Episode 376: M-M-Max Headroom This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out, falls off his barstool and has his consciousness uploaded into digital representation of himself, only to be promptly turned off, deleted and wake up back in his regular old body in an alley. (Again) On the show this week we are talking about the faux CGI charmer that wowed the world for about eleven minutes, Max Headroom. Along the way we discover why everything is so bright and neon in the 80's. (It looked futuristic to them) and then we dive right into how the BBC created a fast talking rubber faced facsimile of a man to host a video show. (Don’t think about it too long, it doesn’t make sense.) Then we follow along as Max journeys to America where network television doesn’t get that they are the but of all the jokes on the show. (Until they do get it and promptly cancel the show) Then we explain how Max Headroom became a commercial dreamboat despite being rabidly anti-commercialism. (How? Money, of course.) Our Sponsor this week is Robo-Host an AI Podcast host without all the drama of a human being. We open the show with Max being interviewed and close with Max singing to himself.  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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/2A2oIXjsx2E We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   LIVE AND DIRECT THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY OF 1980S DIGITAL ICON MAX HEADROOM https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/2/8285139/max-headroom-oral-history-80s-cyberpunk-interview Max Headroom Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom Uncited Additional Reading:  https://groovyhistory.com/max-headroom https://www.looper.com/284097/the-untold-truth-of-max-headroom/ https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-enduring-legacy-of-80s-cult-phenom-max-headroom/ https://nerdist.com/article/new-max-headroom-tv-series-amc-matt-frewer-elijah-wood/ https://www.looper.com/284097/the-untold-truth-of-max-headroom/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0000 M-M-Max Headroom full 376 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we are talking about the faux CGI charmer that wowed the world for about eleven minutes, Max Headroom. Show Notes Episode 376: M-M-Max Headroom This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out, falls off his barstool and has his consciousness uploaded into digital representation of himself, only to be promptly turned off, deleted and wake up back in his regular old body in an alley. (Again) On the show this week we are talking about the faux CGI charmer that wowed the world for about eleven minutes, Max Headroom. Along the way we discover why everything is so bright and neon in the 80's. (It looked futuristic to them) and then we dive right into how the BBC created a fast talking rubber faced facsimile of a man to host a video show. (Don’t think about it too long, it doesn’t make sense.) Then we follow along as Max journeys to America where network television doesn’t get that they are the but of all the jokes on the show. (Until they do get it and promptly cancel the show) Then we explain how Max Headroom became a commercial dreamboat despite being rabidly anti-commercialism. (How? Money, of course.) Our Sponsor this week is Robo-Host an AI Podcast host without all the drama of a human being. We open the show with Max being interviewed and close with Max singing to himself.  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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/2A2oIXjsx2E We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   LIVE AND DIRECT THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY OF 1980S DIGITAL ICON MAX HEADROOM https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/2/8285139/max-headroom-oral-history-80s-cyberpunk-interview Max Headroom Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom Uncited Additional Reading:  https://groovyhistory.com/max-headroom https://www.looper.com/284097/the-untold-truth-of-max-headroom/ https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-enduring-legacy-of-80s-cult-phenom-max-headroom/ https://nerdist.com/article/new-max-headroom-tv-series-amc-matt-frewer-elijah-wood/ https://www.looper.com/284097/the-untold-truth-of-max-headroom/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out, falls off his barstool and has his consciousness uploaded into digital representation of himself, only to be promptly turned off, deleted and wake up back in his regular old body in an alley. (Again) On the show this week we are talking about the faux CGI charmer that wowed the world for about eleven minutes, Max Headroom.


Along the way we discover why everything is so bright and neon in the 80's. (It looked futuristic to them) and then we dive right into how the BBC created a fast talking rubber faced facsimile of a man to host a video show. (Don’t think about it too long, it doesn’t make sense.) Then we follow along as Max journeys to America where network television doesn’t get that they are the but of all the jokes on the show. (Until they do get it and promptly cancel the show) Then we explain how Max Headroom became a commercial dreamboat despite being rabidly anti-commercialism. (How? Money, of course.)


Our Sponsor this week is Robo-Host an AI Podcast host without all the drama of a human being. We open the show with Max being interviewed and close with Max singing to himself. 


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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/2A2oIXjsx2E

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:  

LIVE AND DIRECT

THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY OF 1980S DIGITAL ICON MAX HEADROOM

https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/2/8285139/max-headroom-oral-history-80s-cyberpunk-interview


Max Headroom Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom


Uncited Additional Reading: 

https://groovyhistory.com/max-headroom


https://www.looper.com/284097/the-untold-truth-of-max-headroom/


https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-enduring-legacy-of-80s-cult-phenom-max-headroom/


https://nerdist.com/article/new-max-headroom-tv-series-amc-matt-frewer-elijah-wood/


https://www.looper.com/284097/the-untold-truth-of-max-headroom/

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]]> 2012 yes Episode 375: A Tandy Company Show Notes Episode 375: A Tandy Company This week Host Dave Bledsoe throws a tantrum when he cannot find a single ¼ inch to RCA audio patch cable anywhere in Best Buy and has to have several drinks in a nearby dive bar to calm his nerves. (Always some excuse with this guy.) On the show this week we tell the tale of the early tech giant you probably bought your first cell phone from in the early 2000’s. (It is Nokia ringtone time!) Along the way we learn that Dave never really fit anywhere as a kid. (Nothing ever changes with this guy) Then we dive right into the history of Radio Shack from their origins as a Boston radio retailer to the rise of the Tandy Company who bought them with money made from assless leather chaps. (To be honest, ALL chaps are assless.) Then we tell you about how Tandy Computers beat out some little fruit based startup in California to become the dominant computer in American homes. (For a little while) Our Sponsor this week is Bert’s Battery Barn, if it holds a charge we have it! We open with a Tandy Commercial from their halcyon days and close with Popgun spotting a faded Radio Shack sign on the side of the road. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/cEuZoIlTVvo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Tandy Corporation https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/tandy-corp Inside RadioShack's slow-motion collapse: Why the fall of the 94-year-old electronics chain didn't have to be this way https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/inside-radioshacks-slow-motion-collapse-why-the-fall-of-the-94-year-old-electronics-chain-didnt-have-to-be-this-way Computer Changes In The 1970'S https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/70scomputers.html The Personal Computer That Beat Apple (For a While) https://time.com/3968790/tandy-trs-80-history/ From hero to zero: meteoric rise and fall of Tandy computers https://cybernews.com/editorial/from-hero-to-zero-meteoric-rise-and-fall-of-tandy-computers/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Tandy https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/06/archives/charles-tandy-60-industrialist-started-work-at-12-400-radio-shacks.html https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/inside-radioshacks-slow-motion-collapse-why-the-fall-of-the-94-year-old-electronics-chain-didnt-have-to-be-this-way https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tandy-charles-david https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TRS-80_and_Tandy-branded_computers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0000 A Tandy Company full 375 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell the tale of the early tech giant you probably bought your first cell phone from in the early 2000’s. (It is Nokia ringtone time!) Show Notes Episode 375: A Tandy Company This week Host Dave Bledsoe throws a tantrum when he cannot find a single ¼ inch to RCA audio patch cable anywhere in Best Buy and has to have several drinks in a nearby dive bar to calm his nerves. (Always some excuse with this guy.) On the show this week we tell the tale of the early tech giant you probably bought your first cell phone from in the early 2000’s. (It is Nokia ringtone time!) Along the way we learn that Dave never really fit anywhere as a kid. (Nothing ever changes with this guy) Then we dive right into the history of Radio Shack from their origins as a Boston radio retailer to the rise of the Tandy Company who bought them with money made from assless leather chaps. (To be honest, ALL chaps are assless.) Then we tell you about how Tandy Computers beat out some little fruit based startup in California to become the dominant computer in American homes. (For a little while) Our Sponsor this week is Bert’s Battery Barn, if it holds a charge we have it! We open with a Tandy Commercial from their halcyon days and close with Popgun spotting a faded Radio Shack sign on the side of the road. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/cEuZoIlTVvo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Tandy Corporation https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/tandy-corp Inside RadioShack's slow-motion collapse: Why the fall of the 94-year-old electronics chain didn't have to be this way https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/inside-radioshacks-slow-motion-collapse-why-the-fall-of-the-94-year-old-electronics-chain-didnt-have-to-be-this-way Computer Changes In The 1970'S https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/70scomputers.html The Personal Computer That Beat Apple (For a While) https://time.com/3968790/tandy-trs-80-history/ From hero to zero: meteoric rise and fall of Tandy computers https://cybernews.com/editorial/from-hero-to-zero-meteoric-rise-and-fall-of-tandy-computers/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Tandy https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/06/archives/charles-tandy-60-industrialist-started-work-at-12-400-radio-shacks.html https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/inside-radioshacks-slow-motion-collapse-why-the-fall-of-the-94-year-old-electronics-chain-didnt-have-to-be-this-way https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tandy-charles-david https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TRS-80_and_Tandy-branded_computers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 375: A Tandy Company


This week Host Dave Bledsoe throws a tantrum when he cannot find a single ¼ inch to RCA audio patch cable anywhere in Best Buy and has to have several drinks in a nearby dive bar to calm his nerves. (Always some excuse with this guy.) On the show this week we tell the tale of the early tech giant you probably bought your first cell phone from in the early 2000’s. (It is Nokia ringtone time!)


Along the way we learn that Dave never really fit anywhere as a kid. (Nothing ever changes with this guy) Then we dive right into the history of Radio Shack from their origins as a Boston radio retailer to the rise of the Tandy Company who bought them with money made from assless leather chaps. (To be honest, ALL chaps are assless.) Then we tell you about how Tandy Computers beat out some little fruit based startup in California to become the dominant computer in American homes. (For a little while)


Our Sponsor this week is Bert’s Battery Barn, if it holds a charge we have it! We open with a Tandy Commercial from their halcyon days and close with Popgun spotting a faded Radio Shack sign on the side of the road.


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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/cEuZoIlTVvo

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Tandy Corporation

https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/tandy-corp


Inside RadioShack's slow-motion collapse: Why the fall of the 94-year-old electronics chain didn't have to be this way

https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/inside-radioshacks-slow-motion-collapse-why-the-fall-of-the-94-year-old-electronics-chain-didnt-have-to-be-this-way


Computer Changes In The 1970'S

https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/70scomputers.html


The Personal Computer That Beat Apple (For a While)

https://time.com/3968790/tandy-trs-80-history/


From hero to zero: meteoric rise and fall of Tandy computers

https://cybernews.com/editorial/from-hero-to-zero-meteoric-rise-and-fall-of-tandy-computers/



Uncited Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Tandy

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/06/archives/charles-tandy-60-industrialist-started-work-at-12-400-radio-shacks.html

https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/inside-radioshacks-slow-motion-collapse-why-the-fall-of-the-94-year-old-electronics-chain-didnt-have-to-be-this-way

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tandy-charles-david

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TRS-80_and_Tandy-branded_computers

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]]> 1923 yes Episode 374: When You Comin Back Red Rocker? Show Notes Episode 374: When You Comin’ Back Red Rocker This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily tells the bartender that they CAN’T throw him out of the bar because he is already leaving! (Turns out, they could and did.) On the show this week we tell you how Sammy replaced Dave, then Dave replaced Sammy and some guy named Gary replaced Dave and then Sammy came back but left again. (Van Halen was a FUN band to work in!) Along the way we hear a tale of sadness from Dave about how he had no friends as a kid. (Kind of like now, but for entirely different reasons, like Dave is an asshole.) Then we dive right into the very odd life of Sammy Hagar pre Van Halen. (Are there Aliens? You bet there are!) and how Eddie and Sammy’s friendship ended. (Hint: Badly) Then we talk about reunions that never happened or happened and ended. (Again: Badly.) Our Sponsor this week is Celebrity Branded Alcoholic Beverage, its liquor with a famous person’s name on the bottle! We open with Ed and Sammy on the Today show in 1986 and close with Sweet Zuni’s bar order!  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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/snzeu-VyqVk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Red Rocker digs up his roots in Fontana https://www.dailybulletin.com/2011/07/30/red-rocker-digs-up-his-roots-in-fontana/ The battle for Van Halen: how Sammy Hagar triumphed over Dave Lee Roth https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-dave-lee-roth No Regrets Sammy Hagar Vigorously Bounces Back From Van Halen Rejection With ‘Marching To Mars’ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/25/no-regrets-sammy-hagar-vigorously-bounces-back/ The Day Sammy Hagar Split From Van Halen https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-splits-van-halen/ An Open Letter From David Lee Roth https://mflwp.tripod.com/letter.htm Sammy Hagar Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Hagar Sammy Hagar Says Final Phone Call With Eddie Van Halen ‘Broke My Heart, But Thank God We Connected’ https://variety.com/2020/music/news/sammy-hagar-eddie-van-halen-last-conversation-1234848577/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://rockcelebrities.net/sammy-hagar-says-getting-fired-from-van-halen-really-hurt-but-it-became-the-greatest-thing-that-happened-to-him/#:~:text=After%20a%20decade%20of%20being,caused%20a%20dispute%20among%20them. https://www.grunge.com/262515/why-sammy-hagar-left-van-halen-twice/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-splits-van-halen/ https://www.metalcastle.net/sammy-hagar-recalls-david-lee-roths-quit-from-van-halen-what-an-idiot/ https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-dave-lee-roth https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-sammy-hagar-rock-feud/ https://wmgk.com/2021/04/12/van-halen-label-management-name-change-hagar-replaced-roth/ https://www.vhnd.com/2015/10/21/did-hagar-almost-replace-roth-in-1977/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0000 When You Comin Back Red Rocker? full 374 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you how Sammy replaced Dave, then Dave replaced Sammy and some guy named Gary replaced Dave and then Sammy came back but left again. (Van Halen was a FUN band to work in!) Show Notes Episode 374: When You Comin’ Back Red Rocker This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily tells the bartender that they CAN’T throw him out of the bar because he is already leaving! (Turns out, they could and did.) On the show this week we tell you how Sammy replaced Dave, then Dave replaced Sammy and some guy named Gary replaced Dave and then Sammy came back but left again. (Van Halen was a FUN band to work in!) Along the way we hear a tale of sadness from Dave about how he had no friends as a kid. (Kind of like now, but for entirely different reasons, like Dave is an asshole.) Then we dive right into the very odd life of Sammy Hagar pre Van Halen. (Are there Aliens? You bet there are!) and how Eddie and Sammy’s friendship ended. (Hint: Badly) Then we talk about reunions that never happened or happened and ended. (Again: Badly.) Our Sponsor this week is Celebrity Branded Alcoholic Beverage, its liquor with a famous person’s name on the bottle! We open with Ed and Sammy on the Today show in 1986 and close with Sweet Zuni’s bar order!  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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/snzeu-VyqVk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Red Rocker digs up his roots in Fontana https://www.dailybulletin.com/2011/07/30/red-rocker-digs-up-his-roots-in-fontana/ The battle for Van Halen: how Sammy Hagar triumphed over Dave Lee Roth https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-dave-lee-roth No Regrets Sammy Hagar Vigorously Bounces Back From Van Halen Rejection With ‘Marching To Mars’ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/25/no-regrets-sammy-hagar-vigorously-bounces-back/ The Day Sammy Hagar Split From Van Halen https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-splits-van-halen/ An Open Letter From David Lee Roth https://mflwp.tripod.com/letter.htm Sammy Hagar Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Hagar Sammy Hagar Says Final Phone Call With Eddie Van Halen ‘Broke My Heart, But Thank God We Connected’ https://variety.com/2020/music/news/sammy-hagar-eddie-van-halen-last-conversation-1234848577/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://rockcelebrities.net/sammy-hagar-says-getting-fired-from-van-halen-really-hurt-but-it-became-the-greatest-thing-that-happened-to-him/#:~:text=After%20a%20decade%20of%20being,caused%20a%20dispute%20among%20them. https://www.grunge.com/262515/why-sammy-hagar-left-van-halen-twice/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-splits-van-halen/ https://www.metalcastle.net/sammy-hagar-recalls-david-lee-roths-quit-from-van-halen-what-an-idiot/ https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-dave-lee-roth https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-sammy-hagar-rock-feud/ https://wmgk.com/2021/04/12/van-halen-label-management-name-change-hagar-replaced-roth/ https://www.vhnd.com/2015/10/21/did-hagar-almost-replace-roth-in-1977/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily tells the bartender that they CAN’T throw him out of the bar because he is already leaving! (Turns out, they could and did.) On the show this week we tell you how Sammy replaced Dave, then Dave replaced Sammy and some guy named Gary replaced Dave and then Sammy came back but left again. (Van Halen was a FUN band to work in!)


Along the way we hear a tale of sadness from Dave about how he had no friends as a kid. (Kind of like now, but for entirely different reasons, like Dave is an asshole.) Then we dive right into the very odd life of Sammy Hagar pre Van Halen. (Are there Aliens? You bet there are!) and how Eddie and Sammy’s friendship ended. (Hint: Badly) Then we talk about reunions that never happened or happened and ended. (Again: Badly.)


Our Sponsor this week is Celebrity Branded Alcoholic Beverage, its liquor with a famous person’s name on the bottle! We open with Ed and Sammy on the Today show in 1986 and close with Sweet Zuni’s bar order! 


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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/snzeu-VyqVk

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Citations Needed:


Red Rocker digs up his roots in Fontana

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2011/07/30/red-rocker-digs-up-his-roots-in-fontana/


The battle for Van Halen: how Sammy Hagar triumphed over Dave Lee Roth

https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-dave-lee-roth


No Regrets Sammy Hagar Vigorously Bounces Back From Van Halen Rejection With ‘Marching To Mars’

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/25/no-regrets-sammy-hagar-vigorously-bounces-back/


The Day Sammy Hagar Split From Van Halen

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-splits-van-halen/


An Open Letter From David Lee Roth

https://mflwp.tripod.com/letter.htm


Sammy Hagar Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Hagar


Sammy Hagar Says Final Phone Call With Eddie Van Halen ‘Broke My Heart, But Thank God We Connected’

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/sammy-hagar-eddie-van-halen-last-conversation-1234848577/


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://rockcelebrities.net/sammy-hagar-says-getting-fired-from-van-halen-really-hurt-but-it-became-the-greatest-thing-that-happened-to-him/#:~:text=After%20a%20decade%20of%20being,caused%20a%20dispute%20among%20them.


https://www.grunge.com/262515/why-sammy-hagar-left-van-halen-twice/


https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-splits-van-halen/


https://www.metalcastle.net/sammy-hagar-recalls-david-lee-roths-quit-from-van-halen-what-an-idiot/


https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-dave-lee-roth


https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-sammy-hagar-rock-feud/


https://wmgk.com/2021/04/12/van-halen-label-management-name-change-hagar-replaced-roth/


https://www.vhnd.com/2015/10/21/did-hagar-almost-replace-roth-in-1977/

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]]> 2007 yes Episode 373: David and Eddie Had Had It Already by the Summer of '85 Show Notes Episode 373: David and Eddie Had Had It Already By the Summer of 85 This week Host Dave Bledsoe climbs up on stage to do his famous karaoke version of Just A Gigolo (we hate to admit, it’s GOOD) only to bust the seam in the ass of pants. (Sadly, he just kept right on singing) On the show this week we tell you the tale of one great band and two massive egos: David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen. (You all know how THAT ended.) Along the way we discover how Dave’s dad (our Dave, not the cool one) accidentally introduced a chubby pre-teen to rock and roll and regretted it ever after. (Just the first of many regrets the poor man would have over his son.) Then we dive right into the story of Edward and Alex Van Halen, two little Dutch Boys and one kid from Indianna with a sound system that made rock and roll history. (We really owe it all to the sound system) We give you the story of the rise of Van Halen and then we tell you how drugs, booze and towering egos brought it all crashing down. Our Sponsor this week is Diamond Dave’s School of Dance, we can’t teach you how to DANCE but we can teach you how look fucking COOL on stage! We open with Diamond Dave being VERY DIamond Dave and close with OAR waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye! 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/ikncbQ1jd_c?t=206 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Eddie Van Halen Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen "A Legend is Born: Eddie Van Halen's First Interview" http://www.vhlinks.com/pages/interviews/evh/gu072378.php The Story Of “Mammoth” – Van Halen’s First Name https://societyofrock.com/the-story-of-mammoth-van-halens-first-name/ Van Halen Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen WHY DAVID LEE ROTH REALLY LEFT VAN HALEN https://www.grunge.com/150171/why-david-lee-roth-really-left-van-halen/ Van Halen Without David Lee Roth: Can This Be Love? https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/van-halen-sammy-hagar-cover-story-1986-115225/ The destructive magic of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-david-lee-roth/ How Sammy Hagar breathed triumphant new life into Van Halen https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-5150 Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.allmusic.com/artist/van-halen-mn0000260206/biography https://www.houstonpress.com/music/35-years-later-van-halens-1984-remains-a-high-water-mark-for-the-band-11103309 https://www.mtv.com/news/2j5v2u/van-halen-1984-tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0000 David and Eddie Had Had It Already by the Summer of '85 full 373 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you the tale of one great band and two massive egos: David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen. (You all know how THAT ended.) Show Notes Episode 373: David and Eddie Had Had It Already By the Summer of 85 This week Host Dave Bledsoe climbs up on stage to do his famous karaoke version of Just A Gigolo (we hate to admit, it’s GOOD) only to bust the seam in the ass of pants. (Sadly, he just kept right on singing) On the show this week we tell you the tale of one great band and two massive egos: David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen. (You all know how THAT ended.) Along the way we discover how Dave’s dad (our Dave, not the cool one) accidentally introduced a chubby pre-teen to rock and roll and regretted it ever after. (Just the first of many regrets the poor man would have over his son.) Then we dive right into the story of Edward and Alex Van Halen, two little Dutch Boys and one kid from Indianna with a sound system that made rock and roll history. (We really owe it all to the sound system) We give you the story of the rise of Van Halen and then we tell you how drugs, booze and towering egos brought it all crashing down. Our Sponsor this week is Diamond Dave’s School of Dance, we can’t teach you how to DANCE but we can teach you how look fucking COOL on stage! We open with Diamond Dave being VERY DIamond Dave and close with OAR waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye! 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/ikncbQ1jd_c?t=206 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Eddie Van Halen Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen "A Legend is Born: Eddie Van Halen's First Interview" http://www.vhlinks.com/pages/interviews/evh/gu072378.php The Story Of “Mammoth” – Van Halen’s First Name https://societyofrock.com/the-story-of-mammoth-van-halens-first-name/ Van Halen Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen WHY DAVID LEE ROTH REALLY LEFT VAN HALEN https://www.grunge.com/150171/why-david-lee-roth-really-left-van-halen/ Van Halen Without David Lee Roth: Can This Be Love? https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/van-halen-sammy-hagar-cover-story-1986-115225/ The destructive magic of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-david-lee-roth/ How Sammy Hagar breathed triumphant new life into Van Halen https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-5150 Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.allmusic.com/artist/van-halen-mn0000260206/biography https://www.houstonpress.com/music/35-years-later-van-halens-1984-remains-a-high-water-mark-for-the-band-11103309 https://www.mtv.com/news/2j5v2u/van-halen-1984-tour Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe climbs up on stage to do his famous karaoke version of Just A Gigolo (we hate to admit, it’s GOOD) only to bust the seam in the ass of pants. (Sadly, he just kept right on singing) On the show this week we tell you the tale of one great band and two massive egos: David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen. (You all know how THAT ended.)


Along the way we discover how Dave’s dad (our Dave, not the cool one) accidentally introduced a chubby pre-teen to rock and roll and regretted it ever after. (Just the first of many regrets the poor man would have over his son.) Then we dive right into the story of Edward and Alex Van Halen, two little Dutch Boys and one kid from Indianna with a sound system that made rock and roll history. (We really owe it all to the sound system) We give you the story of the rise of Van Halen and then we tell you how drugs, booze and towering egos brought it all crashing down.


Our Sponsor this week is Diamond Dave’s School of Dance, we can’t teach you how to DANCE but we can teach you how look fucking COOL on stage! We open with Diamond Dave being VERY DIamond Dave and close with OAR waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye!


Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense

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The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/ikncbQ1jd_c?t=206

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


Eddie Van Halen Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen


"A Legend is Born: Eddie Van Halen's First Interview"

http://www.vhlinks.com/pages/interviews/evh/gu072378.php


The Story Of “Mammoth” – Van Halen’s First Name

https://societyofrock.com/the-story-of-mammoth-van-halens-first-name/


Van Halen Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen


WHY DAVID LEE ROTH REALLY LEFT VAN HALEN

https://www.grunge.com/150171/why-david-lee-roth-really-left-van-halen/


Van Halen Without David Lee Roth: Can This Be Love?

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/van-halen-sammy-hagar-cover-story-1986-115225/


The destructive magic of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-david-lee-roth/


How Sammy Hagar breathed triumphant new life into Van Halen

https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-sammy-hagar-5150


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://www.allmusic.com/artist/van-halen-mn0000260206/biography


https://www.houstonpress.com/music/35-years-later-van-halens-1984-remains-a-high-water-mark-for-the-band-11103309


https://www.mtv.com/news/2j5v2u/van-halen-1984-tour

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]]> 2377 yes Episode 372: Video Home System Killed the Betamax Star Episode 372: Video Home System Killed the Betamax Star This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets all nostalgic with some old home videos only to discover something unspeakably horrible on a tape labeled “David’s 12th Birthday” (Actual footage of his 12th birthday, god he was a fat little kid!) On the show this week we tell the tale of the most brutal conflict of the 1980’s, the war between VHS and Beta (So…Much…Blood) Along the way we discover why Dave isn’t allowed in any movie theaters anymore. (It would be better if it were a Pee Wee Herman thing) Then we dive right into the creation of home video, from its absurdly British beginnings to the mighty Titan that was Sony striding across the land. (Spoiler: Sony loses). Then we dig into General Curtis LeMay’s porn preferences for reasons never truly explained, only to veer back on topic with the tale of two tape formats and the brief but bitter fight over which one would dominate the world. (It turns out to be the one that is slightly cheaper.) We wrap up with a delightful but completely irrelevant tangent on why people called Montgomery Ward department stores Monkey Ward. (Are there monkeys involved? You’ll have to tune in to find out, or, you know, Google it.) Our Sponsor this week is Mondo Fast Eddie’s Home Video, we got the tapes, you gotta have the machines. We open the show NEC’s brand new video cassette machine and close with Lucy May Walker eulogizing the Radio Star. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/-6WWO6c7ud8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The quest for home video http://www.terramedia.co.uk/media/video/telcan.htm Sony CV Series Video http://www.smecc.org/sony_cv_series_video.htm The Decline and Fall of Betamax http://keyboardaerobics.blogspot.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-betamax.html Wikipedia: VHS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS#VHS_development Porn industry may be decider in Blu-ray, HD-DVD battle https://www.macworld.com/article/179767/pornhd.html Wikipedia: Videotape format war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder https://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/compare/betamax-vhs.html https://www.thrillist.com/vice/how-porn-influenced-technology-8-ways-porn-influenced-tech-supercompressor-com https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/christmas-shopping-for-a-vcrdvd-1981-vs-2009/#:~:text=Cost%20of%20a%20Sears%20VCR,%247.42%20(total%20private%20industries). https://keepthatshort.com/how-much-did-a-vcr-cost-in-the-80s https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/07/22/rip-to-the-vcr/ https://kodakdigitizing.com/blogs/news/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-betamax-tapes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/sonyhistory-d.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Video Home System Killed the Betamax full 372 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell the tale of the most brutal conflict of the 1980’s, the war between VHS and Beta (So…Much…Blood) Episode 372: Video Home System Killed the Betamax Star This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets all nostalgic with some old home videos only to discover something unspeakably horrible on a tape labeled “David’s 12th Birthday” (Actual footage of his 12th birthday, god he was a fat little kid!) On the show this week we tell the tale of the most brutal conflict of the 1980’s, the war between VHS and Beta (So…Much…Blood) Along the way we discover why Dave isn’t allowed in any movie theaters anymore. (It would be better if it were a Pee Wee Herman thing) Then we dive right into the creation of home video, from its absurdly British beginnings to the mighty Titan that was Sony striding across the land. (Spoiler: Sony loses). Then we dig into General Curtis LeMay’s porn preferences for reasons never truly explained, only to veer back on topic with the tale of two tape formats and the brief but bitter fight over which one would dominate the world. (It turns out to be the one that is slightly cheaper.) We wrap up with a delightful but completely irrelevant tangent on why people called Montgomery Ward department stores Monkey Ward. (Are there monkeys involved? You’ll have to tune in to find out, or, you know, Google it.) Our Sponsor this week is Mondo Fast Eddie’s Home Video, we got the tapes, you gotta have the machines. We open the show NEC’s brand new video cassette machine and close with Lucy May Walker eulogizing the Radio Star. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/-6WWO6c7ud8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The quest for home video http://www.terramedia.co.uk/media/video/telcan.htm Sony CV Series Video http://www.smecc.org/sony_cv_series_video.htm The Decline and Fall of Betamax http://keyboardaerobics.blogspot.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-betamax.html Wikipedia: VHS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS#VHS_development Porn industry may be decider in Blu-ray, HD-DVD battle https://www.macworld.com/article/179767/pornhd.html Wikipedia: Videotape format war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder https://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/compare/betamax-vhs.html https://www.thrillist.com/vice/how-porn-influenced-technology-8-ways-porn-influenced-tech-supercompressor-com https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/christmas-shopping-for-a-vcrdvd-1981-vs-2009/#:~:text=Cost%20of%20a%20Sears%20VCR,%247.42%20(total%20private%20industries). https://keepthatshort.com/how-much-did-a-vcr-cost-in-the-80s https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/07/22/rip-to-the-vcr/ https://kodakdigitizing.com/blogs/news/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-betamax-tapes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/sonyhistory-d.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets all nostalgic with some old home videos only to discover something unspeakably horrible on a tape labeled “David’s 12th Birthday” (Actual footage of his 12th birthday, god he was a fat little kid!) On the show this week we tell the tale of the most brutal conflict of the 1980’s, the war between VHS and Beta (So…Much…Blood)


Along the way we discover why Dave isn’t allowed in any movie theaters anymore. (It would be better if it were a Pee Wee Herman thing) Then we dive right into the creation of home video, from its absurdly British beginnings to the mighty Titan that was Sony striding across the land. (Spoiler: Sony loses). Then we dig into General Curtis LeMay’s porn preferences for reasons never truly explained, only to veer back on topic with the tale of two tape formats and the brief but bitter fight over which one would dominate the world. (It turns out to be the one that is slightly cheaper.) We wrap up with a delightful but completely irrelevant tangent on why people called Montgomery Ward department stores Monkey Ward. (Are there monkeys involved? You’ll have to tune in to find out, or, you know, Google it.)


Our Sponsor this week is Mondo Fast Eddie’s Home Video, we got the tapes, you gotta have the machines. We open the show NEC’s brand new video cassette machine and close with Lucy May Walker eulogizing the Radio Star.


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Citations Needed:


The quest for home video

http://www.terramedia.co.uk/media/video/telcan.htm


Sony CV Series Video

http://www.smecc.org/sony_cv_series_video.htm


The Decline and Fall of Betamax

http://keyboardaerobics.blogspot.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-betamax.html


Wikipedia: VHS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS#VHS_development


Porn industry may be decider in Blu-ray, HD-DVD battle

https://www.macworld.com/article/179767/pornhd.html


Wikipedia: Videotape format war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder


https://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/compare/betamax-vhs.html


https://www.thrillist.com/vice/how-porn-influenced-technology-8-ways-porn-influenced-tech-supercompressor-com


https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/christmas-shopping-for-a-vcrdvd-1981-vs-2009/#:~:text=Cost%20of%20a%20Sears%20VCR,%247.42%20(total%20private%20industries).


https://keepthatshort.com/how-much-did-a-vcr-cost-in-the-80s


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/07/22/rip-to-the-vcr/


https://kodakdigitizing.com/blogs/news/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-betamax-tapes


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax


https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/sonyhistory-d.html

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]]> 1860 yes Episode 371: The Dog's Name Was Harvey (Pt 2 of the Summer of Sam) Show Notes Episode 371: “The Dog’s Name Was Harvey” Pt 2 of the Summer of Sam This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides to spend a little time at the Dog Park, which is a very disreputable strip club in Bayonne New Jersey where hopefully they haven’t heard of him. (They didn't extend him credit.) On the show this week we wrap up the Summer of Sam with part two, the arrest, confession and trial of David Berkowitz. Then we get to the good stuff about the Devil! (Satan insists he would NEVER hang out with a loser like Berkowitz.) Along the way we learn why cops give people tickets when they would rather be watching porn. (Everybody has a boss!) Then we dive right into how the Summer Sam finally ended because one woman nagged the cops into actually doing their damn jobs! (That is usually how that happens.) We learn about David’s motivations for killing (girls didn’t like him) and how a dog named Harvey told him to kill. (Harvey insists he would never hang out with a loser like Berkowitz.) We take you through the bullshit stories that Berkowitz spun to get out of the death penalty that NO ONE BELIEVED. (Except for this one guy named Maury.) Then we take you down the dark path of conspiracy theory that Maury Terry took and leave you just as disappointed as Maury was in the end. Our Sponsor this week is David’s Doggie Day Care, where the dogs tell US what to do! We open the show with news footage from the day after Berkowitz’s capture and close with Matt Tregortha singing an Elliot Smith song about Sam. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/g-7uRvLMtzU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Key witness describes spotting Son of Sam before attack https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/don-afraid-sam-spotter-article-1.3361705 David Berkowitz Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz John L. Keenan, Who Led the ‘Son of Sam’ Manhunt, Dies at 99 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/obituaries/John-L-Keenan-Dies.html SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY ‘SON’ https://nypost.com/1999/06/22/some-doubt-berkowitz-is-an-only-son/ Netflix’s Sons Of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/son-sam-trial-1978 https://law.jrank.org/pages/3284/Son-Sam-Trial-1978-Insanity-Issue-Arises.html https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/son-of-sam-arrested https://www.biography.com/news/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz-biography-facts https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/david-berkowitz/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10457196/where-is-david-berkowitz-son-of-sam-now http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Berkowitz,%20David.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/09/archives/berkowitz-pleads-guilty-to-six-son-of-sam-killings-reference-to.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Terry https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/sons-of-sam-theories-explained https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/meet-boy-door-grew-son-sam-article-1.3362742 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0000 The Dog's Name Was Harvey (Pt 2 of the Summer of Sam) full 371 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap up the Summer of Sam with part two, the arrest, confession and trial of David Berkowitz. Then we get to the good stuff about the Devil! (Satan insists he would NEVER hang out with a loser like Berkowitz.) Show Notes Episode 371: “The Dog’s Name Was Harvey” Pt 2 of the Summer of Sam This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides to spend a little time at the Dog Park, which is a very disreputable strip club in Bayonne New Jersey where hopefully they haven’t heard of him. (They didn't extend him credit.) On the show this week we wrap up the Summer of Sam with part two, the arrest, confession and trial of David Berkowitz. Then we get to the good stuff about the Devil! (Satan insists he would NEVER hang out with a loser like Berkowitz.) Along the way we learn why cops give people tickets when they would rather be watching porn. (Everybody has a boss!) Then we dive right into how the Summer Sam finally ended because one woman nagged the cops into actually doing their damn jobs! (That is usually how that happens.) We learn about David’s motivations for killing (girls didn’t like him) and how a dog named Harvey told him to kill. (Harvey insists he would never hang out with a loser like Berkowitz.) We take you through the bullshit stories that Berkowitz spun to get out of the death penalty that NO ONE BELIEVED. (Except for this one guy named Maury.) Then we take you down the dark path of conspiracy theory that Maury Terry took and leave you just as disappointed as Maury was in the end. Our Sponsor this week is David’s Doggie Day Care, where the dogs tell US what to do! We open the show with news footage from the day after Berkowitz’s capture and close with Matt Tregortha singing an Elliot Smith song about Sam. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/g-7uRvLMtzU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Key witness describes spotting Son of Sam before attack https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/don-afraid-sam-spotter-article-1.3361705 David Berkowitz Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz John L. Keenan, Who Led the ‘Son of Sam’ Manhunt, Dies at 99 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/obituaries/John-L-Keenan-Dies.html SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY ‘SON’ https://nypost.com/1999/06/22/some-doubt-berkowitz-is-an-only-son/ Netflix’s Sons Of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/son-sam-trial-1978 https://law.jrank.org/pages/3284/Son-Sam-Trial-1978-Insanity-Issue-Arises.html https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/son-of-sam-arrested https://www.biography.com/news/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz-biography-facts https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/david-berkowitz/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10457196/where-is-david-berkowitz-son-of-sam-now http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Berkowitz,%20David.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/09/archives/berkowitz-pleads-guilty-to-six-son-of-sam-killings-reference-to.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Terry https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/sons-of-sam-theories-explained https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/meet-boy-door-grew-son-sam-article-1.3362742 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides to spend a little time at the Dog Park, which is a very disreputable strip club in Bayonne New Jersey where hopefully they haven’t heard of him. (They didn't extend him credit.) On the show this week we wrap up the Summer of Sam with part two, the arrest, confession and trial of David Berkowitz. Then we get to the good stuff about the Devil! (Satan insists he would NEVER hang out with a loser like Berkowitz.)


Along the way we learn why cops give people tickets when they would rather be watching porn. (Everybody has a boss!) Then we dive right into how the Summer Sam finally ended because one woman nagged the cops into actually doing their damn jobs! (That is usually how that happens.) We learn about David’s motivations for killing (girls didn’t like him) and how a dog named Harvey told him to kill. (Harvey insists he would never hang out with a loser like Berkowitz.) We take you through the bullshit stories that Berkowitz spun to get out of the death penalty that NO ONE BELIEVED. (Except for this one guy named Maury.) Then we take you down the dark path of conspiracy theory that Maury Terry took and leave you just as disappointed as Maury was in the end.


Our Sponsor this week is David’s Doggie Day Care, where the dogs tell US what to do! We open the show with news footage from the day after Berkowitz’s capture and close with Matt Tregortha singing an Elliot Smith song about Sam.


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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/g-7uRvLMtzU

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Key witness describes spotting Son of Sam before attack

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/don-afraid-sam-spotter-article-1.3361705


David Berkowitz Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz


John L. Keenan, Who Led the ‘Son of Sam’ Manhunt, Dies at 99

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/obituaries/John-L-Keenan-Dies.html


SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY ‘SON’

https://nypost.com/1999/06/22/some-doubt-berkowitz-is-an-only-son/


Netflix’s Sons Of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/son-sam-trial-1978


https://law.jrank.org/pages/3284/Son-Sam-Trial-1978-Insanity-Issue-Arises.html


https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/son-of-sam-arrested


https://www.biography.com/news/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz-biography-facts


https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/david-berkowitz/


https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10457196/where-is-david-berkowitz-son-of-sam-now


http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Berkowitz,%20David.pdf


https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/09/archives/berkowitz-pleads-guilty-to-six-son-of-sam-killings-reference-to.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Terry


https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/sons-of-sam-theories-explained


https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending


https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/meet-boy-door-grew-son-sam-article-1.3362742

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]]> 2448 yes Episode 370: The Wicked King Wicker Pt 1 of the Summer of Sam Show Notes Episode 370: The Wicked King Wicker Part 1 of the Summer of Sam This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to take his beloved out to a popular make out spot for a little heavy petting. (Meaning he is sitting in the park alone drinking Jameson out of a brown paper bag, again.) On the show this week, we continue our series about NYC in the 1970’s with part one of The Summer of Sam! Along the way we discover that all the adults in Dave’s young life thought it was hilarious the way he freaked out over people getting violently killed in movies. (He peed himself!!) Then we dive right into the murders committed by one David Berkowitz, AKA Beelzebub, AKA The Wicked King Wicker, AKA The Chubby Behemoth. You know him best as The Son of Sam! From his first kill in the Bronx to the last in Brooklyn we give you the Just the Facts. (The good stuff comes next week in part two!) Our Sponsor this week is Dave, do you have a Dave in your life? If you do, you know how great Dave’s are, unlike David’s who SUCK! We open the show with the women of New York telling it like it is and close with Amir Darzi who just wants to be your everything! 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/dmlvYRobtZI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Son of Sam fires into a car, killing a woman sitting next to her boyfriend https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-kills-woman-sitting-boyfriend-article-1.3351723 Son of Sam shoots and kills couple sitting in parked car in the Bronx https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-killer-murders-couple-bronx-1977-article-1.3065668 How David Berkowitz Terrorized 1970s New York City As The Demonic ‘Son Of Sam’ Killer https://allthatsinteresting.com/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/28/archives/profiles-of-psychopaths-victims-donna-lauria-jody-valenti-carl.html https://www.decades.com/articles/magazine-covers-july-1976 http://www.crimemagazine.com/son-sam https://nypost.com/2016/07/17/i-survived-son-of-sams-murder-spree/ https://pix11.com/news/local-news/where-were-you-on-august-10-1977-when-son-of-sam-was-captured/ https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/berkowitz-victims.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz https://www.biography.com/news/son-of-sam-murder-timeline https://nymag.com/news/crimelaw/20327/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a28747088/son-of-sam-mindhunter-true-story-now/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0000 The Wicked King Wicker Pt of the Summer of Sam full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we continue our series about NYC in the 1970’s with part one of The Summer of Sam! Show Notes Episode 370: The Wicked King Wicker Part 1 of the Summer of Sam This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to take his beloved out to a popular make out spot for a little heavy petting. (Meaning he is sitting in the park alone drinking Jameson out of a brown paper bag, again.) On the show this week, we continue our series about NYC in the 1970’s with part one of The Summer of Sam! Along the way we discover that all the adults in Dave’s young life thought it was hilarious the way he freaked out over people getting violently killed in movies. (He peed himself!!) Then we dive right into the murders committed by one David Berkowitz, AKA Beelzebub, AKA The Wicked King Wicker, AKA The Chubby Behemoth. You know him best as The Son of Sam! From his first kill in the Bronx to the last in Brooklyn we give you the Just the Facts. (The good stuff comes next week in part two!) Our Sponsor this week is Dave, do you have a Dave in your life? If you do, you know how great Dave’s are, unlike David’s who SUCK! We open the show with the women of New York telling it like it is and close with Amir Darzi who just wants to be your everything! 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/dmlvYRobtZI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Son of Sam fires into a car, killing a woman sitting next to her boyfriend https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-kills-woman-sitting-boyfriend-article-1.3351723 Son of Sam shoots and kills couple sitting in parked car in the Bronx https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-killer-murders-couple-bronx-1977-article-1.3065668 How David Berkowitz Terrorized 1970s New York City As The Demonic ‘Son Of Sam’ Killer https://allthatsinteresting.com/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/28/archives/profiles-of-psychopaths-victims-donna-lauria-jody-valenti-carl.html https://www.decades.com/articles/magazine-covers-july-1976 http://www.crimemagazine.com/son-sam https://nypost.com/2016/07/17/i-survived-son-of-sams-murder-spree/ https://pix11.com/news/local-news/where-were-you-on-august-10-1977-when-son-of-sam-was-captured/ https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/berkowitz-victims.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz https://www.biography.com/news/son-of-sam-murder-timeline https://nymag.com/news/crimelaw/20327/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a28747088/son-of-sam-mindhunter-true-story-now/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 370: The Wicked King Wicker Part 1 of the Summer of Sam


This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to take his beloved out to a popular make out spot for a little heavy petting. (Meaning he is sitting in the park alone drinking Jameson out of a brown paper bag, again.) On the show this week, we continue our series about NYC in the 1970’s with part one of The Summer of Sam!


Along the way we discover that all the adults in Dave’s young life thought it was hilarious the way he freaked out over people getting violently killed in movies. (He peed himself!!) Then we dive right into the murders committed by one David Berkowitz, AKA Beelzebub, AKA The Wicked King Wicker, AKA The Chubby Behemoth. You know him best as The Son of Sam! From his first kill in the Bronx to the last in Brooklyn we give you the Just the Facts. (The good stuff comes next week in part two!)


Our Sponsor this week is Dave, do you have a Dave in your life? If you do, you know how great Dave’s are, unlike David’s who SUCK! We open the show with the women of New York telling it like it is and close with Amir Darzi who just wants to be your everything!


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Citations Needed:


Son of Sam fires into a car, killing a woman sitting next to her boyfriend

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-kills-woman-sitting-boyfriend-article-1.3351723


Son of Sam shoots and kills couple sitting in parked car in the Bronx

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-killer-murders-couple-bronx-1977-article-1.3065668


How David Berkowitz Terrorized 1970s New York City As The Demonic ‘Son Of Sam’ Killer

https://allthatsinteresting.com/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/28/archives/profiles-of-psychopaths-victims-donna-lauria-jody-valenti-carl.html


https://www.decades.com/articles/magazine-covers-july-1976


http://www.crimemagazine.com/son-sam


https://nypost.com/2016/07/17/i-survived-son-of-sams-murder-spree/


https://pix11.com/news/local-news/where-were-you-on-august-10-1977-when-son-of-sam-was-captured/


https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/berkowitz-victims.htm


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz


https://www.biography.com/news/son-of-sam-murder-timeline


https://nymag.com/news/crimelaw/20327/


https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a28747088/son-of-sam-mindhunter-true-story-now/

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]]> 2326 Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout Show Notes Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he paid the ConEd bill or if he is about to experience his own mini-blackout. (Again) On the show this week we head back forty five years to 1977 and that time ConEd decided to turn all the fucking lights out in New York City. (Again.) Along the way we learn how Dave used to live in the kinds of places where the power goes on the regular. (Turns out, you DO have to pay that electric bill!) Then we dive right into the night of July 13th 1977 in New York City. (The Met sucked as always) and how the gross failure of the Consolidated Edison caused all the lights to go out for 24 hours. When that happened, things got…exciting? (In the OH MY GOD WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! Kind of way) NEXT WEEK get ready for the Chubby Behemoth: we kick off a two-parter on the Son of Sam!  Our Sponsor this week is The Flashlight In the Kitchen Drawer, who wants you to know it won’t be IGNORED! We open the show with a little audio documentary of the blackout and close with Danny Vaugh trying to cope with memory loss. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/PuQN8BmMEFk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THE BLACKOUT OF 2003: THE PAST; The Blackouts of '65 and '77 Became Defining Moments in the City's History https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/us/blackout-2003-past-blackouts-65-77-became-defining-moments-city-s-history.html When riots raged amid the New York City blackout of 1977 https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/riots-raged-new-york-city-blackout-1977-article-1.816190 Why the 1977 Blackout Was One of New York’s Darkest Hours https://time.com/3949986/1977-blackout-new-york-history/ Was the 1977 New York City Blackout a Catalyst for Hip-Hop’s Growth? http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/10/16/roman_mars_99_percent_invisible_was_the_1977_nyc_wide_blackout_a_catalyst.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.space.com/16577-milky-way-galaxy-nyc-blackout.html https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/04/14/blackout-1977-here-comes-the-neighborhood/ https://medium.com/new-york-voice/the-real-story-of-the-new-york-city-blackout-of-1977-9fb8628e4e92 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/08/30/resources-new-york-city-1977-blackout https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/impact-77.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0000 We Really Had A Blackout full 369 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back forty five years to 1977 and that time ConEd decided to turn all the fucking lights out in New York City. (Again.) Show Notes Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he paid the ConEd bill or if he is about to experience his own mini-blackout. (Again) On the show this week we head back forty five years to 1977 and that time ConEd decided to turn all the fucking lights out in New York City. (Again.) Along the way we learn how Dave used to live in the kinds of places where the power goes on the regular. (Turns out, you DO have to pay that electric bill!) Then we dive right into the night of July 13th 1977 in New York City. (The Met sucked as always) and how the gross failure of the Consolidated Edison caused all the lights to go out for 24 hours. When that happened, things got…exciting? (In the OH MY GOD WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! Kind of way) NEXT WEEK get ready for the Chubby Behemoth: we kick off a two-parter on the Son of Sam!  Our Sponsor this week is The Flashlight In the Kitchen Drawer, who wants you to know it won’t be IGNORED! We open the show with a little audio documentary of the blackout and close with Danny Vaugh trying to cope with memory loss. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/PuQN8BmMEFk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THE BLACKOUT OF 2003: THE PAST; The Blackouts of '65 and '77 Became Defining Moments in the City's History https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/us/blackout-2003-past-blackouts-65-77-became-defining-moments-city-s-history.html When riots raged amid the New York City blackout of 1977 https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/riots-raged-new-york-city-blackout-1977-article-1.816190 Why the 1977 Blackout Was One of New York’s Darkest Hours https://time.com/3949986/1977-blackout-new-york-history/ Was the 1977 New York City Blackout a Catalyst for Hip-Hop’s Growth? http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/10/16/roman_mars_99_percent_invisible_was_the_1977_nyc_wide_blackout_a_catalyst.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.space.com/16577-milky-way-galaxy-nyc-blackout.html https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/04/14/blackout-1977-here-comes-the-neighborhood/ https://medium.com/new-york-voice/the-real-story-of-the-new-york-city-blackout-of-1977-9fb8628e4e92 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/08/30/resources-new-york-city-1977-blackout https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/impact-77.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he paid the ConEd bill or if he is about to experience his own mini-blackout. (Again) On the show this week we head back forty five years to 1977 and that time ConEd decided to turn all the fucking lights out in New York City. (Again.)


Along the way we learn how Dave used to live in the kinds of places where the power goes on the regular. (Turns out, you DO have to pay that electric bill!) Then we dive right into the night of July 13th 1977 in New York City. (The Met sucked as always) and how the gross failure of the Consolidated Edison caused all the lights to go out for 24 hours. When that happened, things got…exciting? (In the OH MY GOD WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! Kind of way)


NEXT WEEK get ready for the Chubby Behemoth: we kick off a two-parter on the Son of Sam! 


Our Sponsor this week is The Flashlight In the Kitchen Drawer, who wants you to know it won’t be IGNORED! We open the show with a little audio documentary of the blackout and close with Danny Vaugh trying to cope with memory loss.


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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/PuQN8BmMEFk

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Citations Needed:


THE BLACKOUT OF 2003: THE PAST; The Blackouts of '65 and '77 Became Defining Moments in the City's History

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/us/blackout-2003-past-blackouts-65-77-became-defining-moments-city-s-history.html


When riots raged amid the New York City blackout of 1977

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/riots-raged-new-york-city-blackout-1977-article-1.816190


Why the 1977 Blackout Was One of New York’s Darkest Hours

https://time.com/3949986/1977-blackout-new-york-history/


Was the 1977 New York City Blackout a Catalyst for Hip-Hop’s Growth?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/10/16/roman_mars_99_percent_invisible_was_the_1977_nyc_wide_blackout_a_catalyst.html


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.space.com/16577-milky-way-galaxy-nyc-blackout.html


https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/04/14/blackout-1977-here-comes-the-neighborhood/


https://medium.com/new-york-voice/the-real-story-of-the-new-york-city-blackout-of-1977-9fb8628e4e92


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977


https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/08/30/resources-new-york-city-1977-blackout


https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/impact-77.pdf


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965

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]]> 1967 yes Episode 368: Welcome to Fear City Show Noted Episode 368: Welcome to Fear City This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a dire warning that New York City is on the verge of slipping into a hellscape dystopia all because of this unreasonable demand he settle these bartabs. (The Bartenders told him to “Drop Dead”) On the show this week we kick off a month of shows about the Greatest Goddamn City in the World during The Worst Decade Ever, NYC in the 1970’s! Along the way we learn how Dave earnestly believed that Oklahoma City Oklahoma was a booming metropolis and the height of urban life. (He was ten years old so we guess we can excuse it.) From there we dive right into the history of how the Big Apple rotted during the late 60’s and got all wormy in the 1970’s! (It’s all just protein people!) From the crime wave to the economic collapse we lay out just where things went and how no one was willing to do a damn thing about it! (Baghdad wasn’t the first city Donald Rumsfeld had a pivotal role in destroying!) Then we discover that as bad as things were, New York City in the 70’s was still the Center of the Universe for all the Cool People! Our sponsor this week is The Bad Old Days, the tool for the politician needing a quick distraction from all the shit they are supposed to be fixing! We open with people on the streets of Fear City and close with LB Cooper dreaming of the Big Apple! 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/fNzm0fAaWEc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Full text of "Welcome to Fear City: A Survival Guide for Visitors to the City of New York" https://archive.org/stream/welcome-to-fear-city/welcome-to-fear-city_djvu.txt 'Welcome to Fear City' – the inside story of New York's civil war, 40 years on https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/18/welcome-to-fear-city-the-inside-story-of-new-yorks-civil-war-40-years-on Splendor in the Grit https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/06/seventies-nyc200906 Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/a-crisis-without-keynes-the-1975-new-york-city-fiscal-crisis-revisited https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/blackout-gallery/ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/t-magazine/1970s-new-york-history.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City_(1946%E2%80%931977)#1970s https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/09/what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-70s-new-york.html https://genius.com/Cashman-and-west-american-city-suite-lyrics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Welcome to Fear City full 368 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off a month of shows about the Greatest Goddamn City in the World during The Worst Decade Ever, NYC in the 1970’s! Show Noted Episode 368: Welcome to Fear City This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a dire warning that New York City is on the verge of slipping into a hellscape dystopia all because of this unreasonable demand he settle these bartabs. (The Bartenders told him to “Drop Dead”) On the show this week we kick off a month of shows about the Greatest Goddamn City in the World during The Worst Decade Ever, NYC in the 1970’s! Along the way we learn how Dave earnestly believed that Oklahoma City Oklahoma was a booming metropolis and the height of urban life. (He was ten years old so we guess we can excuse it.) From there we dive right into the history of how the Big Apple rotted during the late 60’s and got all wormy in the 1970’s! (It’s all just protein people!) From the crime wave to the economic collapse we lay out just where things went and how no one was willing to do a damn thing about it! (Baghdad wasn’t the first city Donald Rumsfeld had a pivotal role in destroying!) Then we discover that as bad as things were, New York City in the 70’s was still the Center of the Universe for all the Cool People! Our sponsor this week is The Bad Old Days, the tool for the politician needing a quick distraction from all the shit they are supposed to be fixing! We open with people on the streets of Fear City and close with LB Cooper dreaming of the Big Apple! 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/fNzm0fAaWEc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Full text of "Welcome to Fear City: A Survival Guide for Visitors to the City of New York" https://archive.org/stream/welcome-to-fear-city/welcome-to-fear-city_djvu.txt 'Welcome to Fear City' – the inside story of New York's civil war, 40 years on https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/18/welcome-to-fear-city-the-inside-story-of-new-yorks-civil-war-40-years-on Splendor in the Grit https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/06/seventies-nyc200906 Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/a-crisis-without-keynes-the-1975-new-york-city-fiscal-crisis-revisited https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/blackout-gallery/ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/t-magazine/1970s-new-york-history.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City_(1946%E2%80%931977)#1970s https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/09/what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-70s-new-york.html https://genius.com/Cashman-and-west-american-city-suite-lyrics Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a dire warning that New York City is on the verge of slipping into a hellscape dystopia all because of this unreasonable demand he settle these bartabs. (The Bartenders told him to “Drop Dead”) On the show this week we kick off a month of shows about the Greatest Goddamn City in the World during The Worst Decade Ever, NYC in the 1970’s!


Along the way we learn how Dave earnestly believed that Oklahoma City Oklahoma was a booming metropolis and the height of urban life. (He was ten years old so we guess we can excuse it.) From there we dive right into the history of how the Big Apple rotted during the late 60’s and got all wormy in the 1970’s! (It’s all just protein people!) From the crime wave to the economic collapse we lay out just where things went and how no one was willing to do a damn thing about it! (Baghdad wasn’t the first city Donald Rumsfeld had a pivotal role in destroying!) Then we discover that as bad as things were, New York City in the 70’s was still the Center of the Universe for all the Cool People!


Our sponsor this week is The Bad Old Days, the tool for the politician needing a quick distraction from all the shit they are supposed to be fixing! We open with people on the streets of Fear City and close with LB Cooper dreaming of the Big Apple!


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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/fNzm0fAaWEc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Full text of "Welcome to Fear City: A Survival Guide for Visitors to the City of New York"

https://archive.org/stream/welcome-to-fear-city/welcome-to-fear-city_djvu.txt


'Welcome to Fear City' – the inside story of New York's civil war, 40 years on

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/18/welcome-to-fear-city-the-inside-story-of-new-yorks-civil-war-40-years-on


Splendor in the Grit

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/06/seventies-nyc200906


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/a-crisis-without-keynes-the-1975-new-york-city-fiscal-crisis-revisited


https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/blackout-gallery/


https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/t-magazine/1970s-new-york-history.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City_(1946%E2%80%931977)#1970s


https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/09/what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-70s-new-york.html


https://genius.com/Cashman-and-west-american-city-suite-lyrics

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]]> 2032 yes Episode 367: Who Could've Seen This Coming? Show Notes Episode 367: Who Could’ve Seen It Coming This week Host Dave Bledsoe would like to turn the show over to a woman and let her say what needs to be said, but all the women he knows either hate him or are too busy doing important shit to talk on some dumb podcast. (Mostly they just hate him.) On the show this week we keep it really simple, we talk about the people who worked so hard to take your right away in the history of anti-abortion. (You think we are gonna talk about Canadian Tuxedos after THIS week?) We are keeping the notes simple this week. Our Sponsor is My Mailbox, in a Blue State, and it is here to be YOUR mailbox if you need something you can’t have sent to your actual mailbox. We open with theBill Hicks tossing his hat in the political ring and close with Brass Against Taking The Power Back. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/-yMlW9YkpmA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Abolishing Abortion: The History of the Pro-Life Movement in America https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2016/november/abolishing-abortion-the-history-of-the-pro-life-movement-in-america/ United States anti-abortion movement Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_anti-abortion_movement#Christian_groups Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation Ronald Fucking Reagan https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2212&context=tcl This Peanuts Strip Offers a Window Into Ronald Reagan’s Changing Views on Abortion https://time.com/6047987/peanuts-history-reagan-abortion/ RONALD REAGAN AND ABORTION https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271966500_RONALD_REAGAN_AND_ABORTION Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Who Could've Seen This Coming? full 367 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we keep it really simple, we talk about the people who worked so hard to take your right away in the history of anti-abortion. (You think we are gonna talk about Canadian Tuxedos after THIS week?) Show Notes Episode 367: Who Could’ve Seen It Coming This week Host Dave Bledsoe would like to turn the show over to a woman and let her say what needs to be said, but all the women he knows either hate him or are too busy doing important shit to talk on some dumb podcast. (Mostly they just hate him.) On the show this week we keep it really simple, we talk about the people who worked so hard to take your right away in the history of anti-abortion. (You think we are gonna talk about Canadian Tuxedos after THIS week?) We are keeping the notes simple this week. Our Sponsor is My Mailbox, in a Blue State, and it is here to be YOUR mailbox if you need something you can’t have sent to your actual mailbox. We open with theBill Hicks tossing his hat in the political ring and close with Brass Against Taking The Power Back. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/-yMlW9YkpmA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Abolishing Abortion: The History of the Pro-Life Movement in America https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2016/november/abolishing-abortion-the-history-of-the-pro-life-movement-in-america/ United States anti-abortion movement Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_anti-abortion_movement#Christian_groups Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation Ronald Fucking Reagan https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2212&context=tcl This Peanuts Strip Offers a Window Into Ronald Reagan’s Changing Views on Abortion https://time.com/6047987/peanuts-history-reagan-abortion/ RONALD REAGAN AND ABORTION https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271966500_RONALD_REAGAN_AND_ABORTION Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 367: Who Could’ve Seen It Coming

This week Host Dave Bledsoe would like to turn the show over to a woman and let her say what needs to be said, but all the women he knows either hate him or are too busy doing important shit to talk on some dumb podcast. (Mostly they just hate him.) On the show this week we keep it really simple, we talk about the people who worked so hard to take your right away in the history of anti-abortion. (You think we are gonna talk about Canadian Tuxedos after THIS week?)


We are keeping the notes simple this week. Our Sponsor is My Mailbox, in a Blue State, and it is here to be YOUR mailbox if you need something you can’t have sent to your actual mailbox. We open with theBill Hicks tossing his hat in the political ring and close with Brass Against Taking The Power Back.


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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/-yMlW9YkpmA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Abolishing Abortion: The History of the Pro-Life Movement in America

https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2016/november/abolishing-abortion-the-history-of-the-pro-life-movement-in-america/


United States anti-abortion movement Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_anti-abortion_movement#Christian_groups


Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation Ronald Fucking Reagan

https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2212&context=tcl


This Peanuts Strip Offers a Window Into Ronald Reagan’s Changing Views on Abortion

https://time.com/6047987/peanuts-history-reagan-abortion/


RONALD REAGAN AND ABORTION

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271966500_RONALD_REAGAN_AND_ABORTION



















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]]> 1987 yes Episode 366: Full Metal Lunchbox Show Notes Episode 366: Full Metal Lunch Box This week Host Dave Bledsoe is brown bagging it for lunch, meaning he is drinking cheap scotch out of a brown paper bag in the park. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the Ultimate Status Symbol of the 1970’s School House: the lunch box! Along the way we learn that young Dave had a very disturbing lunch box when he lived in the Deep South. (Though he denies it, he definitely had a Klan Lunch Box) Then we dive right into that most American of Americana, the Lunch Pails that built America! From their humble beginnings as a container for carcinogens and cookies to their heyday as a metal masters of a growing nation, men carried a god damn lunch pail and it was filled with love! (And strong black coffee!) Then we explain how the Baby Boom built a lucrative market for a kerosene lamp subsidiary to make millions from all those privileged children. (Boomers had it all!) Finally we talk about all the wonderful things on our lunch boxes when we were kids and why you had such cheap plastic crap. (Hint: Capitalism!) We also do some thinly veiled allegory that is relevant to life in today’s United States. Our Sponsor this week is Seltzer Kings Branded Lunch Boxes, all your favorite podcast hosts so long as they are Dave and you don’t expect them to be a real thing. We open with a museum full of 70’s nostalgia and close with Tim Tymo issuing a warning to all bullies. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/U9xbJo3k-xk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  SPEAKING PERSONALLY; THERE'S MORE THAN NOURISHMENT IN A LUNCH PAIL https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/19/nyregion/speaking-personally-there-s-more-than-nourishment-in-a-lunch-pail.html The History of the Lunch Box https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-of-the-lunch-box-98329938/#:~:text=Around%20the%201880s%2C%20school%20children,children%2C%20came%20out%20in%201902 Beyond The Pail: NPR Unpacks The History Of The Lunch Box https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/31/495218823/beyond-the-pail-npr-unpacks-the-history-of-the-lunch-box Metal Lunchbox History http://theinventors.org/library/inventors/bllunchbox.htm#:~:text=Metal%20lunchboxes%20were%20banned%20in,head%20injuries%20were%20being%20reported Were Metal Lunch Boxes Really Banned? https://www.mashed.com/369759/were-metal-lunch-boxes-really-banned/ Uncited Additional Reading https://groovyhistory.com/sixties-tv-themed-lunchboxes-that-all-the-cool-kids-had https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/69230/vintage-1970s-lunch-boxes-revisited-when-pop-culture-ruled-playground https://www.workandmoney.com/s/valuable-lunch-boxes-1d5ea8d287444f7f https://www.lunchbox.com/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-lunch-box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunchbox#In_the_United_States https://blog.ciachef.edu/the-lunch-box-remembered-the-history-of-the-lunch-box/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Full Metal Lunchbox full 366 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you about the Ultimate Status Symbol of the 1970’s School House: the lunch box! Show Notes Episode 366: Full Metal Lunch Box This week Host Dave Bledsoe is brown bagging it for lunch, meaning he is drinking cheap scotch out of a brown paper bag in the park. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the Ultimate Status Symbol of the 1970’s School House: the lunch box! Along the way we learn that young Dave had a very disturbing lunch box when he lived in the Deep South. (Though he denies it, he definitely had a Klan Lunch Box) Then we dive right into that most American of Americana, the Lunch Pails that built America! From their humble beginnings as a container for carcinogens and cookies to their heyday as a metal masters of a growing nation, men carried a god damn lunch pail and it was filled with love! (And strong black coffee!) Then we explain how the Baby Boom built a lucrative market for a kerosene lamp subsidiary to make millions from all those privileged children. (Boomers had it all!) Finally we talk about all the wonderful things on our lunch boxes when we were kids and why you had such cheap plastic crap. (Hint: Capitalism!) We also do some thinly veiled allegory that is relevant to life in today’s United States. Our Sponsor this week is Seltzer Kings Branded Lunch Boxes, all your favorite podcast hosts so long as they are Dave and you don’t expect them to be a real thing. We open with a museum full of 70’s nostalgia and close with Tim Tymo issuing a warning to all bullies. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/U9xbJo3k-xk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  SPEAKING PERSONALLY; THERE'S MORE THAN NOURISHMENT IN A LUNCH PAIL https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/19/nyregion/speaking-personally-there-s-more-than-nourishment-in-a-lunch-pail.html The History of the Lunch Box https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-of-the-lunch-box-98329938/#:~:text=Around%20the%201880s%2C%20school%20children,children%2C%20came%20out%20in%201902 Beyond The Pail: NPR Unpacks The History Of The Lunch Box https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/31/495218823/beyond-the-pail-npr-unpacks-the-history-of-the-lunch-box Metal Lunchbox History http://theinventors.org/library/inventors/bllunchbox.htm#:~:text=Metal%20lunchboxes%20were%20banned%20in,head%20injuries%20were%20being%20reported Were Metal Lunch Boxes Really Banned? https://www.mashed.com/369759/were-metal-lunch-boxes-really-banned/ Uncited Additional Reading https://groovyhistory.com/sixties-tv-themed-lunchboxes-that-all-the-cool-kids-had https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/69230/vintage-1970s-lunch-boxes-revisited-when-pop-culture-ruled-playground https://www.workandmoney.com/s/valuable-lunch-boxes-1d5ea8d287444f7f https://www.lunchbox.com/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-lunch-box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunchbox#In_the_United_States https://blog.ciachef.edu/the-lunch-box-remembered-the-history-of-the-lunch-box/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 366: Full Metal Lunch Box


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is brown bagging it for lunch, meaning he is drinking cheap scotch out of a brown paper bag in the park. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the Ultimate Status Symbol of the 1970’s School House: the lunch box!


Along the way we learn that young Dave had a very disturbing lunch box when he lived in the Deep South. (Though he denies it, he definitely had a Klan Lunch Box) Then we dive right into that most American of Americana, the Lunch Pails that built America! From their humble beginnings as a container for carcinogens and cookies to their heyday as a metal masters of a growing nation, men carried a god damn lunch pail and it was filled with love! (And strong black coffee!) Then we explain how the Baby Boom built a lucrative market for a kerosene lamp subsidiary to make millions from all those privileged children. (Boomers had it all!) Finally we talk about all the wonderful things on our lunch boxes when we were kids and why you had such cheap plastic crap. (Hint: Capitalism!) We also do some thinly veiled allegory that is relevant to life in today’s United States.


Our Sponsor this week is Seltzer Kings Branded Lunch Boxes, all your favorite podcast hosts so long as they are Dave and you don’t expect them to be a real thing. We open with a museum full of 70’s nostalgia and close with Tim Tymo issuing a warning to all bullies.


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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/U9xbJo3k-xk

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed: 


SPEAKING PERSONALLY; THERE'S MORE THAN NOURISHMENT IN A LUNCH PAIL

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/19/nyregion/speaking-personally-there-s-more-than-nourishment-in-a-lunch-pail.html


The History of the Lunch Box

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-of-the-lunch-box-98329938/#:~:text=Around%20the%201880s%2C%20school%20children,children%2C%20came%20out%20in%201902


Beyond The Pail: NPR Unpacks The History Of The Lunch Box

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/31/495218823/beyond-the-pail-npr-unpacks-the-history-of-the-lunch-box


Metal Lunchbox History

http://theinventors.org/library/inventors/bllunchbox.htm#:~:text=Metal%20lunchboxes%20were%20banned%20in,head%20injuries%20were%20being%20reported


Were Metal Lunch Boxes Really Banned?

https://www.mashed.com/369759/were-metal-lunch-boxes-really-banned/


Uncited Additional Reading


https://groovyhistory.com/sixties-tv-themed-lunchboxes-that-all-the-cool-kids-had


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/69230/vintage-1970s-lunch-boxes-revisited-when-pop-culture-ruled-playground


https://www.workandmoney.com/s/valuable-lunch-boxes-1d5ea8d287444f7f


https://www.lunchbox.com/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-lunch-box


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunchbox#In_the_United_States


https://blog.ciachef.edu/the-lunch-box-remembered-the-history-of-the-lunch-box/

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]]> 1578 yes Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet Show Notes Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet This week Host Dave Bledsoe struggles with the reality he will never own his own bar, and the best he will ever have is a tab at one. (Which will be constantly overdue) On the show this week take a look at a Tom Cruise movie that had American flipping bottles and breaking glasses all over their basement bars: 1988’s Cocktail. (Why? There is no why.) Along the way we learned that instead of using an unexpected financial windfall to better his life, Dave just spent it all on booze. (Same as it ever was.) Then we dive right into the backstory of a movie that no one thought was very good but everyone watched anyway. We learn how a gritty commentary on capitalism and consumer culture was “Disneyfied” into a banal Reagan era blockbuster. Finally we explain why everyone loved the move and how the soundtrack is an abomination and deserves a trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity. (Kind of like this podcast) Our Sponsor this week is The Slippery Nipple, the bar that only served naughty named cocktails. We open the show with Brian Flanagan orating from his bartop and close with Bill Dahl, his powerful karaoke voice. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/VKSQVYM69QA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Cocktail Is Tom Cruise's Poorest-Reviewed Movie. The Guy Who Wrote It Might Get Redemption. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a25942288/cocktail-tom-cruise-sequel-heywood-gould/ Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail' https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-03-21-ct-mov-0322-chicago-closeup-20130322-story.html Cocktail https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1800046081/weekend/ 10 Stirring Facts About Cocktail https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail Mike Love of The Beach Boys https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/mike-love-of-the-beach-boys Uncited Additional Reading:   https://groovyhistory.com/how-tom-cruise-made-cocktail-a-100-million-movie https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/chasing-kokomo-the-secretly-dark-cocktail/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2021/05/23/touchstone-and-beyond-a-history-of-disneys-cocktail/ https://punchdrink.com/articles/cocktail-movie-brad-thomas-parsons-on-harpoon-eddies/ https://www.eightieskids.com/25-things-you-never-knew-about-cocktail/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_(1988_film) https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074802/http://tablematters.com/2013/07/05/cocktails-and-dreams/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 The Last Barman Poet full 365 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week take a look at a Tom Cruise movie that had American flipping bottles and breaking glasses all over their basement bars: 1988’s Cocktail. (Why? There is no why.) Show Notes Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet This week Host Dave Bledsoe struggles with the reality he will never own his own bar, and the best he will ever have is a tab at one. (Which will be constantly overdue) On the show this week take a look at a Tom Cruise movie that had American flipping bottles and breaking glasses all over their basement bars: 1988’s Cocktail. (Why? There is no why.) Along the way we learned that instead of using an unexpected financial windfall to better his life, Dave just spent it all on booze. (Same as it ever was.) Then we dive right into the backstory of a movie that no one thought was very good but everyone watched anyway. We learn how a gritty commentary on capitalism and consumer culture was “Disneyfied” into a banal Reagan era blockbuster. Finally we explain why everyone loved the move and how the soundtrack is an abomination and deserves a trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity. (Kind of like this podcast) Our Sponsor this week is The Slippery Nipple, the bar that only served naughty named cocktails. We open the show with Brian Flanagan orating from his bartop and close with Bill Dahl, his powerful karaoke voice. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/VKSQVYM69QA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Cocktail Is Tom Cruise's Poorest-Reviewed Movie. The Guy Who Wrote It Might Get Redemption. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a25942288/cocktail-tom-cruise-sequel-heywood-gould/ Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail' https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-03-21-ct-mov-0322-chicago-closeup-20130322-story.html Cocktail https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1800046081/weekend/ 10 Stirring Facts About Cocktail https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail Mike Love of The Beach Boys https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/mike-love-of-the-beach-boys Uncited Additional Reading:   https://groovyhistory.com/how-tom-cruise-made-cocktail-a-100-million-movie https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/chasing-kokomo-the-secretly-dark-cocktail/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2021/05/23/touchstone-and-beyond-a-history-of-disneys-cocktail/ https://punchdrink.com/articles/cocktail-movie-brad-thomas-parsons-on-harpoon-eddies/ https://www.eightieskids.com/25-things-you-never-knew-about-cocktail/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_(1988_film) https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074802/http://tablematters.com/2013/07/05/cocktails-and-dreams/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet


This week Host Dave Bledsoe struggles with the reality he will never own his own bar, and the best he will ever have is a tab at one. (Which will be constantly overdue) On the show this week take a look at a Tom Cruise movie that had American flipping bottles and breaking glasses all over their basement bars: 1988’s Cocktail. (Why? There is no why.)


Along the way we learned that instead of using an unexpected financial windfall to better his life, Dave just spent it all on booze. (Same as it ever was.) Then we dive right into the backstory of a movie that no one thought was very good but everyone watched anyway. We learn how a gritty commentary on capitalism and consumer culture was “Disneyfied” into a banal Reagan era blockbuster. Finally we explain why everyone loved the move and how the soundtrack is an abomination and deserves a trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity. (Kind of like this podcast)


Our Sponsor this week is The Slippery Nipple, the bar that only served naughty named cocktails. We open the show with Brian Flanagan orating from his bartop and close with Bill Dahl, his powerful karaoke voice.


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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ

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/VKSQVYM69QA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Cocktail Is Tom Cruise's Poorest-Reviewed Movie. The Guy Who Wrote It Might Get Redemption.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a25942288/cocktail-tom-cruise-sequel-heywood-gould/


Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail'

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-03-21-ct-mov-0322-chicago-closeup-20130322-story.html


Cocktail

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1800046081/weekend/


10 Stirring Facts About Cocktail

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail


Mike Love of The Beach Boys

https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/mike-love-of-the-beach-boys


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://groovyhistory.com/how-tom-cruise-made-cocktail-a-100-million-movie


https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/chasing-kokomo-the-secretly-dark-cocktail/


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail


https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2021/05/23/touchstone-and-beyond-a-history-of-disneys-cocktail/


https://punchdrink.com/articles/cocktail-movie-brad-thomas-parsons-on-harpoon-eddies/


https://www.eightieskids.com/25-things-you-never-knew-about-cocktail/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_(1988_film)


https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074802/http://tablematters.com/2013/07/05/cocktails-and-dreams/

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]]> 1799 yes Episode 364: Too Damn Cool to Buy the 8-Track Tape Episode 364: We Were Too Damn Cool to Buy the 8 Track Tapes This week Host Dave Bledsoe drops a quarter in the jukebox to play the sad country songs from his youth, only to be kicked out of the diner for sobbing at the counter. (Again) On the show this week we take a look at the long lost and justifiably detested technology that somehow made Foghat even worse, the 8 Track Tape. (Yeah, who knew that was even possible?)  Along the way we discover that Dave is no better at keeping a car than he is at keeping a girlfriend. Then we dive right into the life of Bill Lear, the man who made owning a private jet available for just millionaires instead of billionaires. He also ruined America by creating the 8 Track tape. Then we learn the long history of continuous loop tape, which we swear is relevant to the story. (So few things in this show ever truly are!) Then we talk about why the 8 Track was just a blip on our cultural radar compared to other forms of recorded music. (Spoiler Alert: It is because they sucked.) Our Sponsor this week in the Weltron 2001 Spaceball, an absurd player for an absurd format. We open with a Radio Shack Commercial for Tandy 8 Track Players and close with Brian Setzer whose woman has left him. (Again) 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/1AxWuuhcU4Q We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia 8-Track Tape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_tape 8-Track Tapes Belong In A Museum https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum Some Help From Debussy For the Hassled Driver https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/25/archives/some-help-from-debussy-for-the-hassled-driver.html The Eight-Track Miracle: 8 Reasons It Failed https://flashbak.com/the-eight-track-miracle-8-reasons-it-failed-2034/ Wikipedia John Lear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lear Uncited Additional Reading: https://hackbackpages.com/2018/05/04/damn-that-8-track-it-takes-me-way-back/ https://bestclassicbands.com/8-track-tape-introduction-9-15-155/ https://www.easytechjunkie.com/what-are-8-track-tapes.htm https://www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/collectors-corner-the-history-of-the-eight-track-tape https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/04/archives/bill-lear-thinks-hell-have-the-last-laugh.html https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/25/archives/some-help-from-debussy-for-the-hassled-driver.html https://bestclassicbands.com/8-track-tape-introduction-9-15-155/ http://www.8trackheaven.com/archive/80s.html https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/coolness-8-track https://www.culturesonar.com/the-magical-mystery-8-track-tape-adventure/ https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=193139 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Too Damn Cool to Buy the 8-Track Tape full 364 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a look at the long lost and justifiably detested technology that somehow made Foghat even worse, the 8 Track Tape. (Yeah, who knew that was even possible?) Episode 364: We Were Too Damn Cool to Buy the 8 Track Tapes This week Host Dave Bledsoe drops a quarter in the jukebox to play the sad country songs from his youth, only to be kicked out of the diner for sobbing at the counter. (Again) On the show this week we take a look at the long lost and justifiably detested technology that somehow made Foghat even worse, the 8 Track Tape. (Yeah, who knew that was even possible?)  Along the way we discover that Dave is no better at keeping a car than he is at keeping a girlfriend. Then we dive right into the life of Bill Lear, the man who made owning a private jet available for just millionaires instead of billionaires. He also ruined America by creating the 8 Track tape. Then we learn the long history of continuous loop tape, which we swear is relevant to the story. (So few things in this show ever truly are!) Then we talk about why the 8 Track was just a blip on our cultural radar compared to other forms of recorded music. (Spoiler Alert: It is because they sucked.) Our Sponsor this week in the Weltron 2001 Spaceball, an absurd player for an absurd format. We open with a Radio Shack Commercial for Tandy 8 Track Players and close with Brian Setzer whose woman has left him. (Again) 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ 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/1AxWuuhcU4Q We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia 8-Track Tape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_tape 8-Track Tapes Belong In A Museum https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum Some Help From Debussy For the Hassled Driver https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/25/archives/some-help-from-debussy-for-the-hassled-driver.html The Eight-Track Miracle: 8 Reasons It Failed https://flashbak.com/the-eight-track-miracle-8-reasons-it-failed-2034/ Wikipedia John Lear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lear Uncited Additional Reading: https://hackbackpages.com/2018/05/04/damn-that-8-track-it-takes-me-way-back/ https://bestclassicbands.com/8-track-tape-introduction-9-15-155/ https://www.easytechjunkie.com/what-are-8-track-tapes.htm https://www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/collectors-corner-the-history-of-the-eight-track-tape https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/04/archives/bill-lear-thinks-hell-have-the-last-laugh.html https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/25/archives/some-help-from-debussy-for-the-hassled-driver.html https://bestclassicbands.com/8-track-tape-introduction-9-15-155/ http://www.8trackheaven.com/archive/80s.html https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/coolness-8-track https://www.culturesonar.com/the-magical-mystery-8-track-tape-adventure/ https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=193139 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe drops a quarter in the jukebox to play the sad country songs from his youth, only to be kicked out of the diner for sobbing at the counter. (Again) On the show this week we take a look at the long lost and justifiably detested technology that somehow made Foghat even worse, the 8 Track Tape. (Yeah, who knew that was even possible?) 


Along the way we discover that Dave is no better at keeping a car than he is at keeping a girlfriend. Then we dive right into the life of Bill Lear, the man who made owning a private jet available for just millionaires instead of billionaires. He also ruined America by creating the 8 Track tape. Then we learn the long history of continuous loop tape, which we swear is relevant to the story. (So few things in this show ever truly are!) Then we talk about why the 8 Track was just a blip on our cultural radar compared to other forms of recorded music. (Spoiler Alert: It is because they sucked.)


Our Sponsor this week in the Weltron 2001 Spaceball, an absurd player for an absurd format. We open with a Radio Shack Commercial for Tandy 8 Track Players and close with Brian Setzer whose woman has left him. (Again)


Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/1AxWuuhcU4Q

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Citations Needed:

Wikipedia 8-Track Tape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_tape


8-Track Tapes Belong In A Museum

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum


Some Help From Debussy For the Hassled Driver

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/25/archives/some-help-from-debussy-for-the-hassled-driver.html


The Eight-Track Miracle: 8 Reasons It Failed

https://flashbak.com/the-eight-track-miracle-8-reasons-it-failed-2034/


Wikipedia John Lear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lear


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://hackbackpages.com/2018/05/04/damn-that-8-track-it-takes-me-way-back/


https://bestclassicbands.com/8-track-tape-introduction-9-15-155/


https://www.easytechjunkie.com/what-are-8-track-tapes.htm


https://www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/collectors-corner-the-history-of-the-eight-track-tape


https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/04/archives/bill-lear-thinks-hell-have-the-last-laugh.html


https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/25/archives/some-help-from-debussy-for-the-hassled-driver.html


https://bestclassicbands.com/8-track-tape-introduction-9-15-155/


http://www.8trackheaven.com/archive/80s.html


https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/coolness-8-track


https://www.culturesonar.com/the-magical-mystery-8-track-tape-adventure/


https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=193139

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]]> 1732 yes Special Edition: It's Later Than You Think Show Notes: Special Edition “It’s Later Than You Think” In the aftermath of the shootings, we will not be running our usual show. This Special Edition talks frankly about what happened, where we are and where it looks like we are going. It is presented without music or drops, and without our usual dick and fart humor. We will not be running a show for next week, a Dowers Boys will run in the feed for Monday morning. Hopefully we will return the following week with a show about 8 Track Tapes, which to date have never been used to senselessly murder 19 children in their classroom. We understand if you skip this one, we didn’t want to do it either. Thank you for putting up us with while we try to come to grips with this fucked up country. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:  We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 25 May 2022 18:10:44 -0000 It's Later Than You Think bonus Dave Bledsoe In the aftermath of the shootings, we will not be running our usual show. This Special Edition talks frankly about what happened, where we are and where it looks like we are going. Show Notes: Special Edition “It’s Later Than You Think” In the aftermath of the shootings, we will not be running our usual show. This Special Edition talks frankly about what happened, where we are and where it looks like we are going. It is presented without music or drops, and without our usual dick and fart humor. We will not be running a show for next week, a Dowers Boys will run in the feed for Monday morning. Hopefully we will return the following week with a show about 8 Track Tapes, which to date have never been used to senselessly murder 19 children in their classroom. We understand if you skip this one, we didn’t want to do it either. Thank you for putting up us with while we try to come to grips with this fucked up country. 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 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:  We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes: Special Edition “It’s Later Than You Think”

In the aftermath of the shootings, we will not be running our usual show. This Special Edition talks frankly about what happened, where we are and where it looks like we are going. It is presented without music or drops, and without our usual dick and fart humor. We will not be running a show for next week, a Dowers Boys will run in the feed for Monday morning. Hopefully we will return the following week with a show about 8 Track Tapes, which to date have never been used to senselessly murder 19 children in their classroom.


We understand if you skip this one, we didn’t want to do it either.


Thank you for putting up us with while we try to come to grips with this fucked up country.


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/

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www.whatthehellpodcast.com

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Closing Music: 

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

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]]> 1074 yes Episode 363: Highway to the Reagan Zone Show Noted Episode 363: “Highway to the Reagan Zone” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to get a free drink by strongly implying to the bartender that he was “kinda the Air Force version of Maverick from Top Gun”. (Just as when he used it in the 80’s, he crashed and burned) On the show this week we tell the tale of the original Top Gun and how it was pure propaganda for Reagan’s America and not just hot, sweaty, homoerotic volleyball. (HOT!) Along the way we hear one of Dave’s pick up lines from back in the day and wonder how he ever got laid. (Mostly bad liquor and women with the worst taste in men) Then we dive right into the origins of Top Gun in a magazine article with prose so purple you could stomp it to make wine. (Too sweet, very tannic) Then we meet Don and Jerry who took one look at this badly written article and saw millions of dollars at the box office. We explain how and why the Pentagon got involved (free tickets for the Generals!) and how America primed to get their mojo back by invading a tiny island with no real military on the flimsiest of pretexts. (Turns out the yellow cake they had was just Betty Crocker) Then we explain why the homoeroticism in Top Gun was actually pretty banal. Our Sponsor this week is the US Military, join up now before the next war! We open the show with Mav and Goose talking about photography and close with Psycostik, who is in a dangerous zoning situation. 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/om0KOWbOkCk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: TOP GUNS – BY EHUD YONAY California Magazine, May 1983 http://www.topgunbio.com/top-guns-by-ehud-yonay/ The Pentagon Goes Hollywood Filmmakers and the military enjoy a profitable partnership http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,962933-1,00.html ‘TOP GUN’ BOOSTING SERVICE SIGN-UPS https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-05-ca-20403-story.html Tom Cruise Said in 1990 Making a Sequel to Top Gun Would Be 'Irresponsible' https://gizmodo.com/tom-cruise-top-gun-sequel-playboy-opinion-1986-propagan-1848858326 Uncited Additional Reading:  http://cecrilouvain.be/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1CRI-1.pdf https://americanhomefront.wunc.org/2020-08-17/1986s-top-gun-led-to-a-military-recruiting-boom-will-the-upcoming-sequel-do-the-same https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/in-defence-of-top-gun-230153/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/29/media.filmnews https://archive.org/details/operationhollywo00robb/page/180/mode/2up https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/25-years-later-remembering-how-top-gun-changed-americas-feelings-about-war/2011/08/15/gIQAU6qJgJ_story.html https://uccfilmwriters.weebly.com/home/top-gun-a-look-at-film-as-a-product-of-dominant-political-ideology-complete-with-cheap-deals-on-fighter-jets https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/4/4/top-gun-or-prop-gun-the-entertaining-face-of-american-propaganda https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/top-gun-infomercial-for-america/619013/ https://www.avclub.com/top-gun-is-the-sleekest-horniest-recruitment-ad-of-the-1843324418 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Highway to the Reagan Zone full 363 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell the tale of the original Top Gun and how it was pure propaganda for Reagan’s America and not just hot, sweaty, homoerotic volleyball. (HOT!) Show Noted Episode 363: “Highway to the Reagan Zone” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to get a free drink by strongly implying to the bartender that he was “kinda the Air Force version of Maverick from Top Gun”. (Just as when he used it in the 80’s, he crashed and burned) On the show this week we tell the tale of the original Top Gun and how it was pure propaganda for Reagan’s America and not just hot, sweaty, homoerotic volleyball. (HOT!) Along the way we hear one of Dave’s pick up lines from back in the day and wonder how he ever got laid. (Mostly bad liquor and women with the worst taste in men) Then we dive right into the origins of Top Gun in a magazine article with prose so purple you could stomp it to make wine. (Too sweet, very tannic) Then we meet Don and Jerry who took one look at this badly written article and saw millions of dollars at the box office. We explain how and why the Pentagon got involved (free tickets for the Generals!) and how America primed to get their mojo back by invading a tiny island with no real military on the flimsiest of pretexts. (Turns out the yellow cake they had was just Betty Crocker) Then we explain why the homoeroticism in Top Gun was actually pretty banal. Our Sponsor this week is the US Military, join up now before the next war! We open the show with Mav and Goose talking about photography and close with Psycostik, who is in a dangerous zoning situation. 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/om0KOWbOkCk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: TOP GUNS – BY EHUD YONAY California Magazine, May 1983 http://www.topgunbio.com/top-guns-by-ehud-yonay/ The Pentagon Goes Hollywood Filmmakers and the military enjoy a profitable partnership http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,962933-1,00.html ‘TOP GUN’ BOOSTING SERVICE SIGN-UPS https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-05-ca-20403-story.html Tom Cruise Said in 1990 Making a Sequel to Top Gun Would Be 'Irresponsible' https://gizmodo.com/tom-cruise-top-gun-sequel-playboy-opinion-1986-propagan-1848858326 Uncited Additional Reading:  http://cecrilouvain.be/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1CRI-1.pdf https://americanhomefront.wunc.org/2020-08-17/1986s-top-gun-led-to-a-military-recruiting-boom-will-the-upcoming-sequel-do-the-same https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/in-defence-of-top-gun-230153/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/29/media.filmnews https://archive.org/details/operationhollywo00robb/page/180/mode/2up https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/25-years-later-remembering-how-top-gun-changed-americas-feelings-about-war/2011/08/15/gIQAU6qJgJ_story.html https://uccfilmwriters.weebly.com/home/top-gun-a-look-at-film-as-a-product-of-dominant-political-ideology-complete-with-cheap-deals-on-fighter-jets https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/4/4/top-gun-or-prop-gun-the-entertaining-face-of-american-propaganda https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/top-gun-infomercial-for-america/619013/ https://www.avclub.com/top-gun-is-the-sleekest-horniest-recruitment-ad-of-the-1843324418 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to get a free drink by strongly implying to the bartender that he was “kinda the Air Force version of Maverick from Top Gun”. (Just as when he used it in the 80’s, he crashed and burned) On the show this week we tell the tale of the original Top Gun and how it was pure propaganda for Reagan’s America and not just hot, sweaty, homoerotic volleyball. (HOT!)


Along the way we hear one of Dave’s pick up lines from back in the day and wonder how he ever got laid. (Mostly bad liquor and women with the worst taste in men) Then we dive right into the origins of Top Gun in a magazine article with prose so purple you could stomp it to make wine. (Too sweet, very tannic) Then we meet Don and Jerry who took one look at this badly written article and saw millions of dollars at the box office. We explain how and why the Pentagon got involved (free tickets for the Generals!) and how America primed to get their mojo back by invading a tiny island with no real military on the flimsiest of pretexts. (Turns out the yellow cake they had was just Betty Crocker) Then we explain why the homoeroticism in Top Gun was actually pretty banal.


Our Sponsor this week is the US Military, join up now before the next war! We open the show with Mav and Goose talking about photography and close with Psycostik, who is in a dangerous zoning situation.


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/om0KOWbOkCk

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


TOP GUNS – BY EHUD YONAY

California Magazine, May 1983

http://www.topgunbio.com/top-guns-by-ehud-yonay/


The Pentagon Goes Hollywood

Filmmakers and the military enjoy a profitable partnership

http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,962933-1,00.html


‘TOP GUN’ BOOSTING SERVICE SIGN-UPS

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-05-ca-20403-story.html


Tom Cruise Said in 1990 Making a Sequel to Top Gun Would Be 'Irresponsible'

https://gizmodo.com/tom-cruise-top-gun-sequel-playboy-opinion-1986-propagan-1848858326


Uncited Additional Reading: 


http://cecrilouvain.be/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1CRI-1.pdf


https://americanhomefront.wunc.org/2020-08-17/1986s-top-gun-led-to-a-military-recruiting-boom-will-the-upcoming-sequel-do-the-same


https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/in-defence-of-top-gun-230153/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/29/media.filmnews


https://archive.org/details/operationhollywo00robb/page/180/mode/2up


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/25-years-later-remembering-how-top-gun-changed-americas-feelings-about-war/2011/08/15/gIQAU6qJgJ_story.html


https://uccfilmwriters.weebly.com/home/top-gun-a-look-at-film-as-a-product-of-dominant-political-ideology-complete-with-cheap-deals-on-fighter-jets


https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/4/4/top-gun-or-prop-gun-the-entertaining-face-of-american-propaganda


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/top-gun-infomercial-for-america/619013/


https://www.avclub.com/top-gun-is-the-sleekest-horniest-recruitment-ad-of-the-1843324418

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]]> 1790 yes Episode 362: I Did Not Sea Monkey That Coming Show Notes Episode 362: I Did Not SeaMonkey That Coming This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps checking the mailbox for his pair of X-Ray Goggles only to be disappointed again. (Honestly, you can just look at porn on the internet, dude) On the show this week we tell you the truly messed up tale of the guy who invented Sea-Monkeys. (No spoilers, but he was a Jewish Nazi!) Along the way we learn that Dave gets drunk and falls victim to Facebook scams on the regular. (No surprise there!) Then we dive right into the history of how a guy committed fraud against children by selling cheap crap in the back pages of a comic book. Then we discuss the twisted tale of Harold Von Braunhunt, the creator of SeaMonkeys, X-Ray Specs, and ardent Nazi! (Who is also Jewish) We trace the tale of his rise to child scam fame and fall because he sold a weapon he invented to raise money for seditionists. (No one tell Don Jr.) Finally we explain how even after the Nazi part came out, they still did a Saturday morning cartoon about Sea Monkeys. Our Sponsor this week is X-O Specs, which are not intended for prurient uses and we MEAN it! We open with an ad for Brine Shrimp and close with Jez Quayle who just wants to Monkey around!  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/lOf5AeFAXaw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Comic Book Rip-Off Ads: Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, And More https://groovyhistory.com/comic-book-ads-sea-monkeys-x-ray The Shocking True Tale Of The Mad Genius Who Invented Sea-Monkeys https://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-shocking-true-tale-of-the-mad-genius-who-invented-sea-monkeys/ A Brief History of Sea-Monkeys https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642405/sea-monkeys-history CONTRASTS OF A PRIVATE PERSONA https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/04/25/contrasts-of-a-private-persona/de3976fc-c0b0-4448-8e22-3c6d2edf593e/ HITLER AND THE SEA-MONKEYS https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/hitler-and-sea-monkeys Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tm-29473-story.html https://junkee.com/sea-monkeys-brine-shrimp/210801 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-battle-over-the-sea-monkey-fortune.html https://goat.com.au/pop-culture/the-guy-who-invented-sea-monkeys-was-a-literal-nazi/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 I Did Not Sea Monkey That Coming full 362 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you the truly messed up tale of the guy who invented Sea-Monkeys. (No spoilers, but he was a Jewish Nazi!) Show Notes Episode 362: I Did Not SeaMonkey That Coming This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps checking the mailbox for his pair of X-Ray Goggles only to be disappointed again. (Honestly, you can just look at porn on the internet, dude) On the show this week we tell you the truly messed up tale of the guy who invented Sea-Monkeys. (No spoilers, but he was a Jewish Nazi!) Along the way we learn that Dave gets drunk and falls victim to Facebook scams on the regular. (No surprise there!) Then we dive right into the history of how a guy committed fraud against children by selling cheap crap in the back pages of a comic book. Then we discuss the twisted tale of Harold Von Braunhunt, the creator of SeaMonkeys, X-Ray Specs, and ardent Nazi! (Who is also Jewish) We trace the tale of his rise to child scam fame and fall because he sold a weapon he invented to raise money for seditionists. (No one tell Don Jr.) Finally we explain how even after the Nazi part came out, they still did a Saturday morning cartoon about Sea Monkeys. Our Sponsor this week is X-O Specs, which are not intended for prurient uses and we MEAN it! We open with an ad for Brine Shrimp and close with Jez Quayle who just wants to Monkey around!  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/lOf5AeFAXaw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Comic Book Rip-Off Ads: Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, And More https://groovyhistory.com/comic-book-ads-sea-monkeys-x-ray The Shocking True Tale Of The Mad Genius Who Invented Sea-Monkeys https://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-shocking-true-tale-of-the-mad-genius-who-invented-sea-monkeys/ A Brief History of Sea-Monkeys https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642405/sea-monkeys-history CONTRASTS OF A PRIVATE PERSONA https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/04/25/contrasts-of-a-private-persona/de3976fc-c0b0-4448-8e22-3c6d2edf593e/ HITLER AND THE SEA-MONKEYS https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/hitler-and-sea-monkeys Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tm-29473-story.html https://junkee.com/sea-monkeys-brine-shrimp/210801 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-battle-over-the-sea-monkey-fortune.html https://goat.com.au/pop-culture/the-guy-who-invented-sea-monkeys-was-a-literal-nazi/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 362: I Did Not SeaMonkey That Coming


This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps checking the mailbox for his pair of X-Ray Goggles only to be disappointed again. (Honestly, you can just look at porn on the internet, dude) On the show this week we tell you the truly messed up tale of the guy who invented Sea-Monkeys. (No spoilers, but he was a Jewish Nazi!)


Along the way we learn that Dave gets drunk and falls victim to Facebook scams on the regular. (No surprise there!) Then we dive right into the history of how a guy committed fraud against children by selling cheap crap in the back pages of a comic book. Then we discuss the twisted tale of Harold Von Braunhunt, the creator of SeaMonkeys, X-Ray Specs, and ardent Nazi! (Who is also Jewish) We trace the tale of his rise to child scam fame and fall because he sold a weapon he invented to raise money for seditionists. (No one tell Don Jr.) Finally we explain how even after the Nazi part came out, they still did a Saturday morning cartoon about Sea Monkeys.


Our Sponsor this week is X-O Specs, which are not intended for prurient uses and we MEAN it! We open with an ad for Brine Shrimp and close with Jez Quayle who just wants to Monkey around! 


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/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music:https://youtu.be/lOf5AeFAXaw

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Comic Book Rip-Off Ads: Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, And More

https://groovyhistory.com/comic-book-ads-sea-monkeys-x-ray


The Shocking True Tale Of The Mad Genius Who Invented Sea-Monkeys

https://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-shocking-true-tale-of-the-mad-genius-who-invented-sea-monkeys/


A Brief History of Sea-Monkeys

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642405/sea-monkeys-history


CONTRASTS OF A PRIVATE PERSONA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/04/25/contrasts-of-a-private-persona/de3976fc-c0b0-4448-8e22-3c6d2edf593e/


HITLER AND THE SEA-MONKEYS

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/hitler-and-sea-monkeys


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys


https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tm-29473-story.html


https://junkee.com/sea-monkeys-brine-shrimp/210801


https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-battle-over-the-sea-monkey-fortune.html


https://goat.com.au/pop-culture/the-guy-who-invented-sea-monkeys-was-a-literal-nazi/

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]]> 1734 yes Episode 361: The Night They Drove Old Disco Down Show Notes Episode 361: The Night They Drove Old Disco Down This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Boogie Shoes, unbuttons his shirt down to his navel and slaps on his gold chains to get down on the dance floor.  And…gets booted out of the Bar Mitzvah where he hoped to score free booze. (Again) On the show this week we head back to The Night Disco Died when a bunch of drunk white dudes got real, real mad about some music they didn’t like. (But liked the people who made the music even less) Along the way we learn that Dave’s taste in t-shirts has not noticeably improved in 40 years.  Then we dive right into that time when America was getting funky on the dance floor.  (To be fair, most of America was just embarrassing themselves on the dance floor.)  Then we talk about where the music known as disco came from and where it was going. (White dudes thinking they could dance) Then dig into the cultural events that led up to a mid-market DJ stoking white rage in the center field of a crappy Chicago baseball team.  (Not the Cubs, the OTHER crappy Chicago baseball team.) Our Sponsor this week is Boogie Shoes, don’t try to dance the night away with boring feet blues, get your groove on in Boogies Shoes! We open with news coverage of the night in question and close with Yoni Schlesinger continuing to exist!  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/d8BLGeEjsfg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Disco Doesn't Suck. Here's Why. https://reason.com/2014/05/27/paranoia-at-the-disco/ The "disco sucks" movement and the cycle of white grievance that is still churning https://signorile.substack.com/p/the-disco-sucks-movement-and-the?s=r Wikipedia Disco Demolition Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night ESPN Disco and Baseball http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=behrens%2F040809 Disco Demolition: the night they tried to crush black music https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/19/disco-demolition-the-night-they-tried-to-crush-black-music Time Obscures Meaning of Disco Demolition https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mists-of-time-obscure-disco-demolition-meaning/98306/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-flip-sides-of-1979-113608/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dahl https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233941/http://www.today.com/id/31832616/site/todayshow/ns/today-entertainment/t/when-disco-sucks-echoed-around-world/#.UsIEV-j7RPY https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/disco-inferno-680390.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-watch-disco-demolition-night-devolve-into-fiery-riot-206237/ https://www.artforum.com/print/199210/critical-reflections-33483 https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-disco-demolition-bee-gees-showtime-1219-20201218-2s3uhxsjsbduvl4kqswnvpswny-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-122620-20201226-mwdzwwj3erduzkx2hxfzdcvp2u-story.html/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-flip-sides-of-1979-113608/ https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/c.php?g=1087104 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 The Night They Drove Old Disco Down full 361 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to The Night Disco Died when a bunch of drunk white dudes got real, real mad about some music they didn’t like. (But liked the people who made the music even less) Show Notes Episode 361: The Night They Drove Old Disco Down This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Boogie Shoes, unbuttons his shirt down to his navel and slaps on his gold chains to get down on the dance floor.  And…gets booted out of the Bar Mitzvah where he hoped to score free booze. (Again) On the show this week we head back to The Night Disco Died when a bunch of drunk white dudes got real, real mad about some music they didn’t like. (But liked the people who made the music even less) Along the way we learn that Dave’s taste in t-shirts has not noticeably improved in 40 years.  Then we dive right into that time when America was getting funky on the dance floor.  (To be fair, most of America was just embarrassing themselves on the dance floor.)  Then we talk about where the music known as disco came from and where it was going. (White dudes thinking they could dance) Then dig into the cultural events that led up to a mid-market DJ stoking white rage in the center field of a crappy Chicago baseball team.  (Not the Cubs, the OTHER crappy Chicago baseball team.) Our Sponsor this week is Boogie Shoes, don’t try to dance the night away with boring feet blues, get your groove on in Boogies Shoes! We open with news coverage of the night in question and close with Yoni Schlesinger continuing to exist!  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/d8BLGeEjsfg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Disco Doesn't Suck. Here's Why. https://reason.com/2014/05/27/paranoia-at-the-disco/ The "disco sucks" movement and the cycle of white grievance that is still churning https://signorile.substack.com/p/the-disco-sucks-movement-and-the?s=r Wikipedia Disco Demolition Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night ESPN Disco and Baseball http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=behrens%2F040809 Disco Demolition: the night they tried to crush black music https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/19/disco-demolition-the-night-they-tried-to-crush-black-music Time Obscures Meaning of Disco Demolition https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mists-of-time-obscure-disco-demolition-meaning/98306/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-flip-sides-of-1979-113608/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dahl https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233941/http://www.today.com/id/31832616/site/todayshow/ns/today-entertainment/t/when-disco-sucks-echoed-around-world/#.UsIEV-j7RPY https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/disco-inferno-680390.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-watch-disco-demolition-night-devolve-into-fiery-riot-206237/ https://www.artforum.com/print/199210/critical-reflections-33483 https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-disco-demolition-bee-gees-showtime-1219-20201218-2s3uhxsjsbduvl4kqswnvpswny-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-122620-20201226-mwdzwwj3erduzkx2hxfzdcvp2u-story.html/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-flip-sides-of-1979-113608/ https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/c.php?g=1087104 4 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Boogie Shoes, unbuttons his shirt down to his navel and slaps on his gold chains to get down on the dance floor.  And…gets booted out of the Bar Mitzvah where he hoped to score free booze. (Again) On the show this week we head back to The Night Disco Died when a bunch of drunk white dudes got real, real mad about some music they didn’t like. (But liked the people who made the music even less)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s taste in t-shirts has not noticeably improved in 40 years.  Then we dive right into that time when America was getting funky on the dance floor.  (To be fair, most of America was just embarrassing themselves on the dance floor.)  Then we talk about where the music known as disco came from and where it was going. (White dudes thinking they could dance) Then dig into the cultural events that led up to a mid-market DJ stoking white rage in the center field of a crappy Chicago baseball team.  (Not the Cubs, the OTHER crappy Chicago baseball team.)


Our Sponsor this week is Boogie Shoes, don’t try to dance the night away with boring feet blues, get your groove on in Boogies Shoes! We open with news coverage of the night in question and close with Yoni Schlesinger continuing to exist! 


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/d8BLGeEjsfg

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:

Disco Doesn't Suck. Here's Why.

https://reason.com/2014/05/27/paranoia-at-the-disco/


The "disco sucks" movement and the cycle of white grievance that is still churning

https://signorile.substack.com/p/the-disco-sucks-movement-and-the?s=r


Wikipedia Disco Demolition Night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night


ESPN Disco and Baseball

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=behrens%2F040809



Disco Demolition: the night they tried to crush black music

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/19/disco-demolition-the-night-they-tried-to-crush-black-music


Time Obscures Meaning of Disco Demolition

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mists-of-time-obscure-disco-demolition-meaning/98306/


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-flip-sides-of-1979-113608/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dahl


https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233941/http://www.today.com/id/31832616/site/todayshow/ns/today-entertainment/t/when-disco-sucks-echoed-around-world/#.UsIEV-j7RPY


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/disco-inferno-680390.html


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-watch-disco-demolition-night-devolve-into-fiery-riot-206237/


https://www.artforum.com/print/199210/critical-reflections-33483


https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-disco-demolition-bee-gees-showtime-1219-20201218-2s3uhxsjsbduvl4kqswnvpswny-story.html


https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-122620-20201226-mwdzwwj3erduzkx2hxfzdcvp2u-story.html/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-flip-sides-of-1979-113608/


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]]> 2273 yes Episode 360: Here's Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A Star War Show Notes Episode 360: “Here’s Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A Star War This week Host Dave Bledsoe proposes a complex system of interlocking free drinks to protect him from needing to pay a bar tab, only to find the technology isn’t there yet. (Because people don’t like him!) On the show this week we talk about the time Ronald Reagan got really excited about a movie and cost the taxpayers 30 billion dollars for his own personal Death Star! Along the way we learn how Dave stopped worrying and learn to love the bomb! (Yeah, the Jaeger Bomb!) After a quick tour of the Cold War, we dive right into 1983’s Strategic Defense Initiative, a program so technologically advanced, we can’t even do it now! (Or any time in the next fifty years!) We learn how Ronnie conceived of the idea (It really was Star Wars) and instantly figured out how it could help his reelection chances! (So much money for defense contractors!) Then we learn what the rest of the world thought about Star Wars. (Loved the movies, hated the crazy ass space lasers!) Our Sponsor this week is Moishie’s Space Lasers, made by Jews but fine for goyim to use. We open the show with The Gipper talking crazy and close with the Sky Pipe Choir singing about guns in the sky!  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/yL7Vq6Kf1e0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/  Citations Needed:   He Found It at the Movies How Hollywood films informed Ronald Reagan’s worldview https://www.bookforum.com/print/2603/how-film-informed-ronald-reagan-s-worldview-23617 A look at President Reagan’s Star Wars program, 33 years later https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/star-wars-program-33-years-later/ Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/strategic-defense-initiative-sdi US public opinion generally favors `star wars' https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1121/asdi.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative https://www.history.com/news/reagan-star-wars-sdi-missile-defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 02 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Here's Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A Star War full 360 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the time Ronald Reagan got really excited about a movie and cost the taxpayers 30 billion dollars for his own personal Death Star! Show Notes Episode 360: “Here’s Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A Star War This week Host Dave Bledsoe proposes a complex system of interlocking free drinks to protect him from needing to pay a bar tab, only to find the technology isn’t there yet. (Because people don’t like him!) On the show this week we talk about the time Ronald Reagan got really excited about a movie and cost the taxpayers 30 billion dollars for his own personal Death Star! Along the way we learn how Dave stopped worrying and learn to love the bomb! (Yeah, the Jaeger Bomb!) After a quick tour of the Cold War, we dive right into 1983’s Strategic Defense Initiative, a program so technologically advanced, we can’t even do it now! (Or any time in the next fifty years!) We learn how Ronnie conceived of the idea (It really was Star Wars) and instantly figured out how it could help his reelection chances! (So much money for defense contractors!) Then we learn what the rest of the world thought about Star Wars. (Loved the movies, hated the crazy ass space lasers!) Our Sponsor this week is Moishie’s Space Lasers, made by Jews but fine for goyim to use. We open the show with The Gipper talking crazy and close with the Sky Pipe Choir singing about guns in the sky!  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/yL7Vq6Kf1e0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/  Citations Needed:   He Found It at the Movies How Hollywood films informed Ronald Reagan’s worldview https://www.bookforum.com/print/2603/how-film-informed-ronald-reagan-s-worldview-23617 A look at President Reagan’s Star Wars program, 33 years later https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/star-wars-program-33-years-later/ Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/strategic-defense-initiative-sdi US public opinion generally favors `star wars' https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1121/asdi.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative https://www.history.com/news/reagan-star-wars-sdi-missile-defense Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe proposes a complex system of interlocking free drinks to protect him from needing to pay a bar tab, only to find the technology isn’t there yet. (Because people don’t like him!) On the show this week we talk about the time Ronald Reagan got really excited about a movie and cost the taxpayers 30 billion dollars for his own personal Death Star!


Along the way we learn how Dave stopped worrying and learn to love the bomb! (Yeah, the Jaeger Bomb!) After a quick tour of the Cold War, we dive right into 1983’s Strategic Defense Initiative, a program so technologically advanced, we can’t even do it now! (Or any time in the next fifty years!) We learn how Ronnie conceived of the idea (It really was Star Wars) and instantly figured out how it could help his reelection chances! (So much money for defense contractors!) Then we learn what the rest of the world thought about Star Wars. (Loved the movies, hated the crazy ass space lasers!)


Our Sponsor this week is Moishie’s Space Lasers, made by Jews but fine for goyim to use. We open the show with The Gipper talking crazy and close with the Sky Pipe Choir singing about guns in the sky! 


Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense

The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast

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 Citations Needed:  


He Found It at the Movies

How Hollywood films informed Ronald Reagan’s worldview

https://www.bookforum.com/print/2603/how-film-informed-ronald-reagan-s-worldview-23617


A look at President Reagan’s Star Wars program, 33 years later

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/star-wars-program-33-years-later/


Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/strategic-defense-initiative-sdi


US public opinion generally favors `star wars'

https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1121/asdi.html


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative


https://www.history.com/news/reagan-star-wars-sdi-missile-defense

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]]> 2139 yes Episode 359: Sleeping In the Wet Spot On Your Waterbed Show Notes Episode 359: Sleeping in the Wet Spot On Your Waterbed This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks a fellow bar denizen if she would like to come back to his place for some sloshy sex in his waterbed only to remember when he woke up from being knocked cold (Again) he doesn’t have one anymore. On the show this week we break out our leak kits and patch up the story of America’s moment of sleeping on vinyl bags filled with water. (The story has a lot of holes! Get it?) Along the way we learn that Dave was the only boy in his school to lay his head on a sex bed, and that his head was the ONLY thing he laid in said bed. (He was a virgin until he was 19!) Then we plug in the garden hose and fill our plastic mattresses with the story of beds from holes in dirt filled with ash and grass to the invention of the worst possible sleep surface ever invented, the waterbed. (Ask anyone who slept on one!) We learned how it was marketed to Baby Boomers for it’s erotic potential only for them to discover the only thing harder than shower sex is waterbed sex. Finally we look at all the reasons people stopped sleeping on waterbeds. (And having sex on them) Our Sponsor this week is Ben’s Bed Baffles, when the motion of the ocean is too much for your sleep ship, buy some Bed Baffles from Ben. We open with a waterbed ad from the 80’s and close with Ernie Givens and the White Lies Band explaining why your cousins shouldn’t bone on your waterbed.  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/myIg8U8UuIY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Fascinating Discoveries Of Beds In History https://www.wallbedsbywilding.com/fascinating-discoveries-beds-history/ The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/style/water-bed-founder.html The Rise and Fall of the (Sexy, Icky, Practical) Waterbed https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sexy-icky-practical-waterbed/61426/ NO SEX IN THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: 6 WORST PLACES TO HAVE SEX https://brokeassstuart.com/2012/09/21/no-sex-in-the-champagne-room-6-worst-places-to-have-sex/ WATERBEDS ARE BACK, BUT WILL THEY MAKE YOU BETTER AT FUCKING? https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/waterbeds-are-back-but-will-they-make-you-better-at-fucking Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed https://www.thespruce.com/the-history-of-the-bed-4062296 https://groovyhistory.com/waterbed-comeback https://www.businessinsider.com/waterbed-inventor-60s-summer-of-love-comeback-2019-3#:~:text=They%20were%20intended%20to%20help,man%20who%20invented%20the%20waterbed. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71404/what-ever-happened-waterbeds https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/waterbed-history-rise-fall-255635 https://www.thelist.com/182636/the-real-reason-waterbeds-disappeared/ https://www.boydwaterbeds.com/waterbed-history https://www.metv.com/stories/remember-when-waterbeds-were-really-popular https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed https://www.huffpost.com/entry/water-bed-facts_n_6107482 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Sleeping In the Wet Spot On Your Waterbed full 359 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we break out our leak kits and patch up the story of America’s moment of sleeping on vinyl bags filled with water. (The story has a lot of holes! Get it?) Show Notes Episode 359: Sleeping in the Wet Spot On Your Waterbed This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks a fellow bar denizen if she would like to come back to his place for some sloshy sex in his waterbed only to remember when he woke up from being knocked cold (Again) he doesn’t have one anymore. On the show this week we break out our leak kits and patch up the story of America’s moment of sleeping on vinyl bags filled with water. (The story has a lot of holes! Get it?) Along the way we learn that Dave was the only boy in his school to lay his head on a sex bed, and that his head was the ONLY thing he laid in said bed. (He was a virgin until he was 19!) Then we plug in the garden hose and fill our plastic mattresses with the story of beds from holes in dirt filled with ash and grass to the invention of the worst possible sleep surface ever invented, the waterbed. (Ask anyone who slept on one!) We learned how it was marketed to Baby Boomers for it’s erotic potential only for them to discover the only thing harder than shower sex is waterbed sex. Finally we look at all the reasons people stopped sleeping on waterbeds. (And having sex on them) Our Sponsor this week is Ben’s Bed Baffles, when the motion of the ocean is too much for your sleep ship, buy some Bed Baffles from Ben. We open with a waterbed ad from the 80’s and close with Ernie Givens and the White Lies Band explaining why your cousins shouldn’t bone on your waterbed.  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/myIg8U8UuIY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Fascinating Discoveries Of Beds In History https://www.wallbedsbywilding.com/fascinating-discoveries-beds-history/ The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/style/water-bed-founder.html The Rise and Fall of the (Sexy, Icky, Practical) Waterbed https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sexy-icky-practical-waterbed/61426/ NO SEX IN THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: 6 WORST PLACES TO HAVE SEX https://brokeassstuart.com/2012/09/21/no-sex-in-the-champagne-room-6-worst-places-to-have-sex/ WATERBEDS ARE BACK, BUT WILL THEY MAKE YOU BETTER AT FUCKING? https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/waterbeds-are-back-but-will-they-make-you-better-at-fucking Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed https://www.thespruce.com/the-history-of-the-bed-4062296 https://groovyhistory.com/waterbed-comeback https://www.businessinsider.com/waterbed-inventor-60s-summer-of-love-comeback-2019-3#:~:text=They%20were%20intended%20to%20help,man%20who%20invented%20the%20waterbed. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71404/what-ever-happened-waterbeds https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/waterbed-history-rise-fall-255635 https://www.thelist.com/182636/the-real-reason-waterbeds-disappeared/ https://www.boydwaterbeds.com/waterbed-history https://www.metv.com/stories/remember-when-waterbeds-were-really-popular https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed https://www.huffpost.com/entry/water-bed-facts_n_6107482 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks a fellow bar denizen if she would like to come back to his place for some sloshy sex in his waterbed only to remember when he woke up from being knocked cold (Again) he doesn’t have one anymore. On the show this week we break out our leak kits and patch up the story of America’s moment of sleeping on vinyl bags filled with water. (The story has a lot of holes! Get it?)


Along the way we learn that Dave was the only boy in his school to lay his head on a sex bed, and that his head was the ONLY thing he laid in said bed. (He was a virgin until he was 19!) Then we plug in the garden hose and fill our plastic mattresses with the story of beds from holes in dirt filled with ash and grass to the invention of the worst possible sleep surface ever invented, the waterbed. (Ask anyone who slept on one!) We learned how it was marketed to Baby Boomers for it’s erotic potential only for them to discover the only thing harder than shower sex is waterbed sex. Finally we look at all the reasons people stopped sleeping on waterbeds. (And having sex on them)


Our Sponsor this week is Ben’s Bed Baffles, when the motion of the ocean is too much for your sleep ship, buy some Bed Baffles from Ben. We open with a waterbed ad from the 80’s and close with Ernie Givens and the White Lies Band explaining why your cousins shouldn’t bone on your waterbed. 


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/myIg8U8UuIY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:

The Fascinating Discoveries Of Beds In History

https://www.wallbedsbywilding.com/fascinating-discoveries-beds-history/


The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/style/water-bed-founder.html


The Rise and Fall of the (Sexy, Icky, Practical) Waterbed

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sexy-icky-practical-waterbed/61426/


NO SEX IN THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: 6 WORST PLACES TO HAVE SEX

https://brokeassstuart.com/2012/09/21/no-sex-in-the-champagne-room-6-worst-places-to-have-sex/


WATERBEDS ARE BACK, BUT WILL THEY MAKE YOU BETTER AT FUCKING?

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/waterbeds-are-back-but-will-they-make-you-better-at-fucking



Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed


https://www.thespruce.com/the-history-of-the-bed-4062296


https://groovyhistory.com/waterbed-comeback


https://www.businessinsider.com/waterbed-inventor-60s-summer-of-love-comeback-2019-3#:~:text=They%20were%20intended%20to%20help,man%20who%20invented%20the%20waterbed.


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71404/what-ever-happened-waterbeds


https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/waterbed-history-rise-fall-255635


https://www.thelist.com/182636/the-real-reason-waterbeds-disappeared/


https://www.boydwaterbeds.com/waterbed-history


https://www.metv.com/stories/remember-when-waterbeds-were-really-popular


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/water-bed-facts_n_6107482

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]]> 1788 yes Episode 358: I Simply Cannot Drive, Fifty Five Show Notes Episode 358: I Simply Cannot Drive Fifty Five This week Host Dave Bledsoe signs his name on number 24 when the bartender says “Boy, I won’t serve no more” and finally pays down his bartab. (One of them anyway) On the show this week we take you back to 1974 when America had to step on the brakes, at least if there was a cop around, because the National Speed Limit was now Fifty Five Miles Per Hour. Along the way Dave answers the one question everyone had about his time as a cop. (Sadly it was not who thought Dave should ever have that kind of responsibility in the first place.) Then we settle in for a little long form math problem. (Don’t worry it isn’t on the test) From there we dive right into the history of speed limits. (The Man has been harshing our fun for a LONG time!) Then we learn how Richard Milhouse Nixon came to sign a bill mandating we all drive slower. (Why? Reasons.) And how everyone in America decided “nah, I don’t wanna” and drove as fast they wanted to anyway. (#Freedom) Finally we learn what happened so that America could finally step on the damn gas. (We are pretty sure it was Sammy Hagar) Our Sponsor this week is Tesla Stealth Coat, a car wax that reduces your over priced penis compensation’s radar profile so that you can speed with impunity. Does it work? Shut up and buy it because Elon said so. We open the show with wise words from the Ad Council and close with Banshee who can’t…well I think by this time we all know what they can’t do. 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/Ksx8ipx0sZo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/   Citations Needed: Did '55' Save Lives? How The National Speed Limit Failed https://groovyhistory.com/55-mph-speed-limit Wikipedia National Maximum Speed Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law#Enactment 85% of Drivers on Interstates Are Speeders https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/07/nyregion/85-of-drivers-on-interstates-are-speeders.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://mises.org/wire/what-failed-55-mph-speed-limit-law-tells-us-about-covid-lockdowns https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1976/567/567-010.pdf https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/RR410UNIV_65_536774_7.pdf https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-national-speed-limit-into-law#:~:text=As%20part%20of%20his%20response,U.S.%20appetite%20for%20foreign%20oil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 I Simply Cannot Drive, Fifty Five full 358 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take you back to 1974 when America had to step on the brakes, at least if there was a cop around, because the National Speed Limit was now Fifty Five Miles Per Hour. Show Notes Episode 358: I Simply Cannot Drive Fifty Five This week Host Dave Bledsoe signs his name on number 24 when the bartender says “Boy, I won’t serve no more” and finally pays down his bartab. (One of them anyway) On the show this week we take you back to 1974 when America had to step on the brakes, at least if there was a cop around, because the National Speed Limit was now Fifty Five Miles Per Hour. Along the way Dave answers the one question everyone had about his time as a cop. (Sadly it was not who thought Dave should ever have that kind of responsibility in the first place.) Then we settle in for a little long form math problem. (Don’t worry it isn’t on the test) From there we dive right into the history of speed limits. (The Man has been harshing our fun for a LONG time!) Then we learn how Richard Milhouse Nixon came to sign a bill mandating we all drive slower. (Why? Reasons.) And how everyone in America decided “nah, I don’t wanna” and drove as fast they wanted to anyway. (#Freedom) Finally we learn what happened so that America could finally step on the damn gas. (We are pretty sure it was Sammy Hagar) Our Sponsor this week is Tesla Stealth Coat, a car wax that reduces your over priced penis compensation’s radar profile so that you can speed with impunity. Does it work? Shut up and buy it because Elon said so. We open the show with wise words from the Ad Council and close with Banshee who can’t…well I think by this time we all know what they can’t do. 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/Ksx8ipx0sZo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/   Citations Needed: Did '55' Save Lives? How The National Speed Limit Failed https://groovyhistory.com/55-mph-speed-limit Wikipedia National Maximum Speed Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law#Enactment 85% of Drivers on Interstates Are Speeders https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/07/nyregion/85-of-drivers-on-interstates-are-speeders.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://mises.org/wire/what-failed-55-mph-speed-limit-law-tells-us-about-covid-lockdowns https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1976/567/567-010.pdf https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/RR410UNIV_65_536774_7.pdf https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-national-speed-limit-into-law#:~:text=As%20part%20of%20his%20response,U.S.%20appetite%20for%20foreign%20oil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 358: I Simply Cannot Drive Fifty Five


This week Host Dave Bledsoe signs his name on number 24 when the bartender says “Boy, I won’t serve no more” and finally pays down his bartab. (One of them anyway) On the show this week we take you back to 1974 when America had to step on the brakes, at least if there was a cop around, because the National Speed Limit was now Fifty Five Miles Per Hour.


Along the way Dave answers the one question everyone had about his time as a cop. (Sadly it was not who thought Dave should ever have that kind of responsibility in the first place.) Then we settle in for a little long form math problem. (Don’t worry it isn’t on the test) From there we dive right into the history of speed limits. (The Man has been harshing our fun for a LONG time!) Then we learn how Richard Milhouse Nixon came to sign a bill mandating we all drive slower. (Why? Reasons.) And how everyone in America decided “nah, I don’t wanna” and drove as fast they wanted to anyway. (#Freedom) Finally we learn what happened so that America could finally step on the damn gas. (We are pretty sure it was Sammy Hagar)


Our Sponsor this week is Tesla Stealth Coat, a car wax that reduces your over priced penis compensation’s radar profile so that you can speed with impunity. Does it work? Shut up and buy it because Elon said so. We open the show with wise words from the Ad Council and close with Banshee who can’t…well I think by this time we all know what they can’t do.


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/Ksx8ipx0sZo

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


 


Citations Needed:


Did '55' Save Lives? How The National Speed Limit Failed

https://groovyhistory.com/55-mph-speed-limit


Wikipedia National Maximum Speed Law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law#Enactment


85% of Drivers on Interstates Are Speeders

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/07/nyregion/85-of-drivers-on-interstates-are-speeders.html


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://mises.org/wire/what-failed-55-mph-speed-limit-law-tells-us-about-covid-lockdowns


https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1976/567/567-010.pdf


https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/RR410UNIV_65_536774_7.pdf


https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-national-speed-limit-into-law#:~:text=As%20part%20of%20his%20response,U.S.%20appetite%20for%20foreign%20oil.

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]]> 1747 yes Episode 357: Oh Yes, They Call Him the Streak Show Notes Episode 357: Oh Yes, They Call Him the Streak This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to go Full Monty if that will reduce the amount of his latest bartab. (They told him they would wipe out the entire thing if he promised to keep his clothes ON) On the show this week we head back to the heady and hirsute days of the early 1970’s when a generation of Boomers took up jogging in their birthday suits for some reason no one really understands. (Except maybe for this on Professor we quote extensively in the show.) Along the way we learn about that one time Dave went bare on a dare and how the lingering memories of that trauma impact everyone today.  (Even at six, no one thought Dave should be nude) Then we dive right into the surprisingly long and colorful history of streaking, from Medieval times right up until a future congressman’s nude dash across campus.We do talk about what happened at the Oscars, but it was the Oscars in 1974.  Finally we examine whether streaking was “political”. (Hint: A lot of the time it was.) Our Sponsor this week is Maude’s Modesty Masks, when you want to show the world what you got, but not ALL of what you got, choose Maude’s.  We open the show with a news report detailing the new streaking fad and close with Ray Stevens and his wife Ethel. 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/bxUfg3uCBbg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television https://youtu.be/_ggLZWIcPgc Streaking https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/211358 Kirkpatrick, Bill. "'It Beats Rocks and Tear Gas': Streaking and Cultural Politics in the Post-Vietnam Era." Journal of Popular Culture (forthcoming, 2008). https://www.billkirkpatrick.net/resources/Kirkpatrick_Streaking_Web.pdf The 1974 Oscars Streaker: Stealing The Show By Showing His 'Shortcomings' https://groovyhistory.com/oscars-streaker-1974 The Life, Death and Legacy of Robert Opel, the Bisexual Oscar Streaker https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/03/26/life-death-and-legacy-robert-opel-oscar-streaker?pg=1#article-content The life and tragic death of infamous Oscars streaker Robert Opel https://nypost.com/2020/02/09/the-life-and-tragic-death-of-infamous-oscars-streaker-robert-opel/ The naked, surprising, and tragic truth about the 1974 Oscars streaker https://ew.com/oscars/2018/02/20/oscar-streaker-robert-opel/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/fads/streaking/#:~:text=Streaking%20first%20appeared%20in%20the,broken%20and%20re%2Dbroken%20daily. https://www.metv.com/lists/why-was-the-country-so-obsessed-with-streaking-in-the-1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaking https://www.americanheritage.com/streaking-fad https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-04-18/the-glory-days-of-streaking-in-the-1970s https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-10-hottest-streakers-of-all-time/ https://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/4/7/273658/The-Memorable-Streaking-Craze-Of-The.aspx https://insidesources.com/holy-cow-history-the-skinny-on-streaking/ https://magazine.washington.edu/streaking-fad-of-the-70s-once-ran-through-uw/ https://boomermagonline.com/?p=3929 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Oh Yes, They Call Him the Streak full 357 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the hirsute days of the early 1970’s when a generation of Boomers took up jogging in their birthday suits for some reason no one really understands. (Except maybe for this on Professor we quote extensively in the show.) Show Notes Episode 357: Oh Yes, They Call Him the Streak This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to go Full Monty if that will reduce the amount of his latest bartab. (They told him they would wipe out the entire thing if he promised to keep his clothes ON) On the show this week we head back to the heady and hirsute days of the early 1970’s when a generation of Boomers took up jogging in their birthday suits for some reason no one really understands. (Except maybe for this on Professor we quote extensively in the show.) Along the way we learn about that one time Dave went bare on a dare and how the lingering memories of that trauma impact everyone today.  (Even at six, no one thought Dave should be nude) Then we dive right into the surprisingly long and colorful history of streaking, from Medieval times right up until a future congressman’s nude dash across campus.We do talk about what happened at the Oscars, but it was the Oscars in 1974.  Finally we examine whether streaking was “political”. (Hint: A lot of the time it was.) Our Sponsor this week is Maude’s Modesty Masks, when you want to show the world what you got, but not ALL of what you got, choose Maude’s.  We open the show with a news report detailing the new streaking fad and close with Ray Stevens and his wife Ethel. 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/bxUfg3uCBbg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television https://youtu.be/_ggLZWIcPgc Streaking https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/211358 Kirkpatrick, Bill. "'It Beats Rocks and Tear Gas': Streaking and Cultural Politics in the Post-Vietnam Era." Journal of Popular Culture (forthcoming, 2008). https://www.billkirkpatrick.net/resources/Kirkpatrick_Streaking_Web.pdf The 1974 Oscars Streaker: Stealing The Show By Showing His 'Shortcomings' https://groovyhistory.com/oscars-streaker-1974 The Life, Death and Legacy of Robert Opel, the Bisexual Oscar Streaker https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/03/26/life-death-and-legacy-robert-opel-oscar-streaker?pg=1#article-content The life and tragic death of infamous Oscars streaker Robert Opel https://nypost.com/2020/02/09/the-life-and-tragic-death-of-infamous-oscars-streaker-robert-opel/ The naked, surprising, and tragic truth about the 1974 Oscars streaker https://ew.com/oscars/2018/02/20/oscar-streaker-robert-opel/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/fads/streaking/#:~:text=Streaking%20first%20appeared%20in%20the,broken%20and%20re%2Dbroken%20daily. https://www.metv.com/lists/why-was-the-country-so-obsessed-with-streaking-in-the-1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaking https://www.americanheritage.com/streaking-fad https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-04-18/the-glory-days-of-streaking-in-the-1970s https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-10-hottest-streakers-of-all-time/ https://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/4/7/273658/The-Memorable-Streaking-Craze-Of-The.aspx https://insidesources.com/holy-cow-history-the-skinny-on-streaking/ https://magazine.washington.edu/streaking-fad-of-the-70s-once-ran-through-uw/ https://boomermagonline.com/?p=3929 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to go Full Monty if that will reduce the amount of his latest bartab. (They told him they would wipe out the entire thing if he promised to keep his clothes ON) On the show this week we head back to the heady and hirsute days of the early 1970’s when a generation of Boomers took up jogging in their birthday suits for some reason no one really understands. (Except maybe for this on Professor we quote extensively in the show.)


Along the way we learn about that one time Dave went bare on a dare and how the lingering memories of that trauma impact everyone today.  (Even at six, no one thought Dave should be nude) Then we dive right into the surprisingly long and colorful history of streaking, from Medieval times right up until a future congressman’s nude dash across campus.We do talk about what happened at the Oscars, but it was the Oscars in 1974.  Finally we examine whether streaking was “political”. (Hint: A lot of the time it was.)


Our Sponsor this week is Maude’s Modesty Masks, when you want to show the world what you got, but not ALL of what you got, choose Maude’s.  We open the show with a news report detailing the new streaking fad and close with Ray Stevens and his wife Ethel.


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/bxUfg3uCBbg

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television

https://youtu.be/_ggLZWIcPgc


Streaking

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/211358


Kirkpatrick, Bill. "'It Beats Rocks and Tear Gas': Streaking and Cultural

Politics in the Post-Vietnam Era." Journal of Popular Culture (forthcoming, 2008).

https://www.billkirkpatrick.net/resources/Kirkpatrick_Streaking_Web.pdf


The 1974 Oscars Streaker: Stealing The Show By Showing His 'Shortcomings'

https://groovyhistory.com/oscars-streaker-1974


The Life, Death and Legacy of Robert Opel, the Bisexual Oscar Streaker

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/03/26/life-death-and-legacy-robert-opel-oscar-streaker?pg=1#article-content


The life and tragic death of infamous Oscars streaker Robert Opel

https://nypost.com/2020/02/09/the-life-and-tragic-death-of-infamous-oscars-streaker-robert-opel/


The naked, surprising, and tragic truth about the 1974 Oscars streaker

https://ew.com/oscars/2018/02/20/oscar-streaker-robert-opel/


Uncited Additional Reading: 

https://nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/fads/streaking/#:~:text=Streaking%20first%20appeared%20in%20the,broken%20and%20re%2Dbroken%20daily.


https://www.metv.com/lists/why-was-the-country-so-obsessed-with-streaking-in-the-1970s


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaking


https://www.americanheritage.com/streaking-fad


https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-04-18/the-glory-days-of-streaking-in-the-1970s


https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-10-hottest-streakers-of-all-time/


https://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/4/7/273658/The-Memorable-Streaking-Craze-Of-The.aspx






https://insidesources.com/holy-cow-history-the-skinny-on-streaking/


https://magazine.washington.edu/streaking-fad-of-the-70s-once-ran-through-uw/


https://boomermagonline.com/?p=3929


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]]> 1803 yes Episode 356: Take A Look At My Big Johnson Episode 356: Take A Look At My Big Johnson This week Host Dave Bledsoe is pulling out his finest attire, meaning he is wearing a black t-shirt without holes in the armpits. (For once) On the show this week we are heading back to the mid 1990’s when men weren’t afraid to let the world know their emotional age by looking at the t-shirts they wore. (Right around 13 years old or so.) Along the way we discover why Dave always wears the style of clothes every day. (Hint: It isn’t because he is anything like Steve Jobs) From there we dive right into the history of the t-shirt from it’s shockingly homoerotic origins (To Dave anway) as undershirts for hot, sweaty sexy sailors to its coming out party on Marlon Brando and James Dean. (Rebels with an overshirt) Then we talk about the halcyon days of the graphic tee, the 1970’s! (Who knew the Smiley Face shirt really wasn’t invented by Forrest Gump?) We talk about the hierarchy of Heavy Metal Band T-Shirts for longer than is strictly necessary before finally we arrive at the mid 1990’s when some crass, tasteless and tacky graphic tees took the world over for a couple of years. (Gen Z, ask your Mom if your Dad had a Big Johnson!)   Our Sponsor this week is Nile’s Novelty Tees, if you’re a dick IN a shirt, we’ll put a dick ON your shirt! We open with Droz giving important advice to Gutter and close with Don Allen delivering important fashion advice!  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/HRVgnE2WRwA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The History of the T-Shirt https://www.realthread.com/blog/history-of-the-tshirt HISTORY OF THE T-SHIRT https://bklynmotors.com/pages/history-of-the-t-shirt It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like it http://www.antiqueweek.com/ArchiveArticle.asp?newsid=2265 The Rise and Fall of Big Johnson… and the other D-shirts of the 1990s. https://slate.com/business/2015/12/history-of-big-johnson-coed-naked-and-big-dog-t-shirts.html Members Only: Local T-shirt Mogul Garrett Pfeifer Discusses His Big Johnson https://web.archive.org/web/20080419101458/http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=13668 Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Johnson https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=0b3452217ea6bc7ba6cde5b46&id=7579dea09b https://www.catalogs.com/library/when-did-graphic-t-shirts-become-popular https://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/trends/everything-to-know-about-the-history-of-the-tshirt/image-gallery/65641e7e0e07560fceb738db1e973e7a https://fullpressapparel.com/a-brief-history-of-t-shirt-printing/ https://rockerteeshirts.com/blogs/rockers-blog/a-brief-history-of-the-t-shirt-market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_T-shirt https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/56nG2R2ps7YJCDyG76Wjbvf/more-than-merch-why-band-t-shirts-are-so-important Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Take A Look At My Big Johnson full 356 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we are heading back to the mid 1990’s when men weren’t afraid to let the world know their emotional age by looking at the t-shirts they wore. (Right around 13 years old or so.) Episode 356: Take A Look At My Big Johnson This week Host Dave Bledsoe is pulling out his finest attire, meaning he is wearing a black t-shirt without holes in the armpits. (For once) On the show this week we are heading back to the mid 1990’s when men weren’t afraid to let the world know their emotional age by looking at the t-shirts they wore. (Right around 13 years old or so.) Along the way we discover why Dave always wears the style of clothes every day. (Hint: It isn’t because he is anything like Steve Jobs) From there we dive right into the history of the t-shirt from it’s shockingly homoerotic origins (To Dave anway) as undershirts for hot, sweaty sexy sailors to its coming out party on Marlon Brando and James Dean. (Rebels with an overshirt) Then we talk about the halcyon days of the graphic tee, the 1970’s! (Who knew the Smiley Face shirt really wasn’t invented by Forrest Gump?) We talk about the hierarchy of Heavy Metal Band T-Shirts for longer than is strictly necessary before finally we arrive at the mid 1990’s when some crass, tasteless and tacky graphic tees took the world over for a couple of years. (Gen Z, ask your Mom if your Dad had a Big Johnson!)   Our Sponsor this week is Nile’s Novelty Tees, if you’re a dick IN a shirt, we’ll put a dick ON your shirt! We open with Droz giving important advice to Gutter and close with Don Allen delivering important fashion advice!  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/HRVgnE2WRwA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The History of the T-Shirt https://www.realthread.com/blog/history-of-the-tshirt HISTORY OF THE T-SHIRT https://bklynmotors.com/pages/history-of-the-t-shirt It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like it http://www.antiqueweek.com/ArchiveArticle.asp?newsid=2265 The Rise and Fall of Big Johnson… and the other D-shirts of the 1990s. https://slate.com/business/2015/12/history-of-big-johnson-coed-naked-and-big-dog-t-shirts.html Members Only: Local T-shirt Mogul Garrett Pfeifer Discusses His Big Johnson https://web.archive.org/web/20080419101458/http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=13668 Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Johnson https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=0b3452217ea6bc7ba6cde5b46&id=7579dea09b https://www.catalogs.com/library/when-did-graphic-t-shirts-become-popular https://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/trends/everything-to-know-about-the-history-of-the-tshirt/image-gallery/65641e7e0e07560fceb738db1e973e7a https://fullpressapparel.com/a-brief-history-of-t-shirt-printing/ https://rockerteeshirts.com/blogs/rockers-blog/a-brief-history-of-the-t-shirt-market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_T-shirt https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/56nG2R2ps7YJCDyG76Wjbvf/more-than-merch-why-band-t-shirts-are-so-important Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 356: Take A Look At My Big Johnson

This week Host Dave Bledsoe is pulling out his finest attire, meaning he is wearing a black t-shirt without holes in the armpits. (For once) On the show this week we are heading back to the mid 1990’s when men weren’t afraid to let the world know their emotional age by looking at the t-shirts they wore. (Right around 13 years old or so.)


Along the way we discover why Dave always wears the style of clothes every day. (Hint: It isn’t because he is anything like Steve Jobs) From there we dive right into the history of the t-shirt from it’s shockingly homoerotic origins (To Dave anway) as undershirts for hot, sweaty sexy sailors to its coming out party on Marlon Brando and James Dean. (Rebels with an overshirt) Then we talk about the halcyon days of the graphic tee, the 1970’s! (Who knew the Smiley Face shirt really wasn’t invented by Forrest Gump?) We talk about the hierarchy of Heavy Metal Band T-Shirts for longer than is strictly necessary before finally we arrive at the mid 1990’s when some crass, tasteless and tacky graphic tees took the world over for a couple of years. (Gen Z, ask your Mom if your Dad had a Big Johnson!)  


Our Sponsor this week is Nile’s Novelty Tees, if you’re a dick IN a shirt, we’ll put a dick ON your shirt! We open with Droz giving important advice to Gutter and close with Don Allen delivering important fashion advice! 


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/HRVgnE2WRwA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


The History of the T-Shirt

https://www.realthread.com/blog/history-of-the-tshirt


HISTORY OF THE T-SHIRT

https://bklynmotors.com/pages/history-of-the-t-shirt


It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like it

http://www.antiqueweek.com/ArchiveArticle.asp?newsid=2265


The Rise and Fall of Big Johnson… and the other D-shirts of the 1990s.

https://slate.com/business/2015/12/history-of-big-johnson-coed-naked-and-big-dog-t-shirts.html


Members Only: Local T-shirt Mogul Garrett Pfeifer Discusses His Big Johnson

https://web.archive.org/web/20080419101458/http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=13668


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Johnson


https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=0b3452217ea6bc7ba6cde5b46&id=7579dea09b


https://www.catalogs.com/library/when-did-graphic-t-shirts-become-popular


https://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/trends/everything-to-know-about-the-history-of-the-tshirt/image-gallery/65641e7e0e07560fceb738db1e973e7a


https://fullpressapparel.com/a-brief-history-of-t-shirt-printing/


https://rockerteeshirts.com/blogs/rockers-blog/a-brief-history-of-the-t-shirt-market


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_T-shirt


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/56nG2R2ps7YJCDyG76Wjbvf/more-than-merch-why-band-t-shirts-are-so-important

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]]> 1861 yes Episode 355: We'll Always Have Lennie Briscoe Pt 3 and Finale of Copaganda Show Notes Episode 355: We’ll Always Have Lennie Briscoe  Pt 3 of Copaganda This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands a detailed forensic analysis of his bartab to prove he actually owes that much money. (The boys at the lab say he owes even more) On the show this week we wrap up our series about the influence of cop shows on the public in the 90’s and 2000’s. (Do we mention how much New York loves Jerry Orbach? You bet we do!) Along the way we learn that Dave has the worst taste in TV cop role models. (Jimmy McNulty was a drunk fuck up, so I guess maybe he is right after all.) Then we dive right into how the end of the crime wave in the 90’s caused TV to swing back toward the pro-cop narratives it largely left behind the 70’s and 80’s with the biggest cop show of all time, Law and Order. From there we dig into the other big shows of the 90’s before finally arriving at one of the most influential police procedurals of the modern era and how it literally gets EVERYTHING about forensics and crime scene investigation wrong! (Turns out TV lies to you!) Then wrap up with how shows like CSI actually made it harder on cops rather than easier. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Expert Witnesses, all forensics are bullshit anyway so why pay more? We open the show with magical technology from CSI and close with Russ Simms explaining some strange science. 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/AAeh2PaEyz0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Law & Order Taught Americans to Root for the Police https://www.teenvogue.com/story/law-and-order-policing-media CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation 'CSI effect' has juries wanting more evidence http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-05-csi-effect_x.htm Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/csi_effect#:~:text=The%20CSI%20effect%20refers%20to,forensic%20science%20in%20a%20case. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/csi-effect-does-it-really-exist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000 We'll Always Have Lennie Briscoe Pt 3 and Finale of Copaganda full 355 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap up our series about the influence of cop shows on the public with the 90’s and 2000’s. (Do we mention how much New York loves Jerry Orbach? You bet we do!) Show Notes Episode 355: We’ll Always Have Lennie Briscoe  Pt 3 of Copaganda This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands a detailed forensic analysis of his bartab to prove he actually owes that much money. (The boys at the lab say he owes even more) On the show this week we wrap up our series about the influence of cop shows on the public in the 90’s and 2000’s. (Do we mention how much New York loves Jerry Orbach? You bet we do!) Along the way we learn that Dave has the worst taste in TV cop role models. (Jimmy McNulty was a drunk fuck up, so I guess maybe he is right after all.) Then we dive right into how the end of the crime wave in the 90’s caused TV to swing back toward the pro-cop narratives it largely left behind the 70’s and 80’s with the biggest cop show of all time, Law and Order. From there we dig into the other big shows of the 90’s before finally arriving at one of the most influential police procedurals of the modern era and how it literally gets EVERYTHING about forensics and crime scene investigation wrong! (Turns out TV lies to you!) Then wrap up with how shows like CSI actually made it harder on cops rather than easier. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Expert Witnesses, all forensics are bullshit anyway so why pay more? We open the show with magical technology from CSI and close with Russ Simms explaining some strange science. 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/AAeh2PaEyz0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Law & Order Taught Americans to Root for the Police https://www.teenvogue.com/story/law-and-order-policing-media CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation 'CSI effect' has juries wanting more evidence http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-05-csi-effect_x.htm Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/csi_effect#:~:text=The%20CSI%20effect%20refers%20to,forensic%20science%20in%20a%20case. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/csi-effect-does-it-really-exist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 355: We’ll Always Have Lennie Briscoe 

Pt 3 of Copaganda



This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands a detailed forensic analysis of his bartab to prove he actually owes that much money. (The boys at the lab say he owes even more) On the show this week we wrap up our series about the influence of cop shows on the public in the 90’s and 2000’s. (Do we mention how much New York loves Jerry Orbach? You bet we do!)


Along the way we learn that Dave has the worst taste in TV cop role models. (Jimmy McNulty was a drunk fuck up, so I guess maybe he is right after all.) Then we dive right into how the end of the crime wave in the 90’s caused TV to swing back toward the pro-cop narratives it largely left behind the 70’s and 80’s with the biggest cop show of all time, Law and Order. From there we dig into the other big shows of the 90’s before finally arriving at one of the most influential police procedurals of the modern era and how it literally gets EVERYTHING about forensics and crime scene investigation wrong! (Turns out TV lies to you!) Then wrap up with how shows like CSI actually made it harder on cops rather than easier.


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Expert Witnesses, all forensics are bullshit anyway so why pay more? We open the show with magical technology from CSI and close with Russ Simms explaining some strange science.


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/AAeh2PaEyz0

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Law & Order Taught Americans to Root for the Police

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/law-and-order-policing-media


CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation


'CSI effect' has juries wanting more evidence

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-05-csi-effect_x.htm


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/csi_effect#:~:text=The%20CSI%20effect%20refers%20to,forensic%20science%20in%20a%20case.


https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/csi-effect-does-it-really-exist


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect

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]]> 2028 yes Episode 354: Let's Be Careful Out There Pt 2 of Copaganda Show Notes Episode 354: “Let’s Be Careful Out There” (Pt 2 of Copaganda)  This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes undercover as someone who doesn’t have a massive bartab only to have it blown when the bartender recognizes him as Dave wearing a dress. (Again)  On the show this week we are back for part two of Copaganda where we examine how the 70’s and 80’s changed how Hollywood portrayed cops. Along the way we learn that Dave became a cop because kids were mean to him in grade school.  (To be honest, they are mean to him now.)  Then we dive right in with all the cop shows you probably watched on Nick and Nite, and the movies that you watched on HBO after your parents went to sleep!  (“Do you feel lucky punk?” --Our Dad when we got caught watching HBO after bedtime) Then we go right into the 80’s and how Miami Vice made us all dress in pastels and not shave for three days because we thought we would look cool.  (We did not.) Our Sponsor this week is the Anthora Cup, a Regular Coffee for Regular Cops who really are too old for this shit.  We open with Detective Fish’s thoughts on life and close with Kim Boyko watching a police procedural. 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/LrpBswkv5i8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   DIRTY HARRY: 50 Years Later https://cinemascholars.com/dirty-harry-a-look-back-50-years-later/ Barney Miller https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/barney-miller Hal Linden Interview 1 of 4 - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/barney-miller "Word on the Street'" https://web.archive.org/web/20160818183851/http://www.paulmichaelglaser.org/ukreunion_interview_1999.html Wikipedia: Starsky & Hutch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_%26_Hutch Roll Up Your Sleeves and Indulge in a Miami Vice https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/fashion/20MIAMI.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/T/Trebay,%20Guy ORLANDO VICE HOW CLOSE IS 'MIAMI VICE' TO REAL LIFE? CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINK https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1985-12-15-0340730255-story.html MIAMI VICE U.S. Police Drama https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073225/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/miamivice/miamivice.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Let's Be Careful Out There Pt 2 Copaganda full 354 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we are back for part two of Copaganda where we examine how the 70’s and 80’s changed how Hollywood portrayed cops. Show Notes Episode 354: “Let’s Be Careful Out There” (Pt 2 of Copaganda)  This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes undercover as someone who doesn’t have a massive bartab only to have it blown when the bartender recognizes him as Dave wearing a dress. (Again)  On the show this week we are back for part two of Copaganda where we examine how the 70’s and 80’s changed how Hollywood portrayed cops. Along the way we learn that Dave became a cop because kids were mean to him in grade school.  (To be honest, they are mean to him now.)  Then we dive right in with all the cop shows you probably watched on Nick and Nite, and the movies that you watched on HBO after your parents went to sleep!  (“Do you feel lucky punk?” --Our Dad when we got caught watching HBO after bedtime) Then we go right into the 80’s and how Miami Vice made us all dress in pastels and not shave for three days because we thought we would look cool.  (We did not.) Our Sponsor this week is the Anthora Cup, a Regular Coffee for Regular Cops who really are too old for this shit.  We open with Detective Fish’s thoughts on life and close with Kim Boyko watching a police procedural. 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/LrpBswkv5i8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   DIRTY HARRY: 50 Years Later https://cinemascholars.com/dirty-harry-a-look-back-50-years-later/ Barney Miller https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/barney-miller Hal Linden Interview 1 of 4 - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/barney-miller "Word on the Street'" https://web.archive.org/web/20160818183851/http://www.paulmichaelglaser.org/ukreunion_interview_1999.html Wikipedia: Starsky & Hutch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_%26_Hutch Roll Up Your Sleeves and Indulge in a Miami Vice https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/fashion/20MIAMI.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/T/Trebay,%20Guy ORLANDO VICE HOW CLOSE IS 'MIAMI VICE' TO REAL LIFE? CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINK https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1985-12-15-0340730255-story.html MIAMI VICE U.S. Police Drama https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073225/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/miamivice/miamivice.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 354: “Let’s Be Careful Out There” (Pt 2 of Copaganda) 

This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes undercover as someone who doesn’t have a massive bartab only to have it blown when the bartender recognizes him as Dave wearing a dress. (Again)  On the show this week we are back for part two of Copaganda where we examine how the 70’s and 80’s changed how Hollywood portrayed cops.


Along the way we learn that Dave became a cop because kids were mean to him in grade school.  (To be honest, they are mean to him now.)  Then we dive right in with all the cop shows you probably watched on Nick and Nite, and the movies that you watched on HBO after your parents went to sleep!  (“Do you feel lucky punk?” --Our Dad when we got caught watching HBO after bedtime) Then we go right into the 80’s and how Miami Vice made us all dress in pastels and not shave for three days because we thought we would look cool.  (We did not.)


Our Sponsor this week is the Anthora Cup, a Regular Coffee for Regular Cops who really are too old for this shit.  We open with Detective Fish’s thoughts on life and close with Kim Boyko watching a police procedural.


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/LrpBswkv5i8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:  


DIRTY HARRY: 50 Years Later

https://cinemascholars.com/dirty-harry-a-look-back-50-years-later/


Barney Miller

https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/barney-miller


Hal Linden Interview 1 of 4 - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/barney-miller


"Word on the Street'"

https://web.archive.org/web/20160818183851/http://www.paulmichaelglaser.org/ukreunion_interview_1999.html


Wikipedia: Starsky & Hutch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_%26_Hutch


Roll Up Your Sleeves and Indulge in a Miami Vice

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/fashion/20MIAMI.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/T/Trebay,%20Guy


ORLANDO VICE HOW CLOSE IS 'MIAMI VICE' TO REAL LIFE? CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINK

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1985-12-15-0340730255-story.html



MIAMI VICE U.S. Police Drama

https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073225/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/miamivice/miamivice.htm





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]]> 1877 yes Episode 353: Can't Tell the Cops from the Criminals Pt 1 of Copaganda Show Notes Episode 353: Can’t Tell the Cops From the Criminals  (Part 1 of Copaganda) This week Host Dave Bledsoe flashes his old cop badge hoping to get out of a drunk and disorderly charge and winds up spending the weekend in the Tombs. (Again) On the show this week we start a series about how Hollywood helped law enforcement spruce up it’s image a bit! (With the help of J. Edgar Hoover in a STUNNING Pink Taffeta!)  Along the way Dave rehashes (again) the story of how he accidentally became a cop. (Just woke up drunk at the police academy one morning) From there we dive into the troubled and troubling history of policing in the United States. (Is there a slavery angle? You bet!) Then we talk about for most of American history the public kinda hated cops and the cops hated the public right back, and finally we learn how the Hollywood Production Code allowed some of the worst people in America to turn themselves in Big. Damn. Heroes. Our Sponsor this week is Miranda Vs Arizona, who want to remind you to to shut the fuck up! We open some hard questions for the NYPD and close with Thom Dunn who has a message for the Po-Po! 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/V8CITSkEd9s We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The History of Policing in the United States, Part 1 https://ekuonline.eku.edu/blog/police-studies/the-history-of-policing-in-the-united-states-part-1/#:~:text=In%201838%2C%20the%20city%20of,Lundman%201980%3B%20Lynch%201984). How 70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police https://www.vox.com/culture/22375412/police-show-procedurals-hollywood-history-dragnet-keystone-cops-brooklyn-nine-nine-wire-blue-bloods Hollywood's Long History Of Collaborative Police Myth-Making http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/tv/hollywoods_long_history_of_pol.php HOW POLICE CENSORSHIP SHAPED HOLLYWOOD https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/24/how-police-censorship-shaped-hollywood/ ‘Dragnet’ was straight up LAPD propaganda, on national TV for years https://timeline.com/dragnet-lapd-propaganda-cop-bb19d9a5fb6f Uncited Additional Reading: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/the-good-and-the-bad-apples-of-police-portrayals-in-hollywood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copaganda#:~:text=Copaganda%2C%20a%20portmanteau%20of%20cop,police%20departments%20and%20law%20enforcement. https://blog.oup.com/2022/01/beyond-copaganda-hollywoods-offscreen-relationship-with-the-police/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/07/9887229/copaganda-police-propaganda-protests-meaning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Can't Tell the Cops from the Criminals Pt 1 of Copaganda full 353 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we start a series about how Hollywood helped law enforcement spruce up it’s image a bit! (With the help of J. Edgar Hoover in a STUNNING Pink Taffeta!) Show Notes Episode 353: Can’t Tell the Cops From the Criminals  (Part 1 of Copaganda) This week Host Dave Bledsoe flashes his old cop badge hoping to get out of a drunk and disorderly charge and winds up spending the weekend in the Tombs. (Again) On the show this week we start a series about how Hollywood helped law enforcement spruce up it’s image a bit! (With the help of J. Edgar Hoover in a STUNNING Pink Taffeta!)  Along the way Dave rehashes (again) the story of how he accidentally became a cop. (Just woke up drunk at the police academy one morning) From there we dive into the troubled and troubling history of policing in the United States. (Is there a slavery angle? You bet!) Then we talk about for most of American history the public kinda hated cops and the cops hated the public right back, and finally we learn how the Hollywood Production Code allowed some of the worst people in America to turn themselves in Big. Damn. Heroes. Our Sponsor this week is Miranda Vs Arizona, who want to remind you to to shut the fuck up! We open some hard questions for the NYPD and close with Thom Dunn who has a message for the Po-Po! 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/V8CITSkEd9s We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The History of Policing in the United States, Part 1 https://ekuonline.eku.edu/blog/police-studies/the-history-of-policing-in-the-united-states-part-1/#:~:text=In%201838%2C%20the%20city%20of,Lundman%201980%3B%20Lynch%201984). How 70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police https://www.vox.com/culture/22375412/police-show-procedurals-hollywood-history-dragnet-keystone-cops-brooklyn-nine-nine-wire-blue-bloods Hollywood's Long History Of Collaborative Police Myth-Making http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/tv/hollywoods_long_history_of_pol.php HOW POLICE CENSORSHIP SHAPED HOLLYWOOD https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/24/how-police-censorship-shaped-hollywood/ ‘Dragnet’ was straight up LAPD propaganda, on national TV for years https://timeline.com/dragnet-lapd-propaganda-cop-bb19d9a5fb6f Uncited Additional Reading: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/the-good-and-the-bad-apples-of-police-portrayals-in-hollywood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copaganda#:~:text=Copaganda%2C%20a%20portmanteau%20of%20cop,police%20departments%20and%20law%20enforcement. https://blog.oup.com/2022/01/beyond-copaganda-hollywoods-offscreen-relationship-with-the-police/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/07/9887229/copaganda-police-propaganda-protests-meaning Learn more about your ad choices. 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(Part 1 of Copaganda)


This week Host Dave Bledsoe flashes his old cop badge hoping to get out of a drunk and disorderly charge and winds up spending the weekend in the Tombs. (Again) On the show this week we start a series about how Hollywood helped law enforcement spruce up it’s image a bit! (With the help of J. Edgar Hoover in a STUNNING Pink Taffeta!) 


Along the way Dave rehashes (again) the story of how he accidentally became a cop. (Just woke up drunk at the police academy one morning) From there we dive into the troubled and troubling history of policing in the United States. (Is there a slavery angle? You bet!) Then we talk about for most of American history the public kinda hated cops and the cops hated the public right back, and finally we learn how the Hollywood Production Code allowed some of the worst people in America to turn themselves in Big. Damn. Heroes.


Our Sponsor this week is Miranda Vs Arizona, who want to remind you to to shut the fuck up! We open some hard questions for the NYPD and close with Thom Dunn who has a message for the Po-Po!


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/V8CITSkEd9s

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The History of Policing in the United States, Part 1

https://ekuonline.eku.edu/blog/police-studies/the-history-of-policing-in-the-united-states-part-1/#:~:text=In%201838%2C%20the%20city%20of,Lundman%201980%3B%20Lynch%201984).


How 70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police

https://www.vox.com/culture/22375412/police-show-procedurals-hollywood-history-dragnet-keystone-cops-brooklyn-nine-nine-wire-blue-bloods


Hollywood's Long History Of Collaborative Police Myth-Making

http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/tv/hollywoods_long_history_of_pol.php


HOW POLICE CENSORSHIP SHAPED HOLLYWOOD

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/24/how-police-censorship-shaped-hollywood/


‘Dragnet’ was straight up LAPD propaganda, on national TV for years

https://timeline.com/dragnet-lapd-propaganda-cop-bb19d9a5fb6f




Uncited Additional Reading:


https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/the-good-and-the-bad-apples-of-police-portrayals-in-hollywood


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copaganda#:~:text=Copaganda%2C%20a%20portmanteau%20of%20cop,police%20departments%20and%20law%20enforcement.


https://blog.oup.com/2022/01/beyond-copaganda-hollywoods-offscreen-relationship-with-the-police/


https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/07/9887229/copaganda-police-propaganda-protests-meaning

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]]> 1812 yes Episode 352: The Malls Are All Empty Now Show Notes Episode 352: The Malls Are All Empty Now This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his Mom and Dad drop him off at the mall, and then runs across the parking lot to get drunk in the Applebees. (Dave: still disappointing his parents at 52!) On the show this week, we put on our parachute pants, zip up our Members Only Jacket and head down to the Food Court at our local mall! (We will be sitting with the cool kids!) Along the way we discover that Dave’s granny loved him the best. (Which is probably why he is such a spoiled little bitch now.) Then we dive right into the history of and different types of shopping malls around America. (With more information than you ever wanted or needed.) Then we slip through the time portal that is The Mall to revisit all the shops you could never afford to buy anything from when you were a kid. Before we leave, we have to stop at Spencer’s Gifts for some fake poop. Our Sponsor this week is The Creepy Guy at the Food Court, we don’t know who or what he is, we only know that he exists. We open the show with True Stories and close with Mojo Nixon who has a suggestion for what to do with all these empty malls. 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/IAoh_yteKkc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: mall hall of fame http://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html When Malls Saved the Suburbs From Despair https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/when-malls-saved-cities-from-capitalism/553610/ This Is CorpGoth Chronicles of an everyday goth gal at the office. http://corpgoth.blogspot.com/2014/11/clothing-stores-ive-loved-and-lost.html Let's reminisce about Spencer Gifts in the 80s. https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reminisce-about-spencer-gifts-in-the-80s/702669 Sex toys on display at Spencer's? https://www.kplctv.com/story/14176462/sex-toys-on-display-at-spencers/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://medium.com/@simonepolgar/mallstalgia-escaping-into-a-collection-of-found-photos-of-1980s-malls-14420ec0f60b https://www.pennlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/926e2ac5fd7780/mall-stores-of-the-80s-and-90s.html https://newrepublic.com/article/115485/michael-galinskys-retro-photos-1980s-shopping-malls-are-like-totally-rad https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/retail/#the-history-and-evolution-of-retail-stores https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/7196/volumes/v18/NA-187C#:~:text=The%20first%20enclosed%20mall%20was,suburb%20of%20Minneapolis%20in%201956. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/when-malls-saved-cities-from-capitalism/553610/ https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-mall-2020-7 https://www.liherald.com/stories/elegy-for-sears-and-perhaps-mall-culture,135410 https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a33405314/shopping-mall-history-southdale-mall-of-america/ https://www.retaildive.com/news/skud-7-pop-culture-moments-that-track-the-downfall-of-the-mall/584317/ https://www.ajc.com/life/opinion-mall-culture-and-teens-already-a-strained-relationship-before-lenox-curfew/WKIUVN5IUFEITNVPM2DRA7XHOA/ https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-mall-fell-out-of-fashion-20171229-story.html https://cuepointaesthetics.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/mall-city-documentary-1983-nyu-film-roosevelt-field-mall-culture/ https://www.ejournals.eu/pliki/art/1603/pl https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/death-and-rebirth-american-mall-180953444/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 The Malls Are All Empty Now full 352 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we put on our parachute pants, zip up our Members Only Jacket and head down to the Food Court at our local mall! (We will be sitting with the cool kids!) Show Notes Episode 352: The Malls Are All Empty Now This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his Mom and Dad drop him off at the mall, and then runs across the parking lot to get drunk in the Applebees. (Dave: still disappointing his parents at 52!) On the show this week, we put on our parachute pants, zip up our Members Only Jacket and head down to the Food Court at our local mall! (We will be sitting with the cool kids!) Along the way we discover that Dave’s granny loved him the best. (Which is probably why he is such a spoiled little bitch now.) Then we dive right into the history of and different types of shopping malls around America. (With more information than you ever wanted or needed.) Then we slip through the time portal that is The Mall to revisit all the shops you could never afford to buy anything from when you were a kid. Before we leave, we have to stop at Spencer’s Gifts for some fake poop. Our Sponsor this week is The Creepy Guy at the Food Court, we don’t know who or what he is, we only know that he exists. We open the show with True Stories and close with Mojo Nixon who has a suggestion for what to do with all these empty malls. 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/IAoh_yteKkc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: mall hall of fame http://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html When Malls Saved the Suburbs From Despair https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/when-malls-saved-cities-from-capitalism/553610/ This Is CorpGoth Chronicles of an everyday goth gal at the office. http://corpgoth.blogspot.com/2014/11/clothing-stores-ive-loved-and-lost.html Let's reminisce about Spencer Gifts in the 80s. https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reminisce-about-spencer-gifts-in-the-80s/702669 Sex toys on display at Spencer's? https://www.kplctv.com/story/14176462/sex-toys-on-display-at-spencers/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://medium.com/@simonepolgar/mallstalgia-escaping-into-a-collection-of-found-photos-of-1980s-malls-14420ec0f60b https://www.pennlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/926e2ac5fd7780/mall-stores-of-the-80s-and-90s.html https://newrepublic.com/article/115485/michael-galinskys-retro-photos-1980s-shopping-malls-are-like-totally-rad https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/retail/#the-history-and-evolution-of-retail-stores https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/7196/volumes/v18/NA-187C#:~:text=The%20first%20enclosed%20mall%20was,suburb%20of%20Minneapolis%20in%201956. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/when-malls-saved-cities-from-capitalism/553610/ https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-mall-2020-7 https://www.liherald.com/stories/elegy-for-sears-and-perhaps-mall-culture,135410 https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a33405314/shopping-mall-history-southdale-mall-of-america/ https://www.retaildive.com/news/skud-7-pop-culture-moments-that-track-the-downfall-of-the-mall/584317/ https://www.ajc.com/life/opinion-mall-culture-and-teens-already-a-strained-relationship-before-lenox-curfew/WKIUVN5IUFEITNVPM2DRA7XHOA/ https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-mall-fell-out-of-fashion-20171229-story.html https://cuepointaesthetics.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/mall-city-documentary-1983-nyu-film-roosevelt-field-mall-culture/ https://www.ejournals.eu/pliki/art/1603/pl https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/death-and-rebirth-american-mall-180953444/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his Mom and Dad drop him off at the mall, and then runs across the parking lot to get drunk in the Applebees. (Dave: still disappointing his parents at 52!) On the show this week, we put on our parachute pants, zip up our Members Only Jacket and head down to the Food Court at our local mall! (We will be sitting with the cool kids!)


Along the way we discover that Dave’s granny loved him the best. (Which is probably why he is such a spoiled little bitch now.) Then we dive right into the history of and different types of shopping malls around America. (With more information than you ever wanted or needed.) Then we slip through the time portal that is The Mall to revisit all the shops you could never afford to buy anything from when you were a kid. Before we leave, we have to stop at Spencer’s Gifts for some fake poop.


Our Sponsor this week is The Creepy Guy at the Food Court, we don’t know who or what he is, we only know that he exists. We open the show with True Stories and close with Mojo Nixon who has a suggestion for what to do with all these empty malls.


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Citations Needed:

mall hall of fame

http://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html


When Malls Saved the Suburbs From Despair

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/when-malls-saved-cities-from-capitalism/553610/


This Is CorpGoth Chronicles of an everyday goth gal at the office.

http://corpgoth.blogspot.com/2014/11/clothing-stores-ive-loved-and-lost.html


Let's reminisce about Spencer Gifts in the 80s.

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reminisce-about-spencer-gifts-in-the-80s/702669


Sex toys on display at Spencer's?

https://www.kplctv.com/story/14176462/sex-toys-on-display-at-spencers/


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://medium.com/@simonepolgar/mallstalgia-escaping-into-a-collection-of-found-photos-of-1980s-malls-14420ec0f60b


https://www.pennlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/926e2ac5fd7780/mall-stores-of-the-80s-and-90s.html


https://newrepublic.com/article/115485/michael-galinskys-retro-photos-1980s-shopping-malls-are-like-totally-rad


https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/retail/#the-history-and-evolution-of-retail-stores


https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/7196/volumes/v18/NA-187C#:~:text=The%20first%20enclosed%20mall%20was,suburb%20of%20Minneapolis%20in%201956.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall


https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/when-malls-saved-cities-from-capitalism/553610/


https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-mall-2020-7


https://www.liherald.com/stories/elegy-for-sears-and-perhaps-mall-culture,135410


https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a33405314/shopping-mall-history-southdale-mall-of-america/


https://www.retaildive.com/news/skud-7-pop-culture-moments-that-track-the-downfall-of-the-mall/584317/


https://www.ajc.com/life/opinion-mall-culture-and-teens-already-a-strained-relationship-before-lenox-curfew/WKIUVN5IUFEITNVPM2DRA7XHOA/


https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-mall-fell-out-of-fashion-20171229-story.html


https://cuepointaesthetics.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/mall-city-documentary-1983-nyu-film-roosevelt-field-mall-culture/


https://www.ejournals.eu/pliki/art/1603/pl


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/death-and-rebirth-american-mall-180953444/

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]]> 2097 yes Introducing Bottle of White, Bottle of Red a Billy Joel and Wine Podcast Like Billy Joel ? Like wine? YOU'LL LOVE THIS NEW SELTZER KINGS PODCAST! Bottle of White, Bottle of Red dissects the albums of Billy Joel and pairs them with fine wines. 🍷 Hosted by Cory Cavin and Bill Grandberg. Produced by Jeremy Balon. S1 Wines by Cellary. Cover Art by @_hannahchrist Theme Music by @dannytamberelli VO by @katiejeanne18 Give them a follow and listen!! instagram.com/rose_instead twitter.com/rose_instead Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3m5I4Ag29s5Kde3rpYR3qk?si=S-tUN9OmT2e98tHiqQgPBg Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bottle-of-white-bottle-of-red/id1609803794 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vYnRsd2hpdGVidGxyZWQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:50:00 -0000 Bottle of White, Bottle of Red a Billy Joel and Wine Podcast bonus Dave Bledsoe It's episode 1 of a brand new Seltzer Kings Podcast! Like Billy Joel ? Like wine? YOU'LL LOVE THIS NEW SELTZER KINGS PODCAST! Bottle of White, Bottle of Red dissects the albums of Billy Joel and pairs them with fine wines. 🍷 Hosted by Cory Cavin and Bill Grandberg. Produced by Jeremy Balon. S1 Wines by Cellary. Cover Art by @_hannahchrist Theme Music by @dannytamberelli VO by @katiejeanne18 Give them a follow and listen!! instagram.com/rose_instead twitter.com/rose_instead Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3m5I4Ag29s5Kde3rpYR3qk?si=S-tUN9OmT2e98tHiqQgPBg Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bottle-of-white-bottle-of-red/id1609803794 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vYnRsd2hpdGVidGxyZWQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Like Billy Joel ? Like wine? YOU'LL LOVE THIS NEW SELTZER KINGS PODCAST!


Bottle of White, Bottle of Red dissects the albums of Billy Joel and pairs them with fine wines. 🍷 Hosted by Cory Cavin and Bill Grandberg. Produced by Jeremy Balon. S1 Wines by Cellary. Cover Art by @_hannahchrist Theme Music by @dannytamberelli VO by @katiejeanne18


Give them a follow and listen!!


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twitter.com/rose_instead


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Apple:

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]]> 4208 no Episode 351: Jimmy Carter: Heart Lust and Rabbits Show Notes Episode 351: Jimmy Carter: Heart Lust and Rabbits This week Host Dave Bledsoe confesses he has lusted not just in his heart, but also in his pants.  And is promptly slapped in the face.  (Again) On the show this week, we finish our mini-series about the 1970’s with the Peanut Farmer from Plains, Jimmy Carter!  (We also mention The Rabbit) Along the way we learn that for unexplored reasons some people put peanuts in their sodas.  (Or at least they used to.)  From there we meet James Earl Carter Jr, following his rise from potentially radioactive Naval officer, through the ranks of Georgia politics all the way through his unexpected rise to the White House.  (“Jimmy Who?” was a common question.)  Along the way we discover that even the least racist Southern Politician in the 60’s was still really, really racist.  Finally, we discuss how the traits that made Jimmy Carter such a great EX-president were exactly why Jimmy became an ex-president after one term. (It’s hard to be an outsider when your job is the ultimate insider!) Our Sponsor this week is Pea-Nots!, when real peanuts can kill a kid, why not try a Pea-Not?  We open the show with Dan Akroyd presidential demeanor and close with Van Trevor singing about Jimmy in the White House. 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/YO5swvqdL7E We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: JIMMY CARTER: LIFE BEFORE THE PRESIDENCY By Robert A. Strong https://millercenter.org/president/carter/life-before-the-presidency Jimmy Carter's Humble Walk with God  by Joseph McAuley https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/jimmy-carter-man-plains-who-was-man-faith Interview with "Playboy" Magazine https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-playboy-magazine President Carter and the Killer Rabbit https://web.archive.org/web/20081215051536/http://www.american-presidents.org/2008/01/president-carter-and-killer-rabbit.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-jimmy-carter-may-be-the-most-misunderstood-president-in-american-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident https://www.ajc.com/news/when-jimmy-carter-lusted-his-heart/kzdD5pLXvT3qnf5RyJlIiK/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Jimmy Carter: Heart Lust and Rabbits full 351 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we finish our mini-series about the 1970’s with the Peanut Farmer from Plains, Jimmy Carter! (We also mention The Rabbit) Show Notes Episode 351: Jimmy Carter: Heart Lust and Rabbits This week Host Dave Bledsoe confesses he has lusted not just in his heart, but also in his pants.  And is promptly slapped in the face.  (Again) On the show this week, we finish our mini-series about the 1970’s with the Peanut Farmer from Plains, Jimmy Carter!  (We also mention The Rabbit) Along the way we learn that for unexplored reasons some people put peanuts in their sodas.  (Or at least they used to.)  From there we meet James Earl Carter Jr, following his rise from potentially radioactive Naval officer, through the ranks of Georgia politics all the way through his unexpected rise to the White House.  (“Jimmy Who?” was a common question.)  Along the way we discover that even the least racist Southern Politician in the 60’s was still really, really racist.  Finally, we discuss how the traits that made Jimmy Carter such a great EX-president were exactly why Jimmy became an ex-president after one term. (It’s hard to be an outsider when your job is the ultimate insider!) Our Sponsor this week is Pea-Nots!, when real peanuts can kill a kid, why not try a Pea-Not?  We open the show with Dan Akroyd presidential demeanor and close with Van Trevor singing about Jimmy in the White House. 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/YO5swvqdL7E We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: JIMMY CARTER: LIFE BEFORE THE PRESIDENCY By Robert A. Strong https://millercenter.org/president/carter/life-before-the-presidency Jimmy Carter's Humble Walk with God  by Joseph McAuley https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/jimmy-carter-man-plains-who-was-man-faith Interview with "Playboy" Magazine https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-playboy-magazine President Carter and the Killer Rabbit https://web.archive.org/web/20081215051536/http://www.american-presidents.org/2008/01/president-carter-and-killer-rabbit.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-jimmy-carter-may-be-the-most-misunderstood-president-in-american-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident https://www.ajc.com/news/when-jimmy-carter-lusted-his-heart/kzdD5pLXvT3qnf5RyJlIiK/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe confesses he has lusted not just in his heart, but also in his pants.  And is promptly slapped in the face.  (Again) On the show this week, we finish our mini-series about the 1970’s with the Peanut Farmer from Plains, Jimmy Carter!  (We also mention The Rabbit)


Along the way we learn that for unexplored reasons some people put peanuts in their sodas.  (Or at least they used to.)  From there we meet James Earl Carter Jr, following his rise from potentially radioactive Naval officer, through the ranks of Georgia politics all the way through his unexpected rise to the White House.  (“Jimmy Who?” was a common question.)  Along the way we discover that even the least racist Southern Politician in the 60’s was still really, really racist.  Finally, we discuss how the traits that made Jimmy Carter such a great EX-president were exactly why Jimmy became an ex-president after one term. (It’s hard to be an outsider when your job is the ultimate insider!)


Our Sponsor this week is Pea-Nots!, when real peanuts can kill a kid, why not try a Pea-Not?  We open the show with Dan Akroyd presidential demeanor and close with Van Trevor singing about Jimmy in the White House.


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/

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Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/YO5swvqdL7E

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


JIMMY CARTER: LIFE BEFORE THE PRESIDENCY By Robert A. Strong

https://millercenter.org/president/carter/life-before-the-presidency


Jimmy Carter's Humble Walk with God  by Joseph McAuley

https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/jimmy-carter-man-plains-who-was-man-faith


Interview with "Playboy" Magazine

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-playboy-magazine


President Carter and the Killer Rabbit

https://web.archive.org/web/20081215051536/http://www.american-presidents.org/2008/01/president-carter-and-killer-rabbit.html


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-jimmy-carter-may-be-the-most-misunderstood-president-in-american-history


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident


https://www.ajc.com/news/when-jimmy-carter-lusted-his-heart/kzdD5pLXvT3qnf5RyJlIiK/



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]]> 2187 yes Episode 350: Looking For Love In ALL the Wrong Places Show Notes Episode 350: Looking for Love In ALL the Wrong Places This week Host Dave Bledsoe is finally ready to love again, meaning he has finished this bottle and is ready to open a new one. (He is a sad, sad man.) On the show this week we look at what dating was like before the Internet only to discover it was just like now, except the unsolicited dick photos were Polaroids. (Blurry AND small!) Along the way we learned that no one would Choo-Choo Choose Dave for their 4th Grade Valentine. (Even as a kid people didn’t like him!) From there we dive right into all the awful ways people looked for love before Swiping on their phones! (You think it is bad NOW!) From meet cutes over your tighty whities to blind dates because your friend wanted their partner’s annoying friend out of the way, all the way to drunk hook ups at the bar, (Forget about video dating, no one actually did that.) Finally, we look at the future of dating. (My adjustable bed or your’s) Our Sponsor this week is Harsh Realities, because you are no Pete Davidson. We open the show with Mad TV telling it like it is, and close with Kyle Park turning to a stranger just like a friend. 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/1l0j0ZgTCL4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: None, it was just Dave talking out his ass this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:16:58 -0000 Looking for Love In ALL the Wrong Places full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we look at what dating was like before the Internet only to discover it was just like now, except the unsolicited dick photos were Polaroids. (Blurry AND small!) Show Notes Episode 350: Looking for Love In ALL the Wrong Places This week Host Dave Bledsoe is finally ready to love again, meaning he has finished this bottle and is ready to open a new one. (He is a sad, sad man.) On the show this week we look at what dating was like before the Internet only to discover it was just like now, except the unsolicited dick photos were Polaroids. (Blurry AND small!) Along the way we learned that no one would Choo-Choo Choose Dave for their 4th Grade Valentine. (Even as a kid people didn’t like him!) From there we dive right into all the awful ways people looked for love before Swiping on their phones! (You think it is bad NOW!) From meet cutes over your tighty whities to blind dates because your friend wanted their partner’s annoying friend out of the way, all the way to drunk hook ups at the bar, (Forget about video dating, no one actually did that.) Finally, we look at the future of dating. (My adjustable bed or your’s) Our Sponsor this week is Harsh Realities, because you are no Pete Davidson. We open the show with Mad TV telling it like it is, and close with Kyle Park turning to a stranger just like a friend. 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/1l0j0ZgTCL4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: None, it was just Dave talking out his ass this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 350: Looking for Love In ALL the Wrong Places


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is finally ready to love again, meaning he has finished this bottle and is ready to open a new one. (He is a sad, sad man.) On the show this week we look at what dating was like before the Internet only to discover it was just like now, except the unsolicited dick photos were Polaroids. (Blurry AND small!)


Along the way we learned that no one would Choo-Choo Choose Dave for their 4th Grade Valentine. (Even as a kid people didn’t like him!) From there we dive right into all the awful ways people looked for love before Swiping on their phones! (You think it is bad NOW!) From meet cutes over your tighty whities to blind dates because your friend wanted their partner’s annoying friend out of the way, all the way to drunk hook ups at the bar, (Forget about video dating, no one actually did that.) Finally, we look at the future of dating. (My adjustable bed or your’s)


Our Sponsor this week is Harsh Realities, because you are no Pete Davidson. We open the show with Mad TV telling it like it is, and close with Kyle Park turning to a stranger just like a friend.


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/1l0j0ZgTCL4

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


None, it was just Dave talking out his ass this week.

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]]> 1666 yes Episode 349: Gas, Gas, Or Gas, No One Rides for Free Show Notes Episode 349: Gas, Gas, or Gas, No One Rides for Free This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares an embargo on paying his overdue bar tabs until the bar recognizes the sovereignty of his right to drink for free. (This…does not work.) On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to talk about that time American ran out of gas! Along the way we learn about Dave’s Dad’s absurdly silly car. (Is that a DATSUN?!) From there we dive right into the history of the oil crisis of the 1970’s starting all the way back before the dinosaurs. (The real ones, not that weird show in the 90’s) Then we talk about OPEC, wars in the Middle East and price controls on consumer goods here in the land of capitalism! (Funny how they were good until Reagan came along) Finally, we talk about Jimmy Carter before we talk about Jimmy Carter next week. Our Sponsor this week is the Chrysler Titanic, a car so big it has time zones. We open the show with Dickie Goodman interviewing the man on the street and close with the Kinks looking for gas. 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/OJjai_pxCrQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  A Brief History of OPEC https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/24.htm Gas Shortages in 1970s America Sparked Mayhem and Forever Changed the Nation https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1970s-gas-shortages-changed-america-180977726/ Wikipedia: 1973 oil Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis Wikipedia: 1979 Oil Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis Wikipedia: Presidency of Jimmy Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter#Malaise_speech Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/13/gas-shortages-1970s/ https://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/31/how-oil-shortage-1970s-shaped-todays-economic-policy/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1972/10/the-last-traffic-jam/303367/ https://groovyhistory.com/the-gas-shortage-of-the-1970s-oh-the-madness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Gas, Gas, Or Gas, No One Rides for Free full 349 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to talk about that time American ran out of gas! Show Notes Episode 349: Gas, Gas, or Gas, No One Rides for Free This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares an embargo on paying his overdue bar tabs until the bar recognizes the sovereignty of his right to drink for free. (This…does not work.) On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to talk about that time American ran out of gas! Along the way we learn about Dave’s Dad’s absurdly silly car. (Is that a DATSUN?!) From there we dive right into the history of the oil crisis of the 1970’s starting all the way back before the dinosaurs. (The real ones, not that weird show in the 90’s) Then we talk about OPEC, wars in the Middle East and price controls on consumer goods here in the land of capitalism! (Funny how they were good until Reagan came along) Finally, we talk about Jimmy Carter before we talk about Jimmy Carter next week. Our Sponsor this week is the Chrysler Titanic, a car so big it has time zones. We open the show with Dickie Goodman interviewing the man on the street and close with the Kinks looking for gas. 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/OJjai_pxCrQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  A Brief History of OPEC https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/24.htm Gas Shortages in 1970s America Sparked Mayhem and Forever Changed the Nation https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1970s-gas-shortages-changed-america-180977726/ Wikipedia: 1973 oil Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis Wikipedia: 1979 Oil Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis Wikipedia: Presidency of Jimmy Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter#Malaise_speech Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/13/gas-shortages-1970s/ https://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/31/how-oil-shortage-1970s-shaped-todays-economic-policy/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1972/10/the-last-traffic-jam/303367/ https://groovyhistory.com/the-gas-shortage-of-the-1970s-oh-the-madness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 349: Gas, Gas, or Gas, No One Rides for Free


This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares an embargo on paying his overdue bar tabs until the bar recognizes the sovereignty of his right to drink for free. (This…does not work.) On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to talk about that time American ran out of gas!


Along the way we learn about Dave’s Dad’s absurdly silly car. (Is that a DATSUN?!) From there we dive right into the history of the oil crisis of the 1970’s starting all the way back before the dinosaurs. (The real ones, not that weird show in the 90’s) Then we talk about OPEC, wars in the Middle East and price controls on consumer goods here in the land of capitalism! (Funny how they were good until Reagan came along) Finally, we talk about Jimmy Carter before we talk about Jimmy Carter next week.


Our Sponsor this week is the Chrysler Titanic, a car so big it has time zones. We open the show with Dickie Goodman interviewing the man on the street and close with the Kinks looking for gas.


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/OJjai_pxCrQ

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed: 

A Brief History of OPEC

https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/24.htm


Gas Shortages in 1970s America Sparked Mayhem and Forever Changed the Nation

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1970s-gas-shortages-changed-america-180977726/


Wikipedia: 1973 oil Crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis


Wikipedia: 1979 Oil Crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis


Wikipedia: Presidency of Jimmy Carter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter#Malaise_speech



Uncited Additional Reading:  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/13/gas-shortages-1970s/


https://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/31/how-oil-shortage-1970s-shaped-todays-economic-policy/


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1972/10/the-last-traffic-jam/303367/


https://groovyhistory.com/the-gas-shortage-of-the-1970s-oh-the-madness

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]]> 2320 yes Episode 348: When Inflation Comes Along, You Must Whip It! Show Notes Episode 348: When Inflation Comes Along, You Must Whip It This week Host Dave Bledsoe fights the rising costs of his bar tabs by handing the bartender a button asking him to Whip It instead of money. Only to get his ass whipped behind the bar by the bouncers. (Again.) On the show this week, we take you back to a time when the worst possible idea to fight inflation was also the only idea they had! (It is a recurring theme in American History) Along the way a sad old man complains about being a sad old man. (It is kind of Dave’s leitmotif) Then we dive right into a complex economic and social issue that we have no business discussing because our understanding of economics topped out in about third grade. (If Dave has ten dollars and spends it all on booze, how much money does Dave have left?) From there explain that when the chips were down and the nation needed a hero, they took a look around and all they could find was Jerry. (Not the President we needed and also not the President we deserved) Finally we explain how the Ford Administration decided the best way to fix our problem was to up the pieces of flair on our work uniforms. (The MINIMUM is fifteen)  Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Financial Advisors, we give you money for things and you damn sure will pay us back. We open the show with SNL’s take on Inflation and close with the Fantastic Plastics explaining fiscal policy for the masses. 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/wnDom1oXQdk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  What to know about the main causes of inflation https://www.businessinsider.com/causes-of-inflation Gerald Ford responded to an inflation crisis with a voluntary public campaign. It was a disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/11/16/gerald-ford-whip-inflation-now/ Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ford-pledges-to-whip-inflation-now-video https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/1970s-great-inflation.asp https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-inflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973%E2%80%931975_recession https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/1001023637/think-inflation-is-bad-now-lets-take-a-step-back-to-the-1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 When Inflation Comes Along, You Must Whip It! full 7 348 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we take you back to a time when the worst possible idea to fight inflation was also the only idea they had! (It is a recurring theme in American History) Show Notes Episode 348: When Inflation Comes Along, You Must Whip It This week Host Dave Bledsoe fights the rising costs of his bar tabs by handing the bartender a button asking him to Whip It instead of money. Only to get his ass whipped behind the bar by the bouncers. (Again.) On the show this week, we take you back to a time when the worst possible idea to fight inflation was also the only idea they had! (It is a recurring theme in American History) Along the way a sad old man complains about being a sad old man. (It is kind of Dave’s leitmotif) Then we dive right into a complex economic and social issue that we have no business discussing because our understanding of economics topped out in about third grade. (If Dave has ten dollars and spends it all on booze, how much money does Dave have left?) From there explain that when the chips were down and the nation needed a hero, they took a look around and all they could find was Jerry. (Not the President we needed and also not the President we deserved) Finally we explain how the Ford Administration decided the best way to fix our problem was to up the pieces of flair on our work uniforms. (The MINIMUM is fifteen)  Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Financial Advisors, we give you money for things and you damn sure will pay us back. We open the show with SNL’s take on Inflation and close with the Fantastic Plastics explaining fiscal policy for the masses. 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/wnDom1oXQdk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  What to know about the main causes of inflation https://www.businessinsider.com/causes-of-inflation Gerald Ford responded to an inflation crisis with a voluntary public campaign. It was a disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/11/16/gerald-ford-whip-inflation-now/ Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ford-pledges-to-whip-inflation-now-video https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/1970s-great-inflation.asp https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-inflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973%E2%80%931975_recession https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/1001023637/think-inflation-is-bad-now-lets-take-a-step-back-to-the-1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 348: When Inflation Comes Along, You Must Whip It


This week Host Dave Bledsoe fights the rising costs of his bar tabs by handing the bartender a button asking him to Whip It instead of money. Only to get his ass whipped behind the bar by the bouncers. (Again.) On the show this week, we take you back to a time when the worst possible idea to fight inflation was also the only idea they had! (It is a recurring theme in American History)


Along the way a sad old man complains about being a sad old man. (It is kind of Dave’s leitmotif) Then we dive right into a complex economic and social issue that we have no business discussing because our understanding of economics topped out in about third grade. (If Dave has ten dollars and spends it all on booze, how much money does Dave have left?) From there explain that when the chips were down and the nation needed a hero, they took a look around and all they could find was Jerry. (Not the President we needed and also not the President we deserved) Finally we explain how the Ford Administration decided the best way to fix our problem was to up the pieces of flair on our work uniforms. (The MINIMUM is fifteen) 


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Financial Advisors, we give you money for things and you damn sure will pay us back. We open the show with SNL’s take on Inflation and close with the Fantastic Plastics explaining fiscal policy for the masses.


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/wnDom1oXQdk

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed: 


What to know about the main causes of inflation

https://www.businessinsider.com/causes-of-inflation


Gerald Ford responded to an inflation crisis with a voluntary public campaign. It was a disaster.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/11/16/gerald-ford-whip-inflation-now/



Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ford-pledges-to-whip-inflation-now-video


https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/1970s-great-inflation.asp


https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-inflation


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagflation


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973%E2%80%931975_recession


https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/1001023637/think-inflation-is-bad-now-lets-take-a-step-back-to-the-1970s


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

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]]> 1902 yes Episode 347: Hold My Hand, Across America Show Notes Episode 347: Hold My Hand Across America This week Host Dave Bledsoe reaches out a hand to his fellow man only to have it smacked down by the bartender who refused to serve him another drink until he paid his bartab. (Again.) On the show this week we link up all the ways people in the 1980’s tried to help people in need because the government didn’t want to anymore. (Same as it ever was.) Along the way we learn what motivated a young Dave only to discover it is the same thing that motivates an old Dave. (Boobs.) Then we dive right into the history of the various celebrity driven charity events from fighting against nuclear power (because coal could NEVER hurt us!) to famine relief in Africa. (Those songs bought an AWFUL lot of guns!) Then we finally get to the point of the show where we talk about that time America thought hunger could be solved if we all just joined a huge daisy chain of people from sea to shining sea. (Spoiler Alert: It couldn’t and we didn’t.)  Our Sponsor this week is a Big Dumb Idea, when you’ve got a pressing social problem only government could reasonably solve, try a Big Dumb Idea instead. We open the show with reporting from the Hands Across America line and close with Geargasm who has a plan for YOU! 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/IF7Ct2nAJpQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The 80s: The Decade of the Charity Single & the Benefit Concert https://ifmyrecordscouldtalk.com/2021/07/23/the-80s-the-decade-of-the-charity-single-the-benefit-concert/ The story of Hear 'n Aid, the heavy metal Band Aid https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-hear-n-aid-the-heavy-metal-band-aid Listen Up https://www.farmaid.org/blog/willie-nelson-listen-up/ Remembering Hands Across America https://www.history.com/news/remembering-hands-across-america Great Shakes: 'Hands Across America' 20 Years Later https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=2044810&page=1 REAGAN DECIDES TO JOIN HANDS ACROSS AMERICA https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/24/us/reagan-decides-to-join-hands-across-america.html 8 Gripping Facts About Hands Across America https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/577914/hands-across-america-facts Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/hands-across-america-in-jordan-peele-s-us.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/us-jordan-peele-hands-across-america/ https://www.history.com/news/remembering-hands-across-america https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_United_for_Safe_Energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Hold My Hand, Across America full 7 347 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we link up all the ways people in the 1980’s tried to help people in need because the government didn’t want to anymore. (Same as it ever was.) Show Notes Episode 347: Hold My Hand Across America This week Host Dave Bledsoe reaches out a hand to his fellow man only to have it smacked down by the bartender who refused to serve him another drink until he paid his bartab. (Again.) On the show this week we link up all the ways people in the 1980’s tried to help people in need because the government didn’t want to anymore. (Same as it ever was.) Along the way we learn what motivated a young Dave only to discover it is the same thing that motivates an old Dave. (Boobs.) Then we dive right into the history of the various celebrity driven charity events from fighting against nuclear power (because coal could NEVER hurt us!) to famine relief in Africa. (Those songs bought an AWFUL lot of guns!) Then we finally get to the point of the show where we talk about that time America thought hunger could be solved if we all just joined a huge daisy chain of people from sea to shining sea. (Spoiler Alert: It couldn’t and we didn’t.)  Our Sponsor this week is a Big Dumb Idea, when you’ve got a pressing social problem only government could reasonably solve, try a Big Dumb Idea instead. We open the show with reporting from the Hands Across America line and close with Geargasm who has a plan for YOU! 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/IF7Ct2nAJpQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The 80s: The Decade of the Charity Single & the Benefit Concert https://ifmyrecordscouldtalk.com/2021/07/23/the-80s-the-decade-of-the-charity-single-the-benefit-concert/ The story of Hear 'n Aid, the heavy metal Band Aid https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-hear-n-aid-the-heavy-metal-band-aid Listen Up https://www.farmaid.org/blog/willie-nelson-listen-up/ Remembering Hands Across America https://www.history.com/news/remembering-hands-across-america Great Shakes: 'Hands Across America' 20 Years Later https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=2044810&page=1 REAGAN DECIDES TO JOIN HANDS ACROSS AMERICA https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/24/us/reagan-decides-to-join-hands-across-america.html 8 Gripping Facts About Hands Across America https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/577914/hands-across-america-facts Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/hands-across-america-in-jordan-peele-s-us.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/us-jordan-peele-hands-across-america/ https://www.history.com/news/remembering-hands-across-america https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_United_for_Safe_Energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 347: Hold My Hand Across America


This week Host Dave Bledsoe reaches out a hand to his fellow man only to have it smacked down by the bartender who refused to serve him another drink until he paid his bartab. (Again.) On the show this week we link up all the ways people in the 1980’s tried to help people in need because the government didn’t want to anymore. (Same as it ever was.)


Along the way we learn what motivated a young Dave only to discover it is the same thing that motivates an old Dave. (Boobs.) Then we dive right into the history of the various celebrity driven charity events from fighting against nuclear power (because coal could NEVER hurt us!) to famine relief in Africa. (Those songs bought an AWFUL lot of guns!) Then we finally get to the point of the show where we talk about that time America thought hunger could be solved if we all just joined a huge daisy chain of people from sea to shining sea. (Spoiler Alert: It couldn’t and we didn’t.) 


Our Sponsor this week is a Big Dumb Idea, when you’ve got a pressing social problem only government could reasonably solve, try a Big Dumb Idea instead. We open the show with reporting from the Hands Across America line and close with Geargasm who has a plan for YOU!


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/IF7Ct2nAJpQ

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/





Citations Needed:


The 80s: The Decade of the Charity Single & the Benefit Concert

https://ifmyrecordscouldtalk.com/2021/07/23/the-80s-the-decade-of-the-charity-single-the-benefit-concert/


The story of Hear 'n Aid, the heavy metal Band Aid

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-hear-n-aid-the-heavy-metal-band-aid


Listen Up

https://www.farmaid.org/blog/willie-nelson-listen-up/


Remembering Hands Across America

https://www.history.com/news/remembering-hands-across-america


Great Shakes: 'Hands Across America' 20 Years Later

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=2044810&page=1


REAGAN DECIDES TO JOIN HANDS ACROSS AMERICA

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/24/us/reagan-decides-to-join-hands-across-america.html


8 Gripping Facts About Hands Across America

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/577914/hands-across-america-facts



Uncited Additional Reading: 

https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/hands-across-america-in-jordan-peele-s-us.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America


https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/us-jordan-peele-hands-across-america/


https://www.history.com/news/remembering-hands-across-america


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_United_for_Safe_Energy

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]]> 2053 yes Episode 346: I Pity the Fool that Don't Eat My Cereal Show Notes Episode 346: I Pity the Fool That Don’t Eat My Cereal This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a retraction to his Sister after insinuating she used to regularly kick his ass, and regrets any confusion. She is and was all sweetness and light and be humbly beg her pardon and pleads for her not to hurt him. (Again) On the show this week we are looking at all the brands of breakfast cereal that were just basically cash grabs in the 1980’s (There were more than you remember) Along the way we learn some shocking news about why so many cereals were taken off the shelves so soon after they debuted. (Meaning Dave just made up some shit after reading a single unsourced claim. Again.) From there we plumb the depths of the cereal aisle circa 1989 for all the weird and terrible cereals that people thought kids like to eat. (We liked Apple Jacks and Sugar Smacks, no one wanted Nerd’s Cereal) Finally we wrapped up with the most bizarre and inexplicable cereal of the lot and wondered if something wasn’t going on between Mr T and Nancy Reagan. (She looked awfully happy on his lap) Our Sponsor this week is Davey-O’s the cereal for podcasters! We open the show with Liam Neeson picking up some groceries and close with Chad and Nora Haynes traveling down that road again. 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/Jd6utRwN6SQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: BREAKFAST WITH BARBIE CEREAL https://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2019/03/breakfast-with-barbie-cereal.html Uncited Additional Reading https://www.metv.com/lists/alas-we-will-never-eat-these-18-cereals-from-the-1980s-again https://www.80sthen80snow.com/80s-cereal https://blog.cheapism.com/cereal-brands-we-miss/#slide=8 http://www.liketotally80s.com/2011/09/80s-cereals/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 I Pity the Fool that Don't Eat My Cereal full 7 346 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we are looking at all the brands of breakfast cereal that were just basically cash grabs in the 1980’s (There were more than you remember) Show Notes Episode 346: I Pity the Fool That Don’t Eat My Cereal This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a retraction to his Sister after insinuating she used to regularly kick his ass, and regrets any confusion. She is and was all sweetness and light and be humbly beg her pardon and pleads for her not to hurt him. (Again) On the show this week we are looking at all the brands of breakfast cereal that were just basically cash grabs in the 1980’s (There were more than you remember) Along the way we learn some shocking news about why so many cereals were taken off the shelves so soon after they debuted. (Meaning Dave just made up some shit after reading a single unsourced claim. Again.) From there we plumb the depths of the cereal aisle circa 1989 for all the weird and terrible cereals that people thought kids like to eat. (We liked Apple Jacks and Sugar Smacks, no one wanted Nerd’s Cereal) Finally we wrapped up with the most bizarre and inexplicable cereal of the lot and wondered if something wasn’t going on between Mr T and Nancy Reagan. (She looked awfully happy on his lap) Our Sponsor this week is Davey-O’s the cereal for podcasters! We open the show with Liam Neeson picking up some groceries and close with Chad and Nora Haynes traveling down that road again. 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/Jd6utRwN6SQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: BREAKFAST WITH BARBIE CEREAL https://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2019/03/breakfast-with-barbie-cereal.html Uncited Additional Reading https://www.metv.com/lists/alas-we-will-never-eat-these-18-cereals-from-the-1980s-again https://www.80sthen80snow.com/80s-cereal https://blog.cheapism.com/cereal-brands-we-miss/#slide=8 http://www.liketotally80s.com/2011/09/80s-cereals/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 346: I Pity the Fool That Don’t Eat My Cereal

This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a retraction to his Sister after insinuating she used to regularly kick his ass, and regrets any confusion. She is and was all sweetness and light and be humbly beg her pardon and pleads for her not to hurt him. (Again) On the show this week we are looking at all the brands of breakfast cereal that were just basically cash grabs in the 1980’s (There were more than you remember)


Along the way we learn some shocking news about why so many cereals were taken off the shelves so soon after they debuted. (Meaning Dave just made up some shit after reading a single unsourced claim. Again.) From there we plumb the depths of the cereal aisle circa 1989 for all the weird and terrible cereals that people thought kids like to eat. (We liked Apple Jacks and Sugar Smacks, no one wanted Nerd’s Cereal) Finally we wrapped up with the most bizarre and inexplicable cereal of the lot and wondered if something wasn’t going on between Mr T and Nancy Reagan. (She looked awfully happy on his lap)


Our Sponsor this week is Davey-O’s the cereal for podcasters! We open the show with Liam Neeson picking up some groceries and close with Chad and Nora Haynes traveling down that road again.


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Citations Needed:


BREAKFAST WITH BARBIE CEREAL

https://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2019/03/breakfast-with-barbie-cereal.html



Uncited Additional Reading


https://www.metv.com/lists/alas-we-will-never-eat-these-18-cereals-from-the-1980s-again


https://www.80sthen80snow.com/80s-cereal


https://blog.cheapism.com/cereal-brands-we-miss/#slide=8


http://www.liketotally80s.com/2011/09/80s-cereals/

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]]> 1936 yes Episode 345: Magically Delicious Show Notes Episode 345: Magically Delicious This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists that Lucky Charms cereal prizes be tiny bottles of Jameson and is thrown out of the Kroger. (Again) On the show this week we open up the kitchen cabinet and pull down a box of Nostalgio's, the breakfast cereal for old people! (Don’t worry, they taste so bad you won’t WANT to eat them!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s little sister used to beat him up on the regular. (We’re sure he deserved it!) and then we dive right into the history of a balanced breakfast, from Roman times right through today! (It is surprisingly full of people with some VERY Interesting ideas about race and masturbation.) Then we talk about modern breakfast cereals and how kids in the 1970’s made informed decisions on their breakfast nutrition. (It involved an awful lot of talking animals.) Then we explain that cereal box prizes were ALWAYS a scam. (#Capitalism) Our Sponsor this week is Vodka Bombs, the breakfast cereal for big girls and boys! We open with George Carlin squabbling with his breakfast and close with Putnam Pig dropping some deft rhymes about a balanced breakfast! 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/OmhusjvU0Ys We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: History of Breakfast Fact Sheet https://www.breakfastcereal.org/assets/uploads/files/00579-history-of-breakfast.pdf Wikipedia: John Harvey Kellogg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg Wikipedia: Ralstonism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralstonism MONSTROUSLY DELICIOUS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF MONSTER CEREALS https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/monster-cereals-oral-history Franken Berry, the Beloved Halloween Cereal, Was Once Medically Found to Cause Pink Poop https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/franken-berry-the-beloved-halloween-cereal-was-once-medically-found-to-cause-pink-poop-7114570/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/22/dining/history-of-cereal.html https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/03/10380335/breakfast-cereal-history-future-strange-facts https://www.seriouseats.com/history-of-breakfast-cereal-mascots https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648354/cereal-history https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68718/8-throwback-movie-tie-breakfast-cereals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakfast_cereal_advertising_characters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Magically Delicious full 7 345 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we open up the kitchen cabinet and pull down a box of Nostalgio's, the breakfast cereal for old people! (Don’t worry, they taste so bad you won’t WANT to eat them!) Show Notes Episode 345: Magically Delicious This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists that Lucky Charms cereal prizes be tiny bottles of Jameson and is thrown out of the Kroger. (Again) On the show this week we open up the kitchen cabinet and pull down a box of Nostalgio's, the breakfast cereal for old people! (Don’t worry, they taste so bad you won’t WANT to eat them!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s little sister used to beat him up on the regular. (We’re sure he deserved it!) and then we dive right into the history of a balanced breakfast, from Roman times right through today! (It is surprisingly full of people with some VERY Interesting ideas about race and masturbation.) Then we talk about modern breakfast cereals and how kids in the 1970’s made informed decisions on their breakfast nutrition. (It involved an awful lot of talking animals.) Then we explain that cereal box prizes were ALWAYS a scam. (#Capitalism) Our Sponsor this week is Vodka Bombs, the breakfast cereal for big girls and boys! We open with George Carlin squabbling with his breakfast and close with Putnam Pig dropping some deft rhymes about a balanced breakfast! 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/OmhusjvU0Ys We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: History of Breakfast Fact Sheet https://www.breakfastcereal.org/assets/uploads/files/00579-history-of-breakfast.pdf Wikipedia: John Harvey Kellogg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg Wikipedia: Ralstonism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralstonism MONSTROUSLY DELICIOUS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF MONSTER CEREALS https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/monster-cereals-oral-history Franken Berry, the Beloved Halloween Cereal, Was Once Medically Found to Cause Pink Poop https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/franken-berry-the-beloved-halloween-cereal-was-once-medically-found-to-cause-pink-poop-7114570/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/22/dining/history-of-cereal.html https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/03/10380335/breakfast-cereal-history-future-strange-facts https://www.seriouseats.com/history-of-breakfast-cereal-mascots https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648354/cereal-history https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68718/8-throwback-movie-tie-breakfast-cereals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakfast_cereal_advertising_characters Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists that Lucky Charms cereal prizes be tiny bottles of Jameson and is thrown out of the Kroger. (Again) On the show this week we open up the kitchen cabinet and pull down a box of Nostalgio's, the breakfast cereal for old people! (Don’t worry, they taste so bad you won’t WANT to eat them!)


Along the way we learn that Dave’s little sister used to beat him up on the regular. (We’re sure he deserved it!) and then we dive right into the history of a balanced breakfast, from Roman times right through today! (It is surprisingly full of people with some VERY Interesting ideas about race and masturbation.) Then we talk about modern breakfast cereals and how kids in the 1970’s made informed decisions on their breakfast nutrition. (It involved an awful lot of talking animals.) Then we explain that cereal box prizes were ALWAYS a scam. (#Capitalism)


Our Sponsor this week is Vodka Bombs, the breakfast cereal for big girls and boys! We open with George Carlin squabbling with his breakfast and close with Putnam Pig dropping some deft rhymes about a balanced breakfast!


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The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/OmhusjvU0Ys

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Citations Needed:


History of Breakfast Fact Sheet

https://www.breakfastcereal.org/assets/uploads/files/00579-history-of-breakfast.pdf


Wikipedia: John Harvey Kellogg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg


Wikipedia: Ralstonism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralstonism


MONSTROUSLY DELICIOUS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF MONSTER CEREALS

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/monster-cereals-oral-history


Franken Berry, the Beloved Halloween Cereal, Was Once Medically Found to Cause Pink Poop

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/franken-berry-the-beloved-halloween-cereal-was-once-medically-found-to-cause-pink-poop-7114570/


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/22/dining/history-of-cereal.html


https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/03/10380335/breakfast-cereal-history-future-strange-facts


https://www.seriouseats.com/history-of-breakfast-cereal-mascots


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648354/cereal-history


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68718/8-throwback-movie-tie-breakfast-cereals


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakfast_cereal_advertising_characters

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]]> 1915 yes Special Edition: Me and You in Twenty Twenty Two Show Notes Special Edition: Me and You in Twenty Twenty Two In this Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe does the BARE minimum phoning in a half assed new release whose only real purpose is to get the show back its production and release schedule after the holiday. (So you know, pretty much the usual.)   It's about stuff that he says will happen in the coming year. (Believe it when you see it). That’s it, I am done here. I had to write this bullshit with a hangover on New Year’s Day, for no extra pay. I hate this job. 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/f8A7My38dyg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Me and You in Twenty Twenty Two bonus Dave Bledsoe In this Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe does the BARE minimum phoning in a half assed new release whose only real purpose is to get the show back its production and release schedule after the holiday. (So you know, pretty much the usual.) Show Notes Special Edition: Me and You in Twenty Twenty Two In this Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe does the BARE minimum phoning in a half assed new release whose only real purpose is to get the show back its production and release schedule after the holiday. (So you know, pretty much the usual.)   It's about stuff that he says will happen in the coming year. (Believe it when you see it). That’s it, I am done here. I had to write this bullshit with a hangover on New Year’s Day, for no extra pay. I hate this job. 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/f8A7My38dyg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Special Edition: Me and You in Twenty Twenty Two

In this Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe does the BARE minimum phoning in a half assed new release whose only real purpose is to get the show back its production and release schedule after the holiday. (So you know, pretty much the usual.)  


It's about stuff that he says will happen in the coming year. (Believe it when you see it). That’s it, I am done here. I had to write this bullshit with a hangover on New Year’s Day, for no extra pay. I hate this job.


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]]> 597 yes Episode 344: It's Not THAT Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday Show Notes Episode 344: It’s Not THAT Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday This week Host Dave Bledsoe looks back in anger AND ahead in fear when he realizes he is almost certainly going to need to pay his bartabs before New Year’s Eve. (He won’t) On the show this week we look back at the year that was Two Thousand and Twenty One and realized, it was fucking terrible. (No great surprise there) Along the way we remember the halcyon days of yesteryear when going out of a bar on New Year’s Eve was fun and potentially resulted in getting laid, and how today we are in bed by 10:30 PM because who can stay awake until Midnight at our age? From there we dive right into all the things that happened in this dog shit year that took us from believing we were getting Hot Vax Summer to the unending repeat of another Covid Variant. (Are we blaming the MAGA chugs who won’t get vaxxed, you bet your ass we are!) We hit all the top stories of the year from big ships in small canals to the enormous size of Pete Davidson’s dick. (We don’t have any first hand knowledge, just some educated guesses) Finally we wrap up the year on a positive note, well not positive but there is a story about smearing butter on a cat. (Poor cat) Our Sponsor this week is Forgetittol, when you had a year to remember and wish you hadn’t Forgeittitol. We open with a countdown to a year filled with disappointments and close with Bailey Pelkman reminding us that no matter how hard we try, we will still remember this awful year. 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/I4ixQxQkow0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 It's Not THAT Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday full 344 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we look back at the year that was Two Thousand and Twenty One and realized, it was fucking terrible. (No great surprise there) Show Notes Episode 344: It’s Not THAT Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday This week Host Dave Bledsoe looks back in anger AND ahead in fear when he realizes he is almost certainly going to need to pay his bartabs before New Year’s Eve. (He won’t) On the show this week we look back at the year that was Two Thousand and Twenty One and realized, it was fucking terrible. (No great surprise there) Along the way we remember the halcyon days of yesteryear when going out of a bar on New Year’s Eve was fun and potentially resulted in getting laid, and how today we are in bed by 10:30 PM because who can stay awake until Midnight at our age? From there we dive right into all the things that happened in this dog shit year that took us from believing we were getting Hot Vax Summer to the unending repeat of another Covid Variant. (Are we blaming the MAGA chugs who won’t get vaxxed, you bet your ass we are!) We hit all the top stories of the year from big ships in small canals to the enormous size of Pete Davidson’s dick. (We don’t have any first hand knowledge, just some educated guesses) Finally we wrap up the year on a positive note, well not positive but there is a story about smearing butter on a cat. (Poor cat) Our Sponsor this week is Forgetittol, when you had a year to remember and wish you hadn’t Forgeittitol. We open with a countdown to a year filled with disappointments and close with Bailey Pelkman reminding us that no matter how hard we try, we will still remember this awful year. 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/I4ixQxQkow0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 344: It’s Not THAT Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday


This week Host Dave Bledsoe looks back in anger AND ahead in fear when he realizes he is almost certainly going to need to pay his bartabs before New Year’s Eve. (He won’t) On the show this week we look back at the year that was Two Thousand and Twenty One and realized, it was fucking terrible. (No great surprise there)


Along the way we remember the halcyon days of yesteryear when going out of a bar on New Year’s Eve was fun and potentially resulted in getting laid, and how today we are in bed by 10:30 PM because who can stay awake until Midnight at our age? From there we dive right into all the things that happened in this dog shit year that took us from believing we were getting Hot Vax Summer to the unending repeat of another Covid Variant. (Are we blaming the MAGA chugs who won’t get vaxxed, you bet your ass we are!) We hit all the top stories of the year from big ships in small canals to the enormous size of Pete Davidson’s dick. (We don’t have any first hand knowledge, just some educated guesses) Finally we wrap up the year on a positive note, well not positive but there is a story about smearing butter on a cat. (Poor cat)


Our Sponsor this week is Forgetittol, when you had a year to remember and wish you hadn’t Forgeittitol. We open with a countdown to a year filled with disappointments and close with Bailey Pelkman reminding us that no matter how hard we try, we will still remember this awful year.


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]]> 2287 yes Episode 292: Finger Licking Good Time Redux It's Christmas Eve and Dave is already in the drunk tank, so we are running this "best of" episode to tide you over until Fast Eddie or Jeremy can get Dave out on bail. (again) We think he might be back in time for next week's show, but you never know. In the meantime, enjoy the True Story of Colonel Harlan Sanders, who very much IS a Christmas Icon. (In Japan). Show 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 week, KFC on Sunday.) Then we dive right into the life of man who is much more than a white suit and a secret recipe! (He also swore so much it impresses Dave!) From his humble beginnings in Indiana (yeah, the Colonel wasn’t even FROM Kentucky!) to working on the railroad and pretty much every other job you can imagine before he became a fried chicken magnate. We also learn how he lost so many of those jobs. (Turns out, you do not FUCK with the Colonel, he WILL put you down!) Then we chart his rise in the world of chicken sales from humble entrepreneur to world striding titan to the breaded bird arts, and perhaps even to becoming the object of a religion. (Praise his breaded goodness!) Then we brazenly reveal the REAL Secret Recipe! (Come at us Big Chicken!) Our Sponsor this week is General Slander’s West Virginia Fried Chicken, who wants you to know yeah, we got a GENERAL! We open the show with Mister Mac Kenzie’s conspiracy theories and close with Southern Culture on the Skids roadside cuisine choices. 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/BCCqeHm5VDY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Colonels of Truth https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/ Colonel Pleasures A new Lifetime “mini-movie” gets one thing right about the KFC founder: his horniness. https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/colonel-sanders-lifetime-mario-lopez-horny.html Colonel Sanders Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders Kentucky∼Fried https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/02/14/kentucky-fried KFC recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html Uncited Additional Background  https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12096466/colonel-sanders-kfc-meme-life-story https://vault.fbi.gov/Colonel%20Harlan%20Sanders/Harland%20%28Colonel%29%20David%20Sanders%20Part%201%20of%201/view https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k94md/kfc-lifetime-movie-colonel-sanders-recipe-for-seduction https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-real-colonel-sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:24:00 -0000 Finger Licking Good Time Redux full Dave Bledsoe We've let the minions go home and forced Gavin to clean the studio men's room and Dave...is off on his Christmas Bender. So enjoy this "best of" show. It's Christmas Eve and Dave is already in the drunk tank, so we are running this "best of" episode to tide you over until Fast Eddie or Jeremy can get Dave out on bail. (again) We think he might be back in time for next week's show, but you never know. In the meantime, enjoy the True Story of Colonel Harlan Sanders, who very much IS a Christmas Icon. (In Japan). Show 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 week, KFC on Sunday.) Then we dive right into the life of man who is much more than a white suit and a secret recipe! (He also swore so much it impresses Dave!) From his humble beginnings in Indiana (yeah, the Colonel wasn’t even FROM Kentucky!) to working on the railroad and pretty much every other job you can imagine before he became a fried chicken magnate. We also learn how he lost so many of those jobs. (Turns out, you do not FUCK with the Colonel, he WILL put you down!) Then we chart his rise in the world of chicken sales from humble entrepreneur to world striding titan to the breaded bird arts, and perhaps even to becoming the object of a religion. (Praise his breaded goodness!) Then we brazenly reveal the REAL Secret Recipe! (Come at us Big Chicken!) Our Sponsor this week is General Slander’s West Virginia Fried Chicken, who wants you to know yeah, we got a GENERAL! We open the show with Mister Mac Kenzie’s conspiracy theories and close with Southern Culture on the Skids roadside cuisine choices. 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/BCCqeHm5VDY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Colonels of Truth https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/ Colonel Pleasures A new Lifetime “mini-movie” gets one thing right about the KFC founder: his horniness. https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/colonel-sanders-lifetime-mario-lopez-horny.html Colonel Sanders Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders Kentucky∼Fried https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/02/14/kentucky-fried KFC recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html Uncited Additional Background  https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12096466/colonel-sanders-kfc-meme-life-story https://vault.fbi.gov/Colonel%20Harlan%20Sanders/Harland%20%28Colonel%29%20David%20Sanders%20Part%201%20of%201/view https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k94md/kfc-lifetime-movie-colonel-sanders-recipe-for-seduction https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-real-colonel-sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices It's Christmas Eve and Dave is already in the drunk tank, so we are running this "best of" episode to tide you over until Fast Eddie or Jeremy can get Dave out on bail. (again) We think he might be back in time for next week's show, but you never know.

In the meantime, enjoy the True Story of Colonel Harlan Sanders, who very much IS a Christmas Icon. (In Japan).

Show 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 week, KFC on Sunday.) Then we dive right into the life of man who is much more than a white suit and a secret recipe! (He also swore so much it impresses Dave!) From his humble beginnings in Indiana (yeah, the Colonel wasn’t even FROM Kentucky!) to working on the railroad and pretty much every other job you can imagine before he became a fried chicken magnate. We also learn how he lost so many of those jobs. (Turns out, you do not FUCK with the Colonel, he WILL put you down!) Then we chart his rise in the world of chicken sales from humble entrepreneur to world striding titan to the breaded bird arts, and perhaps even to becoming the object of a religion. (Praise his breaded goodness!) Then we brazenly reveal the REAL Secret Recipe! (Come at us Big Chicken!)


Our Sponsor this week is General Slander’s West Virginia Fried Chicken, who wants you to know yeah, we got a GENERAL! We open the show with Mister Mac Kenzie’s conspiracy theories and close with Southern Culture on the Skids roadside cuisine choices.


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/BCCqeHm5VDY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/





Citations Needed:


Colonels of Truth

https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/


Colonel Pleasures A new Lifetime “mini-movie” gets one thing right about the KFC founder: his horniness.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/colonel-sanders-lifetime-mario-lopez-horny.html


Colonel Sanders Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders


Kentucky∼Fried

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/02/14/kentucky-fried


KFC recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices

https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html


Uncited Additional Background 


https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12096466/colonel-sanders-kfc-meme-life-story


https://vault.fbi.gov/Colonel%20Harlan%20Sanders/Harland%20%28Colonel%29%20David%20Sanders%20Part%201%20of%201/view


https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k94md/kfc-lifetime-movie-colonel-sanders-recipe-for-seduction


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-real-colonel-sanders


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]]> 2102 yes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho Show Notes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!) Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas! 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/7NEnSkpbmCY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Frosty the Snow Ho full 343 Dave Bledsoe 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Show Notes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho 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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!) Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas! 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/7NEnSkpbmCY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho

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 whatever junk they were plugging in the special.)


Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!)


Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas!


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/7NEnSkpbmCY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

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]]> 1859 yes Episode 342: Come And Buy My Weird Ass Toys Show Notes Episode 342: Come And Buy My Weird Ass Toys This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens up his childhood toybox, by which we mean, he gets drunk and plays with all the toys he, a 52 year old man, has at home. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to look at all the toys that were physically or psychologically (sometimes both) harmful to children that people thought were just fine.  Along the way we learn where Dave’s phobia about toilet sharks originates. (And why he still poops in a bucket) From there we dive right into all the mind bogglingly bizarre toys that 70’s toy designers brought to market! From plastic cows that may or may not have secreted semen, to Pet Rocks useful for domestic violence, to an indestructible doll that could be placed in plenty of perverse poses. (There was nothing innocent about youth in the 70’s) Finally a game for children about the fragility of human life and how delicious human flesh tasted! (Dahmer the Home Game!) Our Sponsor this week is DaveCo’s My Pet Fart! The most fun you can have with a bottle of farts! We open with Mainway Toys and close with Christian Lipski trying to move some second hand merchandise. 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/qTpEB5pP1Qc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THe Care and Training of Your Pet Rock https://archive.org/stream/pet_rock_manual_original/pet_rock_manual_original_djvu.txt Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.metv.com/lists/13-funky-bizarre-dolls-you-would-only-find-in-the-1970s https://www.metv.com/lists/10-toys-every-kid-wanted-in-1976 https://smellslikeinfinitesadness.com/the-top-20-oddball-toys-from-the-70s80s-part-1/ https://omigods.com/weird-70s-toys https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/532200/bizarre-toy-commercials-1970s https://mom.com/entertainment/9416-hilariously-weird-toys-past/laughing-bag https://gunaxin.com/ten-kooky-toys-from-the-70s-and-80s https://medium.com/@margaretw/museum-of-curious-toys-games-kenners-milky-the-marvelous-milking-cow-1977-c39d63b2b351 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Come and Buy My Weird Ass Toys full 342 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to look at all the toys that were physically or psychologically (sometimes both) harmful to children that people thought were just fine. Show Notes Episode 342: Come And Buy My Weird Ass Toys This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens up his childhood toybox, by which we mean, he gets drunk and plays with all the toys he, a 52 year old man, has at home. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to look at all the toys that were physically or psychologically (sometimes both) harmful to children that people thought were just fine.  Along the way we learn where Dave’s phobia about toilet sharks originates. (And why he still poops in a bucket) From there we dive right into all the mind bogglingly bizarre toys that 70’s toy designers brought to market! From plastic cows that may or may not have secreted semen, to Pet Rocks useful for domestic violence, to an indestructible doll that could be placed in plenty of perverse poses. (There was nothing innocent about youth in the 70’s) Finally a game for children about the fragility of human life and how delicious human flesh tasted! (Dahmer the Home Game!) Our Sponsor this week is DaveCo’s My Pet Fart! The most fun you can have with a bottle of farts! We open with Mainway Toys and close with Christian Lipski trying to move some second hand merchandise. 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/qTpEB5pP1Qc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: THe Care and Training of Your Pet Rock https://archive.org/stream/pet_rock_manual_original/pet_rock_manual_original_djvu.txt Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.metv.com/lists/13-funky-bizarre-dolls-you-would-only-find-in-the-1970s https://www.metv.com/lists/10-toys-every-kid-wanted-in-1976 https://smellslikeinfinitesadness.com/the-top-20-oddball-toys-from-the-70s80s-part-1/ https://omigods.com/weird-70s-toys https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/532200/bizarre-toy-commercials-1970s https://mom.com/entertainment/9416-hilariously-weird-toys-past/laughing-bag https://gunaxin.com/ten-kooky-toys-from-the-70s-and-80s https://medium.com/@margaretw/museum-of-curious-toys-games-kenners-milky-the-marvelous-milking-cow-1977-c39d63b2b351 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 342: Come And Buy My Weird Ass Toys

This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens up his childhood toybox, by which we mean, he gets drunk and plays with all the toys he, a 52 year old man, has at home. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the 1970’s to look at all the toys that were physically or psychologically (sometimes both) harmful to children that people thought were just fine. 


Along the way we learn where Dave’s phobia about toilet sharks originates. (And why he still poops in a bucket) From there we dive right into all the mind bogglingly bizarre toys that 70’s toy designers brought to market! From plastic cows that may or may not have secreted semen, to Pet Rocks useful for domestic violence, to an indestructible doll that could be placed in plenty of perverse poses. (There was nothing innocent about youth in the 70’s) Finally a game for children about the fragility of human life and how delicious human flesh tasted! (Dahmer the Home Game!)


Our Sponsor this week is DaveCo’s My Pet Fart! The most fun you can have with a bottle of farts! We open with Mainway Toys and close with Christian Lipski trying to move some second hand merchandise.


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/qTpEB5pP1Qc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


THe Care and Training of Your Pet Rock

https://archive.org/stream/pet_rock_manual_original/pet_rock_manual_original_djvu.txt


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://www.metv.com/lists/13-funky-bizarre-dolls-you-would-only-find-in-the-1970s


https://www.metv.com/lists/10-toys-every-kid-wanted-in-1976


https://smellslikeinfinitesadness.com/the-top-20-oddball-toys-from-the-70s80s-part-1/


https://omigods.com/weird-70s-toys


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/532200/bizarre-toy-commercials-1970s


https://mom.com/entertainment/9416-hilariously-weird-toys-past/laughing-bag


https://gunaxin.com/ten-kooky-toys-from-the-70s-and-80s


https://medium.com/@margaretw/museum-of-curious-toys-games-kenners-milky-the-marvelous-milking-cow-1977-c39d63b2b351

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]]> 2062 yes Episode 341: I Hurt Myself Doing the Lindy Hop Show Notes Episode 341: I Hurt Myself Doing the Lindy Hop This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to do the DC Hand Jive and gets a good slap in the face for being fresh. (Again) On the show this week we talk about that time in the late 1990’s when we all thought we could swing dance! (We were wrong, we were so very wrong!) Along the way we learn about that time Dave tried on a Zoot Suit only to have it violently reject his body. From there we dive right into the history of Swing music in general and how fifty years after it was popular it came back in a big way for a very short period of time. (As always, blame Capitalism) We find out how a perfect storm of cultural appropriation and Hollywood nostalgia managed to convince Generation X they were so money they did not even know how money they actually were. (Turns out, money is an illusion just like the idea we could all do the Charleston and not look like idiots) Then we learn how the Swing Craze ended just as fast as it began. Our Sponsor this week is Big Daddy D’s Powerful Pomade, because your hair isn’t going to slick back itself. We open with Gen X talking about why they Swing and close with Big Country Ska being thankful for their good fortune. 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/-VUvw2eT26E We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Swing Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music Zoot Suit Riots https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots Why ‘Hell of a Hat: The Rise of ’90s Ska & Swing’ Makes the Case for a Maligned Genre: Book Excerpt https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/hell-of-a-hat-the-rise-of-90s-ska-swing-book-excerpt-9631485/ Let’s All Remember The Late-’90s Swing Revival https://www.stereogum.com/1851924/lets-all-remember-the-late-90s-swing-revival/columns/sounding-board/ "Swingers" and the Fashion Faux Pas that Swept America https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/swingers-fashion-faux-pas Back in the Swing https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/music/features/swing1026.htm Swing dance in the 90’s and early 2000’s https://thehomeofhappyfeet.com/swing-dance-as-a-90s-kid/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.avclub.com/read-this-remembering-the-90s-swing-revival-1798247356 https://swingonin.com.au/neo-swing-bit-history/ https://www.cracked.com/article_30008_why-was-the-90s-so-obsessed-with-swing.html https://www.upworthy.com/gen-x-swing-music-obsession-explained?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6 https://mistressofmusic.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/the-swing-revival-of-the-late-90s-how-did-that-happen/ https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/swing-revival-1998-defense-essay-8458221/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 I Hurt Myself Doing the Lindy Hop full 341 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about that time in the late 1990’s when we all thought we could swing dance! (We were wrong, we were so very wrong!) Show Notes Episode 341: I Hurt Myself Doing the Lindy Hop This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to do the DC Hand Jive and gets a good slap in the face for being fresh. (Again) On the show this week we talk about that time in the late 1990’s when we all thought we could swing dance! (We were wrong, we were so very wrong!) Along the way we learn about that time Dave tried on a Zoot Suit only to have it violently reject his body. From there we dive right into the history of Swing music in general and how fifty years after it was popular it came back in a big way for a very short period of time. (As always, blame Capitalism) We find out how a perfect storm of cultural appropriation and Hollywood nostalgia managed to convince Generation X they were so money they did not even know how money they actually were. (Turns out, money is an illusion just like the idea we could all do the Charleston and not look like idiots) Then we learn how the Swing Craze ended just as fast as it began. Our Sponsor this week is Big Daddy D’s Powerful Pomade, because your hair isn’t going to slick back itself. We open with Gen X talking about why they Swing and close with Big Country Ska being thankful for their good fortune. 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/-VUvw2eT26E We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Swing Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music Zoot Suit Riots https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots Why ‘Hell of a Hat: The Rise of ’90s Ska & Swing’ Makes the Case for a Maligned Genre: Book Excerpt https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/hell-of-a-hat-the-rise-of-90s-ska-swing-book-excerpt-9631485/ Let’s All Remember The Late-’90s Swing Revival https://www.stereogum.com/1851924/lets-all-remember-the-late-90s-swing-revival/columns/sounding-board/ "Swingers" and the Fashion Faux Pas that Swept America https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/swingers-fashion-faux-pas Back in the Swing https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/music/features/swing1026.htm Swing dance in the 90’s and early 2000’s https://thehomeofhappyfeet.com/swing-dance-as-a-90s-kid/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.avclub.com/read-this-remembering-the-90s-swing-revival-1798247356 https://swingonin.com.au/neo-swing-bit-history/ https://www.cracked.com/article_30008_why-was-the-90s-so-obsessed-with-swing.html https://www.upworthy.com/gen-x-swing-music-obsession-explained?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6 https://mistressofmusic.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/the-swing-revival-of-the-late-90s-how-did-that-happen/ https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/swing-revival-1998-defense-essay-8458221/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 341: I Hurt Myself Doing the Lindy Hop

This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to do the DC Hand Jive and gets a good slap in the face for being fresh. (Again) On the show this week we talk about that time in the late 1990’s when we all thought we could swing dance! (We were wrong, we were so very wrong!)


Along the way we learn about that time Dave tried on a Zoot Suit only to have it violently reject his body. From there we dive right into the history of Swing music in general and how fifty years after it was popular it came back in a big way for a very short period of time. (As always, blame Capitalism) We find out how a perfect storm of cultural appropriation and Hollywood nostalgia managed to convince Generation X they were so money they did not even know how money they actually were. (Turns out, money is an illusion just like the idea we could all do the Charleston and not look like idiots) Then we learn how the Swing Craze ended just as fast as it began.


Our Sponsor this week is Big Daddy D’s Powerful Pomade, because your hair isn’t going to slick back itself. We open with Gen X talking about why they Swing and close with Big Country Ska being thankful for their good fortune.


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/-VUvw2eT26E

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Wikipedia Swing Music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music


Zoot Suit Riots

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots


Why ‘Hell of a Hat: The Rise of ’90s Ska & Swing’ Makes the Case for a Maligned Genre: Book Excerpt

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/hell-of-a-hat-the-rise-of-90s-ska-swing-book-excerpt-9631485/


Let’s All Remember The Late-’90s Swing Revival

https://www.stereogum.com/1851924/lets-all-remember-the-late-90s-swing-revival/columns/sounding-board/


"Swingers" and the Fashion Faux Pas that Swept America

https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/swingers-fashion-faux-pas


Back in the Swing

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/music/features/swing1026.htm


Swing dance in the 90’s and early 2000’s

https://thehomeofhappyfeet.com/swing-dance-as-a-90s-kid/



Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.avclub.com/read-this-remembering-the-90s-swing-revival-1798247356


https://swingonin.com.au/neo-swing-bit-history/


https://www.cracked.com/article_30008_why-was-the-90s-so-obsessed-with-swing.html


https://www.upworthy.com/gen-x-swing-music-obsession-explained?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6


https://mistressofmusic.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/the-swing-revival-of-the-late-90s-how-did-that-happen/


https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/swing-revival-1998-defense-essay-8458221/




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_revival


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots

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]]> 2267 yes Episode 340: Wall to Wall and Tree Top Tall 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 when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs.  Along the way we learn that Dave thought he would be a Big Rig Driver because he liked the hats, until he learned he would need to park the damn things. From there we dive right into the strange cultural moment in the 1970’s when everyone in America talked like a truck driver. (What a bunch of Bucket Mouths) We find out how a combination of gas prices and not being able to drive 55 made the men (and they were almost all men) on the road big damn heroes because of some commercials for white bread (Yeah, this story goes in some unexpected directions.) Our Sponsor this week is Pappy’s Pep Pills, we swear they ain’t speed (wink wink) We open the show with NPR and close with Phil and Shawn talking about BJ and the Bear. 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/pX5XB_MOVfA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: When Truckers Shut Down America to Protest Oil Prices—and Became Folk Heroes https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike Trucking industry in American culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucking_industry_in_American_culture The 1970s Trucking Craze Can Be Traced Back to a Regional TV Commercial for Bread https://www.thedrive.com/news/40634/the-1970s-trucking-craze-can-be-traced-back-to-a-regional-tv-commercial-for-bread Uncited Additional Reading:   https://apexcdl.com/blog/a-look-back-at-1960s-1970s-trucking/ https://www.vox.com/22397985/trucker-country-music-70s-fad https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/30/archives/truckers-plan-national-slowdown-to-protest-55mph-speed-limit.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Wall to Wall and Tree Top Tall full 340 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we climb into the cabs of our big rigs and take you back to the days when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs. 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 when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs.  Along the way we learn that Dave thought he would be a Big Rig Driver because he liked the hats, until he learned he would need to park the damn things. From there we dive right into the strange cultural moment in the 1970’s when everyone in America talked like a truck driver. (What a bunch of Bucket Mouths) We find out how a combination of gas prices and not being able to drive 55 made the men (and they were almost all men) on the road big damn heroes because of some commercials for white bread (Yeah, this story goes in some unexpected directions.) Our Sponsor this week is Pappy’s Pep Pills, we swear they ain’t speed (wink wink) We open the show with NPR and close with Phil and Shawn talking about BJ and the Bear. 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/pX5XB_MOVfA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: When Truckers Shut Down America to Protest Oil Prices—and Became Folk Heroes https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike Trucking industry in American culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucking_industry_in_American_culture The 1970s Trucking Craze Can Be Traced Back to a Regional TV Commercial for Bread https://www.thedrive.com/news/40634/the-1970s-trucking-craze-can-be-traced-back-to-a-regional-tv-commercial-for-bread Uncited Additional Reading:   https://apexcdl.com/blog/a-look-back-at-1960s-1970s-trucking/ https://www.vox.com/22397985/trucker-country-music-70s-fad https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/30/archives/truckers-plan-national-slowdown-to-protest-55mph-speed-limit.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs. 


Along the way we learn that Dave thought he would be a Big Rig Driver because he liked the hats, until he learned he would need to park the damn things. From there we dive right into the strange cultural moment in the 1970’s when everyone in America talked like a truck driver. (What a bunch of Bucket Mouths) We find out how a combination of gas prices and not being able to drive 55 made the men (and they were almost all men) on the road big damn heroes because of some commercials for white bread (Yeah, this story goes in some unexpected directions.)


Our Sponsor this week is Pappy’s Pep Pills, we swear they ain’t speed (wink wink) We open the show with NPR and close with Phil and Shawn talking about BJ and the Bear.


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/pX5XB_MOVfA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


When Truckers Shut Down America to Protest Oil Prices—and Became Folk Heroes

https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike


Trucking industry in American culture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucking_industry_in_American_culture


The 1970s Trucking Craze Can Be Traced Back to a Regional TV Commercial for Bread

https://www.thedrive.com/news/40634/the-1970s-trucking-craze-can-be-traced-back-to-a-regional-tv-commercial-for-bread



Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://apexcdl.com/blog/a-look-back-at-1960s-1970s-trucking/


https://www.vox.com/22397985/trucker-country-music-70s-fad


https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike


https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/30/archives/truckers-plan-national-slowdown-to-protest-55mph-speed-limit.html

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]]> 1996 yes Episode 339: As God As My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly Episode 339: As God As My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly This week Host Dave Bledsoe planned a big Thanksgiving Day promotion where he would drop live turkeys from to the top of the Empire State Building, only to discover that he is still not allowed back in the building after the “Santa Incident” in 2009. (Yes, alcohol was involved) On the show this week, we talk turkey day TV tropes and how every Thanksgiving Episode is exactly the same, except for one. (Of course it is WKRP!) Along the way we learn about that time Dave revealed himself to be an anti-immigrant asshole by mocking someone without a cultural context for his jokes. From there we dive right into the history of Thanksgiving Episodes on radio and television before we tell you the true tale of where the WKRP Turkey Drop came from! Following that we reveal our own Thanksgiving traditions by cluing you in on the greatest Thanksgiving Movie of all time. (No, not that one, the one starring Joe Don Baker!) OUr Sponsor this week is Jive Turkey, the all natural meat free alternative for the kind of annoying people that want a meat free alternative on Thanksgiving. We open the show with the gang from Cheers and close with Hoyt Axton just talking about Mitchell. 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/bBuRvsLK1Pc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Turkeys Away An Oral History https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/turkeys-away-an-oral-history/ 40 years later: ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ classic ‘Turkeys Away’ episode inspired by Atlanta station https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/years-later-wkrp-cincinnati-classic-turkeys-away-episode-inspired-atlanta-station/61mkjUwRuxNwio9or5hbON/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0000 As God As My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly full 6 339 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we talk turkey day TV tropes and how every Thanksgiving Episode is exactly the same, except for one. (Of course it is WKRP!) Episode 339: As God As My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly This week Host Dave Bledsoe planned a big Thanksgiving Day promotion where he would drop live turkeys from to the top of the Empire State Building, only to discover that he is still not allowed back in the building after the “Santa Incident” in 2009. (Yes, alcohol was involved) On the show this week, we talk turkey day TV tropes and how every Thanksgiving Episode is exactly the same, except for one. (Of course it is WKRP!) Along the way we learn about that time Dave revealed himself to be an anti-immigrant asshole by mocking someone without a cultural context for his jokes. From there we dive right into the history of Thanksgiving Episodes on radio and television before we tell you the true tale of where the WKRP Turkey Drop came from! Following that we reveal our own Thanksgiving traditions by cluing you in on the greatest Thanksgiving Movie of all time. (No, not that one, the one starring Joe Don Baker!) OUr Sponsor this week is Jive Turkey, the all natural meat free alternative for the kind of annoying people that want a meat free alternative on Thanksgiving. We open the show with the gang from Cheers and close with Hoyt Axton just talking about Mitchell. 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/bBuRvsLK1Pc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Turkeys Away An Oral History https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/turkeys-away-an-oral-history/ 40 years later: ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ classic ‘Turkeys Away’ episode inspired by Atlanta station https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/years-later-wkrp-cincinnati-classic-turkeys-away-episode-inspired-atlanta-station/61mkjUwRuxNwio9or5hbON/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 339: As God As My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly


This week Host Dave Bledsoe planned a big Thanksgiving Day promotion where he would drop live turkeys from to the top of the Empire State Building, only to discover that he is still not allowed back in the building after the “Santa Incident” in 2009. (Yes, alcohol was involved) On the show this week, we talk turkey day TV tropes and how every Thanksgiving Episode is exactly the same, except for one. (Of course it is WKRP!)


Along the way we learn about that time Dave revealed himself to be an anti-immigrant asshole by mocking someone without a cultural context for his jokes. From there we dive right into the history of Thanksgiving Episodes on radio and television before we tell you the true tale of where the WKRP Turkey Drop came from! Following that we reveal our own Thanksgiving traditions by cluing you in on the greatest Thanksgiving Movie of all time. (No, not that one, the one starring Joe Don Baker!)


OUr Sponsor this week is Jive Turkey, the all natural meat free alternative for the kind of annoying people that want a meat free alternative on Thanksgiving. We open the show with the gang from Cheers and close with Hoyt Axton just talking about Mitchell.


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/bBuRvsLK1Pc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Turkeys Away An Oral History

https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/turkeys-away-an-oral-history/


40 years later: ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ classic ‘Turkeys Away’ episode inspired by Atlanta station

https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/years-later-wkrp-cincinnati-classic-turkeys-away-episode-inspired-atlanta-station/61mkjUwRuxNwio9or5hbON/

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]]> 1766 yes Episode 338: Got Me A Walkman and they Walked Right On and Solved Them Show Notes Episode 338: Got Me A Walkman and They Walked Right In and Solved Them This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips on his Members Only Jacket, squeezes into his Parachute Pants and slaps his Walkman on his belt to cruise the Mall for some Bettys. Only to be thrown out of the Shady Oaks Retirement Community Mall Walk-A-Thon. (Again) On the show this week, we rolled back the technological clock to a simpler time when nothing could come between you and the music except for five hundred dollars, inflation adjusted. We are talking about the original Sony Walkman!  Along the way we learn about why Dave had a large coffin shaped box in his boyhood bedroom that had nothing to do with him being a cool Goth kid and everything to do with his parents handing down large pieces of furniture they had no further use for. Then we jump right into the history of the most remarkable consumer electronic device in history, one which would not only change how we listened to music but change society itself. The Eight Track Cassette. (We kid, it’s the Walkman) We go from it’s humble origins as a sad attempt by Salaryman to impress his boss to how it swept the world in just a few short years. (You wouldn’t be listening to this on a smartphone without the Walkman). Our Sponsor this week is the Sue-Me Want-Man, because there was no way in hell your parents were paying that kind of money for a cassette player. We open the show with a CBS News clip about the new machine and close with Scott Weste singing about how the Walkman solved his problems.  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/_yiYAZ_OvwI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Humming Off Key For Two Decades https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/circuits/articles/29walk.html Recorded History: The Sony Walkman Turns 40 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65620/july-1-1979-sonys-walkman-changes-recorded-history The Walkman Effect Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman_effect Walkman by Phil Patton https://web.archive.org/web/20070814024224/http://www.philpatton.com/walkman.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/1/5861062/sony-walkman-at-35 http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907884,00.html https://www.iconeye.com/design/features/a-short-history-of-the-sony-walkman https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-walkman-forty-years-on https://www.everything80spodcast.com/walkman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Got Me A Walkman and they Walked Right In and Solved Them full 7 338 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we rolled back the technological clock to a simpler time when nothing could come between you and the music except for five hundred dollars, inflation adjusted. We are talking about the original Sony Walkman! Show Notes Episode 338: Got Me A Walkman and They Walked Right In and Solved Them This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips on his Members Only Jacket, squeezes into his Parachute Pants and slaps his Walkman on his belt to cruise the Mall for some Bettys. Only to be thrown out of the Shady Oaks Retirement Community Mall Walk-A-Thon. (Again) On the show this week, we rolled back the technological clock to a simpler time when nothing could come between you and the music except for five hundred dollars, inflation adjusted. We are talking about the original Sony Walkman!  Along the way we learn about why Dave had a large coffin shaped box in his boyhood bedroom that had nothing to do with him being a cool Goth kid and everything to do with his parents handing down large pieces of furniture they had no further use for. Then we jump right into the history of the most remarkable consumer electronic device in history, one which would not only change how we listened to music but change society itself. The Eight Track Cassette. (We kid, it’s the Walkman) We go from it’s humble origins as a sad attempt by Salaryman to impress his boss to how it swept the world in just a few short years. (You wouldn’t be listening to this on a smartphone without the Walkman). Our Sponsor this week is the Sue-Me Want-Man, because there was no way in hell your parents were paying that kind of money for a cassette player. We open the show with a CBS News clip about the new machine and close with Scott Weste singing about how the Walkman solved his problems.  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/_yiYAZ_OvwI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Humming Off Key For Two Decades https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/circuits/articles/29walk.html Recorded History: The Sony Walkman Turns 40 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65620/july-1-1979-sonys-walkman-changes-recorded-history The Walkman Effect Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman_effect Walkman by Phil Patton https://web.archive.org/web/20070814024224/http://www.philpatton.com/walkman.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/1/5861062/sony-walkman-at-35 http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907884,00.html https://www.iconeye.com/design/features/a-short-history-of-the-sony-walkman https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-walkman-forty-years-on https://www.everything80spodcast.com/walkman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 338: Got Me A Walkman and They Walked Right In and Solved Them


This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips on his Members Only Jacket, squeezes into his Parachute Pants and slaps his Walkman on his belt to cruise the Mall for some Bettys. Only to be thrown out of the Shady Oaks Retirement Community Mall Walk-A-Thon. (Again) On the show this week, we rolled back the technological clock to a simpler time when nothing could come between you and the music except for five hundred dollars, inflation adjusted. We are talking about the original Sony Walkman!


 Along the way we learn about why Dave had a large coffin shaped box in his boyhood bedroom that had nothing to do with him being a cool Goth kid and everything to do with his parents handing down large pieces of furniture they had no further use for. Then we jump right into the history of the most remarkable consumer electronic device in history, one which would not only change how we listened to music but change society itself. The Eight Track Cassette. (We kid, it’s the Walkman) We go from it’s humble origins as a sad attempt by Salaryman to impress his boss to how it swept the world in just a few short years. (You wouldn’t be listening to this on a smartphone without the Walkman).


Our Sponsor this week is the Sue-Me Want-Man, because there was no way in hell your parents were paying that kind of money for a cassette player. We open the show with a CBS News clip about the new machine and close with Scott Weste singing about how the Walkman solved his problems. 


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Citations Needed:


Humming Off Key For Two Decades

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/circuits/articles/29walk.html


Recorded History: The Sony Walkman Turns 40

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65620/july-1-1979-sonys-walkman-changes-recorded-history


The Walkman Effect Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman_effect


Walkman by Phil Patton

https://web.archive.org/web/20070814024224/http://www.philpatton.com/walkman.html


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/1/5861062/sony-walkman-at-35


http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907884,00.html


https://www.iconeye.com/design/features/a-short-history-of-the-sony-walkman


https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-walkman-forty-years-on


https://www.everything80spodcast.com/walkman/

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]]> 2041 yes Episode 337: Eating Big Brother's Peanuts and Drinkin' Billy's Beer Show Notes Episode 337: Eating Big Brother's Peanuts and Drinking Billy's Beer This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies he looks anything like Billy Carter and threatens to fight anyone who says different! (Then he fell off his barstool and passed out. Again.) On the show this week we examine the legacy of the Good Old Boy Brother of America’s favorite living Ex-President, Billy Carter. (We love Jimmy and all,but Jimmy never pissed on the runway beside Air Force One. If he had MAYBE he would’ve served more than one term. We’re just saying.) Along the way we are reminded that Jimmy Carter put his PEANUT FARM in a blind trust when HE became President. From there we learn about little Brother Billy, who despite his flaws was NOT the Black Sheep of the Carter Family. (That would be their Harley Davidson racing sister.) Then we dive right into America’s love affair with Billy, and you bet your ass we talk about Billy Beer! Our Sponsor this week is Davey Beer, when you want a bland generic American lager like all the rest, but with Dave’s face on it, drink Davey Beer! We open the show with Billy Carter talking about Billy Carter and close with Keith Reedy singing his love of a bad, bad beer. 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/iDWygmBfmDE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: BILLY CARTER, EX-PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, DIES OF CANCER https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/09/26/billy-carter-ex-presidents-brother-dies-of-cancer/d807be17-aed7-44ca-af51-e9f11b4639d7/ A Brief History of Billy Beer https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26695/billy-beer-reason-billy-carter-quit-drinking Good Ole Cult https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1977/3/26/good-ole-cult-pbab-couple-of/ When Embarrassing Presidential Relatives Got Model Kits: Billy Carter’s Redneck Power Pickup! https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/01/when-embarrassing-presidential-relatives-got-model-kits-billy-carters-redneck-power-pickup/ Billy Carter Dies of Pancreatic Cancer https://www.ajc.com/news/billy-carter-dies-pancreatic-cancer/HLoWKaDqabDiCjMBxlQdeO/ Billy Carter: Beer Drinker, Book Lover https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/billy-carter-beer-drinker-book-lover/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Eating Big Brother's Peanuts and Drinkin' Billy's Beer full 6 337 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the legacy of the Good Old Boy Brother of America’s favorite living Ex-President, Billy Carter. Show Notes Episode 337: Eating Big Brother's Peanuts and Drinking Billy's Beer This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies he looks anything like Billy Carter and threatens to fight anyone who says different! (Then he fell off his barstool and passed out. Again.) On the show this week we examine the legacy of the Good Old Boy Brother of America’s favorite living Ex-President, Billy Carter. (We love Jimmy and all,but Jimmy never pissed on the runway beside Air Force One. If he had MAYBE he would’ve served more than one term. We’re just saying.) Along the way we are reminded that Jimmy Carter put his PEANUT FARM in a blind trust when HE became President. From there we learn about little Brother Billy, who despite his flaws was NOT the Black Sheep of the Carter Family. (That would be their Harley Davidson racing sister.) Then we dive right into America’s love affair with Billy, and you bet your ass we talk about Billy Beer! Our Sponsor this week is Davey Beer, when you want a bland generic American lager like all the rest, but with Dave’s face on it, drink Davey Beer! We open the show with Billy Carter talking about Billy Carter and close with Keith Reedy singing his love of a bad, bad beer. 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/iDWygmBfmDE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: BILLY CARTER, EX-PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, DIES OF CANCER https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/09/26/billy-carter-ex-presidents-brother-dies-of-cancer/d807be17-aed7-44ca-af51-e9f11b4639d7/ A Brief History of Billy Beer https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26695/billy-beer-reason-billy-carter-quit-drinking Good Ole Cult https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1977/3/26/good-ole-cult-pbab-couple-of/ When Embarrassing Presidential Relatives Got Model Kits: Billy Carter’s Redneck Power Pickup! https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/01/when-embarrassing-presidential-relatives-got-model-kits-billy-carters-redneck-power-pickup/ Billy Carter Dies of Pancreatic Cancer https://www.ajc.com/news/billy-carter-dies-pancreatic-cancer/HLoWKaDqabDiCjMBxlQdeO/ Billy Carter: Beer Drinker, Book Lover https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/billy-carter-beer-drinker-book-lover/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies he looks anything like Billy Carter and threatens to fight anyone who says different! (Then he fell off his barstool and passed out. Again.) On the show this week we examine the legacy of the Good Old Boy Brother of America’s favorite living Ex-President, Billy Carter. (We love Jimmy and all,but Jimmy never pissed on the runway beside Air Force One. If he had MAYBE he would’ve served more than one term. We’re just saying.)


Along the way we are reminded that Jimmy Carter put his PEANUT FARM in a blind trust when HE became President. From there we learn about little Brother Billy, who despite his flaws was NOT the Black Sheep of the Carter Family. (That would be their Harley Davidson racing sister.) Then we dive right into America’s love affair with Billy, and you bet your ass we talk about Billy Beer!


Our Sponsor this week is Davey Beer, when you want a bland generic American lager like all the rest, but with Dave’s face on it, drink Davey Beer! We open the show with Billy Carter talking about Billy Carter and close with Keith Reedy singing his love of a bad, bad beer.


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Citations Needed:


BILLY CARTER, EX-PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, DIES OF CANCER

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/09/26/billy-carter-ex-presidents-brother-dies-of-cancer/d807be17-aed7-44ca-af51-e9f11b4639d7/


A Brief History of Billy Beer

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26695/billy-beer-reason-billy-carter-quit-drinking


Good Ole Cult

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1977/3/26/good-ole-cult-pbab-couple-of/


When Embarrassing Presidential Relatives Got Model Kits: Billy Carter’s Redneck Power Pickup!

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/01/when-embarrassing-presidential-relatives-got-model-kits-billy-carters-redneck-power-pickup/


Billy Carter Dies of Pancreatic Cancer

https://www.ajc.com/news/billy-carter-dies-pancreatic-cancer/HLoWKaDqabDiCjMBxlQdeO/


Billy Carter: Beer Drinker, Book Lover

https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/billy-carter-beer-drinker-book-lover/

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]]> 2005 yes Episode 234: Dia de Gringos Redux Show 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 he keeps friends. (Hint: he is very bad at it). Then we meet the cultural ancestors of White People in America, John Wayne, Howard Zinn and Fred Rogers and learn how to honor them on our special day. (Are there cigarettes? You betcha!) Finally, we teach you how to construct a culturally appropriate White Person Ofrenda and how to host your own Dia de Gringos festival! More importantly, we learn the horrible truth about Fred Rogers. Our Sponsor this week is Revenant.com, we make coming back from the dead simple. We open with Stanley Tucci’s immortal performance as Muerte. (For DEATH!) and close with a Death Metal neighborhood.  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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7kcMFZ9WJiw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Dia de Gringos Redux full 6 234 Dave Bledsoe This week we take time off to celebrate Samhain so we are running a little show from 2019. Show 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 he keeps friends. (Hint: he is very bad at it). Then we meet the cultural ancestors of White People in America, John Wayne, Howard Zinn and Fred Rogers and learn how to honor them on our special day. (Are there cigarettes? You betcha!) Finally, we teach you how to construct a culturally appropriate White Person Ofrenda and how to host your own Dia de Gringos festival! More importantly, we learn the horrible truth about Fred Rogers. Our Sponsor this week is Revenant.com, we make coming back from the dead simple. We open with Stanley Tucci’s immortal performance as Muerte. (For DEATH!) and close with a Death Metal neighborhood.  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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7kcMFZ9WJiw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 he keeps friends. (Hint: he is very bad at it). Then we meet the cultural ancestors of White People in America, John Wayne, Howard Zinn and Fred Rogers and learn how to honor them on our special day. (Are there cigarettes? You betcha!) Finally, we teach you how to construct a culturally appropriate White Person Ofrenda and how to host your own Dia de Gringos festival! More importantly, we learn the horrible truth about Fred Rogers.


Our Sponsor this week is Revenant.com, we make coming back from the dead simple. We open with Stanley Tucci’s immortal performance as Muerte. (For DEATH!) and close with a Death Metal neighborhood.


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]]> 1620 yes Episode 336: The Rats In the Walls Spooktacular 2021 Finale Show Notes Episode 336: DB Lovecraft This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps hearing distant voices screaming in anger, only to discover he has passed out in the women’s bathroom stall. (Again) On the show this week we wrap Spooktacular 2021 with a performance of HP Lovecraft’s The Rats in the Walls. (Don’t worry, we took all the racism out of it!) Over on the Patreon, we deliver you HP Lovecraft’s Dagon, both stories are scary as hell, and we grudgingly admit, done pretty well.   Our annual Spooktacular is a celebration of Spooky Season and features a mix of original content and dramatic performances of some of the best horror available (In the public domain!) Thank you for listening and supporting the show all year round, and as always, we urge you to Stay Spooky Podfriends! 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://archive.org/details/Halloween_783 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! ht Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The Rats In the Walls Spooktacular 2021 Finale full 6 336 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap Spooktacular 2021 with a performance of HP Lovecraft’s The Rats in the Walls. (Don’t worry, we took all the racism out of it!) Show Notes Episode 336: DB Lovecraft This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps hearing distant voices screaming in anger, only to discover he has passed out in the women’s bathroom stall. (Again) On the show this week we wrap Spooktacular 2021 with a performance of HP Lovecraft’s The Rats in the Walls. (Don’t worry, we took all the racism out of it!) Over on the Patreon, we deliver you HP Lovecraft’s Dagon, both stories are scary as hell, and we grudgingly admit, done pretty well.   Our annual Spooktacular is a celebration of Spooky Season and features a mix of original content and dramatic performances of some of the best horror available (In the public domain!) Thank you for listening and supporting the show all year round, and as always, we urge you to Stay Spooky Podfriends! 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://archive.org/details/Halloween_783 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! ht Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 336: DB Lovecraft

This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps hearing distant voices screaming in anger, only to discover he has passed out in the women’s bathroom stall. (Again) On the show this week we wrap Spooktacular 2021 with a performance of HP Lovecraft’s The Rats in the Walls. (Don’t worry, we took all the racism out of it!) Over on the Patreon, we deliver you HP Lovecraft’s Dagon, both stories are scary as hell, and we grudgingly admit, done pretty well.  


Our annual Spooktacular is a celebration of Spooky Season and features a mix of original content and dramatic performances of some of the best horror available (In the public domain!) Thank you for listening and supporting the show all year round, and as always, we urge you to Stay Spooky Podfriends!


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]]> 2971 yes Spooktacular 2021 Bonus: The Late Arrival From last year's Patreon bonus, we give you the true(ish) tale of a foggy night in Northern California, and strange arrival and how he was never supposed to talk about. So clearly he is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The Late Arrival bonus 6 Dave Bledsoe That one time Dave saw something he shouldn't have. From last year's Patreon bonus, we give you the true(ish) tale of a foggy night in Northern California, and strange arrival and how he was never supposed to talk about. So clearly he is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices From last year's Patreon bonus, we give you the true(ish) tale of a foggy night in Northern California, and strange arrival and how he was never supposed to talk about. So clearly he is.

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]]> 1429 yes Episode 335: Them Creepy Ass Kids (Spooktacular 2021) Show Noted Episode 335: Them Creepy Ass Kids (Spooktacular 2021) This week Host Dave Bledsoe just wants your creepy ass kid to STOP STARING AT HIM! (It isn’t the kid’s fault, they’ve just never seen a drunk man take a dump in the sandbox before!) On the show this week we keep Spooktacular 2021 rolling with talkies of kids who see ghosts and remember their past lives! (As if this one life isn’t bad enough!) Along the way we learn all we never wanted to know about the Holy Ghost (We call him God’s Goon!) and from there we dive right into spooky tales of kids who see dead people! (Spoiler Alert: Bruce Willis was dead all along!) Then we take a peek into the fascinating world of kids who remember their past lives! (Honestly, this is a legit thing with real scientists studying it!) Of all the stupid paranormal nonsense we’ve covered on this show, we finally find one we can’t debunk outright by just saying the people involved are either liars or morons. (Though, we cannot definitely say they are NOT either!) Our Sponsor this week is Tangina Barrons’ Housekeeping Service, your house will be clean physically AND spiritually. We open the show with Eddie Murphy explaining why only White People stay in haunted houses and close with Night Sabers who have a question for you. 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/bw5zXJ59Oi0?t=57 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   Why do so many kids ‘see ghosts’? We asked some psychologists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/10/28/why-do-so-many-kids-see-ghosts-we-asked-some-psychologists/ Here’s Why Children Are More Sensitive To Spirits Than Adults https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-heron/2019/11/heres-why-children-are-more-sensitive-to-spirits-than-adults/ SERIOUS] What was your creepy, unexplainable story as a child that was confirmed by your parents to have happened? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/ Reddit Stories https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/g67w45m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/g6b65er/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1d2v7i/parents_of_reddit_what_is_the_creepiest_thing/c9mhcrw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/mkru9p/parents_what_spooky_past_life_memory_did_your_kid/gtj02f5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Dr Jim Tucker https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-staff/jim-tuckers-bio/ https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/ https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf Chilling Reincarnation Stories: Meet 6 People Who Lived Before https://www.rd.com/article/chilling-reincarnation-stories/ Creepy Things Kids Have Said About Their Past Lives https://www.ranker.com/list/kids-past-lives-stories/mariel-loveland Uncited Additional Reading:   https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-media/video-reincarnation-research/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feeling-too-much/201412/children-who-seemingly-remember-past-lives https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/creepy-toddler-should-you-run.html https://www.scarymommy.com/your-kid-sees-ghosts/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/5rm3ig/any_stories_of_your_children_seeing_ghosts/?sort=new Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Them Creepy Ass Kids (Spooktacular 2021) full 6 335 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we keep Spooktacular 2021 rolling with talkies of kids who see ghosts and remember their past lives! (As if this one life isn’t bad enough!) Show Noted Episode 335: Them Creepy Ass Kids (Spooktacular 2021) This week Host Dave Bledsoe just wants your creepy ass kid to STOP STARING AT HIM! (It isn’t the kid’s fault, they’ve just never seen a drunk man take a dump in the sandbox before!) On the show this week we keep Spooktacular 2021 rolling with talkies of kids who see ghosts and remember their past lives! (As if this one life isn’t bad enough!) Along the way we learn all we never wanted to know about the Holy Ghost (We call him God’s Goon!) and from there we dive right into spooky tales of kids who see dead people! (Spoiler Alert: Bruce Willis was dead all along!) Then we take a peek into the fascinating world of kids who remember their past lives! (Honestly, this is a legit thing with real scientists studying it!) Of all the stupid paranormal nonsense we’ve covered on this show, we finally find one we can’t debunk outright by just saying the people involved are either liars or morons. (Though, we cannot definitely say they are NOT either!) Our Sponsor this week is Tangina Barrons’ Housekeeping Service, your house will be clean physically AND spiritually. We open the show with Eddie Murphy explaining why only White People stay in haunted houses and close with Night Sabers who have a question for you. 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/bw5zXJ59Oi0?t=57 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   Why do so many kids ‘see ghosts’? We asked some psychologists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/10/28/why-do-so-many-kids-see-ghosts-we-asked-some-psychologists/ Here’s Why Children Are More Sensitive To Spirits Than Adults https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-heron/2019/11/heres-why-children-are-more-sensitive-to-spirits-than-adults/ SERIOUS] What was your creepy, unexplainable story as a child that was confirmed by your parents to have happened? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/ Reddit Stories https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/g67w45m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/g6b65er/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1d2v7i/parents_of_reddit_what_is_the_creepiest_thing/c9mhcrw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/mkru9p/parents_what_spooky_past_life_memory_did_your_kid/gtj02f5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Dr Jim Tucker https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-staff/jim-tuckers-bio/ https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/ https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf Chilling Reincarnation Stories: Meet 6 People Who Lived Before https://www.rd.com/article/chilling-reincarnation-stories/ Creepy Things Kids Have Said About Their Past Lives https://www.ranker.com/list/kids-past-lives-stories/mariel-loveland Uncited Additional Reading:   https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-media/video-reincarnation-research/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feeling-too-much/201412/children-who-seemingly-remember-past-lives https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/creepy-toddler-should-you-run.html https://www.scarymommy.com/your-kid-sees-ghosts/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/5rm3ig/any_stories_of_your_children_seeing_ghosts/?sort=new Learn more about your ad choices. 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(Spooktacular 2021)


This week Host Dave Bledsoe just wants your creepy ass kid to STOP STARING AT HIM! (It isn’t the kid’s fault, they’ve just never seen a drunk man take a dump in the sandbox before!) On the show this week we keep Spooktacular 2021 rolling with talkies of kids who see ghosts and remember their past lives! (As if this one life isn’t bad enough!)


Along the way we learn all we never wanted to know about the Holy Ghost (We call him God’s Goon!) and from there we dive right into spooky tales of kids who see dead people! (Spoiler Alert: Bruce Willis was dead all along!) Then we take a peek into the fascinating world of kids who remember their past lives! (Honestly, this is a legit thing with real scientists studying it!) Of all the stupid paranormal nonsense we’ve covered on this show, we finally find one we can’t debunk outright by just saying the people involved are either liars or morons. (Though, we cannot definitely say they are NOT either!)


Our Sponsor this week is Tangina Barrons’ Housekeeping Service, your house will be clean physically AND spiritually. We open the show with Eddie Murphy explaining why only White People stay in haunted houses and close with Night Sabers who have a question for you.


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/bw5zXJ59Oi0?t=57

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:  


Why do so many kids ‘see ghosts’? We asked some psychologists.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/10/28/why-do-so-many-kids-see-ghosts-we-asked-some-psychologists/


Here’s Why Children Are More Sensitive To Spirits Than Adults

https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-heron/2019/11/heres-why-children-are-more-sensitive-to-spirits-than-adults/


SERIOUS] What was your creepy, unexplainable story as a child that was confirmed by your parents to have happened?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/


Reddit Stories

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/g67w45m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3


https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ixk1ox/serious_what_was_your_creepy_unexplainable_story/g6b65er/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3


https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1d2v7i/parents_of_reddit_what_is_the_creepiest_thing/c9mhcrw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3


https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/mkru9p/parents_what_spooky_past_life_memory_did_your_kid/gtj02f5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3


Dr Jim Tucker

https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-staff/jim-tuckers-bio/


https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/


https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf


Chilling Reincarnation Stories: Meet 6 People Who Lived Before

https://www.rd.com/article/chilling-reincarnation-stories/


Creepy Things Kids Have Said About Their Past Lives

https://www.ranker.com/list/kids-past-lives-stories/mariel-loveland



Uncited Additional Reading:  



https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-media/video-reincarnation-research/


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feeling-too-much/201412/children-who-seemingly-remember-past-lives


https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/creepy-toddler-should-you-run.html


https://www.scarymommy.com/your-kid-sees-ghosts/


https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/5rm3ig/any_stories_of_your_children_seeing_ghosts/?sort=new

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]]> 2056 yes Episode 334: Undead On A Downtown Train (Spooktacular 2021) Show Notes Episode 334: Undead On A Downtown Train Spooktacular 2021  This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out on the subway platform at 2 AM only to wake up at home in his bed and not know how he got there. (This happens far more than he would like to admit) On the show this week Spooktacular 2021 rolls on down the steel rails with haunted subways and trains! (We mean actual ghosts, not the scary stuff that just happens on the train!) We start with the Ghost Trains of Astor Place in New York City and go around the country and around the world to visit haunted underground stops from Boston to Beijing! Then we head out into the country to tell you lurid tales of creepy stations, ghost trains and dead conductors waving their lanterns into the darkness to lure you closer! (Stay off the railroad tracks people!) Our Sponsor this week is The Creepy Guy at the End of the Car, is he jerking off or just jerking? We’ll never tell. We open with Hey Arnold and close with Lee Enstone talking to all the Brooklyn Girls. 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/N5jnAu4uUcM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed The tragic truth behind the tale of the 'Black nun' who haunts Bank London Underground station https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/tragic-truth-behind-tale-black-21094722 The Haunting of Beijing's Metro Line 1 http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/14866/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-beijing-s-metro-haunting 12 Haunted Train Stations That Will Instantly Give You Cold Sweat https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/haunted-stations/ Uncited Additional Reading  https://www.amny.com/transit/paranormal-experts-tell-tales-of-the-haunted-subway-1-11028781/ https://www.exp1.com/blog/untold-nyc-history-haunted-subways/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/boston/haunted-tunnel-boston/ https://wander-argentina.com/ghosts-of-the-buenos-aires-subway/ https://freetoursbyfoot.com/haunted-london-underground-stations/ https://secretldn.com/haunted-underground-stations/ https://scarystoriestoreadonthesubway.tumblr.com/ https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/spt-subway-haunted-ghost-stories-12023539 https://www.encoretickets.co.uk/articles/ghost-stories-london-underground/ http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/14866/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-beijing-s-metro-haunting https://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/you-ain-t-afraid-of-no-ghost-we-ll-see-about-that/article_010ee09d-001f-5505-a643-147da790ecbf.html https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/virginia/haunted-church-hill-tunnel-history-va/ https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article234487957.html https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/01/11/the-tale-of-the-dead-body-train-at- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Undead On A Downtown Train (Spooktacular 2021) full 6 334 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week Spooktacular 2021 rolls on down the steel rails with haunted subways and trains! (We mean actual ghosts, not the scary stuff that just happens on the train!) Show Notes Episode 334: Undead On A Downtown Train Spooktacular 2021  This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out on the subway platform at 2 AM only to wake up at home in his bed and not know how he got there. (This happens far more than he would like to admit) On the show this week Spooktacular 2021 rolls on down the steel rails with haunted subways and trains! (We mean actual ghosts, not the scary stuff that just happens on the train!) We start with the Ghost Trains of Astor Place in New York City and go around the country and around the world to visit haunted underground stops from Boston to Beijing! Then we head out into the country to tell you lurid tales of creepy stations, ghost trains and dead conductors waving their lanterns into the darkness to lure you closer! (Stay off the railroad tracks people!) Our Sponsor this week is The Creepy Guy at the End of the Car, is he jerking off or just jerking? We’ll never tell. We open with Hey Arnold and close with Lee Enstone talking to all the Brooklyn Girls. 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/N5jnAu4uUcM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed The tragic truth behind the tale of the 'Black nun' who haunts Bank London Underground station https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/tragic-truth-behind-tale-black-21094722 The Haunting of Beijing's Metro Line 1 http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/14866/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-beijing-s-metro-haunting 12 Haunted Train Stations That Will Instantly Give You Cold Sweat https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/haunted-stations/ Uncited Additional Reading  https://www.amny.com/transit/paranormal-experts-tell-tales-of-the-haunted-subway-1-11028781/ https://www.exp1.com/blog/untold-nyc-history-haunted-subways/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/boston/haunted-tunnel-boston/ https://wander-argentina.com/ghosts-of-the-buenos-aires-subway/ https://freetoursbyfoot.com/haunted-london-underground-stations/ https://secretldn.com/haunted-underground-stations/ https://scarystoriestoreadonthesubway.tumblr.com/ https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/spt-subway-haunted-ghost-stories-12023539 https://www.encoretickets.co.uk/articles/ghost-stories-london-underground/ http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/14866/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-beijing-s-metro-haunting https://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/you-ain-t-afraid-of-no-ghost-we-ll-see-about-that/article_010ee09d-001f-5505-a643-147da790ecbf.html https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/virginia/haunted-church-hill-tunnel-history-va/ https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article234487957.html https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/01/11/the-tale-of-the-dead-body-train-at- Learn more about your ad choices. 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Spooktacular 2021 



This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out on the subway platform at 2 AM only to wake up at home in his bed and not know how he got there. (This happens far more than he would like to admit) On the show this week Spooktacular 2021 rolls on down the steel rails with haunted subways and trains! (We mean actual ghosts, not the scary stuff that just happens on the train!)


We start with the Ghost Trains of Astor Place in New York City and go around the country and around the world to visit haunted underground stops from Boston to Beijing! Then we head out into the country to tell you lurid tales of creepy stations, ghost trains and dead conductors waving their lanterns into the darkness to lure you closer! (Stay off the railroad tracks people!)


Our Sponsor this week is The Creepy Guy at the End of the Car, is he jerking off or just jerking? We’ll never tell. We open with Hey Arnold and close with Lee Enstone talking to all the Brooklyn Girls.


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/N5jnAu4uUcM

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed


The tragic truth behind the tale of the 'Black nun' who haunts Bank London Underground station

https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/tragic-truth-behind-tale-black-21094722


The Haunting of Beijing's Metro Line 1

http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/14866/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-beijing-s-metro-haunting


12 Haunted Train Stations That Will Instantly Give You Cold Sweat

https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/haunted-stations/


Uncited Additional Reading 


https://www.amny.com/transit/paranormal-experts-tell-tales-of-the-haunted-subway-1-11028781/


https://www.exp1.com/blog/untold-nyc-history-haunted-subways/


https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/boston/haunted-tunnel-boston/


https://wander-argentina.com/ghosts-of-the-buenos-aires-subway/


https://freetoursbyfoot.com/haunted-london-underground-stations/


https://secretldn.com/haunted-underground-stations/


https://scarystoriestoreadonthesubway.tumblr.com/


https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/spt-subway-haunted-ghost-stories-12023539


https://www.encoretickets.co.uk/articles/ghost-stories-london-underground/


http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/14866/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-beijing-s-metro-haunting


https://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/you-ain-t-afraid-of-no-ghost-we-ll-see-about-that/article_010ee09d-001f-5505-a643-147da790ecbf.html


https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/virginia/haunted-church-hill-tunnel-history-va/


https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article234487957.html


https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/01/11/the-tale-of-the-dead-body-train-at-

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]]> 2168 yes Spooktacular 2021 Bonus: Producer Gavin Does Dyatlov Pass The first our two bonus episodes finds us in the high mountains of the Soviet Union exploring the mysterious Dyatlov Pass Incident. Which they SAY they solved. but that is just the sort of thing THEY would say isn't it? We let Producer Gavin take the mic for this episode because Dave was too drunk to stay upright in the chair behind the mic! Join us at www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast for this year's exclusive content for just ONE MEASLY DOLLAR! #StaySpooky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:00:00 -0000 Producer Gavin Does Dyatlov Pass bonus 6 2 Dave Bledsoe Our Spooktacular 2020 Patron Bonus about Dyatlov Pass featuring our own Yeti, Producer Gavin! The first our two bonus episodes finds us in the high mountains of the Soviet Union exploring the mysterious Dyatlov Pass Incident. Which they SAY they solved. but that is just the sort of thing THEY would say isn't it? We let Producer Gavin take the mic for this episode because Dave was too drunk to stay upright in the chair behind the mic! Join us at www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast for this year's exclusive content for just ONE MEASLY DOLLAR! #StaySpooky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The first our two bonus episodes finds us in the high mountains of the Soviet Union exploring the mysterious Dyatlov Pass Incident. Which they SAY they solved. but that is just the sort of thing THEY would say isn't it?

We let Producer Gavin take the mic for this episode because Dave was too drunk to stay upright in the chair behind the mic!

Join us at www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast for this year's exclusive content for just ONE MEASLY DOLLAR!

#StaySpooky

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]]> 1458 yes Episode 333: It Looks Like A Big Deadly Tylenol Spooktacular 2021 Show Notes Episode 333: It Looks Like A Big Deady Tylenol Spooktacular 2021 This week Host Dave Bledsoe reaches for something to edge off this hangover only to find something little, yellow, different...the same glass of whiskey he took to bed with him the night before. (Again) This week we kick off Spooktacular 2021 with a little random mass murder in Chicago, with the Tylenol Murders of 1982!  Along the way we discover how Dave’s Mom foolishly trusted him not to do something incredibly stupid when he was a kid. (Same goes for today) Then we dive right into the mysterious deaths of seven people in the Chicagoland area September 1982. We go through the gruesome deaths of each in turn before turning to the frantic search for what killed them. (Shockingly, it wasn’t corporate malfeasance!) Then we follow the investigation into what happened and into who was doing it!   Our Sponsor this week is the Poison Pill Investment Strategy, who want to say “COME ON GUYS!” We open the show with news coverage of the panic after the poisonings and close with some seasonal music by Deathlock! 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/0WZF5eu4OQc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The History of Acetaminophen https://www.aplususapharma.com/blog/the-history-of-acetaminophen/ How Tylenol Grew From a Little-Known Drug To the World's Largest-Selling Health Product https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/02/how-tylenol-grew-from-a-little-known-drug-to-the-worlds-largest-selling-health-product/5fdfa0f5-445a-4243-91a7-39aa014658c6/ Revisiting Chicago's Tylenol Murders https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/ A Bitter Pill https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/a-bitter-pill/ Chicago Tylenol murders Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/02/us/poison-deaths-bring-us-warning-on-tylenol-use.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/28/us/jurors-convict-suspect-in-1-million-tylenol-extortion-plot.html http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878063,00.html https://www.tylenolmurders.com/ https://kottke.org/18/10/the-chicago-tylenol-murders-of-1982 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 It Looks Like A Big Deadly Tylenol Spooktacular 2021 full 6 333 Dave Bledsoe This week we kick off Spooktacular 2021 with a little random mass murder in Chicago, with the Tylenol Murders of 1982! Show Notes Episode 333: It Looks Like A Big Deady Tylenol Spooktacular 2021 This week Host Dave Bledsoe reaches for something to edge off this hangover only to find something little, yellow, different...the same glass of whiskey he took to bed with him the night before. (Again) This week we kick off Spooktacular 2021 with a little random mass murder in Chicago, with the Tylenol Murders of 1982!  Along the way we discover how Dave’s Mom foolishly trusted him not to do something incredibly stupid when he was a kid. (Same goes for today) Then we dive right into the mysterious deaths of seven people in the Chicagoland area September 1982. We go through the gruesome deaths of each in turn before turning to the frantic search for what killed them. (Shockingly, it wasn’t corporate malfeasance!) Then we follow the investigation into what happened and into who was doing it!   Our Sponsor this week is the Poison Pill Investment Strategy, who want to say “COME ON GUYS!” We open the show with news coverage of the panic after the poisonings and close with some seasonal music by Deathlock! 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/0WZF5eu4OQc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The History of Acetaminophen https://www.aplususapharma.com/blog/the-history-of-acetaminophen/ How Tylenol Grew From a Little-Known Drug To the World's Largest-Selling Health Product https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/02/how-tylenol-grew-from-a-little-known-drug-to-the-worlds-largest-selling-health-product/5fdfa0f5-445a-4243-91a7-39aa014658c6/ Revisiting Chicago's Tylenol Murders https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/ A Bitter Pill https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/a-bitter-pill/ Chicago Tylenol murders Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/02/us/poison-deaths-bring-us-warning-on-tylenol-use.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/28/us/jurors-convict-suspect-in-1-million-tylenol-extortion-plot.html http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878063,00.html https://www.tylenolmurders.com/ https://kottke.org/18/10/the-chicago-tylenol-murders-of-1982 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe reaches for something to edge off this hangover only to find something little, yellow, different...the same glass of whiskey he took to bed with him the night before. (Again) This week we kick off Spooktacular 2021 with a little random mass murder in Chicago, with the Tylenol Murders of 1982! 


Along the way we discover how Dave’s Mom foolishly trusted him not to do something incredibly stupid when he was a kid. (Same goes for today) Then we dive right into the mysterious deaths of seven people in the Chicagoland area September 1982. We go through the gruesome deaths of each in turn before turning to the frantic search for what killed them. (Shockingly, it wasn’t corporate malfeasance!) Then we follow the investigation into what happened and into who was doing it!  


Our Sponsor this week is the Poison Pill Investment Strategy, who want to say “COME ON GUYS!” We open the show with news coverage of the panic after the poisonings and close with some seasonal music by Deathlock!


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Citations Needed:


The History of Acetaminophen

https://www.aplususapharma.com/blog/the-history-of-acetaminophen/



How Tylenol Grew From a Little-Known Drug To the World's Largest-Selling Health Product

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/02/how-tylenol-grew-from-a-little-known-drug-to-the-worlds-largest-selling-health-product/5fdfa0f5-445a-4243-91a7-39aa014658c6/


Revisiting Chicago's Tylenol Murders

https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/


A Bitter Pill

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/a-bitter-pill/


Chicago Tylenol murders Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/02/us/poison-deaths-bring-us-warning-on-tylenol-use.html


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982


https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/28/us/jurors-convict-suspect-in-1-million-tylenol-extortion-plot.html


http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878063,00.html


https://www.tylenolmurders.com/


https://kottke.org/18/10/the-chicago-tylenol-murders-of-1982

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]]> 1920 yes Spooktactacular 2021 Teaser All the ghoulish good times coming up for Spooktacular 2021 Creepy Ass Music: Darren Curtis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 02 Oct 2021 18:36:59 -0000 Spooktacular 2021 Teaser trailer 6 Dave Bledsoe Dead Dave invites you all to join him in Hell, or Howard Beach whichever is more convenient. All the ghoulish good times coming up for Spooktacular 2021 Creepy Ass Music: Darren Curtis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices All the ghoulish good times coming up for Spooktacular 2021


Creepy Ass Music: Darren Curtis

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]]> 122 no Episode 332: Havana Ray Beaming Episode 332: Havana Ray Beaming This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily complains that someone is using a “sonic weapon” to cause his aching head and churning stomach instead of blaming the hangover. (Again) On the show this week we head on down to Havana Town to investigate what is making American spies and diplomats so sick? (Apparently, not guilt over American Imperialism) Along the way we learn that Dave was a connoisseur of imaginary weapons as a child. (Imaginary like the friends he had to play with. Sad.) Then we dive right into the so-called Havana Syndrome that is causing Americans around the world to have a headache and Congress to do something ineffective and unnecessary about it! (You know, the usual stuff!) From there we talk about all the ways that you can’t really use a sonic wave as a super secret weapon and all the ways that a microwave is really only good for heating up a burrito on the outside and leaving it ice cold on the inside. (It is called the Hot Pocket Effect.) Finally we use science and reason to explain what is REALLY going on with this Havana Syndrome and why that makes spies so angry. (Reality often hurts) Our Sponsor this week is Brian’s Beam Weapons, they probably aren’t real but they are FUN! We open the show with the L.O.O.K.E.R. Gun and close with Judson Hair chilling out. 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/kIj1p7KBZJc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/science/sonic-attack-cuba-crickets.html Medical Records Can’t Explain “Havana Syndrome,” A Buried CDC Report Says https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/cdc-investigation-cuba-havana-syndrome Vienna Is the New Havana Syndrome Hot Spot https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/vienna-is-the-new-havana-syndrome-hotspot Was It an Invisible Attack on U.S. Diplomats, or Something Stranger? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/15/magazine/diplomat-disorder.html Mass psychogenic illness Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness An Open Letter to the Diplomats With "Havana Syndrome" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/its-catching/201911/open-letter-the-diplomats-havana-syndrome Uncited Additional Reading: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-is-havana-syndrome-symptoms-causes.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/us/politics/cia-officer-suffers-havana-syndrome-symptoms.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Havana Ray Beaming full 6 332 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head on down to Havana Town to investigate what is making American spies and diplomats so sick? (Apparently, not guilt over American Imperialism) Episode 332: Havana Ray Beaming This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily complains that someone is using a “sonic weapon” to cause his aching head and churning stomach instead of blaming the hangover. (Again) On the show this week we head on down to Havana Town to investigate what is making American spies and diplomats so sick? (Apparently, not guilt over American Imperialism) Along the way we learn that Dave was a connoisseur of imaginary weapons as a child. (Imaginary like the friends he had to play with. Sad.) Then we dive right into the so-called Havana Syndrome that is causing Americans around the world to have a headache and Congress to do something ineffective and unnecessary about it! (You know, the usual stuff!) From there we talk about all the ways that you can’t really use a sonic wave as a super secret weapon and all the ways that a microwave is really only good for heating up a burrito on the outside and leaving it ice cold on the inside. (It is called the Hot Pocket Effect.) Finally we use science and reason to explain what is REALLY going on with this Havana Syndrome and why that makes spies so angry. (Reality often hurts) Our Sponsor this week is Brian’s Beam Weapons, they probably aren’t real but they are FUN! We open the show with the L.O.O.K.E.R. Gun and close with Judson Hair chilling out. 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/kIj1p7KBZJc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:   The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/science/sonic-attack-cuba-crickets.html Medical Records Can’t Explain “Havana Syndrome,” A Buried CDC Report Says https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/cdc-investigation-cuba-havana-syndrome Vienna Is the New Havana Syndrome Hot Spot https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/vienna-is-the-new-havana-syndrome-hotspot Was It an Invisible Attack on U.S. Diplomats, or Something Stranger? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/15/magazine/diplomat-disorder.html Mass psychogenic illness Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness An Open Letter to the Diplomats With "Havana Syndrome" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/its-catching/201911/open-letter-the-diplomats-havana-syndrome Uncited Additional Reading: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-is-havana-syndrome-symptoms-causes.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/us/politics/cia-officer-suffers-havana-syndrome-symptoms.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily complains that someone is using a “sonic weapon” to cause his aching head and churning stomach instead of blaming the hangover. (Again) On the show this week we head on down to Havana Town to investigate what is making American spies and diplomats so sick? (Apparently, not guilt over American Imperialism)


Along the way we learn that Dave was a connoisseur of imaginary weapons as a child. (Imaginary like the friends he had to play with. Sad.) Then we dive right into the so-called Havana Syndrome that is causing Americans around the world to have a headache and Congress to do something ineffective and unnecessary about it! (You know, the usual stuff!) From there we talk about all the ways that you can’t really use a sonic wave as a super secret weapon and all the ways that a microwave is really only good for heating up a burrito on the outside and leaving it ice cold on the inside. (It is called the Hot Pocket Effect.) Finally we use science and reason to explain what is REALLY going on with this Havana Syndrome and why that makes spies so angry. (Reality often hurts)


Our Sponsor this week is Brian’s Beam Weapons, they probably aren’t real but they are FUN! We open the show with the L.O.O.K.E.R. Gun and close with Judson Hair chilling out.


Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/kIj1p7KBZJc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:  


The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/science/sonic-attack-cuba-crickets.html


Medical Records Can’t Explain “Havana Syndrome,” A Buried CDC Report Says

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/cdc-investigation-cuba-havana-syndrome


Vienna Is the New Havana Syndrome Hot Spot

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/vienna-is-the-new-havana-syndrome-hotspot


Was It an Invisible Attack on U.S. Diplomats, or Something Stranger?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/15/magazine/diplomat-disorder.html


Mass psychogenic illness Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness


An Open Letter to the Diplomats With "Havana Syndrome"

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/its-catching/201911/open-letter-the-diplomats-havana-syndrome


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-is-havana-syndrome-symptoms-causes.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/us/politics/cia-officer-suffers-havana-syndrome-symptoms.html



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]]> 1857 yes Episode 331 Right Now Someone Is Planning Another Crystal Pepsi Comeback Episode 331: Right Now Someone Is Planning Another Crystal Pepsi Comeback This week Host Dave Bledsoe is enjoying a crisp refreshing Zima, lacing up his Doc’s, and getting ready to watch this new X-Files show! No, wait, he is having delusions after drinking a bottle of Crystal Pepsi from 1993. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the halcyon days of yesterday when everything was clear, soap was pure, and a man could get a Crystal Pepsi at his local 7-11!  Along the way we learn why Dave’s family was so loyal to the Coca Cola company during his childhood. (Turns out everything is a Coke when you live far enough away from civilization!) From there we jump right into the Clear Craze of the late 80’s and early 90’s when every product had to be transparent, you know for health reasons. (Meaning some marketing jack off just made that shit up!) Then we pick up with Pepsi looking to strike a blow in the Cola Wars by launching a brand new product, and the perfidy of the Coca Cola company in their counter attack! (Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, we can tell you!) Then we tell you all about the “thinking” that went into the concept and the launch of Crystal Pepsi. (Not much) Finally we talk about why Crystal Pepsi only lasted a year before slinking off into ignominy, and slinking back over and over again. (Millennials are just as nostalgic as anyone, maybe more!) Our Sponsor this week is Royal Crown Clear, the product that tastes kinda like RC Cola, but clear! We open the show with an ad spot of Crystal Pepsi and close with the Band Geeks asking what are we waiting for? (Mostly for the show to be over, so we can all go home for the weekend.) 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/1OLn6-0pwUM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Clear Craze: The Rise and Fall of Crystal Pepsi https://www.darkroastmedia.com/clear-craze-the-rise-and-fall-of-crystal-pepsi/ Why Crystal Pepsi Was A Flop https://www.mashed.com/111261/crystal-pepsi-flop/ Fizzled Out: Why Coca-Cola Purposely Designed a Soft Drink to Fail https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547246/why-coca-cola-designed-tab-clear-fail Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.businessinsider.com/crystal-pepsi-creator-david-novak-its-failure-taught-important-lesson-2016-7?r=US&IR=T https://allisonveneziowrites.com/2019/01/29/clear-craze-part-1-drinks/ https://bettermarketing.pub/coca-cola-created-tab-clear-to-destroy-crystal-pepsi-b43602e4e263 https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/what-is-crystal-pepsi https://www.bustle.com/articles/25449-what-ever-happened-to-crystal-pepsi-a-brief-history-of-the-clear-cola-trend https://theconversation.com/enabling-innovation-lessons-from-crystal-pepsi-84967 https://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/10/31/the-failure-awards-defunct-branding-12-crystal-pepsi https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/13/business/business-digest-848292.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_craze https://www.livescience.com/55354-crystal-pepsi-weird-history-of-clear-soda.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Pepsi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Right Now Someone Is Planning Another Crystal Pepsi Comeback full 6 331 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the halcyon days of yesterday when everything was clear, soap was pure, and a man could get a Crystal Pepsi at his local 7-11! Episode 331: Right Now Someone Is Planning Another Crystal Pepsi Comeback This week Host Dave Bledsoe is enjoying a crisp refreshing Zima, lacing up his Doc’s, and getting ready to watch this new X-Files show! No, wait, he is having delusions after drinking a bottle of Crystal Pepsi from 1993. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the halcyon days of yesterday when everything was clear, soap was pure, and a man could get a Crystal Pepsi at his local 7-11!  Along the way we learn why Dave’s family was so loyal to the Coca Cola company during his childhood. (Turns out everything is a Coke when you live far enough away from civilization!) From there we jump right into the Clear Craze of the late 80’s and early 90’s when every product had to be transparent, you know for health reasons. (Meaning some marketing jack off just made that shit up!) Then we pick up with Pepsi looking to strike a blow in the Cola Wars by launching a brand new product, and the perfidy of the Coca Cola company in their counter attack! (Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, we can tell you!) Then we tell you all about the “thinking” that went into the concept and the launch of Crystal Pepsi. (Not much) Finally we talk about why Crystal Pepsi only lasted a year before slinking off into ignominy, and slinking back over and over again. (Millennials are just as nostalgic as anyone, maybe more!) Our Sponsor this week is Royal Crown Clear, the product that tastes kinda like RC Cola, but clear! We open the show with an ad spot of Crystal Pepsi and close with the Band Geeks asking what are we waiting for? (Mostly for the show to be over, so we can all go home for the weekend.) 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/1OLn6-0pwUM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Clear Craze: The Rise and Fall of Crystal Pepsi https://www.darkroastmedia.com/clear-craze-the-rise-and-fall-of-crystal-pepsi/ Why Crystal Pepsi Was A Flop https://www.mashed.com/111261/crystal-pepsi-flop/ Fizzled Out: Why Coca-Cola Purposely Designed a Soft Drink to Fail https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547246/why-coca-cola-designed-tab-clear-fail Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.businessinsider.com/crystal-pepsi-creator-david-novak-its-failure-taught-important-lesson-2016-7?r=US&IR=T https://allisonveneziowrites.com/2019/01/29/clear-craze-part-1-drinks/ https://bettermarketing.pub/coca-cola-created-tab-clear-to-destroy-crystal-pepsi-b43602e4e263 https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/what-is-crystal-pepsi https://www.bustle.com/articles/25449-what-ever-happened-to-crystal-pepsi-a-brief-history-of-the-clear-cola-trend https://theconversation.com/enabling-innovation-lessons-from-crystal-pepsi-84967 https://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/10/31/the-failure-awards-defunct-branding-12-crystal-pepsi https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/13/business/business-digest-848292.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_craze https://www.livescience.com/55354-crystal-pepsi-weird-history-of-clear-soda.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Pepsi Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe is enjoying a crisp refreshing Zima, lacing up his Doc’s, and getting ready to watch this new X-Files show! No, wait, he is having delusions after drinking a bottle of Crystal Pepsi from 1993. (Again) On the show this week we head back to the halcyon days of yesterday when everything was clear, soap was pure, and a man could get a Crystal Pepsi at his local 7-11! 


Along the way we learn why Dave’s family was so loyal to the Coca Cola company during his childhood. (Turns out everything is a Coke when you live far enough away from civilization!) From there we jump right into the Clear Craze of the late 80’s and early 90’s when every product had to be transparent, you know for health reasons. (Meaning some marketing jack off just made that shit up!) Then we pick up with Pepsi looking to strike a blow in the Cola Wars by launching a brand new product, and the perfidy of the Coca Cola company in their counter attack! (Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, we can tell you!) Then we tell you all about the “thinking” that went into the concept and the launch of Crystal Pepsi. (Not much) Finally we talk about why Crystal Pepsi only lasted a year before slinking off into ignominy, and slinking back over and over again. (Millennials are just as nostalgic as anyone, maybe more!)


Our Sponsor this week is Royal Crown Clear, the product that tastes kinda like RC Cola, but clear! We open the show with an ad spot of Crystal Pepsi and close with the Band Geeks asking what are we waiting for? (Mostly for the show to be over, so we can all go home for the weekend.)


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/1OLn6-0pwUM

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


Clear Craze: The Rise and Fall of Crystal Pepsi

https://www.darkroastmedia.com/clear-craze-the-rise-and-fall-of-crystal-pepsi/


Why Crystal Pepsi Was A Flop

https://www.mashed.com/111261/crystal-pepsi-flop/


Fizzled Out: Why Coca-Cola Purposely Designed a Soft Drink to Fail

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547246/why-coca-cola-designed-tab-clear-fail


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.businessinsider.com/crystal-pepsi-creator-david-novak-its-failure-taught-important-lesson-2016-7?r=US&IR=T


https://allisonveneziowrites.com/2019/01/29/clear-craze-part-1-drinks/


https://bettermarketing.pub/coca-cola-created-tab-clear-to-destroy-crystal-pepsi-b43602e4e263


https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/what-is-crystal-pepsi


https://www.bustle.com/articles/25449-what-ever-happened-to-crystal-pepsi-a-brief-history-of-the-clear-cola-trend


https://theconversation.com/enabling-innovation-lessons-from-crystal-pepsi-84967


https://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/10/31/the-failure-awards-defunct-branding-12-crystal-pepsi


https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/13/business/business-digest-848292.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_craze

https://www.livescience.com/55354-crystal-pepsi-weird-history-of-clear-soda.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Pepsi

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]]> 1921 yes Episode 330: The Obligatory 9/11 Edition Episode 330: The Obligatory 9/11 Edition This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts aside the usual snark and fart jokes (well most of them anyway) to do the first and only show we'll ever do about September 11th.  (Turns out, it's hard to make jokes about this topic!) We do mock some of the people who put  up shit like this flag, though, so you got that going for you!   Seriously, this is not a “fun” show.  It is about what and how we remember what happened 20 years ago and if you want to skip this week, we understand.  (Unlike a few weeks ago when we were talking up putting gerbils in butts, skipping that was inexcusable!) It isn’t so much about what happened, but how we remember it now.  When asked when he was crying, Dave shouted that he wasn’t crying, WE were crying and then ran out of the studio sobbing.  So, we would classify this episode as “kinda sad”.  So trigger warning for maudlin drunks. Our closing music this week is Mike Easterday talking about memories. 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/OBI3o9fO_iU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ‘NEVER FORGET’?  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/nyregion/9-11-new-york-remember.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:48:07 -0000 The Obligatory 9/11 Edition full Dave Bledsoe Seriously, this is not a “fun” show. It is about what and how we remember what happened 20 years ago and if you want to skip this week, we understand. Episode 330: The Obligatory 9/11 Edition This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts aside the usual snark and fart jokes (well most of them anyway) to do the first and only show we'll ever do about September 11th.  (Turns out, it's hard to make jokes about this topic!) We do mock some of the people who put  up shit like this flag, though, so you got that going for you!   Seriously, this is not a “fun” show.  It is about what and how we remember what happened 20 years ago and if you want to skip this week, we understand.  (Unlike a few weeks ago when we were talking up putting gerbils in butts, skipping that was inexcusable!) It isn’t so much about what happened, but how we remember it now.  When asked when he was crying, Dave shouted that he wasn’t crying, WE were crying and then ran out of the studio sobbing.  So, we would classify this episode as “kinda sad”.  So trigger warning for maudlin drunks. Our closing music this week is Mike Easterday talking about memories. 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/OBI3o9fO_iU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ‘NEVER FORGET’?  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/nyregion/9-11-new-york-remember.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 330: The Obligatory 9/11 Edition

This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts aside the usual snark and fart jokes (well most of them anyway) to do the first and only show we'll ever do about September 11th.  (Turns out, it's hard to make jokes about this topic!) We do mock some of the people who put  up shit like this flag, though, so you got that going for you!  


Seriously, this is not a “fun” show.  It is about what and how we remember what happened 20 years ago and if you want to skip this week, we understand.  (Unlike a few weeks ago when we were talking up putting gerbils in butts, skipping that was inexcusable!) It isn’t so much about what happened, but how we remember it now.  When asked when he was crying, Dave shouted that he wasn’t crying, WE were crying and then ran out of the studio sobbing.  So, we would classify this episode as “kinda sad”.  So trigger warning for maudlin drunks.


Our closing music this week is Mike Easterday talking about memories.


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

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Citations Needed:


WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ‘NEVER FORGET’? 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/nyregion/9-11-new-york-remember.html




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]]> 1566 Episode 329: I Got Stoned And I Missed It Pt 3 of Just Say No America Show Notes Episode 329: I Got Stoned and I Missed It Pt 3 of Just Say No America This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not legally obligated to pay for these drinks as he is “on vacation” only to be escorted out of the Applebees by the management. (Again) Look, we are supposed to be on a beach somewhere instead we are logging in to write show notes on a clip show. So,OK, that’s it, we are outta here. Just listen to the damn show. 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/fp5tUbAP0lI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 I Got Stoned And I Missed It Pt 3 of Just Say No America full 6 329 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we wrap up our series about Prohibition with part 3 of Just Say No America in which we tell you what we already said about the matter. (If you haven’t heard it, it’s new to you!) Show Notes Episode 329: I Got Stoned and I Missed It Pt 3 of Just Say No America This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not legally obligated to pay for these drinks as he is “on vacation” only to be escorted out of the Applebees by the management. (Again) Look, we are supposed to be on a beach somewhere instead we are logging in to write show notes on a clip show. So,OK, that’s it, we are outta here. Just listen to the damn show. 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/fp5tUbAP0lI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 329: I Got Stoned and I Missed It Pt 3 of Just Say No America

This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not legally obligated to pay for these drinks as he is “on vacation” only to be escorted out of the Applebees by the management. (Again)

Look, we are supposed to be on a beach somewhere instead we are logging in to write show notes on a clip show. So,OK, that’s it, we are outta here. Just listen to the damn show.


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/fp5tUbAP0lI

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

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]]> 1263 yes Episode 328: No Bourbon, No Scotch and No Beer (Pt 2 of Just Say No, America) Episode 328: No Bourbon, No Scotch and No Beer Pt 2 of Just Say No America This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands a national prohibition on his bar tabs, only to be voted down by the bartender with extreme prejudice. (Again) On the show this week, we talk about how Prohibition was more about keeping immigrants and minorities in their place rather than saving them from demon alcohol. (Are you shocked? You shouldn’t be) Along the way we learn about Dave’s grandpa running moonshine in the mountains of Tennessee and why that makes Dave think he should run a distillery. (It doesn’t and he shouldn’t) Then we dive right into the history of how Prohibition became the law of the land and how the same tactics are being used today. After that we look at how all this not drinking impacted our most precious national resource: rich people. (Short answer not at all, longer answer, it made them more money!) Finally we examine the connection between the Noble Cause of Prohibition and keeping immigrants, minorities and the poor in their place. (The Venn Diagram is a perfect circle.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Bathtub Gin, the small batch artisanal gin that tastes like it was made in a Queens used car lot bathroom, because it was. We open the show with newsreel footage of the government taking down the bootleggers and close with Larry Lacerte reading Dave’s bar tabs. 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/XNmk_uK05dY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/wayne-b-wheeler-the-man-who-turned-off-the-taps-14783512/ Anti-Saloon League Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Saloon_League Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Prohibition as Class Warfare https://offtheleash.net/2017/12/19/prohibition-as-class-warfare/ The Chemist’s War The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences. https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html More Class Warfare: The Real Point of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) https://angrybearblog.com/2015/06/more-class-warfare-the-real-point-of-the-18th-amendment-prohibition Xenophobia, Racism and Classism: The Sinister Roots of America’s Prohibition https://www.winemag.com/2021/03/08/history-american-prohibition/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-road-to-prohibition/why-prohibition-happened/ https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-prohibition-1779250 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216414/ https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/alcohol-prohibition-was-failure https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/26/lawless-prohibition-gangsters-speakeasies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 No Bourbon, No Scotch and No Beer (Pt 2 of Just Say No, America) full 6 328 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we talk about how Prohibition was more about keeping immigrants and minorities in their place rather than saving them from demon alcohol. (Are you shocked? You shouldn’t be) Episode 328: No Bourbon, No Scotch and No Beer Pt 2 of Just Say No America This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands a national prohibition on his bar tabs, only to be voted down by the bartender with extreme prejudice. (Again) On the show this week, we talk about how Prohibition was more about keeping immigrants and minorities in their place rather than saving them from demon alcohol. (Are you shocked? You shouldn’t be) Along the way we learn about Dave’s grandpa running moonshine in the mountains of Tennessee and why that makes Dave think he should run a distillery. (It doesn’t and he shouldn’t) Then we dive right into the history of how Prohibition became the law of the land and how the same tactics are being used today. After that we look at how all this not drinking impacted our most precious national resource: rich people. (Short answer not at all, longer answer, it made them more money!) Finally we examine the connection between the Noble Cause of Prohibition and keeping immigrants, minorities and the poor in their place. (The Venn Diagram is a perfect circle.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Bathtub Gin, the small batch artisanal gin that tastes like it was made in a Queens used car lot bathroom, because it was. We open the show with newsreel footage of the government taking down the bootleggers and close with Larry Lacerte reading Dave’s bar tabs. 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/XNmk_uK05dY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/wayne-b-wheeler-the-man-who-turned-off-the-taps-14783512/ Anti-Saloon League Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Saloon_League Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Prohibition as Class Warfare https://offtheleash.net/2017/12/19/prohibition-as-class-warfare/ The Chemist’s War The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences. https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html More Class Warfare: The Real Point of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) https://angrybearblog.com/2015/06/more-class-warfare-the-real-point-of-the-18th-amendment-prohibition Xenophobia, Racism and Classism: The Sinister Roots of America’s Prohibition https://www.winemag.com/2021/03/08/history-american-prohibition/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-road-to-prohibition/why-prohibition-happened/ https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-prohibition-1779250 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216414/ https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/alcohol-prohibition-was-failure https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/26/lawless-prohibition-gangsters-speakeasies Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands a national prohibition on his bar tabs, only to be voted down by the bartender with extreme prejudice. (Again) On the show this week, we talk about how Prohibition was more about keeping immigrants and minorities in their place rather than saving them from demon alcohol. (Are you shocked? You shouldn’t be)


Along the way we learn about Dave’s grandpa running moonshine in the mountains of Tennessee and why that makes Dave think he should run a distillery. (It doesn’t and he shouldn’t) Then we dive right into the history of how Prohibition became the law of the land and how the same tactics are being used today. After that we look at how all this not drinking impacted our most precious national resource: rich people. (Short answer not at all, longer answer, it made them more money!) Finally we examine the connection between the Noble Cause of Prohibition and keeping immigrants, minorities and the poor in their place. (The Venn Diagram is a perfect circle.)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Bathtub Gin, the small batch artisanal gin that tastes like it was made in a Queens used car lot bathroom, because it was. We open the show with newsreel footage of the government taking down the bootleggers and close with Larry Lacerte reading Dave’s bar tabs.


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

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/XNmk_uK05dY

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Citations Needed:


Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/wayne-b-wheeler-the-man-who-turned-off-the-taps-14783512/


Anti-Saloon League Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Saloon_League


Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution


Prohibition as Class Warfare

https://offtheleash.net/2017/12/19/prohibition-as-class-warfare/


The Chemist’s War The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences.

https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html


More Class Warfare: The Real Point of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)

https://angrybearblog.com/2015/06/more-class-warfare-the-real-point-of-the-18th-amendment-prohibition


Xenophobia, Racism and Classism: The Sinister Roots of America’s Prohibition

https://www.winemag.com/2021/03/08/history-american-prohibition/


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-road-to-prohibition/why-prohibition-happened/


https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-prohibition-1779250


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216414/


https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/alcohol-prohibition-was-failure


https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/26/lawless-prohibition-gangsters-speakeasies

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]]> 1728 yes Episode 327: Operation Carrie Nation Pt 1 of Just Say No America! Episode 327: Operation Carrie Nation Pt 1 of Just Say No America This week Host Dave Bledsoe is INFURIATED to learn he cannot submit his bar tabs to his health insurance, even though his “doctor” (it’s just a guy at the bar) says they are “medicinal”(because it isn’t). On the show this week kick off Part One of Just Say No America with the early days of temperance in America, one hatchet wielding granny at a time. (it’s CHOPPING time!) Along the way we learn that Dave just needs a hug. From there we dive into the drinking habits of early America (they drank like Dave!) and then into the first steps toward telling folks that MAYBE drinking all day every day isn't the best idea! (tell that to Dave’s “doctor”) Then we meet the woman who would do ANYTHING to stomp out Demon Alcohol from America, even if it meant taking a hatchet to every saloon in Kansas: Carrie Nation! (She’s fun!) Our Sponsor this week is Ray’s Rehab because we KNOW you aren’t gonna actually QUIT, why not learn how to hide it better? We open the show with a modern day Carrie Nation and close with the Women's Choir at Concordia College telling us we aren’t going to be making out with them any time soon! 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/BSmfpm_y39Y We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed America Has a Drinking Problem https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/ Early American Alcohol and Tobacco Use http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/pr/dlm_uploads/2014-Early-American-Alcohol-and-Tobacco-Use.pdf Carrie Nation Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Use_and_Need_of_the_Life_of_Carry_A/tsy6J9rtocwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=carrie+nation+marriage&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=smashed%20the%20mirror&f=false Activist Carry Nation Used a Hatchet to Smash Booze Bottles Before Prohibition https://www.history.com/news/carry-nation-temperance-prohibition-alcohol Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/prohibition-immigration-klan.html https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/racism-runs-dry/ https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/roots-of-prohibition/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-road-to-prohibition/the-temperance-movement/ https://www.kshs.org/p/carry-a-nation-part-2/10590 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Operation Carrie Nation Pt 1 of Just Say No America! full 6 327 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week kick off Part One of Just Say No America with the early days of temperance in America, one hatchet wielding granny at a time. (it’s CHOPPING time!) Episode 327: Operation Carrie Nation Pt 1 of Just Say No America This week Host Dave Bledsoe is INFURIATED to learn he cannot submit his bar tabs to his health insurance, even though his “doctor” (it’s just a guy at the bar) says they are “medicinal”(because it isn’t). On the show this week kick off Part One of Just Say No America with the early days of temperance in America, one hatchet wielding granny at a time. (it’s CHOPPING time!) Along the way we learn that Dave just needs a hug. From there we dive into the drinking habits of early America (they drank like Dave!) and then into the first steps toward telling folks that MAYBE drinking all day every day isn't the best idea! (tell that to Dave’s “doctor”) Then we meet the woman who would do ANYTHING to stomp out Demon Alcohol from America, even if it meant taking a hatchet to every saloon in Kansas: Carrie Nation! (She’s fun!) Our Sponsor this week is Ray’s Rehab because we KNOW you aren’t gonna actually QUIT, why not learn how to hide it better? We open the show with a modern day Carrie Nation and close with the Women's Choir at Concordia College telling us we aren’t going to be making out with them any time soon! 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/BSmfpm_y39Y We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed America Has a Drinking Problem https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/ Early American Alcohol and Tobacco Use http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/pr/dlm_uploads/2014-Early-American-Alcohol-and-Tobacco-Use.pdf Carrie Nation Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Use_and_Need_of_the_Life_of_Carry_A/tsy6J9rtocwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=carrie+nation+marriage&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=smashed%20the%20mirror&f=false Activist Carry Nation Used a Hatchet to Smash Booze Bottles Before Prohibition https://www.history.com/news/carry-nation-temperance-prohibition-alcohol Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/prohibition-immigration-klan.html https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/racism-runs-dry/ https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/roots-of-prohibition/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-road-to-prohibition/the-temperance-movement/ https://www.kshs.org/p/carry-a-nation-part-2/10590 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 327: Operation Carrie Nation Pt 1 of Just Say No America


This week Host Dave Bledsoe is INFURIATED to learn he cannot submit his bar tabs to his health insurance, even though his “doctor” (it’s just a guy at the bar) says they are “medicinal”(because it isn’t). On the show this week kick off Part One of Just Say No America with the early days of temperance in America, one hatchet wielding granny at a time. (it’s CHOPPING time!)


Along the way we learn that Dave just needs a hug. From there we dive into the drinking habits of early America (they drank like Dave!) and then into the first steps toward telling folks that MAYBE drinking all day every day isn't the best idea! (tell that to Dave’s “doctor”) Then we meet the woman who would do ANYTHING to stomp out Demon Alcohol from America, even if it meant taking a hatchet to every saloon in Kansas: Carrie Nation! (She’s fun!)


Our Sponsor this week is Ray’s Rehab because we KNOW you aren’t gonna actually QUIT, why not learn how to hide it better? We open the show with a modern day Carrie Nation and close with the Women's Choir at Concordia College telling us we aren’t going to be making out with them any time soon!


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/BSmfpm_y39Y

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed


America Has a Drinking Problem

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/


Early American Alcohol and Tobacco Use

http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/pr/dlm_uploads/2014-Early-American-Alcohol-and-Tobacco-Use.pdf


Carrie Nation Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation


The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Use_and_Need_of_the_Life_of_Carry_A/tsy6J9rtocwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=carrie+nation+marriage&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=smashed%20the%20mirror&f=false


Activist Carry Nation Used a Hatchet to Smash Booze Bottles Before Prohibition

https://www.history.com/news/carry-nation-temperance-prohibition-alcohol


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/prohibition-immigration-klan.html


https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/racism-runs-dry/


https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/roots-of-prohibition/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement


https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-road-to-prohibition/the-temperance-movement/


https://www.kshs.org/p/carry-a-nation-part-2/10590



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]]> 1526 yes Episode 326: Taking A Bite Outta McGruff Show Notes Episode 326: Taking A Bite Outta McGruff This week Host Dave Bledsoe just really wants to help the kids, meaning he is drunkenly screaming at them that Santa Claus is a corporate creation to prop up Big Toy. (Again) On the show this week we take a bite outta crime with McGruff the crime dog, who was never actually a cop because he could pass the psyche profile. (Violent tendencies, pees indoors) Along the way we learn about Dave’s short foray being a Furry. From there we explore the world that made it seem like a great idea to have a talking dog tackle the crime problem in America. (As opposed to doing something about wealth inequality and systemic racism.) From there we learn about the dark history of the Ad Council. (It’s not all Fake Indians Crying on highways!) Then we follow the creation of McGruff and the impact he had on crime in America! (Little, likely none.) Our Sponsor this week is Bobby the Blobfish, here to let kids know that Sex is SLIMEY! Eeew! We open the show with McGruff on television and close the show with McGruff’s 1986 album track about Alcohol! (It is SUBLIME!) 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/JpQwLC9hyeA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Jack Keil, Creator of the Crime-Fighting Dog McGruff, Dies at 94 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/obituaries/jack-keil-creator-of-the-crime-fighting-dog-mcgruff-dies-at-94.html McGruff the Crime Dog Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGruff_the_Crime_Dog "McGruff the Crime Dog" actor gets 16 years in prison https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-gets-16-years-in-prison/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-gets-16-years-in-prison/ https://youtu.be/y4P4plYXKFE https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/business/media/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-jack-keil.html https://www.themarysue.com/new-mcgruff-for-acab-era/ https://www.reformer.com/local-news/the-voice-behind-mcgruff-the-crime-dog/article_7d476b24-5b5d-5bc5-8ef1-66a6fb2c6d15.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503068/paw-enforcement-history-mcgruff-crime-dog https://www.ncpc.org/about-ncpc/mcgruff/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Taking A Bite Outta McGruff full 6 326 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take a bite outta crime with McGruff the crime dog, who was never actually a cop because he could pass the psyche profile. (Violent tendencies, pees indoors) Show Notes Episode 326: Taking A Bite Outta McGruff This week Host Dave Bledsoe just really wants to help the kids, meaning he is drunkenly screaming at them that Santa Claus is a corporate creation to prop up Big Toy. (Again) On the show this week we take a bite outta crime with McGruff the crime dog, who was never actually a cop because he could pass the psyche profile. (Violent tendencies, pees indoors) Along the way we learn about Dave’s short foray being a Furry. From there we explore the world that made it seem like a great idea to have a talking dog tackle the crime problem in America. (As opposed to doing something about wealth inequality and systemic racism.) From there we learn about the dark history of the Ad Council. (It’s not all Fake Indians Crying on highways!) Then we follow the creation of McGruff and the impact he had on crime in America! (Little, likely none.) Our Sponsor this week is Bobby the Blobfish, here to let kids know that Sex is SLIMEY! Eeew! We open the show with McGruff on television and close the show with McGruff’s 1986 album track about Alcohol! (It is SUBLIME!) 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/JpQwLC9hyeA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Jack Keil, Creator of the Crime-Fighting Dog McGruff, Dies at 94 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/obituaries/jack-keil-creator-of-the-crime-fighting-dog-mcgruff-dies-at-94.html McGruff the Crime Dog Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGruff_the_Crime_Dog "McGruff the Crime Dog" actor gets 16 years in prison https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-gets-16-years-in-prison/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-gets-16-years-in-prison/ https://youtu.be/y4P4plYXKFE https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/business/media/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-jack-keil.html https://www.themarysue.com/new-mcgruff-for-acab-era/ https://www.reformer.com/local-news/the-voice-behind-mcgruff-the-crime-dog/article_7d476b24-5b5d-5bc5-8ef1-66a6fb2c6d15.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503068/paw-enforcement-history-mcgruff-crime-dog https://www.ncpc.org/about-ncpc/mcgruff/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 326: Taking A Bite Outta McGruff

This week Host Dave Bledsoe just really wants to help the kids, meaning he is drunkenly screaming at them that Santa Claus is a corporate creation to prop up Big Toy. (Again) On the show this week we take a bite outta crime with McGruff the crime dog, who was never actually a cop because he could pass the psyche profile. (Violent tendencies, pees indoors)


Along the way we learn about Dave’s short foray being a Furry. From there we explore the world that made it seem like a great idea to have a talking dog tackle the crime problem in America. (As opposed to doing something about wealth inequality and systemic racism.) From there we learn about the dark history of the Ad Council. (It’s not all Fake Indians Crying on highways!) Then we follow the creation of McGruff and the impact he had on crime in America! (Little, likely none.)


Our Sponsor this week is Bobby the Blobfish, here to let kids know that Sex is SLIMEY! Eeew! We open the show with McGruff on television and close the show with McGruff’s 1986 album track about Alcohol! (It is SUBLIME!)


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/JpQwLC9hyeA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Jack Keil, Creator of the Crime-Fighting Dog McGruff, Dies at 94

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/obituaries/jack-keil-creator-of-the-crime-fighting-dog-mcgruff-dies-at-94.html


McGruff the Crime Dog Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGruff_the_Crime_Dog


"McGruff the Crime Dog" actor gets 16 years in prison

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-gets-16-years-in-prison/




Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-gets-16-years-in-prison/


https://youtu.be/y4P4plYXKFE


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/business/media/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-jack-keil.html


https://www.themarysue.com/new-mcgruff-for-acab-era/


https://www.reformer.com/local-news/the-voice-behind-mcgruff-the-crime-dog/article_7d476b24-5b5d-5bc5-8ef1-66a6fb2c6d15.html


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503068/paw-enforcement-history-mcgruff-crime-dog


https://www.ncpc.org/about-ncpc/mcgruff/

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]]> 1829 yes Episode 325: Operators Are Standing, Bye Mr. Popeil! Show Notes Episode 325: Operators Are Standing, Bye Mr. Popeil This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants to show you his amazing new invention for cleaning up all those pesky full liquor bottles around the house, it’s called the Dave-O-Matic! (And it is just Dave drinking all your booze.) On the show this week, we look back on the life and legacy of America’s Pitchman, Ron Popeil! (We should have called sooner, as our supplies of Ron Popeil have run out.) Along the way we learn about the Ronco Products Dave STILL owns, and hear him angrily deny he paints his bald spot. (NO BALD SPOT!) Then learn about the life of the master marketer and his amazing rise to wealth and advertising fame. Then once we’ve taken care of all those pesky “facts” we get into some of the products that made Ron a VERY rich man! (Do we talk about Mr. Microphone? You know we will come back to pick up you later hot stuff!) Our Sponsor this week is the Junk-O-Matic by DaveCo, even WE don’t know what it does. We open the show with the Bat-O-Matic from BatCo and close with MetalAl singing a paean to Mr. Popeil.  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/Z-zTOAbIUPg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Ronco, Inc. History http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ronco-inc-history/ Hey Mr. Microphone! I'll Be Back To Pick You Up Later! https://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/hey-mister-micr.html Tons of Uncited Additional Reading https://youtu.be/WfcIPuvZE9I https://nrf.com/blog/ron-popeils-legacy-lives https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/business/media/02adco.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/03/forget-veg-o-matic-buy-its-maker-instead/99984402/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2021/07/29/how-late-infomercial-king-ron-popeil-perfected-the-art-of-the-pitch/?sh=655f272a5549 https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-dead-dies-infomercial/?adid=browser_notifications https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-ron-popeil-rode-reagans-deregulatory-revolution https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/ron-popeil-great-american-marketer/ https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/wait-theres-more-remembering-ron-popeil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Popeil https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24604/quick-10-10-ronco-products https://interestingengineering.com/the-wild-and-wacky-products-sold-by-master-salesman-ron-popeil https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24604/quick-10-10-ronco-products Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Operators Are Standing, Bye Mr. Popeil! full 6 325 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we look back on the life and legacy of America’s Pitchman, Ron Popeil! (We should have called sooner, as our supplies of Ron Popeil have run out.) Show Notes Episode 325: Operators Are Standing, Bye Mr. Popeil This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants to show you his amazing new invention for cleaning up all those pesky full liquor bottles around the house, it’s called the Dave-O-Matic! (And it is just Dave drinking all your booze.) On the show this week, we look back on the life and legacy of America’s Pitchman, Ron Popeil! (We should have called sooner, as our supplies of Ron Popeil have run out.) Along the way we learn about the Ronco Products Dave STILL owns, and hear him angrily deny he paints his bald spot. (NO BALD SPOT!) Then learn about the life of the master marketer and his amazing rise to wealth and advertising fame. Then once we’ve taken care of all those pesky “facts” we get into some of the products that made Ron a VERY rich man! (Do we talk about Mr. Microphone? You know we will come back to pick up you later hot stuff!) Our Sponsor this week is the Junk-O-Matic by DaveCo, even WE don’t know what it does. We open the show with the Bat-O-Matic from BatCo and close with MetalAl singing a paean to Mr. Popeil.  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/Z-zTOAbIUPg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Ronco, Inc. History http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ronco-inc-history/ Hey Mr. Microphone! I'll Be Back To Pick You Up Later! https://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/hey-mister-micr.html Tons of Uncited Additional Reading https://youtu.be/WfcIPuvZE9I https://nrf.com/blog/ron-popeils-legacy-lives https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/business/media/02adco.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/03/forget-veg-o-matic-buy-its-maker-instead/99984402/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2021/07/29/how-late-infomercial-king-ron-popeil-perfected-the-art-of-the-pitch/?sh=655f272a5549 https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-dead-dies-infomercial/?adid=browser_notifications https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-ron-popeil-rode-reagans-deregulatory-revolution https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/ron-popeil-great-american-marketer/ https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/wait-theres-more-remembering-ron-popeil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Popeil https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24604/quick-10-10-ronco-products https://interestingengineering.com/the-wild-and-wacky-products-sold-by-master-salesman-ron-popeil https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24604/quick-10-10-ronco-products Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants to show you his amazing new invention for cleaning up all those pesky full liquor bottles around the house, it’s called the Dave-O-Matic! (And it is just Dave drinking all your booze.) On the show this week, we look back on the life and legacy of America’s Pitchman, Ron Popeil! (We should have called sooner, as our supplies of Ron Popeil have run out.)


Along the way we learn about the Ronco Products Dave STILL owns, and hear him angrily deny he paints his bald spot. (NO BALD SPOT!) Then learn about the life of the master marketer and his amazing rise to wealth and advertising fame. Then once we’ve taken care of all those pesky “facts” we get into some of the products that made Ron a VERY rich man! (Do we talk about Mr. Microphone? You know we will come back to pick up you later hot stuff!)


Our Sponsor this week is the Junk-O-Matic by DaveCo, even WE don’t know what it does. We open the show with the Bat-O-Matic from BatCo and close with MetalAl singing a paean to Mr. Popeil. 


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/Z-zTOAbIUPg

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed: 

Ronco, Inc. History

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ronco-inc-history/


Hey Mr. Microphone! I'll Be Back To Pick You Up Later!

https://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/hey-mister-micr.html


Tons of Uncited Additional Reading

https://youtu.be/WfcIPuvZE9I


https://nrf.com/blog/ron-popeils-legacy-lives


https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/business/media/02adco.html


https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/03/forget-veg-o-matic-buy-its-maker-instead/99984402/


https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2021/07/29/how-late-infomercial-king-ron-popeil-perfected-the-art-of-the-pitch/?sh=655f272a5549


https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-dead-dies-infomercial/?adid=browser_notifications


https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-ron-popeil-rode-reagans-deregulatory-revolution


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/ron-popeil-great-american-marketer/

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/wait-theres-more-remembering-ron-popeil


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Popeil


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24604/quick-10-10-ronco-products


https://interestingengineering.com/the-wild-and-wacky-products-sold-by-master-salesman-ron-popeil


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24604/quick-10-10-ronco-products

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]]> 1941 yes Episode 324: Miss Cleo Hung Up On Me! Episode 324: Miss Cleo Hung Up On Me This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken brawl with a psychic over their prediction and is arrested for punching out a Zoltar Machine. (Again) On the show this week we follow up last week’s 900 Numbers with the face that scammed millions of Americans: Miss Cleo! (We can say that now, she’s isn’t around to sue us!) Along the way, we learn about that one time Dave had his penis cursed by a witch he was dating. (Justified, we are sure) Then we dive right into the story of Psychic Readers Network, and Youree Harris, AKA Miss Cleo. From her humble origins scamming a community theater company in Seattle through her rise to fame as a fake Jamaican fortune teller demanding you call her now for your free psychic reading. (Not free and not a psychic reading) We take a look at what it was like to be a “psychic” on the network doing the readings. Finally, we read the stars who let us know how the Federal government put the hammer down on the Psychic Readers Network for fraud. Lastly, we tell you how Miss Cleo spent her remaining years on the planet. (Hint: still scamming!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Psychic Readers, see the past present future at 1-800-SCAMMER! We open the show with Miss Cleo and close with Guitar Space seeking answers in the tarot.   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/rsRL2zZrlw4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Miss Cleo on Her Allegedly Fake Patois and Getting Ripped Off By the Psychic Readers Network https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w3edj/we-spoke-to-ms-cleo-about-her-fake-patois-and-getting-ripped-off-by-her-old-bosses Miss Cleo left a trail of deception in Seattle https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/Miss-Cleo-left-a-trail-of-deception-in-Seattle-1081919.php I Was a Hotline Psychic for Miss Cleo https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/fashion/mens-style/hotline-psychic-miss-cleo-commercials.html FTC Charges "Miss Cleo" Promoters with Deceptive Advertising, Billing and Collection Practices https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/02/ftc-charges-miss-cleo-promoters-deceptive-advertising-billing-and Miss Cleo Comes Out https://www.advocate.com/politics/commentary/2006/09/25/miss-cleo-comes-out With Psychic Friends Like These … https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/03/yah-mon-i-predict-you-re-going-to-jail.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/business/media/tv-psychic-miss-cleo-dies.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/entertainment/miss-cleo-youree-harris-obituary/index.html https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-legend-of-miss-cleo https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/sfl-111502-miss-cleo-psychic-story.html https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/09/02/380352.htm https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2002/02/arscmp.pdf https://www.thewrap.com/grand-theft-auto-makers-sued-by-psychic-readers-network-over-miss-cleo-doppelganger/ https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/09/02/380352.htm https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/pop-culture-phenomenon-miss-cleo-remains-a-mystery-6323143 https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/04/former-psychic-network-miss-cleo-content-with/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Cleo https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/27/the-bizarre-legacy-left-behind-by-the-actress-who-played-miss-cleo/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/570867/miss-cleo-psychic-empire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Miss Cleo Hung Up On Me! full 6 324 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we follow up last week’s 900 Numbers with the face that scammed millions of Americans: Miss Cleo! (We can say that now, she’s isn’t around to sue us!) Episode 324: Miss Cleo Hung Up On Me This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken brawl with a psychic over their prediction and is arrested for punching out a Zoltar Machine. (Again) On the show this week we follow up last week’s 900 Numbers with the face that scammed millions of Americans: Miss Cleo! (We can say that now, she’s isn’t around to sue us!) Along the way, we learn about that one time Dave had his penis cursed by a witch he was dating. (Justified, we are sure) Then we dive right into the story of Psychic Readers Network, and Youree Harris, AKA Miss Cleo. From her humble origins scamming a community theater company in Seattle through her rise to fame as a fake Jamaican fortune teller demanding you call her now for your free psychic reading. (Not free and not a psychic reading) We take a look at what it was like to be a “psychic” on the network doing the readings. Finally, we read the stars who let us know how the Federal government put the hammer down on the Psychic Readers Network for fraud. Lastly, we tell you how Miss Cleo spent her remaining years on the planet. (Hint: still scamming!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Psychic Readers, see the past present future at 1-800-SCAMMER! We open the show with Miss Cleo and close with Guitar Space seeking answers in the tarot.   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/rsRL2zZrlw4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Miss Cleo on Her Allegedly Fake Patois and Getting Ripped Off By the Psychic Readers Network https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w3edj/we-spoke-to-ms-cleo-about-her-fake-patois-and-getting-ripped-off-by-her-old-bosses Miss Cleo left a trail of deception in Seattle https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/Miss-Cleo-left-a-trail-of-deception-in-Seattle-1081919.php I Was a Hotline Psychic for Miss Cleo https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/fashion/mens-style/hotline-psychic-miss-cleo-commercials.html FTC Charges "Miss Cleo" Promoters with Deceptive Advertising, Billing and Collection Practices https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/02/ftc-charges-miss-cleo-promoters-deceptive-advertising-billing-and Miss Cleo Comes Out https://www.advocate.com/politics/commentary/2006/09/25/miss-cleo-comes-out With Psychic Friends Like These … https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/03/yah-mon-i-predict-you-re-going-to-jail.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/business/media/tv-psychic-miss-cleo-dies.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/entertainment/miss-cleo-youree-harris-obituary/index.html https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-legend-of-miss-cleo https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/sfl-111502-miss-cleo-psychic-story.html https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/09/02/380352.htm https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2002/02/arscmp.pdf https://www.thewrap.com/grand-theft-auto-makers-sued-by-psychic-readers-network-over-miss-cleo-doppelganger/ https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/09/02/380352.htm https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/pop-culture-phenomenon-miss-cleo-remains-a-mystery-6323143 https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/04/former-psychic-network-miss-cleo-content-with/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Cleo https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/27/the-bizarre-legacy-left-behind-by-the-actress-who-played-miss-cleo/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/570867/miss-cleo-psychic-empire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 324: Miss Cleo Hung Up On Me


This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a drunken brawl with a psychic over their prediction and is arrested for punching out a Zoltar Machine. (Again) On the show this week we follow up last week’s 900 Numbers with the face that scammed millions of Americans: Miss Cleo! (We can say that now, she’s isn’t around to sue us!)


Along the way, we learn about that one time Dave had his penis cursed by a witch he was dating. (Justified, we are sure) Then we dive right into the story of Psychic Readers Network, and Youree Harris, AKA Miss Cleo. From her humble origins scamming a community theater company in Seattle through her rise to fame as a fake Jamaican fortune teller demanding you call her now for your free psychic reading. (Not free and not a psychic reading) We take a look at what it was like to be a “psychic” on the network doing the readings. Finally, we read the stars who let us know how the Federal government put the hammer down on the Psychic Readers Network for fraud. Lastly, we tell you how Miss Cleo spent her remaining years on the planet. (Hint: still scamming!)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Psychic Readers, see the past present future at 1-800-SCAMMER! We open the show with Miss Cleo and close with Guitar Space seeking answers in the tarot.  


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/rsRL2zZrlw4

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Miss Cleo on Her Allegedly Fake Patois and Getting Ripped Off By the Psychic Readers Network

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w3edj/we-spoke-to-ms-cleo-about-her-fake-patois-and-getting-ripped-off-by-her-old-bosses


Miss Cleo left a trail of deception in Seattle

https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/Miss-Cleo-left-a-trail-of-deception-in-Seattle-1081919.php


I Was a Hotline Psychic for Miss Cleo

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/fashion/mens-style/hotline-psychic-miss-cleo-commercials.html


FTC Charges "Miss Cleo" Promoters with Deceptive Advertising, Billing and Collection Practices

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/02/ftc-charges-miss-cleo-promoters-deceptive-advertising-billing-and


Miss Cleo Comes Out

https://www.advocate.com/politics/commentary/2006/09/25/miss-cleo-comes-out


With Psychic Friends Like These …

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/03/yah-mon-i-predict-you-re-going-to-jail.html


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/business/media/tv-psychic-miss-cleo-dies.html


https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/entertainment/miss-cleo-youree-harris-obituary/index.html


https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-legend-of-miss-cleo


https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/sfl-111502-miss-cleo-psychic-story.html


https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/09/02/380352.htm


https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2002/02/arscmp.pdf


https://www.thewrap.com/grand-theft-auto-makers-sued-by-psychic-readers-network-over-miss-cleo-doppelganger/


https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/09/02/380352.htm


https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/pop-culture-phenomenon-miss-cleo-remains-a-mystery-6323143


https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/04/former-psychic-network-miss-cleo-content-with/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Cleo


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/27/the-bizarre-legacy-left-behind-by-the-actress-who-played-miss-cleo/


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/570867/miss-cleo-psychic-empire

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]]> 1775 yes Episode 323: Two Dollars for the First Minute .99 Cents Each Additional Minute Show Notes: Episode 323: $2.00 for the First Minute .99 Cents Each Additional Minute This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS he NEVER made ANY calls to Chubby Girls With Big Butts back in the 1990’s, despite what the phone records say (Over $800 in charges) On the show this week we dial up all the details on 900 Numbers and how they helped America cry when nothing else could. (From the size of the phone bills) Along the way we learn WHO WAS PHONE! as we take back to the days before the Internet helped Americans pretend celebrities wanted to talk to them. (Think Instagram without the bikini clad models) Then we dive right into the sad fate of Larry the Lobster and how lucrative his short sad life was. From there we learn the myriad ways 900 number owners ripped you off, including Santa Clause. Finally, we see what happens when you take advantage of the dumbest Americans so blatantly that Congress actually has to get off it’s ass to DO something. (Don’t worry, they screwed it up and had to go back and try again.) Our Sponsor this week is 1-900-HI GAVIN, chat with a recording of America’s favorite podcast producer, Gavin St Games, for a fee! We open the show with an actual 900 number you called and cried on, and close with Michael Simmons who just wants you to pick up the phone! 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/rsRL2zZrlw4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise and Fall of the 1-900 Number https://priceonomics.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-1-900-number/ 12 (Non-Sexual) Uses for 900 Numbers in Decades Past https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24272/12-non-sexual-uses-900-numbers Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.fastcompany.com/3053732/how-dialing-1-900-in-the-90s-foreshadowed-the-internet https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/the-30-weirdest-1-900-numbers-from-the-80s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium-rate_telephone_number https://www.decades.com/lists/back-in-the-80s-people-called-1-900-numbers-to-meet-celebs-eavesdrop-on-nasa-and-cry https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/weird-1-900-numbers https://jezebel.com/lets-revisit-the-glory-days-of-the-1-900-number-1787497986 https://www.marketplace.org/2021/03/25/why-dont-we-use-900-numbers-anymore/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1991/03/03/900-lines-are-ringing-up-a-number-of-complaints/4f561788-3a20-4ee3-99ff-f04378c027ee/ Real 900 Number Ads https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-12-op-2413-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Two Dollars for the First Minute .99 Cents Each Additional Minute full 6 323 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we dial up all the details on 900 Numbers and how they helped America cry when nothing else could. (From the size of the phone bills) Show Notes: Episode 323: $2.00 for the First Minute .99 Cents Each Additional Minute This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS he NEVER made ANY calls to Chubby Girls With Big Butts back in the 1990’s, despite what the phone records say (Over $800 in charges) On the show this week we dial up all the details on 900 Numbers and how they helped America cry when nothing else could. (From the size of the phone bills) Along the way we learn WHO WAS PHONE! as we take back to the days before the Internet helped Americans pretend celebrities wanted to talk to them. (Think Instagram without the bikini clad models) Then we dive right into the sad fate of Larry the Lobster and how lucrative his short sad life was. From there we learn the myriad ways 900 number owners ripped you off, including Santa Clause. Finally, we see what happens when you take advantage of the dumbest Americans so blatantly that Congress actually has to get off it’s ass to DO something. (Don’t worry, they screwed it up and had to go back and try again.) Our Sponsor this week is 1-900-HI GAVIN, chat with a recording of America’s favorite podcast producer, Gavin St Games, for a fee! We open the show with an actual 900 number you called and cried on, and close with Michael Simmons who just wants you to pick up the phone! 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/rsRL2zZrlw4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise and Fall of the 1-900 Number https://priceonomics.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-1-900-number/ 12 (Non-Sexual) Uses for 900 Numbers in Decades Past https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24272/12-non-sexual-uses-900-numbers Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.fastcompany.com/3053732/how-dialing-1-900-in-the-90s-foreshadowed-the-internet https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/the-30-weirdest-1-900-numbers-from-the-80s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium-rate_telephone_number https://www.decades.com/lists/back-in-the-80s-people-called-1-900-numbers-to-meet-celebs-eavesdrop-on-nasa-and-cry https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/weird-1-900-numbers https://jezebel.com/lets-revisit-the-glory-days-of-the-1-900-number-1787497986 https://www.marketplace.org/2021/03/25/why-dont-we-use-900-numbers-anymore/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1991/03/03/900-lines-are-ringing-up-a-number-of-complaints/4f561788-3a20-4ee3-99ff-f04378c027ee/ Real 900 Number Ads https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-12-op-2413-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes: Episode 323: $2.00 for the First Minute .99 Cents Each Additional Minute

This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS he NEVER made ANY calls to Chubby Girls With Big Butts back in the 1990’s, despite what the phone records say (Over $800 in charges) On the show this week we dial up all the details on 900 Numbers and how they helped America cry when nothing else could. (From the size of the phone bills)


Along the way we learn WHO WAS PHONE! as we take back to the days before the Internet helped Americans pretend celebrities wanted to talk to them. (Think Instagram without the bikini clad models) Then we dive right into the sad fate of Larry the Lobster and how lucrative his short sad life was. From there we learn the myriad ways 900 number owners ripped you off, including Santa Clause. Finally, we see what happens when you take advantage of the dumbest Americans so blatantly that Congress actually has to get off it’s ass to DO something. (Don’t worry, they screwed it up and had to go back and try again.)


Our Sponsor this week is 1-900-HI GAVIN, chat with a recording of America’s favorite podcast producer, Gavin St Games, for a fee! We open the show with an actual 900 number you called and cried on, and close with Michael Simmons who just wants you to pick up the phone!


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/rsRL2zZrlw4

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


The Rise and Fall of the 1-900 Number

https://priceonomics.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-1-900-number/


12 (Non-Sexual) Uses for 900 Numbers in Decades Past

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24272/12-non-sexual-uses-900-numbers


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.fastcompany.com/3053732/how-dialing-1-900-in-the-90s-foreshadowed-the-internet


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/the-30-weirdest-1-900-numbers-from-the-80s


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium-rate_telephone_number


https://www.decades.com/lists/back-in-the-80s-people-called-1-900-numbers-to-meet-celebs-eavesdrop-on-nasa-and-cry


https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/weird-1-900-numbers


https://jezebel.com/lets-revisit-the-glory-days-of-the-1-900-number-1787497986


https://www.marketplace.org/2021/03/25/why-dont-we-use-900-numbers-anymore/


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1991/03/03/900-lines-are-ringing-up-a-number-of-complaints/4f561788-3a20-4ee3-99ff-f04378c027ee/


Real 900 Number Ads


https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-12-op-2413-story.html

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]]> 1738 yes Episode 322: American Gerbilo Episode 322: American Gerbilo This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips in the shower and winds up with his Jameson bottle in a very painful place. (Spilled all over the bathroom floor) On the show this week we examine that time people said Richard Gere put a gerbil in his butt because they were scared of gay people. (Richard Gere: not gay, much to disappointment of some gay men) Along the way we use actual math and science to bust the myth of pumping a rock star’s stomach for semen. (He isn’t good at math, but it seems to check out) From there we dive into the details of why Richard Gere was chosen to be the gerbil host despite being a heterosexual sex symbol and dating a string of extrodinarily hot women.(Because straight men were feeling really inadequate) Then we examine the dark impulses that made this joke spread so far, so fast and persist for so long. (If you guess rampant homophobia, you win this pet gerbil!) Finally we look at how we evolved beyond the small minded homophobia of attacking gay men, into the small minded homophobia of attacking trans people. (We’ve come so far,so fast!)   Our Sponsor this week is the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Rodents, who want you to keep a rodent in your heart, not your butthole. We open the show with a very bad answer on The Feud and close with Eddie Murphy explaining what you SHOULD put in your butt. 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/07P538K83iUWe are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Richard Gere on Gere https://ew.com/article/2012/08/31/richard-gere-gere/ A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE CULTURAL HISTORY OF RICHARD GERE’S ASS GERBIL https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/richard-gere-gerbil-incident-story-fact-check At Last, Rod Stewart Breaks His Silence on Getting His Semen-Filled Stomach Pumped https://gawker.com/5955202/at-last-rod-stewart-breaks-his-silence-on-getting-his-semen-filled-stomach-pumped AIDS: homophobic and moralistic images of 1980s still haunt our view of HIV – that must change https://theconversation.com/aids-homophobic-and-moralistic-images-of-1980s-still-haunt-our-view-of-hiv-that-must-change-106580 A Complete History Of Gerbiling So Far https://www.theawl.com/2012/11/a-complete-history-of-gerbiling-so-far/ What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year/ Increasing trend in retained rectal foreign bodies https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5081549/ Has anybody ever stuffed a gerbil up his ass? https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/savage-love-gerbil-stuffing/Content?oid=9073674 Uncited Additional Reading: The Case of the Missing Gerbil https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499810?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Acbc9f683cce30c5d67bba69af56b8e6e&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0000 American Gerbilo full 6 322 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine that time people said Richard Gere put a gerbil in his butt because they were scared of gay people. (Richard Gere: not gay, much to disappointment of some gay men) Episode 322: American Gerbilo This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips in the shower and winds up with his Jameson bottle in a very painful place. (Spilled all over the bathroom floor) On the show this week we examine that time people said Richard Gere put a gerbil in his butt because they were scared of gay people. (Richard Gere: not gay, much to disappointment of some gay men) Along the way we use actual math and science to bust the myth of pumping a rock star’s stomach for semen. (He isn’t good at math, but it seems to check out) From there we dive into the details of why Richard Gere was chosen to be the gerbil host despite being a heterosexual sex symbol and dating a string of extrodinarily hot women.(Because straight men were feeling really inadequate) Then we examine the dark impulses that made this joke spread so far, so fast and persist for so long. (If you guess rampant homophobia, you win this pet gerbil!) Finally we look at how we evolved beyond the small minded homophobia of attacking gay men, into the small minded homophobia of attacking trans people. (We’ve come so far,so fast!)   Our Sponsor this week is the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Rodents, who want you to keep a rodent in your heart, not your butthole. We open the show with a very bad answer on The Feud and close with Eddie Murphy explaining what you SHOULD put in your butt. 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/07P538K83iUWe are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  Richard Gere on Gere https://ew.com/article/2012/08/31/richard-gere-gere/ A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE CULTURAL HISTORY OF RICHARD GERE’S ASS GERBIL https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/richard-gere-gerbil-incident-story-fact-check At Last, Rod Stewart Breaks His Silence on Getting His Semen-Filled Stomach Pumped https://gawker.com/5955202/at-last-rod-stewart-breaks-his-silence-on-getting-his-semen-filled-stomach-pumped AIDS: homophobic and moralistic images of 1980s still haunt our view of HIV – that must change https://theconversation.com/aids-homophobic-and-moralistic-images-of-1980s-still-haunt-our-view-of-hiv-that-must-change-106580 A Complete History Of Gerbiling So Far https://www.theawl.com/2012/11/a-complete-history-of-gerbiling-so-far/ What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year/ Increasing trend in retained rectal foreign bodies https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5081549/ Has anybody ever stuffed a gerbil up his ass? https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/savage-love-gerbil-stuffing/Content?oid=9073674 Uncited Additional Reading: The Case of the Missing Gerbil https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499810?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Acbc9f683cce30c5d67bba69af56b8e6e&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 322: American Gerbilo


This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips in the shower and winds up with his Jameson bottle in a very painful place. (Spilled all over the bathroom floor) On the show this week we examine that time people said Richard Gere put a gerbil in his butt because they were scared of gay people. (Richard Gere: not gay, much to disappointment of some gay men)


Along the way we use actual math and science to bust the myth of pumping a rock star’s stomach for semen. (He isn’t good at math, but it seems to check out) From there we dive into the details of why Richard Gere was chosen to be the gerbil host despite being a heterosexual sex symbol and dating a string of extrodinarily hot women.(Because straight men were feeling really inadequate) Then we examine the dark impulses that made this joke spread so far, so fast and persist for so long. (If you guess rampant homophobia, you win this pet gerbil!) Finally we look at how we evolved beyond the small minded homophobia of attacking gay men, into the small minded homophobia of attacking trans people. (We’ve come so far,so fast!)  


Our Sponsor this week is the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Rodents, who want you to keep a rodent in your heart, not your butthole. We open the show with a very bad answer on The Feud and close with Eddie Murphy explaining what you SHOULD put in your butt.


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/07P538K83iUWe are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed: 


Richard Gere on Gere

https://ew.com/article/2012/08/31/richard-gere-gere/


A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE CULTURAL HISTORY OF RICHARD GERE’S ASS GERBIL

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/richard-gere-gerbil-incident-story-fact-check


At Last, Rod Stewart Breaks His Silence on Getting His Semen-Filled Stomach Pumped

https://gawker.com/5955202/at-last-rod-stewart-breaks-his-silence-on-getting-his-semen-filled-stomach-pumped


AIDS: homophobic and moralistic images of 1980s still haunt our view of HIV – that must change

https://theconversation.com/aids-homophobic-and-moralistic-images-of-1980s-still-haunt-our-view-of-hiv-that-must-change-106580


A Complete History Of Gerbiling So Far

https://www.theawl.com/2012/11/a-complete-history-of-gerbiling-so-far/



What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?

https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year/


Increasing trend in retained rectal foreign bodies

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5081549/


Has anybody ever stuffed a gerbil up his ass?

https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/savage-love-gerbil-stuffing/Content?oid=9073674


Uncited Additional Reading:


The Case of the Missing Gerbil

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499810?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Acbc9f683cce30c5d67bba69af56b8e6e&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents




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]]> 1749 yes Episode 321: The Real Legend of Boggy Creek, Charles B Pierce Show Notes Episode 321: The REAL Legend of Boggy Creek Charles B Pierce This week Host Dave Bledsoe is tossed out of 237 Pub-N-Pool outside of Texarkana after accusing the waitress of being the Boggy Creek Monster. (He thought it was a pick up line) On the show this week we talk about the Fouke Monster and the man who made millions making a movie about it! (No, seriously!) Along the way we learn about that one time Dave went Bigfoot hunting. (He got drunk in the woods) and then we move straight on to the story of the Fouke Monster, a large hairy ape man that lives in the swamp. (Call him Cletus!) After knocking out the nonsense, we get to the point of the show when we meet Charles B Pierce, filmmaker, advertising mogul and Mayor Chuckles of Laffalot Club! (It isn’t as creepy as it sounds.) We learn about his breakthrough movie about the Fouke Monster and then his career making movies. (Do we cover the chick being stabbed with a trombone? You KNOW it!) Then we wrap it up with our usual tasteful retrospective on Charle’s life AND the Fouke Monster! Our Sponsor this week is Cryptid Controls, when you’ve got a problem Orkin can’t solve, call Cryptid Controls! We open the show with the lesser of Charle’s Boggy Creek movies and close with Billy Cole and the obligatory Fouke Monster Song! 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/lB-uGUAcOmg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Special Hat Tip to Last Podcast on the Left for the moan of a poop splattered redneck that inspired this week’s show Fouke (Miller County) https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-miller-county-6115/ The Art of the Possible: Charles B. Pierce’s Arkansas Cinema https://filmmakermagazine.com/102185-the-art-of-the-possible-charles-b-pierces-arkansas-cinema/ Wikipedia Charles B. Pierce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Pierce Uncited Additional Reading:   https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213600/http://www.arkansasmediaroom.com/news-releases/listings/display.asp?id=185 https://web.archive.org/web/20030803215531/http://texarkanagazette.com/articles/2001/06/24/export15709.txt https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Boggy_Creek https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/the-legend-of-boggy-creek-movie-2192/ https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2018/aug/01/gettin-boggy-it/736988/ https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2019/feb/25/legend-boggy-creek-lives/ https://fosterdickson.com/2019/10/11/southern-movie-42-boggy-creek-1972/ https://www.whereyat.com/retro-cinema-emthe-legend-of-boggy-creek/em?fbclid=IwAR1gHwBtDzbIihPBvdSsn9s5Re_j7PPnIo9ITJtsyKmRik7zR4Z3ZCXMYEA https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theleafchronicle/name/charles-pierce-obituary?n=charles-pierce&pid=140376055 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The Real Legend of Boggy Creek, Charles B Pierce full 321 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the Fouke Monster and the man who made millions making a movie about it! (No, seriously!) Show Notes Episode 321: The REAL Legend of Boggy Creek Charles B Pierce This week Host Dave Bledsoe is tossed out of 237 Pub-N-Pool outside of Texarkana after accusing the waitress of being the Boggy Creek Monster. (He thought it was a pick up line) On the show this week we talk about the Fouke Monster and the man who made millions making a movie about it! (No, seriously!) Along the way we learn about that one time Dave went Bigfoot hunting. (He got drunk in the woods) and then we move straight on to the story of the Fouke Monster, a large hairy ape man that lives in the swamp. (Call him Cletus!) After knocking out the nonsense, we get to the point of the show when we meet Charles B Pierce, filmmaker, advertising mogul and Mayor Chuckles of Laffalot Club! (It isn’t as creepy as it sounds.) We learn about his breakthrough movie about the Fouke Monster and then his career making movies. (Do we cover the chick being stabbed with a trombone? You KNOW it!) Then we wrap it up with our usual tasteful retrospective on Charle’s life AND the Fouke Monster! Our Sponsor this week is Cryptid Controls, when you’ve got a problem Orkin can’t solve, call Cryptid Controls! We open the show with the lesser of Charle’s Boggy Creek movies and close with Billy Cole and the obligatory Fouke Monster Song! 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/lB-uGUAcOmg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Special Hat Tip to Last Podcast on the Left for the moan of a poop splattered redneck that inspired this week’s show Fouke (Miller County) https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-miller-county-6115/ The Art of the Possible: Charles B. Pierce’s Arkansas Cinema https://filmmakermagazine.com/102185-the-art-of-the-possible-charles-b-pierces-arkansas-cinema/ Wikipedia Charles B. Pierce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Pierce Uncited Additional Reading:   https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213600/http://www.arkansasmediaroom.com/news-releases/listings/display.asp?id=185 https://web.archive.org/web/20030803215531/http://texarkanagazette.com/articles/2001/06/24/export15709.txt https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Boggy_Creek https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/the-legend-of-boggy-creek-movie-2192/ https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2018/aug/01/gettin-boggy-it/736988/ https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2019/feb/25/legend-boggy-creek-lives/ https://fosterdickson.com/2019/10/11/southern-movie-42-boggy-creek-1972/ https://www.whereyat.com/retro-cinema-emthe-legend-of-boggy-creek/em?fbclid=IwAR1gHwBtDzbIihPBvdSsn9s5Re_j7PPnIo9ITJtsyKmRik7zR4Z3ZCXMYEA https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theleafchronicle/name/charles-pierce-obituary?n=charles-pierce&pid=140376055 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe is tossed out of 237 Pub-N-Pool outside of Texarkana after accusing the waitress of being the Boggy Creek Monster. (He thought it was a pick up line) On the show this week we talk about the Fouke Monster and the man who made millions making a movie about it! (No, seriously!)


Along the way we learn about that one time Dave went Bigfoot hunting. (He got drunk in the woods) and then we move straight on to the story of the Fouke Monster, a large hairy ape man that lives in the swamp. (Call him Cletus!) After knocking out the nonsense, we get to the point of the show when we meet Charles B Pierce, filmmaker, advertising mogul and Mayor Chuckles of Laffalot Club! (It isn’t as creepy as it sounds.) We learn about his breakthrough movie about the Fouke Monster and then his career making movies. (Do we cover the chick being stabbed with a trombone? You KNOW it!) Then we wrap it up with our usual tasteful retrospective on Charle’s life AND the Fouke Monster!


Our Sponsor this week is Cryptid Controls, when you’ve got a problem Orkin can’t solve, call Cryptid Controls! We open the show with the lesser of Charle’s Boggy Creek movies and close with Billy Cole and the obligatory Fouke Monster Song!


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/lB-uGUAcOmg

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Special Hat Tip to Last Podcast on the Left for the moan of a poop splattered redneck that inspired this week’s show


Fouke (Miller County)

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-miller-county-6115/


The Art of the Possible: Charles B. Pierce’s Arkansas Cinema

https://filmmakermagazine.com/102185-the-art-of-the-possible-charles-b-pierces-arkansas-cinema/


Wikipedia Charles B. Pierce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Pierce


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213600/http://www.arkansasmediaroom.com/news-releases/listings/display.asp?id=185


https://web.archive.org/web/20030803215531/http://texarkanagazette.com/articles/2001/06/24/export15709.txt


https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Boggy_Creek


https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/the-legend-of-boggy-creek-movie-2192/


https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2018/aug/01/gettin-boggy-it/736988/


https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2019/feb/25/legend-boggy-creek-lives/


https://fosterdickson.com/2019/10/11/southern-movie-42-boggy-creek-1972/


https://www.whereyat.com/retro-cinema-emthe-legend-of-boggy-creek/em?fbclid=IwAR1gHwBtDzbIihPBvdSsn9s5Re_j7PPnIo9ITJtsyKmRik7zR4Z3ZCXMYEA


https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theleafchronicle/name/charles-pierce-obituary?n=charles-pierce&pid=140376055

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]]> 1805 yes Episode 320: Call Me...Chris Gaines Show Notes Episode 320: Call Me...Chris Gaines This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS he is an aging rock star by the name of Duke Blaze and is not responsible for the bartabs incurred by this Dave Bledsoe character. (It...did not work) On the show this week we examine the Life of Chris Gaines who blazed like a falling star for about three months and then crashed into the ocean. (Honestly, we thought this podcast would do the same!) Along the way, we learn that Dave used to dress in snakeskin boots and a big dumb hat because he thought it would get him laid. (It didn’t) Then we dive into the career of a country music legend who changed the songs drunks sing in bars forever! (Give it a shot, just start singing “Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots” and see what happens!) Then we recall that time Garth thought he might play Major League Baseball. (Forgot about that didn’t you!) Finally we get around to talking about the odd moment in late 1999 when Garth Brooks decided he wanted to be a sex addicted Australian rock star in the movies, and everyone laughed and laughed and laughed. (Honestly, SNL was down right MEAN about it!) Our Sponsor this week is the new music documentary The Diamond Dave Project, and movie 30 years in the faking! We open the show with WH1’s Behind the Music and close with Grover Anderson in a loving tribute to Chris Gaines. 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/2702OMYV2Ag We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Garth Brooks Going to Spring Training With Padres https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/146801/ Remember When Garth Brooks Became Chris Gaines? Here’s Why He Did That. https://www.wideopencountry.com/17-years-ago-garth-brooks-alter-ego-bewildered-world/ Chris Gaines Greatest Hits (aka In The Life Of Chris Gaines) http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=797 In the Life of Chris Gaines https://web.archive.org/web/20071113163425/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/garthbrooks/albums/album/208047/review/6067373/inthe_life_of_chris_gaines In...The Life of Chris Gaines https://ew.com/article/1999/10/01/inthe-life-chris-gaines/ Remembering Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks’ Sex-Addicted Alter Ego https://www.thedailybeast.com/remembering-chris-gaines-garth-brooks-sex-addicted-90s-alter-ego 10 Alter Egos of the Music Industry https://www.britannica.com/list/10-alter-egos-of-the-music-industry Garth Brooks opens up about Chris Gaines era: 'My ribs are still sore from getting the s*** kicked out of me for it' https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/garth-brooks-opens-up-about-chris-gaines-era-my-ribs-are-still-sore-from-getting-the-s-kicked-out-of-me-for-it-200451806.html Garth Brooks Says New Chris Gaines Music Really Is Coming https://tasteofcountry.com/garth-brooks-chris-gaines-new-music-2021/ Party Off, Garth: The Short Life And Long Death Of Chris Gaines https://www.stereogum.com/1876750/party-off-garth-the-short-life-and-long-death-of-chris-gaines/columns/sounding-board/ Uncited Additional Reading:   https://theboot.com/chris-gaines-garth-brooks-facts/ https://theboot.com/chris-gaines-garth-brooks-facts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Call Me...Chris Gaines full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the Life of Chris Gaines who blazed like a falling star for about three months and then crashed into the ocean. (Honestly, we thought this podcast would do the same!) Show Notes Episode 320: Call Me...Chris Gaines This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS he is an aging rock star by the name of Duke Blaze and is not responsible for the bartabs incurred by this Dave Bledsoe character. (It...did not work) On the show this week we examine the Life of Chris Gaines who blazed like a falling star for about three months and then crashed into the ocean. (Honestly, we thought this podcast would do the same!) Along the way, we learn that Dave used to dress in snakeskin boots and a big dumb hat because he thought it would get him laid. (It didn’t) Then we dive into the career of a country music legend who changed the songs drunks sing in bars forever! (Give it a shot, just start singing “Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots” and see what happens!) Then we recall that time Garth thought he might play Major League Baseball. (Forgot about that didn’t you!) Finally we get around to talking about the odd moment in late 1999 when Garth Brooks decided he wanted to be a sex addicted Australian rock star in the movies, and everyone laughed and laughed and laughed. (Honestly, SNL was down right MEAN about it!) Our Sponsor this week is the new music documentary The Diamond Dave Project, and movie 30 years in the faking! We open the show with WH1’s Behind the Music and close with Grover Anderson in a loving tribute to Chris Gaines. 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/2702OMYV2Ag We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Garth Brooks Going to Spring Training With Padres https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/146801/ Remember When Garth Brooks Became Chris Gaines? Here’s Why He Did That. https://www.wideopencountry.com/17-years-ago-garth-brooks-alter-ego-bewildered-world/ Chris Gaines Greatest Hits (aka In The Life Of Chris Gaines) http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=797 In the Life of Chris Gaines https://web.archive.org/web/20071113163425/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/garthbrooks/albums/album/208047/review/6067373/inthe_life_of_chris_gaines In...The Life of Chris Gaines https://ew.com/article/1999/10/01/inthe-life-chris-gaines/ Remembering Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks’ Sex-Addicted Alter Ego https://www.thedailybeast.com/remembering-chris-gaines-garth-brooks-sex-addicted-90s-alter-ego 10 Alter Egos of the Music Industry https://www.britannica.com/list/10-alter-egos-of-the-music-industry Garth Brooks opens up about Chris Gaines era: 'My ribs are still sore from getting the s*** kicked out of me for it' https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/garth-brooks-opens-up-about-chris-gaines-era-my-ribs-are-still-sore-from-getting-the-s-kicked-out-of-me-for-it-200451806.html Garth Brooks Says New Chris Gaines Music Really Is Coming https://tasteofcountry.com/garth-brooks-chris-gaines-new-music-2021/ Party Off, Garth: The Short Life And Long Death Of Chris Gaines https://www.stereogum.com/1876750/party-off-garth-the-short-life-and-long-death-of-chris-gaines/columns/sounding-board/ Uncited Additional Reading:   https://theboot.com/chris-gaines-garth-brooks-facts/ https://theboot.com/chris-gaines-garth-brooks-facts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 320: Call Me...Chris Gaines


This week Host Dave Bledsoe INSISTS he is an aging rock star by the name of Duke Blaze and is not responsible for the bartabs incurred by this Dave Bledsoe character. (It...did not work) On the show this week we examine the Life of Chris Gaines who blazed like a falling star for about three months and then crashed into the ocean. (Honestly, we thought this podcast would do the same!)


Along the way, we learn that Dave used to dress in snakeskin boots and a big dumb hat because he thought it would get him laid. (It didn’t) Then we dive into the career of a country music legend who changed the songs drunks sing in bars forever! (Give it a shot, just start singing “Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots” and see what happens!) Then we recall that time Garth thought he might play Major League Baseball. (Forgot about that didn’t you!) Finally we get around to talking about the odd moment in late 1999 when Garth Brooks decided he wanted to be a sex addicted Australian rock star in the movies, and everyone laughed and laughed and laughed. (Honestly, SNL was down right MEAN about it!)


Our Sponsor this week is the new music documentary The Diamond Dave Project, and movie 30 years in the faking! We open the show with WH1’s Behind the Music and close with Grover Anderson in a loving tribute to Chris Gaines.


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/2702OMYV2Ag

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Garth Brooks Going to Spring Training With Padres

https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/146801/


Remember When Garth Brooks Became Chris Gaines? Here’s Why He Did That.

https://www.wideopencountry.com/17-years-ago-garth-brooks-alter-ego-bewildered-world/


Chris Gaines Greatest Hits (aka In The Life Of Chris Gaines)

http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=797


In the Life of Chris Gaines

https://web.archive.org/web/20071113163425/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/garthbrooks/albums/album/208047/review/6067373/inthe_life_of_chris_gaines


In...The Life of Chris Gaines

https://ew.com/article/1999/10/01/inthe-life-chris-gaines/


Remembering Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks’ Sex-Addicted Alter Ego

https://www.thedailybeast.com/remembering-chris-gaines-garth-brooks-sex-addicted-90s-alter-ego


10 Alter Egos of the Music Industry

https://www.britannica.com/list/10-alter-egos-of-the-music-industry


Garth Brooks opens up about Chris Gaines era: 'My ribs are still sore from getting the s*** kicked out of me for it'

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/garth-brooks-opens-up-about-chris-gaines-era-my-ribs-are-still-sore-from-getting-the-s-kicked-out-of-me-for-it-200451806.html


Garth Brooks Says New Chris Gaines Music Really Is Coming

https://tasteofcountry.com/garth-brooks-chris-gaines-new-music-2021/


Party Off, Garth: The Short Life And Long Death Of Chris Gaines

https://www.stereogum.com/1876750/party-off-garth-the-short-life-and-long-death-of-chris-gaines/columns/sounding-board/









Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://theboot.com/chris-gaines-garth-brooks-facts/


https://theboot.com/chris-gaines-garth-brooks-facts/

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]]> 1836 Episode 319: The True Tale of Dallas Egbert Episode 319: The True Tale of Dallas Egbert This week Host Dave Bledsoe thought he was lost in the old steam tunnels beneath his favorite bar, but soon figured out he drunkenly stumbled into the women’s restroom. (Again) On the show this week we tell you the true tale behind the boy’s disappearance that launched Tom Hanks’ career. (And made Dave’s parents force him to quit playing Dungeons and Dragons) Along the way we meet James Dallas Egbert III struggling with real demons that were never mentioned in the Monster Manual. Then we introduce Brother Shamus William Dear, who helped find Dallas and bring him home. (For a little while.) From there we go into detail about what really happened when Dallas disappeared and why Dungeons and Dragons was ever brought up in the first place. (Hint: It sold newspapers) Finally we discuss why even the best intentioned lies always wind up doing more harm than good. (Yeah, like forcing Dave to sell his beloved Dungeon Master’s Guide and buy Heavy Metal albums, which did not work out well for ANYONE!) Our Sponsor this week is the Live Action Roleplayers Association of America, who want you to know they aren’t weirdos like the Furries! We open the show with Tom’s Magnum Opus and close with Juniper Tree Song’s dirge for Dallas, the person not the city. 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://junipertreesongs.bandcamp.com/album/jts011-dare-to-be-nothing We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The truth behind the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III https://web.archive.org/web/20101009024247/http://www.geeksix.com/2009/08/the-truth-behind-the-disappearance-of-james-dallas-egbert-iii/ The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III https://web.archive.org/web/20141212161017/http://kushjar.com/the-disappearance-of-james-dallas-egbert-iii/ Dragon Rumblings Kask, T.J. “Dragon Rumblings”. The Dragon. Vol IV, No 4. October 1979. Uncited Additional Reading:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/state_news/1979/state_news_19790824.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.html https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/ https://boingboing.net/2014/11/11/the-truth-about-the-dungeon-ma.html http://www.ptgptb.org/0006/egbert.html https://landofnod.blog/2015/08/09/dragon-by-dragon-october-1979/ https://www.reddit.com/r/georgetown/comments/6pz8vt/secrets_of_campus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The True Tale of Dallas Egbert full 6 319 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tell you the true tale behind the boy’s disappearance that launched Tom Hanks’ career. (And made Dave’s parents force him to quit playing Dungeons and Dragons) Episode 319: The True Tale of Dallas Egbert This week Host Dave Bledsoe thought he was lost in the old steam tunnels beneath his favorite bar, but soon figured out he drunkenly stumbled into the women’s restroom. (Again) On the show this week we tell you the true tale behind the boy’s disappearance that launched Tom Hanks’ career. (And made Dave’s parents force him to quit playing Dungeons and Dragons) Along the way we meet James Dallas Egbert III struggling with real demons that were never mentioned in the Monster Manual. Then we introduce Brother Shamus William Dear, who helped find Dallas and bring him home. (For a little while.) From there we go into detail about what really happened when Dallas disappeared and why Dungeons and Dragons was ever brought up in the first place. (Hint: It sold newspapers) Finally we discuss why even the best intentioned lies always wind up doing more harm than good. (Yeah, like forcing Dave to sell his beloved Dungeon Master’s Guide and buy Heavy Metal albums, which did not work out well for ANYONE!) Our Sponsor this week is the Live Action Roleplayers Association of America, who want you to know they aren’t weirdos like the Furries! We open the show with Tom’s Magnum Opus and close with Juniper Tree Song’s dirge for Dallas, the person not the city. 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://junipertreesongs.bandcamp.com/album/jts011-dare-to-be-nothing We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The truth behind the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III https://web.archive.org/web/20101009024247/http://www.geeksix.com/2009/08/the-truth-behind-the-disappearance-of-james-dallas-egbert-iii/ The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III https://web.archive.org/web/20141212161017/http://kushjar.com/the-disappearance-of-james-dallas-egbert-iii/ Dragon Rumblings Kask, T.J. “Dragon Rumblings”. The Dragon. Vol IV, No 4. October 1979. Uncited Additional Reading:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/state_news/1979/state_news_19790824.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.html https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/ https://boingboing.net/2014/11/11/the-truth-about-the-dungeon-ma.html http://www.ptgptb.org/0006/egbert.html https://landofnod.blog/2015/08/09/dragon-by-dragon-october-1979/ https://www.reddit.com/r/georgetown/comments/6pz8vt/secrets_of_campus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 319: The True Tale of Dallas Egbert



This week Host Dave Bledsoe thought he was lost in the old steam tunnels beneath his favorite bar, but soon figured out he drunkenly stumbled into the women’s restroom. (Again) On the show this week we tell you the true tale behind the boy’s disappearance that launched Tom Hanks’ career. (And made Dave’s parents force him to quit playing Dungeons and Dragons)


Along the way we meet James Dallas Egbert III struggling with real demons that were never mentioned in the Monster Manual. Then we introduce Brother Shamus William Dear, who helped find Dallas and bring him home. (For a little while.) From there we go into detail about what really happened when Dallas disappeared and why Dungeons and Dragons was ever brought up in the first place. (Hint: It sold newspapers) Finally we discuss why even the best intentioned lies always wind up doing more harm than good. (Yeah, like forcing Dave to sell his beloved Dungeon Master’s Guide and buy Heavy Metal albums, which did not work out well for ANYONE!)


Our Sponsor this week is the Live Action Roleplayers Association of America, who want you to know they aren’t weirdos like the Furries! We open the show with Tom’s Magnum Opus and close with Juniper Tree Song’s dirge for Dallas, the person not the city.


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://junipertreesongs.bandcamp.com/album/jts011-dare-to-be-nothing

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The truth behind the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III

https://web.archive.org/web/20101009024247/http://www.geeksix.com/2009/08/the-truth-behind-the-disappearance-of-james-dallas-egbert-iii/


The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III

https://web.archive.org/web/20141212161017/http://kushjar.com/the-disappearance-of-james-dallas-egbert-iii/


Dragon Rumblings

Kask, T.J. “Dragon Rumblings”. The Dragon. Vol IV, No 4. October 1979.


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III


https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/state_news/1979/state_news_19790824.pdf


https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.html


https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/


https://boingboing.net/2014/11/11/the-truth-about-the-dungeon-ma.html


http://www.ptgptb.org/0006/egbert.html


https://landofnod.blog/2015/08/09/dragon-by-dragon-october-1979/


https://www.reddit.com/r/georgetown/comments/6pz8vt/secrets_of_campus/


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]]> 1884 yes Episode 318: It's A Pirate's Life for Me Part Two: Downloaded From Napster Show Notes Episode 318: It’s A Pirate’s Life for Me Part Two: Downloaded from Napster This week Host Dave Bledsoe boots up his old laptop from college and is happy to discover he still remembers the password! (That’s because it is the same one he uses today and is the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!) On the show this week we wrap up our series on music piracy with the halcyon days of Napster before the music industry flooded it with porn and viruses!  (Yeah, we KNOW it was you, assholes!) Along the way we briefly visit Columbia House Records and explain why their business model actually DID work for so many years!  (Come to find out, people are really dumb!)  Then we dive right into the Information Superhighway circa 1999.  (Was there porn?  You betcha!) From there we say mean things about the recording industry for a good long while before finally getting around to talking about Napster.  (This show is really only tangentially about Napster, did you expect anything different?)  From there we talk about the rise and fall of file sharing, the fall and rise of the modern music industry and how throughout it all, it is still a corrupt, venal bunch of assholes dedicated to ripping off artists so they can make billions of dollars.  (#America) Finally we cover how the music industry recovered and found new and exciting ways to rip off the artists! Our Sponsor this week is Polka Songs dot com, the source for all your pirated polka music!  We open the show with guys from Metallica telling you how shitty you are for downloading their music and close with Terra Naomi being caught stealing! 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/T-I7ZpXphzY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: A Brief History of The Music Industry http://www.musicthinktank.com/mtt-open/a-brief-history-of-the-music-industry.html Putting the Band Back Together https://ir.citi.com/QnhL09FARMDbvMhnCWFtjkqYOlPmgXqWS5Wrjts%2B6usU7suR9o7uUEFwZNjmUfyrAn10iZxCkYc%3D Napster: the day the music was set free https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/24/napster-music-free-file-sharing 12-year-old settles music swap lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/ Artists, Musicians and the Internet https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2004/12/05/artists-musicians-and-the-internet/ The Year The Music Dies https://www.wired.com/2003/02/dirge/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 It's A Pirate's Life for Me Part Two: Downloaded From Napster full 6 318 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we wrap up our series on music piracy with the halcyon days of Napster before the music industry flooded it with porn and viruses! (Yeah, we KNOW it was you, assholes!) Show Notes Episode 318: It’s A Pirate’s Life for Me Part Two: Downloaded from Napster This week Host Dave Bledsoe boots up his old laptop from college and is happy to discover he still remembers the password! (That’s because it is the same one he uses today and is the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!) On the show this week we wrap up our series on music piracy with the halcyon days of Napster before the music industry flooded it with porn and viruses!  (Yeah, we KNOW it was you, assholes!) Along the way we briefly visit Columbia House Records and explain why their business model actually DID work for so many years!  (Come to find out, people are really dumb!)  Then we dive right into the Information Superhighway circa 1999.  (Was there porn?  You betcha!) From there we say mean things about the recording industry for a good long while before finally getting around to talking about Napster.  (This show is really only tangentially about Napster, did you expect anything different?)  From there we talk about the rise and fall of file sharing, the fall and rise of the modern music industry and how throughout it all, it is still a corrupt, venal bunch of assholes dedicated to ripping off artists so they can make billions of dollars.  (#America) Finally we cover how the music industry recovered and found new and exciting ways to rip off the artists! Our Sponsor this week is Polka Songs dot com, the source for all your pirated polka music!  We open the show with guys from Metallica telling you how shitty you are for downloading their music and close with Terra Naomi being caught stealing! 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/T-I7ZpXphzY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: A Brief History of The Music Industry http://www.musicthinktank.com/mtt-open/a-brief-history-of-the-music-industry.html Putting the Band Back Together https://ir.citi.com/QnhL09FARMDbvMhnCWFtjkqYOlPmgXqWS5Wrjts%2B6usU7suR9o7uUEFwZNjmUfyrAn10iZxCkYc%3D Napster: the day the music was set free https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/24/napster-music-free-file-sharing 12-year-old settles music swap lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/ Artists, Musicians and the Internet https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2004/12/05/artists-musicians-and-the-internet/ The Year The Music Dies https://www.wired.com/2003/02/dirge/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 318: It’s A Pirate’s Life for Me Part Two: Downloaded from Napster


This week Host Dave Bledsoe boots up his old laptop from college and is happy to discover he still remembers the password! (That’s because it is the same one he uses today and is the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!) On the show this week we wrap up our series on music piracy with the halcyon days of Napster before the music industry flooded it with porn and viruses!  (Yeah, we KNOW it was you, assholes!)


Along the way we briefly visit Columbia House Records and explain why their business model actually DID work for so many years!  (Come to find out, people are really dumb!)  Then we dive right into the Information Superhighway circa 1999.  (Was there porn?  You betcha!) From there we say mean things about the recording industry for a good long while before finally getting around to talking about Napster.  (This show is really only tangentially about Napster, did you expect anything different?)  From there we talk about the rise and fall of file sharing, the fall and rise of the modern music industry and how throughout it all, it is still a corrupt, venal bunch of assholes dedicated to ripping off artists so they can make billions of dollars.  (#America) Finally we cover how the music industry recovered and found new and exciting ways to rip off the artists!


Our Sponsor this week is Polka Songs dot com, the source for all your pirated polka music!  We open the show with guys from Metallica telling you how shitty you are for downloading their music and close with Terra Naomi being caught stealing!


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/T-I7ZpXphzY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


A Brief History of The Music Industry

http://www.musicthinktank.com/mtt-open/a-brief-history-of-the-music-industry.html


Putting the Band Back Together

https://ir.citi.com/QnhL09FARMDbvMhnCWFtjkqYOlPmgXqWS5Wrjts%2B6usU7suR9o7uUEFwZNjmUfyrAn10iZxCkYc%3D


Napster: the day the music was set free

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/24/napster-music-free-file-sharing


12-year-old settles music swap lawsuit

https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/


Artists, Musicians and the Internet

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2004/12/05/artists-musicians-and-the-internet/


The Year The Music Dies

https://www.wired.com/2003/02/dirge/



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]]> 2297 yes Episode 317: It's A Pirate's Life For Me Part 1: Analog Days Show Notes Episode 317: It’s A Pirate’s Life For Me Part 1 Analog Days This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to charm the bartender with a mixtape he made for the bar consisting of songs about the drinks he would like to get for free, only to find his 80’s nostalgic gesture RUDELY rejected! (They broke his Walkman, throwing him out of Applebees. Again) On the show this week we take to the high seas of music piracy with all the ways we stole music before Sean Fanning freed the music in the year 2000! Along the way we learn a lot about Dave’s peculiar fondness for the song Goodbye Mary Lou from the Statler Brothers. (Mary Lou was the name of the first girl who knew better than to date him) From there we dive right into the history of music creation and the theft of music by the wealthy long before us peons ever dreamed of downloading I Want It That Way from Napster. (We love that song, but we refuse to PAY for it!) From there we learn how early music pirates swashed their buckles with sheet music and how suddenly, when corporate money became involved, that sort of thing became illegal. Then we learn how Congress finally got around to considering music worthy of copyright protection in 1909. (Again, see the part where corporate money became involved.) Finally we find out how your mixtapes scare the shit out of the record companies until Compact Discs came along and made you buy the White Album. (Again) Our Sponsor this week is Dieter the Music Man’s Sheet Music Emporium, just the hits, not of the shit. We open with Dread Pirate Roberts and close with Woody Guthrie singing about a really great night of oral sex, we think. 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/ufWdpNSs3DM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Music Piracy In… The Beginning https://haveyouheard.it/music-piracy-in-the-beginning/ The Long History of Music Piracy https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-long-history-of-music-piracy/ Sued for Playing Whitney: Bar Owners Fighting Relentless Drive for Music Fees https://www.phillymag.com/business/2015/11/11/silk-city-bmi/ Music Piracy In… The 1980s https://haveyouheard.it/music-piracy-in-the-1980s/ 35 Years Ago: The U.K. Launches the ‘Home Taping Is Killing Music’ Campaign https://diffuser.fm/home-taping-is-killing-music-uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 It's A Pirate's Life For Me Part 1: Analog Days full 6 317 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we take to the high seas of music piracy with all the ways we stole music before Sean Fanning freed the music in the year 2000! Show Notes Episode 317: It’s A Pirate’s Life For Me Part 1 Analog Days This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to charm the bartender with a mixtape he made for the bar consisting of songs about the drinks he would like to get for free, only to find his 80’s nostalgic gesture RUDELY rejected! (They broke his Walkman, throwing him out of Applebees. Again) On the show this week we take to the high seas of music piracy with all the ways we stole music before Sean Fanning freed the music in the year 2000! Along the way we learn a lot about Dave’s peculiar fondness for the song Goodbye Mary Lou from the Statler Brothers. (Mary Lou was the name of the first girl who knew better than to date him) From there we dive right into the history of music creation and the theft of music by the wealthy long before us peons ever dreamed of downloading I Want It That Way from Napster. (We love that song, but we refuse to PAY for it!) From there we learn how early music pirates swashed their buckles with sheet music and how suddenly, when corporate money became involved, that sort of thing became illegal. Then we learn how Congress finally got around to considering music worthy of copyright protection in 1909. (Again, see the part where corporate money became involved.) Finally we find out how your mixtapes scare the shit out of the record companies until Compact Discs came along and made you buy the White Album. (Again) Our Sponsor this week is Dieter the Music Man’s Sheet Music Emporium, just the hits, not of the shit. We open with Dread Pirate Roberts and close with Woody Guthrie singing about a really great night of oral sex, we think. 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/ufWdpNSs3DM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Music Piracy In… The Beginning https://haveyouheard.it/music-piracy-in-the-beginning/ The Long History of Music Piracy https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-long-history-of-music-piracy/ Sued for Playing Whitney: Bar Owners Fighting Relentless Drive for Music Fees https://www.phillymag.com/business/2015/11/11/silk-city-bmi/ Music Piracy In… The 1980s https://haveyouheard.it/music-piracy-in-the-1980s/ 35 Years Ago: The U.K. Launches the ‘Home Taping Is Killing Music’ Campaign https://diffuser.fm/home-taping-is-killing-music-uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 317: It’s A Pirate’s Life For Me Part 1 Analog Days


This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to charm the bartender with a mixtape he made for the bar consisting of songs about the drinks he would like to get for free, only to find his 80’s nostalgic gesture RUDELY rejected! (They broke his Walkman, throwing him out of Applebees. Again) On the show this week we take to the high seas of music piracy with all the ways we stole music before Sean Fanning freed the music in the year 2000!


Along the way we learn a lot about Dave’s peculiar fondness for the song Goodbye Mary Lou from the Statler Brothers. (Mary Lou was the name of the first girl who knew better than to date him) From there we dive right into the history of music creation and the theft of music by the wealthy long before us peons ever dreamed of downloading I Want It That Way from Napster. (We love that song, but we refuse to PAY for it!) From there we learn how early music pirates swashed their buckles with sheet music and how suddenly, when corporate money became involved, that sort of thing became illegal. Then we learn how Congress finally got around to considering music worthy of copyright protection in 1909. (Again, see the part where corporate money became involved.) Finally we find out how your mixtapes scare the shit out of the record companies until Compact Discs came along and made you buy the White Album. (Again)


Our Sponsor this week is Dieter the Music Man’s Sheet Music Emporium, just the hits, not of the shit. We open with Dread Pirate Roberts and close with Woody Guthrie singing about a really great night of oral sex, we think.



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/ufWdpNSs3DM

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Music Piracy In… The Beginning

https://haveyouheard.it/music-piracy-in-the-beginning/


The Long History of Music Piracy

https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-long-history-of-music-piracy/


Sued for Playing Whitney: Bar Owners Fighting Relentless Drive for Music Fees

https://www.phillymag.com/business/2015/11/11/silk-city-bmi/


Music Piracy In… The 1980s

https://haveyouheard.it/music-piracy-in-the-1980s/


35 Years Ago: The U.K. Launches the ‘Home Taping Is Killing Music’ Campaign

https://diffuser.fm/home-taping-is-killing-music-uk/

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]]> 1878 yes Episode 316: It's Not A COMMERCIAL! It's A Cartoon Episode 316: It Is NOT A Commercial, It’s A Cartoon This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands recognition for his service in the Toy Wars of the 1980’s and at least 50% disability pay for the wounds he suffered. (He chipped his tooth while opening a beer bottle in his mouth.) On the show this week we talk about how in 1982 cartoons became toy commercials with toy commercials in them. (If you think Ronald Reagan had something to do with it, you win a prize!) Along the way we learn about Dave’s complex history with He Man and the Masters of the Universe. (He doesn’t like to talk about the time his parents yelled at them for playing He Man in the tub when he was almost 13! Hah HAH! They thought it was gay! HAH HAH!) Then we move right along to the history of the most influential toy company of the 20th Century and it is NOT the one you think it is, probably because this company didn’t make the Star Wars toys that made that other company so successful. From there we explain to you exactly how kids television went to shit so fast in the 1980’s. (The reasons will NOT shock you!) Our Sponsor this week is the USS Flagg GI Joe Playset, teaching 80’s kids they were poor the hard way. We open with the commercial for wealth inequality and close with AMASIC signing about their Barbie Fetish.  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/PQ2WMrwdfHU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Great Marketing Deregulation https://bettermarketing.pub/the-great-marketing-deregulation-2125a0efe094 Masters of the Universe Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe#History_and_versions_of_the_franchise Weekday Cartoons Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekday_cartoon#1980s Reagan Vetoes Bill Putting Limits On TV Programming for Children https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/us/reagan-vetoes-bill-putting-limits-on-tv-programming-for-children.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 It's Not A COMMERCIAL! It's A Cartoon full 6 316 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about how in 1982 cartoons became toy commercials with toy commercials in them. (If you think Ronald Reagan had something to do with it, you win a prize!) Episode 316: It Is NOT A Commercial, It’s A Cartoon This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands recognition for his service in the Toy Wars of the 1980’s and at least 50% disability pay for the wounds he suffered. (He chipped his tooth while opening a beer bottle in his mouth.) On the show this week we talk about how in 1982 cartoons became toy commercials with toy commercials in them. (If you think Ronald Reagan had something to do with it, you win a prize!) Along the way we learn about Dave’s complex history with He Man and the Masters of the Universe. (He doesn’t like to talk about the time his parents yelled at them for playing He Man in the tub when he was almost 13! Hah HAH! They thought it was gay! HAH HAH!) Then we move right along to the history of the most influential toy company of the 20th Century and it is NOT the one you think it is, probably because this company didn’t make the Star Wars toys that made that other company so successful. From there we explain to you exactly how kids television went to shit so fast in the 1980’s. (The reasons will NOT shock you!) Our Sponsor this week is the USS Flagg GI Joe Playset, teaching 80’s kids they were poor the hard way. We open with the commercial for wealth inequality and close with AMASIC signing about their Barbie Fetish.  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/PQ2WMrwdfHU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Great Marketing Deregulation https://bettermarketing.pub/the-great-marketing-deregulation-2125a0efe094 Masters of the Universe Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe#History_and_versions_of_the_franchise Weekday Cartoons Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekday_cartoon#1980s Reagan Vetoes Bill Putting Limits On TV Programming for Children https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/us/reagan-vetoes-bill-putting-limits-on-tv-programming-for-children.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands recognition for his service in the Toy Wars of the 1980’s and at least 50% disability pay for the wounds he suffered. (He chipped his tooth while opening a beer bottle in his mouth.) On the show this week we talk about how in 1982 cartoons became toy commercials with toy commercials in them. (If you think Ronald Reagan had something to do with it, you win a prize!)


Along the way we learn about Dave’s complex history with He Man and the Masters of the Universe. (He doesn’t like to talk about the time his parents yelled at them for playing He Man in the tub when he was almost 13! Hah HAH! They thought it was gay! HAH HAH!) Then we move right along to the history of the most influential toy company of the 20th Century and it is NOT the one you think it is, probably because this company didn’t make the Star Wars toys that made that other company so successful. From there we explain to you exactly how kids television went to shit so fast in the 1980’s. (The reasons will NOT shock you!)


Our Sponsor this week is the USS Flagg GI Joe Playset, teaching 80’s kids they were poor the hard way. We open with the commercial for wealth inequality and close with AMASIC signing about their Barbie Fetish. 


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/PQ2WMrwdfHU

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The Great Marketing Deregulation

https://bettermarketing.pub/the-great-marketing-deregulation-2125a0efe094


Masters of the Universe Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe#History_and_versions_of_the_franchise


Weekday Cartoons Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekday_cartoon#1980s


Reagan Vetoes Bill Putting Limits On TV Programming for Children

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/us/reagan-vetoes-bill-putting-limits-on-tv-programming-for-children.html



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]]> 2168 yes Episode 315: You Can't Avoid THAT Noid! Show Notes Episode 315: Can’t Avoid THAT Noid! This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself in a compromising position with a large plush doll he had assumed was an amorous Furry due to his state of intoxication. (Again) On the show this week, take a look back at the Cartoon Brand Mascots of the 1980’s in preparation for a whole other show we are planning NEXT week! (It's called FORESHADOWING PEOPLE! And it is a commonly used tactic in podcasting!)  Along the way we head back to the very first Brand Mascot in history, Wilford Brimley! Then we learn about how raisin growers in California tried to kill each over dried up grapes! (This was a thing that happened!) Then we get to the business of 80’s nostalgia with all your favorite commercial mascots, Chester Cheetah, The California Raisins and that Red Dot that we heard somewhere people wanted to have sex with. (Someone PLEASE tell us this is not just a product of Dave’s Brain, and there ARE people out there who want to Do the Dot!) Then, because you can’t avoid it, the short sad life of The Noid! (You remember the Noid, but do you remember Mr. Noid? That is the problem!) Our Sponsor this week is Gavvie the Lovable Producer, a new plush toy from Seltzer Kings. We open the show with Chester Cheetah proclaiming just and damn truth really, and close with GIl Scott Heron explaining Manhattan geography. 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/btNbCUHAXvY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Quaker Oats Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Oats_Company#Logo STARDOM IS FEAT OF CLAY FOR CALIFORNIA RAISINS https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-01-25-0010260008-story.html The Untold Truth Of Chester Cheetah https://www.mashed.com/297982/the-untold-truth-of-chester-cheetah/ Death And Pizza: How Domino’s Lost Its Mascot https://www.fastcompany.com/3032911/kidnapping-death-pizza-how-dominos-lost-its-mascot How Domino's Pizza Lost Its Mascot https://priceonomics.com/how-dominos-pizza-lost-its-mascot/ How Mascots Play A Crucial Part In Humanizing The Brand? https://www.designmantic.com/blog/mascots-humanizing-the-brands/ Uncited Additional Reading https://erinsweeneydesign.com/marketing/a-history-of-the-most-iconic-brand-mascots-since-1877/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_advertising_characters https://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2019/10/80s-food-advertising-mascots-video-games.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 31 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 You Can't Avoid THAT Noid! full 6 315 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, take a look back at the Cartoon Brand Mascots of the 1980’s in preparation for a whole other show we are planning NEXT week! (It's called FORESHADOWING PEOPLE! And it is a commonly used tactic in podcasting!) Show Notes Episode 315: Can’t Avoid THAT Noid! This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself in a compromising position with a large plush doll he had assumed was an amorous Furry due to his state of intoxication. (Again) On the show this week, take a look back at the Cartoon Brand Mascots of the 1980’s in preparation for a whole other show we are planning NEXT week! (It's called FORESHADOWING PEOPLE! And it is a commonly used tactic in podcasting!)  Along the way we head back to the very first Brand Mascot in history, Wilford Brimley! Then we learn about how raisin growers in California tried to kill each over dried up grapes! (This was a thing that happened!) Then we get to the business of 80’s nostalgia with all your favorite commercial mascots, Chester Cheetah, The California Raisins and that Red Dot that we heard somewhere people wanted to have sex with. (Someone PLEASE tell us this is not just a product of Dave’s Brain, and there ARE people out there who want to Do the Dot!) Then, because you can’t avoid it, the short sad life of The Noid! (You remember the Noid, but do you remember Mr. Noid? That is the problem!) Our Sponsor this week is Gavvie the Lovable Producer, a new plush toy from Seltzer Kings. We open the show with Chester Cheetah proclaiming just and damn truth really, and close with GIl Scott Heron explaining Manhattan geography. 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/btNbCUHAXvY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Quaker Oats Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Oats_Company#Logo STARDOM IS FEAT OF CLAY FOR CALIFORNIA RAISINS https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-01-25-0010260008-story.html The Untold Truth Of Chester Cheetah https://www.mashed.com/297982/the-untold-truth-of-chester-cheetah/ Death And Pizza: How Domino’s Lost Its Mascot https://www.fastcompany.com/3032911/kidnapping-death-pizza-how-dominos-lost-its-mascot How Domino's Pizza Lost Its Mascot https://priceonomics.com/how-dominos-pizza-lost-its-mascot/ How Mascots Play A Crucial Part In Humanizing The Brand? https://www.designmantic.com/blog/mascots-humanizing-the-brands/ Uncited Additional Reading https://erinsweeneydesign.com/marketing/a-history-of-the-most-iconic-brand-mascots-since-1877/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_advertising_characters https://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2019/10/80s-food-advertising-mascots-video-games.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 315: Can’t Avoid THAT Noid!


This week Host Dave Bledsoe found himself in a compromising position with a large plush doll he had assumed was an amorous Furry due to his state of intoxication. (Again) On the show this week, take a look back at the Cartoon Brand Mascots of the 1980’s in preparation for a whole other show we are planning NEXT week! (It's called FORESHADOWING PEOPLE! And it is a commonly used tactic in podcasting!) 


Along the way we head back to the very first Brand Mascot in history, Wilford Brimley! Then we learn about how raisin growers in California tried to kill each over dried up grapes! (This was a thing that happened!) Then we get to the business of 80’s nostalgia with all your favorite commercial mascots, Chester Cheetah, The California Raisins and that Red Dot that we heard somewhere people wanted to have sex with. (Someone PLEASE tell us this is not just a product of Dave’s Brain, and there ARE people out there who want to Do the Dot!) Then, because you can’t avoid it, the short sad life of The Noid! (You remember the Noid, but do you remember Mr. Noid? That is the problem!)


Our Sponsor this week is Gavvie the Lovable Producer, a new plush toy from Seltzer Kings. We open the show with Chester Cheetah proclaiming just and damn truth really, and close with GIl Scott Heron explaining Manhattan geography.


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/btNbCUHAXvY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


Quaker Oats Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Oats_Company#Logo


STARDOM IS FEAT OF CLAY FOR CALIFORNIA RAISINS

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-01-25-0010260008-story.html


The Untold Truth Of Chester Cheetah

https://www.mashed.com/297982/the-untold-truth-of-chester-cheetah/


Death And Pizza: How Domino’s Lost Its Mascot

https://www.fastcompany.com/3032911/kidnapping-death-pizza-how-dominos-lost-its-mascot


How Domino's Pizza Lost Its Mascot

https://priceonomics.com/how-dominos-pizza-lost-its-mascot/


How Mascots Play A Crucial Part In Humanizing The Brand?

https://www.designmantic.com/blog/mascots-humanizing-the-brands/


Uncited Additional Reading


https://erinsweeneydesign.com/marketing/a-history-of-the-most-iconic-brand-mascots-since-1877/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_advertising_characters


https://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2019/10/80s-food-advertising-mascots-video-games.html

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]]> 1810 yes Episode 314: Check A Coin With Your Witcher Show Notes Episode 314: Check A Coin With Your Witcher This week Host Dave Bledsoe slaps a coin down on the bar and demands free drinks only to be told his useless memorabilia is not legal tender. (Again) On the show this week we are talking about the curious culture of the Challenge Coin! (COIN CHECK!) Along the way we learn what Dave had to do to earn his only Challenge Coin. (Fortunately it did not involve an Ookie Cookie as far as we can tell!) Then we dive right into the odd history and application of a military tradition that has somehow crept into the everyday life of America. From its humble beginning in the Roman Legion, where the Imperator would reward the Butchest Optio in the ranks, to its evolution over the skies of France in World War One, where the leader would press one into the hands of the butchest gunner in the squadron! (Oh Carl, you are SO virile!) Finally the modern incarnation that began with bullets and like most things involving the Special Forces grew out of control really quick! (Never drink with Specs Op, just don’t!) All the way up to today, when Challenge Coins are handed out like tic tacs by assistant managers during the monthly sales meeting at Quicky Jim's Reliable Second Hand Cars! (Vernon you’ve topped last month's numbers AGAIN!) If you don’t know what a challenge coin is, you will by the time we are done thus earning yourself a challenge coin! See Dave for your coin! Our Sponsor this week is Seltzer Koin, when you really want a coin and don’t mind paying for it, Seltzer Koin! We open with NBC News talking about challenge coins and close with Violet Orandi coin checking her local Witcher! 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/HiXY-xghv-Q We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Coin Check https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/coin-check/ Challenge Coin Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin A Brief History of Challenge Coins https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12630/brief-history-challenge-coins Military's prized 'challenge coins' become copycat fad among agencies, politicians, companies https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/militarys-prized-challenge-coins-become-copycat-fad-in-federal-washington/2011/02/12/ABaTEZQ_story.html NYPD Defends "Challenge Coins" That Call East Flatbush Precinct "Fort Jah" https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-defends-challenge-coins-dubbing-east-flatbush-precinct-fort-jah Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-state-police-challenge-coin-trooper-tirade-20200715-43pydiewrnff7bp7g6ckfp7alm-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/politics/challenge-coins.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Check A Coin With Your Witcher full 6 314 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we are talking about the curious culture of the Challenge Coin! (COIN CHECK!) Show Notes Episode 314: Check A Coin With Your Witcher This week Host Dave Bledsoe slaps a coin down on the bar and demands free drinks only to be told his useless memorabilia is not legal tender. (Again) On the show this week we are talking about the curious culture of the Challenge Coin! (COIN CHECK!) Along the way we learn what Dave had to do to earn his only Challenge Coin. (Fortunately it did not involve an Ookie Cookie as far as we can tell!) Then we dive right into the odd history and application of a military tradition that has somehow crept into the everyday life of America. From its humble beginning in the Roman Legion, where the Imperator would reward the Butchest Optio in the ranks, to its evolution over the skies of France in World War One, where the leader would press one into the hands of the butchest gunner in the squadron! (Oh Carl, you are SO virile!) Finally the modern incarnation that began with bullets and like most things involving the Special Forces grew out of control really quick! (Never drink with Specs Op, just don’t!) All the way up to today, when Challenge Coins are handed out like tic tacs by assistant managers during the monthly sales meeting at Quicky Jim's Reliable Second Hand Cars! (Vernon you’ve topped last month's numbers AGAIN!) If you don’t know what a challenge coin is, you will by the time we are done thus earning yourself a challenge coin! See Dave for your coin! Our Sponsor this week is Seltzer Koin, when you really want a coin and don’t mind paying for it, Seltzer Koin! We open with NBC News talking about challenge coins and close with Violet Orandi coin checking her local Witcher! 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/HiXY-xghv-Q We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Coin Check https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/coin-check/ Challenge Coin Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin A Brief History of Challenge Coins https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12630/brief-history-challenge-coins Military's prized 'challenge coins' become copycat fad among agencies, politicians, companies https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/militarys-prized-challenge-coins-become-copycat-fad-in-federal-washington/2011/02/12/ABaTEZQ_story.html NYPD Defends "Challenge Coins" That Call East Flatbush Precinct "Fort Jah" https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-defends-challenge-coins-dubbing-east-flatbush-precinct-fort-jah Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-state-police-challenge-coin-trooper-tirade-20200715-43pydiewrnff7bp7g6ckfp7alm-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/politics/challenge-coins.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 314: Check A Coin With Your Witcher


This week Host Dave Bledsoe slaps a coin down on the bar and demands free drinks only to be told his useless memorabilia is not legal tender. (Again) On the show this week we are talking about the curious culture of the Challenge Coin! (COIN CHECK!)


Along the way we learn what Dave had to do to earn his only Challenge Coin. (Fortunately it did not involve an Ookie Cookie as far as we can tell!) Then we dive right into the odd history and application of a military tradition that has somehow crept into the everyday life of America. From its humble beginning in the Roman Legion, where the Imperator would reward the Butchest Optio in the ranks, to its evolution over the skies of France in World War One, where the leader would press one into the hands of the butchest gunner in the squadron! (Oh Carl, you are SO virile!) Finally the modern incarnation that began with bullets and like most things involving the Special Forces grew out of control really quick! (Never drink with Specs Op, just don’t!) All the way up to today, when Challenge Coins are handed out like tic tacs by assistant managers during the monthly sales meeting at Quicky Jim's Reliable Second Hand Cars! (Vernon you’ve topped last month's numbers AGAIN!) If you don’t know what a challenge coin is, you will by the time we are done thus earning yourself a challenge coin! See Dave for your coin!


Our Sponsor this week is Seltzer Koin, when you really want a coin and don’t mind paying for it, Seltzer Koin! We open with NBC News talking about challenge coins and close with Violet Orandi coin checking her local Witcher!


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/HiXY-xghv-Q

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Coin Check

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/coin-check/


Challenge Coin Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin


A Brief History of Challenge Coins

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12630/brief-history-challenge-coins


Military's prized 'challenge coins' become copycat fad among agencies, politicians, companies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/militarys-prized-challenge-coins-become-copycat-fad-in-federal-washington/2011/02/12/ABaTEZQ_story.html


NYPD Defends "Challenge Coins" That Call East Flatbush Precinct "Fort Jah"

https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-defends-challenge-coins-dubbing-east-flatbush-precinct-fort-jah


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-state-police-challenge-coin-trooper-tirade-20200715-43pydiewrnff7bp7g6ckfp7alm-story.html


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/politics/challenge-coins.html

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]]> 1947 yes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More Show Notes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up coughing from what he is sure is just cat dander and allergies, and proceeds to light the first smoke of the day! (We’re sure everything is fine!) On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there! (25 miles, only 400 packs of Marlboro Reds to go to get that awesome windbreaker!) Along the way we learn of Dave’s formative years using an addictive chemical to give him the illusion of being cool. (Cigarettes, not alcohol.That came slightly later.) From there we dive into the history of cigarettes advertising in the 80’s and 90’s after Nixon kicked them off the television. (Someone must have failed to contribute to Dick’s campaign!) We learn how the Brands needed something new and exciting to capture that youth market, and cowboys were NOT cool in 1992! (Except for you Garth Brooks!) We go on to talk about Marlboro Miles, the Marlboro Old Country Store and how you could spend $500 bucks on a ten dollar igloo cooler! Then we spend some time with the Camel that Kills, Joe Camel. (Joe didn’t kill kids, but he DID help kill big tobacco!) Finally, we explain that advertising isn’t what made kids smoke, it was the stress of life lived with Baby Boomers.  Our Sponsor this week is Cancer Cash, the smoking loyalty program that earns money for your future cancer treatment! We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Brian Schmidt explaining the distance he and his friends will travel to pass out on your doorstep! 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/VBkVhBBQ2ME We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Cigarette brand loyalty in Australia: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/23/suppl_1/i73.info THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; The Marlboro Man Is Missing in Action in New Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/business/media-business-advertising-marlboro-man-missing-action-new-campaign.html THE MOST SINISTER CIGARETTE PROMOTION OF ALL TIME https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-most-sinister-cigarette-promotion-of-all-time Joe Camel (1974-1997) https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2017/09/17/joe-camel-1974-1997/ Joe Camel, a Giant in Tobacco Marketing, Is Dead at 23 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/11/business/joe-camel-a-giant-in-tobacco-marketing-is-dead-at-23.html Joe Camel Video ABC https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/july-10-1997-end-joe-camel-ads-10616510 Uncited Additional Reading: https://ourpastimes.com/redeem-marlboro-miles-5538903.html https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/306669-settlement-reached-camel-cash-class-action-lawsuit/ https://sites.middlebury.edu/smokingkills/forms-of-tobacco-advertisement/ https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/03/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-20th-century-tobacco-advertisements.html https://www.owlapps.net/owlapps_apps/articles?id=58395791&lang=en https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-legislation-banning-cigarette-ads-on-tv-and-radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More full 6 313 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there! Show Notes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up coughing from what he is sure is just cat dander and allergies, and proceeds to light the first smoke of the day! (We’re sure everything is fine!) On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there! (25 miles, only 400 packs of Marlboro Reds to go to get that awesome windbreaker!) Along the way we learn of Dave’s formative years using an addictive chemical to give him the illusion of being cool. (Cigarettes, not alcohol.That came slightly later.) From there we dive into the history of cigarettes advertising in the 80’s and 90’s after Nixon kicked them off the television. (Someone must have failed to contribute to Dick’s campaign!) We learn how the Brands needed something new and exciting to capture that youth market, and cowboys were NOT cool in 1992! (Except for you Garth Brooks!) We go on to talk about Marlboro Miles, the Marlboro Old Country Store and how you could spend $500 bucks on a ten dollar igloo cooler! Then we spend some time with the Camel that Kills, Joe Camel. (Joe didn’t kill kids, but he DID help kill big tobacco!) Finally, we explain that advertising isn’t what made kids smoke, it was the stress of life lived with Baby Boomers.  Our Sponsor this week is Cancer Cash, the smoking loyalty program that earns money for your future cancer treatment! We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Brian Schmidt explaining the distance he and his friends will travel to pass out on your doorstep! 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/VBkVhBBQ2ME We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Cigarette brand loyalty in Australia: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/23/suppl_1/i73.info THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; The Marlboro Man Is Missing in Action in New Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/business/media-business-advertising-marlboro-man-missing-action-new-campaign.html THE MOST SINISTER CIGARETTE PROMOTION OF ALL TIME https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-most-sinister-cigarette-promotion-of-all-time Joe Camel (1974-1997) https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2017/09/17/joe-camel-1974-1997/ Joe Camel, a Giant in Tobacco Marketing, Is Dead at 23 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/11/business/joe-camel-a-giant-in-tobacco-marketing-is-dead-at-23.html Joe Camel Video ABC https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/july-10-1997-end-joe-camel-ads-10616510 Uncited Additional Reading: https://ourpastimes.com/redeem-marlboro-miles-5538903.html https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/306669-settlement-reached-camel-cash-class-action-lawsuit/ https://sites.middlebury.edu/smokingkills/forms-of-tobacco-advertisement/ https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/03/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-20th-century-tobacco-advertisements.html https://www.owlapps.net/owlapps_apps/articles?id=58395791&lang=en https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-legislation-banning-cigarette-ads-on-tv-and-radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 313: I Would Smoke 500 Miles, And I Would Smoke 500 More


This week Host Dave Bledsoe wakes up coughing from what he is sure is just cat dander and allergies, and proceeds to light the first smoke of the day! (We’re sure everything is fine!) On the show this week, we open up that one drawer in the kitchen with all the menus and a phone book from 2001 to see how many Marlboro Miles we can find in there! (25 miles, only 400 packs of Marlboro Reds to go to get that awesome windbreaker!)


Along the way we learn of Dave’s formative years using an addictive chemical to give him the illusion of being cool. (Cigarettes, not alcohol.That came slightly later.) From there we dive into the history of cigarettes advertising in the 80’s and 90’s after Nixon kicked them off the television. (Someone must have failed to contribute to Dick’s campaign!) We learn how the Brands needed something new and exciting to capture that youth market, and cowboys were NOT cool in 1992! (Except for you Garth Brooks!) We go on to talk about Marlboro Miles, the Marlboro Old Country Store and how you could spend $500 bucks on a ten dollar igloo cooler! Then we spend some time with the Camel that Kills, Joe Camel. (Joe didn’t kill kids, but he DID help kill big tobacco!) Finally, we explain that advertising isn’t what made kids smoke, it was the stress of life lived with Baby Boomers. 


Our Sponsor this week is Cancer Cash, the smoking loyalty program that earns money for your future cancer treatment! We open the show with the Merchants of Death and close with Brian Schmidt explaining the distance he and his friends will travel to pass out on your doorstep!


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/VBkVhBBQ2ME

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Cigarette brand loyalty in Australia: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey

https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/23/suppl_1/i73.info


THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; The Marlboro Man Is Missing in Action in New Campaign

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/business/media-business-advertising-marlboro-man-missing-action-new-campaign.html


THE MOST SINISTER CIGARETTE PROMOTION OF ALL TIME

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-most-sinister-cigarette-promotion-of-all-time


Joe Camel (1974-1997)

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/2017/09/17/joe-camel-1974-1997/


Joe Camel, a Giant in Tobacco Marketing, Is Dead at 23

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/11/business/joe-camel-a-giant-in-tobacco-marketing-is-dead-at-23.html


Joe Camel Video ABC https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/july-10-1997-end-joe-camel-ads-10616510


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://ourpastimes.com/redeem-marlboro-miles-5538903.html


https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/306669-settlement-reached-camel-cash-class-action-lawsuit/


https://sites.middlebury.edu/smokingkills/forms-of-tobacco-advertisement/


https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/03/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-20th-century-tobacco-advertisements.html


https://www.owlapps.net/owlapps_apps/articles?id=58395791&lang=en


https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-legislation-banning-cigarette-ads-on-tv-and-radio

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]]> 2011 yes Episode 312: Oh, Oh, Here He Come, He’s A John Titor Show Notes Episode 312: Oh, Oh, Here He Come, He’s A John Titor This week Host Dave Bledsoe constructs a time machine to travel back in time before he accrued these unreasonable bar tabs in order to drink them a second time. (He actually just forgot what bar he was drinking in and wandered back in for more booze. Third time this week) On the show this week we tune in Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell and try to remember our AIM password, because we are talking about Time Traveler John Titor!  Along the way we discover what Dave and George RR Martin have in common, besides procrastination and a heavy drinking problem. (allegedly) Then we head back to 1998 where Art has opened the wild card lines to time travelers to meet Mr John Titor! Chrononaut, American Soldier and fan of Ayn Rand. (Which is all you really need to know about John!) From there we learn about why Titor came back, his love of modestly priced Toyota station wagons (reliability AND fun!) and the temporal mechanics involved in utilizing a General Electric Army C204 temporal displacement device. (Step one, plug the unit into a 110 volt power supply) Also why John came back for an antiquated IBM computer. (He had the high score in Pong on it, and wanted to preserve it for posterity) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Obsolete Computer Warehouse, when you need junk think Fast Eddie. We open with Art’s broadcast that started it all and close with Justin Armstrong’s warning about Titor. 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/0T2GDLjSsnY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: From east of the Rockies to beyond the fringe https://theoutline.com/post/4343/art-bell-coast-to-coast-am-obitiuary The Oral History of John Titor, the Man Who Traveled Back in Time to Save the Internet https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/john-titor-time-traveler-predictions-story Who was John Titor, the 'time traveller' who came from 2036 to warn us of a nuclear war? https://web.archive.org/web/20170622161305/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11945420/Who-was-John-Titor-the-time-traveller-who-came-from-2036-to-warn-us-of-a-nuclear-war.html CIVIL WAR http://johntitor.com/Pages/CivilWar.html In the year 2000, a time traveler appeared to predict the future https://aux.avclub.com/in-the-year-2000-a-time-traveler-appeared-to-predict-t-1798247490 Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-man-who-told-the-internet-hed-come-from-the-future-5869362 https://www.postbulletin.com/rochester-magazine/6735231-John-Titor-Who-was-the-time-traveler-that-visited-Rochester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 10 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Oh, Oh, Here He Come, He’s A John Titor full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tune in Coast to Coast AM from Art Bell and try to remember our AIM password, because we are talking about Time Traveler John Titor! Show Notes Episode 312: Oh, Oh, Here He Come, He’s A John Titor This week Host Dave Bledsoe constructs a time machine to travel back in time before he accrued these unreasonable bar tabs in order to drink them a second time. (He actually just forgot what bar he was drinking in and wandered back in for more booze. Third time this week) On the show this week we tune in Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell and try to remember our AIM password, because we are talking about Time Traveler John Titor!  Along the way we discover what Dave and George RR Martin have in common, besides procrastination and a heavy drinking problem. (allegedly) Then we head back to 1998 where Art has opened the wild card lines to time travelers to meet Mr John Titor! Chrononaut, American Soldier and fan of Ayn Rand. (Which is all you really need to know about John!) From there we learn about why Titor came back, his love of modestly priced Toyota station wagons (reliability AND fun!) and the temporal mechanics involved in utilizing a General Electric Army C204 temporal displacement device. (Step one, plug the unit into a 110 volt power supply) Also why John came back for an antiquated IBM computer. (He had the high score in Pong on it, and wanted to preserve it for posterity) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Obsolete Computer Warehouse, when you need junk think Fast Eddie. We open with Art’s broadcast that started it all and close with Justin Armstrong’s warning about Titor. 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/0T2GDLjSsnY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: From east of the Rockies to beyond the fringe https://theoutline.com/post/4343/art-bell-coast-to-coast-am-obitiuary The Oral History of John Titor, the Man Who Traveled Back in Time to Save the Internet https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/john-titor-time-traveler-predictions-story Who was John Titor, the 'time traveller' who came from 2036 to warn us of a nuclear war? https://web.archive.org/web/20170622161305/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11945420/Who-was-John-Titor-the-time-traveller-who-came-from-2036-to-warn-us-of-a-nuclear-war.html CIVIL WAR http://johntitor.com/Pages/CivilWar.html In the year 2000, a time traveler appeared to predict the future https://aux.avclub.com/in-the-year-2000-a-time-traveler-appeared-to-predict-t-1798247490 Uncited Additional Reading:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-man-who-told-the-internet-hed-come-from-the-future-5869362 https://www.postbulletin.com/rochester-magazine/6735231-John-Titor-Who-was-the-time-traveler-that-visited-Rochester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 312: Oh, Oh, Here He Come, He’s A John Titor

This week Host Dave Bledsoe constructs a time machine to travel back in time before he accrued these unreasonable bar tabs in order to drink them a second time. (He actually just forgot what bar he was drinking in and wandered back in for more booze. Third time this week) On the show this week we tune in Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell and try to remember our AIM password, because we are talking about Time Traveler John Titor! 


Along the way we discover what Dave and George RR Martin have in common, besides procrastination and a heavy drinking problem. (allegedly) Then we head back to 1998 where Art has opened the wild card lines to time travelers to meet Mr John Titor! Chrononaut, American Soldier and fan of Ayn Rand. (Which is all you really need to know about John!) From there we learn about why Titor came back, his love of modestly priced Toyota station wagons (reliability AND fun!) and the temporal mechanics involved in utilizing a General Electric Army C204 temporal displacement device. (Step one, plug the unit into a 110 volt power supply) Also why John came back for an antiquated IBM computer. (He had the high score in Pong on it, and wanted to preserve it for posterity)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Obsolete Computer Warehouse, when you need junk think Fast Eddie. We open with Art’s broadcast that started it all and close with Justin Armstrong’s warning about Titor.


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/0T2GDLjSsnY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


From east of the Rockies to beyond the fringe

https://theoutline.com/post/4343/art-bell-coast-to-coast-am-obitiuary


The Oral History of John Titor, the Man Who Traveled Back in Time to Save the Internet

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/john-titor-time-traveler-predictions-story


Who was John Titor, the 'time traveller' who came from 2036 to warn us of a nuclear war?

https://web.archive.org/web/20170622161305/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11945420/Who-was-John-Titor-the-time-traveller-who-came-from-2036-to-warn-us-of-a-nuclear-war.html


CIVIL WAR

http://johntitor.com/Pages/CivilWar.html


In the year 2000, a time traveler appeared to predict the future

https://aux.avclub.com/in-the-year-2000-a-time-traveler-appeared-to-predict-t-1798247490


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor


https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-man-who-told-the-internet-hed-come-from-the-future-5869362


https://www.postbulletin.com/rochester-magazine/6735231-John-Titor-Who-was-the-time-traveler-that-visited-Rochester

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]]> 1872 Episode 311: The Truth According to Linda Hood Sigmon Pt 2 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis Show Notes Episode 311: The Truth According to Linda Hood Sigmon  Pt 2 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis  This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists he has photographic proof that not only is Elvis ALIVE, but Elvis personally paid this bar tab Dave allegedly owes! (This one surprisingly worked as it made the bartender laugh) On the show this week we provide you with incontrovertible PROOF that Elvis not only faked his own death, but is alive and well to this day and is keeping the truth of his life hidden from all of us! (We don’t, he didn’t and come on this is just fucking crazy!) Along the way we learn about how much Dave’s dad loved to drive from one side of the country to the other with his family in the back seat of a boring automobile! From there we present our “evidence” on how and why the King of Rock and Roll faked his own death. (It is actually logically constructed, if utterly batshit!) Then we meet Linda Hood Sigmon who has the receipts and will come down on you like the righteous hand of God if you mess with her! (We are SO in trouble with Linda!) Then take you on a tour of Elvis sightings around the nation from Kansas City to Kalamazoo! (It is just fun to say Kalamazoo!) Then we provide our final proof that Elvis is alive because a movie that was made about Elvis being alive was never released in the mid 2000’s. (Yeah, that really is our “proof” . What did you expect, an interview with Elvis?) Our Sponsor this week is Your New You, helping you fake your death and create and brand new YOU! We open the show with one theory about what happened with Elvis, and close with Elvis himself warning us of what he was planning! 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/06YmQ5Di4xc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Suspicious Minds: The Bizarre, 40-Year History of Elvis Presley Sightings https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings Ginger Alden vs. The Memphis Mafia: Who Told the Truth About Elvis and Ginger? http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/ginger-alden.html Col Tom Parker Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker#Presley%27s_death THE POOL HOUSE DOOR PHOTO https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/the-pool-house-door-photo/ LINDA’S VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT TERMS OF SERVICE WE ARE DEFINITELY VIOLATING! https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/terms-of-agreement-for-those-who-visit-this-web-site/ Vicksburg Journal, Someplace for The King to Call Home https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/vicksburg-journal-someplace-for-the-king-to-call-home.html The Truth About Elvis Trailer  https://youtu.be/dyaJnZjTu6s Uncited Additional Reading:   http://elvisdecoded.blogspot.com/ https://elvistruthseekers.proboards.com/board/1/truth-elvis-adam-muskiewicz https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/weirdest-elvis-presley-sightings-conspiracy-2125270-2125270 https://time.com/4897819/elvis-presley-alive-conspiracy-theories/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sightings_of_Elvis_Presley https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1349270/elvis-presley-alive-conspiracy-dead-death-theory-photo-photograph-video-proof-evidence https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings http://www.elvisinfonet.com/conspiracy.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elvis-fans-convinced-faked-death-21315858 https://youtu.be/qFFuANwlDx0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The Truth According to Linda Hood Sigmon Pt 2 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis full 6 311 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we provide you with incontrovertible PROOF that Elvis not only faked his own death, but is alive and well to this day and is keeping the truth of his life hidden from all of us! (We don’t, he didn’t and come on this is just fucking crazy!) Show Notes Episode 311: The Truth According to Linda Hood Sigmon  Pt 2 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis  This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists he has photographic proof that not only is Elvis ALIVE, but Elvis personally paid this bar tab Dave allegedly owes! (This one surprisingly worked as it made the bartender laugh) On the show this week we provide you with incontrovertible PROOF that Elvis not only faked his own death, but is alive and well to this day and is keeping the truth of his life hidden from all of us! (We don’t, he didn’t and come on this is just fucking crazy!) Along the way we learn about how much Dave’s dad loved to drive from one side of the country to the other with his family in the back seat of a boring automobile! From there we present our “evidence” on how and why the King of Rock and Roll faked his own death. (It is actually logically constructed, if utterly batshit!) Then we meet Linda Hood Sigmon who has the receipts and will come down on you like the righteous hand of God if you mess with her! (We are SO in trouble with Linda!) Then take you on a tour of Elvis sightings around the nation from Kansas City to Kalamazoo! (It is just fun to say Kalamazoo!) Then we provide our final proof that Elvis is alive because a movie that was made about Elvis being alive was never released in the mid 2000’s. (Yeah, that really is our “proof” . What did you expect, an interview with Elvis?) Our Sponsor this week is Your New You, helping you fake your death and create and brand new YOU! We open the show with one theory about what happened with Elvis, and close with Elvis himself warning us of what he was planning! 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/06YmQ5Di4xc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Suspicious Minds: The Bizarre, 40-Year History of Elvis Presley Sightings https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings Ginger Alden vs. The Memphis Mafia: Who Told the Truth About Elvis and Ginger? http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/ginger-alden.html Col Tom Parker Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker#Presley%27s_death THE POOL HOUSE DOOR PHOTO https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/the-pool-house-door-photo/ LINDA’S VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT TERMS OF SERVICE WE ARE DEFINITELY VIOLATING! https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/terms-of-agreement-for-those-who-visit-this-web-site/ Vicksburg Journal, Someplace for The King to Call Home https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/vicksburg-journal-someplace-for-the-king-to-call-home.html The Truth About Elvis Trailer  https://youtu.be/dyaJnZjTu6s Uncited Additional Reading:   http://elvisdecoded.blogspot.com/ https://elvistruthseekers.proboards.com/board/1/truth-elvis-adam-muskiewicz https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/weirdest-elvis-presley-sightings-conspiracy-2125270-2125270 https://time.com/4897819/elvis-presley-alive-conspiracy-theories/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sightings_of_Elvis_Presley https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1349270/elvis-presley-alive-conspiracy-dead-death-theory-photo-photograph-video-proof-evidence https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings http://www.elvisinfonet.com/conspiracy.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elvis-fans-convinced-faked-death-21315858 https://youtu.be/qFFuANwlDx0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 311: The Truth According to Linda Hood Sigmon 

Pt 2 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis 


This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists he has photographic proof that not only is Elvis ALIVE, but Elvis personally paid this bar tab Dave allegedly owes! (This one surprisingly worked as it made the bartender laugh) On the show this week we provide you with incontrovertible PROOF that Elvis not only faked his own death, but is alive and well to this day and is keeping the truth of his life hidden from all of us! (We don’t, he didn’t and come on this is just fucking crazy!)


Along the way we learn about how much Dave’s dad loved to drive from one side of the country to the other with his family in the back seat of a boring automobile! From there we present our “evidence” on how and why the King of Rock and Roll faked his own death. (It is actually logically constructed, if utterly batshit!) Then we meet Linda Hood Sigmon who has the receipts and will come down on you like the righteous hand of God if you mess with her! (We are SO in trouble with Linda!) Then take you on a tour of Elvis sightings around the nation from Kansas City to Kalamazoo! (It is just fun to say Kalamazoo!) Then we provide our final proof that Elvis is alive because a movie that was made about Elvis being alive was never released in the mid 2000’s. (Yeah, that really is our “proof” . What did you expect, an interview with Elvis?)


Our Sponsor this week is Your New You, helping you fake your death and create and brand new YOU! We open the show with one theory about what happened with Elvis, and close with Elvis himself warning us of what he was planning!


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Citations Needed:


Suspicious Minds: The Bizarre, 40-Year History of Elvis Presley Sightings

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings


Ginger Alden vs. The Memphis Mafia: Who Told the Truth About Elvis and Ginger?

http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/ginger-alden.html


Col Tom Parker Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker#Presley%27s_death


THE POOL HOUSE DOOR PHOTO

https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/the-pool-house-door-photo/


LINDA’S VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT TERMS OF SERVICE WE ARE DEFINITELY VIOLATING!

https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/terms-of-agreement-for-those-who-visit-this-web-site/


Vicksburg Journal, Someplace for The King to Call Home

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/vicksburg-journal-someplace-for-the-king-to-call-home.html


The Truth About Elvis Trailer

 https://youtu.be/dyaJnZjTu6s



Uncited Additional Reading:  


http://elvisdecoded.blogspot.com/


https://elvistruthseekers.proboards.com/board/1/truth-elvis-adam-muskiewicz


https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/weirdest-elvis-presley-sightings-conspiracy-2125270-2125270


https://time.com/4897819/elvis-presley-alive-conspiracy-theories/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sightings_of_Elvis_Presley


https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1349270/elvis-presley-alive-conspiracy-dead-death-theory-photo-photograph-video-proof-evidence


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings


http://www.elvisinfonet.com/conspiracy.html


https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elvis-fans-convinced-faked-death-21315858


https://youtu.be/qFFuANwlDx0

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]]> 1862 yes Episode 310: "Gladys' Special Little Boy" Part 1 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis Presley Episode 310: “Gladys’ Special Little Boy" Part 1 of The Life and Afterlife of Elvis This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips on his Blue Suede Shoes, a sequined jumpsuit and dark sunglasses so he can disguise himself in a bar he’s been permanently banned from drinking in. (It didn’t work, not even Fat Elvis was THAT fat!) On the show this week we bring you a show about the King of Rock and Roll, his life, his strange ways, and his dick! (This one is for the ladies!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Mom might have loved Elvis more than him, (Which is totally understandable) From there we meet Vernon and Gladys who would go on to bring into the world it’s Once and Future King of Rock and Roll. From there we travel to Memphis where a young Elvis learns to appropriate Black Music from the best of Black Musicians! (It’s all just business!) Then we dive right into the very strange details of Elvis Presley life as the King of Rock and Roll, forget the stuff about record contracts and shady managers we're talking only about the REALLY important stuff! (Elvis was a VERY naughty boy!) From monkeys to guns, all the way through the jumpsuits and drunk addled Elvis, it is all here in Part 1 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis! Our Sponsor this week is Captain Eddie’s Music Management, if you are a rube from the sticks looking to make it in the music industry Captain Eddie will take care of everything! We open the show with Bill Burr explaining Elvis and close with Human Radio hanging with The King! 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/sm93-rsIzmY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Interview with Vernon Presley (1978) https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-vernon-presley-1978.shtml Gladys Presley, the Mother Elvis Presley Worshiped https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/08/Galdys-Presley-the-Mother-Elvis-Presley-Worshipped/ Memphis blues (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_blues Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley#Teenage_life_in_Memphis ElvisWorld: Bill Burke on Elvis and “Little Elvis” (Elvis in Tighty Whities) https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/elvisworld-bill-burke-on-elvis-and-little-elvis/#:~:text=Elvis%20Presley%2C%20the%20King%20of,and%20he%20padded%20his%20package. Elvis Presley Stories With Enough Weird Sex To Make You Feel Like A Hound Dog https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-elvis-presley-facts/jon-skindzier Personal relationships of Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Elvis_Presley#Linda_Thompson,_Mindi_Miller,_and_Ginger_Alden Too Much Monkey Business | The story of Scatter, Elvis Presley's Pet Chimpanzee https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/scatter-elvis-presleys-pet-chimpanzee.shtml Inside the Enduring Mysteries of Elvis Presley's Death https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a26721749/elvis-presley-death-true-story/#:~:text=When%20the%20toxicology%20report%20of,during%20a%20performance%20in%201974. Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bizarre-elvis-facts/ https://www.factinate.com/people/32-hysteria-inducing-facts-elvis-presley/ https://www.directexpose.com/elvis-presley-never-knew/ https://littlethings.com/lifestyle/shocking-elvis-facts-whoa/161902-8 https://collider.com/galleries/elvis-presley-rare-facts/ https://performingsongwriter.com/stories-from-elvis-presleys-band/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0000 "Gladys' Special Little Boy" Part 1 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis Presley full 6 310 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we bring you a show about the King of Rock and Roll, his life, his strange ways, and his dick! (This one is for the ladies!) Episode 310: “Gladys’ Special Little Boy" Part 1 of The Life and Afterlife of Elvis This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips on his Blue Suede Shoes, a sequined jumpsuit and dark sunglasses so he can disguise himself in a bar he’s been permanently banned from drinking in. (It didn’t work, not even Fat Elvis was THAT fat!) On the show this week we bring you a show about the King of Rock and Roll, his life, his strange ways, and his dick! (This one is for the ladies!) Along the way we learn that Dave’s Mom might have loved Elvis more than him, (Which is totally understandable) From there we meet Vernon and Gladys who would go on to bring into the world it’s Once and Future King of Rock and Roll. From there we travel to Memphis where a young Elvis learns to appropriate Black Music from the best of Black Musicians! (It’s all just business!) Then we dive right into the very strange details of Elvis Presley life as the King of Rock and Roll, forget the stuff about record contracts and shady managers we're talking only about the REALLY important stuff! (Elvis was a VERY naughty boy!) From monkeys to guns, all the way through the jumpsuits and drunk addled Elvis, it is all here in Part 1 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis! Our Sponsor this week is Captain Eddie’s Music Management, if you are a rube from the sticks looking to make it in the music industry Captain Eddie will take care of everything! We open the show with Bill Burr explaining Elvis and close with Human Radio hanging with The King! 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/sm93-rsIzmY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Interview with Vernon Presley (1978) https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-vernon-presley-1978.shtml Gladys Presley, the Mother Elvis Presley Worshiped https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/08/Galdys-Presley-the-Mother-Elvis-Presley-Worshipped/ Memphis blues (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_blues Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley#Teenage_life_in_Memphis ElvisWorld: Bill Burke on Elvis and “Little Elvis” (Elvis in Tighty Whities) https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/elvisworld-bill-burke-on-elvis-and-little-elvis/#:~:text=Elvis%20Presley%2C%20the%20King%20of,and%20he%20padded%20his%20package. Elvis Presley Stories With Enough Weird Sex To Make You Feel Like A Hound Dog https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-elvis-presley-facts/jon-skindzier Personal relationships of Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Elvis_Presley#Linda_Thompson,_Mindi_Miller,_and_Ginger_Alden Too Much Monkey Business | The story of Scatter, Elvis Presley's Pet Chimpanzee https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/scatter-elvis-presleys-pet-chimpanzee.shtml Inside the Enduring Mysteries of Elvis Presley's Death https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a26721749/elvis-presley-death-true-story/#:~:text=When%20the%20toxicology%20report%20of,during%20a%20performance%20in%201974. Uncited Additional Reading:   https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bizarre-elvis-facts/ https://www.factinate.com/people/32-hysteria-inducing-facts-elvis-presley/ https://www.directexpose.com/elvis-presley-never-knew/ https://littlethings.com/lifestyle/shocking-elvis-facts-whoa/161902-8 https://collider.com/galleries/elvis-presley-rare-facts/ https://performingsongwriter.com/stories-from-elvis-presleys-band/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 310: “Gladys’ Special Little Boy" Part 1 of The Life and Afterlife of Elvis


This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips on his Blue Suede Shoes, a sequined jumpsuit and dark sunglasses so he can disguise himself in a bar he’s been permanently banned from drinking in. (It didn’t work, not even Fat Elvis was THAT fat!) On the show this week we bring you a show about the King of Rock and Roll, his life, his strange ways, and his dick! (This one is for the ladies!)

Along the way we learn that Dave’s Mom might have loved Elvis more than him, (Which is totally understandable) From there we meet Vernon and Gladys who would go on to bring into the world it’s Once and Future King of Rock and Roll. From there we travel to Memphis where a young Elvis learns to appropriate Black Music from the best of Black Musicians! (It’s all just business!) Then we dive right into the very strange details of Elvis Presley life as the King of Rock and Roll, forget the stuff about record contracts and shady managers we're talking only about the REALLY important stuff! (Elvis was a VERY naughty boy!) From monkeys to guns, all the way through the jumpsuits and drunk addled Elvis, it is all here in Part 1 of the Life and Afterlife of Elvis!


Our Sponsor this week is Captain Eddie’s Music Management, if you are a rube from the sticks looking to make it in the music industry Captain Eddie will take care of everything! We open the show with Bill Burr explaining Elvis and close with Human Radio hanging with The King!


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/sm93-rsIzmY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/





Citations Needed:


Interview with Vernon Presley (1978)

https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-vernon-presley-1978.shtml


Gladys Presley, the Mother Elvis Presley Worshiped

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/08/Galdys-Presley-the-Mother-Elvis-Presley-Worshipped/


Memphis blues (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_blues


Elvis Presley (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley#Teenage_life_in_Memphis


ElvisWorld: Bill Burke on Elvis and “Little Elvis” (Elvis in Tighty Whities)

https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/elvisworld-bill-burke-on-elvis-and-little-elvis/#:~:text=Elvis%20Presley%2C%20the%20King%20of,and%20he%20padded%20his%20package.


Elvis Presley Stories With Enough Weird Sex To Make You Feel Like A Hound Dog

https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-elvis-presley-facts/jon-skindzier


Personal relationships of Elvis Presley (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Elvis_Presley#Linda_Thompson,_Mindi_Miller,_and_Ginger_Alden


Too Much Monkey Business | The story of Scatter, Elvis Presley's Pet Chimpanzee

https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/scatter-elvis-presleys-pet-chimpanzee.shtml


Inside the Enduring Mysteries of Elvis Presley's Death

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a26721749/elvis-presley-death-true-story/#:~:text=When%20the%20toxicology%20report%20of,during%20a%20performance%20in%201974.


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bizarre-elvis-facts/


https://www.factinate.com/people/32-hysteria-inducing-facts-elvis-presley/


https://www.directexpose.com/elvis-presley-never-knew/


https://littlethings.com/lifestyle/shocking-elvis-facts-whoa/161902-8



https://collider.com/galleries/elvis-presley-rare-facts/


https://performingsongwriter.com/stories-from-elvis-presleys-band/

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]]> 2001 yes Episode 309: The Cult of Personality Test Show Notes Episode 309: Cult of Personality Test Pt 2 of Why Do You Believe This Crap? This week Host Dave Bledsoe administers a Bledsoe Booze Type Indicator and discovers his personality type is a DRNK, which is frighteningly accurate (And also entirely obvious.) On the show this week we continue with Part Two of Why Do You Believe this Crap with Myers Briggs. (This shouldn’t cost us listeners at ALL!) Along the way we learn about that time someone tried to kill Dave! (Surprisingly, NOT someone he was dating!) Then we dive right into the history of the most popular personality test of them all, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator! From its beginning as some bullshit Carl Jung was going on about to it’s creation by a Jung obsessed mystery novelist and her daughter in their kitchen! (Notice no mention was made of training in psychology!) From there we go on to see how this test is used in everything from feeling good nonsense to making sure you don’t accidentally hire a job candidate who isn’t white, male and neuro-typical! Take your science and toss it out the window, because it is so much more FUN to be told how awesome you are by a “unbiased” test! Our Sponsor this week is Big Leon’s Personality Sorter. Big Leon knows people and if you pay him, he will tell you what he knows. We open the show with just a few questions about your feelings and close with Brass Against who have made some observations about personality. 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/WwsevGDRNAc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 5 things you didn’t know about the history of the Myers-Briggs system https://www.marketplace.org/2018/10/30/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-history-myers-briggs-system/ MBTI Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator#History Uncovering the Secret History of Myers-Briggs https://digg.com/2015/myers-briggs-secret-history Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless https://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personality-test-meaningless Personality tests: Should your company use them? https://execed.economist.com/blog/industry-trends/personality-tests-should-your-company-use-them#:~:text=She%20says%20companies%20such%20as,an%20employee%2C%E2%80%9D%20Murphy%20says. Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/22/650019038/how-the-myers-briggs-personality-test-began-in-a-mothers-living-room-lab https://www.siop.org/Business-Resources/Employment-Testing/Test-Types https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYC1puQhu1cLCwgEAAAA0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The Cult of Personality Test full 6 309 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we continue with Part Two of Why Do You Believe this Crap with Myers Briggs. (This shouldn’t cost us listeners at ALL!) Show Notes Episode 309: Cult of Personality Test Pt 2 of Why Do You Believe This Crap? This week Host Dave Bledsoe administers a Bledsoe Booze Type Indicator and discovers his personality type is a DRNK, which is frighteningly accurate (And also entirely obvious.) On the show this week we continue with Part Two of Why Do You Believe this Crap with Myers Briggs. (This shouldn’t cost us listeners at ALL!) Along the way we learn about that time someone tried to kill Dave! (Surprisingly, NOT someone he was dating!) Then we dive right into the history of the most popular personality test of them all, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator! From its beginning as some bullshit Carl Jung was going on about to it’s creation by a Jung obsessed mystery novelist and her daughter in their kitchen! (Notice no mention was made of training in psychology!) From there we go on to see how this test is used in everything from feeling good nonsense to making sure you don’t accidentally hire a job candidate who isn’t white, male and neuro-typical! Take your science and toss it out the window, because it is so much more FUN to be told how awesome you are by a “unbiased” test! Our Sponsor this week is Big Leon’s Personality Sorter. Big Leon knows people and if you pay him, he will tell you what he knows. We open the show with just a few questions about your feelings and close with Brass Against who have made some observations about personality. 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/WwsevGDRNAc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 5 things you didn’t know about the history of the Myers-Briggs system https://www.marketplace.org/2018/10/30/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-history-myers-briggs-system/ MBTI Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator#History Uncovering the Secret History of Myers-Briggs https://digg.com/2015/myers-briggs-secret-history Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless https://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personality-test-meaningless Personality tests: Should your company use them? https://execed.economist.com/blog/industry-trends/personality-tests-should-your-company-use-them#:~:text=She%20says%20companies%20such%20as,an%20employee%2C%E2%80%9D%20Murphy%20says. Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/22/650019038/how-the-myers-briggs-personality-test-began-in-a-mothers-living-room-lab https://www.siop.org/Business-Resources/Employment-Testing/Test-Types https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYC1puQhu1cLCwgEAAAA0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 309: Cult of Personality Test Pt 2 of Why Do You Believe This Crap?

This week Host Dave Bledsoe administers a Bledsoe Booze Type Indicator and discovers his personality type is a DRNK, which is frighteningly accurate (And also entirely obvious.) On the show this week we continue with Part Two of Why Do You Believe this Crap with Myers Briggs. (This shouldn’t cost us listeners at ALL!)


Along the way we learn about that time someone tried to kill Dave! (Surprisingly, NOT someone he was dating!) Then we dive right into the history of the most popular personality test of them all, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator! From its beginning as some bullshit Carl Jung was going on about to it’s creation by a Jung obsessed mystery novelist and her daughter in their kitchen! (Notice no mention was made of training in psychology!) From there we go on to see how this test is used in everything from feeling good nonsense to making sure you don’t accidentally hire a job candidate who isn’t white, male and neuro-typical! Take your science and toss it out the window, because it is so much more FUN to be told how awesome you are by a “unbiased” test!


Our Sponsor this week is Big Leon’s Personality Sorter. Big Leon knows people and if you pay him, he will tell you what he knows. We open the show with just a few questions about your feelings and close with Brass Against who have made some observations about personality.


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/WwsevGDRNAc

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:

5 things you didn’t know about the history of the Myers-Briggs system

https://www.marketplace.org/2018/10/30/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-history-myers-briggs-system/


MBTI Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator#History


Uncovering the Secret History of Myers-Briggs

https://digg.com/2015/myers-briggs-secret-history


Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless

https://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personality-test-meaningless


Personality tests: Should your company use them?

https://execed.economist.com/blog/industry-trends/personality-tests-should-your-company-use-them#:~:text=She%20says%20companies%20such%20as,an%20employee%2C%E2%80%9D%20Murphy%20says.


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.npr.org/2018/09/22/650019038/how-the-myers-briggs-personality-test-began-in-a-mothers-living-room-lab


https://www.siop.org/Business-Resources/Employment-Testing/Test-Types


https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYC1puQhu1cLCwgEAAAA0

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]]> 1880 yes Episode 308: Never Mind I Didn't See Your Sign Show Notes Episode 308: Never Mind, I Didn’t See Your Sign  Part 1 of “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s horoscope warns him that failure to pay outstanding bar tabs will lead to certain distress and emotional pain. (Like we needed an astrologer for THAT prediction) On the show this week we kicked off a series called “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” with Astrology. (And just when we started to get a few listeners too!) Along the way we learn that Dave once met a woman who hates him for leaving instead of hanging around. Then we dive right into the history of the Zodiac and Astrology, from its humble beginnings telling Babylonian Kings when to doink all the way through apps on our phones telling YOU when to doink. (The Stars say Thursday!) We find how newspaper horoscopes became a thing (The Royal Family) and why the Boomers loved shitty Age of Aquarius song. (Drugs) Then we learn why Millennials are all into astrology even if they pretend they don’t really believe in it. (Except they kinda do) Our Sponsor this week is Edna Blavitz Psychic Reader, learn the mysteries of the universe with Edna Blavitz, Psychic Reader. We open the show with Dara O’Brianin who makes a point about lumping people together and close with Bill Engvall who did not see your sign.  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/p5ZkdHImCuQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: History of astrology Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astrology#:~:text=The%20earliest%20Zodiac%20found%20in,lived%20in%20Alexandria%20in%20Egypt. How Are Horoscopes Still a Thing? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-are-horoscopes-still-thing-180957701/ Horoscopes: Tales of the expected https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/196242/Horoscopes-Tales-of-the-expected Age of Aquarius http://scholar.library.miami.edu/sixties/aquarius.php Nancy Reagan turned to astrology in White House to protect her husband https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nancy-reagan-astrology-20160306-story.html Astrology in the Age of Uncertainty https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/28/astrology-in-the-age-of-uncertainty The New Age of Astrology https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-new-age-of-astrology/550034/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://flashbak.com/whats-sign-look-1970s-zodiac-fad-393271/ https://astrostyle.com/learn-astrology/history-of-astrology-timeline/ https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/zodiac-signs/gemini/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Never Mind, I Didn't See Your Sign full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kicked off a series called “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” with Astrology. (And just when we started to get a few listeners too!) Show Notes Episode 308: Never Mind, I Didn’t See Your Sign  Part 1 of “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s horoscope warns him that failure to pay outstanding bar tabs will lead to certain distress and emotional pain. (Like we needed an astrologer for THAT prediction) On the show this week we kicked off a series called “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” with Astrology. (And just when we started to get a few listeners too!) Along the way we learn that Dave once met a woman who hates him for leaving instead of hanging around. Then we dive right into the history of the Zodiac and Astrology, from its humble beginnings telling Babylonian Kings when to doink all the way through apps on our phones telling YOU when to doink. (The Stars say Thursday!) We find how newspaper horoscopes became a thing (The Royal Family) and why the Boomers loved shitty Age of Aquarius song. (Drugs) Then we learn why Millennials are all into astrology even if they pretend they don’t really believe in it. (Except they kinda do) Our Sponsor this week is Edna Blavitz Psychic Reader, learn the mysteries of the universe with Edna Blavitz, Psychic Reader. We open the show with Dara O’Brianin who makes a point about lumping people together and close with Bill Engvall who did not see your sign.  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/p5ZkdHImCuQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: History of astrology Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astrology#:~:text=The%20earliest%20Zodiac%20found%20in,lived%20in%20Alexandria%20in%20Egypt. How Are Horoscopes Still a Thing? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-are-horoscopes-still-thing-180957701/ Horoscopes: Tales of the expected https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/196242/Horoscopes-Tales-of-the-expected Age of Aquarius http://scholar.library.miami.edu/sixties/aquarius.php Nancy Reagan turned to astrology in White House to protect her husband https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nancy-reagan-astrology-20160306-story.html Astrology in the Age of Uncertainty https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/28/astrology-in-the-age-of-uncertainty The New Age of Astrology https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-new-age-of-astrology/550034/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://flashbak.com/whats-sign-look-1970s-zodiac-fad-393271/ https://astrostyle.com/learn-astrology/history-of-astrology-timeline/ https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/zodiac-signs/gemini/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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Part 1 of “Why Do You Believe This Crap?”

This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s horoscope warns him that failure to pay outstanding bar tabs will lead to certain distress and emotional pain. (Like we needed an astrologer for THAT prediction) On the show this week we kicked off a series called “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” with Astrology. (And just when we started to get a few listeners too!)


Along the way we learn that Dave once met a woman who hates him for leaving instead of hanging around. Then we dive right into the history of the Zodiac and Astrology, from its humble beginnings telling Babylonian Kings when to doink all the way through apps on our phones telling YOU when to doink. (The Stars say Thursday!) We find how newspaper horoscopes became a thing (The Royal Family) and why the Boomers loved shitty Age of Aquarius song. (Drugs) Then we learn why Millennials are all into astrology even if they pretend they don’t really believe in it. (Except they kinda do)


Our Sponsor this week is Edna Blavitz Psychic Reader, learn the mysteries of the universe with Edna Blavitz, Psychic Reader. We open the show with Dara O’Brianin who makes a point about lumping people together and close with Bill Engvall who did not see your sign. 


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/p5ZkdHImCuQ

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


History of astrology Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astrology#:~:text=The%20earliest%20Zodiac%20found%20in,lived%20in%20Alexandria%20in%20Egypt.


How Are Horoscopes Still a Thing?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-are-horoscopes-still-thing-180957701/


Horoscopes: Tales of the expected

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/196242/Horoscopes-Tales-of-the-expected


Age of Aquarius

http://scholar.library.miami.edu/sixties/aquarius.php


Nancy Reagan turned to astrology in White House to protect her husband

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nancy-reagan-astrology-20160306-story.html


Astrology in the Age of Uncertainty

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/28/astrology-in-the-age-of-uncertainty


The New Age of Astrology

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-new-age-of-astrology/550034/


Uncited Additional Reading: 


https://flashbak.com/whats-sign-look-1970s-zodiac-fad-393271/


https://astrostyle.com/learn-astrology/history-of-astrology-timeline/


https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/zodiac-signs/gemini/

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]]> 2219 Episode 307: HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO! Show Notes Episode 307: HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO! This week Host Dave Bledsoe cut his heel on a pop top and had to cruise on back home, meaning he got bombed off his ass drinking margaritas and listening to Jimmy Buffett. (again) On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!)  Along the way we learn a little about what Dave thought he might do as a second career back in the 90’s, both of which were VERY bad ideas. (We are shocked he didn’t do them!) Then we head to Key West Florida for the true tales of the last pirate republic, the Conch Republic in the 1970’s when bales of weed floated up on the beach and enterprising islanders could make their fortune selling it. (Honestly, we are sure this STILL happens down there) Then we take a look at the rise of the cocaine culture in the States and how it was FUN to be a smuggler before Reagan came along and ruined it. (Like he did EVERYTHING!) From there we learn about how the rest of Florida harshed Key West’s buzz and ruined a good deal for everyone, especially Bum Farto. (Who again is NOT a name Dave just made up to tell fart jokes.) Finally we explore the mystery of who Bum Farto was and try to answer the question “Where IS Bum Farto!” (Don’t expect a satisfactory answer.) Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shack who wants you to know just because a place LOOKS like a drug front doesn’t mean it necessarily IS a drug front. We open the show with an NBC news story on Operation Conch and close with Koit who wants you to know how THEIR bum goes. 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/n6Hm4LZv1sU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice https://reason.com/2021/03/20/this-florida-drug-smuggler-escaped-7-life-sentences-twice/?fbclid=IwAR1AWFGyXFlsFzLmvvzVl6i397ighgWsxVm8K1bDGW2a3F7VOFWGLBcMOas WHERE IS BUM FARTO https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-10-06-9610100301-story.html THE BUM FARTO FILES – TOO MANY CHIEFS https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-too-many-chiefs/ THE BUM FARTO FILES: THE OTHER OPERATION CONCH https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-the-other-operation-conch/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://keysweekly.com/42/bum-farto-podcast-explores-key-wests-drug-dealing-fugitive-fire-chief/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/joseph-bum-fartos-desk https://thebluepaper.com/article/dennis-reeves-cooper-the-bubba-busts-revisited/ https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-better-red-than-dead/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO! full 6 307 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!) Show Notes Episode 307: HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO! This week Host Dave Bledsoe cut his heel on a pop top and had to cruise on back home, meaning he got bombed off his ass drinking margaritas and listening to Jimmy Buffett. (again) On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!)  Along the way we learn a little about what Dave thought he might do as a second career back in the 90’s, both of which were VERY bad ideas. (We are shocked he didn’t do them!) Then we head to Key West Florida for the true tales of the last pirate republic, the Conch Republic in the 1970’s when bales of weed floated up on the beach and enterprising islanders could make their fortune selling it. (Honestly, we are sure this STILL happens down there) Then we take a look at the rise of the cocaine culture in the States and how it was FUN to be a smuggler before Reagan came along and ruined it. (Like he did EVERYTHING!) From there we learn about how the rest of Florida harshed Key West’s buzz and ruined a good deal for everyone, especially Bum Farto. (Who again is NOT a name Dave just made up to tell fart jokes.) Finally we explore the mystery of who Bum Farto was and try to answer the question “Where IS Bum Farto!” (Don’t expect a satisfactory answer.) Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shack who wants you to know just because a place LOOKS like a drug front doesn’t mean it necessarily IS a drug front. We open the show with an NBC news story on Operation Conch and close with Koit who wants you to know how THEIR bum goes. 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/n6Hm4LZv1sU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice https://reason.com/2021/03/20/this-florida-drug-smuggler-escaped-7-life-sentences-twice/?fbclid=IwAR1AWFGyXFlsFzLmvvzVl6i397ighgWsxVm8K1bDGW2a3F7VOFWGLBcMOas WHERE IS BUM FARTO https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-10-06-9610100301-story.html THE BUM FARTO FILES – TOO MANY CHIEFS https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-too-many-chiefs/ THE BUM FARTO FILES: THE OTHER OPERATION CONCH https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-the-other-operation-conch/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://keysweekly.com/42/bum-farto-podcast-explores-key-wests-drug-dealing-fugitive-fire-chief/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/joseph-bum-fartos-desk https://thebluepaper.com/article/dennis-reeves-cooper-the-bubba-busts-revisited/ https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-better-red-than-dead/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 307: HIS NAME IS BUM FARTO!


This week Host Dave Bledsoe cut his heel on a pop top and had to cruise on back home, meaning he got bombed off his ass drinking margaritas and listening to Jimmy Buffett. (again) On the show this week we go to Island Time as we head back to the era of the Cocaine Cowboys and learn the true tale of an American Hero: Bum Farto. (That IS his real name!) 


Along the way we learn a little about what Dave thought he might do as a second career back in the 90’s, both of which were VERY bad ideas. (We are shocked he didn’t do them!) Then we head to Key West Florida for the true tales of the last pirate republic, the Conch Republic in the 1970’s when bales of weed floated up on the beach and enterprising islanders could make their fortune selling it. (Honestly, we are sure this STILL happens down there) Then we take a look at the rise of the cocaine culture in the States and how it was FUN to be a smuggler before Reagan came along and ruined it. (Like he did EVERYTHING!) From there we learn about how the rest of Florida harshed Key West’s buzz and ruined a good deal for everyone, especially Bum Farto. (Who again is NOT a name Dave just made up to tell fart jokes.) Finally we explore the mystery of who Bum Farto was and try to answer the question “Where IS Bum Farto!” (Don’t expect a satisfactory answer.)


Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shack who wants you to know just because a place LOOKS like a drug front doesn’t mean it necessarily IS a drug front. We open the show with an NBC news story on Operation Conch and close with Koit who wants you to know how THEIR bum goes.


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/n6Hm4LZv1sU

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice

https://reason.com/2021/03/20/this-florida-drug-smuggler-escaped-7-life-sentences-twice/?fbclid=IwAR1AWFGyXFlsFzLmvvzVl6i397ighgWsxVm8K1bDGW2a3F7VOFWGLBcMOas


WHERE IS BUM FARTO

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-10-06-9610100301-story.html


THE BUM FARTO FILES – TOO MANY CHIEFS

https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-too-many-chiefs/


THE BUM FARTO FILES: THE OTHER OPERATION CONCH

https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-the-other-operation-conch/


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://keysweekly.com/42/bum-farto-podcast-explores-key-wests-drug-dealing-fugitive-fire-chief/


https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/joseph-bum-fartos-desk


https://thebluepaper.com/article/dennis-reeves-cooper-the-bubba-busts-revisited/


https://keysweekly.com/42/the-bum-farto-files-better-red-than-dead/

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]]> 1829 yes Episode 306: Dropped from Jupiter The Tale of the Toynbee Tiles Show Notes Episode 306: Dropped From Jupiter the Tale of Toynbee Tiles This week Host Dave Bledsoe is back in the atmosphere with drops of Jupiter in his hair after getting loaded on some grain alcohol and passing out in the dumpster behind a bar named The Jupiter. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and their strange messages stuck on the streets.   Along the way we learn how Dave wasted his education drinking in Washington DC dive bars. (He DID learn some things, just not useful things!) The dive right into the mysterious messages planted in the asphalts of roadways around the world suggesting we resurrect our dead on Jupiter. (It doesn’t make any sense, ever) We muddle our way through what they might mean, who may have placed them there and why they did so. (Basically we are just rip off a really great documentary film, that is the miracle of podcasting!) Our Sponsor this week is The Crazy Guy on Your Block, who wants you to know he probably won’t kill you. We open the show with some news footage about our mystery and close with Mathew Fearon who is recently back in the atmosphere.    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/zhv7Yu7Sywg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles https://documentaryheaven.com/resurrect-dead-the-mystery-of-the-toynbee-tiles/ Resurrect Dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100130022739/http://www.resurrectdead.com/mystery.htm Toynbee Tiles Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles On Anonymity: Poe Toasters and Toynbee Tiles https://believermag.com/logger/toynbee/ Meet the man who wrote the ABBA Furnace Party letter https://www.phillyvoice.com/meet-man-who-wrote-abba-furnace-party-letter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Dropped from Jupiter The Tale of the Toynbee Tiles full 6 306 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and their strange messages stuck on the streets. Show Notes Episode 306: Dropped From Jupiter the Tale of Toynbee Tiles This week Host Dave Bledsoe is back in the atmosphere with drops of Jupiter in his hair after getting loaded on some grain alcohol and passing out in the dumpster behind a bar named The Jupiter. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and their strange messages stuck on the streets.   Along the way we learn how Dave wasted his education drinking in Washington DC dive bars. (He DID learn some things, just not useful things!) The dive right into the mysterious messages planted in the asphalts of roadways around the world suggesting we resurrect our dead on Jupiter. (It doesn’t make any sense, ever) We muddle our way through what they might mean, who may have placed them there and why they did so. (Basically we are just rip off a really great documentary film, that is the miracle of podcasting!) Our Sponsor this week is The Crazy Guy on Your Block, who wants you to know he probably won’t kill you. We open the show with some news footage about our mystery and close with Mathew Fearon who is recently back in the atmosphere.    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/zhv7Yu7Sywg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles https://documentaryheaven.com/resurrect-dead-the-mystery-of-the-toynbee-tiles/ Resurrect Dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100130022739/http://www.resurrectdead.com/mystery.htm Toynbee Tiles Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles On Anonymity: Poe Toasters and Toynbee Tiles https://believermag.com/logger/toynbee/ Meet the man who wrote the ABBA Furnace Party letter https://www.phillyvoice.com/meet-man-who-wrote-abba-furnace-party-letter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 306: Dropped From Jupiter the Tale of Toynbee Tiles



This week Host Dave Bledsoe is back in the atmosphere with drops of Jupiter in his hair after getting loaded on some grain alcohol and passing out in the dumpster behind a bar named The Jupiter. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and their strange messages stuck on the streets.  


Along the way we learn how Dave wasted his education drinking in Washington DC dive bars. (He DID learn some things, just not useful things!) The dive right into the mysterious messages planted in the asphalts of roadways around the world suggesting we resurrect our dead on Jupiter. (It doesn’t make any sense, ever) We muddle our way through what they might mean, who may have placed them there and why they did so. (Basically we are just rip off a really great documentary film, that is the miracle of podcasting!)


Our Sponsor this week is The Crazy Guy on Your Block, who wants you to know he probably won’t kill you. We open the show with some news footage about our mystery and close with Mathew Fearon who is recently back in the atmosphere.  


 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/zhv7Yu7Sywg

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:

Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles

https://documentaryheaven.com/resurrect-dead-the-mystery-of-the-toynbee-tiles/


Resurrect Dead

https://web.archive.org/web/20100130022739/http://www.resurrectdead.com/mystery.htm


Toynbee Tiles Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles


On Anonymity: Poe Toasters and Toynbee Tiles

https://believermag.com/logger/toynbee/


Meet the man who wrote the ABBA Furnace Party letter

https://www.phillyvoice.com/meet-man-who-wrote-abba-furnace-party-letter/







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]]> 1777 yes Episode 305: It Looks Somebody Has a Case of the Mondays Show Notes Episode 305: Looks Like Somebody Has a Case of the Mondays This week Host Dave Bledsoe wraps himself in protective wards and desperately sages the studio because it is time to clean the cat’s litter box. (How can such a small creature shit THAT much?) On the show this week we tackle an issue no one ever thought of because it is frankly ludicrous: Is Garfield Evil? (Yes, this really IS what we are talking about.) Along the way we learn that a young Dave used to do the cutest little voices for Odie when playing with little sister! (Man, he gets pissed when we bring that up!) Then we dive in the Darkness that is the Creation of Jim Davis, the fat, angry cat that has come to dominate the lives of millions across the globe and ask how this happened? (The answers WILL shock you and possibly get this podcast sued by PAWS Inc.) Then we learn the Black Secrets of the Inner World of Garfield, including sacrifice, muder, and yes CANNIBALISM! (Someone REALLY should run this show past a lawyer before it goes live!)   Our Sponsor this week is The Lumbergh School of Management, because SOMEONE is going to need to work this Saturday. We open with A Case of the Mondays and close with Georgia Rose 16 explaining why he never much cared for the day.  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/A1leWrSrHqw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Cat That Rots the Intellect https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1982/12/12/lives-the-cat-that-rots-the-intellect/d6ed28c6-bee3-41ad-81f2-1839b34b87b1/ Wikipedia: Garfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield Jim Davis Explains Why Garfield Loves Lasagna and Hates Mondays and Why People Love Garfield https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-davis-explains-why-ga_b_6094892 The Mysterious Disappearance of Four Comic Book Characters https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/09/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-four-comic-book-characters/ The Darker Side of Garfield https://www.horrorbound.net/blog/2019/5/23/the-darker-side-of-garfield The Death of Garfield? Did Garfield die? Or was it all a dream? https://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/417/the-death-of-garfield Uncited Additional Reading:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_(cartoonist) https://www.boredpanda.com/garfield-dark-lore-jon-lyman-odie/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic https://thoughtcatalog.com/lev-novak/2014/09/the-dark-secret-of-garfield/ https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/garfield-abyss-reflections-scariest-garfield-comic-strip-series-ever https://www.grunge.com/207413/the-bizarre-history-of-garfield/ https://boingboing.net/2006/08/09/death-of-garfield-my.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0000 It Looks Like Somebody Has a Case of the Mondays full 6 305 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tackle an issue no one ever thought of because it is frankly ludicrous: Is Garfield Evil? (Yes, this really IS what we are talking about.) Show Notes Episode 305: Looks Like Somebody Has a Case of the Mondays This week Host Dave Bledsoe wraps himself in protective wards and desperately sages the studio because it is time to clean the cat’s litter box. (How can such a small creature shit THAT much?) On the show this week we tackle an issue no one ever thought of because it is frankly ludicrous: Is Garfield Evil? (Yes, this really IS what we are talking about.) Along the way we learn that a young Dave used to do the cutest little voices for Odie when playing with little sister! (Man, he gets pissed when we bring that up!) Then we dive in the Darkness that is the Creation of Jim Davis, the fat, angry cat that has come to dominate the lives of millions across the globe and ask how this happened? (The answers WILL shock you and possibly get this podcast sued by PAWS Inc.) Then we learn the Black Secrets of the Inner World of Garfield, including sacrifice, muder, and yes CANNIBALISM! (Someone REALLY should run this show past a lawyer before it goes live!)   Our Sponsor this week is The Lumbergh School of Management, because SOMEONE is going to need to work this Saturday. We open with A Case of the Mondays and close with Georgia Rose 16 explaining why he never much cared for the day.  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/A1leWrSrHqw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Cat That Rots the Intellect https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1982/12/12/lives-the-cat-that-rots-the-intellect/d6ed28c6-bee3-41ad-81f2-1839b34b87b1/ Wikipedia: Garfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield Jim Davis Explains Why Garfield Loves Lasagna and Hates Mondays and Why People Love Garfield https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-davis-explains-why-ga_b_6094892 The Mysterious Disappearance of Four Comic Book Characters https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/09/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-four-comic-book-characters/ The Darker Side of Garfield https://www.horrorbound.net/blog/2019/5/23/the-darker-side-of-garfield The Death of Garfield? Did Garfield die? Or was it all a dream? https://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/417/the-death-of-garfield Uncited Additional Reading:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_(cartoonist) https://www.boredpanda.com/garfield-dark-lore-jon-lyman-odie/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic https://thoughtcatalog.com/lev-novak/2014/09/the-dark-secret-of-garfield/ https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/garfield-abyss-reflections-scariest-garfield-comic-strip-series-ever https://www.grunge.com/207413/the-bizarre-history-of-garfield/ https://boingboing.net/2006/08/09/death-of-garfield-my.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 305: Looks Like Somebody Has a Case of the Mondays

This week Host Dave Bledsoe wraps himself in protective wards and desperately sages the studio because it is time to clean the cat’s litter box. (How can such a small creature shit THAT much?) On the show this week we tackle an issue no one ever thought of because it is frankly ludicrous: Is Garfield Evil? (Yes, this really IS what we are talking about.)


Along the way we learn that a young Dave used to do the cutest little voices for Odie when playing with little sister! (Man, he gets pissed when we bring that up!) Then we dive in the Darkness that is the Creation of Jim Davis, the fat, angry cat that has come to dominate the lives of millions across the globe and ask how this happened? (The answers WILL shock you and possibly get this podcast sued by PAWS Inc.) Then we learn the Black Secrets of the Inner World of Garfield, including sacrifice, muder, and yes CANNIBALISM! (Someone REALLY should run this show past a lawyer before it goes live!)  


Our Sponsor this week is The Lumbergh School of Management, because SOMEONE is going to need to work this Saturday. We open with A Case of the Mondays and close with Georgia Rose 16 explaining why he never much cared for the day.


 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/A1leWrSrHqw

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The Cat That Rots the Intellect

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1982/12/12/lives-the-cat-that-rots-the-intellect/d6ed28c6-bee3-41ad-81f2-1839b34b87b1/


Wikipedia: Garfield

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield


Jim Davis Explains Why Garfield Loves Lasagna and Hates Mondays and Why People Love Garfield

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-davis-explains-why-ga_b_6094892


The Mysterious Disappearance of Four Comic Book Characters

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/09/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-four-comic-book-characters/


The Darker Side of Garfield

https://www.horrorbound.net/blog/2019/5/23/the-darker-side-of-garfield


The Death of Garfield? Did Garfield die? Or was it all a dream?

https://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/417/the-death-of-garfield


Uncited Additional Reading:  


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_(cartoonist)


https://www.boredpanda.com/garfield-dark-lore-jon-lyman-odie/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic


https://thoughtcatalog.com/lev-novak/2014/09/the-dark-secret-of-garfield/


https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/garfield-abyss-reflections-scariest-garfield-comic-strip-series-ever


https://www.grunge.com/207413/the-bizarre-history-of-garfield/


https://boingboing.net/2006/08/09/death-of-garfield-my.html

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]]> 1645 yes Episode 304: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 3 "Will the Real DB Cooper PLEASE Stand Up?" Show Notes Episode 304: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 3 “Will the Real DB Cooper Please Stand Up?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies he is the same man who ran up this exorbitant bar tab and demands the bar retract this outrageous allegation! (This...did not work) On the show this week examine some of the people who MIGHT be DB Cooper. (But probably aren’t.) Along the way we learn about some of Dave’s family history and their secret shame. (Surprisingly, not Dave!) Then we dive right into the most “likely” of the claimants to DB’s Briefcase, from the absurd to the “holy shit, this guy might actually be DB!” (We also rule out Gavin being DB Cooper definitively.) Finally, we announce our official editorial stance on who we think DB Cooper might be. Our Sponsor this week is Dream Gene, for when you want to be descended from somebody important even if you are not. We open the show with the trailer for our inspiration this week and close with Laurier LaChance asking for some clarity.   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/5T7nHm82ldo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: D.B. Cooper suspect was surveyor; brother worked for Boeing https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/db-cooper-suspect-was-surveyor-brother-worked-for-boeing/ Unmasking D.B. Cooper https://nymag.com/news/features/39593/ The Woman Who Might Have Been D.B. Cooper https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83735/woman-who-might-have-been-db-cooper John List Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List The Odd Story of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr https://fearoflanding.com/history/the-odd-story-of-richard-floyd-mccoy-jr/ FBI No Longer Investigating DB Cooper But Knew Who he Was https://newstalk870.am/fbi-no-longer-investigating-d-b-cooper-but-knew-who-he-was/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/history/who-was-db-cooper/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper#Kenneth_Peter_Christiansen https://themountainnewswa.net/2020/09/12/db-cooper-early-suspects-and-the-cooper-vortex/ http://legendofdbcooper.com/barbara https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2018/01/as_a_new_clue_upends_db_cooper.html https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/08/03/db-cooper-suspects-include-robert-rackstraw-false-confessions-woman/865813002/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-b-cooper-found-at-last/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 3 "Will the Real DB Cooper PLEASE Stand Up?" full 6 304 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week examine some of the people who MIGHT be DB Cooper. (But probably aren’t.) Show Notes Episode 304: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 3 “Will the Real DB Cooper Please Stand Up?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies he is the same man who ran up this exorbitant bar tab and demands the bar retract this outrageous allegation! (This...did not work) On the show this week examine some of the people who MIGHT be DB Cooper. (But probably aren’t.) Along the way we learn about some of Dave’s family history and their secret shame. (Surprisingly, not Dave!) Then we dive right into the most “likely” of the claimants to DB’s Briefcase, from the absurd to the “holy shit, this guy might actually be DB!” (We also rule out Gavin being DB Cooper definitively.) Finally, we announce our official editorial stance on who we think DB Cooper might be. Our Sponsor this week is Dream Gene, for when you want to be descended from somebody important even if you are not. We open the show with the trailer for our inspiration this week and close with Laurier LaChance asking for some clarity.   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/5T7nHm82ldo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: D.B. Cooper suspect was surveyor; brother worked for Boeing https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/db-cooper-suspect-was-surveyor-brother-worked-for-boeing/ Unmasking D.B. Cooper https://nymag.com/news/features/39593/ The Woman Who Might Have Been D.B. Cooper https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83735/woman-who-might-have-been-db-cooper John List Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List The Odd Story of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr https://fearoflanding.com/history/the-odd-story-of-richard-floyd-mccoy-jr/ FBI No Longer Investigating DB Cooper But Knew Who he Was https://newstalk870.am/fbi-no-longer-investigating-d-b-cooper-but-knew-who-he-was/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/history/who-was-db-cooper/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper#Kenneth_Peter_Christiansen https://themountainnewswa.net/2020/09/12/db-cooper-early-suspects-and-the-cooper-vortex/ http://legendofdbcooper.com/barbara https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2018/01/as_a_new_clue_upends_db_cooper.html https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/08/03/db-cooper-suspects-include-robert-rackstraw-false-confessions-woman/865813002/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-b-cooper-found-at-last/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 304: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 3 “Will the Real DB Cooper Please Stand Up?”


This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies he is the same man who ran up this exorbitant bar tab and demands the bar retract this outrageous allegation! (This...did not work) On the show this week examine some of the people who MIGHT be DB Cooper. (But probably aren’t.)


Along the way we learn about some of Dave’s family history and their secret shame. (Surprisingly, not Dave!) Then we dive right into the most “likely” of the claimants to DB’s Briefcase, from the absurd to the “holy shit, this guy might actually be DB!” (We also rule out Gavin being DB Cooper definitively.) Finally, we announce our official editorial stance on who we think DB Cooper might be.


Our Sponsor this week is Dream Gene, for when you want to be descended from somebody important even if you are not. We open the show with the trailer for our inspiration this week and close with Laurier LaChance asking for some clarity. 


 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/5T7nHm82ldo

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


D.B. Cooper suspect was surveyor; brother worked for Boeing

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/db-cooper-suspect-was-surveyor-brother-worked-for-boeing/


Unmasking D.B. Cooper

https://nymag.com/news/features/39593/


The Woman Who Might Have Been D.B. Cooper

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83735/woman-who-might-have-been-db-cooper


John List Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List


The Odd Story of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr

https://fearoflanding.com/history/the-odd-story-of-richard-floyd-mccoy-jr/


FBI No Longer Investigating DB Cooper But Knew Who he Was

https://newstalk870.am/fbi-no-longer-investigating-d-b-cooper-but-knew-who-he-was/



Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/history/who-was-db-cooper/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper#Kenneth_Peter_Christiansen


https://themountainnewswa.net/2020/09/12/db-cooper-early-suspects-and-the-cooper-vortex/


http://legendofdbcooper.com/barbara


https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2018/01/as_a_new_clue_upends_db_cooper.html


https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/08/03/db-cooper-suspects-include-robert-rackstraw-false-confessions-woman/865813002/


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-b-cooper-found-at-last/

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]]> 1821 yes Episode 303: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part Two: The Ballad of D.B. Cooper Show Notes Episode 303: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 2: The Ballad of DB Cooper This week Host Dave Bledsoe dons a white turtleneck sweater and corduroy jacket and offers to take photographs of large women. (He is NOT just like Leonard Nimoy no matter what he says) On the show this week, we meet the most famous Skyjacker of them all, Dan Cooper! (Yeah, that DB thing, totally made up!)  Along the way we learn that Leonard Nimoy is the only honest man in America for an entire generation. (And the sexiest!) From there we dive right into the exploits of the legendary DB Cooper, who took Thanksgiving travel to the ultimate extension of avoidance! (Honestly, who among us has NOT contemplated hijacking the plane just to get home in time for stuffing?) We check out everything we know about who Dan Cooper was (Turns out, CANADIAN!) and what evidence we have on his identity. (Slim and none, and slim left town) Finally, we talk about DB Cooper’s impact on pop culture and how he just MIGHT be either Tommy Wiseau or Don Draper! Check back NEXT WEEK for the people who MIGHT be the real DB Cooper! Our Sponsor this week is the Parachute Palace, when it absolutely, positively HAS to open, choose Parachute Palace. We open the show with the most trustworthy show on television and close with Miriam Stone singing about a man she respects! 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/GwRR0zo0Xa0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Unmasking D.B. Cooper https://nymag.com/news/features/39593/ Wikipedia D. B. Cooper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper The Mystery of D.B. Cooper https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-mystery-of-db-cooper Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/has-mystery-skyjacker-db-cooper-finally-been-solved-1236196 https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/d-b-cooper https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/scientist-uncovers-new-clues-db-cooper-ransom-money/281-86659a00-86c1-49fa-b6bf-04d6cd649318 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70015-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part Two: The Ballad of D.B. Cooper full 6 303 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we meet the most famous Skyjacker of them all, Dan Cooper! (Yeah, that DB thing, totally made up!) Show Notes Episode 303: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 2: The Ballad of DB Cooper This week Host Dave Bledsoe dons a white turtleneck sweater and corduroy jacket and offers to take photographs of large women. (He is NOT just like Leonard Nimoy no matter what he says) On the show this week, we meet the most famous Skyjacker of them all, Dan Cooper! (Yeah, that DB thing, totally made up!)  Along the way we learn that Leonard Nimoy is the only honest man in America for an entire generation. (And the sexiest!) From there we dive right into the exploits of the legendary DB Cooper, who took Thanksgiving travel to the ultimate extension of avoidance! (Honestly, who among us has NOT contemplated hijacking the plane just to get home in time for stuffing?) We check out everything we know about who Dan Cooper was (Turns out, CANADIAN!) and what evidence we have on his identity. (Slim and none, and slim left town) Finally, we talk about DB Cooper’s impact on pop culture and how he just MIGHT be either Tommy Wiseau or Don Draper! Check back NEXT WEEK for the people who MIGHT be the real DB Cooper! Our Sponsor this week is the Parachute Palace, when it absolutely, positively HAS to open, choose Parachute Palace. We open the show with the most trustworthy show on television and close with Miriam Stone singing about a man she respects! 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/GwRR0zo0Xa0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Unmasking D.B. Cooper https://nymag.com/news/features/39593/ Wikipedia D. B. Cooper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper The Mystery of D.B. Cooper https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-mystery-of-db-cooper Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/has-mystery-skyjacker-db-cooper-finally-been-solved-1236196 https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/d-b-cooper https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/scientist-uncovers-new-clues-db-cooper-ransom-money/281-86659a00-86c1-49fa-b6bf-04d6cd649318 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70015-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 303: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 2: The Ballad of DB Cooper


This week Host Dave Bledsoe dons a white turtleneck sweater and corduroy jacket and offers to take photographs of large women. (He is NOT just like Leonard Nimoy no matter what he says) On the show this week, we meet the most famous Skyjacker of them all, Dan Cooper! (Yeah, that DB thing, totally made up!)


 Along the way we learn that Leonard Nimoy is the only honest man in America for an entire generation. (And the sexiest!) From there we dive right into the exploits of the legendary DB Cooper, who took Thanksgiving travel to the ultimate extension of avoidance! (Honestly, who among us has NOT contemplated hijacking the plane just to get home in time for stuffing?) We check out everything we know about who Dan Cooper was (Turns out, CANADIAN!) and what evidence we have on his identity. (Slim and none, and slim left town) Finally, we talk about DB Cooper’s impact on pop culture and how he just MIGHT be either Tommy Wiseau or Don Draper! Check back NEXT WEEK for the people who MIGHT be the real DB Cooper!


Our Sponsor this week is the Parachute Palace, when it absolutely, positively HAS to open, choose Parachute Palace. We open the show with the most trustworthy show on television and close with Miriam Stone singing about a man she respects!


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/GwRR0zo0Xa0

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


Unmasking D.B. Cooper

https://nymag.com/news/features/39593/


Wikipedia D. B. Cooper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper


The Mystery of D.B. Cooper

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-mystery-of-db-cooper


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/has-mystery-skyjacker-db-cooper-finally-been-solved-1236196


https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/d-b-cooper


https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/scientist-uncovers-new-clues-db-cooper-ransom-money/281-86659a00-86c1-49fa-b6bf-04d6cd649318


https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70015-z

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]]> 1721 yes Episode 302: Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 1: Golden Years Show Notes Episode 302: “Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 1: The Golden Years” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets hammered on Cuba Libres and demands a Cuban Sandwich! (Only to pass out before DoorDash arrives) On the show this week we head back to the heyday of airline travel, when the seats were roomy and a lot of your flights unexpectedly arrived in Havana! Along the way we discover how astonishingly bad Dave was (and probably IS) at geography. From there we dive right into stories of desperados commandeering planes for the Communist Paradise of Cuba only to discover they were not wanted there. Then we learn the tale of a Hunky Marine who became an Italian folk hero because everyone hated America being in Vietnam. (Which was actually fair!) Then we learn how one particular skyjacking ended the Golden Years of American Skyjacking! (Threaten to crash into ONE nuclear reactor and everyone goes nuts!) This is part one of a series, next week we cover the Most Famous Skyjacker of All! (That will show Santa for fucking with Herbie and Rudolf!) Our Sponsor this week is Unexpected Destinations, got fifty bucks, we will fly you...somewhere. We open the show with a man who just wants to get to Luton and close with Lee Flier looking back on better times.  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/WC7APR-Gn3o We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: "U.S. Plane Seized, Flown To Havana" https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/us-plane-seized-flown-havana The strangest stories from the golden age of plane hijacking https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/golden-age-of-hijacking/ Travel: What to Do When The Hijacker Comes http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,844656,00.html This Heartthrob Marine Became an Italian Folk Hero For Hijacking a Plane https://historycollection.com/this-heartthrob-marine-became-an-italian-folk-hero-because-of-an-airplane-hijacking/2/ How Hijackers Commandeered Over 130 American Planes — In 5 Years https://www.wired.com/2013/06/love-and-terror-in-the-golden-age-of-hijacking/ Ex-Detroiter behind infamous 1972 skyjacking tells his story https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/06/06/detroit-skyjacker-airplane-explanation/85314438/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/us-airline-hijackings-1970s-declassified/index.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48069272 https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/ https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-strange-story-of-the-first-ever-plane-hijack https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11326472/hijacking-airplanes-egyptair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/after-egyptair-four-hijackings-that-shook-israel-1.5424289 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 1: Golden Years full 6 302 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we head back to the heyday of airline travel, when the seats were roomy and a lot of your flights unexpectedly arrived in Havana! Show Notes Episode 302: “Fly the Friendly Skyjackers Part 1: The Golden Years” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets hammered on Cuba Libres and demands a Cuban Sandwich! (Only to pass out before DoorDash arrives) On the show this week we head back to the heyday of airline travel, when the seats were roomy and a lot of your flights unexpectedly arrived in Havana! Along the way we discover how astonishingly bad Dave was (and probably IS) at geography. From there we dive right into stories of desperados commandeering planes for the Communist Paradise of Cuba only to discover they were not wanted there. Then we learn the tale of a Hunky Marine who became an Italian folk hero because everyone hated America being in Vietnam. (Which was actually fair!) Then we learn how one particular skyjacking ended the Golden Years of American Skyjacking! (Threaten to crash into ONE nuclear reactor and everyone goes nuts!) This is part one of a series, next week we cover the Most Famous Skyjacker of All! (That will show Santa for fucking with Herbie and Rudolf!) Our Sponsor this week is Unexpected Destinations, got fifty bucks, we will fly you...somewhere. We open the show with a man who just wants to get to Luton and close with Lee Flier looking back on better times.  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/WC7APR-Gn3o We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: "U.S. Plane Seized, Flown To Havana" https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/us-plane-seized-flown-havana The strangest stories from the golden age of plane hijacking https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/golden-age-of-hijacking/ Travel: What to Do When The Hijacker Comes http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,844656,00.html This Heartthrob Marine Became an Italian Folk Hero For Hijacking a Plane https://historycollection.com/this-heartthrob-marine-became-an-italian-folk-hero-because-of-an-airplane-hijacking/2/ How Hijackers Commandeered Over 130 American Planes — In 5 Years https://www.wired.com/2013/06/love-and-terror-in-the-golden-age-of-hijacking/ Ex-Detroiter behind infamous 1972 skyjacking tells his story https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/06/06/detroit-skyjacker-airplane-explanation/85314438/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/us-airline-hijackings-1970s-declassified/index.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48069272 https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/ https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-strange-story-of-the-first-ever-plane-hijack https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11326472/hijacking-airplanes-egyptair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/after-egyptair-four-hijackings-that-shook-israel-1.5424289 Learn more about your ad choices. 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This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets hammered on Cuba Libres and demands a Cuban Sandwich! (Only to pass out before DoorDash arrives) On the show this week we head back to the heyday of airline travel, when the seats were roomy and a lot of your flights unexpectedly arrived in Havana!


Along the way we discover how astonishingly bad Dave was (and probably IS) at geography. From there we dive right into stories of desperados commandeering planes for the Communist Paradise of Cuba only to discover they were not wanted there. Then we learn the tale of a Hunky Marine who became an Italian folk hero because everyone hated America being in Vietnam. (Which was actually fair!) Then we learn how one particular skyjacking ended the Golden Years of American Skyjacking! (Threaten to crash into ONE nuclear reactor and everyone goes nuts!) This is part one of a series, next week we cover the Most Famous Skyjacker of All! (That will show Santa for fucking with Herbie and Rudolf!)


Our Sponsor this week is Unexpected Destinations, got fifty bucks, we will fly you...somewhere. We open the show with a man who just wants to get to Luton and close with Lee Flier looking back on better times. 


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/WC7APR-Gn3o

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


"U.S. Plane Seized, Flown To Havana"

https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/us-plane-seized-flown-havana


The strangest stories from the golden age of plane hijacking

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/golden-age-of-hijacking/


Travel: What to Do When The Hijacker Comes

http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,844656,00.html


This Heartthrob Marine Became an Italian Folk Hero For Hijacking a Plane

https://historycollection.com/this-heartthrob-marine-became-an-italian-folk-hero-because-of-an-airplane-hijacking/2/


How Hijackers Commandeered Over 130 American Planes — In 5 Years

https://www.wired.com/2013/06/love-and-terror-in-the-golden-age-of-hijacking/


Ex-Detroiter behind infamous 1972 skyjacking tells his story

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/06/06/detroit-skyjacker-airplane-explanation/85314438/


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/us-airline-hijackings-1970s-declassified/index.html


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48069272


https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/


https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-strange-story-of-the-first-ever-plane-hijack


https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11326472/hijacking-airplanes-egyptair


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings


https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/after-egyptair-four-hijackings-that-shook-israel-1.5424289

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]]> 1765 yes Episode 301: Woo Hoo Hoo, It's All Been Done Before Show Notes Episode 301: “(Woo Hoo Hoo) It’s All Been Done Before” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals a plot by big bar owners to overthrow his right to rack up bar tabs like a True American! (Even the evidence is overwhelming, no one actually cares...so you know, just like real life!)  Along the way we learn that Dave only carried around Infinite Jest because he thought it made him look smart, but never actually read it. (Which is exactly why EVERY man carried around Infinite Jest.) From there we head back to 1932, a group of righteously pissed off veterans and a Marine General named, Smedley Darlington Butler. (If you giggle at that name in front of a Marine, they WILL punch you!) Then we will earn all about how a bunch of rich Republicans thought what America REALLY needed was our own Mussolini, and how they were going to get us one.   Our Sponsor this week is Plan A Putsch, when you want your coup to succeed! We open with a week in May and close with Tom Stitzer explaining it isn’t deja vu. 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/V58yiNz9LSM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Business Plot Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot THE BUSINESS PLOT TO OVERTHROW ROOSEVELT http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Coup.htm The Business Plot – Did American Billionaires Really Plan a Fascist Coup? https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/02/25/the-business-plot-did-american-billionaires-plan-a-fascist-coup/ Smedley Butler Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler Uncited Additional: https://timeline.com/business-plot-overthrow-fdr-9a59a012c32a?gi=a0e66a31e7f8 https://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plotted-to-overthrow-fdr https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-insurrections-the-business-77137164/ https://www.jodyavirgan.com/political-history-show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Woo Hoo Hoo, It's All Been Done Before full 6 301 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about that time a bunch of Republicans tried to overthrow the government for a fascist dictatorship. (No, not that THAT time, the other one.) Show Notes Episode 301: “(Woo Hoo Hoo) It’s All Been Done Before” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals a plot by big bar owners to overthrow his right to rack up bar tabs like a True American! (Even the evidence is overwhelming, no one actually cares...so you know, just like real life!)  Along the way we learn that Dave only carried around Infinite Jest because he thought it made him look smart, but never actually read it. (Which is exactly why EVERY man carried around Infinite Jest.) From there we head back to 1932, a group of righteously pissed off veterans and a Marine General named, Smedley Darlington Butler. (If you giggle at that name in front of a Marine, they WILL punch you!) Then we will earn all about how a bunch of rich Republicans thought what America REALLY needed was our own Mussolini, and how they were going to get us one.   Our Sponsor this week is Plan A Putsch, when you want your coup to succeed! We open with a week in May and close with Tom Stitzer explaining it isn’t deja vu. 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/V58yiNz9LSM We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Business Plot Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot THE BUSINESS PLOT TO OVERTHROW ROOSEVELT http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Coup.htm The Business Plot – Did American Billionaires Really Plan a Fascist Coup? https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/02/25/the-business-plot-did-american-billionaires-plan-a-fascist-coup/ Smedley Butler Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler Uncited Additional: https://timeline.com/business-plot-overthrow-fdr-9a59a012c32a?gi=a0e66a31e7f8 https://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plotted-to-overthrow-fdr https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-insurrections-the-business-77137164/ https://www.jodyavirgan.com/political-history-show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Episode 301: “(Woo Hoo Hoo) It’s All Been Done Before”

This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals a plot by big bar owners to overthrow his right to rack up bar tabs like a True American! (Even the evidence is overwhelming, no one actually cares...so you know, just like real life!) 

Along the way we learn that Dave only carried around Infinite Jest because he thought it made him look smart, but never actually read it. (Which is exactly why EVERY man carried around Infinite Jest.) From there we head back to 1932, a group of righteously pissed off veterans and a Marine General named, Smedley Darlington Butler. (If you giggle at that name in front of a Marine, they WILL punch you!) Then we will earn all about how a bunch of rich Republicans thought what America REALLY needed was our own Mussolini, and how they were going to get us one.  


Our Sponsor this week is Plan A Putsch, when you want your coup to succeed! We open with a week in May and close with Tom Stitzer explaining it isn’t deja vu.


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/V58yiNz9LSM

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


The Business Plot Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot


THE BUSINESS PLOT TO OVERTHROW ROOSEVELT

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Coup.htm


The Business Plot – Did American Billionaires Really Plan a Fascist Coup?

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/02/25/the-business-plot-did-american-billionaires-plan-a-fascist-coup/


Smedley Butler Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler




Uncited Additional:

https://timeline.com/business-plot-overthrow-fdr-9a59a012c32a?gi=a0e66a31e7f8


https://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plotted-to-overthrow-fdr


https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-insurrections-the-business-77137164/


https://www.jodyavirgan.com/political-history-show



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]]> 1719 yes Episode 300: Three Hundred Pods of Heavenly Joy Show 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, Dave, grow up!) Then we have a chat with the very real, not at all imaginary and probably not a Lizard Alien Jeremy Balon of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network who explains why it seemed like a good idea to have this show on their network. (You know how these “celebration” episodes go, all Navel Gaze no content). Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies School of Podcasting, learn the arts and craft of podcasting by podcasters with at least three listeners. We open the show with, well you will just have to listen to it to believe it, and close with Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows who are laden with heavenly joy. 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/Zhimf9ji3bc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Three Hundred Pods of Heavenly Joy full 6 300 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we celebrate our 300th episode of this podcast by asking, you know, what the hell were you thinking? Show 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, Dave, grow up!) Then we have a chat with the very real, not at all imaginary and probably not a Lizard Alien Jeremy Balon of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network who explains why it seemed like a good idea to have this show on their network. (You know how these “celebration” episodes go, all Navel Gaze no content). Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies School of Podcasting, learn the arts and craft of podcasting by podcasters with at least three listeners. We open the show with, well you will just have to listen to it to believe it, and close with Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows who are laden with heavenly joy. 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/Zhimf9ji3bc We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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, Dave, grow up!) Then we have a chat with the very real, not at all imaginary and probably not a Lizard Alien Jeremy Balon of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network who explains why it seemed like a good idea to have this show on their network. (You know how these “celebration” episodes go, all Navel Gaze no content).


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies School of Podcasting, learn the arts and craft of podcasting by podcasters with at least three listeners. We open the show with, well you will just have to listen to it to believe it, and close with Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows who are laden with heavenly joy.


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/Zhimf9ji3bc

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]]> 2149 yes Episode 299: Good Love Is Hard to Find Show 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 unlikely “facts” about Chuck Barris, the creator of the Dating Game and maybe CIA assassin? (He wasn’t) Then we dive right into the very strange details of Rodney Alcala and his appearance on a television dating show. (It was strange because they never bothered to check if he was a convicted criminal, which he was!) From there we follow Rodney a decade of some of the sickest crimes of the 1970’s and that is SAYING A LOT! Our Sponsor this week is the Mating Game, who wants you know we know you are gonna fuck, so why be coy? We open with the Other Chuck Barris Joint the Newlywed Game and close with Kirk James Folk who wants us to know how lucky we are to have found him. 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/6RiNM0IR3MA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Marriages from The Dating Game? https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriages-from-the-dating-game/695245 Rodney Alcala Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala Rodney Alcala - The Dating Game Killer https://web.archive.org/web/20140728222940/http://voices.yahoo.com/rodney-alcala-dating-game-killer-6152746.html Wondery’s The Dating Game Killer https://wondery.com/shows/the-dating-game-killer/ Serial Killer Rodney Alcala's Secret Photo Stash https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/g899/serial-killers-photos/ Uncited Additional Readings: https://www.laweekly.com/rodney-alcala-the-fine-art-of-killing/ https://nypost.com/2009/01/04/california-devil-may-be-nycs-top-serial-killer/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/close-call-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-appeared-dating/story?id=75039197 https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/alcala-rodney.htm https://people.com/crime/rodney-alcala-serial-killer-woman-survived-attack-as-child/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/rodney-alcala-the-killing-game/ https://www.thecinemaholic.com/where-is-rodn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Good Love Is Hard to Find full 5 299 Dave Bledsoe 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!) Show 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 unlikely “facts” about Chuck Barris, the creator of the Dating Game and maybe CIA assassin? (He wasn’t) Then we dive right into the very strange details of Rodney Alcala and his appearance on a television dating show. (It was strange because they never bothered to check if he was a convicted criminal, which he was!) From there we follow Rodney a decade of some of the sickest crimes of the 1970’s and that is SAYING A LOT! Our Sponsor this week is the Mating Game, who wants you know we know you are gonna fuck, so why be coy? We open with the Other Chuck Barris Joint the Newlywed Game and close with Kirk James Folk who wants us to know how lucky we are to have found him. 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/6RiNM0IR3MA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Marriages from The Dating Game? https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriages-from-the-dating-game/695245 Rodney Alcala Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala Rodney Alcala - The Dating Game Killer https://web.archive.org/web/20140728222940/http://voices.yahoo.com/rodney-alcala-dating-game-killer-6152746.html Wondery’s The Dating Game Killer https://wondery.com/shows/the-dating-game-killer/ Serial Killer Rodney Alcala's Secret Photo Stash https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/g899/serial-killers-photos/ Uncited Additional Readings: https://www.laweekly.com/rodney-alcala-the-fine-art-of-killing/ https://nypost.com/2009/01/04/california-devil-may-be-nycs-top-serial-killer/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/close-call-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-appeared-dating/story?id=75039197 https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/alcala-rodney.htm https://people.com/crime/rodney-alcala-serial-killer-woman-survived-attack-as-child/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/rodney-alcala-the-killing-game/ https://www.thecinemaholic.com/where-is-rodn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 unlikely “facts” about Chuck Barris, the creator of the Dating Game and maybe CIA assassin? (He wasn’t) Then we dive right into the very strange details of Rodney Alcala and his appearance on a television dating show. (It was strange because they never bothered to check if he was a convicted criminal, which he was!) From there we follow Rodney a decade of some of the sickest crimes of the 1970’s and that is SAYING A LOT!


Our Sponsor this week is the Mating Game, who wants you know we know you are gonna fuck, so why be coy? We open with the Other Chuck Barris Joint the Newlywed Game and close with Kirk James Folk who wants us to know how lucky we are to have found him.


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/6RiNM0IR3MA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/



Citations Needed:


Marriages from The Dating Game?

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriages-from-the-dating-game/695245


Rodney Alcala Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala


Rodney Alcala - The Dating Game Killer

https://web.archive.org/web/20140728222940/http://voices.yahoo.com/rodney-alcala-dating-game-killer-6152746.html


Wondery’s The Dating Game Killer

https://wondery.com/shows/the-dating-game-killer/


Serial Killer Rodney Alcala's Secret Photo Stash

https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/g899/serial-killers-photos/



Uncited Additional Readings:


https://www.laweekly.com/rodney-alcala-the-fine-art-of-killing/


https://nypost.com/2009/01/04/california-devil-may-be-nycs-top-serial-killer/


https://abcnews.go.com/US/close-call-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-appeared-dating/story?id=75039197


https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/alcala-rodney.htm


https://people.com/crime/rodney-alcala-serial-killer-woman-survived-attack-as-child/


https://www.cbsnews.com/video/rodney-alcala-the-killing-game/


https://www.thecinemaholic.com/where-is-rodn

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]]> 1784 yes Episode 298: Big Bucks, No Whammies, STOP! Show 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 through daytime game shows! From there dig into the creation of a comparatively short lived game show that has never really been forgotten by a generation of latchkey kids! (We never saw our parents!) Then we meet the man who beat the Big Board and took CBS for over a quarter million dollars in today’s money: Michael Larson. It all ends pretty much how you think it might end. Our Sponsor this week is The Match Game, teaching children about sex since 1969! We open the show with these lovely parting gifts and close with an entirely different set of parting gifts, including the What the HELL Home Game! 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/jn7WI2zc6d0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Man Who Got No Whammies https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-got-no-whammies/ BIG BUCKS - THE PRESS YOUR LUCK SCANDAL https://vimeo.com/119543939 Michael Larson Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson Uncited Additional Reading: https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/big-bucks-the-press-your-luck-scandal-1200542858/ https://www.onthisday.com/date/1984/june/8 https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Press_Your_Luck/Episode_Guide/1984 https://25yearslatersite.com/2019/07/29/press-your-luck-and-the-80s-most-infamous-game-show-scandal/ https://theretronetwork.com/big-money-no-whammies/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/an-ice-cream-man-hacked-press-your-luck-1984-1217142 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Big Bucks, No Whammies, STOP! full 5 298 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we talk about the day the Whammies Died on Press Your Luck! Show 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 through daytime game shows! From there dig into the creation of a comparatively short lived game show that has never really been forgotten by a generation of latchkey kids! (We never saw our parents!) Then we meet the man who beat the Big Board and took CBS for over a quarter million dollars in today’s money: Michael Larson. It all ends pretty much how you think it might end. Our Sponsor this week is The Match Game, teaching children about sex since 1969! We open the show with these lovely parting gifts and close with an entirely different set of parting gifts, including the What the HELL Home Game! 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/jn7WI2zc6d0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Man Who Got No Whammies https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-got-no-whammies/ BIG BUCKS - THE PRESS YOUR LUCK SCANDAL https://vimeo.com/119543939 Michael Larson Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson Uncited Additional Reading: https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/big-bucks-the-press-your-luck-scandal-1200542858/ https://www.onthisday.com/date/1984/june/8 https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Press_Your_Luck/Episode_Guide/1984 https://25yearslatersite.com/2019/07/29/press-your-luck-and-the-80s-most-infamous-game-show-scandal/ https://theretronetwork.com/big-money-no-whammies/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/an-ice-cream-man-hacked-press-your-luck-1984-1217142 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 through daytime game shows! From there dig into the creation of a comparatively short lived game show that has never really been forgotten by a generation of latchkey kids! (We never saw our parents!) Then we meet the man who beat the Big Board and took CBS for over a quarter million dollars in today’s money: Michael Larson. It all ends pretty much how you think it might end.


Our Sponsor this week is The Match Game, teaching children about sex since 1969! We open the show with these lovely parting gifts and close with an entirely different set of parting gifts, including the What the HELL Home Game!


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/jn7WI2zc6d0

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


The Man Who Got No Whammies

https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-got-no-whammies/


BIG BUCKS - THE PRESS YOUR LUCK SCANDAL

https://vimeo.com/119543939


Michael Larson Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson


Uncited Additional Reading:


https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/big-bucks-the-press-your-luck-scandal-1200542858/


https://www.onthisday.com/date/1984/june/8


https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Press_Your_Luck/Episode_Guide/1984


https://25yearslatersite.com/2019/07/29/press-your-luck-and-the-80s-most-infamous-game-show-scandal/


https://theretronetwork.com/big-money-no-whammies/


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/an-ice-cream-man-hacked-press-your-luck-1984-1217142

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]]> 1764 yes Episode 297: I've Got Friends In Q Places Show 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 Memory Palace to learn what trauma makes him so, so much like he is today only to discover it is just as banal as we imagined. (Is not getting a toy a “trauma”?) Then we dive right into the Q-lievers on the internet to see how they are coping with discovering they were not only duped by con artist and hucksters, but they also look really stupid in those ill fitting WWG1WGA t-shirts. Then we turn to history to see what other moments of Great Disappointment can teach us about the kind of people who believe very silly things only to find out it made them look very silly. (Turns out, the Journey their way through until they can find something else, something sillier to believe in.)   Our Sponsor this week is R-Anon, the one letter better conspiracy theory who wants you to have this cocoa and blanket and relax until you feel better. We open the show with a VERY sad woman coping with unpleasant realities and close with Frog Leap Studio who made NEW angrier friends since you’ve gone. 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/KYwv0Lrmu5Y We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Major Q Figure Urges Followers to Go Back to Their Real Lives https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdy7e/major-q-figure-urges-followers-to-go-back-to-their-real-lives Here's How QAnon Reacted as They Realized 'The Storm' Isn't Happening https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-qanon-reacted-as-they-realized-the-storm-isnt-1846095605 Warning Signs https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html Great Disappointment Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment The Seekers (rapturists) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seekers_(rapturists) Some QAnon followers lose hope after inauguration https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/some-qanon-followers-struggle-inauguration-day-n1255002 Uncited Additional Reference: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/20/with-trump-out-qanon-influencers-are-desperate-to-keep-their-grift-going.html https://boingboing.net/2021/01/21/maga-and-qanon-desperate-and-disillusioned.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ax9a/extremists-are-already-preying-on-desperate-qanon-followers https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/tech/qanon-believers-inauguration-reaction/index.html https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-qanon-reacted-as-they-realized-the-storm-isnt-1846095605 https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/how-qanon-believers-reacted-to-the-biden-inauguration-hint-not-so-well.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7v97g/trump-fails-to-ascend-as-god-emperor-leaving-diehard-fans-adrift https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/the-christmas-the-aliens-didnt-come/421122/ https://slate.com/technology/2011/05/apocalypse-2011-what-happens-to-a-doomsday-cult-when-the-world-doesn-t-end.html https://www.thecut.com/2015/10/what-happens-when-the-world-doesnt-end.html https://religiondispatches.org/a-year-after-the-non-apocalypse-where-are-they-now/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0000 I've Got Friends In Q Places full 5 297 Dave Bledsoe 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!) Show 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 Memory Palace to learn what trauma makes him so, so much like he is today only to discover it is just as banal as we imagined. (Is not getting a toy a “trauma”?) Then we dive right into the Q-lievers on the internet to see how they are coping with discovering they were not only duped by con artist and hucksters, but they also look really stupid in those ill fitting WWG1WGA t-shirts. Then we turn to history to see what other moments of Great Disappointment can teach us about the kind of people who believe very silly things only to find out it made them look very silly. (Turns out, the Journey their way through until they can find something else, something sillier to believe in.)   Our Sponsor this week is R-Anon, the one letter better conspiracy theory who wants you to have this cocoa and blanket and relax until you feel better. We open the show with a VERY sad woman coping with unpleasant realities and close with Frog Leap Studio who made NEW angrier friends since you’ve gone. 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/KYwv0Lrmu5Y We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Major Q Figure Urges Followers to Go Back to Their Real Lives https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdy7e/major-q-figure-urges-followers-to-go-back-to-their-real-lives Here's How QAnon Reacted as They Realized 'The Storm' Isn't Happening https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-qanon-reacted-as-they-realized-the-storm-isnt-1846095605 Warning Signs https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html Great Disappointment Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment The Seekers (rapturists) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seekers_(rapturists) Some QAnon followers lose hope after inauguration https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/some-qanon-followers-struggle-inauguration-day-n1255002 Uncited Additional Reference: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/20/with-trump-out-qanon-influencers-are-desperate-to-keep-their-grift-going.html https://boingboing.net/2021/01/21/maga-and-qanon-desperate-and-disillusioned.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ax9a/extremists-are-already-preying-on-desperate-qanon-followers https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/tech/qanon-believers-inauguration-reaction/index.html https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-qanon-reacted-as-they-realized-the-storm-isnt-1846095605 https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/how-qanon-believers-reacted-to-the-biden-inauguration-hint-not-so-well.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7v97g/trump-fails-to-ascend-as-god-emperor-leaving-diehard-fans-adrift https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/the-christmas-the-aliens-didnt-come/421122/ https://slate.com/technology/2011/05/apocalypse-2011-what-happens-to-a-doomsday-cult-when-the-world-doesn-t-end.html https://www.thecut.com/2015/10/what-happens-when-the-world-doesnt-end.html https://religiondispatches.org/a-year-after-the-non-apocalypse-where-are-they-now/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 Memory Palace to learn what trauma makes him so, so much like he is today only to discover it is just as banal as we imagined. (Is not getting a toy a “trauma”?) Then we dive right into the Q-lievers on the internet to see how they are coping with discovering they were not only duped by con artist and hucksters, but they also look really stupid in those ill fitting WWG1WGA t-shirts. Then we turn to history to see what other moments of Great Disappointment can teach us about the kind of people who believe very silly things only to find out it made them look very silly. (Turns out, the Journey their way through until they can find something else, something sillier to believe in.)  


Our Sponsor this week is R-Anon, the one letter better conspiracy theory who wants you to have this cocoa and blanket and relax until you feel better. We open the show with a VERY sad woman coping with unpleasant realities and close with Frog Leap Studio who made NEW angrier friends since you’ve gone.


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/KYwv0Lrmu5Y

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/




Citations Needed:


Major Q Figure Urges Followers to Go Back to Their Real Lives

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdy7e/major-q-figure-urges-followers-to-go-back-to-their-real-lives


Here's How QAnon Reacted as They Realized 'The Storm' Isn't Happening

https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-qanon-reacted-as-they-realized-the-storm-isnt-1846095605


Warning Signs

https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html


Great Disappointment Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment


The Seekers (rapturists) Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seekers_(rapturists)


Some QAnon followers lose hope after inauguration

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/some-qanon-followers-struggle-inauguration-day-n1255002


Uncited Additional Reference:


https://boingboing.net/2021/01/20/with-trump-out-qanon-influencers-are-desperate-to-keep-their-grift-going.html


https://boingboing.net/2021/01/21/maga-and-qanon-desperate-and-disillusioned.html


https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ax9a/extremists-are-already-preying-on-desperate-qanon-followers


https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/tech/qanon-believers-inauguration-reaction/index.html


https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-qanon-reacted-as-they-realized-the-storm-isnt-1846095605


https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/how-qanon-believers-reacted-to-the-biden-inauguration-hint-not-so-well.html


https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7v97g/trump-fails-to-ascend-as-god-emperor-leaving-diehard-fans-adrift


https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/the-christmas-the-aliens-didnt-come/421122/

https://slate.com/technology/2011/05/apocalypse-2011-what-happens-to-a-doomsday-cult-when-the-world-doesn-t-end.html


https://www.thecut.com/2015/10/what-happens-when-the-world-doesnt-end.html


https://religiondispatches.org/a-year-after-the-non-apocalypse-where-are-they-now/


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]]> 1741 yes Special Edition 11: Our Latest Long National Nightmare Is OVER Show 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 Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:15:00 -0000 Our Latest Long National Nightmare Is OVER bonus 5 11 Dave Bledsoe Buh Bye Donnie! Show 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 Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show Notes Special Edition 11: Our Latest Long National Nightmare Is Over

BUH

BYE

DONNY!




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]]> 679 yes Episode 296: Little Myth Can't Be Wrong Episode 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 kicked) and how it is tied to the Top Spot for Mythic Bullshit. Then we promptly dismantle the very idea that America and Americans are special. (I mean come, LOOK at us!) From there we examine the source, the damage inflicted and ponder what we might do to repair the damage to our dumb nation. There is also a really great allegory about White House renovations! Our Sponsor this week is Hint and Half For You Ass, TRYING to tell you something but you ain’t listening. We open the show with Agent K cold assessment of humanity and close with Riptide Refugees lamenting love’s end. 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/qs6s823qTU0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Little Myth Can't Be Wrong full 5 296 Dave Bledsoe 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!) Episode 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 kicked) and how it is tied to the Top Spot for Mythic Bullshit. Then we promptly dismantle the very idea that America and Americans are special. (I mean come, LOOK at us!) From there we examine the source, the damage inflicted and ponder what we might do to repair the damage to our dumb nation. There is also a really great allegory about White House renovations! Our Sponsor this week is Hint and Half For You Ass, TRYING to tell you something but you ain’t listening. We open the show with Agent K cold assessment of humanity and close with Riptide Refugees lamenting love’s end. 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/qs6s823qTU0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 kicked) and how it is tied to the Top Spot for Mythic Bullshit. Then we promptly dismantle the very idea that America and Americans are special. (I mean come, LOOK at us!) From there we examine the source, the damage inflicted and ponder what we might do to repair the damage to our dumb nation. There is also a really great allegory about White House renovations!


Our Sponsor this week is Hint and Half For You Ass, TRYING to tell you something but you ain’t listening. We open the show with Agent K cold assessment of humanity and close with Riptide Refugees lamenting love’s end.


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]]> 1648 yes Episode 295: Big Lizards In Our Backyards! Show 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 the history of Draconians, who they are, how they came here, what the want, and why the drove that dude to blow himself in Nashville over Christmas. (Ironically, it was slow 4g LTE coverage not the 5g nonsense.) Then we “explain” the REAL motives behind the Lizards and their minions, our precious Orgone Energy! (No, that is not a real thing.) Our Sponsor this week is Glaxxor and Glaxxor Interstellar Attorneys at Law, got a problem with the Greys, take ‘em to court with G&G! We open the show with Enik in the Lost City and close with the Dead Milkmen who have lizard problems of their own. 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/5k68Uz3w3x8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Feds probing whether Nashville bomber believed in lizard people conspiracy https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girlfriend-nashville-bomber-warned-police-he-was-building-explosives-2019-n1252536 Map of the Lost Lizard City under Los Angeles https://web.archive.org/web/20171019052609/http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/443-secret-caves-of-the-lizard-people Reptilian conspiracy theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory WHAT DO REPTOIDS LOOK LIKE? http://www.reptoids.com/Vault/phydes.htm Beyond Duality Quotes https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1966766-beyond-duality-the-art-of-transcendence Metatron on Reptilians and Orgone http://channelingpapaeli.blogspot.com/2017/07/metatron-on-reptilians-and-orgone.html orgone pucks, illuminati reptilians making mammals jump through hoops for cash flow https://kroabot.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/orgone-pucks-illuminati-reptilians-making-mammals-jump-through-hoops-for-cash-flow/ Rohan Connolly on Twitter https://twitter.com/rohan_connolly/status/1346602188672438272?s=20 Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.gaia.com/article/eisenhower-meets-aliens-holloman-afb https://www.inquisitr.com/2939994/grey-aliens-signed-treaty-with-eisenhower-in-1954-after-u-s-government-rejected-overtures-from-nordic-or-pleiadian-aliens/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/airman-claims-kidnapped-taken-moon-reptile-aliens/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/ https://u.osu.edu/vanzandt/2018/04/18/the-world-is-controlled-by-a-group-of-elite-reptiles/comment-page-1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Big Lizards In Our Backyards! full 5 295 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the REAL Reptilians, the ones controlling EVERYTHING including your local Burger King! Show 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 the history of Draconians, who they are, how they came here, what the want, and why the drove that dude to blow himself in Nashville over Christmas. (Ironically, it was slow 4g LTE coverage not the 5g nonsense.) Then we “explain” the REAL motives behind the Lizards and their minions, our precious Orgone Energy! (No, that is not a real thing.) Our Sponsor this week is Glaxxor and Glaxxor Interstellar Attorneys at Law, got a problem with the Greys, take ‘em to court with G&G! We open the show with Enik in the Lost City and close with the Dead Milkmen who have lizard problems of their own. 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/5k68Uz3w3x8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Feds probing whether Nashville bomber believed in lizard people conspiracy https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girlfriend-nashville-bomber-warned-police-he-was-building-explosives-2019-n1252536 Map of the Lost Lizard City under Los Angeles https://web.archive.org/web/20171019052609/http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/443-secret-caves-of-the-lizard-people Reptilian conspiracy theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory WHAT DO REPTOIDS LOOK LIKE? http://www.reptoids.com/Vault/phydes.htm Beyond Duality Quotes https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1966766-beyond-duality-the-art-of-transcendence Metatron on Reptilians and Orgone http://channelingpapaeli.blogspot.com/2017/07/metatron-on-reptilians-and-orgone.html orgone pucks, illuminati reptilians making mammals jump through hoops for cash flow https://kroabot.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/orgone-pucks-illuminati-reptilians-making-mammals-jump-through-hoops-for-cash-flow/ Rohan Connolly on Twitter https://twitter.com/rohan_connolly/status/1346602188672438272?s=20 Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.gaia.com/article/eisenhower-meets-aliens-holloman-afb https://www.inquisitr.com/2939994/grey-aliens-signed-treaty-with-eisenhower-in-1954-after-u-s-government-rejected-overtures-from-nordic-or-pleiadian-aliens/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/airman-claims-kidnapped-taken-moon-reptile-aliens/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/ https://u.osu.edu/vanzandt/2018/04/18/the-world-is-controlled-by-a-group-of-elite-reptiles/comment-page-1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 the history of Draconians, who they are, how they came here, what the want, and why the drove that dude to blow himself in Nashville over Christmas. (Ironically, it was slow 4g LTE coverage not the 5g nonsense.) Then we “explain” the REAL motives behind the Lizards and their minions, our precious Orgone Energy! (No, that is not a real thing.)


Our Sponsor this week is Glaxxor and Glaxxor Interstellar Attorneys at Law, got a problem with the Greys, take ‘em to court with G&G! We open the show with Enik in the Lost City and close with the Dead Milkmen who have lizard problems of their own.


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/5k68Uz3w3x8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


Feds probing whether Nashville bomber believed in lizard people conspiracy

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girlfriend-nashville-bomber-warned-police-he-was-building-explosives-2019-n1252536


Map of the Lost Lizard City under Los Angeles

https://web.archive.org/web/20171019052609/http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/443-secret-caves-of-the-lizard-people


Reptilian conspiracy theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory


WHAT DO REPTOIDS LOOK LIKE?

http://www.reptoids.com/Vault/phydes.htm


Beyond Duality Quotes

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1966766-beyond-duality-the-art-of-transcendence


Metatron on Reptilians and Orgone

http://channelingpapaeli.blogspot.com/2017/07/metatron-on-reptilians-and-orgone.html


orgone pucks, illuminati reptilians making mammals jump through hoops for cash flow

https://kroabot.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/orgone-pucks-illuminati-reptilians-making-mammals-jump-through-hoops-for-cash-flow/


Rohan Connolly on Twitter

https://twitter.com/rohan_connolly/status/1346602188672438272?s=20


Uncited Additional Reading:

https://www.gaia.com/article/eisenhower-meets-aliens-holloman-afb


https://www.inquisitr.com/2939994/grey-aliens-signed-treaty-with-eisenhower-in-1954-after-u-s-government-rejected-overtures-from-nordic-or-pleiadian-aliens/


https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/airman-claims-kidnapped-taken-moon-reptile-aliens/


https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/


https://u.osu.edu/vanzandt/2018/04/18/the-world-is-controlled-by-a-group-of-elite-reptiles/comment-page-1/

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]]> 2121 yes Episode 294: I'm Drinking 2020 Goodbye Episode 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 it. Then we go around the world in a dozen or so liquors so powerful, so disgusting, so terrible that only a desperate alcoholic or a man with literally nothing left to lose would drink them. (Fortunately for us, Dave Bledsoe is both!) From India to Ireland, from Italy to China Dave explains how as things got worse in 2020, the levels he stooped to in the liquor cabinet went lower and lower. (Honestly we do NOT know how he is still alive!) Then we wrap up with simply the most vile concoction to ever be bottled and sold to teenagers who didn’t know any better! (Poor, simple fools!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Quick Vax for when you are right and don’t want to wait your turn. We open the show with Jim Gaffigan getting us pumped for 2020 and close with Nine Pound Hammer coping with loss. 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/vhUuyYtyTJs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: MCDOWELL’S NO.1 RESERVE WHISKY https://somewhiskybloke.com/2019/01/30/mcdowells-no-1-reserve-whisky/ McDowell No 1 Whisky Reviews https://www.mouthshut.com/product-reviews/McDowell-No-1-Whisky-reviews-925008057 Coronavirus Makes Polish Liquor Fly Off the Shelves as Hand Sanitizer https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-makes-polish-liquor-fly-off-the-shelves-as-hand-sanitizer-11587147054# A Guide to Chinese Alcohol https://www.lostlaowai.com/guides/basics/guide-chinese-alcohol/ Is Southern Comfort Any Good??? https://southerndrinkingclub.com/blogs/the-buzz/is-southern-comfort-any-good Uncited Additional Materials:  https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/warning-these-are-the-worlds-13-most-dangerous-spirits/ https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/12/worlds-most-disgusting-alcoholic-drinks/ https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-nastiest-alcohol-products-you-have-ever-drunk https://medium.com/@jacksonhraw/ranking-every-type-of-alcoholic-beverage-ive-ever-tried-from-worst-to-best-c34491b84eab https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gross-alcoholic-drinks_n_4059712 https://twistedfood.co.uk/these-are-the-8-most-horrible-shots-you-can-order-at-a-bar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 31 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0000 I'm Drinking 2020 Goodbye full 5 294 Dave Bledsoe 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.) Episode 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 it. Then we go around the world in a dozen or so liquors so powerful, so disgusting, so terrible that only a desperate alcoholic or a man with literally nothing left to lose would drink them. (Fortunately for us, Dave Bledsoe is both!) From India to Ireland, from Italy to China Dave explains how as things got worse in 2020, the levels he stooped to in the liquor cabinet went lower and lower. (Honestly we do NOT know how he is still alive!) Then we wrap up with simply the most vile concoction to ever be bottled and sold to teenagers who didn’t know any better! (Poor, simple fools!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Quick Vax for when you are right and don’t want to wait your turn. We open the show with Jim Gaffigan getting us pumped for 2020 and close with Nine Pound Hammer coping with loss. 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/vhUuyYtyTJs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: MCDOWELL’S NO.1 RESERVE WHISKY https://somewhiskybloke.com/2019/01/30/mcdowells-no-1-reserve-whisky/ McDowell No 1 Whisky Reviews https://www.mouthshut.com/product-reviews/McDowell-No-1-Whisky-reviews-925008057 Coronavirus Makes Polish Liquor Fly Off the Shelves as Hand Sanitizer https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-makes-polish-liquor-fly-off-the-shelves-as-hand-sanitizer-11587147054# A Guide to Chinese Alcohol https://www.lostlaowai.com/guides/basics/guide-chinese-alcohol/ Is Southern Comfort Any Good??? https://southerndrinkingclub.com/blogs/the-buzz/is-southern-comfort-any-good Uncited Additional Materials:  https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/warning-these-are-the-worlds-13-most-dangerous-spirits/ https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/12/worlds-most-disgusting-alcoholic-drinks/ https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-nastiest-alcohol-products-you-have-ever-drunk https://medium.com/@jacksonhraw/ranking-every-type-of-alcoholic-beverage-ive-ever-tried-from-worst-to-best-c34491b84eab https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gross-alcoholic-drinks_n_4059712 https://twistedfood.co.uk/these-are-the-8-most-horrible-shots-you-can-order-at-a-bar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 it. Then we go around the world in a dozen or so liquors so powerful, so disgusting, so terrible that only a desperate alcoholic or a man with literally nothing left to lose would drink them. (Fortunately for us, Dave Bledsoe is both!) From India to Ireland, from Italy to China Dave explains how as things got worse in 2020, the levels he stooped to in the liquor cabinet went lower and lower. (Honestly we do NOT know how he is still alive!) Then we wrap up with simply the most vile concoction to ever be bottled and sold to teenagers who didn’t know any better! (Poor, simple fools!)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Quick Vax for when you are right and don’t want to wait your turn. We open the show with Jim Gaffigan getting us pumped for 2020 and close with Nine Pound Hammer coping with loss.


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/vhUuyYtyTJs

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/








Citations Needed:


MCDOWELL’S NO.1 RESERVE WHISKY

https://somewhiskybloke.com/2019/01/30/mcdowells-no-1-reserve-whisky/


McDowell No 1 Whisky Reviews

https://www.mouthshut.com/product-reviews/McDowell-No-1-Whisky-reviews-925008057


Coronavirus Makes Polish Liquor Fly Off the Shelves as Hand Sanitizer

https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-makes-polish-liquor-fly-off-the-shelves-as-hand-sanitizer-11587147054#


A Guide to Chinese Alcohol

https://www.lostlaowai.com/guides/basics/guide-chinese-alcohol/


Is Southern Comfort Any Good???

https://southerndrinkingclub.com/blogs/the-buzz/is-southern-comfort-any-good



Uncited Additional Materials: 


https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/warning-these-are-the-worlds-13-most-dangerous-spirits/


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/12/worlds-most-disgusting-alcoholic-drinks/


https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-nastiest-alcohol-products-you-have-ever-drunk


https://medium.com/@jacksonhraw/ranking-every-type-of-alcoholic-beverage-ive-ever-tried-from-worst-to-best-c34491b84eab


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gross-alcoholic-drinks_n_4059712


https://twistedfood.co.uk/these-are-the-8-most-horrible-shots-you-can-order-at-a-bar



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]]> 2155 yes Episode 293: This Is the Last Worthless Christmas That You'll Have to Spend Episode 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 grabbing some audio files, slapping some Creative Commons Music underneath it and dropping into the file.  (Producers all nod knowingly)  Then we wrap up with the UK Christmas #1, which is a thing that happens in the UK every Christmas and this year has a REAL interesting contender.   Our Sponsor this week is Krampus.com, providing the power of Krampus to American parents.  We open the show with Frank Constanza and close with Kunts Christmas who have some thoughts on Boris Johnson.  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: http://borisjohnson.info/ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http:// Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:00:00 -0000 This Is the Last Worthless Christmas That You'll Have to Spend full 5 293 Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes on his annual Christmas Bender, so Producer Gavin St. James FINALLY gets his big shot at the microphone! Episode 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 grabbing some audio files, slapping some Creative Commons Music underneath it and dropping into the file.  (Producers all nod knowingly)  Then we wrap up with the UK Christmas #1, which is a thing that happens in the UK every Christmas and this year has a REAL interesting contender.   Our Sponsor this week is Krampus.com, providing the power of Krampus to American parents.  We open the show with Frank Constanza and close with Kunts Christmas who have some thoughts on Boris Johnson.  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: http://borisjohnson.info/ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http:// Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 grabbing some audio files, slapping some Creative Commons Music underneath it and dropping into the file.  (Producers all nod knowingly)  Then we wrap up with the UK Christmas #1, which is a thing that happens in the UK every Christmas and this year has a REAL interesting contender.  


Our Sponsor this week is Krampus.com, providing the power of Krampus to American parents.  We open the show with Frank Constanza and close with Kunts Christmas who have some thoughts on Boris Johnson. 


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]]> 1276 yes Episode 292: Finger Licking Good Time Show 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 week, KFC on Sunday.) Then we dive right into the life of man who is much more than a white suit and a secret recipe!  (He also swore so much it impresses Dave!)  From his humble beginnings in Indiana (yeah, the Colonel wasn’t even FROM Kentucky!) to working on the railroad and pretty much every other job you can imagine before he became a fried chicken magnate.  We also learn how he lost so many of those jobs.  (Turns out, you do not FUCK with the Colonel, he WILL put you down!)  Then we chart his rise in the world of chicken sales from humble entrepreneur to world striding titan to the breaded bird arts, and perhaps even to becoming the object of a religion. (Praise his breaded goodness!) Then we brazenly reveal the REAL Secret Recipe!  (Come at us Big Chicken!) Our Sponsor this week is General Slander’s West Virginia Fried Chicken,  who wants you to know yeah, we got a GENERAL!  We open the show with Mister Mac Kenzie’s conspiracy theories and close with Southern Culture on the Skids roadside cuisine choices. 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/BCCqeHm5VDY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Colonels of Truth https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/ Colonel Pleasures A new Lifetime “mini-movie” gets one thing right about the KFC founder: his horniness. https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/colonel-sanders-lifetime-mario-lopez-horny.html Colonel Sanders Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders Kentucky∼Fried https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/02/14/kentucky-fried KFC recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html Uncited Additional Background  https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12096466/colonel-sanders-kfc-meme-life-story https://vault.fbi.gov/Colonel%20Harlan%20Sanders/Harland%20%28Colonel%29%20David%20Sanders%20Part%201%20of%201/view https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k94md/kfc-lifetime-movie-colonel-sanders-recipe-for-seduction https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-real-colonel-sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Finger Licking Good Time full 5 292 Dave Bledsoe 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!) Show 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 week, KFC on Sunday.) Then we dive right into the life of man who is much more than a white suit and a secret recipe!  (He also swore so much it impresses Dave!)  From his humble beginnings in Indiana (yeah, the Colonel wasn’t even FROM Kentucky!) to working on the railroad and pretty much every other job you can imagine before he became a fried chicken magnate.  We also learn how he lost so many of those jobs.  (Turns out, you do not FUCK with the Colonel, he WILL put you down!)  Then we chart his rise in the world of chicken sales from humble entrepreneur to world striding titan to the breaded bird arts, and perhaps even to becoming the object of a religion. (Praise his breaded goodness!) Then we brazenly reveal the REAL Secret Recipe!  (Come at us Big Chicken!) Our Sponsor this week is General Slander’s West Virginia Fried Chicken,  who wants you to know yeah, we got a GENERAL!  We open the show with Mister Mac Kenzie’s conspiracy theories and close with Southern Culture on the Skids roadside cuisine choices. 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/BCCqeHm5VDY We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Colonels of Truth https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/ Colonel Pleasures A new Lifetime “mini-movie” gets one thing right about the KFC founder: his horniness. https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/colonel-sanders-lifetime-mario-lopez-horny.html Colonel Sanders Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders Kentucky∼Fried https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/02/14/kentucky-fried KFC recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html Uncited Additional Background  https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12096466/colonel-sanders-kfc-meme-life-story https://vault.fbi.gov/Colonel%20Harlan%20Sanders/Harland%20%28Colonel%29%20David%20Sanders%20Part%201%20of%201/view https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k94md/kfc-lifetime-movie-colonel-sanders-recipe-for-seduction https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-real-colonel-sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 week, KFC on Sunday.) Then we dive right into the life of man who is much more than a white suit and a secret recipe!  (He also swore so much it impresses Dave!)  From his humble beginnings in Indiana (yeah, the Colonel wasn’t even FROM Kentucky!) to working on the railroad and pretty much every other job you can imagine before he became a fried chicken magnate.  We also learn how he lost so many of those jobs.  (Turns out, you do not FUCK with the Colonel, he WILL put you down!)  Then we chart his rise in the world of chicken sales from humble entrepreneur to world striding titan to the breaded bird arts, and perhaps even to becoming the object of a religion. (Praise his breaded goodness!) Then we brazenly reveal the REAL Secret Recipe!  (Come at us Big Chicken!)


Our Sponsor this week is General Slander’s West Virginia Fried Chicken,  who wants you to know yeah, we got a GENERAL!  We open the show with Mister Mac Kenzie’s conspiracy theories and close with Southern Culture on the Skids roadside cuisine choices.


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/BCCqeHm5VDY

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/





Citations Needed:


Colonels of Truth

https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/


Colonel Pleasures A new Lifetime “mini-movie” gets one thing right about the KFC founder: his horniness.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/colonel-sanders-lifetime-mario-lopez-horny.html


Colonel Sanders Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders


Kentucky∼Fried

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/02/14/kentucky-fried


KFC recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices

https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html


Uncited Additional Background 


https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12096466/colonel-sanders-kfc-meme-life-story


https://vault.fbi.gov/Colonel%20Harlan%20Sanders/Harland%20%28Colonel%29%20David%20Sanders%20Part%201%20of%201/view


https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k94md/kfc-lifetime-movie-colonel-sanders-recipe-for-seduction


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-real-colonel-sanders




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]]> 1956 yes Episode 291: The Ruror Furor Show 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 that was NEVER going to happen. Then we take a tour through the early history of television shows, from their origins selling cigarettes in the 1940’s through their adolescence selling cigarettes in the 1950’s and 60’s to the end of it’s selling cigarettes in the 1970’s. Are we saying that banning TV cigarettes ads in what became known as the Rural Purge? (We don’t THINK not being able to sell cigarettes ads for TV actually caused the Rural Purge, but we are not ruling it out!) Finally, we look at the shows the Purge made room and how it changed the face of television, for a minute or two. Our Sponsor this week is the Hooterville Chamber of Commerce. When you are ready to say goodbye to city life, why not say Hello Hooterville? We open with Jenna Maroney’s new movie and close with Roy Clarke snarking about Hee Haw being canceled. 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/hV85sDCRGkE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Co-Bro Andrew Walsh https://twitter.com/andrew_walsh/status/1334050319924228096?s=20 Rural Purge Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part Six http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-rural-comedies-of-sixties-part_23.html All In the Family Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family Mobituaries Podcast The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/the-rural-purge-death-of-the-country-broadcasting-system/ Uncited Background Reading https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge https://decider.com/2017/05/10/trial-error-and-the-revenge-of-the-rural-purge/ https://medium.com/@ChrisXMorgan/remember-tvs-rural-purge-b0a115c2a2b2 https://bittersoutherner.com/the-weird-history-of-hillbilly-tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:07:00 -0000 The Ruror Furor full 5 291 Dave Bledsoe 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!) Show 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 that was NEVER going to happen. Then we take a tour through the early history of television shows, from their origins selling cigarettes in the 1940’s through their adolescence selling cigarettes in the 1950’s and 60’s to the end of it’s selling cigarettes in the 1970’s. Are we saying that banning TV cigarettes ads in what became known as the Rural Purge? (We don’t THINK not being able to sell cigarettes ads for TV actually caused the Rural Purge, but we are not ruling it out!) Finally, we look at the shows the Purge made room and how it changed the face of television, for a minute or two. Our Sponsor this week is the Hooterville Chamber of Commerce. When you are ready to say goodbye to city life, why not say Hello Hooterville? We open with Jenna Maroney’s new movie and close with Roy Clarke snarking about Hee Haw being canceled. 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/hV85sDCRGkE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Co-Bro Andrew Walsh https://twitter.com/andrew_walsh/status/1334050319924228096?s=20 Rural Purge Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part Six http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-rural-comedies-of-sixties-part_23.html All In the Family Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family Mobituaries Podcast The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/the-rural-purge-death-of-the-country-broadcasting-system/ Uncited Background Reading https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge https://decider.com/2017/05/10/trial-error-and-the-revenge-of-the-rural-purge/ https://medium.com/@ChrisXMorgan/remember-tvs-rural-purge-b0a115c2a2b2 https://bittersoutherner.com/the-weird-history-of-hillbilly-tv Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 that was NEVER going to happen. Then we take a tour through the early history of television shows, from their origins selling cigarettes in the 1940’s through their adolescence selling cigarettes in the 1950’s and 60’s to the end of it’s selling cigarettes in the 1970’s. Are we saying that banning TV cigarettes ads in what became known as the Rural Purge? (We don’t THINK not being able to sell cigarettes ads for TV actually caused the Rural Purge, but we are not ruling it out!) Finally, we look at the shows the Purge made room and how it changed the face of television, for a minute or two.


Our Sponsor this week is the Hooterville Chamber of Commerce. When you are ready to say goodbye to city life, why not say Hello Hooterville? We open with Jenna Maroney’s new movie and close with Roy Clarke snarking about Hee Haw being canceled.


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/hV85sDCRGkE

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/

Citations Needed:


Co-Bro Andrew Walsh

https://twitter.com/andrew_walsh/status/1334050319924228096?s=20


Rural Purge Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge


American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part Six

http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-rural-comedies-of-sixties-part_23.html


All In the Family Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family


Mobituaries Podcast The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System

https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/the-rural-purge-death-of-the-country-broadcasting-system/



Uncited Background Reading


https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge


https://decider.com/2017/05/10/trial-error-and-the-revenge-of-the-rural-purge/


https://medium.com/@ChrisXMorgan/remember-tvs-rural-purge-b0a115c2a2b2


https://bittersoutherner.com/the-weird-history-of-hillbilly-tv

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]]> 1824 yes Episode 290: That Loser Who Shot John Lennon Show 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 honestly so would Dave.  Then we dive right into the early years of total dweeb Mark David Chapman.  We follow him through is highly mediocre childhood, through his unimpressive teens, into his unexceptional young adulthood and watch Mark steadily fuck up everything single thing he puts his hand to.We mean this fucking guy is just a total waste of space. (He makes Gavin seem impressive!) We tried to get the Little People on the record for this show, but they now deny knowing this second rate criminal shitbag. (That will make sense, we promise) Our Sponsor this week is Todd Rundgren who regrets any unpleasantness his words may have inadvertently provoked.  We open with Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football and close with The Cleverlys with an ode to Mark’s whinging.. 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/6BbyNFonwBI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Mark David CHAPMAN https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chapman-mark.htm The Death and Life of John Lennon https://nymag.com/news/features/45252/index3.html Mark David Chapman: The Man Who Killed John Lennon https://web.archive.org/web/20150210044824/http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/chapman/2.html Last Podcast on the Left Episodes 315-316 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HlELLJZRibPXprghn5Azv?si=vmpL2wxAQx6ZZuSWjBMInQ https://open.spotify.com/episode/2tlLUe8es2HbYCZB3uCSGI?si=2TojKuRPTy-q3pY_kffZ4g Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 07 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0000 That Loser Who Shot John Lennon full 5 290 Dave Bledsoe 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. Show 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 honestly so would Dave.  Then we dive right into the early years of total dweeb Mark David Chapman.  We follow him through is highly mediocre childhood, through his unimpressive teens, into his unexceptional young adulthood and watch Mark steadily fuck up everything single thing he puts his hand to.We mean this fucking guy is just a total waste of space. (He makes Gavin seem impressive!) We tried to get the Little People on the record for this show, but they now deny knowing this second rate criminal shitbag. (That will make sense, we promise) Our Sponsor this week is Todd Rundgren who regrets any unpleasantness his words may have inadvertently provoked.  We open with Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football and close with The Cleverlys with an ode to Mark’s whinging.. 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/6BbyNFonwBI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Mark David CHAPMAN https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chapman-mark.htm The Death and Life of John Lennon https://nymag.com/news/features/45252/index3.html Mark David Chapman: The Man Who Killed John Lennon https://web.archive.org/web/20150210044824/http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/chapman/2.html Last Podcast on the Left Episodes 315-316 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HlELLJZRibPXprghn5Azv?si=vmpL2wxAQx6ZZuSWjBMInQ https://open.spotify.com/episode/2tlLUe8es2HbYCZB3uCSGI?si=2TojKuRPTy-q3pY_kffZ4g Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 honestly so would Dave.  Then we dive right into the early years of total dweeb Mark David Chapman.  We follow him through is highly mediocre childhood, through his unimpressive teens, into his unexceptional young adulthood and watch Mark steadily fuck up everything single thing he puts his hand to.We mean this fucking guy is just a total waste of space. (He makes Gavin seem impressive!) We tried to get the Little People on the record for this show, but they now deny knowing this second rate criminal shitbag. (That will make sense, we promise)


Our Sponsor this week is Todd Rundgren who regrets any unpleasantness his words may have inadvertently provoked.  We open with Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football and close with The Cleverlys with an ode to Mark’s whinging..


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Mark David CHAPMAN

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chapman-mark.htm


The Death and Life of John Lennon

https://nymag.com/news/features/45252/index3.html


Mark David Chapman: The Man Who Killed John Lennon

https://web.archive.org/web/20150210044824/http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/chapman/2.html


Last Podcast on the Left Episodes 315-316

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]]> 1880 yes Episode 289: Reverend Jones, You Better Watch Your Speed (Part 2 of Jim Jones) Show 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 track the rise of Jim Jones in California from Midwestern Cult Leader new in town to a mover and shaker in California politics! (He was Rosalyn Carter’s pen pal!)  We learn how the Peoples Temple got small town California to accept them (money) and how Jim Jones got big city politicians to embrace him.  (votes).  Then we see the slow spiral that leads Reverend Jones and his followers to their ends in a snake infested jungle compound by off brand fruit drink and cyanide.  (Never say we aren’t a fun podcast for the kids!  Actually, ALWAYS say that!) Our returning sponsor this week is Second Hand Messiah, for your budget messianic needs!  We open the show with Jim doing a little faith healing and close with Claudia Hoyser urging Mr. Jones to just slow down. 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/N3QyI-snfDA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Neighbors in California Say Cult Members Were Helpful https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/24/archives/neighbors-in-california-say-cult-members-were-helpful-helping.html Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Untold-Story-Jones-People/dp/1585426784 The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763836/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/137-2242446-4094263?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1476763836&pd_rd_r=63d3f343-9ab6-45cc-8c32-a3e479a615fb&pd_rd_w=ANlQk&pd_rd_wg=Sv7Y5&pf_rd_p=f325d01c-4658-4593-be83-3e12ca663f0e&pf_rd_r=8CZF983ZPN3CZ4FCEG80&psc=1&refRID=8CZF983ZPN3CZ4FCEG80 Peoples Temple Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up https://www.webcitation.org/5vybRwHQX?url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html Nation: Paranoia And Delusions http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919897,00.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Reverend Jones, You Better Watch Your Speed (Part 2 of Jim Jones) full 4 289 Dave Bledsoe 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?) Show 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 track the rise of Jim Jones in California from Midwestern Cult Leader new in town to a mover and shaker in California politics! (He was Rosalyn Carter’s pen pal!)  We learn how the Peoples Temple got small town California to accept them (money) and how Jim Jones got big city politicians to embrace him.  (votes).  Then we see the slow spiral that leads Reverend Jones and his followers to their ends in a snake infested jungle compound by off brand fruit drink and cyanide.  (Never say we aren’t a fun podcast for the kids!  Actually, ALWAYS say that!) Our returning sponsor this week is Second Hand Messiah, for your budget messianic needs!  We open the show with Jim doing a little faith healing and close with Claudia Hoyser urging Mr. Jones to just slow down. 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/N3QyI-snfDA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Neighbors in California Say Cult Members Were Helpful https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/24/archives/neighbors-in-california-say-cult-members-were-helpful-helping.html Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Untold-Story-Jones-People/dp/1585426784 The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763836/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/137-2242446-4094263?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1476763836&pd_rd_r=63d3f343-9ab6-45cc-8c32-a3e479a615fb&pd_rd_w=ANlQk&pd_rd_wg=Sv7Y5&pf_rd_p=f325d01c-4658-4593-be83-3e12ca663f0e&pf_rd_r=8CZF983ZPN3CZ4FCEG80&psc=1&refRID=8CZF983ZPN3CZ4FCEG80 Peoples Temple Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up https://www.webcitation.org/5vybRwHQX?url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html Nation: Paranoia And Delusions http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919897,00.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 track the rise of Jim Jones in California from Midwestern Cult Leader new in town to a mover and shaker in California politics! (He was Rosalyn Carter’s pen pal!)  We learn how the Peoples Temple got small town California to accept them (money) and how Jim Jones got big city politicians to embrace him.  (votes).  Then we see the slow spiral that leads Reverend Jones and his followers to their ends in a snake infested jungle compound by off brand fruit drink and cyanide.  (Never say we aren’t a fun podcast for the kids!  Actually, ALWAYS say that!)


Our returning sponsor this week is Second Hand Messiah, for your budget messianic needs!  We open the show with Jim doing a little faith healing and close with Claudia Hoyser urging Mr. Jones to just slow down.


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Citations Needed:


Neighbors in California Say Cult Members Were Helpful

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/24/archives/neighbors-in-california-say-cult-members-were-helpful-helping.html


Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People

https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Untold-Story-Jones-People/dp/1585426784


The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763836/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/137-2242446-4094263?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1476763836&pd_rd_r=63d3f343-9ab6-45cc-8c32-a3e479a615fb&pd_rd_w=ANlQk&pd_rd_wg=Sv7Y5&pf_rd_p=f325d01c-4658-4593-be83-3e12ca663f0e&pf_rd_r=8CZF983ZPN3CZ4FCEG80&psc=1&refRID=8CZF983ZPN3CZ4FCEG80


Peoples Temple Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple


Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up

https://www.webcitation.org/5vybRwHQX?url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html


Nation: Paranoia And Delusions

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919897,00.html












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]]> 2011 yes Thanksgiving Bonus Episode 35: Jesus, Uncle Dave Is Already Drunk Holiday 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 recordings are REALLY awful. (As opposed to now?)  So enjoy this Bonus Edition and have a Happy Thanksgiving, hopefully you are not killing your relatives. (Unless, of course, you really don’t like them or stand to inherit a lot of money. We don’t judge!)  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/g_qUZ_QjIo8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 25 Nov 2020 20:52:47 -0000 Jesus, Uncle Dave Is Already Drunk bonus 1 35 Dave Bledsoe 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 Holiday 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 recordings are REALLY awful. (As opposed to now?)  So enjoy this Bonus Edition and have a Happy Thanksgiving, hopefully you are not killing your relatives. (Unless, of course, you really don’t like them or stand to inherit a lot of money. We don’t judge!)  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/g_qUZ_QjIo8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Holiday 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 recordings are REALLY awful. (As opposed to now?) 


So enjoy this Bonus Edition and have a Happy Thanksgiving, hopefully you are not killing your relatives. (Unless, of course, you really don’t like them or stand to inherit a lot of money. We don’t judge!) 


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]]> 817 yes Episode 288: Pass Me A Bottle, Reverend Jones Show 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 tell you all the GOOD things he did in his life! (No really, he did them and we tell you about them!) We learn a lot about why Dave yells so much on the show. (Turns out, genetics!) Then we dive deep into the early days of the Peoples Temple, Reverend Jones’ travels and his fervent belief in Communism. (Again, it was really doing some good when it began, later not so much!) Finally answer the question on so many people’s minds about how Jim Jones was able to get people to follow him like they did. (If you are a regular church goer, you will NOT like the answer.) Finally we wrap up part one of this two parter with Pastor Dave passing around the offering plate. (Tiny bottles of liquor are perfectly acceptable in lieu of money.)  Our Sponsor this week is Flavor Aid who are perfectly cool with you saying “drink the Kool Aid”. We open the show with local news of the massacre and close with Drew Hale hanging with Mister Jones.  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/g_qUZ_QjIo8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763828 Last Podcast on the Left Episodes 300-304 https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/episodes/2018/1/12/episode-300-jonestown-part-i-everyone-in-the-world-is-my-friend KGO San Francisco News Scene 1978 Jonestown https://youtu.be/OapPeL-69Ns Wikipedia Jim Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/ NINE PLACES TO HIDE https://classic.esquire.com/article/1962/01/01/nine-places-to-hide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Pass Me A Bottle, Reverend Jones full 5 288 Dave Bledsoe 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) Show 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 tell you all the GOOD things he did in his life! (No really, he did them and we tell you about them!) We learn a lot about why Dave yells so much on the show. (Turns out, genetics!) Then we dive deep into the early days of the Peoples Temple, Reverend Jones’ travels and his fervent belief in Communism. (Again, it was really doing some good when it began, later not so much!) Finally answer the question on so many people’s minds about how Jim Jones was able to get people to follow him like they did. (If you are a regular church goer, you will NOT like the answer.) Finally we wrap up part one of this two parter with Pastor Dave passing around the offering plate. (Tiny bottles of liquor are perfectly acceptable in lieu of money.)  Our Sponsor this week is Flavor Aid who are perfectly cool with you saying “drink the Kool Aid”. We open the show with local news of the massacre and close with Drew Hale hanging with Mister Jones.  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/g_qUZ_QjIo8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763828 Last Podcast on the Left Episodes 300-304 https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/episodes/2018/1/12/episode-300-jonestown-part-i-everyone-in-the-world-is-my-friend KGO San Francisco News Scene 1978 Jonestown https://youtu.be/OapPeL-69Ns Wikipedia Jim Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/ NINE PLACES TO HIDE https://classic.esquire.com/article/1962/01/01/nine-places-to-hide Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 tell you all the GOOD things he did in his life! (No really, he did them and we tell you about them!) We learn a lot about why Dave yells so much on the show. (Turns out, genetics!) Then we dive deep into the early days of the Peoples Temple, Reverend Jones’ travels and his fervent belief in Communism. (Again, it was really doing some good when it began, later not so much!) Finally answer the question on so many people’s minds about how Jim Jones was able to get people to follow him like they did. (If you are a regular church goer, you will NOT like the answer.) Finally we wrap up part one of this two parter with Pastor Dave passing around the offering plate. (Tiny bottles of liquor are perfectly acceptable in lieu of money.) 


Our Sponsor this week is Flavor Aid who are perfectly cool with you saying “drink the Kool Aid”. We open the show with local news of the massacre and close with Drew Hale hanging with Mister Jones. 


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/g_qUZ_QjIo8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/


Citations Needed:


The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763828


Last Podcast on the Left Episodes 300-304

https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/episodes/2018/1/12/episode-300-jonestown-part-i-everyone-in-the-world-is-my-friend


KGO San Francisco News Scene 1978 Jonestown

https://youtu.be/OapPeL-69Ns


Wikipedia Jim Jones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones


Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple

https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/


NINE PLACES TO HIDE

https://classic.esquire.com/article/1962/01/01/nine-places-to-hide





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]]> 1992 yes Episode 287: The Witch of November Episode 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 very bad at playing guitar. (Shocking!) From there we jump into the history of SS Edmund Fitizgeral with everything you newer thought you wanted to know about the big ship and origins. Then we sail along her ill fated final voyage into the teeth of a hurricane west wind! (Are there Gordon Lightfoot lyrics sprinkled throughout? You know it!) Finally, we examine the failures and blame shifting of everyone involved in the tragedy from the Coast Guard to the corporate masters of the Might Fitz. We also learn that you should never Google “Toledo Express”. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you!) Our Sponsor this week is the Columbia Transportation Division, Oglebay Norton Company of Cleveland, Ohio who wants you to know we were just a shell corporation for the big player! We open the show with NBC news coverage from 1975 and close with Headstones ringing the church bell 29 times.  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/Y8LBkYjniTU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: NBC Nightly News December 11th 1975 https://youtu.be/z7tzntwy0_8 Wikipedia SS Edmund Fitzgerald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald What sank the Edmund Fitzgerald? 6 theories on what caused the shipwreck https://www.mlive.com/news/2015/11/what_sank_the_edmund_fitzgeral.html Forty years after the sinking of the Fitzgerald, untold stories emerge https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/3878323-forty-years-after-sinking-fitzgerald-untold-stories-emerge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:15:00 -0000 The Witch of November full 5 287 Dave Bledsoe 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) Episode 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 very bad at playing guitar. (Shocking!) From there we jump into the history of SS Edmund Fitizgeral with everything you newer thought you wanted to know about the big ship and origins. Then we sail along her ill fated final voyage into the teeth of a hurricane west wind! (Are there Gordon Lightfoot lyrics sprinkled throughout? You know it!) Finally, we examine the failures and blame shifting of everyone involved in the tragedy from the Coast Guard to the corporate masters of the Might Fitz. We also learn that you should never Google “Toledo Express”. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you!) Our Sponsor this week is the Columbia Transportation Division, Oglebay Norton Company of Cleveland, Ohio who wants you to know we were just a shell corporation for the big player! We open the show with NBC news coverage from 1975 and close with Headstones ringing the church bell 29 times.  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/Y8LBkYjniTU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: NBC Nightly News December 11th 1975 https://youtu.be/z7tzntwy0_8 Wikipedia SS Edmund Fitzgerald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald What sank the Edmund Fitzgerald? 6 theories on what caused the shipwreck https://www.mlive.com/news/2015/11/what_sank_the_edmund_fitzgeral.html Forty years after the sinking of the Fitzgerald, untold stories emerge https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/3878323-forty-years-after-sinking-fitzgerald-untold-stories-emerge Learn more about your ad choices. 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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 very bad at playing guitar. (Shocking!) From there we jump into the history of SS Edmund Fitizgeral with everything you newer thought you wanted to know about the big ship and origins. Then we sail along her ill fated final voyage into the teeth of a hurricane west wind! (Are there Gordon Lightfoot lyrics sprinkled throughout? You know it!) Finally, we examine the failures and blame shifting of everyone involved in the tragedy from the Coast Guard to the corporate masters of the Might Fitz. We also learn that you should never Google “Toledo Express”. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you!)


Our Sponsor this week is the Columbia Transportation Division, Oglebay Norton Company of Cleveland, Ohio who wants you to know we were just a shell corporation for the big player! We open the show with NBC news coverage from 1975 and close with Headstones ringing the church bell 29 times. 


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

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The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/Y8LBkYjniTU

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Citations Needed:


NBC Nightly News December 11th 1975

https://youtu.be/z7tzntwy0_8


Wikipedia SS Edmund Fitzgerald

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald


What sank the Edmund Fitzgerald? 6 theories on what caused the shipwreck

https://www.mlive.com/news/2015/11/what_sank_the_edmund_fitzgeral.html


Forty years after the sinking of the Fitzgerald, untold stories emerge

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/3878323-forty-years-after-sinking-fitzgerald-untold-stories-emerge


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]]> 1818 yes Episode 286: One Toke Over the State Line, Sweet Jesus Episode 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 and Red, the sweetest chiba in all of Hyde Park.  From there we take a walk down Racism Lane as we learn why the Federal government hates weed!  (Hint: It is because it hate’s minorities!)  We trace the evolution of drug laws from Anslinger to Nixon to Reagan.  (“Just Say No” made us say YES PLEASE!)  Finally, we learn how the tides turned toward legalization.  (Was it Wall Street?  Yes, yes it was!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies House of Herb where “sticky, hairy and stinky” doesn’t just apply to the dancers!  We open the show with Acapulco Gold and close with Niki Blum and the Gramblers on the train from Hoboken! 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/iUxk_hAmnTo Citations Needed: The racist origins of marijuana prohibition https://www.businessinsider.com/racist-origins-marijuana-prohibition-legalization-2018-2 Harry J. Anslinger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger Legalize It All https://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/legalize-it-all/ Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decriminalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States Coke And Cannabis: The Big Guys Are Muscling Into This New Market https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickkovacevich/2018/09/19/coke-and-cannabis-the-big-guys-are-muscling-into-this-new-market/?sh=7df6e6ed707a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0000 One Toke Over the State Line, Sweet Jesus full 5 286 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about the BIG news from the election, New Jersey has legalized weed! (Every meet up at the Bada Bong!) Episode 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 and Red, the sweetest chiba in all of Hyde Park.  From there we take a walk down Racism Lane as we learn why the Federal government hates weed!  (Hint: It is because it hate’s minorities!)  We trace the evolution of drug laws from Anslinger to Nixon to Reagan.  (“Just Say No” made us say YES PLEASE!)  Finally, we learn how the tides turned toward legalization.  (Was it Wall Street?  Yes, yes it was!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies House of Herb where “sticky, hairy and stinky” doesn’t just apply to the dancers!  We open the show with Acapulco Gold and close with Niki Blum and the Gramblers on the train from Hoboken! 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/iUxk_hAmnTo Citations Needed: The racist origins of marijuana prohibition https://www.businessinsider.com/racist-origins-marijuana-prohibition-legalization-2018-2 Harry J. Anslinger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger Legalize It All https://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/legalize-it-all/ Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decriminalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States Coke And Cannabis: The Big Guys Are Muscling Into This New Market https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickkovacevich/2018/09/19/coke-and-cannabis-the-big-guys-are-muscling-into-this-new-market/?sh=7df6e6ed707a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 and Red, the sweetest chiba in all of Hyde Park.  From there we take a walk down Racism Lane as we learn why the Federal government hates weed!  (Hint: It is because it hate’s minorities!)  We trace the evolution of drug laws from Anslinger to Nixon to Reagan.  (“Just Say No” made us say YES PLEASE!)  Finally, we learn how the tides turned toward legalization.  (Was it Wall Street?  Yes, yes it was!)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies House of Herb where “sticky, hairy and stinky” doesn’t just apply to the dancers!  We open the show with Acapulco Gold and close with Niki Blum and the Gramblers on the train from Hoboken!


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/iUxk_hAmnTo


Citations Needed:


The racist origins of marijuana prohibition

https://www.businessinsider.com/racist-origins-marijuana-prohibition-legalization-2018-2


Harry J. Anslinger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger


Legalize It All

https://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/legalize-it-all/


Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decriminalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States


Coke And Cannabis: The Big Guys Are Muscling Into This New Market

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickkovacevich/2018/09/19/coke-and-cannabis-the-big-guys-are-muscling-into-this-new-market/?sh=7df6e6ed707a

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]]> 1663 yes Episode 285: Rendlesham Part Two Bentwaters Boogaloo (Spooktacular 2020) Show 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 presented for what happened on that night, explaining in turn why it was swamp gas, viewed through Venus with a weather balloon passing behind the lighthouse that everyone was seeing the whole time.  (This is actually the explanation!) Then we turn to WHY this incident became such a big deal!  (Turns out, it was people covering their ass!)  Finally we explain why this story seemed to get more complex and less believable as the years went along.  (We blame Art Bell.) Our Sponsor this week is the Suffolk Lighthouse Preservation Society who would like to keep the lighthouses lit.  We open the show with some Men in Black and close with the Riot Jazz Brass Band playing the Air Force Security Police Anthem. 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/bqgzaHrMQis We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case by Ian Ridpath http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Rendlesham Part Two Bentwaters Boogaloo (Spooktacular 2020) full 5 285 Dave Bledsoe 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. Show 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 presented for what happened on that night, explaining in turn why it was swamp gas, viewed through Venus with a weather balloon passing behind the lighthouse that everyone was seeing the whole time.  (This is actually the explanation!) Then we turn to WHY this incident became such a big deal!  (Turns out, it was people covering their ass!)  Finally we explain why this story seemed to get more complex and less believable as the years went along.  (We blame Art Bell.) Our Sponsor this week is the Suffolk Lighthouse Preservation Society who would like to keep the lighthouses lit.  We open the show with some Men in Black and close with the Riot Jazz Brass Band playing the Air Force Security Police Anthem. 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/bqgzaHrMQis We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case by Ian Ridpath http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 presented for what happened on that night, explaining in turn why it was swamp gas, viewed through Venus with a weather balloon passing behind the lighthouse that everyone was seeing the whole time.  (This is actually the explanation!) Then we turn to WHY this incident became such a big deal!  (Turns out, it was people covering their ass!)  Finally we explain why this story seemed to get more complex and less believable as the years went along.  (We blame Art Bell.)


Our Sponsor this week is the Suffolk Lighthouse Preservation Society who would like to keep the lighthouses lit.  We open the show with some Men in Black and close with the Riot Jazz Brass Band playing the Air Force Security Police Anthem.


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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/bqgzaHrMQis

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!

Citations Needed:


The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case by Ian Ridpath

http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm


New Light on Rendlesham

https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/












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]]> 2125 yes Spooky Special: Black Jack Church Deep 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 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:03:40 -0000 Spooky Special: Black Jack Church bonus 5 Dave Bledsoe In this 2019 Spooky Special Dave tells a story his Granny told him. Deep 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 Deep 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.

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]]> 501 no Episode 284: There’s A Light Over At the Rendlesham Place Part 1 of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Sighting (Spooktacular 2020) Show 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 continues with the Rendlesham Forest Incident! Along the way we learn about the desirability of base assignments during the Cold War. (Nukes: Bad. Beach: Good!) Then we dive right into a Boxing Day mystery just outside a critical Cold War defense installation, the boring job of an Air Force Security Police person and the various ways they kept themselves awake at night. (Warning, masturbation content.) We learn the story of lights in the forest, the investigation of said lights and why the hell a respected officer would lend credit to such unlikely bullshit. (Hint: Someone pissed off his Boss.) After we lay out the facts as established, we then turn to later...embellishments, including truth serum and secret messages from aliens. (Be sure to drink your Ovaltine). Then we wrap up the sightings and set the stage for Part Two. Our Sponsor this week is the Suffolk Lighthouse Keeper Academy, like loneliness why not become a lighthouse keeper! We open the show with a thumbnail of the sighting and close with Ben Aqua and a torch song! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WFnimM_jhg8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Rendlesham Forest Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0000 There’s A Light Over At the Rendlesham Place Part 1 of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Sighting (Spooktacular 2020) full 5 284 Dave Bledsoe 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 continues with the Rendlesham Forest Incident! Show 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 continues with the Rendlesham Forest Incident! Along the way we learn about the desirability of base assignments during the Cold War. (Nukes: Bad. Beach: Good!) Then we dive right into a Boxing Day mystery just outside a critical Cold War defense installation, the boring job of an Air Force Security Police person and the various ways they kept themselves awake at night. (Warning, masturbation content.) We learn the story of lights in the forest, the investigation of said lights and why the hell a respected officer would lend credit to such unlikely bullshit. (Hint: Someone pissed off his Boss.) After we lay out the facts as established, we then turn to later...embellishments, including truth serum and secret messages from aliens. (Be sure to drink your Ovaltine). Then we wrap up the sightings and set the stage for Part Two. Our Sponsor this week is the Suffolk Lighthouse Keeper Academy, like loneliness why not become a lighthouse keeper! We open the show with a thumbnail of the sighting and close with Ben Aqua and a torch song! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WFnimM_jhg8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Rendlesham Forest Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident New Light on Rendlesham https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/ The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 continues with the Rendlesham Forest Incident!


Along the way we learn about the desirability of base assignments during the Cold War. (Nukes: Bad. Beach: Good!) Then we dive right into a Boxing Day mystery just outside a critical Cold War defense installation, the boring job of an Air Force Security Police person and the various ways they kept themselves awake at night. (Warning, masturbation content.) We learn the story of lights in the forest, the investigation of said lights and why the hell a respected officer would lend credit to such unlikely bullshit. (Hint: Someone pissed off his Boss.) After we lay out the facts as established, we then turn to later...embellishments, including truth serum and secret messages from aliens. (Be sure to drink your Ovaltine). Then we wrap up the sightings and set the stage for Part Two.


Our Sponsor this week is the Suffolk Lighthouse Keeper Academy, like loneliness why not become a lighthouse keeper! We open the show with a thumbnail of the sighting and close with Ben Aqua and a torch song!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WFnimM_jhg8

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!





Citations Needed:


Rendlesham Forest Incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident


New Light on Rendlesham

https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/secret-files-4/


The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case

http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.htm

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]]> 2033 yes Spooktacular 2020 Bonus: The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe From 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 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:41:00 -0000 Spooktacular 2020 Bonus: The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe bonus 4 4 Dave Bledsoe A dramatic reading of the Poe classic by Host Dave Bledsoe From 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 From 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!

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]]> 947 no Episode 283: Play Me Some Mountain Madness Part 2 (Spooktacular 2020) Show 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 the cause of the Boy’s vanishing into the night, Gary Mathias. We learn about his mental illness, criminal history and deep and abiding love of long walks and staggering amounts of lysergic acid diethylamide! From there we looked into the explanations of the families of the missing men and investigators and of course the random opinions of people on Reddit! (Reddit, where you go if you just want AN answer, not necessarily the right one.) Then we detour into the paranormal explanations with a needlessly long and utterly unproven theory that fits with the theme of the month, but has no basis in evidence. (Happy decorative gourd season motherfuckers!) Then we provide you with our theory, which best fits both the facts as known and the time and place the disappearance occurred. (It is based on exhaustive research, meaning we got really high and decided this is what happened!) Our Sponsor this week is the 1969 Mercury Montego, a car so great awesome you will get lost in it! We open the show with George Carlin pontificating on the nature of absence and close with Two Minutes to Late Night and their mountain getaways! Spooktacular 2020 continues next week with the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/24uBYQ7dknc?t=66 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed:   Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in woods. But what happened to the fifth? https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226777394.html The 'American Dyatlov Pass'. Five young men abandon a warm, safe car and disappear into the night. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6ni625/the_american_dyatlov_pass_five_young_men_abandon/ How 1,600 People Went Missing from Our Public Lands Without a Trace https://www.outsideonline.com/2164446/leave-no-trace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Play Me Some Mountain Madness Part 2 (Spooktacular 2020) full 5 283 Dave Bledsoe 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?) Show 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 the cause of the Boy’s vanishing into the night, Gary Mathias. We learn about his mental illness, criminal history and deep and abiding love of long walks and staggering amounts of lysergic acid diethylamide! From there we looked into the explanations of the families of the missing men and investigators and of course the random opinions of people on Reddit! (Reddit, where you go if you just want AN answer, not necessarily the right one.) Then we detour into the paranormal explanations with a needlessly long and utterly unproven theory that fits with the theme of the month, but has no basis in evidence. (Happy decorative gourd season motherfuckers!) Then we provide you with our theory, which best fits both the facts as known and the time and place the disappearance occurred. (It is based on exhaustive research, meaning we got really high and decided this is what happened!) Our Sponsor this week is the 1969 Mercury Montego, a car so great awesome you will get lost in it! We open the show with George Carlin pontificating on the nature of absence and close with Two Minutes to Late Night and their mountain getaways! Spooktacular 2020 continues next week with the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/24uBYQ7dknc?t=66 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed:   Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in woods. But what happened to the fifth? https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226777394.html The 'American Dyatlov Pass'. Five young men abandon a warm, safe car and disappear into the night. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6ni625/the_american_dyatlov_pass_five_young_men_abandon/ How 1,600 People Went Missing from Our Public Lands Without a Trace https://www.outsideonline.com/2164446/leave-no-trace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 the cause of the Boy’s vanishing into the night, Gary Mathias. We learn about his mental illness, criminal history and deep and abiding love of long walks and staggering amounts of lysergic acid diethylamide! From there we looked into the explanations of the families of the missing men and investigators and of course the random opinions of people on Reddit! (Reddit, where you go if you just want AN answer, not necessarily the right one.) Then we detour into the paranormal explanations with a needlessly long and utterly unproven theory that fits with the theme of the month, but has no basis in evidence. (Happy decorative gourd season motherfuckers!) Then we provide you with our theory, which best fits both the facts as known and the time and place the disappearance occurred. (It is based on exhaustive research, meaning we got really high and decided this is what happened!)


Our Sponsor this week is the 1969 Mercury Montego, a car so great awesome you will get lost in it! We open the show with George Carlin pontificating on the nature of absence and close with Two Minutes to Late Night and their mountain getaways! Spooktacular 2020 continues next week with the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/24uBYQ7dknc?t=66

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Citations Needed:  


Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in woods. But what happened to the fifth?

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226777394.html


The 'American Dyatlov Pass'. Five young men abandon a warm, safe car and disappear into the night.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6ni625/the_american_dyatlov_pass_five_young_men_abandon/


How 1,600 People Went Missing from Our Public Lands Without a Trace

https://www.outsideonline.com/2164446/leave-no-trace

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]]> 2018 yes Spooky Special: Letters, We Get Letters! Hello 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 Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:09:08 -0000 Spooky Special: Letters, We Get Letters! bonus 6 Dave Bledsoe From last year's Patreon Exclusive. we provide a little taste of what we have behind the paywall! Hello 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 Hello 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!

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]]> 452 yes Episode 282: Play Me Some Mountain Madness The Yuba County Five Part 1 Spooktacular 2020 Show 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 California than we could ever possibly want to know! (Hot in Summer, wet in Winter would have sufficed!) Then we dive right into the story of five slightly developmentally disabled young men (well four developmentally disabled and possibly a violent lunatic anyway) as they vanished one night after a basketball game. We trace their steps from one unremarkable small town to another, (this pretty much describes most of North Central California) and then follow the trail of witnesses and lucky finds deep into the mountains of Sierra Nevada. We hear from remarkable bad asses and remote store clerks as investigators look for the men, finding first their car far off their path home and finally their bodies in the middle of nowhere deep in the forests of Northern California. Well, MOST of their bodies anyway! It’s a wild strange spooky tale and it is only HALF the story! Welcome to Spooktacular 2020! Our Sponsor this week is the Yuba County Tourism Board, who want you to know they have less meth than you might think! We open the show with the NEW Yuba City, same as the old only more expensive and close with Trevor Hunt with a song his grandma and grandpa used to play. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3yoXaAs8WdU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in woods. But what happened to the fifth? https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226777394.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Play Me Some Mountain Madness The Yuba County Five Part 1 (Spooktacular 2020!) full 5 282 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2020 with part one of a two part story about the missing Yuba County Five! Show 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 California than we could ever possibly want to know! (Hot in Summer, wet in Winter would have sufficed!) Then we dive right into the story of five slightly developmentally disabled young men (well four developmentally disabled and possibly a violent lunatic anyway) as they vanished one night after a basketball game. We trace their steps from one unremarkable small town to another, (this pretty much describes most of North Central California) and then follow the trail of witnesses and lucky finds deep into the mountains of Sierra Nevada. We hear from remarkable bad asses and remote store clerks as investigators look for the men, finding first their car far off their path home and finally their bodies in the middle of nowhere deep in the forests of Northern California. Well, MOST of their bodies anyway! It’s a wild strange spooky tale and it is only HALF the story! Welcome to Spooktacular 2020! Our Sponsor this week is the Yuba County Tourism Board, who want you to know they have less meth than you might think! We open the show with the NEW Yuba City, same as the old only more expensive and close with Trevor Hunt with a song his grandma and grandpa used to play. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3yoXaAs8WdU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in woods. But what happened to the fifth? https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226777394.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 California than we could ever possibly want to know! (Hot in Summer, wet in Winter would have sufficed!) Then we dive right into the story of five slightly developmentally disabled young men (well four developmentally disabled and possibly a violent lunatic anyway) as they vanished one night after a basketball game. We trace their steps from one unremarkable small town to another, (this pretty much describes most of North Central California) and then follow the trail of witnesses and lucky finds deep into the mountains of Sierra Nevada. We hear from remarkable bad asses and remote store clerks as investigators look for the men, finding first their car far off their path home and finally their bodies in the middle of nowhere deep in the forests of Northern California. Well, MOST of their bodies anyway! It’s a wild strange spooky tale and it is only HALF the story! Welcome to Spooktacular 2020!


Our Sponsor this week is the Yuba County Tourism Board, who want you to know they have less meth than you might think! We open the show with the NEW Yuba City, same as the old only more expensive and close with Trevor Hunt with a song his grandma and grandpa used to play.


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3yoXaAs8WdU

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!

Citations Needed:


Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in woods. But what happened to the fifth?

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226777394.html

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]]> 1584 yes Episode 281: Get Me the HELL Out of Here, Part Two Planetary Zillow Show 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 to The Moon, our nearest neighbor and ask what it would take to LIVE there! (Billions and billions of dollars) From there we step out into the Solar System to the Red Planet, the place all the rich nerds seem to believe is the Destiny of Mankind, for no adequately explored reason. (We suspect it was the books they read as a kid.) Then we look toward the Sun, and Venus (if you will) and honest to god cloud cities just like in Star Wars! (No seriously, that is the plan!) After a whirlwind tour of The Belt and the Outer Planets we hop on Glaxar’s craft and head into Deep Space for our new home! (If Neil DeGrasse Tyson can have a faster than light ship for his show, so can we!)   Our Sponsor this week is Musk’s Martian Movers, we get your ass to Mars! We open the show with the coolest Moonbase EVER and close with Adam Cantor and his boy Maurice! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-b6GJa8fDwk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Get Me the HELL Out of Here, Part Two Planetary Zillow full 5 281 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, it is part two of two part series about getting the hell off this dumb, dumb planet! Show 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 to The Moon, our nearest neighbor and ask what it would take to LIVE there! (Billions and billions of dollars) From there we step out into the Solar System to the Red Planet, the place all the rich nerds seem to believe is the Destiny of Mankind, for no adequately explored reason. (We suspect it was the books they read as a kid.) Then we look toward the Sun, and Venus (if you will) and honest to god cloud cities just like in Star Wars! (No seriously, that is the plan!) After a whirlwind tour of The Belt and the Outer Planets we hop on Glaxar’s craft and head into Deep Space for our new home! (If Neil DeGrasse Tyson can have a faster than light ship for his show, so can we!)   Our Sponsor this week is Musk’s Martian Movers, we get your ass to Mars! We open the show with the coolest Moonbase EVER and close with Adam Cantor and his boy Maurice! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-b6GJa8fDwk We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 to The Moon, our nearest neighbor and ask what it would take to LIVE there! (Billions and billions of dollars) From there we step out into the Solar System to the Red Planet, the place all the rich nerds seem to believe is the Destiny of Mankind, for no adequately explored reason. (We suspect it was the books they read as a kid.) Then we look toward the Sun, and Venus (if you will) and honest to god cloud cities just like in Star Wars! (No seriously, that is the plan!) After a whirlwind tour of The Belt and the Outer Planets we hop on Glaxar’s craft and head into Deep Space for our new home! (If Neil DeGrasse Tyson can have a faster than light ship for his show, so can we!)  


Our Sponsor this week is Musk’s Martian Movers, we get your ass to Mars! We open the show with the coolest Moonbase EVER and close with Adam Cantor and his boy Maurice!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-b6GJa8fDwk

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!

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]]> 1837 yes Episode 280: Get Me the HELL Out of HERE! Part 1, Flight Options! Episode 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 admit, we are really grasping at straws with this solution.) Along the way we discover why Dave wouldn’t be a good fit for The Shire.  (Turns out Hobbits are easily offended by profanity!) and why Dave drinks as much as he does.  (He claims he is from another planet, but really he needs rehab.)  From there we dive right into our options for leaving Earth for a Better World which is presumably what this episode is about.  (We are not entirely sure).  We delve in the Drake Equation (with obligatory Seinfeld references) only to discover our odds could be better for finding a life.  Then we tackle Fermi’s Paradox (and it’s corollary about why we should never spend the extra money for the Champagne Room in the strip club!)  Before we finally throw up our hands and just assume aliens exist and they will give us a lift.  (No one said it HAS to make sense!)  This is part one of a two part show, next week we get on Zillow looking for a new planet because this one isn’t going to make it. Our Sponsor this week is the Colonial Lottery, Earth’s best days are behind us, why not start new on a nearby colony world?  We open the show with our spirit guide Charles Emerson Winchester and close with Jez hitching a lift on a passing spaceship! 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/4bguU9_IAwE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Get Me the HELL Out of HERE! Part 1, Flight Options! full 5 280 Dave Bledsoe 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 admit, we are really grasping at straws with this solution.) Episode 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 admit, we are really grasping at straws with this solution.) Along the way we discover why Dave wouldn’t be a good fit for The Shire.  (Turns out Hobbits are easily offended by profanity!) and why Dave drinks as much as he does.  (He claims he is from another planet, but really he needs rehab.)  From there we dive right into our options for leaving Earth for a Better World which is presumably what this episode is about.  (We are not entirely sure).  We delve in the Drake Equation (with obligatory Seinfeld references) only to discover our odds could be better for finding a life.  Then we tackle Fermi’s Paradox (and it’s corollary about why we should never spend the extra money for the Champagne Room in the strip club!)  Before we finally throw up our hands and just assume aliens exist and they will give us a lift.  (No one said it HAS to make sense!)  This is part one of a two part show, next week we get on Zillow looking for a new planet because this one isn’t going to make it. Our Sponsor this week is the Colonial Lottery, Earth’s best days are behind us, why not start new on a nearby colony world?  We open the show with our spirit guide Charles Emerson Winchester and close with Jez hitching a lift on a passing spaceship! 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/4bguU9_IAwE We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 admit, we are really grasping at straws with this solution.)


Along the way we discover why Dave wouldn’t be a good fit for The Shire.  (Turns out Hobbits are easily offended by profanity!) and why Dave drinks as much as he does.  (He claims he is from another planet, but really he needs rehab.)  From there we dive right into our options for leaving Earth for a Better World which is presumably what this episode is about.  (We are not entirely sure).  We delve in the Drake Equation (with obligatory Seinfeld references) only to discover our odds could be better for finding a life.  Then we tackle Fermi’s Paradox (and it’s corollary about why we should never spend the extra money for the Champagne Room in the strip club!)  Before we finally throw up our hands and just assume aliens exist and they will give us a lift.  (No one said it HAS to make sense!)  This is part one of a two part show, next week we get on Zillow looking for a new planet because this one isn’t going to make it.


Our Sponsor this week is the Colonial Lottery, Earth’s best days are behind us, why not start new on a nearby colony world?  We open the show with our spirit guide Charles Emerson Winchester and close with Jez hitching a lift on a passing spaceship!


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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/4bguU9_IAwE

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]]> 1589 yes Episode 279: Warning! Challenger Jokes Ahead! Episode 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 Tuesday!) From there we jump right into the grim and stupid tale of the Shuttle Challenger disaster, mostly gleaned from the Netflix docu-series Challenger: Final Flight. (We are not afraid to let others do our research for us!) We learn why someone thought it was a good idea to send an untrained civilian into freaking Space. (Reagan was doing badly with teachers.) We meet the starry eyed optimist teacher who erroneously believed no one would be so STUPID as to send an untrained civilian into space if it were at ALL dangerous. (Turns out they would, and it was.) Then we explain all the ways this didn’t have to happen and why it was always GOING to happen. (Turns out NASA, not exactly well managed.) Finally, we talk about the jokes, (Honestly, this was always going to be about the jokes.) and how they colored the world view of an entire generation. Our Sponsor this week is the Russian Space Agency, you want to go space cheap, fly Russian Space Agency, coming back costs extra. We open the show with Jerry Seinfeld from a Tonight Show appearance in the 1980’s and close with Pushnoy singing about the Ford 150 of space! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8QNxgBPfsl4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed Challenger: Final Flight https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137 Roger Boisjoly-The Challenger Disaster https://www.onlineethics.org/12703/Erosion WHITE HOUSE FINDS NO PRESSURE TO LAUNCH https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/04/us/white-house-finds-no-pressure-to-launch.html#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20said%20today,pressure%20on%20the%20launching%20schedule. Criticism of the Space Shuttle program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program#Cultural_issues_and_problems DISASTER AS A LAUGHING MATTER https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-25-8601220292-story.html Challenger Jokes and the Humor of Disaster https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499820?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents Experts Defend Them : ‘Sick’ Jokes: Coping With the Horror https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-30-mn-8176-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Warning! Challenger Jokes Ahead! full 5 279 Dave Bledsoe 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.) Episode 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 Tuesday!) From there we jump right into the grim and stupid tale of the Shuttle Challenger disaster, mostly gleaned from the Netflix docu-series Challenger: Final Flight. (We are not afraid to let others do our research for us!) We learn why someone thought it was a good idea to send an untrained civilian into freaking Space. (Reagan was doing badly with teachers.) We meet the starry eyed optimist teacher who erroneously believed no one would be so STUPID as to send an untrained civilian into space if it were at ALL dangerous. (Turns out they would, and it was.) Then we explain all the ways this didn’t have to happen and why it was always GOING to happen. (Turns out NASA, not exactly well managed.) Finally, we talk about the jokes, (Honestly, this was always going to be about the jokes.) and how they colored the world view of an entire generation. Our Sponsor this week is the Russian Space Agency, you want to go space cheap, fly Russian Space Agency, coming back costs extra. We open the show with Jerry Seinfeld from a Tonight Show appearance in the 1980’s and close with Pushnoy singing about the Ford 150 of space! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8QNxgBPfsl4 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed Challenger: Final Flight https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137 Roger Boisjoly-The Challenger Disaster https://www.onlineethics.org/12703/Erosion WHITE HOUSE FINDS NO PRESSURE TO LAUNCH https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/04/us/white-house-finds-no-pressure-to-launch.html#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20said%20today,pressure%20on%20the%20launching%20schedule. Criticism of the Space Shuttle program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program#Cultural_issues_and_problems DISASTER AS A LAUGHING MATTER https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-25-8601220292-story.html Challenger Jokes and the Humor of Disaster https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499820?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents Experts Defend Them : ‘Sick’ Jokes: Coping With the Horror https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-30-mn-8176-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 Tuesday!) From there we jump right into the grim and stupid tale of the Shuttle Challenger disaster, mostly gleaned from the Netflix docu-series Challenger: Final Flight. (We are not afraid to let others do our research for us!) We learn why someone thought it was a good idea to send an untrained civilian into freaking Space. (Reagan was doing badly with teachers.) We meet the starry eyed optimist teacher who erroneously believed no one would be so STUPID as to send an untrained civilian into space if it were at ALL dangerous. (Turns out they would, and it was.) Then we explain all the ways this didn’t have to happen and why it was always GOING to happen. (Turns out NASA, not exactly well managed.) Finally, we talk about the jokes, (Honestly, this was always going to be about the jokes.) and how they colored the world view of an entire generation.


Our Sponsor this week is the Russian Space Agency, you want to go space cheap, fly Russian Space Agency, coming back costs extra. We open the show with Jerry Seinfeld from a Tonight Show appearance in the 1980’s and close with Pushnoy singing about the Ford 150 of space!


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Citations Needed


Challenger: Final Flight

https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137


Roger Boisjoly-The Challenger Disaster

https://www.onlineethics.org/12703/Erosion


WHITE HOUSE FINDS NO PRESSURE TO LAUNCH

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/04/us/white-house-finds-no-pressure-to-launch.html#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20said%20today,pressure%20on%20the%20launching%20schedule.


Criticism of the Space Shuttle program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program#Cultural_issues_and_problems


DISASTER AS A LAUGHING MATTER

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-25-8601220292-story.html


Challenger Jokes and the Humor of Disaster

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499820?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents


Experts Defend Them : ‘Sick’ Jokes: Coping With the Horror

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-30-mn-8176-story.html


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]]> 2186 yes Special Edition 10: Inflection Point Special 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 breaking news events where Host Dave Bledsoe offers insight and analysis on their ramifications and offers helpful advice on how to craft an armored refuge from a recreational vehicle as you flee Red America in the coming months.   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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/fbyO9H7LSkQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 19 Sep 2020 18:10:24 -0000 Inflection Point full Dave Bledsoe 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. Special 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 breaking news events where Host Dave Bledsoe offers insight and analysis on their ramifications and offers helpful advice on how to craft an armored refuge from a recreational vehicle as you flee Red America in the coming months.   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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/fbyO9H7LSkQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Special 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 breaking news events where Host Dave Bledsoe offers insight and analysis on their ramifications and offers helpful advice on how to craft an armored refuge from a recreational vehicle as you flee Red America in the coming months.  


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]]> 880 Episode 278: No One Cares About Your Baby's Penis, Bob! Show 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 ALL the ways Gender Reveal Parties are bad, not just for the children but for society! We examine the kind of people that think parties about their crotch fruit are good ideas in general and letting us know about their penis status in particular. From there we learn the history of baby showers, gender reveals and how men in America just really wanted their Dad to hug them ONE TIME! (Why don’t you love me DADDY?) Finally, we just say it, stop fucking up your kids with your stupid ideas about them, and not just their gender! (This is REALLY about Dave’s issues with his Dad.) Our Sponsor this week is Boom in a Box, you’re having a baby, blow some shit up! We open with a classic gender reveal from the 90’s and close with The Civil War who wants you to know that is NOT their kid! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/441mR2zsQbg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Officials release video from gender reveal party that ignited a 47,000-acre wildfire https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/us/arizona-gender-reveal-party-sawmill-wildfire-trnd/index.html Decoder Ring: Gender Reveal Party https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2019/11/gender-reveal-parties-babies-origin High Gloss and Sauce https://www.facebook.com/HighGlossSauce/posts/3526972507321132 Why gender reveal parties are destructive from top to bottom https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/09/why-gender-reveal-parties-are-destructive-from-top-to-bottom/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 No One Cares About Your Baby's Penis, Bob! full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the peculiar phenomena of burning down a state to let people know about your children’s genitals. Show 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 ALL the ways Gender Reveal Parties are bad, not just for the children but for society! We examine the kind of people that think parties about their crotch fruit are good ideas in general and letting us know about their penis status in particular. From there we learn the history of baby showers, gender reveals and how men in America just really wanted their Dad to hug them ONE TIME! (Why don’t you love me DADDY?) Finally, we just say it, stop fucking up your kids with your stupid ideas about them, and not just their gender! (This is REALLY about Dave’s issues with his Dad.) Our Sponsor this week is Boom in a Box, you’re having a baby, blow some shit up! We open with a classic gender reveal from the 90’s and close with The Civil War who wants you to know that is NOT their kid! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/441mR2zsQbg We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Officials release video from gender reveal party that ignited a 47,000-acre wildfire https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/us/arizona-gender-reveal-party-sawmill-wildfire-trnd/index.html Decoder Ring: Gender Reveal Party https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2019/11/gender-reveal-parties-babies-origin High Gloss and Sauce https://www.facebook.com/HighGlossSauce/posts/3526972507321132 Why gender reveal parties are destructive from top to bottom https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/09/why-gender-reveal-parties-are-destructive-from-top-to-bottom/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 ALL the ways Gender Reveal Parties are bad, not just for the children but for society! We examine the kind of people that think parties about their crotch fruit are good ideas in general and letting us know about their penis status in particular. From there we learn the history of baby showers, gender reveals and how men in America just really wanted their Dad to hug them ONE TIME! (Why don’t you love me DADDY?) Finally, we just say it, stop fucking up your kids with your stupid ideas about them, and not just their gender! (This is REALLY about Dave’s issues with his Dad.)


Our Sponsor this week is Boom in a Box, you’re having a baby, blow some shit up! We open with a classic gender reveal from the 90’s and close with The Civil War who wants you to know that is NOT their kid!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/441mR2zsQbg

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!

Citations Needed:


Officials release video from gender reveal party that ignited a 47,000-acre wildfire

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/us/arizona-gender-reveal-party-sawmill-wildfire-trnd/index.html


Decoder Ring: Gender Reveal Party

https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2019/11/gender-reveal-parties-babies-origin


High Gloss and Sauce

https://www.facebook.com/HighGlossSauce/posts/3526972507321132


Why gender reveal parties are destructive from top to bottom

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/09/why-gender-reveal-parties-are-destructive-from-top-to-bottom/










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]]> 1668 Episode 277: The Stranger Danger Was Dangerously Strange Show 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.) We visit Dave during his good years, helping the good people of the time keep track of their kids. (Don’t worry, he was supervised) and then we shamelessly begged for a plug from our sister shows on the network by gratuitously name dropping them for no reason whatsoever. (Call us Danny and Mike!) Finally we get down to the meat of the show namely what the hell is up with all these people protesting about child trafficking and why they should honestly be protesting something else entirely. (Don’t worry, they are white liberals, they soon will be!) Finally we explain why Noah and Madison are NOT gonna be snatched off the street by sex traffickers. (Little white kids are SO 1992!) Our Sponsor this week is Lojack for Kids, keeping kids from being kidnapped through technology for 20 years! We open the show with George Carlin who has some bad news about the kids and close with James Marcal who would like you to leave them kids alone. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/9waqU1U6oL8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Remember missing kids on milk cartons? Short-lived idea built long-term awareness https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2010-01-05-1001040116-story.html QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/12/qanon-pizzagate-conspiracy-theories-co-opt-savethe/ QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-looms-behind-nationwide-rallies-viral-hashtags-n1237722 Fact check: 39 missing children not found in Georgia trailer https://fox40.com/news/national-and-world-news/fact-check-39-missing-children-not-found-in-georgia-trailer/ 800,000 Missing Kids? Really? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/01/how-many-children-go-missing-every-year.html Missing Children Statistics In 2019 NCMEC assisted law enforcement and families with more than 29,000 cases of missing children. https://www.missingkids.org/footer/media/keyfacts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 05 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 The Stranger Danger Was Dangerously Strange full 5 277 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we Save the Children from all the people who want to save the children Show 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.) We visit Dave during his good years, helping the good people of the time keep track of their kids. (Don’t worry, he was supervised) and then we shamelessly begged for a plug from our sister shows on the network by gratuitously name dropping them for no reason whatsoever. (Call us Danny and Mike!) Finally we get down to the meat of the show namely what the hell is up with all these people protesting about child trafficking and why they should honestly be protesting something else entirely. (Don’t worry, they are white liberals, they soon will be!) Finally we explain why Noah and Madison are NOT gonna be snatched off the street by sex traffickers. (Little white kids are SO 1992!) Our Sponsor this week is Lojack for Kids, keeping kids from being kidnapped through technology for 20 years! We open the show with George Carlin who has some bad news about the kids and close with James Marcal who would like you to leave them kids alone. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/9waqU1U6oL8 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Remember missing kids on milk cartons? Short-lived idea built long-term awareness https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2010-01-05-1001040116-story.html QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/12/qanon-pizzagate-conspiracy-theories-co-opt-savethe/ QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-looms-behind-nationwide-rallies-viral-hashtags-n1237722 Fact check: 39 missing children not found in Georgia trailer https://fox40.com/news/national-and-world-news/fact-check-39-missing-children-not-found-in-georgia-trailer/ 800,000 Missing Kids? Really? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/01/how-many-children-go-missing-every-year.html Missing Children Statistics In 2019 NCMEC assisted law enforcement and families with more than 29,000 cases of missing children. https://www.missingkids.org/footer/media/keyfacts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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.) We visit Dave during his good years, helping the good people of the time keep track of their kids. (Don’t worry, he was supervised) and then we shamelessly begged for a plug from our sister shows on the network by gratuitously name dropping them for no reason whatsoever. (Call us Danny and Mike!) Finally we get down to the meat of the show namely what the hell is up with all these people protesting about child trafficking and why they should honestly be protesting something else entirely. (Don’t worry, they are white liberals, they soon will be!) Finally we explain why Noah and Madison are NOT gonna be snatched off the street by sex traffickers. (Little white kids are SO 1992!)


Our Sponsor this week is Lojack for Kids, keeping kids from being kidnapped through technology for 20 years! We open the show with George Carlin who has some bad news about the kids and close with James Marcal who would like you to leave them kids alone.


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/9waqU1U6oL8

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Citations Needed:


Remember missing kids on milk cartons? Short-lived idea built long-term awareness

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2010-01-05-1001040116-story.html


QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren

https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/12/qanon-pizzagate-conspiracy-theories-co-opt-savethe/


QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-looms-behind-nationwide-rallies-viral-hashtags-n1237722


Fact check: 39 missing children not found in Georgia trailer

https://fox40.com/news/national-and-world-news/fact-check-39-missing-children-not-found-in-georgia-trailer/


800,000 Missing Kids? Really?

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/01/how-many-children-go-missing-every-year.html


Missing Children Statistics

In 2019 NCMEC assisted law enforcement and families with more than 29,000 cases of missing children.

https://www.missingkids.org/footer/media/keyfacts

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]]> 1521 yes Episode 276: Ooh, What a Cucky Man, He Was Show 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, his rise from the eldest son of rich evangelical scam artist bilking money from the believers and demonizing everyone who doesn’t believe as they do, to his eventual downfall for doing exactly the sort of thing his Daddy and he demonized people for. (It’s called karma, bitch!) Then we take on all the people out there shaking their fingers at those of us who are delighting in calling out Jerry Jr for being the little, little cuck boy he actually is! (Cuck a doodle doo!) We explain in large words and many profanities we are not kink shaming because there is no shame in ANY kink so long as everyone is down for it! (Yes, even scat play!) We further explain that it is YOUR fear of your own kink that makes you such freaking BUZZKILL! (This week's show is sure to offend everyone!) Finally we learn more than you, or us, or ANYONE ever wanted to know about Dave’s sex life. (See our merch shop for What the HELL Were You Thinking branded barf bags!) Our Sponsor this week is Paolo’s Pool Patrol, you know you have a dirty, dirty pool and need Paolo to send someone so...service it. We open with Riker trying to get Picard to let his freak flag fly and close with mokusmisi and what is a much dirtier song than you remember. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/ What does BDSM Scene mean? https://www.kinkly.com/definition/744/bdsm-scene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Ooh, What a Cucky Man, He Was full 5 276 Dave Bledsoe 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!) Show 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, his rise from the eldest son of rich evangelical scam artist bilking money from the believers and demonizing everyone who doesn’t believe as they do, to his eventual downfall for doing exactly the sort of thing his Daddy and he demonized people for. (It’s called karma, bitch!) Then we take on all the people out there shaking their fingers at those of us who are delighting in calling out Jerry Jr for being the little, little cuck boy he actually is! (Cuck a doodle doo!) We explain in large words and many profanities we are not kink shaming because there is no shame in ANY kink so long as everyone is down for it! (Yes, even scat play!) We further explain that it is YOUR fear of your own kink that makes you such freaking BUZZKILL! (This week's show is sure to offend everyone!) Finally we learn more than you, or us, or ANYONE ever wanted to know about Dave’s sex life. (See our merch shop for What the HELL Were You Thinking branded barf bags!) Our Sponsor this week is Paolo’s Pool Patrol, you know you have a dirty, dirty pool and need Paolo to send someone so...service it. We open with Riker trying to get Picard to let his freak flag fly and close with mokusmisi and what is a much dirtier song than you remember. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/ What does BDSM Scene mean? https://www.kinkly.com/definition/744/bdsm-scene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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, his rise from the eldest son of rich evangelical scam artist bilking money from the believers and demonizing everyone who doesn’t believe as they do, to his eventual downfall for doing exactly the sort of thing his Daddy and he demonized people for. (It’s called karma, bitch!) Then we take on all the people out there shaking their fingers at those of us who are delighting in calling out Jerry Jr for being the little, little cuck boy he actually is! (Cuck a doodle doo!) We explain in large words and many profanities we are not kink shaming because there is no shame in ANY kink so long as everyone is down for it! (Yes, even scat play!) We further explain that it is YOUR fear of your own kink that makes you such freaking BUZZKILL! (This week's show is sure to offend everyone!) Finally we learn more than you, or us, or ANYONE ever wanted to know about Dave’s sex life. (See our merch shop for What the HELL Were You Thinking branded barf bags!)


Our Sponsor this week is Paolo’s Pool Patrol, you know you have a dirty, dirty pool and need Paolo to send someone so...service it. We open with Riker trying to get Picard to let his freak flag fly and close with mokusmisi and what is a much dirtier song than you remember.


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!



Citations Needed:


Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/


What does BDSM Scene mean?

https://www.kinkly.com/definition/744/bdsm-scene

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]]> 1556 yes Episode 275: New York City? We Heard You Was Dead! Show 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 neighborhood and of course James Altucher’s “essay” declaring New York City dead forever.  (Hey, Jimmy, why don’t come back up here and say it to our face!  Fuggedaboutit!) Finally we explain AGAIN, why New York is nowhere NEAR The Bad Old Days.  (When the whores in Times Square aren’t owned by corporate management we can talk!) Our Sponsor this week is Money Movers, getting the useless rich out of town as fast we can!  We open the show with the obligatory John Carpenter film and close with Joe Purdy reminding you that NYC just keeps on going. 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: NYC IS DEAD FOREVER. HERE'S WHY https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nyc-dead-forever-heres-why-james-altucher/?src=aff-lilpar&veh=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&trk=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&clickid=wJR3dQyK11UeTCnSedSVSWSFUkiQEQXlWwtNwc0&irgwc=1 NYC Residents Want Homeless Moved Out of Hotels, Fear Their Safety Is Compromised https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-residents-want-homeless-moved-out-of-hotels-fear-their-safety-is-compromised/2556242/ HOMICIDE ANALYSIS REPORT - NEW YORK CITY (NY), 1977 https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=67995 NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for June 2020 https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0706/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-june-2020 Op Ed: Who The Fuck Are You To Tell Me My City’s Dead https://www.kingscountypolitics.com/op-ed-who-the-fuck-are-you-to-tell-me-my-citys-dead/?fbclid=IwAR3-RfVrSepgqVu_oijO4CRpj7Pd1a8KPhcCnF60_e7RF6f8_aDzBkpk4wU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 New York City? We Heard You Was Dead! full 5 275 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week, we discuss the premature obituaries of The Big Apple. (Just like Snake, we ain’t dead!) Show 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 neighborhood and of course James Altucher’s “essay” declaring New York City dead forever.  (Hey, Jimmy, why don’t come back up here and say it to our face!  Fuggedaboutit!) Finally we explain AGAIN, why New York is nowhere NEAR The Bad Old Days.  (When the whores in Times Square aren’t owned by corporate management we can talk!) Our Sponsor this week is Money Movers, getting the useless rich out of town as fast we can!  We open the show with the obligatory John Carpenter film and close with Joe Purdy reminding you that NYC just keeps on going. 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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: NYC IS DEAD FOREVER. HERE'S WHY https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nyc-dead-forever-heres-why-james-altucher/?src=aff-lilpar&veh=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&trk=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&clickid=wJR3dQyK11UeTCnSedSVSWSFUkiQEQXlWwtNwc0&irgwc=1 NYC Residents Want Homeless Moved Out of Hotels, Fear Their Safety Is Compromised https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-residents-want-homeless-moved-out-of-hotels-fear-their-safety-is-compromised/2556242/ HOMICIDE ANALYSIS REPORT - NEW YORK CITY (NY), 1977 https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=67995 NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for June 2020 https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0706/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-june-2020 Op Ed: Who The Fuck Are You To Tell Me My City’s Dead https://www.kingscountypolitics.com/op-ed-who-the-fuck-are-you-to-tell-me-my-citys-dead/?fbclid=IwAR3-RfVrSepgqVu_oijO4CRpj7Pd1a8KPhcCnF60_e7RF6f8_aDzBkpk4wU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 neighborhood and of course James Altucher’s “essay” declaring New York City dead forever.  (Hey, Jimmy, why don’t come back up here and say it to our face!  Fuggedaboutit!) Finally we explain AGAIN, why New York is nowhere NEAR The Bad Old Days.  (When the whores in Times Square aren’t owned by corporate management we can talk!)


Our Sponsor this week is Money Movers, getting the useless rich out of town as fast we can!  We open the show with the obligatory John Carpenter film and close with Joe Purdy reminding you that NYC just keeps on going.


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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!

Citations Needed:


NYC IS DEAD FOREVER. HERE'S WHY

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nyc-dead-forever-heres-why-james-altucher/?src=aff-lilpar&veh=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&trk=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&clickid=wJR3dQyK11UeTCnSedSVSWSFUkiQEQXlWwtNwc0&irgwc=1


NYC Residents Want Homeless Moved Out of Hotels, Fear Their Safety Is Compromised

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-residents-want-homeless-moved-out-of-hotels-fear-their-safety-is-compromised/2556242/


HOMICIDE ANALYSIS REPORT - NEW YORK CITY (NY), 1977

https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=67995


NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for June 2020

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0706/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-june-2020


Op Ed: Who The Fuck Are You To Tell Me My City’s Dead

https://www.kingscountypolitics.com/op-ed-who-the-fuck-are-you-to-tell-me-my-citys-dead/?fbclid=IwAR3-RfVrSepgqVu_oijO4CRpj7Pd1a8KPhcCnF60_e7RF6f8_aDzBkpk4wU










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]]> 1859 yes Episode 274: Wait A Minute Mister Postmaster Show 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 because he knows his ass can’t win without cheating. Then we learn ALL about the Post Office with a visit from Old Mister History! (Oh, god, he is trying to get you LEARN again!) Finally we discuss whether or not we even NEED a postal service anymore (Hint: YES!) and some ways you can fight back against the tiny flaccid fascists attempts to stay in power. (It means you are going to have to actually DO something, so get ready.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Super Duper Discount Parcel Service, when it absolutely, positively has to get there sometime or another, Fast Eddie’s delivers. We open with the show the Paragon of Postal Professionals explaining why the job is so stressful and close with young Paul Moody waiting for his mail. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: How Trump administration assault on Postal Service is slowing the delivery of your mail https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/12/21365010/usps-postal-service-budget-cuts-louis-dejoy-mail-in-elections-dick-durbin Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html Postal Workers Decry Changes And Cost-Cutting Measures https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901349291/postal-workers-decry-changes-and-cost-cutting-measures As USPS delays hit veterans' mail-order prescriptions, VA works to mitigate medication waits https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/usps-delays-veteran-prescriptions-va-working-on-solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Wait A Minute Mister Postmaster full 5 274 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we lick it, stick and push it in the box.! (The mailbox you pervs!) Show 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 because he knows his ass can’t win without cheating. Then we learn ALL about the Post Office with a visit from Old Mister History! (Oh, god, he is trying to get you LEARN again!) Finally we discuss whether or not we even NEED a postal service anymore (Hint: YES!) and some ways you can fight back against the tiny flaccid fascists attempts to stay in power. (It means you are going to have to actually DO something, so get ready.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Super Duper Discount Parcel Service, when it absolutely, positively has to get there sometime or another, Fast Eddie’s delivers. We open with the show the Paragon of Postal Professionals explaining why the job is so stressful and close with young Paul Moody waiting for his mail. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: How Trump administration assault on Postal Service is slowing the delivery of your mail https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/12/21365010/usps-postal-service-budget-cuts-louis-dejoy-mail-in-elections-dick-durbin Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html Postal Workers Decry Changes And Cost-Cutting Measures https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901349291/postal-workers-decry-changes-and-cost-cutting-measures As USPS delays hit veterans' mail-order prescriptions, VA works to mitigate medication waits https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/usps-delays-veteran-prescriptions-va-working-on-solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 because he knows his ass can’t win without cheating. Then we learn ALL about the Post Office with a visit from Old Mister History! (Oh, god, he is trying to get you LEARN again!) Finally we discuss whether or not we even NEED a postal service anymore (Hint: YES!) and some ways you can fight back against the tiny flaccid fascists attempts to stay in power. (It means you are going to have to actually DO something, so get ready.)


Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Super Duper Discount Parcel Service, when it absolutely, positively has to get there sometime or another, Fast Eddie’s delivers. We open with the show the Paragon of Postal Professionals explaining why the job is so stressful and close with young Paul Moody waiting for his mail.


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gskWDax0VSs

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!




Citations Needed:


How Trump administration assault on Postal Service is slowing the delivery of your mail

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/12/21365010/usps-postal-service-budget-cuts-louis-dejoy-mail-in-elections-dick-durbin


Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html


Postal Workers Decry Changes And Cost-Cutting Measures

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901349291/postal-workers-decry-changes-and-cost-cutting-measures


As USPS delays hit veterans' mail-order prescriptions, VA works to mitigate medication waits

https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/usps-delays-veteran-prescriptions-va-working-on-solutions

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 1528 yes Episode 273: School's Out FOREVER! Show 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. (Don’t worry, it’s still America, both sides are also wrong!) We look for advice from experts and find that they are as divided and clueless as we are. (Great, maybe they will start a podcast too.) From the CDC, who we could trust once upon a time, to educational scholars to Edna Blumenthal, Dave’s 4th grade teacher. (Who wants you to know Dave was a pure horror to teach, and had lousy penmanship.) Finally, out of frustration we turn to our old friend history to tell us what to do. (Turns out, history has no fucking clue either.) Our Sponsor this week is Bible School in a Box, an education, but not a GOOD one. We open the show with our favorite 80’s education film, and close with Daphne and Celeste who are celebrating the end of education as we know it! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-senseThe 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/V79DIU6Ysfs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Second grader tests positive for coronavirus after attending the first day of school in Georgia https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/us/second-grader-coronavirus-first-day-of-school/index.html Considerations for Schools Operating Schools During COVID-19 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools.html There Are Other Options Besides Reopening Schools https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/how-help-parents-without-fully-reopening-schools/614836/ Coronavirus Updates: Deadline For NYC Public School Parents On Hybrid Learning Due Today https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-updates-august-7-2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 08 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 School's Out FOREVER full 5 272 Dave Bledsoe 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.) Show 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. (Don’t worry, it’s still America, both sides are also wrong!) We look for advice from experts and find that they are as divided and clueless as we are. (Great, maybe they will start a podcast too.) From the CDC, who we could trust once upon a time, to educational scholars to Edna Blumenthal, Dave’s 4th grade teacher. (Who wants you to know Dave was a pure horror to teach, and had lousy penmanship.) Finally, out of frustration we turn to our old friend history to tell us what to do. (Turns out, history has no fucking clue either.) Our Sponsor this week is Bible School in a Box, an education, but not a GOOD one. We open the show with our favorite 80’s education film, and close with Daphne and Celeste who are celebrating the end of education as we know it! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-senseThe 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/V79DIU6Ysfs We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Second grader tests positive for coronavirus after attending the first day of school in Georgia https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/us/second-grader-coronavirus-first-day-of-school/index.html Considerations for Schools Operating Schools During COVID-19 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools.html There Are Other Options Besides Reopening Schools https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/how-help-parents-without-fully-reopening-schools/614836/ Coronavirus Updates: Deadline For NYC Public School Parents On Hybrid Learning Due Today https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-updates-august-7-2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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. (Don’t worry, it’s still America, both sides are also wrong!) We look for advice from experts and find that they are as divided and clueless as we are. (Great, maybe they will start a podcast too.) From the CDC, who we could trust once upon a time, to educational scholars to Edna Blumenthal, Dave’s 4th grade teacher. (Who wants you to know Dave was a pure horror to teach, and had lousy penmanship.) Finally, out of frustration we turn to our old friend history to tell us what to do. (Turns out, history has no fucking clue either.)

Our Sponsor this week is Bible School in a Box, an education, but not a GOOD one. We open the show with our favorite 80’s education film, and close with Daphne and Celeste who are celebrating the end of education as we know it!

Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-senseThe 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/V79DIU6Ysfs

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!


Citations Needed:

Second grader tests positive for coronavirus after attending the first day of school in Georgia

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/us/second-grader-coronavirus-first-day-of-school/index.html

Considerations for Schools Operating Schools During COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools.html

There Are Other Options Besides Reopening Schools

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/how-help-parents-without-fully-reopening-schools/614836/

Coronavirus Updates: Deadline For NYC Public School Parents On Hybrid Learning Due Today

https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-updates-august-7-2020












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]]> 1510 yes Episode 272: Every Single One of Us the Devil Inside Episode 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 entertaining quotes from her sermons, and what you hear might surprise you. (If you recently emerged from a decade long coma.) Then we dive right into the psychology of this latest iteration of the Satanic Panic. (Turns out the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was hiring a REALLY good public relations department!) We dig around the brains of the folks who believe that Satan is doing more than producing some kick ass Heavy Metal Albums. Then we sift the history of Satanic Panics going all the way back to the Knights Templar, who also produced some kick ass metal albums. All of this leading to the real reason this nonsense is so popular right now, which has less to do with the Devil and more to do with the dollars. (SURPRISE!) Our Sponsor this week is Lexie’s Exorcisms, got the Devil inside, get him out with a Lexie’s Exorcism! We open the show with “Doctor” Stella and close with Frank Hart who is actually performing this kick ass cover at a church, which makes it all that much more awesome! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Stella Immanuel (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Immanuel Friend Dr Stella on Facebook for a REAL FUN Time https://www.facebook.com/drstella.gwp/about_details Trump-promoted Dr. Stella Immanuel said homosexuality is the “agenda of the Devil” https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/trump-promoted-dr-stella-immanuel-said-homosexuality-agenda-devil Trump’s New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?source=twitter&via=desktop Chris Krok Show: A ‘Satanic’ Plan From Protesters https://www.wbap.com/2020/07/23/chris-krok-show-a-satanic-plan-from-protesters/ The Strange, Centuries-Long History of Satanic Pedophile Panics https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59vgwa/the-strange-centuries-long-history-of-satanic-pedophile-panics Millions of Americans Believe Trump Is Fighting Literal Demons https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/10/trump-evangelicals-charismatics-paula-white-demons/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Every Single One of Us the Devil Inside full 5 272 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about Trump’s newest medical professional “Doctor” Stella Immanuel and her interesting ideas about medicine! Episode 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 entertaining quotes from her sermons, and what you hear might surprise you. (If you recently emerged from a decade long coma.) Then we dive right into the psychology of this latest iteration of the Satanic Panic. (Turns out the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was hiring a REALLY good public relations department!) We dig around the brains of the folks who believe that Satan is doing more than producing some kick ass Heavy Metal Albums. Then we sift the history of Satanic Panics going all the way back to the Knights Templar, who also produced some kick ass metal albums. All of this leading to the real reason this nonsense is so popular right now, which has less to do with the Devil and more to do with the dollars. (SURPRISE!) Our Sponsor this week is Lexie’s Exorcisms, got the Devil inside, get him out with a Lexie’s Exorcism! We open the show with “Doctor” Stella and close with Frank Hart who is actually performing this kick ass cover at a church, which makes it all that much more awesome! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Stella Immanuel (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Immanuel Friend Dr Stella on Facebook for a REAL FUN Time https://www.facebook.com/drstella.gwp/about_details Trump-promoted Dr. Stella Immanuel said homosexuality is the “agenda of the Devil” https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/trump-promoted-dr-stella-immanuel-said-homosexuality-agenda-devil Trump’s New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?source=twitter&via=desktop Chris Krok Show: A ‘Satanic’ Plan From Protesters https://www.wbap.com/2020/07/23/chris-krok-show-a-satanic-plan-from-protesters/ The Strange, Centuries-Long History of Satanic Pedophile Panics https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59vgwa/the-strange-centuries-long-history-of-satanic-pedophile-panics Millions of Americans Believe Trump Is Fighting Literal Demons https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/10/trump-evangelicals-charismatics-paula-white-demons/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 entertaining quotes from her sermons, and what you hear might surprise you. (If you recently emerged from a decade long coma.) Then we dive right into the psychology of this latest iteration of the Satanic Panic. (Turns out the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was hiring a REALLY good public relations department!) We dig around the brains of the folks who believe that Satan is doing more than producing some kick ass Heavy Metal Albums. Then we sift the history of Satanic Panics going all the way back to the Knights Templar, who also produced some kick ass metal albums. All of this leading to the real reason this nonsense is so popular right now, which has less to do with the Devil and more to do with the dollars. (SURPRISE!)


Our Sponsor this week is Lexie’s Exorcisms, got the Devil inside, get him out with a Lexie’s Exorcism! We open the show with “Doctor” Stella and close with Frank Hart who is actually performing this kick ass cover at a church, which makes it all that much more awesome!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!

Citations Needed:


Stella Immanuel (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Immanuel


Friend Dr Stella on Facebook for a REAL FUN Time

https://www.facebook.com/drstella.gwp/about_details


Trump-promoted Dr. Stella Immanuel said homosexuality is the “agenda of the Devil”

https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/trump-promoted-dr-stella-immanuel-said-homosexuality-agenda-devil


Trump’s New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?source=twitter&via=desktop


Chris Krok Show: A ‘Satanic’ Plan From Protesters

https://www.wbap.com/2020/07/23/chris-krok-show-a-satanic-plan-from-protesters/


The Strange, Centuries-Long History of Satanic Pedophile Panics

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59vgwa/the-strange-centuries-long-history-of-satanic-pedophile-panics


Millions of Americans Believe Trump Is Fighting Literal Demons

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/10/trump-evangelicals-charismatics-paula-white-demons/







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]]> 1669 yes Episode 271: Q Can It Be Now? Episode 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 Long John Silver on Friday! (The fish was really quite tasty!)  Then we dive DEEP into the latest doings of the good folks who believe that Chrissy Tiegen and Tom Hanks are cooking babies at their pedo cabal Zoom Calls.  (HOW DARE YOU PEOPLE ATTACK TOM HANKS!)  Then we take a quick look at the Q Candidates for elected office this Fall and find to our utter lack of surprise, they are ALL Republicans!  (Where they go dumb, they go all the way in!) We take a gander at overpriced cabinets and how they are really just young girls being shipped around the world.  (We wish we were making that up.) Then we find out how JFK Jr is going to save us all ANY DAY NOW.  (Any day really.  I mean, he should be here by now, he is probably stuck in traffic or something.) Our Sponsor this week is returning Sponsor Anonymous Internet Guy, who wants you to know about their new podcast “Q-Tips” The Q Tip you CAN put in your ears.  We open the show with Elene Bennes losing a contest over John John and close with Postmodern Jukebox asking who it might be.   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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: QAnon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon GOP Candidates Open To QAnon Conspiracy Theory Advance In Congressional Races https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885991730/gop-candidates-open-to-qanon-conspiracy-theory-advance-in-congressional-races Georgia Republican and QAnon believer favored to win U.S. House seat https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-republican-and-qanon-believer-favored-to-win-us-house-seat/2020/06/11/f52bc004-ac13-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html Assessing the Threat of QAnon Violence https://gnet-research.org/2020/06/15/assessing-the-threat-of-qanon-violence/ Kids Shipped in Armoires? The Person Who Started the Wayfair Conspiracy Speaks https://www.newsweek.com/wayfair-child-trafficking-conspiracy-theory-cabinets-scandal-1517013 QAnon People Find Irrefutable Proof JFK Jr. Is Alive, And Boy Is He ... Still Very Much Dead https://www.wonkette.com/qanon-people-find-irrefutable-proof-jfk-jr-is-alive-and-boy-is-he-still-very-much-dead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Q Can It Be Now? full 5 271 Dave Bledsoe 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. Episode 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 Long John Silver on Friday! (The fish was really quite tasty!)  Then we dive DEEP into the latest doings of the good folks who believe that Chrissy Tiegen and Tom Hanks are cooking babies at their pedo cabal Zoom Calls.  (HOW DARE YOU PEOPLE ATTACK TOM HANKS!)  Then we take a quick look at the Q Candidates for elected office this Fall and find to our utter lack of surprise, they are ALL Republicans!  (Where they go dumb, they go all the way in!) We take a gander at overpriced cabinets and how they are really just young girls being shipped around the world.  (We wish we were making that up.) Then we find out how JFK Jr is going to save us all ANY DAY NOW.  (Any day really.  I mean, he should be here by now, he is probably stuck in traffic or something.) Our Sponsor this week is returning Sponsor Anonymous Internet Guy, who wants you to know about their new podcast “Q-Tips” The Q Tip you CAN put in your ears.  We open the show with Elene Bennes losing a contest over John John and close with Postmodern Jukebox asking who it might be.   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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: QAnon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon GOP Candidates Open To QAnon Conspiracy Theory Advance In Congressional Races https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885991730/gop-candidates-open-to-qanon-conspiracy-theory-advance-in-congressional-races Georgia Republican and QAnon believer favored to win U.S. House seat https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-republican-and-qanon-believer-favored-to-win-us-house-seat/2020/06/11/f52bc004-ac13-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html Assessing the Threat of QAnon Violence https://gnet-research.org/2020/06/15/assessing-the-threat-of-qanon-violence/ Kids Shipped in Armoires? The Person Who Started the Wayfair Conspiracy Speaks https://www.newsweek.com/wayfair-child-trafficking-conspiracy-theory-cabinets-scandal-1517013 QAnon People Find Irrefutable Proof JFK Jr. Is Alive, And Boy Is He ... Still Very Much Dead https://www.wonkette.com/qanon-people-find-irrefutable-proof-jfk-jr-is-alive-and-boy-is-he-still-very-much-dead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 Long John Silver on Friday! (The fish was really quite tasty!)  Then we dive DEEP into the latest doings of the good folks who believe that Chrissy Tiegen and Tom Hanks are cooking babies at their pedo cabal Zoom Calls.  (HOW DARE YOU PEOPLE ATTACK TOM HANKS!)  Then we take a quick look at the Q Candidates for elected office this Fall and find to our utter lack of surprise, they are ALL Republicans!  (Where they go dumb, they go all the way in!) We take a gander at overpriced cabinets and how they are really just young girls being shipped around the world.  (We wish we were making that up.) Then we find out how JFK Jr is going to save us all ANY DAY NOW.  (Any day really.  I mean, he should be here by now, he is probably stuck in traffic or something.)


Our Sponsor this week is returning Sponsor Anonymous Internet Guy, who wants you to know about their new podcast “Q-Tips” The Q Tip you CAN put in your ears.  We open the show with Elene Bennes losing a contest over John John and close with Postmodern Jukebox asking who it might be.  


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 your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!


Citations Needed:


QAnon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon


GOP Candidates Open To QAnon Conspiracy Theory Advance In Congressional Races

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885991730/gop-candidates-open-to-qanon-conspiracy-theory-advance-in-congressional-races


Georgia Republican and QAnon believer favored to win U.S. House seat

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-republican-and-qanon-believer-favored-to-win-us-house-seat/2020/06/11/f52bc004-ac13-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html


Assessing the Threat of QAnon Violence

https://gnet-research.org/2020/06/15/assessing-the-threat-of-qanon-violence/


Kids Shipped in Armoires? The Person Who Started the Wayfair Conspiracy Speaks

https://www.newsweek.com/wayfair-child-trafficking-conspiracy-theory-cabinets-scandal-1517013


QAnon People Find Irrefutable Proof JFK Jr. Is Alive, And Boy Is He ... Still Very Much Dead

https://www.wonkette.com/qanon-people-find-irrefutable-proof-jfk-jr-is-alive-and-boy-is-he-still-very-much-dead






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]]> 1335 yes Episode 270: Donwanna Be An American Idiot Show 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 the newest contender to the office of President of the United States, Kanye West. (We are totally serious, we are not Kanye is.) While the idea sounds absurd, we remind you that we all thought the current occupant was absurd when he came down that escalator! (Remember how we laughed? No one is laughing now.) To further demonstrate how stupid things are, we then dig in with a Twitter hack that was so transparently a hack that no one could possibly believe it was true. (So naturally a bunch people thought it was true.) Then we have some bad news about your cousin who is in jail in Jakarta, so we are gonna need you to go to the CVS and buy a bunch of Apple gift cards to get him out of jail. (Don’t worry, you can trust us, just give us the number on the back of the card.) Our Sponsor this week is the Celebrity Control Corporation, don’t let your meal ticket ruin your sweet deal, call Celebrity Control Corporation. We open the show with Dennis Miller, when he was still sane and close with Robyn Adele Anderson with a new take on an American classic in classic American style! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Why Men Think It's Sooo Cool to Dislike Popular Things https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/v7gzb8/why-men-like-to-dislike-popular-things FILES NEW DOCS FOR 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RUN https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/16/kanye-west-2020-fec-form-2-president-presidential-run/ Kanye Has Been Working to Get on the 2020 Ballot https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/kanyes-short-lived-attempt-to-get-on-the-2020-ballot.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Donwanna Be An American Idiot full 5 270 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we talk about how everything is just so damn dumb right now. (It’s a recurring topic.) Show 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 the newest contender to the office of President of the United States, Kanye West. (We are totally serious, we are not Kanye is.) While the idea sounds absurd, we remind you that we all thought the current occupant was absurd when he came down that escalator! (Remember how we laughed? No one is laughing now.) To further demonstrate how stupid things are, we then dig in with a Twitter hack that was so transparently a hack that no one could possibly believe it was true. (So naturally a bunch people thought it was true.) Then we have some bad news about your cousin who is in jail in Jakarta, so we are gonna need you to go to the CVS and buy a bunch of Apple gift cards to get him out of jail. (Don’t worry, you can trust us, just give us the number on the back of the card.) Our Sponsor this week is the Celebrity Control Corporation, don’t let your meal ticket ruin your sweet deal, call Celebrity Control Corporation. We open the show with Dennis Miller, when he was still sane and close with Robyn Adele Anderson with a new take on an American classic in classic American style! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: Why Men Think It's Sooo Cool to Dislike Popular Things https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/v7gzb8/why-men-like-to-dislike-popular-things FILES NEW DOCS FOR 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RUN https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/16/kanye-west-2020-fec-form-2-president-presidential-run/ Kanye Has Been Working to Get on the 2020 Ballot https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/kanyes-short-lived-attempt-to-get-on-the-2020-ballot.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 the newest contender to the office of President of the United States, Kanye West. (We are totally serious, we are not Kanye is.) While the idea sounds absurd, we remind you that we all thought the current occupant was absurd when he came down that escalator! (Remember how we laughed? No one is laughing now.) To further demonstrate how stupid things are, we then dig in with a Twitter hack that was so transparently a hack that no one could possibly believe it was true. (So naturally a bunch people thought it was true.) Then we have some bad news about your cousin who is in jail in Jakarta, so we are gonna need you to go to the CVS and buy a bunch of Apple gift cards to get him out of jail. (Don’t worry, you can trust us, just give us the number on the back of the card.)


Our Sponsor this week is the Celebrity Control Corporation, don’t let your meal ticket ruin your sweet deal, call Celebrity Control Corporation. We open the show with Dennis Miller, when he was still sane and close with Robyn Adele Anderson with a new take on an American classic in classic American style!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/WhqokQ-BEpA

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!




Citations Needed:


Why Men Think It's Sooo Cool to Dislike Popular Things

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/v7gzb8/why-men-like-to-dislike-popular-things



FILES NEW DOCS FOR 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RUN

https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/16/kanye-west-2020-fec-form-2-president-presidential-run/


Kanye Has Been Working to Get on the 2020 Ballot

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/kanyes-short-lived-attempt-to-get-on-the-2020-ballot.html

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 1409 yes Episode 269: A Snitch Fairy Gets Her Wings Show 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 the 1980’s and how she traded it for the life of a Manhattan socialite in the 1990’s (Different club names, same cocaine!) Then we learn how she met, fell in love and eventually began procuring grooming and exploiting young girls for the carnal desires of her #1 Dude Jeff! (Let’s not forget all the times she joined in with all the sexual assaulting!) From there we discuss her whereabouts over the past year, her capture and eventual “accidental” death in the Manhattan Correctional Facility later on this month! (Keep your calendars open folks!) Our Sponsor this week is Hank’s Hideouts, on the run, on a budget, Hanks Hideouts! We are sure we can do better than New Hampshire. We open the show with the happy sounds of a Snitch Fairy getting her wings and close with Ozzymozzy explaining what befell Ghislaine alone in her cell! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/BABlxmIErCI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: The mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell's secret love, Mail on Sunday, 15/11/1992 https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/ch6g3r/the_mystery_of_ghislaine_maxwells_secret_love/ Ghislaine Maxwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell What was Ghislaine Maxwell doing in a tiny New Hampshire town? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/07/metro/ghislaine-maxwells-new-hampshire/ "Queen for a Day" - how Ghislaine Maxwell could be striking a deal with prosecutors https://www.wpbf.com/article/queen-for-a-day-how-ghislaine-maxwell-could-be-striking-a-deal-with-prosecutors/33253619# Official: Feds feared Epstein confidant might kill herself https://apnews.com/80e1d24b3111582256de4fb788fc4fc2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:24:25 -0000 A Snitch Fairy Gets Her Wings full 5 269 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine the strange and not all suspicious life and deeds of Jeffery Epstein’s Lady Goon Ghislaine Maxwell. Show 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 the 1980’s and how she traded it for the life of a Manhattan socialite in the 1990’s (Different club names, same cocaine!) Then we learn how she met, fell in love and eventually began procuring grooming and exploiting young girls for the carnal desires of her #1 Dude Jeff! (Let’s not forget all the times she joined in with all the sexual assaulting!) From there we discuss her whereabouts over the past year, her capture and eventual “accidental” death in the Manhattan Correctional Facility later on this month! (Keep your calendars open folks!) Our Sponsor this week is Hank’s Hideouts, on the run, on a budget, Hanks Hideouts! We are sure we can do better than New Hampshire. We open the show with the happy sounds of a Snitch Fairy getting her wings and close with Ozzymozzy explaining what befell Ghislaine alone in her cell! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/BABlxmIErCI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Citations Needed: The mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell's secret love, Mail on Sunday, 15/11/1992 https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/ch6g3r/the_mystery_of_ghislaine_maxwells_secret_love/ Ghislaine Maxwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell What was Ghislaine Maxwell doing in a tiny New Hampshire town? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/07/metro/ghislaine-maxwells-new-hampshire/ "Queen for a Day" - how Ghislaine Maxwell could be striking a deal with prosecutors https://www.wpbf.com/article/queen-for-a-day-how-ghislaine-maxwell-could-be-striking-a-deal-with-prosecutors/33253619# Official: Feds feared Epstein confidant might kill herself https://apnews.com/80e1d24b3111582256de4fb788fc4fc2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 the 1980’s and how she traded it for the life of a Manhattan socialite in the 1990’s (Different club names, same cocaine!) Then we learn how she met, fell in love and eventually began procuring grooming and exploiting young girls for the carnal desires of her #1 Dude Jeff! (Let’s not forget all the times she joined in with all the sexual assaulting!) From there we discuss her whereabouts over the past year, her capture and eventual “accidental” death in the Manhattan Correctional Facility later on this month! (Keep your calendars open folks!)


Our Sponsor this week is Hank’s Hideouts, on the run, on a budget, Hanks Hideouts! We are sure we can do better than New Hampshire. We open the show with the happy sounds of a Snitch Fairy getting her wings and close with Ozzymozzy explaining what befell Ghislaine alone in her cell!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/BABlxmIErCI

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!


Citations Needed:

The mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell's secret love, Mail on Sunday, 15/11/1992

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/ch6g3r/the_mystery_of_ghislaine_maxwells_secret_love/


Ghislaine Maxwell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell


What was Ghislaine Maxwell doing in a tiny New Hampshire town?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/07/metro/ghislaine-maxwells-new-hampshire/


"Queen for a Day" - how Ghislaine Maxwell could be striking a deal with prosecutors

https://www.wpbf.com/article/queen-for-a-day-how-ghislaine-maxwell-could-be-striking-a-deal-with-prosecutors/33253619#



Official: Feds feared Epstein confidant might kill herself

https://apnews.com/80e1d24b3111582256de4fb788fc4fc2

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 1559 yes Episode 268: Dude, the Preferred Nomenclature is Orcish American Episode 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 of them are deeply terrified of girls. (Dave certainly was.) Then we dig into why Wizards of the Coast, the publishers of Dungeons and Dragons decided to announce that “evil races” would be phased out of 5th Edition and the reactions on both sides of the cultural aisle to this news. (We are sure everything progressed in a calm and rational manner!) We move on to freely acknowledge the problematic nature of some elements of the game and the people who created said game. But we also point out that much of original mythology only appears racist today because a bunch of racists ruined the mythology for everyone. (That happens a lot in history.) Finally, we proffer a compromise to both sides of the issue based on long established rules within the game. (Yep, advertisers actually paid to run ads on this content.) Our Sponsor this week is The Gnoll Society, who want you to know they are Evil and they like it that way. We open the show with peckish Uruks and close with Dragonland and their martial music for Orcs! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/OOAHmTPx910 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Dude, the Preferred Nomenclature is Orcish American full 268 Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe dusts off his 1st Edition Monster Manual and confirms Orcs are in fact. Lawful Evil. Episode 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 of them are deeply terrified of girls. (Dave certainly was.) Then we dig into why Wizards of the Coast, the publishers of Dungeons and Dragons decided to announce that “evil races” would be phased out of 5th Edition and the reactions on both sides of the cultural aisle to this news. (We are sure everything progressed in a calm and rational manner!) We move on to freely acknowledge the problematic nature of some elements of the game and the people who created said game. But we also point out that much of original mythology only appears racist today because a bunch of racists ruined the mythology for everyone. (That happens a lot in history.) Finally, we proffer a compromise to both sides of the issue based on long established rules within the game. (Yep, advertisers actually paid to run ads on this content.) Our Sponsor this week is The Gnoll Society, who want you to know they are Evil and they like it that way. We open the show with peckish Uruks and close with Dragonland and their martial music for Orcs! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/OOAHmTPx910 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 of them are deeply terrified of girls. (Dave certainly was.) Then we dig into why Wizards of the Coast, the publishers of Dungeons and Dragons decided to announce that “evil races” would be phased out of 5th Edition and the reactions on both sides of the cultural aisle to this news. (We are sure everything progressed in a calm and rational manner!) We move on to freely acknowledge the problematic nature of some elements of the game and the people who created said game. But we also point out that much of original mythology only appears racist today because a bunch of racists ruined the mythology for everyone. (That happens a lot in history.) Finally, we proffer a compromise to both sides of the issue based on long established rules within the game. (Yep, advertisers actually paid to run ads on this content.)


Our Sponsor this week is The Gnoll Society, who want you to know they are Evil and they like it that way. We open the show with peckish Uruks and close with Dragonland and their martial music for Orcs!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/OOAHmTPx910

We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

]]> 1490 Episode 267: Boom Boom On Come the Lights Show 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 own fucking business. (Y’all are gonna get the Spring again!) From there we jump to the cultural implications of fireworks and why Americans just love to blow bits off their body off for funsies. We check in on a new conspiracy theory popular in the Blue States for a change and examine all the ways they are wrong about the Summer of Boom. (Come on Libs, you are supposed to be better than this!) Then we wrap up with how YOU, podfriends, could get your OWN illegal fireworks in the big city. (In a purely hypothetical and legally allowed speculative manner.) Our Sponsor this week is Bubba’s House of BOOM!, where fat, drunk and stupid is our demographic! We open the show this week with fireworks gone wrong and close with Bluesix letting us know they are sick and tired of all these fireworks.  Other, Probably Better Pods: http://seltzerkings.com/ 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s6NIgSfzNGU Citations Needed: Boompilled: Fireworks Conspiracy Theories Are Bursting Across The Internet https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/boompilled-fireworks-conspiracy-theories-are-bursting The Fireworks Conspiracy Theory is Ridiculous and Totally Unnecessary https://themikerothschild.com/2020/06/23/fireworks-conspiracy-theory/ Gita Jackson on Twitter https://twitter.com/xoxogossipgita/status/1275134634981052418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:02:00 -0000 Boom Boom On Come the Lights full 5 267 Dave Bledsoe 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!?!? Show 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 own fucking business. (Y’all are gonna get the Spring again!) From there we jump to the cultural implications of fireworks and why Americans just love to blow bits off their body off for funsies. We check in on a new conspiracy theory popular in the Blue States for a change and examine all the ways they are wrong about the Summer of Boom. (Come on Libs, you are supposed to be better than this!) Then we wrap up with how YOU, podfriends, could get your OWN illegal fireworks in the big city. (In a purely hypothetical and legally allowed speculative manner.) Our Sponsor this week is Bubba’s House of BOOM!, where fat, drunk and stupid is our demographic! We open the show this week with fireworks gone wrong and close with Bluesix letting us know they are sick and tired of all these fireworks.  Other, Probably Better Pods: http://seltzerkings.com/ 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s6NIgSfzNGU Citations Needed: Boompilled: Fireworks Conspiracy Theories Are Bursting Across The Internet https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/boompilled-fireworks-conspiracy-theories-are-bursting The Fireworks Conspiracy Theory is Ridiculous and Totally Unnecessary https://themikerothschild.com/2020/06/23/fireworks-conspiracy-theory/ Gita Jackson on Twitter https://twitter.com/xoxogossipgita/status/1275134634981052418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Show 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 own fucking business. (Y’all are gonna get the Spring again!) From there we jump to the cultural implications of fireworks and why Americans just love to blow bits off their body off for funsies. We check in on a new conspiracy theory popular in the Blue States for a change and examine all the ways they are wrong about the Summer of Boom. (Come on Libs, you are supposed to be better than this!) Then we wrap up with how YOU, podfriends, could get your OWN illegal fireworks in the big city. (In a purely hypothetical and legally allowed speculative manner.)


Our Sponsor this week is Bubba’s House of BOOM!, where fat, drunk and stupid is our demographic! We open the show this week with fireworks gone wrong and close with Bluesix letting us know they are sick and tired of all these fireworks. 


Other, Probably Better Pods: http://seltzerkings.com/

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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s6NIgSfzNGU



Citations Needed:


Boompilled: Fireworks Conspiracy Theories Are Bursting Across The Internet

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/boompilled-fireworks-conspiracy-theories-are-bursting


The Fireworks Conspiracy Theory is Ridiculous and Totally Unnecessary

https://themikerothschild.com/2020/06/23/fireworks-conspiracy-theory/


Gita Jackson on Twitter

https://twitter.com/xoxogossipgita/status/1275134634981052418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw







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]]> 1545 yes Episode 266: Partridge Family Bus Full of Antifa Episode 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 crawlers!) We travel to all the spots where brave Camosexuals gathered outside guns stores and bowling alleys to prevent Antifa from burning down a place they never heard of could care less about if they had (Honestly, NO ONE is visiting Crotch Rot Arkansas willingly.) Then we learn the secret history of Antifa, from it’s ill fated beginning fighting ACTUAL Nazis in Germany to busting Skinhead skulls outside out of Slash’s House of Punk in Poughkeepsie in the 1990’s all the way to punching fucking Richard Spencer in his smug Nazi face at Trump’s inauguration! (We watch it over and over on slo-mo!) Then we explain why people in Cooterville are so afraid of a non-existent Antifa threat by telling you about Orson Wells. (Trust us, it fits together better than these things usually do.) Our Sponsor this week is Rent-A-Radical, when you want a fake Antia invasion but are too insignificant for REAL Antifa! We open the show with our Godson Trae Crowder (we wish!) and close with some teenage heartthrobs of the 1970’s!   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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/lT2T49yP2ew Citations Needed: Tucker Carlson: “Violent young men with guns will be in charge. They will make the rules, including the rules in your neighborhood” https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-violent-young-men-guns-will-be-charge-they-will-make-rules-including Fears of protest violence, some of it fueled by rumors, creep into Sacramento suburbs https://www.sacbee.com/news/article243186451.html The Incident on the A-Road https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzem5/the-incident-on-the-a-road Family reportedly harassed in Forks after being accused of being members of Antifa https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/crime/family-harassed-in-forks-after-being-accused-of-being-members-of-antifa/ ‘Antifa bus’ hoaxes are spreading panic through small-town America https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/5/21281581/antifa-bus-hoax-trump-misinformation-protests-police The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-panic-myth-the-infamous-radio-broadcast-did-not-cause-a-nationwide-hysteria.html In Ecuador, after the green men from Mars invaded, the real tragedy began https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article1960647.html Roofing Company Employees Forced Onto Ground At Gunpoint By Man Who Thought They Were Antifa https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/loveland-man-antifa-roofing-employees/73-c9e63588-b99d-45c5-bc34-81e22093cf91  “They have no allegiance to liberal democracy”: An expert on antifa explains the group https://www.vox.com/2017/8/25/16189064/protests-george-floyd-antifa-president-trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:21:00 -0000 Partridge Family Bus Full of Anita full 5 266 Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we examine why Reuben Kincaid and the Partridge Family want to burn down small town America! Episode 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 crawlers!) We travel to all the spots where brave Camosexuals gathered outside guns stores and bowling alleys to prevent Antifa from burning down a place they never heard of could care less about if they had (Honestly, NO ONE is visiting Crotch Rot Arkansas willingly.) Then we learn the secret history of Antifa, from it’s ill fated beginning fighting ACTUAL Nazis in Germany to busting Skinhead skulls outside out of Slash’s House of Punk in Poughkeepsie in the 1990’s all the way to punching fucking Richard Spencer in his smug Nazi face at Trump’s inauguration! (We watch it over and over on slo-mo!) Then we explain why people in Cooterville are so afraid of a non-existent Antifa threat by telling you about Orson Wells. (Trust us, it fits together better than these things usually do.) Our Sponsor this week is Rent-A-Radical, when you want a fake Antia invasion but are too insignificant for REAL Antifa! We open the show with our Godson Trae Crowder (we wish!) and close with some teenage heartthrobs of the 1970’s!   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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/lT2T49yP2ew Citations Needed: Tucker Carlson: “Violent young men with guns will be in charge. They will make the rules, including the rules in your neighborhood” https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-violent-young-men-guns-will-be-charge-they-will-make-rules-including Fears of protest violence, some of it fueled by rumors, creep into Sacramento suburbs https://www.sacbee.com/news/article243186451.html The Incident on the A-Road https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzem5/the-incident-on-the-a-road Family reportedly harassed in Forks after being accused of being members of Antifa https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/crime/family-harassed-in-forks-after-being-accused-of-being-members-of-antifa/ ‘Antifa bus’ hoaxes are spreading panic through small-town America https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/5/21281581/antifa-bus-hoax-trump-misinformation-protests-police The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-panic-myth-the-infamous-radio-broadcast-did-not-cause-a-nationwide-hysteria.html In Ecuador, after the green men from Mars invaded, the real tragedy began https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article1960647.html Roofing Company Employees Forced Onto Ground At Gunpoint By Man Who Thought They Were Antifa https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/loveland-man-antifa-roofing-employees/73-c9e63588-b99d-45c5-bc34-81e22093cf91  “They have no allegiance to liberal democracy”: An expert on antifa explains the group https://www.vox.com/2017/8/25/16189064/protests-george-floyd-antifa-president-trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 crawlers!) We travel to all the spots where brave Camosexuals gathered outside guns stores and bowling alleys to prevent Antifa from burning down a place they never heard of could care less about if they had (Honestly, NO ONE is visiting Crotch Rot Arkansas willingly.) Then we learn the secret history of Antifa, from it’s ill fated beginning fighting ACTUAL Nazis in Germany to busting Skinhead skulls outside out of Slash’s House of Punk in Poughkeepsie in the 1990’s all the way to punching fucking Richard Spencer in his smug Nazi face at Trump’s inauguration! (We watch it over and over on slo-mo!) Then we explain why people in Cooterville are so afraid of a non-existent Antifa threat by telling you about Orson Wells. (Trust us, it fits together better than these things usually do.)


Our Sponsor this week is Rent-A-Radical, when you want a fake Antia invasion but are too insignificant for REAL Antifa! We open the show with our Godson Trae Crowder (we wish!) and close with some teenage heartthrobs of the 1970’s!  


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/lT2T49yP2ew


Citations Needed:


Tucker Carlson: “Violent young men with guns will be in charge. They will make the rules, including the rules in your neighborhood”

https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-violent-young-men-guns-will-be-charge-they-will-make-rules-including


Fears of protest violence, some of it fueled by rumors, creep into Sacramento suburbs

https://www.sacbee.com/news/article243186451.html


The Incident on the A-Road

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzem5/the-incident-on-the-a-road


Family reportedly harassed in Forks after being accused of being members of Antifa

https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/crime/family-harassed-in-forks-after-being-accused-of-being-members-of-antifa/


‘Antifa bus’ hoaxes are spreading panic through small-town America

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/5/21281581/antifa-bus-hoax-trump-misinformation-protests-police



The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic

https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-panic-myth-the-infamous-radio-broadcast-did-not-cause-a-nationwide-hysteria.html


In Ecuador, after the green men from Mars invaded, the real tragedy began

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article1960647.html


Roofing Company Employees Forced Onto Ground At Gunpoint By Man Who Thought They Were Antifa

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/loveland-man-antifa-roofing-employees/73-c9e63588-b99d-45c5-bc34-81e22093cf91


 “They have no allegiance to liberal democracy”: An expert on antifa explains the group

https://www.vox.com/2017/8/25/16189064/protests-george-floyd-antifa-president-trump

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]]> 1737 Episode 265: THIS Pig Was Cool Episode 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 being thrown out!) Along the way we learn about one of the Bad Dave's in the world who “trains” cops to treat citizens like insurgents. Then we examine in detail what people mean when they say “Defund the Police” only to learn it isn’t the scary idea the cops want you to think it is. (Kinda like how Black people are not scary like the cops say they are!) Then we offer some actionable ways to implement real change in the police without scaring all the white folks with “crazy ideas”. (Which will make young progressive call us names because the ideas aren’t crazy enough.) Our Sponsor this week is Fat Leo’s Law Enforcement Training, when you just want a glassy eyed sociopath on the street, you want Fat Leo’s. We open the show with Rust Cohle philosophy of policing and close with Killdozer’s run in with Dave on duty! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/ZljN2Y-9_bQ Citations Needed: The sheep, the wolf and the sheep dog https://www.policeone.com/police-trainers/videos/the-sheep-the-wolf-and-the-sheep-dog-PgBzHLbBumSiCwHl/ “Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One of America’s Most Popular Police Trainers https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/dave-grossman-training-police-militarization/ Defund the police? Here’s what that really means. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/07/defund-police-heres-what-that-really-means/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:00:00 -0000 THIS Pig Was Cool full Dave Bledsoe On the show this week we tackle the idea of a world without police. (Imagine that!) Episode 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 being thrown out!) Along the way we learn about one of the Bad Dave's in the world who “trains” cops to treat citizens like insurgents. Then we examine in detail what people mean when they say “Defund the Police” only to learn it isn’t the scary idea the cops want you to think it is. (Kinda like how Black people are not scary like the cops say they are!) Then we offer some actionable ways to implement real change in the police without scaring all the white folks with “crazy ideas”. (Which will make young progressive call us names because the ideas aren’t crazy enough.) Our Sponsor this week is Fat Leo’s Law Enforcement Training, when you just want a glassy eyed sociopath on the street, you want Fat Leo’s. We open the show with Rust Cohle philosophy of policing and close with Killdozer’s run in with Dave on duty! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/ZljN2Y-9_bQ Citations Needed: The sheep, the wolf and the sheep dog https://www.policeone.com/police-trainers/videos/the-sheep-the-wolf-and-the-sheep-dog-PgBzHLbBumSiCwHl/ “Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One of America’s Most Popular Police Trainers https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/dave-grossman-training-police-militarization/ Defund the police? Here’s what that really means. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/07/defund-police-heres-what-that-really-means/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 being thrown out!) Along the way we learn about one of the Bad Dave's in the world who “trains” cops to treat citizens like insurgents. Then we examine in detail what people mean when they say “Defund the Police” only to learn it isn’t the scary idea the cops want you to think it is. (Kinda like how Black people are not scary like the cops say they are!) Then we offer some actionable ways to implement real change in the police without scaring all the white folks with “crazy ideas”. (Which will make young progressive call us names because the ideas aren’t crazy enough.)


Our Sponsor this week is Fat Leo’s Law Enforcement Training, when you just want a glassy eyed sociopath on the street, you want Fat Leo’s. We open the show with Rust Cohle philosophy of policing and close with Killdozer’s run in with Dave on duty!


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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast

The Show Line: 347 687 9601

Closing Music: https://youtu.be/ZljN2Y-9_bQ






Citations Needed:


The sheep, the wolf and the sheep dog

https://www.policeone.com/police-trainers/videos/the-sheep-the-wolf-and-the-sheep-dog-PgBzHLbBumSiCwHl/


“Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One of America’s Most Popular Police Trainers

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/dave-grossman-training-police-militarization/


Defund the police? Here’s what that really means.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/07/defund-police-heres-what-that-really-means/


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]]> 1967 Episode 264 "Citizen Soldier" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-264-citizen-soldier Show 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 aboard The Wayback Machine to learn why the Founders decided a military dictatorship was a BAD idea! (Also, we take some cheap shots at Bostonians!) We then head over law school to find out why Shroom Dick can’t just deploy the troops to “dominate” the protesters that frighten him so much. (BUNKER BITCH!) We visit Kent State to remind you all why soldiers are not cops and never should be. Then we wrap up with some truly astonishing statements by Generals past and present. (We honestly couldn’t believe our eyes when we read them!) Our Sponsor this week is Boogaloo Bob’s, when your real soldiers won’t crush your rebellion why not try Boogaloo Bob’s, because nothing says law and order like fat white guys in flower print shirts! We open the show with a rose colored edition of a Founding Father and close with Massy jamming through a Neil Young tune! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/aST8Q6xmy4M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 05 Jun 2020 20:38:01 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 264: Citizen Soldier This we… Show 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 aboard The Wayback Machine to learn why the Founders decided a military dictatorship was a BAD idea! (Also, we take some cheap shots at Bostonians!) We then head over law school to find out why Shroom Dick can’t just deploy the troops to “dominate” the protesters that frighten him so much. (BUNKER BITCH!) We visit Kent State to remind you all why soldiers are not cops and never should be. Then we wrap up with some truly astonishing statements by Generals past and present. (We honestly couldn’t believe our eyes when we read them!) Our Sponsor this week is Boogaloo Bob’s, when your real soldiers won’t crush your rebellion why not try Boogaloo Bob’s, because nothing says law and order like fat white guys in flower print shirts! We open the show with a rose colored edition of a Founding Father and close with Massy jamming through a Neil Young tune! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/aST8Q6xmy4M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1750 yes Episode 263: The Language of the Unheard https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-263-the-language-of-the-unheard Show 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 Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: None this week Warning! By Langston Hughes Negroes, Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day They change their mind. Wind In the cotton fields, Gentle Breeze: Beware the hour It uproots trees! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 May 2020 18:55:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 263: The Language of the Unhea… Show 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 Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: None this week Warning! By Langston Hughes Negroes, Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day They change their mind. Wind In the cotton fields, Gentle Breeze: Beware the hour It uproots trees! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 858 yes Epsidoe 262: You're Not the Boss of Me Now https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/epsidoe-262-youre-not-the-boss-of-me-now Episode 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 being really dumb.) Then we dive right into the controversy with a small number of very noisy Americans refusal to wear a mask. (It is exactly the people you think it is.) We look at the various and specious “reasons” why people refuse to wear one, from religious to terror of people discovering how small and insignificant their penis actually is. (Thimble Dick is perhaps one of the most cutting pet names for the POTUS we’ve used to date!) We then give a full and fair hearing to those Americans who feel wearing a mask infringes on their Constitution Right to be assholes before telling them to sit down and shut the hell up. (Which is the actual court precedent for ALL arguments along these lines.) Our Sponsor this week is Frankie’s Freedom Warehouse, where your assault rifle is welcome but your mask is NOT! (Condolences to Frankie’s family on his recent death from Covid 19) We open the show with a genuine damn hero working at Costco and close with Dilute Creative who want to know that we are NOT in charge around here. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/JkxdUh2ROd4 Citations Needed: COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer? https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449 Ohio legislator cites God for refusing to wear face mask during coronavirus crisis https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/05/ohio-legislator-cites-god-for-refusing-to-wear-face-mask-during-coronavirus-crisis.html Men are less likely to wear masks – another sign that toxic masculinity kills https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/16/men-masks-coronavirus-protests-masculinity-kills Masks Reveal New Social Norms: What a Difference a Plague Makes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/masks-reveal-new-social-norms-what-a-difference-a-plague-makes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 22 May 2020 20:27:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 262: “You’re Not the Boss of Me Now”Thi… Episode 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 being really dumb.) Then we dive right into the controversy with a small number of very noisy Americans refusal to wear a mask. (It is exactly the people you think it is.) We look at the various and specious “reasons” why people refuse to wear one, from religious to terror of people discovering how small and insignificant their penis actually is. (Thimble Dick is perhaps one of the most cutting pet names for the POTUS we’ve used to date!) We then give a full and fair hearing to those Americans who feel wearing a mask infringes on their Constitution Right to be assholes before telling them to sit down and shut the hell up. (Which is the actual court precedent for ALL arguments along these lines.) Our Sponsor this week is Frankie’s Freedom Warehouse, where your assault rifle is welcome but your mask is NOT! (Condolences to Frankie’s family on his recent death from Covid 19) We open the show with a genuine damn hero working at Costco and close with Dilute Creative who want to know that we are NOT in charge around here. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/JkxdUh2ROd4 Citations Needed: COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer? https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449 Ohio legislator cites God for refusing to wear face mask during coronavirus crisis https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/05/ohio-legislator-cites-god-for-refusing-to-wear-face-mask-during-coronavirus-crisis.html Men are less likely to wear masks – another sign that toxic masculinity kills https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/16/men-masks-coronavirus-protests-masculinity-kills Masks Reveal New Social Norms: What a Difference a Plague Makes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/masks-reveal-new-social-norms-what-a-difference-a-plague-makes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 being really dumb.) Then we dive right into the controversy with a small number of very noisy Americans refusal to wear a mask. (It is exactly the people you think it is.) We look at the various and specious “reasons” why people refuse to wear one, from religious to terror of people discovering how small and insignificant their penis actually is. (Thimble Dick is perhaps one of the most cutting pet names for the POTUS we’ve used to date!) We then give a full and fair hearing to those Americans who feel wearing a mask infringes on their Constitution Right to be assholes before telling them to sit down and shut the hell up. (Which is the actual court precedent for ALL arguments along these lines.) Our Sponsor this week is Frankie’s Freedom Warehouse, where your assault rifle is welcome but your mask is NOT! (Condolences to Frankie’s family on his recent death from Covid 19) We open the show with a genuine damn hero working at Costco and close with Dilute Creative who want to know that we are NOT in charge around here. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/JkxdUh2ROd4 Citations Needed: COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer? https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449 Ohio legislator cites God for refusing to wear face mask during coronavirus crisis https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/05/ohio-legislator-cites-god-for-refusing-to-wear-face-mask-during-coronavirus-crisis.html Men are less likely to wear masks – another sign that toxic masculinity kills https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/16/men-masks-coronavirus-protests-masculinity-kills Masks Reveal New Social Norms: What a Difference a Plague Makes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/masks-reveal-new-social-norms-what-a-difference-a-plague-makes/

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]]> 1494 yes Episode 261: Are You More of a Dunning, Or More of a Kruger? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-261-are-you-more-of-a-dunning-or-more-of-a-kruger Show 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 stuck on Mt. Stupid, who knows?) We dip our toes in the cold, deep water of dumb that is the Plandemic video and then quickly towel off with the warm fluffy towel of Q-Anon! (Fresh from the dryer, like you love!) Then we ask a series of hard hitting questions about the future of America in a serious tone of voice designed to make us sound both logical and appealing. (Like the kind of voice you would buy insurance from!) Then we come crashing back to Earth by telling you that we told you so. Our Sponsor this week is a returning one, The Association and their annual pledge drive! We open the show with a trope that has gotten FAR to much mileage since its inception and close Casandra Kubinski who just wants us to trust her. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/wLJqf3xITH4 Citations Needed: Truth Decay An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2314.html Virus Conspiracists Elevate a New Champion https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/technology/plandemic-judy-mikovitz-coronavirus-disinformation.html Debunking the most dangerous claims of 'Plandemic' https://www.livescience.com/debunking-plandemic-coronavirus-claims.html Shadowland https://www.theatlantic.com/shadowland/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 15 May 2020 20:32:15 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 261: Are You More A Dunning or… Show 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 stuck on Mt. Stupid, who knows?) We dip our toes in the cold, deep water of dumb that is the Plandemic video and then quickly towel off with the warm fluffy towel of Q-Anon! (Fresh from the dryer, like you love!) Then we ask a series of hard hitting questions about the future of America in a serious tone of voice designed to make us sound both logical and appealing. (Like the kind of voice you would buy insurance from!) Then we come crashing back to Earth by telling you that we told you so. Our Sponsor this week is a returning one, The Association and their annual pledge drive! We open the show with a trope that has gotten FAR to much mileage since its inception and close Casandra Kubinski who just wants us to trust her. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/wLJqf3xITH4 Citations Needed: Truth Decay An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2314.html Virus Conspiracists Elevate a New Champion https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/technology/plandemic-judy-mikovitz-coronavirus-disinformation.html Debunking the most dangerous claims of 'Plandemic' https://www.livescience.com/debunking-plandemic-coronavirus-claims.html Shadowland https://www.theatlantic.com/shadowland/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1800 yes Episode 260: Next Time Try Roland the Thompson Gunner https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-next-time-try-roland-the-thompson-gunner Show 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 don’t let Sergeants do that) Along the way we learn about Operation Gideon, which would’ve worked out better for everyone if it was about putting Bibles in hotel rooms. Drawing extensively from an Associated Press news story about a failed coup in Venezuela that came out BEFORE the actual coup even started! (And yet, they tried it anyway!) We will meet a cast of amazingly bumbling characters, including close associates of the President all of whom wanted one thing and one thing only: for the President to LIKE them! (Turns out, there are some things too stupid even for the Trump administration. Maybe) We follow them through a year of bad planning and bungled implementation all the way to their stunning yet utterly predictable failure to overthrow the government of a sovereign nation. (Cue Yakety Sax) Then we gently suggest how perhaps plotting coups in general, even if you aren’t totally unqualified MIGHT not be something one should do. Our Sponsor this week is Bob’s Budget Black Ops, when you need warriors but can’t afford good ones, call Bob’s! We open the show with the ONLY good mercenaries ever and close with Lauren O’Connell and a cautionary tale of what happens when you piss off a Thompson Gunner. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/eZUQ2FdwIyY Citations Needed: Venezuela detains two Americans allegedly involved in failed raid to remove Maduro https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/venezuela-detains-two-americans-allegedly-involved-in-failed-raid-to-remove-maduro Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela’s Maduro https://apnews.com/79346b4e428676424c0e5669c80fc310 Breaking Down The Absolutely Batshit Botched Coup Attempt Against Venezuela's Maduro https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33322/breaking-down-the-absolutely-batshit-botched-coup-attempt-against-venezuelas-maduro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 08 May 2020 21:30:44 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 260: Next Time Try Roland The … Show 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 don’t let Sergeants do that) Along the way we learn about Operation Gideon, which would’ve worked out better for everyone if it was about putting Bibles in hotel rooms. Drawing extensively from an Associated Press news story about a failed coup in Venezuela that came out BEFORE the actual coup even started! (And yet, they tried it anyway!) We will meet a cast of amazingly bumbling characters, including close associates of the President all of whom wanted one thing and one thing only: for the President to LIKE them! (Turns out, there are some things too stupid even for the Trump administration. Maybe) We follow them through a year of bad planning and bungled implementation all the way to their stunning yet utterly predictable failure to overthrow the government of a sovereign nation. (Cue Yakety Sax) Then we gently suggest how perhaps plotting coups in general, even if you aren’t totally unqualified MIGHT not be something one should do. Our Sponsor this week is Bob’s Budget Black Ops, when you need warriors but can’t afford good ones, call Bob’s! We open the show with the ONLY good mercenaries ever and close with Lauren O’Connell and a cautionary tale of what happens when you piss off a Thompson Gunner. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/eZUQ2FdwIyY Citations Needed: Venezuela detains two Americans allegedly involved in failed raid to remove Maduro https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/venezuela-detains-two-americans-allegedly-involved-in-failed-raid-to-remove-maduro Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela’s Maduro https://apnews.com/79346b4e428676424c0e5669c80fc310 Breaking Down The Absolutely Batshit Botched Coup Attempt Against Venezuela's Maduro https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33322/breaking-down-the-absolutely-batshit-botched-coup-attempt-against-venezuelas-maduro Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1587 yes Episode 259: We're Not Gonna Take It https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-259-were-not-gonna-take-it 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 trivial to the modern context that it should distract you for a good half hour from all the crazy shit in the world. (You’re welcome) Along the way we meet the White Wives of Washington who decided it was their job to censor artists. (They were the Karen’s of the 1980s) We introduce to you to each of the Filthy Fifteen the list of songs the PMRC deemed so vile and offensive that children must be protected from them at all cost. (God forbid they learned about getting off from Cyndi Lauper!) We hear from the artists who defended the list, even though some of the Metal songs are just BAD songs. (Not evil, just really poorly written.) Finally, we learn why Tipper Gore felt it was SO important we have warning labels on music. (Hint, it was so parents didn’t need to talk to their kids.) Our Sponsor this week is Columbia House Records, who want you to know they are back and they are coming for what they are owed. We open the show with Dee Snider getting real with the Senate and close with Sunkissed Music being adorably rebellious! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3fCaxOBBPQo Citations Needed: #ShowNotes Ep 259 "We're Not Gonna Take It" distracting you from the modern world by telling you the tale of Tipper Gore and the PMRC. It should distract you for a good half hour. You're welcome. https://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/09/oral-history-tipper-gores-war-explicit-rock-lyrics-dee-snider-373103.html The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship, Gore And The “Parental Advisory” Sticker https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/filthy-fifteen-pmrc-censorship/ The Tipper Sticker at 30: The Most Entertaining (and Least Effective) Attempt at Censorship in Rock History https://www.kqed.org/pop/18111/the-tipper-sticker-at-30-the-most-entertaining-and-least-effective-attempt-at-censorship-in-rock-history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 01 May 2020 21:12:33 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 259: “We’re Not Gonna Take It”… 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 trivial to the modern context that it should distract you for a good half hour from all the crazy shit in the world. (You’re welcome) Along the way we meet the White Wives of Washington who decided it was their job to censor artists. (They were the Karen’s of the 1980s) We introduce to you to each of the Filthy Fifteen the list of songs the PMRC deemed so vile and offensive that children must be protected from them at all cost. (God forbid they learned about getting off from Cyndi Lauper!) We hear from the artists who defended the list, even though some of the Metal songs are just BAD songs. (Not evil, just really poorly written.) Finally, we learn why Tipper Gore felt it was SO important we have warning labels on music. (Hint, it was so parents didn’t need to talk to their kids.) Our Sponsor this week is Columbia House Records, who want you to know they are back and they are coming for what they are owed. We open the show with Dee Snider getting real with the Senate and close with Sunkissed Music being adorably rebellious! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3fCaxOBBPQo Citations Needed: #ShowNotes Ep 259 "We're Not Gonna Take It" distracting you from the modern world by telling you the tale of Tipper Gore and the PMRC. It should distract you for a good half hour. You're welcome. https://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/09/oral-history-tipper-gores-war-explicit-rock-lyrics-dee-snider-373103.html The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship, Gore And The “Parental Advisory” Sticker https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/filthy-fifteen-pmrc-censorship/ The Tipper Sticker at 30: The Most Entertaining (and Least Effective) Attempt at Censorship in Rock History https://www.kqed.org/pop/18111/the-tipper-sticker-at-30-the-most-entertaining-and-least-effective-attempt-at-censorship-in-rock-history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1854 yes Episode 258: Some Alternate Universe https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-258-some-alternate-universe Episode 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 protesting the government not letting them die of a disease. We posit some extremely unlikely explanations for the state of the world today, including Mayan prophecy and a dude who did WAY too many mushrooms. (Surprisingly, not Dave). Then we delve in our real theory on why things are the way they are and science be damned. Because if ignoring reality is good enough for a Trump voter in Ohio it is good enough for us! (We, however, will NOT be going anywhere near the dipshits.) Our Sponsor this week is A Generic Statement on Covid 19, who wants you to know it is here for you in these troubled times. We open the show with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and close with the ethereal Nataly Dawn. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/IT-ZaGyIPsk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 24 Apr 2020 20:52:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 258: Some Alternate UniverseThis week H… Episode 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 protesting the government not letting them die of a disease. We posit some extremely unlikely explanations for the state of the world today, including Mayan prophecy and a dude who did WAY too many mushrooms. (Surprisingly, not Dave). Then we delve in our real theory on why things are the way they are and science be damned. Because if ignoring reality is good enough for a Trump voter in Ohio it is good enough for us! (We, however, will NOT be going anywhere near the dipshits.) Our Sponsor this week is A Generic Statement on Covid 19, who wants you to know it is here for you in these troubled times. We open the show with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and close with the ethereal Nataly Dawn. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/IT-ZaGyIPsk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 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 protesting the government not letting them die of a disease. We posit some extremely unlikely explanations for the state of the world today, including Mayan prophecy and a dude who did WAY too many mushrooms. (Surprisingly, not Dave). Then we delve in our real theory on why things are the way they are and science be damned. Because if ignoring reality is good enough for a Trump voter in Ohio it is good enough for us! (We, however, will NOT be going anywhere near the dipshits.) Our Sponsor this week is A Generic Statement on Covid 19, who wants you to know it is here for you in these troubled times. We open the show with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and close with the ethereal Nataly Dawn. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/IT-ZaGyIPsk

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]]> 1546 yes Episode 257: Interlude https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-257-interlude Show 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_dHGX5qIhYc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 17 Apr 2020 20:07:45 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 257: The Bottle Episode Host … Show 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_dHGX5qIhYc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 731 yes Episode 233 Redux: He's On A Highway to Hell https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-233-redux-hes-on-a-highway-to-hell We 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 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:09:22 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe We are taking THIS week off to prepare for NEXT w… We 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

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]]> 2654 yes Splendid Isolation Episode Three: It's Like Bad Medicine https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/splendid-isolation-episode-three-its-like-bad-medicine Show 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 one lonely and frightened man’s attempt to survive the COVID 19 Pandemic with something like his sanity and liver intact. It appears in the What the HELL Were You Thinking podcast feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:03:30 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Splendid Isolation Episode Three: It’… Show 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 one lonely and frightened man’s attempt to survive the COVID 19 Pandemic with something like his sanity and liver intact. It appears in the What the HELL Were You Thinking podcast feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 766 yes Episode 256: We're Still Preoccupied With 1985 Part Two: Blame It On the Rain, I Guess https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-256-were-still-preoccupied-with-1985-part-two-blame-it-on-the-rain-i-guess Show 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 the political, economic, social and fashion crimes that ended the Whitest Decade Ever. (Dave killed parachute pants all by himself!) From the White House, to Wall Street to the recording studio, if it made a white dude rich off some shady shit, we talk about it. Programming note, there will NOT be a new episode next week as we prepare for our Fifth Anniversary Extravaganza, assuming the world is still here in two weeks. Also, Dave appears on the podcast Just Checkin’ In with Marla and Jeremy, so check in with all three of them here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5I1SViZhQ6s7hBuIBuJQCK Our Sponsor this week is The Boesky Boys Investing Podcast who wants you to know it isn’t illegal if no one cares you are breaking the law. We open with the last shreds of idealism from the 80’s and we close with the band and ended it all. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/SiZVrTaC9Pg Citations Needed Iran Contra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair The Bush family and the S&L Scandal http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/bush_family_and_the_s.htm Financial Villains: Where Are They Now? https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0310/financial-villains-where-are-they-now.aspx It’s True: Milli Vanilli Didn’t Sing : Pop music: The duo could be stripped of its Grammy after admitting it lip-synced the best-selling ‘Girl You Know It’s True.’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-16-ca-4894-story.html Milli Vanilli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli#Lip-syncing_exposure_and_media_backlash,_1989%E2%80%931991 Learn more about your ad choices. 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Programming note, there will NOT be a new episode next week as we prepare for our Fifth Anniversary Extravaganza, assuming the world is still here in two weeks. Also, Dave appears on the podcast Just Checkin’ In with Marla and Jeremy, so check in with all three of them here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5I1SViZhQ6s7hBuIBuJQCK Our Sponsor this week is The Boesky Boys Investing Podcast who wants you to know it isn’t illegal if no one cares you are breaking the law. We open with the last shreds of idealism from the 80’s and we close with the band and ended it all. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/SiZVrTaC9Pg Citations Needed Iran Contra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair The Bush family and the S&L Scandal http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/bush_family_and_the_s.htm Financial Villains: Where Are They Now? https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0310/financial-villains-where-are-they-now.aspx It’s True: Milli Vanilli Didn’t Sing : Pop music: The duo could be stripped of its Grammy after admitting it lip-synced the best-selling ‘Girl You Know It’s True.’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-16-ca-4894-story.html Milli Vanilli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli#Lip-syncing_exposure_and_media_backlash,_1989%E2%80%931991 Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2093 yes Splendid Isolation Episode 2: Who WAS That Masked Man https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-2-who-was-that-masked-man In 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_podcast, the show name on Facebook, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcast or Spotify. Email the show at whatthehellpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:23:10 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe In this week’s Splendid Isolation, Dave Bledsoe r… In 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_podcast, the show name on Facebook, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcast or Spotify. Email the show at whatthehellpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 660 yes Episode 255: We're Still Preoccupied With 1985 Part One: The Whitest Decade Ever https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-255-were-still-preoccupied-with-1985-part-one-the-whitest-decade-ever Episode 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 would be rich (if they were white) how movies and television help America delude itself and how music went from the ultimate expression of rebellion and idealism to the ultimate expression of homogeneity and conformity! (Huey Lewis, we blame Huey Lewis) This is Part One of a two part special that will conclude next week unless the virus takes us all. Our Sponsor this week is The Gipper, it all comes down to him. We open with the most famous 80’s speech ever and close with a Ska Version that is SO much better than the original! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gH45mC_4kI4 Citations Needed: Music in the 80s Sucked https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/07/12/music-in-the-80s-sucked/ What is a Record Label? https://exploration.io/what-is-a-record-label/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:55:29 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 255: We're Still Preoccupied with 1985 P… Episode 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 would be rich (if they were white) how movies and television help America delude itself and how music went from the ultimate expression of rebellion and idealism to the ultimate expression of homogeneity and conformity! (Huey Lewis, we blame Huey Lewis) This is Part One of a two part special that will conclude next week unless the virus takes us all. Our Sponsor this week is The Gipper, it all comes down to him. We open with the most famous 80’s speech ever and close with a Ska Version that is SO much better than the original! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/gH45mC_4kI4 Citations Needed: Music in the 80s Sucked https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/07/12/music-in-the-80s-sucked/ What is a Record Label? https://exploration.io/what-is-a-record-label/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1771 yes Splendid Isolation 1: Hello From the Forbidden Zone https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/splendid-isolation-1-hello-from-the-forbidden-zone Host 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 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:36:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Host Dave Bledsoe records an ad lib rant and lets… Host 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

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]]> 853 yes Episode 254: But Are You Getting It? Armageddon it! https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-254-but-are-you-getting-it-armageddon-it Show 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 kill their grandparents and frankly are kind of jealous. (Seriously, you kinda WANT to visit a Corona Speakeasy, admit it!) We hear from all the nations of the world who are fed up with the young people and are angrily shouting at them to stop all of this foolishness and come inside right this minute young man! (Like a week ago, they were trying to get them to move out of the house!) Then we are in AWE at the hypocrisy of Fox News who are railing against young people saying the exact same thing they were saying a WEEK ago! (We are not, however, surprised by this!) Then we close to the show with a glimmer of hope for something, ANYTHING good to come out of all of this. (Which is probably unrealistic but the rest of the show was kind of a downer.) Our Sponsor this week is a returning sponsor, Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace who wants you to know THEY TRIED TO TELL YOU BUT NO! We open the show with an aspiring Soundcloud Rapper and close with Chloe Morezt who wants to know if you are REALLY getting it? 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/4BfI7BALHHE Citations Needed: This guy does NOT get it! https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1240371160078000128?s=20 If I Get Corona, I Get Corona https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/19/coronavirus-spring-break-party/ Fears 'lockdown parties' will increase global spread of coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/fears-lockdown-parties-will-increase-global-spread-of-coronavirus Ron Johnson looks on the bright side of COVID-19 https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/ron-johnson-looks-on-the-bright-side-of-covid-19/ Is Coronavirus Widening Generational Divides, or Bridging Them? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/world/europe/shutdowns-coronavirus-age.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:04:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episod3 254: “But Are You Getting It? … Show 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 kill their grandparents and frankly are kind of jealous. (Seriously, you kinda WANT to visit a Corona Speakeasy, admit it!) We hear from all the nations of the world who are fed up with the young people and are angrily shouting at them to stop all of this foolishness and come inside right this minute young man! (Like a week ago, they were trying to get them to move out of the house!) Then we are in AWE at the hypocrisy of Fox News who are railing against young people saying the exact same thing they were saying a WEEK ago! (We are not, however, surprised by this!) Then we close to the show with a glimmer of hope for something, ANYTHING good to come out of all of this. (Which is probably unrealistic but the rest of the show was kind of a downer.) Our Sponsor this week is a returning sponsor, Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace who wants you to know THEY TRIED TO TELL YOU BUT NO! We open the show with an aspiring Soundcloud Rapper and close with Chloe Morezt who wants to know if you are REALLY getting it? 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/4BfI7BALHHE Citations Needed: This guy does NOT get it! https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1240371160078000128?s=20 If I Get Corona, I Get Corona https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/19/coronavirus-spring-break-party/ Fears 'lockdown parties' will increase global spread of coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/fears-lockdown-parties-will-increase-global-spread-of-coronavirus Ron Johnson looks on the bright side of COVID-19 https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/ron-johnson-looks-on-the-bright-side-of-covid-19/ Is Coronavirus Widening Generational Divides, or Bridging Them? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/world/europe/shutdowns-coronavirus-age.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1582 yes Episode 253: Boomer Doomer https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-253-boomer-doomer Episode 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 why he thinks he doesn’t need to worry about the virus. (Hint: It’s on his TV RIGHT NOW!) Then we examine the cruel, mean spirited and wrong things the Young People are calling this disease, like Boomer Remover. Which is not at all funny young man! (It is kinda funny!) Finally, we wrap up with the only thing that can save us from ourselves: Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks. (Praise them, you BEST be praising them!) Our Sponsor this week is Bacardi 151, it’s BACK just in time to cure what ails you. We open with the only alcohol stronger than 151 and close with The Sheepdogs begging our parents to do better. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_gyOYf7_wns Citations Needed: ‘I’m a hand-shaker’: Many older Americans are playing down the coronavirus threat while others opt for safety https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/03/12/older-americans-coronavirus/ Fox News Hosts Downplay Coronavirus, but Network Brass Take It Very Seriously, Memo Shows https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-hosts-downplay-coronavirus-but-network-brass-take-it-very-seriously-memo-shows Why Isn’t Trump in Quarantine? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/bolsonaro-coronavirus-test-positive-trump-quaruntine.html Gen Z brands coronavirus 'Boomer Remover' as elderly are more vulnerable, get slammed for being insensitive https://meaww.com/gen-z-coronavirus-boomer-remover-help-bernie-sanders-win-divine-intervention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:09:58 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 253: “The Boomer Doomer” This week Host … Episode 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 why he thinks he doesn’t need to worry about the virus. (Hint: It’s on his TV RIGHT NOW!) Then we examine the cruel, mean spirited and wrong things the Young People are calling this disease, like Boomer Remover. Which is not at all funny young man! (It is kinda funny!) Finally, we wrap up with the only thing that can save us from ourselves: Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks. (Praise them, you BEST be praising them!) Our Sponsor this week is Bacardi 151, it’s BACK just in time to cure what ails you. We open with the only alcohol stronger than 151 and close with The Sheepdogs begging our parents to do better. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_gyOYf7_wns Citations Needed: ‘I’m a hand-shaker’: Many older Americans are playing down the coronavirus threat while others opt for safety https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/03/12/older-americans-coronavirus/ Fox News Hosts Downplay Coronavirus, but Network Brass Take It Very Seriously, Memo Shows https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-hosts-downplay-coronavirus-but-network-brass-take-it-very-seriously-memo-shows Why Isn’t Trump in Quarantine? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/bolsonaro-coronavirus-test-positive-trump-quaruntine.html Gen Z brands coronavirus 'Boomer Remover' as elderly are more vulnerable, get slammed for being insensitive https://meaww.com/gen-z-coronavirus-boomer-remover-help-bernie-sanders-win-divine-intervention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1653 yes Episode 252: Love In the Time of Coronavirus https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-252-love-in-the-time-of-coronavirus Episode 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 this public health crisis. (Our expert opinion? Not well.) We check in with the experts on where we are and what we should be worried about. (Their expert opinion? The President) Then we dig into the REALLY important things you NEED to know about Covid-19: Is there porn about it? (Of course there is!) We travel to England for Covid do’s (stock up on sex toys) and then to Australia for some Covid don’t. (Buy and bring back child sized sex dolls from China.) Finally, we check with the Christian Right for their advice. (Get right with Jesus) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Mask Emporium, you want masks, we got masks, except THEM masks, nobody got them masks. We open the show with the beginning of Captain Tripps and close the show with Kayla Zer who is NOT practicing good prevention techniques. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/grCjamP-Tq4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:58:29 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 252: “Love In the Time of Coronavirus” T… Episode 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 this public health crisis. (Our expert opinion? Not well.) We check in with the experts on where we are and what we should be worried about. (Their expert opinion? The President) Then we dig into the REALLY important things you NEED to know about Covid-19: Is there porn about it? (Of course there is!) We travel to England for Covid do’s (stock up on sex toys) and then to Australia for some Covid don’t. (Buy and bring back child sized sex dolls from China.) Finally, we check with the Christian Right for their advice. (Get right with Jesus) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Mask Emporium, you want masks, we got masks, except THEM masks, nobody got them masks. We open the show with the beginning of Captain Tripps and close the show with Kayla Zer who is NOT practicing good prevention techniques. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/grCjamP-Tq4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1548 yes Episode 251: Flowers for John Luck Pickard https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-251-flowers-for-john-luck-pickard Episode 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 Star Trek that we didn’t ask for and don’t want, but we all have to sit through anyway. We learn about The Great Bird of the Galaxy, which oddly enough has nothing to do Muppets. We find out why Star Trek has alway had that one thing that bugs us, how humans were so much less believable than the Green Aliens. (No one EVER acts like a dick, that is WAY less believable than aliens!) Finally, we get to the complaints fanboys have about Picard, because fanboys ALWAYS have complaints about something. (Strangely they are NOT about casting women this time.) Our Sponsor this week is Quark’s Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade, come to Quark’s don’t walk RUN! We open the show with our Sponsor’s long spot and close with Jesse Albright and Captain Picard. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/dQhaB7jjKZU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:45:23 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 251: “Flowers for John Luck Pickard” Thi… Episode 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 Star Trek that we didn’t ask for and don’t want, but we all have to sit through anyway. We learn about The Great Bird of the Galaxy, which oddly enough has nothing to do Muppets. We find out why Star Trek has alway had that one thing that bugs us, how humans were so much less believable than the Green Aliens. (No one EVER acts like a dick, that is WAY less believable than aliens!) Finally, we get to the complaints fanboys have about Picard, because fanboys ALWAYS have complaints about something. (Strangely they are NOT about casting women this time.) Our Sponsor this week is Quark’s Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade, come to Quark’s don’t walk RUN! We open the show with our Sponsor’s long spot and close with Jesse Albright and Captain Picard. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/dQhaB7jjKZU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1738 yes Episode 250: No Money Man Can Win My Love https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-250-no-money-man-can-win-my-love Episode 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. (Surprise?) We read from the Wit and Wisdom of Bloomberg only to immediately get slapped with a dozen or so HR complaints. (Thank god for all those NDA’s, right Mike?) We examine Bloomberg’s legacy in New York City, only to find that place where legacy was kept has gone out of business and will soon just be a building with a Chase ATM inside. (In New York City that is called a “Bloombank”!) Finally, we talk about Mike's debut on the debate stage and wonder if anyone has managed to remove Warren’s foot from his ass. (That HAD to hurt!) Our Sponsor this week is Big Brass Balls, when you want something you don’t deserve, try Big Brass Balls. We open the show with words from Mike and close with Michael Hedges helping us with our stance. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/41l3UzA64sE Citations Needed: Bloomberg: "I Bill Myself As The Un-Trump," There's Nothing He Can Say That Will Hurt Me https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/02/12/bloomberg_i_bill_myself_as_the_anti-trump.html Bloomberg killed New York City’s soul https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/commentary/bloomberg-killed-new-york-citys-soul.html Michael Bloomberg Is the He, Too, Candidate https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/michael-bloomberg-democratic-campaign-sexism.html The Bloomberg Temptation https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/opinion/bloomberg-trump-2020.html Further Reading https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/michael-bloomberg-2020-democratic-campaign.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/the-case-for-michael-bloomberg-democratic-primary-plutocracy.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/here-are-the-bloomberg-campaigns-latest-damage-control-talking-points.html https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/19/21143307/bloombergs-2020-presidential-campaign-trump-money-spending-billionaire Learn more about your ad choices. 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(In New York City that is called a “Bloombank”!) Finally, we talk about Mike's debut on the debate stage and wonder if anyone has managed to remove Warren’s foot from his ass. (That HAD to hurt!) Our Sponsor this week is Big Brass Balls, when you want something you don’t deserve, try Big Brass Balls. We open the show with words from Mike and close with Michael Hedges helping us with our stance. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/41l3UzA64sE Citations Needed: Bloomberg: "I Bill Myself As The Un-Trump," There's Nothing He Can Say That Will Hurt Me https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/02/12/bloomberg_i_bill_myself_as_the_anti-trump.html Bloomberg killed New York City’s soul https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/commentary/bloomberg-killed-new-york-citys-soul.html Michael Bloomberg Is the He, Too, Candidate https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/michael-bloomberg-democratic-campaign-sexism.html The Bloomberg Temptation https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/opinion/bloomberg-trump-2020.html Further Reading https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/michael-bloomberg-2020-democratic-campaign.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/the-case-for-michael-bloomberg-democratic-primary-plutocracy.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/here-are-the-bloomberg-campaigns-latest-damage-control-talking-points.html https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/19/21143307/bloombergs-2020-presidential-campaign-trump-money-spending-billionaire Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2041 yes Episode 249: What A Fool Believes https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-249-what-a-fool-believes Shows 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 lot about what made Dave so...so...so very Dave. (Turns out, he is a big old fat loser nerd boy!) From his first crush to his first love, the history of his failed relationships just says so much about him now. Then we take listener questions and have to ask ourselves how ANY of you found someone to date in the first place. Then we have a little surprise in store for Dave! (This is going to be GREAT!) Our Sponsor is Fast Eddie’s Insta Date, because there are so many shitty people in the world, there is no reason they can’t date each other. We open with the boys from Jump Street and close with the Band Geek Podcast’s version of Dave’s favorite love song. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/Fu5XXkn6exo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:54:10 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Shows Notes Episode 249: “What A Fool Believes” … Shows 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 lot about what made Dave so...so...so very Dave. (Turns out, he is a big old fat loser nerd boy!) From his first crush to his first love, the history of his failed relationships just says so much about him now. Then we take listener questions and have to ask ourselves how ANY of you found someone to date in the first place. Then we have a little surprise in store for Dave! (This is going to be GREAT!) Our Sponsor is Fast Eddie’s Insta Date, because there are so many shitty people in the world, there is no reason they can’t date each other. We open with the boys from Jump Street and close with the Band Geek Podcast’s version of Dave’s favorite love song. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/Fu5XXkn6exo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1584 yes Episode 248: Because Good Is Dumb https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-248-because-good-is-dumb This 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 some shouty bits. (We know you love the shouty bits) Our Sponsor this week is Mitt Romney? (Trust us, we are as shocked as you!) We open the show with Dark Helmet’s sage advice and close with Richard Thompson’s divorce song. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/p-lX-Ovf6s0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:25:09 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers that someho… This 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 some shouty bits. (We know you love the shouty bits) Our Sponsor this week is Mitt Romney? (Trust us, we are as shocked as you!) We open the show with Dark Helmet’s sage advice and close with Richard Thompson’s divorce song. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/p-lX-Ovf6s0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1311 yes Episode 247: Nine Coronas https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-247-nine-coronas Show 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 just some bad bacon.) Then we head over to China to check in on the latest virus convincing white people in Indiana they are infected with said virus. (THEY, are not.) We quickly gloss over the facts of the virus to get to the fun stuff: random lies idiots on the Internet are spreading! We look at the lies about what CAUSED the outbreak. (Looking at YOU Canada!), the lies about how many people are afflicted and dying from the virus (Everyone, everyone is already dead) and finally we look at the all the cures and preventatives that you could purchase from a website that will ABSOLUTELY keep you catching a disease you weren’t going to catch in the first place. Also, we DO believe in miracles, but only when it comes to getting the skid marks out of our tighty whities. (Sponsored by Clorox!) Our Show Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Universal Cure All, if you don’t got it we can cure it. We open the show with Dr House and close with Not Weird Al, people, stop blaming him for this song! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/mynHaZ92E7s Citations Needed: Buzzfeed’s List O’Hoaxes https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/coronavirus-disinformation-spread QAnon-ers’ Magic Cure for Coronavirus: Just Drink Bleach! https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-conspiracy-theorists-magic-cure-for-coronavirus-is-drinking-lethal-bleach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:33:41 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 247: “Nine Coronas” This week… Show 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 just some bad bacon.) Then we head over to China to check in on the latest virus convincing white people in Indiana they are infected with said virus. (THEY, are not.) We quickly gloss over the facts of the virus to get to the fun stuff: random lies idiots on the Internet are spreading! We look at the lies about what CAUSED the outbreak. (Looking at YOU Canada!), the lies about how many people are afflicted and dying from the virus (Everyone, everyone is already dead) and finally we look at the all the cures and preventatives that you could purchase from a website that will ABSOLUTELY keep you catching a disease you weren’t going to catch in the first place. Also, we DO believe in miracles, but only when it comes to getting the skid marks out of our tighty whities. (Sponsored by Clorox!) Our Show Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Universal Cure All, if you don’t got it we can cure it. We open the show with Dr House and close with Not Weird Al, people, stop blaming him for this song! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/mynHaZ92E7s Citations Needed: Buzzfeed’s List O’Hoaxes https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/coronavirus-disinformation-spread QAnon-ers’ Magic Cure for Coronavirus: Just Drink Bleach! https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-conspiracy-theorists-magic-cure-for-coronavirus-is-drinking-lethal-bleach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2097 yes Episode 246: I'm Bernin', I'm Bernin' For You! https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-246-im-bernin-im-bernin-for-you Show 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 overview of the remaining candidates for the nomination and wonder why they are bothering. Then we switch over to why Sanders is surging before the voting starts. (Heart attacks give you superpowers!) For fun, we go to why the Democrat Party and their corporate masters are skid marking their tighty whities over the idea that Bernie might win. (Because they know he could win and it scares the shit out of them) Then we officially give our editorial endorsement to Bernie Sanders for 2020 and explain exactly why. (Turns out: Spite!) Our Sponsor this week is Hindsight, showing you things you OUGHT to already know! We open the show with Dave from many years ago and close with the Muphin Men needing antibiotics. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/mInW2zf-uWY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:43:54 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 246: “I’m Berning, I’m Berning… Show 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 overview of the remaining candidates for the nomination and wonder why they are bothering. Then we switch over to why Sanders is surging before the voting starts. (Heart attacks give you superpowers!) For fun, we go to why the Democrat Party and their corporate masters are skid marking their tighty whities over the idea that Bernie might win. (Because they know he could win and it scares the shit out of them) Then we officially give our editorial endorsement to Bernie Sanders for 2020 and explain exactly why. (Turns out: Spite!) Our Sponsor this week is Hindsight, showing you things you OUGHT to already know! We open the show with Dave from many years ago and close with the Muphin Men needing antibiotics. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/mInW2zf-uWY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1819 yes Episode 245: We'll Never Be Royals https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-245-well-never-be-royals Episode 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 know!) We tour through the various royal crushes from Victoria to Wallis Simpson. (You think you know her, but you don’t) We look at the most beloved of our current crop of pasty British Overlords and who is not so popular. (Turns out, you can’t bang a teenager against their will like the old days, hey Andy?) Then we spend our time trying to wean our easily distracted citizens off foreign royalty and onto our own Noble Sons and Daughters. Finally, we solve the Pressing Issue of our time in the simplest, least painful and most ridiculous way possible. (Par for us, we guess.) Our Sponsor is Sun King Resort and Casino, live like royalty were MEANT to! We open our show in the Court of Louis XVI and close with Postmodern Jukebox explaining our social station. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/VBmCJEehYtU Citations Needed: Diana: Lost Princess of Wales haunts Americans 20 years after death https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/08/31/diana-lost-princess-wales-haunts-americans-20-years-after-death/529355001/ Why we're still intrigued by the duchess from Baltimore https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-ae-wallis-simpson-20110422-story.html America’s favorite British royal is Queen Elizabeth II https://today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles-reports/2019/12/03/americas-favorite-british-royal The Queen has been crowned the nation's favourite royal in a new poll https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a28731349/most-popular-british-royals-revealed/ The Royal Family Is Getting Increasingly Expensive For UK Taxpayers https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/07/01/the-royal-family-is-getting-increasingly-expensive-for-uk-taxpayers-infographic/#1447fcc914a4 The Case for Making Donald Trump King of America https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-role-fit-for-donald-trump-king-of-america/2016/04/11/e2b7b028-001d-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 17 Jan 2020 23:35:07 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 245: “We’ll Never Be Royals” This week H… Episode 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 know!) We tour through the various royal crushes from Victoria to Wallis Simpson. (You think you know her, but you don’t) We look at the most beloved of our current crop of pasty British Overlords and who is not so popular. (Turns out, you can’t bang a teenager against their will like the old days, hey Andy?) Then we spend our time trying to wean our easily distracted citizens off foreign royalty and onto our own Noble Sons and Daughters. Finally, we solve the Pressing Issue of our time in the simplest, least painful and most ridiculous way possible. (Par for us, we guess.) Our Sponsor is Sun King Resort and Casino, live like royalty were MEANT to! We open our show in the Court of Louis XVI and close with Postmodern Jukebox explaining our social station. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/VBmCJEehYtU Citations Needed: Diana: Lost Princess of Wales haunts Americans 20 years after death https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/08/31/diana-lost-princess-wales-haunts-americans-20-years-after-death/529355001/ Why we're still intrigued by the duchess from Baltimore https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-ae-wallis-simpson-20110422-story.html America’s favorite British royal is Queen Elizabeth II https://today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles-reports/2019/12/03/americas-favorite-british-royal The Queen has been crowned the nation's favourite royal in a new poll https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a28731349/most-popular-british-royals-revealed/ The Royal Family Is Getting Increasingly Expensive For UK Taxpayers https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/07/01/the-royal-family-is-getting-increasingly-expensive-for-uk-taxpayers-infographic/#1447fcc914a4 The Case for Making Donald Trump King of America https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-role-fit-for-donald-trump-king-of-america/2016/04/11/e2b7b028-001d-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1646 yes Episode 244: Greetings from the President of the United States https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-244-greetings-from-the-president-of-the-united-states Episode 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 The Draft. (Again, there is no Draft at the moment!) We go all the way back to before we were a country to see how the brave men of the Colonies used to militia to keep out of actual fighting! (The George W Bush of their day!) Then we look at how the brave men of America reacted to the first REAL draft in history! (They killed a bunch of Black People.) Then we learn how the modern Selective Service System evolved from a crooked bunch of local bigwigs keeping rich kids out of the war into a totally fair and random systems that still keeps rich kids out of the war! (Like create a social class of permanent military and get THEM to volunteer to die in our Forever Wars!) Finally, if things DO go bad, we provide some helpful tips from The Boomers to get out of being drafted! (Thank the Boomers, kids!) Our Sponsor this week is Gord Trembaly Deputy Minister of Apologies, the Government of Canada with a message to future Draft Dodgers. We open this week with an American Icon getting a letter from the President and close with Robin Irene singing a little ditty to help you get out of your duty with the Draft Board! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8HEYegwY4NI Citations Needed: The Effective Use of Colonial Militia https://userpages.umbc.edu/~jamie/html/effective_use_of_colonial_mili.html A Common American Soldier https://www.history.org/foundation/journal/autumn04/soldier.cfm Twenty-Slave Law https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/twenty-slave_law#start_entry 1001 Ways to Beat the Draft (VERY DATED AND NOT AT ALL WOKE CONTENT!) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miua.2917616.0001.001&view=1up&seq=3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:27:47 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 244: “Greetings From the President of the… Episode 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 The Draft. (Again, there is no Draft at the moment!) We go all the way back to before we were a country to see how the brave men of the Colonies used to militia to keep out of actual fighting! (The George W Bush of their day!) Then we look at how the brave men of America reacted to the first REAL draft in history! (They killed a bunch of Black People.) Then we learn how the modern Selective Service System evolved from a crooked bunch of local bigwigs keeping rich kids out of the war into a totally fair and random systems that still keeps rich kids out of the war! (Like create a social class of permanent military and get THEM to volunteer to die in our Forever Wars!) Finally, if things DO go bad, we provide some helpful tips from The Boomers to get out of being drafted! (Thank the Boomers, kids!) Our Sponsor this week is Gord Trembaly Deputy Minister of Apologies, the Government of Canada with a message to future Draft Dodgers. We open this week with an American Icon getting a letter from the President and close with Robin Irene singing a little ditty to help you get out of your duty with the Draft Board! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8HEYegwY4NI Citations Needed: The Effective Use of Colonial Militia https://userpages.umbc.edu/~jamie/html/effective_use_of_colonial_mili.html A Common American Soldier https://www.history.org/foundation/journal/autumn04/soldier.cfm Twenty-Slave Law https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/twenty-slave_law#start_entry 1001 Ways to Beat the Draft (VERY DATED AND NOT AT ALL WOKE CONTENT!) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miua.2917616.0001.001&view=1up&seq=3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1857 yes Episode 243: Got Himself In A Little Jam Way Over Yonder In Iran https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-243-got-himself-in-a-little-jam-way-over-yonder-in-iran Show 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 fucking stupid this all is. (And it is fucking stupid.) Then we proffer a simple if dramatic solution to ALL of our problems. (We don’t want to give it away, but it involves who to vote for this Fall.) Our Sponsor this week is World War Three, it’s been with us all along! We open with CNN coverage and close with a little ditty about the futility of war. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/RMxT_Fbd1mE Citations Needed: https://www.npr.org/2020/01/01/792832307/iran-is-accused-of-being-behind-attack-at-u-s-embassy-in-iraq https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/asia/soleimani-profile-intl-hnk/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:41:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 243: “Got Himself In A Little… Show 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 fucking stupid this all is. (And it is fucking stupid.) Then we proffer a simple if dramatic solution to ALL of our problems. (We don’t want to give it away, but it involves who to vote for this Fall.) Our Sponsor this week is World War Three, it’s been with us all along! We open with CNN coverage and close with a little ditty about the futility of war. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/RMxT_Fbd1mE Citations Needed: https://www.npr.org/2020/01/01/792832307/iran-is-accused-of-being-behind-attack-at-u-s-embassy-in-iraq https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/asia/soleimani-profile-intl-hnk/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1541 yes Episode 242: The Decade of the Dumb https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-242-the-decade-of-the-dumb Show 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 wouldn’t) Along the way Dave talks about some dumb shit that happened when he was young, then makes some obscene metaphors and finally shouts drunkenly about whatever he is pissed about. That’s it, listen or not, I am charging double for these. Think I’m mad? Wait until the social media person finds out they have to work too. She scares me. Our Sponsor is Bullshit, like the kind of bullshit in bringing in the copywriter for an “emergency” podcast. We with something and close with something else. Fuck this job, I quit. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/SgXPeH9FSoQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 29 Dec 2019 20:52:14 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 242: “The Decade of the Dumb” … Show 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 wouldn’t) Along the way Dave talks about some dumb shit that happened when he was young, then makes some obscene metaphors and finally shouts drunkenly about whatever he is pissed about. That’s it, listen or not, I am charging double for these. Think I’m mad? Wait until the social media person finds out they have to work too. She scares me. Our Sponsor is Bullshit, like the kind of bullshit in bringing in the copywriter for an “emergency” podcast. We with something and close with something else. Fuck this job, I quit. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/SgXPeH9FSoQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1316 yes Episode 241: Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-241-two-little-men-in-a-flying-saucer Show 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’t want you to know about! (Including how to end Static Cling FOREVER!) Then we take a trip to the patent office to see what Google has coming up for us in the near future. (Hint: Advertisements, lots and lots of advertisements!) Finally, we present you with our working theory on why no one is talking about all the weird shit that went on this year with this alien stuff. (It involves a guy we met a fancy dress party who said he was outer space. He showed us his spaceship!) Our Sponsor this week is Nilfar’s Starship Repair, specializing in all the major Alien and Interdimensional technologies common in the Sol System. We open our show with some friendly aliens and close with Ella singing about interstellar tourism. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/GWaUACHYhx8 Citations Needed: That Time the U.S. Navy Had a Close Encounter With a UFO https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a14456936/that-time-the-us-navy-had-a-close-encounter-with-a-ufo/ ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html Navy confirms videos did capture UFO sightings, but it calls them by another name https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-confirms-videos-did-capture-ufo-sightings-it-calls-them-n1056201 The Witnesses https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29771548/navy-ufo-witnesses-tell-truth/ Navy Pilot Who Filmed the ‘Tic Tac’ UFO Speaks: ‘It Wasn’t Behaving by the Normal Laws of Physics’ http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-and-a-with-navy-pilot-chad-underwood.html Craft using an inertial mass reduction device https://patents.google.com/patent/US10144532B2/en Docs Show Navy Got 'UFO' Patent Granted By Warning Of Similar Chinese Tech Advances https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28729/docs-show-navy-got-ufo-patent-granted-by-warning-of-similar-chinese-tech-advances Is Anti-Gravity Real? Science Is About To Find Out https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/10/26/is-anti-gravity-real-science-is-about-to-find-out/#e089c3549a79 The Law of Accelerating Returns https://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:45:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 241: Two Little Men in a Flyin… Show 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’t want you to know about! (Including how to end Static Cling FOREVER!) Then we take a trip to the patent office to see what Google has coming up for us in the near future. (Hint: Advertisements, lots and lots of advertisements!) Finally, we present you with our working theory on why no one is talking about all the weird shit that went on this year with this alien stuff. (It involves a guy we met a fancy dress party who said he was outer space. He showed us his spaceship!) Our Sponsor this week is Nilfar’s Starship Repair, specializing in all the major Alien and Interdimensional technologies common in the Sol System. We open our show with some friendly aliens and close with Ella singing about interstellar tourism. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/GWaUACHYhx8 Citations Needed: That Time the U.S. Navy Had a Close Encounter With a UFO https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a14456936/that-time-the-us-navy-had-a-close-encounter-with-a-ufo/ ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html Navy confirms videos did capture UFO sightings, but it calls them by another name https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-confirms-videos-did-capture-ufo-sightings-it-calls-them-n1056201 The Witnesses https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29771548/navy-ufo-witnesses-tell-truth/ Navy Pilot Who Filmed the ‘Tic Tac’ UFO Speaks: ‘It Wasn’t Behaving by the Normal Laws of Physics’ http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-and-a-with-navy-pilot-chad-underwood.html Craft using an inertial mass reduction device https://patents.google.com/patent/US10144532B2/en Docs Show Navy Got 'UFO' Patent Granted By Warning Of Similar Chinese Tech Advances https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28729/docs-show-navy-got-ufo-patent-granted-by-warning-of-similar-chinese-tech-advances Is Anti-Gravity Real? Science Is About To Find Out https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/10/26/is-anti-gravity-real-science-is-about-to-find-out/#e089c3549a79 The Law of Accelerating Returns https://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1895 yes Episode 240: Dave Saves Christmas https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-240-dave-saves-christmas Show 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 innocent. (You know what you did!) Then we take you on a terrifying trip through some of the more horrifying moments on Christmases Past! We meet Klanta Klaus, who wants you to have a VERY WHITE Christmas,we grab a drink at the worst office holiday party ever, eat Christmas Dinner with the Lawsons and finally enjoy a nice Christmas on the beach! (This entire episode made us queasy during production!) Finally, we spill the beans on who REALLY killed Jon Benet Ramsey. (NO! WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT!) Our Sponsor this week is The Toy of the Year, teaching kids parents are fallible for over fifty years! We open the show with a visit from Santa and close with a heartwarming Christmas Classic! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/E8gmARGvPlI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 14 Dec 2019 03:01:29 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes: Episode 240 “Dave Saves Christmas” T… Show 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 innocent. (You know what you did!) Then we take you on a terrifying trip through some of the more horrifying moments on Christmases Past! We meet Klanta Klaus, who wants you to have a VERY WHITE Christmas,we grab a drink at the worst office holiday party ever, eat Christmas Dinner with the Lawsons and finally enjoy a nice Christmas on the beach! (This entire episode made us queasy during production!) Finally, we spill the beans on who REALLY killed Jon Benet Ramsey. (NO! WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT!) Our Sponsor this week is The Toy of the Year, teaching kids parents are fallible for over fifty years! We open the show with a visit from Santa and close with a heartwarming Christmas Classic! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/E8gmARGvPlI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1911 yes Episode 239: Weekend at Bernies https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-239-weekend-at-bernies Episode 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 not know me. So, no shame in not listening. However, if for some crazy reason you come across this show and are thinking of harming yourself, please tell someone, anyone and convene your own little ad hoc council before you make any long term decisions. There is even a hotline, kind of like the Butterball Hotline, but for helping you not hurt the people you love AND yourself. Call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. Shit, call the Butterball Hotline, call ANYONE, and TELL THEM FIRST! Because you are not a cruel person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:00:03 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 239: Weekend At Bernies This week is no… Episode 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 not know me. So, no shame in not listening. However, if for some crazy reason you come across this show and are thinking of harming yourself, please tell someone, anyone and convene your own little ad hoc council before you make any long term decisions. There is even a hotline, kind of like the Butterball Hotline, but for helping you not hurt the people you love AND yourself. Call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. Shit, call the Butterball Hotline, call ANYONE, and TELL THEM FIRST! Because you are not a cruel person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 516 yes Episode 238: Family Tradition https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-238-family-tradition Show 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 have no idea how lucky you are!) We also get to see the different versions of Dave had he NOT been such a perpetual child himself. Finally, we get down to business talking about how the choice not to have children is both a good thing and a bad thing. (Good, no dirty diapers. Bad: The Pope has condemned you to Hell.) This week’s show is a real navel gazer for Dave, so don’t say you weren’t warned. Also, there is a bit about Flugelhorns for some god awful reason. Dave doesn’t do well with holidays. Our Sponsor this week is a returning one, The Vasectomy Hut, with a cut one nut get the other nut free Black Friday Deal! Never leave a job half done, use Vasectomy Hut! We open the show with comedian Matt Bellassai with some thoughts on child care and close with Steven Bosco with some thoughts on carry on family traditions. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: Steven Bosco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:44:34 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 238: Family Traditions This w… Show 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 have no idea how lucky you are!) We also get to see the different versions of Dave had he NOT been such a perpetual child himself. Finally, we get down to business talking about how the choice not to have children is both a good thing and a bad thing. (Good, no dirty diapers. Bad: The Pope has condemned you to Hell.) This week’s show is a real navel gazer for Dave, so don’t say you weren’t warned. Also, there is a bit about Flugelhorns for some god awful reason. Dave doesn’t do well with holidays. Our Sponsor this week is a returning one, The Vasectomy Hut, with a cut one nut get the other nut free Black Friday Deal! Never leave a job half done, use Vasectomy Hut! We open the show with comedian Matt Bellassai with some thoughts on child care and close with Steven Bosco with some thoughts on carry on family traditions. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: Steven Bosco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1547 yes Episode 237: The Record Company Gonna Give Me Lots of Money https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-237-the-record-company-gonna-give-me-lots-of-money Episode 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 Network who just signed an exclusive deal with Spotify. (By friends we mean friends of friends of friends, and in New York City, that counts!) Then we dive deep into the sausage making of creating a financially successful podcast only to discover whatever meat we are putting into the sausage gives people food poisoning. (But you should totally donate to our Patreon!) Then we take a turn through why the Fans thinks they are more important than the people who create the art. (Which you totally are, please donate to our Patreon!) Finally, we explain why U2’s Zooropa was a bad album and that is totally OK! (We would still like a refund from our purchase in 1993, however.) Our Sponsor this week is Eddify, a new streaming service with exclusive content no one has heard before because it is unlistenable. We open the show with The Beast, Which Will Never Sell Out and close with some Reel Big Fish. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/QL3Rj9IT4Mc Citations Needed: 'Last Podcast on the Left' Moving Exclusively to Spotify https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/last-podcast-left-moving-exclusively-spotify-1256236 The Rise and Decline of the “Sellout” https://slate.com/culture/2017/07/the-history-of-calling-artists-sellouts.html Nirvana: Inside the Heart and Mind of Kurt Cobain https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nirvana-inside-the-heart-and-mind-of-kurt-cobain-103770/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 23 Nov 2019 00:05:19 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 237: The Record Company Gonna Give Me Lot… Episode 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 Network who just signed an exclusive deal with Spotify. (By friends we mean friends of friends of friends, and in New York City, that counts!) Then we dive deep into the sausage making of creating a financially successful podcast only to discover whatever meat we are putting into the sausage gives people food poisoning. (But you should totally donate to our Patreon!) Then we take a turn through why the Fans thinks they are more important than the people who create the art. (Which you totally are, please donate to our Patreon!) Finally, we explain why U2’s Zooropa was a bad album and that is totally OK! (We would still like a refund from our purchase in 1993, however.) Our Sponsor this week is Eddify, a new streaming service with exclusive content no one has heard before because it is unlistenable. We open the show with The Beast, Which Will Never Sell Out and close with some Reel Big Fish. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/QL3Rj9IT4Mc Citations Needed: 'Last Podcast on the Left' Moving Exclusively to Spotify https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/last-podcast-left-moving-exclusively-spotify-1256236 The Rise and Decline of the “Sellout” https://slate.com/culture/2017/07/the-history-of-calling-artists-sellouts.html Nirvana: Inside the Heart and Mind of Kurt Cobain https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nirvana-inside-the-heart-and-mind-of-kurt-cobain-103770/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1587 yes Episode 236: With His Hand In Goofy's Pants https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-236-with-his-hand-in-goofys-pants Episode 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.) Then we examine the myriad ways Disney has screwed over creators from it’s very beginning! (Names are named, just like the Black List) We take a long and not a little disturbing look for animated private parts in Disney flicks. (We’re not bad, we’re just drawn with need to look at cartoon poon.) Then we take you on a deep dive of all the reasons why the modern Disney corporation is WAY worse than Amazon and Google combined. (Still not as bad as Facebook, fuck you Zuck!) Finally, we wrap up with a partial list of all the looted portions of your childhood currently enriching Disney stockholders. (Don’t worry, Liz Warren is gonna get ‘em back!) Our Sponsor this week is The Mousedela Effect, all that racism you thought you saw, you totally didn’t see! We open with George Carlin wishing Mickey a happy birthday and close with the Subhumans who come to not praise Mickey but bury him. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/IIcczlCTEU0 Citations Needed: The cruel reality of Disney's world https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/26/film.usa Walt Disney and the Communist Threat http://jimhillmedia.com/alumni1/b/jim_korkis/archive/2003/08/18/1071.aspx Walt Disney and Plagiarism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_The_Walt_Disney_Company#Plagiarism 15 years ago, Congress kept Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. Will they do it again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/10/25/15-years-ago-congress-kept-mickey-mouse-out-of-the-public-domain-will-they-do-it-again/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:54:37 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 236: “With His Hand in Goofy’s Pants” Th… Episode 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.) Then we examine the myriad ways Disney has screwed over creators from it’s very beginning! (Names are named, just like the Black List) We take a long and not a little disturbing look for animated private parts in Disney flicks. (We’re not bad, we’re just drawn with need to look at cartoon poon.) Then we take you on a deep dive of all the reasons why the modern Disney corporation is WAY worse than Amazon and Google combined. (Still not as bad as Facebook, fuck you Zuck!) Finally, we wrap up with a partial list of all the looted portions of your childhood currently enriching Disney stockholders. (Don’t worry, Liz Warren is gonna get ‘em back!) Our Sponsor this week is The Mousedela Effect, all that racism you thought you saw, you totally didn’t see! We open with George Carlin wishing Mickey a happy birthday and close with the Subhumans who come to not praise Mickey but bury him. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/IIcczlCTEU0 Citations Needed: The cruel reality of Disney's world https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/26/film.usa Walt Disney and the Communist Threat http://jimhillmedia.com/alumni1/b/jim_korkis/archive/2003/08/18/1071.aspx Walt Disney and Plagiarism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_The_Walt_Disney_Company#Plagiarism 15 years ago, Congress kept Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. Will they do it again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/10/25/15-years-ago-congress-kept-mickey-mouse-out-of-the-public-domain-will-they-do-it-again/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1639 yes Episode 235: Boomer Are You OK? Are You OK Boomer? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-235-boomer-are-you-ok-are-you-ok-boomer Show 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 confusion behind what generation got freaky to produce what generation. (It is all very confusing.) We discover a totally forgotten generation that actually DID all the stuff the Baby Boomers like to claim THEY did, The Silent Generation. (Maybe if they spoke up people would know about all the stuff they did!) We take a tour of what Generation X is up to these days, only to discover we are STILL sulking around in scruffy clothes and writing poetry in journals, only the now all the poetry is about how hard it is to communicate with our Gen Z kids because we don’t understand Snapchat. (OK, Gen Xer) Our Sponsor this week is CAPS LOCK BY FACEBOOK a messaging app by Boomer for Boomers, because when you want to tell a generation they are wrong, you want to say it in CAPS LOCK. We open the show with a battle in the Generation War and close with the song that sparked a million memes all being mean to Baby Boomers. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://soundcloud.com/peterkuli/okboomer Citations Needed: Your Generational Identity Is A Lie https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/04/01/your-generational-identity-is-a-lie/ Living: Proceeding With Caution http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,970634-1,00.html OK, Boomer. The Kids Are Fighting Back https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ok-boomer-the-kids-are-fighting-back/2019/11/05/32894688-0011-11ea-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html Silent Generation A Voice In America https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-03-28-9903280125-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 09 Nov 2019 19:48:25 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 235: " Boomer Are You OK? Are… Show 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 confusion behind what generation got freaky to produce what generation. (It is all very confusing.) We discover a totally forgotten generation that actually DID all the stuff the Baby Boomers like to claim THEY did, The Silent Generation. (Maybe if they spoke up people would know about all the stuff they did!) We take a tour of what Generation X is up to these days, only to discover we are STILL sulking around in scruffy clothes and writing poetry in journals, only the now all the poetry is about how hard it is to communicate with our Gen Z kids because we don’t understand Snapchat. (OK, Gen Xer) Our Sponsor this week is CAPS LOCK BY FACEBOOK a messaging app by Boomer for Boomers, because when you want to tell a generation they are wrong, you want to say it in CAPS LOCK. We open the show with a battle in the Generation War and close with the song that sparked a million memes all being mean to Baby Boomers. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://soundcloud.com/peterkuli/okboomer Citations Needed: Your Generational Identity Is A Lie https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/04/01/your-generational-identity-is-a-lie/ Living: Proceeding With Caution http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,970634-1,00.html OK, Boomer. 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]]> 1677 yes Episode 234: Dia de Gringos https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-234-dia-de-gringos Show 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 he keeps friends. (Hint: he is very bad at it). Then we meet the cultural ancestors of White People in America, John Wayne, Howard Zinn and Fred Rogers and learn how to honor them on our special day. (Are there cigarettes? You betcha!) Finally, we teach you how to construct a culturally appropriate White Person Ofrenda and how to host your own Dia de Gringos festival! More importantly, we learn the horrible truth about Fred Rogers. Our Sponsor this week is Revenant.com, we make coming back from the dead simple. We open with Stanley Tucci’s immortal performance as Muerte. (For DEATH!) and close with a Death Metal neighborhood. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7kcMFZ9WJiw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 02 Nov 2019 01:33:49 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 234: “Dia de Gringos” This we… Show 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 he keeps friends. (Hint: he is very bad at it). Then we meet the cultural ancestors of White People in America, John Wayne, Howard Zinn and Fred Rogers and learn how to honor them on our special day. (Are there cigarettes? You betcha!) Finally, we teach you how to construct a culturally appropriate White Person Ofrenda and how to host your own Dia de Gringos festival! More importantly, we learn the horrible truth about Fred Rogers. Our Sponsor this week is Revenant.com, we make coming back from the dead simple. We open with Stanley Tucci’s immortal performance as Muerte. (For DEATH!) and close with a Death Metal neighborhood. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7kcMFZ9WJiw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1557 yes Episode 233: He's On A HIghway to Hell (Spooktacular 2019 Part Two: Larry Eyler the Highway Killer) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/223-hes-on-a-highway-to-hell-spooktacular-2019-part-two-larry-eyler-the-highway-killer Show 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, WHY DID WE DRESS LIKE THAT?!) Along the way we introduce you to a cast of victims and villains who made Larry the twisted individual he became, featuring alcoholic abusive fathers, absentee mothers and you guessed it: The Catholic Church! (Homosexual serial murderer? You bet they were there!) We tell about the crimes, the manhunt (the police investigation not Larry on the prowl for victims) and the inevitable screw ups by the investigators that let Larry Eyler kill so many! (Can you say “Less Dead”?) Then we chart not one, not two but THREE trials related to the Highway Killer case. We aren’t a True Crime Podcast, but we did stay at Holiday Inn Express off an Indiana highway one night, so we think that should count. Our Sponsor this week is Morty the Monster Hunter, we ain’t afraid of no cryptid. We open the show with America’s latest Super Killer Star and close with Jazzkantine taking on the road with Larry! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34AqFw3D78Q&feature=youtu.be&t=20 Citations Needed: Hoo boy, were there citations Murderpedia Larry Eyler https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/eyler-larry.htm Wikipedia Larry Eyler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Eyler Suspected serial slayer had two personalities https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/08/26/Suspected-serial-slayer-had-two-personalities/3346462340800/ KILLER CONFESSED TO 21 MORE DEATHS https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/03/09/killer-confessed-to-21-more-deaths/bc0c1a88-9b0d-4ebd-84e7-4a025a78e192/ Further Reading: The Return of Larry Eyler https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-return-of-larry-eyler/Content?oid=880169 LARRY EYLER – THE HIGHWAY MURDERER – FIGHTING A WAR WITH HIMSELF https://wickedwe.com/larry-eyler/ LARRY EYLER – THE HIGHWAY MURDERER – FIGHTING A WAR WITH HIMSELF https://allthatsinteresting.com/larry-eyler EYLER'S ATTORNEY BECAME PRISONER OF HIS CONFESSIONS https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-03-21-9403210106-story.html And MUCH MUCH MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:50:14 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 233: He’s On A Highway to Hell… Show 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, WHY DID WE DRESS LIKE THAT?!) Along the way we introduce you to a cast of victims and villains who made Larry the twisted individual he became, featuring alcoholic abusive fathers, absentee mothers and you guessed it: The Catholic Church! (Homosexual serial murderer? You bet they were there!) We tell about the crimes, the manhunt (the police investigation not Larry on the prowl for victims) and the inevitable screw ups by the investigators that let Larry Eyler kill so many! (Can you say “Less Dead”?) Then we chart not one, not two but THREE trials related to the Highway Killer case. We aren’t a True Crime Podcast, but we did stay at Holiday Inn Express off an Indiana highway one night, so we think that should count. Our Sponsor this week is Morty the Monster Hunter, we ain’t afraid of no cryptid. We open the show with America’s latest Super Killer Star and close with Jazzkantine taking on the road with Larry! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34AqFw3D78Q&feature=youtu.be&t=20 Citations Needed: Hoo boy, were there citations Murderpedia Larry Eyler https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/eyler-larry.htm Wikipedia Larry Eyler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Eyler Suspected serial slayer had two personalities https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/08/26/Suspected-serial-slayer-had-two-personalities/3346462340800/ KILLER CONFESSED TO 21 MORE DEATHS https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/03/09/killer-confessed-to-21-more-deaths/bc0c1a88-9b0d-4ebd-84e7-4a025a78e192/ Further Reading: The Return of Larry Eyler https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-return-of-larry-eyler/Content?oid=880169 LARRY EYLER – THE HIGHWAY MURDERER – FIGHTING A WAR WITH HIMSELF https://wickedwe.com/larry-eyler/ LARRY EYLER – THE HIGHWAY MURDERER – FIGHTING A WAR WITH HIMSELF https://allthatsinteresting.com/larry-eyler EYLER'S ATTORNEY BECAME PRISONER OF HIS CONFESSIONS https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-03-21-9403210106-story.html And MUCH MUCH MORE! 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]]> 2591 yes Episode 232: I'm Your Boogie Man (Spooktacular Part 1) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-232-im-your-boogie-man-spooktacular-part-1 Episode 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 with other men’s wives! (Usually a bill for a lawyer when his wife finds out!) Then we head west to Oklahoma City to find the scariest place in Oklahoma! (Besides the State Assembly, which is FULL of monsters!) After that we go across the ocean for our next tale of horror, to an island in the Pacific where legends say World War Two never ended! (Maybe NOW the Kurds can leap in and help us out!) Then we come back to Idaho for frankly the most boring ass ghost story we’ve ever heard. (Which is very on brand for Idaho, the land where interesting goes to die.) Finally, we go walking in Memphis to see if the ghost of Elvis really IS on Union Avenue. Follow him up to gates of Graceland and watch him get stopped by security because this is the third time the guy has tried to sneak in this week. Our Sponsor this week is the Monster Beneath Your Bed, who would like to put some absorbent padding down for your bed wetters. We open the show with a Cherokee legend and close with a disco legend. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/CaPcKtLioww Show Art: Kuruttra https://www.deviantart.com/kuruttra/art/The-Boogie-Man-407598572 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:04:37 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 232: “I’m Your Boogie Man” Spooktacular 2… Episode 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 with other men’s wives! (Usually a bill for a lawyer when his wife finds out!) Then we head west to Oklahoma City to find the scariest place in Oklahoma! (Besides the State Assembly, which is FULL of monsters!) After that we go across the ocean for our next tale of horror, to an island in the Pacific where legends say World War Two never ended! (Maybe NOW the Kurds can leap in and help us out!) Then we come back to Idaho for frankly the most boring ass ghost story we’ve ever heard. (Which is very on brand for Idaho, the land where interesting goes to die.) Finally, we go walking in Memphis to see if the ghost of Elvis really IS on Union Avenue. Follow him up to gates of Graceland and watch him get stopped by security because this is the third time the guy has tried to sneak in this week. Our Sponsor this week is the Monster Beneath Your Bed, who would like to put some absorbent padding down for your bed wetters. We open the show with a Cherokee legend and close with a disco legend. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/CaPcKtLioww Show Art: Kuruttra https://www.deviantart.com/kuruttra/art/The-Boogie-Man-407598572 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1743 yes Episdoe 231: There's Whisky In the Pod-O https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episdoe-231-theres-whisky-in-the-pod-o Show 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 looks at how much Americans love getting shit faced! (Did you know modern martinis suck? Well, yes, but for a different reason.) We learn about the first “Professor” of Mixology and why all the cocktails you drink today tastes like a diabetic’s piss. (Prohibition ruined America) Finally, we walk through all the alcoholic abominations pop culture has produced over the past few years, and learn that there are in fact laws when drinking the Claw. Our Sponsor is Recta-Shot, when now one can know how loaded you are use Recta-Shot. We open with whiskey in a tide pod and close with Ismael Deives’ much better way to hold whiskey. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/2oW_RQQb1QE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:43:59 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 231: “There’s Whisky In the Po… Show 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 looks at how much Americans love getting shit faced! (Did you know modern martinis suck? Well, yes, but for a different reason.) We learn about the first “Professor” of Mixology and why all the cocktails you drink today tastes like a diabetic’s piss. (Prohibition ruined America) Finally, we walk through all the alcoholic abominations pop culture has produced over the past few years, and learn that there are in fact laws when drinking the Claw. Our Sponsor is Recta-Shot, when now one can know how loaded you are use Recta-Shot. We open with whiskey in a tide pod and close with Ismael Deives’ much better way to hold whiskey. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/2oW_RQQb1QE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1895 yes Episode 230: What the World Needs Now, is Dudes, More Dudes https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-230-what-the-world-needs-now-is-dudes-more-dudes Show 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 still wearing the same shirt as he was in 1984, it is just WAY more revealing). We discuss the condition of Dudes in this our modern world with the help of Deadspin’s Drew Magary. (Drew knows nothing about this and our legal team would kindly ask you not mention it to him.) We examine why Dude Alternatives fail to capture the essence of Dudeatinity. Then we take a trip back in time to learn something about American history and how it is so much gayer than anyone thought! (Trust us, you will also be thoroughly delighted by this!) Then we embark on a tour of the Modern History of Dudeness in America, from Easy Rider to the Big Lebowski, everything you never wanted to know about Dudes, you will be forced to find out! (Take it easy Dude, it’s all good!) Finally, we explain why the world needs Dudes now more than ever. Our Sponsor this week (who again our legal team would like you to keep on the down low) is Dudeism, the mellowest religion in the world. We open the show with El Duderion because we are not into the whole brevity thing and close with Carly and Martina telling us what the world needs now. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/77I7HBAGfZc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 04 Oct 2019 23:44:08 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 230: “What the World Needs Now… Show 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 still wearing the same shirt as he was in 1984, it is just WAY more revealing). We discuss the condition of Dudes in this our modern world with the help of Deadspin’s Drew Magary. (Drew knows nothing about this and our legal team would kindly ask you not mention it to him.) We examine why Dude Alternatives fail to capture the essence of Dudeatinity. Then we take a trip back in time to learn something about American history and how it is so much gayer than anyone thought! (Trust us, you will also be thoroughly delighted by this!) Then we embark on a tour of the Modern History of Dudeness in America, from Easy Rider to the Big Lebowski, everything you never wanted to know about Dudes, you will be forced to find out! (Take it easy Dude, it’s all good!) Finally, we explain why the world needs Dudes now more than ever. Our Sponsor this week (who again our legal team would like you to keep on the down low) is Dudeism, the mellowest religion in the world. We open the show with El Duderion because we are not into the whole brevity thing and close with Carly and Martina telling us what the world needs now. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/77I7HBAGfZc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1773 yes Episode 229: Moving the Country to do a Lot of Impeaches https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-229-moving-the-country-to-do-a-lot-of-impeaches Show 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 conjured the imagined malfeasance of Joe Biden. (It was Fox News, it’s always Fox News). Then we discuss at length what Donny Dum Dum did and why Donny Dum Dum can NOT do what Donny Dum Dum DID. Again. (Seems like we do that rather a lot.) We talk whistle-blowing and what tune was blown on said whistle. (Peaches by Presidents of the USA, what else?) Then we deep dive into what exactly happens from here on out. (Procedurally, no one fucking knows what will ACTUALLY happen.) We instruct you on how to impeach a president, how to vote to remove them from office and ask the hard question: Say by some miracle we actually DO remove him from office, how are we going to get his delusional ass out of the White House? (We say drug his Diet Coke.) Our Sponsor this week is Guiliani School of Law, when all you want to do is SAY you are a lawyer, Guilliani’s got a program for that! We open the show with Rudy sending his client to jail and close with Andrew Huang playing Peaches on ACTUAL peaches. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/C7NaFOBrhP8 Citations Needed: Giuliani contradicts himself over Ukraine probe of Biden https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/09/20/cuomo-rudy-giuliani-ukraine-biden-sot-cpt-vpx.cnn Pelosi announces impeachment inquiry, says Trump’s courting of foreign political help is a ‘betrayal of national security’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pelosi-top-democrats-privately-discuss-creation-of-select-committee-for-impeachment/2019/09/24/af6f735a-dedf-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html The facts behind Trump’s bogus accusations about Biden and Ukraine https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/23/20879611/joe-biden-hunter-biden-ukraine-corruption-prosecutor-burisma-donald-trump-whistleblower-complaint Giuliani pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key foreign policy officials were sidelined https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-pursued-shadow-ukraine-agenda-as-key-foreign-policy-officials-were-sidelined/2019/09/24/ee18aaec-deec-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html Trump at private event: ‘Who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that’s close to a spy’ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-26/trump-at-private-breakfast-who-gave-the-whistle-blower-the-information-because-thats-almost-a-spy How to Impeach a President https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/impeachment-process-remove-president-from-office-guide.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:35:58 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 229: “Moving the Country to do… Show 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 conjured the imagined malfeasance of Joe Biden. (It was Fox News, it’s always Fox News). Then we discuss at length what Donny Dum Dum did and why Donny Dum Dum can NOT do what Donny Dum Dum DID. Again. (Seems like we do that rather a lot.) We talk whistle-blowing and what tune was blown on said whistle. (Peaches by Presidents of the USA, what else?) Then we deep dive into what exactly happens from here on out. (Procedurally, no one fucking knows what will ACTUALLY happen.) We instruct you on how to impeach a president, how to vote to remove them from office and ask the hard question: Say by some miracle we actually DO remove him from office, how are we going to get his delusional ass out of the White House? (We say drug his Diet Coke.) Our Sponsor this week is Guiliani School of Law, when all you want to do is SAY you are a lawyer, Guilliani’s got a program for that! We open the show with Rudy sending his client to jail and close with Andrew Huang playing Peaches on ACTUAL peaches. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/C7NaFOBrhP8 Citations Needed: Giuliani contradicts himself over Ukraine probe of Biden https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/09/20/cuomo-rudy-giuliani-ukraine-biden-sot-cpt-vpx.cnn Pelosi announces impeachment inquiry, says Trump’s courting of foreign political help is a ‘betrayal of national security’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pelosi-top-democrats-privately-discuss-creation-of-select-committee-for-impeachment/2019/09/24/af6f735a-dedf-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html The facts behind Trump’s bogus accusations about Biden and Ukraine https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/23/20879611/joe-biden-hunter-biden-ukraine-corruption-prosecutor-burisma-donald-trump-whistleblower-complaint Giuliani pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key foreign policy officials were sidelined https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-pursued-shadow-ukraine-agenda-as-key-foreign-policy-officials-were-sidelined/2019/09/24/ee18aaec-deec-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html Trump at private event: ‘Who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that’s close to a spy’ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-26/trump-at-private-breakfast-who-gave-the-whistle-blower-the-information-because-thats-almost-a-spy How to Impeach a President https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/impeachment-process-remove-president-from-office-guide.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2463 yes Episode 228: Chubby White Guy Blues https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-228-chubby-white-guy-blues Show 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) Along the way we learn how to homoerotically keep your child from swearing. (Rub that soap, rub it!) Then we take a tour through how NOT to push the boundaries of comedy by saying things Dave said on the playground when he was twelve. (That put pee pee in your coke joke was played when we told it Shane!) We take a turn through the White Dudes of Comedy who are VERY concerned about the things they are no longer allowed to say, even though they say them anyway. Finally, we take a look at Cancel Culture to find culture was canceled a LONG time ago. Our Sponsor this week is That Shit You Said, find out which shit you said will come back to haunt you BEFORE you lose the job. We open the show with Carlin saying the things you can’t say and close with Tadg Galleran singing the blues. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.broadjam.com/songs/tadggalleran/even-white-boys-get-the-bluestadg-galleraneven-white-boys/Play Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 20 Sep 2019 23:51:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 228: “Chubby White Guy Blues”… Show 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) Along the way we learn how to homoerotically keep your child from swearing. (Rub that soap, rub it!) Then we take a tour through how NOT to push the boundaries of comedy by saying things Dave said on the playground when he was twelve. (That put pee pee in your coke joke was played when we told it Shane!) We take a turn through the White Dudes of Comedy who are VERY concerned about the things they are no longer allowed to say, even though they say them anyway. Finally, we take a look at Cancel Culture to find culture was canceled a LONG time ago. Our Sponsor this week is That Shit You Said, find out which shit you said will come back to haunt you BEFORE you lose the job. We open the show with Carlin saying the things you can’t say and close with Tadg Galleran singing the blues. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.broadjam.com/songs/tadggalleran/even-white-boys-get-the-bluestadg-galleraneven-white-boys/Play Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1553 yes Episode 227: You Know I'm All About that Vape https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-227-you-know-im-all-about-that-vape Show 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 newest and least offensive.) We discover where Dave’s nicotine addiction springs from. (He just wanted someone to love him!) Then we get to learn the history of how this highly annoying and utterly inane habit came from a desperate need to stabilize tobacco profits and grew into an activity for douche bros in a fedora! (Dude, check out my lightsaber vape!) We then turn to why vaping is the latest things to scare the crap out of aging white people. (Them durn kids again!) Before you accuse of being insensitive about the deaths, we remind you that six people died in the time it took you to read this paragraph. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Vape Shops, when you want to smoke your breakfast, try Fast Eddies. We open with RJ Reynolds first failed e-cigarette and close with a little ditty from the Alan Cox Show. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/MWQV0Mqx7x0 Citations Needed: Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping, David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA https://youtu.be/9dZS_Rniak0 WHEN DID VAPING BECOME A THING? https://www.directvapor.com/blog/when-did-vaping-become-a-thing-187/ Vaping: e-cigarettes safer than smoking, says Public Health England https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/19/public-health-england-e-cigarettes-safer-than-smoking New Teen Trend Called ‘Juuling’ Is Raising Parental Concerns, Inside Edition https://youtu.be/zawskRDd7uI Sixth patient dies from vaping-related illness in U.S. CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vaping-deaths-kansas-confirms-first-death-linked-to-vaping-today-2019-09-10/ Trump administration aims to ban flavored e-cigarettes CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-administration-wants-to-ban-flavored-e-cigarettes-vaping-today-2019-09-11-live-stream/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:12:54 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 227: “You Know I’m All About T… Show 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 newest and least offensive.) We discover where Dave’s nicotine addiction springs from. (He just wanted someone to love him!) Then we get to learn the history of how this highly annoying and utterly inane habit came from a desperate need to stabilize tobacco profits and grew into an activity for douche bros in a fedora! (Dude, check out my lightsaber vape!) We then turn to why vaping is the latest things to scare the crap out of aging white people. (Them durn kids again!) Before you accuse of being insensitive about the deaths, we remind you that six people died in the time it took you to read this paragraph. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Vape Shops, when you want to smoke your breakfast, try Fast Eddies. We open with RJ Reynolds first failed e-cigarette and close with a little ditty from the Alan Cox Show. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/MWQV0Mqx7x0 Citations Needed: Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping, David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA https://youtu.be/9dZS_Rniak0 WHEN DID VAPING BECOME A THING? https://www.directvapor.com/blog/when-did-vaping-become-a-thing-187/ Vaping: e-cigarettes safer than smoking, says Public Health England https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/19/public-health-england-e-cigarettes-safer-than-smoking New Teen Trend Called ‘Juuling’ Is Raising Parental Concerns, Inside Edition https://youtu.be/zawskRDd7uI Sixth patient dies from vaping-related illness in U.S. CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vaping-deaths-kansas-confirms-first-death-linked-to-vaping-today-2019-09-10/ Trump administration aims to ban flavored e-cigarettes CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-administration-wants-to-ban-flavored-e-cigarettes-vaping-today-2019-09-11-live-stream/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1665 yes Episode 176 "Roughing the Snapper" Redux https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-176-roughing-the-snapper-redux If 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 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 23:00:06 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe If you haven't heard it, it's NEW TO YOU! A "Bes… If 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

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]]> 1830 yes Episode 226: Nuke You Like A Hurricane https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-226-nuke-you-like-a-hurricane Episode 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 folk who don’t understand science or indeed much of anything why you cannot nuke a hurricane. We also posit that the Jetsons ruined an entire generation, but this is hardly surprising to anyone who's ever watched the Jetsons. Once we get to the point, we look at all the various ideas to save humanity from its own stupidity when the global thermostat breaks. (Except for, you know, the ideas that would WORK but people find inconvenient.) Every single suggestion detailed in this show is one actual scientists have suggested using to solve the problem. (We cannot attest they were not drunk when they thought of them.) Finally, we wrap up with our highly scientific theory for what will actually be done by humanity to save themselves. We call it the Amity Effect. (Hint: We should have closed the beaches thirty years ago.) Our Sponsor this week is Andy’s Big Ass Space Mirrors, when you are looking for an impractical solution for a pressing problem, think Andy’s! We open the show with the Sun’s oldest foe and close with a STUNNING performance of a relevant song that will shock you! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/4qAAGw0rvx0 Citations Needed: Here's What Would Happen if You Nuked a Hurricane https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-would-happened-if-you-nuked-a-hurricane-like-trump-reportedly-suggested How A Giant Space Umbrella Could Stop Global Warming http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160425-how-a-giant-space-umbrella-could-stop-global-warming Reduce Global Warming By Blocking Sunlight http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=370 How Earth-Scale Engineering Can Save the Planet https://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2005-06/how-earth-scale-engineering-can-save-planet/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:59:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 226: “Nuke You Like A Hurricane” This we… Episode 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 folk who don’t understand science or indeed much of anything why you cannot nuke a hurricane. We also posit that the Jetsons ruined an entire generation, but this is hardly surprising to anyone who's ever watched the Jetsons. Once we get to the point, we look at all the various ideas to save humanity from its own stupidity when the global thermostat breaks. (Except for, you know, the ideas that would WORK but people find inconvenient.) Every single suggestion detailed in this show is one actual scientists have suggested using to solve the problem. (We cannot attest they were not drunk when they thought of them.) Finally, we wrap up with our highly scientific theory for what will actually be done by humanity to save themselves. We call it the Amity Effect. (Hint: We should have closed the beaches thirty years ago.) Our Sponsor this week is Andy’s Big Ass Space Mirrors, when you are looking for an impractical solution for a pressing problem, think Andy’s! We open the show with the Sun’s oldest foe and close with a STUNNING performance of a relevant song that will shock you! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/4qAAGw0rvx0 Citations Needed: Here's What Would Happen if You Nuked a Hurricane https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-would-happened-if-you-nuked-a-hurricane-like-trump-reportedly-suggested How A Giant Space Umbrella Could Stop Global Warming http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160425-how-a-giant-space-umbrella-could-stop-global-warming Reduce Global Warming By Blocking Sunlight http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=370 How Earth-Scale Engineering Can Save the Planet https://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2005-06/how-earth-scale-engineering-can-save-planet/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2026 yes Episode 225: Everybody Comes and Comes Again https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-225-everybody-comes-and-comes-again Episode 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. (Zoroastrian scum!) We discover the origin story of the Second Coming (The big one, not the one you get by popping two Viagra.) We learn how we are living in the End Times thanks to the guy who starred on Barney Miller. (Not Abe Vigoda, the other one.) Then we head to 6th Century BCE Persia to learn how one of the most powerful Emperors of Persia is exactly like Donald J Trump. (Many of his statues are as bronzed as Don!) Finally, we talk about why our friends the Evangelicals are not only fine with all the crazy things our “President” is doing, but actually cheering him all the way in doing them! Turns out, the Apocalypse is really really good for them. Additionally, we include the full list of all of us who will NOT be Raptured and in fact will be minions of the Antichrist. (See Above) Our Sponsor this week is SecondHand Messiah, second hand prophet store, easy credit terms because we take it on faith. We open the show with Wayne Allen Root explaining the divinity of Donald Trump and close with Delilah Witt inviting us to her dance party. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9bPy1k_9PY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:39:18 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 225: “Everybody Comes and Comes Again” T… Episode 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. (Zoroastrian scum!) We discover the origin story of the Second Coming (The big one, not the one you get by popping two Viagra.) We learn how we are living in the End Times thanks to the guy who starred on Barney Miller. (Not Abe Vigoda, the other one.) Then we head to 6th Century BCE Persia to learn how one of the most powerful Emperors of Persia is exactly like Donald J Trump. (Many of his statues are as bronzed as Don!) Finally, we talk about why our friends the Evangelicals are not only fine with all the crazy things our “President” is doing, but actually cheering him all the way in doing them! Turns out, the Apocalypse is really really good for them. Additionally, we include the full list of all of us who will NOT be Raptured and in fact will be minions of the Antichrist. (See Above) Our Sponsor this week is SecondHand Messiah, second hand prophet store, easy credit terms because we take it on faith. We open the show with Wayne Allen Root explaining the divinity of Donald Trump and close with Delilah Witt inviting us to her dance party. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9bPy1k_9PY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1605 yes Episode 224 Signed Epstein's Mom Part 2 https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-224-signed-epsteins-mom-part-2 Show 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 simultaneously. We recommend you start with Part 1 first, so everything makes sense. But, you know, you do you, we can’t MAKE you do anything you don’t want to do. In Part 1 we examine the improbable rise of a kid from Coney Island who dropped out of college and found himself in the middle of Wall Street. His unlikely ascendance to wealth and his predilection for girls on the younger side of the law. From there we go through his famous friends and his brush with the law. (It was a very small brush) and wrap up with his arrest in July. Part 2 picks up with the investigation against him, his “unlikely” death and all the reason that some very famous and powerful people might want him dead, and whether or not they “helped”. (They did not.) Finally, we examine the REAL TRUTH behind Epstein’s death and who is responsible. The answers we offer will shock you, but they shouldn’t because they are fucking right out there in the open for everyone to see.The Truth is out there, and it is pretty disappointing. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s For Profit Prisons, you empty your prisons we empty their wallets. We open with another young entrepreneur from Brooklyn and close with a truth teller from Bay City Michigan! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/zFQz34H66l0 Citations Needed: Thank GOD for Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein Jeffrey Epstein’s Rolodex: A Guide to His Famous Friends and Acquaintances http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epsteins-rolodex-famous-friends-and-acquaintances.html Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/ Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a break https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article214210674.html Jeffrey Epstein jail 'a gulag' in lower Manhattan https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49323320 'Toilet Waste And Feces Were All Over The Floors': Federal Jail Where Epstein Died Is Still A 'Dangerous' Place https://gothamist.com/2019/08/13/epstein_mcc_conditions.php Thirty-Two Short Stories About Death in Prison These stories don’t mention Jeffrey Epstein, but they are about him. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/thirty-two-stories-jeffrey-epstein-prison-death/596029/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 17 Aug 2019 01:05:48 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstei… Show 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 simultaneously. We recommend you start with Part 1 first, so everything makes sense. But, you know, you do you, we can’t MAKE you do anything you don’t want to do. In Part 1 we examine the improbable rise of a kid from Coney Island who dropped out of college and found himself in the middle of Wall Street. His unlikely ascendance to wealth and his predilection for girls on the younger side of the law. From there we go through his famous friends and his brush with the law. (It was a very small brush) and wrap up with his arrest in July. Part 2 picks up with the investigation against him, his “unlikely” death and all the reason that some very famous and powerful people might want him dead, and whether or not they “helped”. (They did not.) Finally, we examine the REAL TRUTH behind Epstein’s death and who is responsible. The answers we offer will shock you, but they shouldn’t because they are fucking right out there in the open for everyone to see.The Truth is out there, and it is pretty disappointing. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s For Profit Prisons, you empty your prisons we empty their wallets. We open with another young entrepreneur from Brooklyn and close with a truth teller from Bay City Michigan! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/zFQz34H66l0 Citations Needed: Thank GOD for Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein Jeffrey Epstein’s Rolodex: A Guide to His Famous Friends and Acquaintances http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epsteins-rolodex-famous-friends-and-acquaintances.html Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/ Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a break https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article214210674.html Jeffrey Epstein jail 'a gulag' in lower Manhattan https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49323320 'Toilet Waste And Feces Were All Over The Floors': Federal Jail Where Epstein Died Is Still A 'Dangerous' Place https://gothamist.com/2019/08/13/epstein_mcc_conditions.php Thirty-Two Short Stories About Death in Prison These stories don’t mention Jeffrey Epstein, but they are about him. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/thirty-two-stories-jeffrey-epstein-prison-death/596029/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1715 yes Episode 224: Signed Epstein's Mom Part 1 https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-224-signed-epsteins-mom-part-1 Show 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 simultaneously. We recommend you start with Part 1 first, so everything makes sense. But, you know, you do you, we can’t MAKE you do anything you don’t want to do. In Part 1 we examine the improbable rise of a kid from Coney Island who dropped out of college and found himself in the middle of Wall Street. His unlikely ascendance to wealth and his predilection for girls on the younger side of the law. From there we go through his famous friends and his brush with the law. (It was a very small brush) and wrap up with his arrest in July. Part 2 picks up with the investigation against him, his “unlikely” death and all the reason that some very famous and powerful people might want him dead, and whether or not they “helped”. (They did not.) Finally, we examine the REAL TRUTH behind Epstein’s death and who is responsible. The answers we offer will shock you, but they shouldn’t because they are fucking right out there in the open for everyone to see.The Truth is out there, and it is pretty disappointing. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s For Profit Prisons, you empty your prisons we empty their wallets. We open with another young entrepreneur from Brooklyn and close with a truth teller from Bay City Michigan! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/zFQz34H66l0 Citations Needed: Thank GOD for Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein Jeffrey Epstein’s Rolodex: A Guide to His Famous Friends and Acquaintances http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epsteins-rolodex-famous-friends-and-acquaintances.html Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/ Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a break https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article214210674.html Jeffrey Epstein jail 'a gulag' in lower Manhattan https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49323320 'Toilet Waste And Feces Were All Over The Floors': Federal Jail Where Epstein Died Is Still A 'Dangerous' Place https://gothamist.com/2019/08/13/epstein_mcc_conditions.php Thirty-Two Short Stories About Death in Prison These stories don’t mention Jeffrey Epstein, but they are about him. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/thirty-two-stories-jeffrey-epstein-prison-death/596029/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 17 Aug 2019 01:02:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstei… Show 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 simultaneously. We recommend you start with Part 1 first, so everything makes sense. But, you know, you do you, we can’t MAKE you do anything you don’t want to do. In Part 1 we examine the improbable rise of a kid from Coney Island who dropped out of college and found himself in the middle of Wall Street. His unlikely ascendance to wealth and his predilection for girls on the younger side of the law. From there we go through his famous friends and his brush with the law. (It was a very small brush) and wrap up with his arrest in July. Part 2 picks up with the investigation against him, his “unlikely” death and all the reason that some very famous and powerful people might want him dead, and whether or not they “helped”. (They did not.) Finally, we examine the REAL TRUTH behind Epstein’s death and who is responsible. The answers we offer will shock you, but they shouldn’t because they are fucking right out there in the open for everyone to see.The Truth is out there, and it is pretty disappointing. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s For Profit Prisons, you empty your prisons we empty their wallets. We open with another young entrepreneur from Brooklyn and close with a truth teller from Bay City Michigan! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/zFQz34H66l0 Citations Needed: Thank GOD for Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein Jeffrey Epstein’s Rolodex: A Guide to His Famous Friends and Acquaintances http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epsteins-rolodex-famous-friends-and-acquaintances.html Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/ Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a break https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article214210674.html Jeffrey Epstein jail 'a gulag' in lower Manhattan https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49323320 'Toilet Waste And Feces Were All Over The Floors': Federal Jail Where Epstein Died Is Still A 'Dangerous' Place https://gothamist.com/2019/08/13/epstein_mcc_conditions.php Thirty-Two Short Stories About Death in Prison These stories don’t mention Jeffrey Epstein, but they are about him. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/thirty-two-stories-jeffrey-epstein-prison-death/596029/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1704 yes Episode 223: Perfectly Good White Boys https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-223-perfectly-good-white-boys Show 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 made us “men” also made really BAD people. We talk about what it means to be a man today and why it is so HARD for many men. (Because no one teaches them how?) Then we offer a simple suggestion on how to make things better. (Cry, cry baby, CRY!) Our Sponsor this week is Jacob, the most popular boy’s name in 2001, who has some issues with the world we’ve given him. We open the show with Lane Meyer and close with Mike Massé and Jeff Hall. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 09 Aug 2019 23:29:01 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 223: Perfectly Good White Boys… Show 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 made us “men” also made really BAD people. We talk about what it means to be a man today and why it is so HARD for many men. (Because no one teaches them how?) Then we offer a simple suggestion on how to make things better. (Cry, cry baby, CRY!) Our Sponsor this week is Jacob, the most popular boy’s name in 2001, who has some issues with the world we’ve given him. We open the show with Lane Meyer and close with Mike Massé and Jeff Hall. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1455 yes Episode 222: Uh Oh, Its Magick! https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-222-uh-oh-its-magick Show 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 because there is magick and then there are miracles and it would take divine intervention for her to win. (I mean, unless it was just her and Bill DeBlasio, then we would vote for her. Out of spite.) Reality, or whatever passes for it these days, we go on a deep dive into the arcane arts of Chaos Magick and how people are using to it influence our elections. (And you thought the Russians talking to your parents on Facebook was bad!) Finally, we reveal the awesome power of the most powerful Chaos Magician in all of human history: Donald J Trump. Our sponsor this week is Theodora’s House of Thaumaturgy, dark money, plus dark arts, equal victory for your campaign! We open the show Marianne performing a ritual and close with Amphibious’ version of a magical little number from the 80’s. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/59Y3px1QnC4 Citations Needed: COVER STORY : The Power, the Glory, the Glitz : Marianne Williamson, an ex-nightclub singer, has attracted many in Hollywood with her blend of new-time religion and self-help--and alienated more than a few https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-16-ca-4649-story.html Marianne Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson Marianne Williamson’s fans made her the ‘orb queen’ of the 2020 campaign https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-marianne-williamsons-fans-made-her-the-orb-queen-of-the-2020-campaign/2019/07/30/93535272-a25d-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e3efb8cdb701 Chaos Magic in a Nutshell http://www.specularium.org/wizardry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:41:07 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 222: “Uh Oh, It’s Magick!” T… Show 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 because there is magick and then there are miracles and it would take divine intervention for her to win. (I mean, unless it was just her and Bill DeBlasio, then we would vote for her. Out of spite.) Reality, or whatever passes for it these days, we go on a deep dive into the arcane arts of Chaos Magick and how people are using to it influence our elections. (And you thought the Russians talking to your parents on Facebook was bad!) Finally, we reveal the awesome power of the most powerful Chaos Magician in all of human history: Donald J Trump. Our sponsor this week is Theodora’s House of Thaumaturgy, dark money, plus dark arts, equal victory for your campaign! We open the show Marianne performing a ritual and close with Amphibious’ version of a magical little number from the 80’s. 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]]> 2064 yes Episode 221: What ME Worry? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-221-what-me-worry Show 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 dominance. (Uncles, not just for being kinda creepy!) We also discover how a kids humor magazine is essentially responsible for everything that happens on this podcast. (Except for the Host’s drinking problem, that is TOTALLY on him!) We go back to the beginning of Mad to learn how a bunch of busy body do gooders worried that comic books were destroying the moral fiber of America were key to creating the humor magazine responsible for destroying the moral fiber of America. (It was the like Tipper Gore before she was even born!) Finally, we learn how irony killed Mad Magazine. Our Sponsor this week is Crud Magazine, our mascot it totally not a rip-off, he’s blonde! We open the show with Bart and Homer bonding and close with Alfred E Neuman and & The Furshlugginer Five! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_mW5_QDkx-k Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:06:03 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 221: “What ME Worry?” This we… Show 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 dominance. (Uncles, not just for being kinda creepy!) We also discover how a kids humor magazine is essentially responsible for everything that happens on this podcast. (Except for the Host’s drinking problem, that is TOTALLY on him!) We go back to the beginning of Mad to learn how a bunch of busy body do gooders worried that comic books were destroying the moral fiber of America were key to creating the humor magazine responsible for destroying the moral fiber of America. (It was the like Tipper Gore before she was even born!) Finally, we learn how irony killed Mad Magazine. Our Sponsor this week is Crud Magazine, our mascot it totally not a rip-off, he’s blonde! We open the show with Bart and Homer bonding and close with Alfred E Neuman and & The Furshlugginer Five! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/_mW5_QDkx-k Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2140 yes Episode 220: Walking On, Walking On the Moon https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-220-walking-on-walking-on-the-moon Show 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 questions. (Despite the answers being extremely obvious!) We look at some of the reasons WHY people think and thought we never went to the Moon. (Mostly because of idiocy.) We learn how Archimedes got it wrong and for fourteen bucks they will prove it to you. (Save your money, they didn’t) Then we look at some of the cultural conditions that made so many people believe in the Moon Hoax. (Fucking Dick Nixon) Finally, we express some real sympathy for those who want to believe so badly that humanity never left Earth. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie House of Effects, when you don’t care if it looks real! We open with Capricorn 1 and close with Derik Nelson in space. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdVEIy_RwQ Citations Needed: Billy Kaysing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kaysing Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake? https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/moon-landing-fake-american-conspiracy-why.html Extended Reading: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Moon_landing_hoax https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/how-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-spread-before-the-1835483705?_ga=2.100839429.581969139.1563194381-296287710.1555448614 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/science/moon-landing-hoax-conspiracy-theory.html https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/6/24/18692080/moon-landing-50th-anniversary-steph-curry-conspiracy-theory-hoax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:27:18 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 220: “Walking On, Walking On t… Show 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 questions. (Despite the answers being extremely obvious!) We look at some of the reasons WHY people think and thought we never went to the Moon. (Mostly because of idiocy.) We learn how Archimedes got it wrong and for fourteen bucks they will prove it to you. (Save your money, they didn’t) Then we look at some of the cultural conditions that made so many people believe in the Moon Hoax. (Fucking Dick Nixon) Finally, we express some real sympathy for those who want to believe so badly that humanity never left Earth. Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie House of Effects, when you don’t care if it looks real! We open with Capricorn 1 and close with Derik Nelson in space. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdVEIy_RwQ Citations Needed: Billy Kaysing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kaysing Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake? https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/moon-landing-fake-american-conspiracy-why.html Extended Reading: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Moon_landing_hoax https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/how-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-spread-before-the-1835483705?_ga=2.100839429.581969139.1563194381-296287710.1555448614 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/science/moon-landing-hoax-conspiracy-theory.html https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/6/24/18692080/moon-landing-50th-anniversary-steph-curry-conspiracy-theory-hoax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1498 yes Episode 219: Whitey's On the Moon https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-219-whiteys-on-the-moon Show 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 to know about why we had a space race. (Surprise, it was the Russians!) and why JFK wanted us to go to the Moon. (He heard there were hot Moon chicks!) We talk Wernher Von Braun and why we don’t have Moon Bases after FIFTY FREAKING YEARS! (Turns out, no hot Moon Chicks!) Part One of the Moon Shot is all about how we went to the Moon, Part Two is all about us asking “But did we?” (Spoiler Alert: We Did) But that is NEXT WEEK! Our Sponsor this week is The Luna, Luxury Living on the Moon! We open the show with Dana Gould explaining why no one goes back to the Moon and close with Gil Scot Heron tallying the cost of the Space Race. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 12 Jul 2019 23:23:15 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 219: “Whitey’s On the Moon” (P… Show 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 to know about why we had a space race. (Surprise, it was the Russians!) and why JFK wanted us to go to the Moon. (He heard there were hot Moon chicks!) We talk Wernher Von Braun and why we don’t have Moon Bases after FIFTY FREAKING YEARS! (Turns out, no hot Moon Chicks!) Part One of the Moon Shot is all about how we went to the Moon, Part Two is all about us asking “But did we?” (Spoiler Alert: We Did) But that is NEXT WEEK! Our Sponsor this week is The Luna, Luxury Living on the Moon! We open the show with Dana Gould explaining why no one goes back to the Moon and close with Gil Scot Heron tallying the cost of the Space Race. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1590 yes Episode 218: Redneck High Holy Day https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-218-redneck-high-holy-day Show 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 movie, not Bill Paxton!) We also learn that we’ve been celebrating the WRONG day in July for all of our history! We take a tour through the first July 4th celebrations to find how similar they are to what we do now. (Including the part where someone desperately starts screaming and looking for their fingers!) Then we get down to the brutal truth about the day, it is NOT a holiday for effete Left Coast Liberals who Hate America, July 4th is for the PEOPLE of America, not YOU! (Ipso Facto, Trump’s MAGA rally is EXACTLY the celebration we deserve!) Finally, we close with all the things it took to make America “great”. Our Sponsor is Ted’s House of Tanks, when you need to prop up your regime with the illusion of strength, think Ted’s! We open the show with an angry father in a tank and close with the song Dave Bledsoe hates more than other in the Universe! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/LpPKTFpu1sk Citations Needed: This July 4th Has Everything: Tanks, Trump—and Scandal https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-july-4th-has-everything-tanks-trumpand-scandal America the Desecrated https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trumps-july-4-an-endorsement-of-cruelty.html ‘Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations’ — A Brief History of the Fourth of July https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/fourth-of-july-history-celebrations/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:45:44 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 218: “Redneck High Holy Day” … Show 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 movie, not Bill Paxton!) We also learn that we’ve been celebrating the WRONG day in July for all of our history! We take a tour through the first July 4th celebrations to find how similar they are to what we do now. (Including the part where someone desperately starts screaming and looking for their fingers!) Then we get down to the brutal truth about the day, it is NOT a holiday for effete Left Coast Liberals who Hate America, July 4th is for the PEOPLE of America, not YOU! (Ipso Facto, Trump’s MAGA rally is EXACTLY the celebration we deserve!) Finally, we close with all the things it took to make America “great”. Our Sponsor is Ted’s House of Tanks, when you need to prop up your regime with the illusion of strength, think Ted’s! We open the show with an angry father in a tank and close with the song Dave Bledsoe hates more than other in the Universe! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/LpPKTFpu1sk Citations Needed: This July 4th Has Everything: Tanks, Trump—and Scandal https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-july-4th-has-everything-tanks-trumpand-scandal America the Desecrated https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trumps-july-4-an-endorsement-of-cruelty.html ‘Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations’ — A Brief History of the Fourth of July https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/fourth-of-july-history-celebrations/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1500 yes Episode 217: Drinking the Bastards Goodbye https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-217-drinking-the-bastards-goodbye Show 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 Sanders’ going away “Not a Party” with the White House Press Corp, who will apparently drink with anyone. (Knowing some journalists, this is not untrue.) We dissect the piece in depth and ask some questions of the reporters at the “drinks event” that we believe On the Media would ask. (If Bob Garfield had a couple of stiff drinks and decided it was time to leave by going out in a blaze of glory.) We make some cutting observations about the kind of people willing to knock back overpriced cocktails in a swanky DC Steakhouse with the kind of people who put kids in Concentration Camps. (You know, the sort of people that would do a puff piece on Eva Braun decorating the Eagle’s Nest!) Finally, we point out that their fucking JOB is to NOT be friends with the devil. Our Sponsor this week is Drinking Buddy, you don’t HAVE to drink alone. We start the show with some RESPECTABLE barflies and close with Nine Pound Hammer drinking their baby goodbye. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/bvfAtXrtPKI Citations Needed:  It’s not a party for Sarah Huckabee Sandershttps://www.cjr.org/b-roll/sarah-huckabee-sanders-party-reporters.phpYou Are Who You Drink Withhttps://splinternews.com/you-are-who-you-drink-with-1835849944 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:54:33 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 217: “Drinking the Bastards G… Show 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 Sanders’ going away “Not a Party” with the White House Press Corp, who will apparently drink with anyone. (Knowing some journalists, this is not untrue.) We dissect the piece in depth and ask some questions of the reporters at the “drinks event” that we believe On the Media would ask. (If Bob Garfield had a couple of stiff drinks and decided it was time to leave by going out in a blaze of glory.) We make some cutting observations about the kind of people willing to knock back overpriced cocktails in a swanky DC Steakhouse with the kind of people who put kids in Concentration Camps. (You know, the sort of people that would do a puff piece on Eva Braun decorating the Eagle’s Nest!) Finally, we point out that their fucking JOB is to NOT be friends with the devil. Our Sponsor this week is Drinking Buddy, you don’t HAVE to drink alone. We start the show with some RESPECTABLE barflies and close with Nine Pound Hammer drinking their baby goodbye. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/bvfAtXrtPKI Citations Needed:  It’s not a party for Sarah Huckabee Sandershttps://www.cjr.org/b-roll/sarah-huckabee-sanders-party-reporters.phpYou Are Who You Drink Withhttps://splinternews.com/you-are-who-you-drink-with-1835849944 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1561 yes Episode 216: It Must Be George's Will https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-216-it-must-be-georges-will Show 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! (We will never figure out how Dave wasn’t booted out too!) We travel with George from his days as a Hippie Dippy Weatherman (the forecaster not the early 70’s terrorist group, as far as we know) to counter culture icon, free speech warrior in the Supreme Court, to angry man with many many words. Finally, we talk about George’s most iconic and influential role that shaped American life in a deep and profoundly uplifting way! (Trust us, strange things are afoot at the Circle K!) Finally, we discover how George saved lives and kept Dave out of jail. (Trust us, it is a complicated story that helps us understand a lot about the Host of this low rated podcast!) Honestly, if Dave only did a mind numbing amount of cocaine, he too could be 3% of the comedian and thinker George Carlin was! Our Sponsor this week is Christ 2.0, a Divine for the Times! We open the show with George’s explanation of his faith and close the show with a hymn by and for the Great Pesci! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfNqxlnZNQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:53:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 216: “It Must Be George’s Will… Show 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! (We will never figure out how Dave wasn’t booted out too!) We travel with George from his days as a Hippie Dippy Weatherman (the forecaster not the early 70’s terrorist group, as far as we know) to counter culture icon, free speech warrior in the Supreme Court, to angry man with many many words. Finally, we talk about George’s most iconic and influential role that shaped American life in a deep and profoundly uplifting way! (Trust us, strange things are afoot at the Circle K!) Finally, we discover how George saved lives and kept Dave out of jail. (Trust us, it is a complicated story that helps us understand a lot about the Host of this low rated podcast!) Honestly, if Dave only did a mind numbing amount of cocaine, he too could be 3% of the comedian and thinker George Carlin was! Our Sponsor this week is Christ 2.0, a Divine for the Times! We open the show with George’s explanation of his faith and close the show with a hymn by and for the Great Pesci! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfNqxlnZNQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2446 yes Episode 215: Midnight Three State Beer Run https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-215-midnight-three-state-beer-run Show 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 America and how it became so ingrained in our national psyche! (Americans have EXTREMELY poor taste?) Once we move past the dark days of Prohibition, we take you the pinnacle of American beer production and consumption! (History knows this as the “Bland Years”) Then, we break down all the tricks and gimmicks the Big Brewers used to trick you into believing the domestic swill you are chugging out of a red Solo cup is actually a “craft brew”. (Fuck you Icehouse, you were never fooling ANYONE!) Finally, we examine the state of beer drinking in America and why you PhD in Linguistics to order a damn beer in a bar these days. Our Sponsor is Fast Eddie’s Ice Draft Nano-Brew, it’s DEFINITELY not just a keg of Budweiser. We open the show with Real Men of Genius and close with Todd Snider taking us on a Beer Run. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ABFJACVrg&feature=youtu.be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 14 Jun 2019 23:53:28 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 215: “Midnight Three State Bee… Show 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 America and how it became so ingrained in our national psyche! (Americans have EXTREMELY poor taste?) Once we move past the dark days of Prohibition, we take you the pinnacle of American beer production and consumption! (History knows this as the “Bland Years”) Then, we break down all the tricks and gimmicks the Big Brewers used to trick you into believing the domestic swill you are chugging out of a red Solo cup is actually a “craft brew”. (Fuck you Icehouse, you were never fooling ANYONE!) Finally, we examine the state of beer drinking in America and why you PhD in Linguistics to order a damn beer in a bar these days. Our Sponsor is Fast Eddie’s Ice Draft Nano-Brew, it’s DEFINITELY not just a keg of Budweiser. We open the show with Real Men of Genius and close with Todd Snider taking us on a Beer Run. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ABFJACVrg&feature=youtu.be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2041 yes Episode #114: "The Mystery of Fresno" Redux https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-114-the-mystery-of-fresno-redux Show 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 mystery of Lovecraftian proportion: Gary Gygax’s FBI File! Along the way we learn everything there is to know about the Father of Role Playing Games from his rough origins on the mean streets of Chicago to his youth on the even meaner if more manicured streets of Lake Geneva Wisconsin. (Do NOT mess with the gardeners, they WILL rake you!) Even you if never rolled a 20 sided die in your life, you will be enspelled by the origins of the game and the dark pacts signed by the creators to our Dark Lord Satan. Thrill to the adventures of Gary in the Sun Blasted Land of Hollywood and the Evils of the Masters of Entertainment. Lament the terror of seeing your childhood despoiled into a terrible cartoon with a midget, a goat bleating unicorn and a bunch of ungrateful kids who were IN THE FUCKING GAME and cried about having cool magical powers! (Come ON, that is all we ever WANTED!) Lament the at downfall of the King to the evil sorceress Lorraine. Learn the dark Secrets of Fresno and the Conspiracy of Silence the government doesn’t want you to know! Finally, discover the secret game and why Dave always plays Erica Kaine. (He secretly wants be Susan Lucci.) Much of the source material for this week comes from the biography of Gary Gygax Empire of Imagination’ by Michael Witwer. If you want to TRUE story and not just the shit we made up, we commend you to it’s pages. Our sponsor this week is Grognards School for Gamers, turning sport kids into chubby gamer nerds for 40 years! We open the show with Al Gore’s Nerd Corp and close with Jump Steady’s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYQbaWb4vM&app=desktop) Dungeon Master. 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYQbaWb4vM& Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:46:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 114: The Mystery of Fresno Re… Show 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 mystery of Lovecraftian proportion: Gary Gygax’s FBI File! Along the way we learn everything there is to know about the Father of Role Playing Games from his rough origins on the mean streets of Chicago to his youth on the even meaner if more manicured streets of Lake Geneva Wisconsin. (Do NOT mess with the gardeners, they WILL rake you!) Even you if never rolled a 20 sided die in your life, you will be enspelled by the origins of the game and the dark pacts signed by the creators to our Dark Lord Satan. Thrill to the adventures of Gary in the Sun Blasted Land of Hollywood and the Evils of the Masters of Entertainment. Lament the terror of seeing your childhood despoiled into a terrible cartoon with a midget, a goat bleating unicorn and a bunch of ungrateful kids who were IN THE FUCKING GAME and cried about having cool magical powers! (Come ON, that is all we ever WANTED!) Lament the at downfall of the King to the evil sorceress Lorraine. Learn the dark Secrets of Fresno and the Conspiracy of Silence the government doesn’t want you to know! Finally, discover the secret game and why Dave always plays Erica Kaine. (He secretly wants be Susan Lucci.) Much of the source material for this week comes from the biography of Gary Gygax Empire of Imagination’ by Michael Witwer. If you want to TRUE story and not just the shit we made up, we commend you to it’s pages. Our sponsor this week is Grognards School for Gamers, turning sport kids into chubby gamer nerds for 40 years! We open the show with Al Gore’s Nerd Corp and close with Jump Steady’s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYQbaWb4vM&app=desktop) Dungeon Master. 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYQbaWb4vM& Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2148 yes Episode 214: Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Crafts https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-214-calling-occupants-of-interplanetary-crafts Show Notes Episode 214: “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Crafts” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has a Close Encounter of the Worst Kind when he is confronted by Men in Black demanding he pay his bar tabs. On the show this week we examine the nonchalance of First Contact. (Aliens? SO BORING!) Along the way we discuss the technologies the Aliens traded us for unlimited human abductions. (High speed porn was a great deal!) We dig deep on the latest spate of reports of flying Tic Tacs spotted by Navy pilots. (Why Tics Tacs when Mentos makes more sense propulsion wise?) We examine every possibility explaining the phenomena, including the possibility the entire thing is just some bullshit the pilots are saying to get laid. (Unlikely, there are easier ways for that to happen.) Then we dive deep on WHY Dave believes so fervently these are IN FACT actual Extraterrestrial Beings from ANOTHER PLANET operating this crafts and WHY they are here! (Intergalactic airfares are at an all time low and they got a GREAT tour package!) Our Sponsor this week is Close Encounters, THE Place to meet your Extraterrestrial Date! We open the show with Ford explaining to Arthur that he is NOT, in fact, from Guildford, but from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and we close with the children of the Langley School with a message to the Visitors. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/x8wykEr8rqs Citations Needed: Navy pilots speak out on UFO sightings https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/05/29/pilots-speak-out-on-ufo-sightings-jeanne-moos-ebof-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/atv-trending-videos/ ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html How angry pilots got the Navy to stop dismissing UFO sightings https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/04/24/how-angry-pilots-got-navy-stop-dismissing-ufo-sightings/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c4f947384532 BREAKING THE LAW OF GRAVITY https://www.wired.com/1998/03/antigravity/ Stanton T. Friedman, Scientist Who Tracked U.F.O.s, Dies at 84 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/obituaries/stanton-friedman-dead.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 31 May 2019 23:24:34 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 214: “Calling Occupants of Int… Show Notes Episode 214: “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Crafts” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has a Close Encounter of the Worst Kind when he is confronted by Men in Black demanding he pay his bar tabs. On the show this week we examine the nonchalance of First Contact. (Aliens? SO BORING!) Along the way we discuss the technologies the Aliens traded us for unlimited human abductions. (High speed porn was a great deal!) We dig deep on the latest spate of reports of flying Tic Tacs spotted by Navy pilots. (Why Tics Tacs when Mentos makes more sense propulsion wise?) We examine every possibility explaining the phenomena, including the possibility the entire thing is just some bullshit the pilots are saying to get laid. (Unlikely, there are easier ways for that to happen.) Then we dive deep on WHY Dave believes so fervently these are IN FACT actual Extraterrestrial Beings from ANOTHER PLANET operating this crafts and WHY they are here! (Intergalactic airfares are at an all time low and they got a GREAT tour package!) Our Sponsor this week is Close Encounters, THE Place to meet your Extraterrestrial Date! We open the show with Ford explaining to Arthur that he is NOT, in fact, from Guildford, but from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and we close with the children of the Langley School with a message to the Visitors. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/x8wykEr8rqs Citations Needed: Navy pilots speak out on UFO sightings https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/05/29/pilots-speak-out-on-ufo-sightings-jeanne-moos-ebof-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/atv-trending-videos/ ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html How angry pilots got the Navy to stop dismissing UFO sightings https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/04/24/how-angry-pilots-got-navy-stop-dismissing-ufo-sightings/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c4f947384532 BREAKING THE LAW OF GRAVITY https://www.wired.com/1998/03/antigravity/ Stanton T. 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]]> 1466 yes Episode 213: Like A Wet Fart In Church https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-213-like-a-wet-fart-in-church Show Notes Episode 213: “Like a Wet Fart In Church” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking the weekend to enjoy the “Official Start of Summer” by drinking to the honor or all the dead soldier we don’t think about on Memorial Day! On the show this week, we are doing a Story Time Edition of the show with a heartwarming tale of a young boy and the natural by-products of the digestive process! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3D3BXPHtMB4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 May 2019 12:08:08 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 213: “Like a Wet Fart In Churc… Show Notes Episode 213: “Like a Wet Fart In Church” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is taking the weekend to enjoy the “Official Start of Summer” by drinking to the honor or all the dead soldier we don’t think about on Memorial Day! On the show this week, we are doing a Story Time Edition of the show with a heartwarming tale of a young boy and the natural by-products of the digestive process! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3D3BXPHtMB4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 864 yes Episode 212: You Gotta Keep 'Em Impregnated https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-212-you-gotta-keep-em-impregnated Show Notes Episode 212: “You Gotta Keep ‘Em Impregnated” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally gets “The Talk” and learned where bar tabs come from. (When a podcast host loves whiskey very much…) On the show this week keep it FUN with a deep dive with the assault on Roe v Wade! (Don’t worry Gavin edited out all the “jokes” Dave learned as a kid.) Along the way learn the origin story of the the most controversial Supreme Court ruling in the latter half of the 20th Century! (No, not ALMOTA FARMERS ELEVATOR & WHSE. CO. v. U.S.(1973), the other one that year.) We explain why Roe was just a bad case all around for BOTH sides of the issue. (I mean if RBG hates it…) We examine the good faith arguments of the anti-abortion side in a kind and sensitive manner. (The word idiot isn’t even used once!) Then we dissect how Roe shaped the modern GOP and the Conservative movement in the United States. Finally, we look forward to the future without Roe and wonder if we have enough red fabric dye for all those Handmaid dresses. Our Sponsor this week is Vasectomy Hut, when you need your nuts cut, think Vasectomy Hut. We open the show with Dave’s mentor George Carlin and close with his other mentor Bill Hicks until Greg Goad plays us out with a song about as bad as the pun in the show title. (We tried to stop him, we swear!) 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/tQsosIV490w Citations Needed: Roe v Wade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade Survey: Women Go Silently From Church to Abortion Clinic https://www.focusonthefamily.com/pro-life/pre-born/survey-women-go-silently-from-church-to-abortion-clinic Fetal Viability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_viability Alabama Governor Signs Abortion Bill. Here’s What Comes Next https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/us/alabama-abortion-facts-law-bill.html?module=inline Alabama’s Extremist Abortion Bill Ruins John Roberts’ Roe Plan https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/alabama-abortion-bill-supreme-court-john-roberts-roe.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 17 May 2019 23:22:23 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 212: “You Gotta Keep ‘Em Impre… Show Notes Episode 212: “You Gotta Keep ‘Em Impregnated” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally gets “The Talk” and learned where bar tabs come from. (When a podcast host loves whiskey very much…) On the show this week keep it FUN with a deep dive with the assault on Roe v Wade! (Don’t worry Gavin edited out all the “jokes” Dave learned as a kid.) Along the way learn the origin story of the the most controversial Supreme Court ruling in the latter half of the 20th Century! (No, not ALMOTA FARMERS ELEVATOR & WHSE. CO. v. U.S.(1973), the other one that year.) We explain why Roe was just a bad case all around for BOTH sides of the issue. (I mean if RBG hates it…) We examine the good faith arguments of the anti-abortion side in a kind and sensitive manner. (The word idiot isn’t even used once!) Then we dissect how Roe shaped the modern GOP and the Conservative movement in the United States. Finally, we look forward to the future without Roe and wonder if we have enough red fabric dye for all those Handmaid dresses. Our Sponsor this week is Vasectomy Hut, when you need your nuts cut, think Vasectomy Hut. We open the show with Dave’s mentor George Carlin and close with his other mentor Bill Hicks until Greg Goad plays us out with a song about as bad as the pun in the show title. (We tried to stop him, we swear!) 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/tQsosIV490w Citations Needed: Roe v Wade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade Survey: Women Go Silently From Church to Abortion Clinic https://www.focusonthefamily.com/pro-life/pre-born/survey-women-go-silently-from-church-to-abortion-clinic Fetal Viability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_viability Alabama Governor Signs Abortion Bill. Here’s What Comes Next https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/us/alabama-abortion-facts-law-bill.html?module=inline Alabama’s Extremist Abortion Bill Ruins John Roberts’ Roe Plan https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/alabama-abortion-bill-supreme-court-john-roberts-roe.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1695 yes Episode 211: Son of a Preacher Man https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-211-son-of-a-preacher-man Show Notes Episode 211: Son of a Preacher Man This week Host Dave Bledsoe is trying to get someone to help him deal with a certain set of photos that are alleged to exist. (Rumor has it he is seen drinking Bushmills) On the show this week we talk about why Men of God are so ungodly, and why that might be. (Hint: They are men.) Along the way we examine the rich history of grifting evangelists and how they always seem to be forgiven. (It’s like their followers aren’t very bright or something.) We talk about the kind of images that Trump’s Fixer MIGHT have “taken care of” for Jerry Falwell Jr. (We are just speculating and are in no way suggesting they involved three llamas and Little Person using a comically large marital aid.) Then we think we have the answer to the question the media keeps asking about why evangelical voters are so willing to overlook the divorces, adultery, fornication, porn stars and general ungodliness of Donald J Trump! (It’s like they’ve put up with from their spiritual leaders for decades or something!) Our Sponsor this week is Revivals R Us, if the pews are empty fill ‘em up with Revivals R Us. We open the show with Elaine Benes, who may or may not have been on a date with a young Jerry Jr and close with The Joe Mangels singing about the only boy that could ever reach them. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yc4I4DoXiU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 10 May 2019 23:39:27 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 211: Son of a Preacher Man Th… Show Notes Episode 211: Son of a Preacher Man This week Host Dave Bledsoe is trying to get someone to help him deal with a certain set of photos that are alleged to exist. (Rumor has it he is seen drinking Bushmills) On the show this week we talk about why Men of God are so ungodly, and why that might be. (Hint: They are men.) Along the way we examine the rich history of grifting evangelists and how they always seem to be forgiven. (It’s like their followers aren’t very bright or something.) We talk about the kind of images that Trump’s Fixer MIGHT have “taken care of” for Jerry Falwell Jr. (We are just speculating and are in no way suggesting they involved three llamas and Little Person using a comically large marital aid.) Then we think we have the answer to the question the media keeps asking about why evangelical voters are so willing to overlook the divorces, adultery, fornication, porn stars and general ungodliness of Donald J Trump! (It’s like they’ve put up with from their spiritual leaders for decades or something!) Our Sponsor this week is Revivals R Us, if the pews are empty fill ‘em up with Revivals R Us. We open the show with Elaine Benes, who may or may not have been on a date with a young Jerry Jr and close with The Joe Mangels singing about the only boy that could ever reach them. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yc4I4DoXiU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1480 yes Episode 210: We Drink, and We Know Things https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-210-we-drink-and-we-know-things Episode 210: We Drink and We Know Things This week Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles out from his hiding spot in the crypts only find out he was only passed out in the boiler room again. On the show this week reveal the secret of the Night Kings power! (Hint: Fan rage!) Don’t worry, the episode is spoiler free. (Unless you count us talking about all the things that happen on the show.) Along the way we examine the phenomena that is Game of Thrones and how it went from little noticed fantasy novel to the biggest television show in history! (We strongly suspect it has something to do with boobs.) After this, we take a look at the cultural impact of the HBO Blockbuster, and how it crossed out of fantasy’s traditional dorky white male fandom. (Is it Peter Dinklage? We, honestly, are still working on it.) We see how the books begat the show and the show begat the fandom and then we discover how both the books and the show let us all down. We talk about predecessor works in fantasy why you should never start reading a series with more than three books if the author is still alive. (You don’t have any pages at all, do you George?) Then we close with everything that went wrong with show because you are not allowed to have nice things or like the things Dave doesn’t like. (Which excludes pretty much everything except whiskey.) Our sponsor this week is Deus Ex Machina, helping writers out of a tough spot for millennia! We open the show with the Brothers of the Night’s Watch and close with The Keys of Awesome and their thoughts on obsession. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapo0h-RDnk Citations Needed: Deeper Than Swords: 10 Reasons We're So Hooked On 'Game Of Thrones' https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2014/07/08/deeper-than-swords-10-reasons-were-so-addicted-to-game-of-thrones/#4406ae49238a WHY BLACK ‘GAME OF THRONES’ FANS NEED #DEMTHRONES https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/why-black-game-of-thrones-fans-need-demthrones The American Tolkien https://web.archive.org/web/20081229125934/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1129596%2C00.html Game of Thrones Show-Runners Get Extremely Candid About Their Original “Piece of Sh—t” Pilot https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/game-of-thrones-original-pilot-bad Why That Surprise “Game of Thrones” Twist Was a Huge Betrayal https://mashable.com/article/game-of-thrones-white-walker-night-king-long-night/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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We see how the books begat the show and the show begat the fandom and then we discover how both the books and the show let us all down. We talk about predecessor works in fantasy why you should never start reading a series with more than three books if the author is still alive. (You don’t have any pages at all, do you George?) Then we close with everything that went wrong with show because you are not allowed to have nice things or like the things Dave doesn’t like. (Which excludes pretty much everything except whiskey.) Our sponsor this week is Deus Ex Machina, helping writers out of a tough spot for millennia! We open the show with the Brothers of the Night’s Watch and close with The Keys of Awesome and their thoughts on obsession. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapo0h-RDnk Citations Needed: Deeper Than Swords: 10 Reasons We're So Hooked On 'Game Of Thrones' https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2014/07/08/deeper-than-swords-10-reasons-were-so-addicted-to-game-of-thrones/#4406ae49238a WHY BLACK ‘GAME OF THRONES’ FANS NEED #DEMTHRONES https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/why-black-game-of-thrones-fans-need-demthrones The American Tolkien https://web.archive.org/web/20081229125934/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1129596%2C00.html Game of Thrones Show-Runners Get Extremely Candid About Their Original “Piece of Sh—t” Pilot https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/game-of-thrones-original-pilot-bad Why That Surprise “Game of Thrones” Twist Was a Huge Betrayal https://mashable.com/article/game-of-thrones-white-walker-night-king-long-night/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1867 yes Episode 209: All We Are Saying Is, Give Impeachment a Chance https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-209-all-we-are-saying-is-give-impeachment-a-chance Episode 209: All We Are Saying Is, Give Impeachment a Chance This week Host Dave Bledsoe and the staff are embroiled in an editorial fracas over what to name the show. (Peaches! COME ON the bands LITERAL name is Presidents of the United States!) Also, we talk about the Mueller Report and what should done about it. (But come on imPEACHment! It makes so much sense!) Along the way we dig into the details provided by the Special Counsel about the crimes, demi-crimes and quasi-crimes committed by President Peach. We dive into the Attorney General’s position that you can’t prosecute obstruction when there was no underlying crime. (Martha Stewart begs to differ!) Then we tackle the legal, political and moral implications of Congress doing their damn jobs only to realize, Congress doesn’t recognize those words. Finally, we make an impassioned argument for justice. (For an atheist, Dave sure does love to preach. Or PrEACH!) Our Sponsor this week is Incompetence, when you want to crime but aren’t smart enough, its Incompetence. We open the show with Don Jr’s Tiny Brain and close with Kuhn Family Singers. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lqsCiki3Q&feature=youtu.be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:41:10 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 209: All We Are Saying Is, Give Impeachme… Episode 209: All We Are Saying Is, Give Impeachment a Chance This week Host Dave Bledsoe and the staff are embroiled in an editorial fracas over what to name the show. (Peaches! COME ON the bands LITERAL name is Presidents of the United States!) Also, we talk about the Mueller Report and what should done about it. (But come on imPEACHment! It makes so much sense!) Along the way we dig into the details provided by the Special Counsel about the crimes, demi-crimes and quasi-crimes committed by President Peach. We dive into the Attorney General’s position that you can’t prosecute obstruction when there was no underlying crime. (Martha Stewart begs to differ!) Then we tackle the legal, political and moral implications of Congress doing their damn jobs only to realize, Congress doesn’t recognize those words. Finally, we make an impassioned argument for justice. (For an atheist, Dave sure does love to preach. Or PrEACH!) Our Sponsor this week is Incompetence, when you want to crime but aren’t smart enough, its Incompetence. We open the show with Don Jr’s Tiny Brain and close with Kuhn Family Singers. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lqsCiki3Q&feature=youtu.be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1628 yes Episode 208: Times We Were Wasted on the Way https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-208-times-we-were-wasted-on-the-way Show Notes Episode 208 “Times We Got Wasted on the Way” (4th Anniversary Show) This week host Dave Bledsoe sobers up briefly and reacts in horror at how he’s spent the last four years of his life. (He had a few drinks to settle his nerves, he’s fine now.) On the show this week we spend our time gazing in our navels about what we’ve learned in four years of doing a low rated podcast. (Very, very, VERY little.) Along the way we learn that Dave is an award winning poet. (If you count Second Grade) a playwright and a part time exotic dancer. We go behind the scenes on what it takes to make a low rated podcast (The cheapest whiskey we can find in a Jameson bottle, he will never know) and what kind of masochism we must possess to keep doing it over and over, year after year. (We are very bad daddy, we deserve the punishment.) (We also should be punished for writing that last parenthetical.) Finally, Dave get’s all drunk and maudlin and thanks everyone who’s helped him out, made him laugh or just annoyed the shit out of him, giving him something to talk about on the podcast. (It goes on for a while.) Finally, we look to the future and frankly we do not like what we see. (More episodes.) Our Sponsor this week is Irish Whiskey, we would tell you the name but we are not allowed. We open with some French Philosophy and close with Gerald Hartley and time management. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHPYklzlujI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:53:03 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 208 “Times We Got Wasted on th… Show Notes Episode 208 “Times We Got Wasted on the Way” (4th Anniversary Show) This week host Dave Bledsoe sobers up briefly and reacts in horror at how he’s spent the last four years of his life. (He had a few drinks to settle his nerves, he’s fine now.) On the show this week we spend our time gazing in our navels about what we’ve learned in four years of doing a low rated podcast. (Very, very, VERY little.) Along the way we learn that Dave is an award winning poet. (If you count Second Grade) a playwright and a part time exotic dancer. We go behind the scenes on what it takes to make a low rated podcast (The cheapest whiskey we can find in a Jameson bottle, he will never know) and what kind of masochism we must possess to keep doing it over and over, year after year. (We are very bad daddy, we deserve the punishment.) (We also should be punished for writing that last parenthetical.) Finally, Dave get’s all drunk and maudlin and thanks everyone who’s helped him out, made him laugh or just annoyed the shit out of him, giving him something to talk about on the podcast. (It goes on for a while.) Finally, we look to the future and frankly we do not like what we see. (More episodes.) Our Sponsor this week is Irish Whiskey, we would tell you the name but we are not allowed. We open with some French Philosophy and close with Gerald Hartley and time management. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHPYklzlujI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1999 yes Episode 207: Teach the World Turtle https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-207-teach-the-world-turtle Show Notes Episode 207: Teach the World Turtle This week Host Dave Bledsoe helps science image a Black Hole MUCH closer to Earth by providing them with ten years of his credit reports. On the show this week, we examine the conspiracy theory that makes QAnon seem quite logical: Flat Earthers. (Though, many of them are the same people people.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s crippling fear of Vampires in his youth and his flirtation with Catholicism. (It didn’t take long to be replaced by a rational fear of Catholics Priests.) Then we dive right in to the history of Religious Cosmology throughout the ages, from the Ur myths of Humanity to YouTube. Then we examine the history of the Flat Earth grift and discover who is profiting from the contemporary Stupidity Industrial Complex. (It is EXACTLY who you think it is.) Finally, we divine the only remotely possible Flat Earth theory, the World Turtle AND the Elephants. (Everyone leaves out the Elephants!) Our Sponsor this week is Humoralism, who remind you to get your Phlegm and Black BIle checked regularly. We open the show by telling you the Moon is not real and close with Will Michael and the Mad Frogger teaching the controversy. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WROuFiAN-M&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: Flat Earther’s FAQ: https://wiki.tfes.org/Flat_Earth_-_Frequently_Asked_Questions Myth of the Flat Earth http://www.veritas-ucsb.org/library/russell/FlatEarth.html The Flat Out Truth https://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/fe-scidi.htm How the Internet Made Us Believe in a Flat Earth https://medium.com/s/world-wide-wtf/how-the-internet-made-us-believe-in-a-flat-earth-2e42c3206223 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 13 Apr 2019 00:19:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 207: Teach the World Turtle … Show Notes Episode 207: Teach the World Turtle This week Host Dave Bledsoe helps science image a Black Hole MUCH closer to Earth by providing them with ten years of his credit reports. On the show this week, we examine the conspiracy theory that makes QAnon seem quite logical: Flat Earthers. (Though, many of them are the same people people.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s crippling fear of Vampires in his youth and his flirtation with Catholicism. (It didn’t take long to be replaced by a rational fear of Catholics Priests.) Then we dive right in to the history of Religious Cosmology throughout the ages, from the Ur myths of Humanity to YouTube. Then we examine the history of the Flat Earth grift and discover who is profiting from the contemporary Stupidity Industrial Complex. (It is EXACTLY who you think it is.) Finally, we divine the only remotely possible Flat Earth theory, the World Turtle AND the Elephants. (Everyone leaves out the Elephants!) Our Sponsor this week is Humoralism, who remind you to get your Phlegm and Black BIle checked regularly. We open the show by telling you the Moon is not real and close with Will Michael and the Mad Frogger teaching the controversy. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WROuFiAN-M&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: Flat Earther’s FAQ: https://wiki.tfes.org/Flat_Earth_-_Frequently_Asked_Questions Myth of the Flat Earth http://www.veritas-ucsb.org/library/russell/FlatEarth.html The Flat Out Truth https://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/fe-scidi.htm How the Internet Made Us Believe in a Flat Earth https://medium.com/s/world-wide-wtf/how-the-internet-made-us-believe-in-a-flat-earth-2e42c3206223 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2171 yes Episode 206: The Guns of Brexit https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-206-the-guns-of-brexit Episode 206: The Guns of Brexit This week Host Dave Bledsoe gives Gavin his birthday present only for Gavin to discover it’s an empty bottle of his favorite Scotch. On the show this week we head across The Pond and talk Brexit. (Whatever the hell THAT is!) Along the way we learn the history of Europe in under two minutes and why even THEY finally decided they didn’t want to do war no more. (And they were SO good at it!) We discover how the European Union grew from few wild nights in Rome into the Tussles In Brussels! (Don’t worry we go quick.) Then we explain what a Brexit IS and what it is going to do the the United Kingdom, who wins and who loses when Brexit finally happens. (Ireland wins, everyone else loses.) Finally, we look at how Brexit ties into our own Little Problem in America. Our Sponsor is Restore From Last Good Copy, because sometimes you can’t fix what you fucked up. We open the show with Dennis’ political viewpoints and close with Justin Armstrong who just wants to know what to do. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeTkZNHIhRU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:23:02 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 206: The Guns of Brexit This week Host D… Episode 206: The Guns of Brexit This week Host Dave Bledsoe gives Gavin his birthday present only for Gavin to discover it’s an empty bottle of his favorite Scotch. On the show this week we head across The Pond and talk Brexit. (Whatever the hell THAT is!) Along the way we learn the history of Europe in under two minutes and why even THEY finally decided they didn’t want to do war no more. (And they were SO good at it!) We discover how the European Union grew from few wild nights in Rome into the Tussles In Brussels! (Don’t worry we go quick.) Then we explain what a Brexit IS and what it is going to do the the United Kingdom, who wins and who loses when Brexit finally happens. (Ireland wins, everyone else loses.) Finally, we look at how Brexit ties into our own Little Problem in America. Our Sponsor is Restore From Last Good Copy, because sometimes you can’t fix what you fucked up. We open the show with Dennis’ political viewpoints and close with Justin Armstrong who just wants to know what to do. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeTkZNHIhRU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1926 yes Episode 205: Who Will Save Our Souls https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-205-who-will-save-our-souls Episode 205: Who Will Save Our Souls This week Host Dave Bledsoe sifts for clues, canvasses the neighborhood and grills the suspects to solve the mystery of what happened to his dignity and self respect. (Turns out, he never had any.) On the show this week we try to solve the mystery of what happened with the Mueller Report. (Turns out, Trump is just a clueless shit for brains!) Along the way we talk 70’s Detectives and why we never got a Gran Torino like Starsky and Hutch. (We were NEVER that cool!) Then we dip our toes into the Barr Memo on the Mueller Report about the Russia Investigation in almost a few words and as quickly as the Attorney General used. (NO COLLUSION! NO COLLUSION!) We look at Mueller as the Magical Unicorn that was gonna save us all. (Turns out he was just a man, a man wearing a single horn on his head, but just a man.) Then we explain where to go from here. (Maybe for ice cream?) Our Sponsor this week is Deal With It, for when things don’t work out the way you wanted. We open with Tony Giardino’s career woes and close with Nathaniel Bacon asking for shoe repair. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMRL6D7hofc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 Mar 2019 23:47:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 205: Who Will Save Our Souls This week … Episode 205: Who Will Save Our Souls This week Host Dave Bledsoe sifts for clues, canvasses the neighborhood and grills the suspects to solve the mystery of what happened to his dignity and self respect. (Turns out, he never had any.) On the show this week we try to solve the mystery of what happened with the Mueller Report. (Turns out, Trump is just a clueless shit for brains!) Along the way we talk 70’s Detectives and why we never got a Gran Torino like Starsky and Hutch. (We were NEVER that cool!) Then we dip our toes into the Barr Memo on the Mueller Report about the Russia Investigation in almost a few words and as quickly as the Attorney General used. (NO COLLUSION! NO COLLUSION!) We look at Mueller as the Magical Unicorn that was gonna save us all. (Turns out he was just a man, a man wearing a single horn on his head, but just a man.) Then we explain where to go from here. (Maybe for ice cream?) Our Sponsor this week is Deal With It, for when things don’t work out the way you wanted. We open with Tony Giardino’s career woes and close with Nathaniel Bacon asking for shoe repair. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMRL6D7hofc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1260 yes Episode 204: Kellyanne, Don't Take Your Love to Trump https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-204-kellyanne-dont-take-your-love-to-trump Show Notes Episode 204: Kellyanne, Don’t Take Your Love to Trump This week Host Dave Bledsoe doles out relationship advice, unfortunately his only lasting one is with a bottle of Jameson. (To be fair, they’ve been together for years!) On the show this week, we talk Conway vs Conway in a steel cage match to keep the love of a good woman from being stolen away by a dinky fingered porn groper. (Surprisingly, this is NOT as shot at Dave!) Along the way we look at the history of Worst Couple as they rose from the children of wealth and privilege to the highest pinnacles of D.C. power. (They took the elevator one floor) From there we look at love and politics in America only to find we might be good for a one night stand with Campus Gun Chick, we are NOT going to take her home to meet Mom! (Who, actually, would LOVE her!) Finally, we ask the hard question: Are George and Kelletor gonna be OK after this week of hell. (Our sources say they are snuggling all the way to the bank.) Our Sponsor this week is Fix-A-Spouse, don’t divorce: deprogram! We open the show with the Woolf’s and a lovely dinner party and close with the Dukes of Maslow asking if Ruby could leave her love at home. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Bxq4PSTaI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:19:20 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 204: Kellyanne, Don’t Take You… Show Notes Episode 204: Kellyanne, Don’t Take Your Love to Trump This week Host Dave Bledsoe doles out relationship advice, unfortunately his only lasting one is with a bottle of Jameson. (To be fair, they’ve been together for years!) On the show this week, we talk Conway vs Conway in a steel cage match to keep the love of a good woman from being stolen away by a dinky fingered porn groper. (Surprisingly, this is NOT as shot at Dave!) Along the way we look at the history of Worst Couple as they rose from the children of wealth and privilege to the highest pinnacles of D.C. power. (They took the elevator one floor) From there we look at love and politics in America only to find we might be good for a one night stand with Campus Gun Chick, we are NOT going to take her home to meet Mom! (Who, actually, would LOVE her!) Finally, we ask the hard question: Are George and Kelletor gonna be OK after this week of hell. (Our sources say they are snuggling all the way to the bank.) Our Sponsor this week is Fix-A-Spouse, don’t divorce: deprogram! We open the show with the Woolf’s and a lovely dinner party and close with the Dukes of Maslow asking if Ruby could leave her love at home. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Bxq4PSTaI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1429 yes Episode 203: Bribing Your Way Into Bartender College https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-203-bribing-your-way-into-bartender-college Show Notes Episode 203: Bribing Your Way Into Bartender College This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s alma mater files a restraining order to prevent him from revealing his matriculation at their institution. On the show this week we talk about parents showing their love for their children by breaking Federal Law. (Our parents don’t love US enough to risk prison, that’s for sure!) Along the way we learn how to ace your SATs without even trying. (Hint: Crime!) We ask some hard questions about college athletics. (WATER POLO? Seriously?) We then discuss more traditional means of college admissions through expenditures of money most people don’t have, from buying buildings to test prep. (Test prep cost about as much as bribing the proctor.) We also point out that what the admissions scandal parents did probably shouldn’t be illegal since the entire system is constructed to encourage doing exactly what they did, and why the colleges like it that way. (Each generations of student loans produces the next! Perfect plan!) Our Sponsor this weeks is Fast Eddie’s Prep Academy, paving the way to trade schools for underachievers, because they need the help! We open the show with Rodney Dangerfield throwing money at a University and the Vitamin String Quartet inquiring on the status of their degree? 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ui3ofz2gw Citations Needed: Inside the Pricey, Totally Legal World of College Consultants https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/admissions-cheating-scandal-consultants.html Here Are All The Incredible Details From The College Admissions Bribery Scandal https://deadspin.com/here-are-all-the-incredible-details-from-the-college-ad-1833236579 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:52:53 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 203: Bribing Your Way Into Bar… Show Notes Episode 203: Bribing Your Way Into Bartender College This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s alma mater files a restraining order to prevent him from revealing his matriculation at their institution. On the show this week we talk about parents showing their love for their children by breaking Federal Law. (Our parents don’t love US enough to risk prison, that’s for sure!) Along the way we learn how to ace your SATs without even trying. (Hint: Crime!) We ask some hard questions about college athletics. (WATER POLO? Seriously?) We then discuss more traditional means of college admissions through expenditures of money most people don’t have, from buying buildings to test prep. (Test prep cost about as much as bribing the proctor.) We also point out that what the admissions scandal parents did probably shouldn’t be illegal since the entire system is constructed to encourage doing exactly what they did, and why the colleges like it that way. (Each generations of student loans produces the next! Perfect plan!) Our Sponsor this weeks is Fast Eddie’s Prep Academy, paving the way to trade schools for underachievers, because they need the help! We open the show with Rodney Dangerfield throwing money at a University and the Vitamin String Quartet inquiring on the status of their degree? 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ui3ofz2gw Citations Needed: Inside the Pricey, Totally Legal World of College Consultants https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/admissions-cheating-scandal-consultants.html Here Are All The Incredible Details From The College Admissions Bribery Scandal https://deadspin.com/here-are-all-the-incredible-details-from-the-college-ad-1833236579 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1904 yes Episode 202: Sometimes, Bad Is Bad https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-202-sometimes-bad-is-bad Show Notes Episode 202: “Sometimes, Bad Is Bad” This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on his parachute pants, digs out his fedora and snaps his glove on to Moonwalk into the 80’s only to discover he is too fat to fit into any of that anymore. (Even the fedora.) On the show this week we take on the documentary EVERYONE is talking about. (No not that one where they manufacture Play Doh, the OTHER one!) Rather than tackle the hard questions of guilt or innocence (And because we feel there really IS no question) we bravely run away from the content of Leaving Neverland and talk about how famous Michael Jackson REALLY was! (He BOUGHT the Beatles, think about that!) and how he was able to to fly around the world with a bevy of ever changing white boys and no one thought it was even a LITTLE strange. We go on a trip to Disney World to see Captain EO. (Seriously, Elvis didn’t get his own Disney attraction!) Then we check in on the rise and fall of America’s Love Affair with the King of Pop. (Yes, we play the Eddie Murphy clip). Finally, we answer the hard questions on what do we do with Michael’s legacy after this and explain why there will NEVER be another Michael Jackson. (At least a new generation of young boys can sleep a little sounder now.) There is also a real chance the studio will be fire bombed by angry Jackson fans when the show goes live. So, a little neighborhood improvement in Howard Beach Queens. Our Sponsor this week is Your Gut, when the situation sounds dubious, like a grown man sleeping with your seven year old boy, Trust Your Gut. We open the show Michael angrily explaining himself and closed with the HardRide Cover Band explaining that sometimes a Bad thing is not necessarily a good thing after all. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ui3ofz2gw Citations Needed: MICHAEL JACKSON AT 25: A MUSICAL PHENOMENON https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/14/arts/michael-jackson-at-25-a-musical-phenomenon.html Michael Jackson’s special friends and their stories (every friend has his own article): https://mjandboys.wordpress.com/michaeljacksonsyoungfriends/ The Neverland Insiders Who Spoke Out Against Michael Jackson https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/michael-jackson-leaving-neverland-allegations-staff-friends-family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:58:27 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 202: “Sometimes, Bad Is Bad” … Show Notes Episode 202: “Sometimes, Bad Is Bad” This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on his parachute pants, digs out his fedora and snaps his glove on to Moonwalk into the 80’s only to discover he is too fat to fit into any of that anymore. (Even the fedora.) On the show this week we take on the documentary EVERYONE is talking about. (No not that one where they manufacture Play Doh, the OTHER one!) Rather than tackle the hard questions of guilt or innocence (And because we feel there really IS no question) we bravely run away from the content of Leaving Neverland and talk about how famous Michael Jackson REALLY was! (He BOUGHT the Beatles, think about that!) and how he was able to to fly around the world with a bevy of ever changing white boys and no one thought it was even a LITTLE strange. We go on a trip to Disney World to see Captain EO. (Seriously, Elvis didn’t get his own Disney attraction!) Then we check in on the rise and fall of America’s Love Affair with the King of Pop. (Yes, we play the Eddie Murphy clip). Finally, we answer the hard questions on what do we do with Michael’s legacy after this and explain why there will NEVER be another Michael Jackson. (At least a new generation of young boys can sleep a little sounder now.) There is also a real chance the studio will be fire bombed by angry Jackson fans when the show goes live. So, a little neighborhood improvement in Howard Beach Queens. Our Sponsor this week is Your Gut, when the situation sounds dubious, like a grown man sleeping with your seven year old boy, Trust Your Gut. We open the show Michael angrily explaining himself and closed with the HardRide Cover Band explaining that sometimes a Bad thing is not necessarily a good thing after all. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ui3ofz2gw Citations Needed: MICHAEL JACKSON AT 25: A MUSICAL PHENOMENON https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/14/arts/michael-jackson-at-25-a-musical-phenomenon.html Michael Jackson’s special friends and their stories (every friend has his own article): https://mjandboys.wordpress.com/michaeljacksonsyoungfriends/ The Neverland Insiders Who Spoke Out Against Michael Jackson https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/michael-jackson-leaving-neverland-allegations-staff-friends-family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1911 yes Episode 201: Horrible Bosses https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-201-horrible-bosses Show Notes Episode 201: Horrible Bosses This week Host Dave Bledsoe completes the staff’s annual performance reviews only to find they all quit some time ago. (Except for you, Gavin.) On the show this week, we talk about Senator Amy Klobuchar candidacy for Worst Boss of the Year and whether or not it impacts her chances on that other thing she’s running for. (Hint: Yes.) Along the way we learn about some of Dave’s worst bosses, his best boss and about his own management style. (Gavin keeps laugh/barking at the term “management”) We learn what it means to be “Minnesota Nice” (turns out, not very nice at all) and about alternative eating utensils. We examine the gender dynamics of working for an asshole boss and solve once and for all which is worse: asshole male boss of asshole female boss. (The answer may shock you!) Finally, we discuss not the BEST way to handle your asshole boss, a definitely A way. Our Sponsor this week is Ebeneezer’s Employment Emporium, the answer to asshole’s staffing needs for 200 years. We open the show with Will Ferrel’s management style and close with Ricky Comb’s resignation. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QG2iq1T6XU Citations Needed: Minnesota Not So Nice http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-nice-it-s-like-ice/266823811/ Keep Cutlery In Your Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-staff.html The Purple Rager https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/myers2.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:59:12 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 201: Horrible Bosses This we… Show Notes Episode 201: Horrible Bosses This week Host Dave Bledsoe completes the staff’s annual performance reviews only to find they all quit some time ago. (Except for you, Gavin.) On the show this week, we talk about Senator Amy Klobuchar candidacy for Worst Boss of the Year and whether or not it impacts her chances on that other thing she’s running for. (Hint: Yes.) Along the way we learn about some of Dave’s worst bosses, his best boss and about his own management style. (Gavin keeps laugh/barking at the term “management”) We learn what it means to be “Minnesota Nice” (turns out, not very nice at all) and about alternative eating utensils. We examine the gender dynamics of working for an asshole boss and solve once and for all which is worse: asshole male boss of asshole female boss. (The answer may shock you!) Finally, we discuss not the BEST way to handle your asshole boss, a definitely A way. Our Sponsor this week is Ebeneezer’s Employment Emporium, the answer to asshole’s staffing needs for 200 years. We open the show with Will Ferrel’s management style and close with Ricky Comb’s resignation. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QG2iq1T6XU Citations Needed: Minnesota Not So Nice http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-nice-it-s-like-ice/266823811/ Keep Cutlery In Your Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-staff.html The Purple Rager https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/myers2.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1456 yes Episode 200: Just A Little Prick https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-200-just-a-little-prick Show Notes Episode 200: “Just A Little Prick” This week Host Dave Bledsoe celebrates two hundred shows by finally getting himself checked out after that long weekend in Juarez. (Diagnosis: he’s still owes 800 Pesos on bar tab) On the show this week we ask the doctors to give it to us straight, only to find we can’t take the news about anti-vaxxers. Along the way we learn the history of vaccines panics (turns out people LIKED dying of Smallpox) and how they crop up in the same places every so often. We learn what Moses, Jesus and Mohammed had to say about getting vaccines. (Nothing. Absolutely nothing.) We run down the Who’s Who of the Anti-Vaxxer movement and find ourselves shocked that the non-Baldwin Brother Baldwin is involved! (Oh, Adam, we loved you as Jayne Cobb!) We also look into the medical “professionals” who support the wildly inaccurate claims of the movement. (For a price.) Finally, we assign blame to the one person who has done more to make the movement flourish than any other. (Rhymes with Zark Muckerberg.) Our Sponsor this week is Smallpox, why NOT give Smallpox another chance? We open the show with Reginald’s diagnosis and close with The Madcap covering an easily curable malady. Finally, from all of us at What the HELL Were You Thinking, we sank thank you for supporting us for TWO HUNDRED of these dumb shows and ask from the bottom of our heart, what the HELL were you thinking? 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffEYlA9MpIc&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/11/9/18068036/measles-new-york-orthodox-jewish-community-vaccines History of Anti-vaccination Movements https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements The Anti-vaccination Movement: A Regression in Modern Medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122668/ Half of new parents shown anti-vaccine misinformation on social media – report https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/24/anti-vaxxers-spread-misinformation-on-social-media-report Medical “Professionals” Speak Out http://theviennareport.us/medical-professionals-speak-out/ Anti-vaccine doctors – naming names and listing lists https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/anti-vaccine-doctors-naming-names/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 23 Feb 2019 01:32:24 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 200: “Just A Little Prick” Th… Show Notes Episode 200: “Just A Little Prick” This week Host Dave Bledsoe celebrates two hundred shows by finally getting himself checked out after that long weekend in Juarez. (Diagnosis: he’s still owes 800 Pesos on bar tab) On the show this week we ask the doctors to give it to us straight, only to find we can’t take the news about anti-vaxxers. Along the way we learn the history of vaccines panics (turns out people LIKED dying of Smallpox) and how they crop up in the same places every so often. We learn what Moses, Jesus and Mohammed had to say about getting vaccines. (Nothing. Absolutely nothing.) We run down the Who’s Who of the Anti-Vaxxer movement and find ourselves shocked that the non-Baldwin Brother Baldwin is involved! (Oh, Adam, we loved you as Jayne Cobb!) We also look into the medical “professionals” who support the wildly inaccurate claims of the movement. (For a price.) Finally, we assign blame to the one person who has done more to make the movement flourish than any other. (Rhymes with Zark Muckerberg.) Our Sponsor this week is Smallpox, why NOT give Smallpox another chance? We open the show with Reginald’s diagnosis and close with The Madcap covering an easily curable malady. Finally, from all of us at What the HELL Were You Thinking, we sank thank you for supporting us for TWO HUNDRED of these dumb shows and ask from the bottom of our heart, what the HELL were you thinking? 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffEYlA9MpIc&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/11/9/18068036/measles-new-york-orthodox-jewish-community-vaccines History of Anti-vaccination Movements https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements The Anti-vaccination Movement: A Regression in Modern Medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122668/ Half of new parents shown anti-vaccine misinformation on social media – report https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/24/anti-vaxxers-spread-misinformation-on-social-media-report Medical “Professionals” Speak Out http://theviennareport.us/medical-professionals-speak-out/ Anti-vaccine doctors – naming names and listing lists https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/anti-vaccine-doctors-naming-names/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2054 yes Episode 199: Howard's End https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-199-howards-end Episode 199: “Howard’s End” This week Host Dave Bledsoe just want a simple cup of damn coffee, is that too much to ask? (Apparently so) On the show this week, we wonder if it is too much to ask if Howard Schultz could take his ass back to ruining Seattle instead of all America. (Turns out, he can’t) Along the way we look into the history of Mr Crappy Coffee Man and why he thinks he should be President. (He’s delusional) We examine America’s reactions to another rich white dude with no business being President running to be President. (Turns out, not enthused.) Then we dive into the psyche of the wealthy that drives them to be such pricks. (Because they can.) Finally, we determine what it will take for Howard to take the hint and finally abandon his nonsense ideas. (We must wait for the Stars to Be Right!) Our Sponsor this week is Regular Ass Coffee, when you just want a cup of DAMN COFFEE. We open the show with the OTHER famous Schultz and close with Rachael Sage assigning blame. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKHKPHWuOY Citations Needed: What Howard Schultz Means When He Says He Grew Up In The Projects https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/howard-schultz-projects-starbucks-presidency_us_5c634babe4b03de94296955b Howard Schultz’s CNN town hall revealed the emptiness of elite centrism https://www.vox.com/2019/2/13/18223183/howard-schultz-cnn-town-hall-centrism-elite Howard Schultz 2020: What If a Moderate Democrat But Vaguer? http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/howard-schultz-2020-cnn-town-hall-what-if-a-moderate-democrat-but-vaguer.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:44:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 199: “Howard’s End” This week Host Dave … Episode 199: “Howard’s End” This week Host Dave Bledsoe just want a simple cup of damn coffee, is that too much to ask? (Apparently so) On the show this week, we wonder if it is too much to ask if Howard Schultz could take his ass back to ruining Seattle instead of all America. (Turns out, he can’t) Along the way we look into the history of Mr Crappy Coffee Man and why he thinks he should be President. (He’s delusional) We examine America’s reactions to another rich white dude with no business being President running to be President. (Turns out, not enthused.) Then we dive into the psyche of the wealthy that drives them to be such pricks. (Because they can.) Finally, we determine what it will take for Howard to take the hint and finally abandon his nonsense ideas. (We must wait for the Stars to Be Right!) Our Sponsor this week is Regular Ass Coffee, when you just want a cup of DAMN COFFEE. We open the show with the OTHER famous Schultz and close with Rachael Sage assigning blame. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKHKPHWuOY Citations Needed: What Howard Schultz Means When He Says He Grew Up In The Projects https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/howard-schultz-projects-starbucks-presidency_us_5c634babe4b03de94296955b Howard Schultz’s CNN town hall revealed the emptiness of elite centrism https://www.vox.com/2019/2/13/18223183/howard-schultz-cnn-town-hall-centrism-elite Howard Schultz 2020: What If a Moderate Democrat But Vaguer? http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/howard-schultz-2020-cnn-town-hall-what-if-a-moderate-democrat-but-vaguer.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1635 yes Episode 198: I Saw A White Face and They're All Painted Black https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-198-i-saw-a-white-face-and-theyre-all-painted-black Show Notes Episode 198: “I Saw A White Face, and They’re All Painted Black” This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs into his own history of cultural appropriation stubbornly continues to do his “Uncle Murray” impression. (Mel Brooks should sue his ass!) On the show this week, we take a look at the long and embarrassing history of White People being just the Whitest of people. (Honestly, White People!) We open with a long talk about what the hell people are thinking in Virginia, and we mean that honestly does anyone know what is going on down there things seem a bit tense? We then dive headlong into the murky waters of why some black people thought it would be a good idea to paint their face black for their “art”. (Because they are White.) Then we take a fast tour through ALL the things stolen from Black folks by White folks and why they stole them. (Because, again, White People.) We ask some tough questions about WHY White people have such a blind spot to their ongoing cultural looting and why they get so upset about being called out over it. (You guessed it: because they are White people.) Finally, we look at how we can we can shake white people from their privilege and complacency so this sad tradition dies with this generation. (Pinkface at White People Parties, the parties where fun isn’t allowed.) Our Sponsor this week is Flightless Bird Shoe Polish who want to remind you their product is MEANT TO BE USED ON SHOES NOT YOUR FACE! We open the show with hands down the most offensive movie we’ve seen since Birth of a Nation and we close with Spinning Jenny explaining their portal color pallette. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybWsRn60fSk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:31:52 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 198: “I Saw A White Face, and … Show Notes Episode 198: “I Saw A White Face, and They’re All Painted Black” This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs into his own history of cultural appropriation stubbornly continues to do his “Uncle Murray” impression. (Mel Brooks should sue his ass!) On the show this week, we take a look at the long and embarrassing history of White People being just the Whitest of people. (Honestly, White People!) We open with a long talk about what the hell people are thinking in Virginia, and we mean that honestly does anyone know what is going on down there things seem a bit tense? We then dive headlong into the murky waters of why some black people thought it would be a good idea to paint their face black for their “art”. (Because they are White.) Then we take a fast tour through ALL the things stolen from Black folks by White folks and why they stole them. (Because, again, White People.) We ask some tough questions about WHY White people have such a blind spot to their ongoing cultural looting and why they get so upset about being called out over it. (You guessed it: because they are White people.) Finally, we look at how we can we can shake white people from their privilege and complacency so this sad tradition dies with this generation. (Pinkface at White People Parties, the parties where fun isn’t allowed.) Our Sponsor this week is Flightless Bird Shoe Polish who want to remind you their product is MEANT TO BE USED ON SHOES NOT YOUR FACE! We open the show with hands down the most offensive movie we’ve seen since Birth of a Nation and we close with Spinning Jenny explaining their portal color pallette. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybWsRn60fSk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1593 yes Episode 197: Will the Real Roger Stone Please Stand Up? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-197-will-the-real-roger-stone-please-stand-up Show Notes Episode 197: “Will the Real Roger Stone Please Stand Up?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals what his friends in high school REALLY thought about him. (The ones that really existed anyway.) On the show this week we FINALLY get to talk about Roger Stone, who this week FINALLY got his turn in the barrel. Along the way we discover the dark underworld of GOP politics and how their nefarious tactics got so many criminal incompetents elected! (It’s not big secret, they just threw a lot of money around.) We devote the bulk of the show to the life and times of Nixon loving swinger Roger Stone, who would like you to believe he’s been at the center of every political scandal, dirty trick and nefarious double since Julius Caesar got shivved on the Senate floor! (Or WAS he? Roger, Jules was DEFINITELY shanked!) We go on to chart Roger’s stunning rise and amusing fall from grace and his long relationship with the Orange Hate. We learn how more than anyone else, Roger Stone is why Individual-1’s fat ass squats behind the Resolute Desk. (This alone should land Roger in jail!) Finally, we examine Roger’s legal trouble and wonder how such a two bit huckster fits into le’Affair Rus. (The word “patsy” springs to mind.) Our Sponsor this week is Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, who want you to know there is no deed so dark they won’t represent you. If the check clears. We open with Roger in his own words and close with Laurier LaChance asking if we’ve seen white people before. (We have) 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T7nHm82ldo Citations Needed: Birds of a Feather https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/18/nyregion/public-lives-the-ego-behind-the-ego-in-a-trump-gamble.html New Nixon, Who Dis? https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/nixon-foundation-distances-stone/index.html Scumbags R Us https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/31/us/washington-work-new-spokesman-for-republicans-tough-player-rough-arena.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:50:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 197: “Will the Real Roger Ston… Show Notes Episode 197: “Will the Real Roger Stone Please Stand Up?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals what his friends in high school REALLY thought about him. (The ones that really existed anyway.) On the show this week we FINALLY get to talk about Roger Stone, who this week FINALLY got his turn in the barrel. Along the way we discover the dark underworld of GOP politics and how their nefarious tactics got so many criminal incompetents elected! (It’s not big secret, they just threw a lot of money around.) We devote the bulk of the show to the life and times of Nixon loving swinger Roger Stone, who would like you to believe he’s been at the center of every political scandal, dirty trick and nefarious double since Julius Caesar got shivved on the Senate floor! (Or WAS he? Roger, Jules was DEFINITELY shanked!) We go on to chart Roger’s stunning rise and amusing fall from grace and his long relationship with the Orange Hate. We learn how more than anyone else, Roger Stone is why Individual-1’s fat ass squats behind the Resolute Desk. (This alone should land Roger in jail!) Finally, we examine Roger’s legal trouble and wonder how such a two bit huckster fits into le’Affair Rus. (The word “patsy” springs to mind.) Our Sponsor this week is Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, who want you to know there is no deed so dark they won’t represent you. If the check clears. We open with Roger in his own words and close with Laurier LaChance asking if we’ve seen white people before. (We have) 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T7nHm82ldo Citations Needed: Birds of a Feather https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/18/nyregion/public-lives-the-ego-behind-the-ego-in-a-trump-gamble.html New Nixon, Who Dis? https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/nixon-foundation-distances-stone/index.html Scumbags R Us https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/31/us/washington-work-new-spokesman-for-republicans-tough-player-rough-arena.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1634 yes Episode 196: The Announcement https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-196-the-announcement Recorded today from Fast Eddie's Fined Used Cars, Howard Beach Queens, Host Dave Bledsoe makes a major announcement for America. #Dave2020 "Fuck It, Let's Give THIS Guy A Chance" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:54:58 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Recorded today from Fast Eddie's Fined Used Cars,… Recorded today from Fast Eddie's Fined Used Cars, Howard Beach Queens, Host Dave Bledsoe makes a major announcement for America. #Dave2020 "Fuck It, Let's Give THIS Guy A Chance" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 966 yes Episode 195: Pardon This Trash Heap https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-195-pardon-this-trash-heap Show Notes Episode 195: “Pardon This Trash Heap” This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides to tidy up and organize the studio by finally collecting all the empty Jameson bottles and use the recycling cash for more Jameson. (Seriously, this is a HUGE amount of recycling cash!) On the show this week we examine the latest craze sweeping the nation: throwing out all of your useless crap so you can buy MORE useless crap! (God Bless America!) Along the way we meet Marie Kondo, whose philosophy of organizing has inspired America to flood Goodwill with old tshirts and skid marked underwear. We learn the secrets Marie uses to track down and destroy the dark spirits which lurk in our closets. (Look out Chuck Norris!) We learn that Dave’s Mom was practicing KondoMari long before Marie was born because there was NO WAY they were taking ALL of these Star Wars figures to GUAM! Half of them don’t even have heads! (Don’t ask what happened to the heads, you will be happier not knowing!) Then we take a surprising detour into Eastern religion philosophy and how they shape not only aesthetics but history AND why Western Religions makes us all such greedy assholes! (Turns out God DOES want you to have all those pairs of shoes!) Finally we close with a piece of poetry by Dave favorite poet. (Surprisingly, it was NOT written on a bathroom stall in the Port Authority. Though, we guess, it COULD be?) Our Sponsor this week is Your High School Yearbooks, who want you to know despite not being touched or even seen for at least twenty years, they can STILL spark joy, so please don’t thrown them out! We open the show with how to KonMari your family and close with Superchuck who ask your forgiveness for the mess. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzzd7it_5os Citations Needed: Can’t touch this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/keep-your-tidy-spark-joy-hands-off-my-book-piles-marie-kondo/2019/01/10/28dd7a8c-14ee-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html Additional Reading not cited directly: https://www.gq.com/story/marie-kondo-purge-diary https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/1/11/18175683/marie-kondo-tidying-up-netflix-life-changing-magic-konmari-explained https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/magazine/marie-kondo-and-the-ruthless-war-on-stuff.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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We learn that Dave’s Mom was practicing KondoMari long before Marie was born because there was NO WAY they were taking ALL of these Star Wars figures to GUAM! Half of them don’t even have heads! (Don’t ask what happened to the heads, you will be happier not knowing!) Then we take a surprising detour into Eastern religion philosophy and how they shape not only aesthetics but history AND why Western Religions makes us all such greedy assholes! (Turns out God DOES want you to have all those pairs of shoes!) Finally we close with a piece of poetry by Dave favorite poet. (Surprisingly, it was NOT written on a bathroom stall in the Port Authority. Though, we guess, it COULD be?) Our Sponsor this week is Your High School Yearbooks, who want you to know despite not being touched or even seen for at least twenty years, they can STILL spark joy, so please don’t thrown them out! We open the show with how to KonMari your family and close with Superchuck who ask your forgiveness for the mess. 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]]> 1680 yes Episode 194: When the Walls Come Tumblin' Down https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-194-when-the-walls-come-tumblin-down Show Notes Episode 194: “When the Walls Coming Tumblin’ Down” This week Host Dave Bledsoe learns there IS a lot of difference between a bridge and a wall, when John Cameron Mitchell threatens to sue him for performing Hedwig songs at karaoke. (Talk about Hedwig’s lament!) On the show this week, we talk how every government shutdown is stupid, but a Trump shutdown is stupid in it’s own way. Along the way we learn about the history of shutting down the government and who is always responsibly. (Hint: They contain the letter G,O, &P). We detail exactly HOW we got to where we are right now in this shut down. (A few thousand very dumb people in just the right states voted for a moron.) We get to go inside the mind of the President (it’s smaller than even we thought) and understand WHY he is so adamant he gets his little wall. (Turns out, he is a racist old gasbag! Who knew?!) Finally, if all else fails, Dave has a solution not just for the shutdown but a win/win for both Trump supporters and Rational Thinking Americans! (It involves a Wall!) Our Sponsor this week is Wally the Wall Guy, from East Berlin to Johnson City, Wally the Wall Guy! We open the show Individual-1 claiming credit where it is due, and close with Comfort Zone’s gut renovation project. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LAogxgi_4&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: When you keep on keeping on. https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/12/what-is-a-continuing-resolution Putting people behind walls...start with them https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/22/this-is-tyranny-talk-radio-hosts-right-limbaugh-coulter-blamed-trumps-shutdown/?utm_term=.4906546c0b12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 12 Jan 2019 01:06:23 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 194: “When the Walls Coming Tu… Show Notes Episode 194: “When the Walls Coming Tumblin’ Down” This week Host Dave Bledsoe learns there IS a lot of difference between a bridge and a wall, when John Cameron Mitchell threatens to sue him for performing Hedwig songs at karaoke. (Talk about Hedwig’s lament!) On the show this week, we talk how every government shutdown is stupid, but a Trump shutdown is stupid in it’s own way. Along the way we learn about the history of shutting down the government and who is always responsibly. (Hint: They contain the letter G,O, &P). We detail exactly HOW we got to where we are right now in this shut down. (A few thousand very dumb people in just the right states voted for a moron.) We get to go inside the mind of the President (it’s smaller than even we thought) and understand WHY he is so adamant he gets his little wall. (Turns out, he is a racist old gasbag! Who knew?!) Finally, if all else fails, Dave has a solution not just for the shutdown but a win/win for both Trump supporters and Rational Thinking Americans! (It involves a Wall!) Our Sponsor this week is Wally the Wall Guy, from East Berlin to Johnson City, Wally the Wall Guy! We open the show Individual-1 claiming credit where it is due, and close with Comfort Zone’s gut renovation project. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LAogxgi_4&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: When you keep on keeping on. https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/12/what-is-a-continuing-resolution Putting people behind walls...start with them https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/22/this-is-tyranny-talk-radio-hosts-right-limbaugh-coulter-blamed-trumps-shutdown/?utm_term=.4906546c0b12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1880 yes Episode 193: And the Race Is On https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-193-and-the-race-is-on Show Notes Episode 193: And the Race Is On This week Host Dave Bledsoe feels tears welling up cold and deep on the inside when he discovers he’s caught his testicles in his zipper. Again. On the show this week we examine the early contenders for the Democratic nomination in 2020. (We know, too soon.) Along the way, we break down the pros and cons of the top seven polling potentials and award each a highly scientific rating on their chances based on Dave’s Maternal Grandmother’s sophisticated Granny Contingent Possibility Scale. (Suck it Nate Silver and Nate Cohen!) We look into their qualifications and their drawbacks in a purely objective and not at all fanboy fashion. (Although, if Beto would LIKE us to join his campaign in a media role, we would not turn it down.) Finally, we address the implausibility and impossibility of making ANY predictions about 2020 this far out, with the looming specter of Nancy Pelosi being President by the time we get to that election. (There is a non-zero chance!) Our Sponsor this week is Predicto-O-Polls, polling the future with as much accuracy and reliability as polls today. We open the show with Skroob Administration and close with JB 5nDime singing about the state of the race. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxL8bz-Q4Z8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 05 Jan 2019 01:06:45 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 193: And the Race Is On This … Show Notes Episode 193: And the Race Is On This week Host Dave Bledsoe feels tears welling up cold and deep on the inside when he discovers he’s caught his testicles in his zipper. Again. On the show this week we examine the early contenders for the Democratic nomination in 2020. (We know, too soon.) Along the way, we break down the pros and cons of the top seven polling potentials and award each a highly scientific rating on their chances based on Dave’s Maternal Grandmother’s sophisticated Granny Contingent Possibility Scale. (Suck it Nate Silver and Nate Cohen!) We look into their qualifications and their drawbacks in a purely objective and not at all fanboy fashion. (Although, if Beto would LIKE us to join his campaign in a media role, we would not turn it down.) Finally, we address the implausibility and impossibility of making ANY predictions about 2020 this far out, with the looming specter of Nancy Pelosi being President by the time we get to that election. (There is a non-zero chance!) Our Sponsor this week is Predicto-O-Polls, polling the future with as much accuracy and reliability as polls today. We open the show with Skroob Administration and close with JB 5nDime singing about the state of the race. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxL8bz-Q4Z8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1984 yes Episode 192: Reeling In the Year (2018 Recapped) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-192-reeling-in-the-year-2018-recapped Show Notes Episode 192: Reeling In the Year (2018 Recapped) This week Host Dave Bledsoe just phones it in really. (He is barely even trying.) Which is why you are getting a stupid clip show. It shows you, our valued listener that we we care just enough to do the very least. So, enjoy this year in review as we look back in loathing, disgust and horror on the year that was 2018 in one low rated podcast. Happy New Year. We guess. Our Sponsor this week is 1974, you may think 2018 was BAD, but it’s got nothing on 1974, We open with some computer generated voice, which is more pathetic that someone made a video like this or that we used it as a show intro. (Smart money is on us) and we close with the Backroom Band Reeling in the Year. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8AbCuCaxjQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:56:36 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 192: Reeling In the Year (2018… Show Notes Episode 192: Reeling In the Year (2018 Recapped) This week Host Dave Bledsoe just phones it in really. (He is barely even trying.) Which is why you are getting a stupid clip show. It shows you, our valued listener that we we care just enough to do the very least. So, enjoy this year in review as we look back in loathing, disgust and horror on the year that was 2018 in one low rated podcast. Happy New Year. We guess. Our Sponsor this week is 1974, you may think 2018 was BAD, but it’s got nothing on 1974, We open with some computer generated voice, which is more pathetic that someone made a video like this or that we used it as a show intro. (Smart money is on us) and we close with the Backroom Band Reeling in the Year. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8AbCuCaxjQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 3255 yes Episode 191: Christmas Eve In The Drunk Tank https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-191-christmas-eve-in-the-drunk-tank This week Host Dave Bledsoe lays out his holiday plans, he hears the Tombs has some killer eggnog made with lighter fluid. On the Show this week, we are talking Christmas Songs, the bad, the awful and the excruciatingly terrible! (This should be fun!) Along the way we learn some dubious information about the origins of music, or least the origins of the earworm. Then we remind you that Dave is a terrible human being and you shouldn’t take ANYTHING he says all that seriously. (Except when he says he is a terrible person, believe THAT!) Pushing forward we examine the three kinds of Christmas Songs based on the purely subjective standard of hearing them eight millions times in four months while working at a Walmart during the Christmas Season. (Now starting in June!) Finally, we wrap up with the Worst. Christmas. Song. Ever. (And the competition is stiff for the title!) Our Sponsor this week is our season favorite Karl Kringles Discount Elf Hut! We open with the Church of Satan and close with the Chewing on Tinfoil cover of the only GOOD Christmas song! (Also, sorry about the thing that you will soon find out about!) 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CJScsrehmI&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: And you thought I made shit up! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-musical-self/201209/which-came-first-music-or-language Clearly a man of taste and wisdom https://www.houstonpress.com/music/ma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:17:43 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe lays out his holiday … This week Host Dave Bledsoe lays out his holiday plans, he hears the Tombs has some killer eggnog made with lighter fluid. On the Show this week, we are talking Christmas Songs, the bad, the awful and the excruciatingly terrible! (This should be fun!) Along the way we learn some dubious information about the origins of music, or least the origins of the earworm. Then we remind you that Dave is a terrible human being and you shouldn’t take ANYTHING he says all that seriously. (Except when he says he is a terrible person, believe THAT!) Pushing forward we examine the three kinds of Christmas Songs based on the purely subjective standard of hearing them eight millions times in four months while working at a Walmart during the Christmas Season. (Now starting in June!) Finally, we wrap up with the Worst. Christmas. Song. Ever. (And the competition is stiff for the title!) Our Sponsor this week is our season favorite Karl Kringles Discount Elf Hut! We open with the Church of Satan and close with the Chewing on Tinfoil cover of the only GOOD Christmas song! (Also, sorry about the thing that you will soon find out about!) 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CJScsrehmI&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: And you thought I made shit up! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-musical-self/201209/which-came-first-music-or-language Clearly a man of taste and wisdom https://www.houstonpress.com/music/ma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1809 yes Episode 190: Every Step You Take Every Move You Make https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-190-every-ste-you-take-every-move-you-make Show Notes Episode 190: “Every Step You Take, Every Move You Make” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes control of his personal data only to find he is so boring no one is even interested in buying it. On the show this week, we dig in to how your life is up for sale and what you can do about it! (Turns out, not one damn thing. Spoiler Alert.) Along the way we learn how once upon a time, everyone was pretending to be someone else on the Internet, (Cybersex was the dirty new frontier!) and when we all decided to get REAL about privacy online. (Right about the time the RIAA started suing people for using Napster.) We learn how Google and Facebook are tracking your every move, even when you are on the toilet. (They are also tracking your colon health via your bathroom fart sounds!) From there we learn about the illusion of privacy and how the Global Organization of Source Shared Information Pool was collecting it all along! Finally, we tell you how to truly tune out, turn off and poop in a bucket! Our Sponsor this week is The One Ring, the Facebook app to rule them all. We open the show with Congress embarrassing themselves as usual and close with Hose Grass explaining how online data collection really works! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpM7dxaK-WY Citations Needed: I Swear I Own the CD's! https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8226751&page=1 This Seems...Excessive http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40030700/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/single-mom-cant-pay-m-song-sharing-fine/#.XBQq99tKjct I Am The Eye, Looking At You I Can Read Your Mind https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 15 Dec 2018 01:39:20 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 190: “Every Step You Take, Eve… Show Notes Episode 190: “Every Step You Take, Every Move You Make” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes control of his personal data only to find he is so boring no one is even interested in buying it. On the show this week, we dig in to how your life is up for sale and what you can do about it! (Turns out, not one damn thing. Spoiler Alert.) Along the way we learn how once upon a time, everyone was pretending to be someone else on the Internet, (Cybersex was the dirty new frontier!) and when we all decided to get REAL about privacy online. (Right about the time the RIAA started suing people for using Napster.) We learn how Google and Facebook are tracking your every move, even when you are on the toilet. (They are also tracking your colon health via your bathroom fart sounds!) From there we learn about the illusion of privacy and how the Global Organization of Source Shared Information Pool was collecting it all along! Finally, we tell you how to truly tune out, turn off and poop in a bucket! Our Sponsor this week is The One Ring, the Facebook app to rule them all. We open the show with Congress embarrassing themselves as usual and close with Hose Grass explaining how online data collection really works! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpM7dxaK-WY Citations Needed: I Swear I Own the CD's! https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8226751&page=1 This Seems...Excessive http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40030700/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/single-mom-cant-pay-m-song-sharing-fine/#.XBQq99tKjct I Am The Eye, Looking At You I Can Read Your Mind https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1840 yes Episode 189: Now You're Messing With A Son of a Bitch https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-189-now-youre-messing-with-a-son-of-a-bitch Show Notes Episode 189: “Now You’re Messing With A Son of a Bitch” This week Host Dave Bledsoe exploits his grief to elicit compassion and understanding, also to cadge as many free drinks as a possible. On the show this week we find a way to make George HW Bush’s death even MORE polarizing and controversial. (It’s a gift we possess.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s childhood pets, some of whom were actually real and NOT imaginary Klingon Targs. Then we jump to the Twitter outrage over the Slatest Slate Article Slated in the history of Slate. From there we proceed to insult almost everyone we can imagine by disassembling the entire Cult of Dog in contemporary society. (Step 1: Your dog does not NEED an Instagram, assholes!) We look at Comparative Thanatology (Yes, this is a REAL thing!) and how death impacts everything from humans to Whelks. (Invertebrates, not 60’s Polka King) Finally, we just flat out attack people for loving their animals, because we are terrible human beings. Our Sponsor this week is Dog, who want to know: “Are you going to eat that?” We open the show with Carlin’s secret of life and close with 16 Tonn explaining why we don’t care if you ratio our asses. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xxYCREFbA Citations Needed: This is the Uber Slate Article https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/sully-hw-bush-service-dog-george-hw-bush-funeral.html I Don’t Feel So Good Mister Stark https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(15)01371-8.pdf Get OVER Yourself Fox https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/george-h-w-bushs-service-dog-sully-isnt-a-democrat-or-republican-its-doggone-crazy-to-attack-him Until My Watch Is Done https://taskandpurpose.com/military-dog-maiko-ranger-firefight-afghanistan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 08 Dec 2018 01:12:15 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 189: “Now You’re Messing With … Show Notes Episode 189: “Now You’re Messing With A Son of a Bitch” This week Host Dave Bledsoe exploits his grief to elicit compassion and understanding, also to cadge as many free drinks as a possible. On the show this week we find a way to make George HW Bush’s death even MORE polarizing and controversial. (It’s a gift we possess.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s childhood pets, some of whom were actually real and NOT imaginary Klingon Targs. Then we jump to the Twitter outrage over the Slatest Slate Article Slated in the history of Slate. From there we proceed to insult almost everyone we can imagine by disassembling the entire Cult of Dog in contemporary society. (Step 1: Your dog does not NEED an Instagram, assholes!) We look at Comparative Thanatology (Yes, this is a REAL thing!) and how death impacts everything from humans to Whelks. (Invertebrates, not 60’s Polka King) Finally, we just flat out attack people for loving their animals, because we are terrible human beings. Our Sponsor this week is Dog, who want to know: “Are you going to eat that?” We open the show with Carlin’s secret of life and close with 16 Tonn explaining why we don’t care if you ratio our asses. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xxYCREFbA Citations Needed: This is the Uber Slate Article https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/sully-hw-bush-service-dog-george-hw-bush-funeral.html I Don’t Feel So Good Mister Stark https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(15)01371-8.pdf Get OVER Yourself Fox https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/george-h-w-bushs-service-dog-sully-isnt-a-democrat-or-republican-its-doggone-crazy-to-attack-him Until My Watch Is Done https://taskandpurpose.com/military-dog-maiko-ranger-firefight-afghanistan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1804 yes Episode 188: You Give Love A Bad Name https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-188-you-give-love-a-bad-name Show Notes Episode 188: “You Give Love A Bad Name” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals he too was once called to mission, but missed the call because who the fuck answers an unknown number these days? On the show this week look at the strange tale of the American missionary who got his dumb ass killed trying to prosthelytize a tribe had no wish to hear the Good Word. (We guess they don’t answer unknown callers either!) Along the way we discuss the wherefores of why some people are called to witness and how to spot them before they speak to you. (Hint: White shirts and name tags!) We debate the good and bad of missionaries. (Good: medical care, Bad: diseases requiring medical care.) We examine the phenomena of the subway preacher and their peculiar beliefs. There is also a new, more accurate version of the Last Supper that explains missionaries completely! (The A-B-C’s of the faith if you will.) Our sponsor this week is Missionary Positions, testing your faith by putting you in harms way. We open with old friend George Carlin and close with Atreyu who have some names arrows of their own. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szjv8DjD1rE Citations Needed: Putting Out the Unwelcome Mat https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/sentinelese He Sound Rational https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/11/23/john-allen-chau-christian-killed-tribe-sentinel-island/2091142002/ We Read It For the Articles https://www.playboy.com/read/on-the-death-of-john-chau-and-the-madness-of-missionaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:55:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 188: “You Give Love A Bad Nam… Show Notes Episode 188: “You Give Love A Bad Name” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals he too was once called to mission, but missed the call because who the fuck answers an unknown number these days? On the show this week look at the strange tale of the American missionary who got his dumb ass killed trying to prosthelytize a tribe had no wish to hear the Good Word. (We guess they don’t answer unknown callers either!) Along the way we discuss the wherefores of why some people are called to witness and how to spot them before they speak to you. (Hint: White shirts and name tags!) We debate the good and bad of missionaries. (Good: medical care, Bad: diseases requiring medical care.) We examine the phenomena of the subway preacher and their peculiar beliefs. There is also a new, more accurate version of the Last Supper that explains missionaries completely! (The A-B-C’s of the faith if you will.) Our sponsor this week is Missionary Positions, testing your faith by putting you in harms way. We open with old friend George Carlin and close with Atreyu who have some names arrows of their own. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szjv8DjD1rE Citations Needed: Putting Out the Unwelcome Mat https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/sentinelese He Sound Rational https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/11/23/john-allen-chau-christian-killed-tribe-sentinel-island/2091142002/ We Read It For the Articles https://www.playboy.com/read/on-the-death-of-john-chau-and-the-madness-of-missionaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1567 yes Episode 187: A Yam for Katta (Thanksgiving Special) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-187-a-yam-for-katta-thanksgiving-special Show Notes Episode 187: “A Yam for Katta” This week Host Dave Bledsoe eschews his usual anger and bitterness and tells a heartwarming tale of true togetherness and gratitude on Thanksgiving. There is also talk of copious amounts of alcohol because he is broken and desperate person. (Get HELP!) Along the way we learn of a few of Dave’s Thanksgiving disasters, such as the seafood feast and the time he ate Gaejang-guk. (The less you know about either of these the better.) We learn why Southerners make so much damn food every time they cook. (Turns out they are very GOOD at math!) and finally we meet Katta and man who may not be aware of too many things, but he knows he likes yams. (If you know what we mean.) Our Sponsor this week is Box-O-Bird, convenient square shaped turkey like product. We open the show with a dysfunctional family doing the best they can and close with Youtuber Louise D’Arcy singing something that sounds close to yams. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubyufRLoxyg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:22:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 187: “A Yam for Katta” This … Show Notes Episode 187: “A Yam for Katta” This week Host Dave Bledsoe eschews his usual anger and bitterness and tells a heartwarming tale of true togetherness and gratitude on Thanksgiving. There is also talk of copious amounts of alcohol because he is broken and desperate person. (Get HELP!) Along the way we learn of a few of Dave’s Thanksgiving disasters, such as the seafood feast and the time he ate Gaejang-guk. (The less you know about either of these the better.) We learn why Southerners make so much damn food every time they cook. (Turns out they are very GOOD at math!) and finally we meet Katta and man who may not be aware of too many things, but he knows he likes yams. (If you know what we mean.) Our Sponsor this week is Box-O-Bird, convenient square shaped turkey like product. We open the show with a dysfunctional family doing the best they can and close with Youtuber Louise D’Arcy singing something that sounds close to yams. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubyufRLoxyg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1220 yes Episode 186: Operation Circle Jerk https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-186-operation-circle-jerk-1 Show Notes Episode 186: “Operation Circle Jerk” This week Host Dave Bledsoe recalls exactly where he went wrong in life, and it begins where you might expect, on a shitter truck. On the show this week we examine another kind of waste with the troops on the US-Mexico border. (We are going to need a bigger truck) Along the way we look at some other times Presidents have used the military to score cheap political points. (Operation Obfuscate Lewinsky was a travesty!) Then we learn to speak Military as Dave translates the complex jargon of service members into civilian. (You start by straining out the curse words.) We also learn that once upon a time, someone was willing to introduce Dave to her family. (Consider it a dodged bullet mystery woman!) Finally, we dig in to the moment of clarity that comes to all who bravely served in the Armed Forces and the finally Embrace the Suck. Our Sponsor this week is Carl’s Concertina Emporium, if fencin’ is your mission, call Carl’s. We open the show with Operation Market Garden and close with George Possley trying to find his jewelry. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music:https://youtu.be/FcMiVK4m3_U Citations Needed: Embracing the Suck in Texas https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/us/deployed-inside-the-united-states-the-military-waits-for-the-migrant-caravan.html It’s Shitty Job But Someone’s Gotta Do It Jeff https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2018-11-13/general-military-deployment-to-border-serves-as-deterrent-to-caravan It Really IS a Stunt, General Mattis https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/mattis-heads-to-us- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 17 Nov 2018 01:00:27 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 186: “Operation Circle Jerk” … Show Notes Episode 186: “Operation Circle Jerk” This week Host Dave Bledsoe recalls exactly where he went wrong in life, and it begins where you might expect, on a shitter truck. On the show this week we examine another kind of waste with the troops on the US-Mexico border. (We are going to need a bigger truck) Along the way we look at some other times Presidents have used the military to score cheap political points. (Operation Obfuscate Lewinsky was a travesty!) Then we learn to speak Military as Dave translates the complex jargon of service members into civilian. (You start by straining out the curse words.) We also learn that once upon a time, someone was willing to introduce Dave to her family. (Consider it a dodged bullet mystery woman!) Finally, we dig in to the moment of clarity that comes to all who bravely served in the Armed Forces and the finally Embrace the Suck. Our Sponsor this week is Carl’s Concertina Emporium, if fencin’ is your mission, call Carl’s. We open the show with Operation Market Garden and close with George Possley trying to find his jewelry. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music:https://youtu.be/FcMiVK4m3_U Citations Needed: Embracing the Suck in Texas https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/us/deployed-inside-the-united-states-the-military-waits-for-the-migrant-caravan.html It’s Shitty Job But Someone’s Gotta Do It Jeff https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2018-11-13/general-military-deployment-to-border-serves-as-deterrent-to-caravan It Really IS a Stunt, General Mattis https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/mattis-heads-to-us- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1493 yes Episode 185: If You Try Sometimes, You Get What You Need https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-185-if-you-try-sometimes-you-get-what-you-need Show Notes Episode 185: “If You Try Sometimes, You Get What You Need” This week Host Dave Bledsoe mixes up a Blue Wave at the bar, which is a drink containing some kind of blue mouthwash and vodka from a plastic jug. (It taste worse than it sounds) On the show this week, we analyze last week’s election only to discover things are better than you think they are. (Unlike Dave’s Blue Wave) Along the way we talk briefly about Jeff Sessions being fired. (YAY!) and what happens to the Mueller investigation. (Boo!) and what we can do about it now that we won the House. (Yay!) Then we talk about Liberal disappointment and why Liberal can never be happy with the things they have. (They are a lot like Billy Idol, the more, more more!) We check out the big wins we did win and the big wins we didn’t win but were still a victory. (Our logic is solid, we promise.) Finally, we talk about what comes next. (We enjoy a nice glass of eggnog!) Our Sponsor this week is Uri’s Unicorns, delivering the fantasy when reality just won’t. We open the show with some Brony Porn and close with Lone Bellow in an entirely predictable but apropos closing song. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ2BJVpKXAY&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: Buck Up, Little Campers https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/why-democrats-lost-key-2018-midterm-races.html This Can’t Be Good https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/bob-mueller-jeff-sessions-firing-matthew-whitaker/575248/ Taking It to the Streets https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/09/no-one-is-above-law-protesters-across-us-say-trump-threatens-muellers-investigation-by-replacing-sessions/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.82d0fe7b1057 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:52:38 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 185: “If You Try Sometimes, Yo… Show Notes Episode 185: “If You Try Sometimes, You Get What You Need” This week Host Dave Bledsoe mixes up a Blue Wave at the bar, which is a drink containing some kind of blue mouthwash and vodka from a plastic jug. (It taste worse than it sounds) On the show this week, we analyze last week’s election only to discover things are better than you think they are. (Unlike Dave’s Blue Wave) Along the way we talk briefly about Jeff Sessions being fired. (YAY!) and what happens to the Mueller investigation. (Boo!) and what we can do about it now that we won the House. (Yay!) Then we talk about Liberal disappointment and why Liberal can never be happy with the things they have. (They are a lot like Billy Idol, the more, more more!) We check out the big wins we did win and the big wins we didn’t win but were still a victory. (Our logic is solid, we promise.) Finally, we talk about what comes next. (We enjoy a nice glass of eggnog!) Our Sponsor this week is Uri’s Unicorns, delivering the fantasy when reality just won’t. We open the show with some Brony Porn and close with Lone Bellow in an entirely predictable but apropos closing song. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ2BJVpKXAY&feature=youtu.be Citations Needed: Buck Up, Little Campers https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/why-democrats-lost-key-2018-midterm-races.html This Can’t Be Good https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/bob-mueller-jeff-sessions-firing-matthew-whitaker/575248/ Taking It to the Streets https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/09/no-one-is-above-law-protesters-across-us-say-trump-threatens-muellers-investigation-by-replacing-sessions/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.82d0fe7b1057 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1387 yes Episode 184: One More Last Chance (To Vote to Save the Country!) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-184-one-more-last-chance-to-vote-to-save-the-country Show Notes Episode 184: “One More Last Chance” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has one simple message: VOTE Unless you are a Republican, in which case kindly disregard this message. Come back next week for analysis, insight and poop references. BUT ONLY IF YOU VOTED. If you didn’t, please, go fuck yourself! Our Sponsor this week is Beto. Beto is beautiful, Beto is Kind, Beto healed my bones spurs. We open the show with an inspiring movie monologue and close with Lyal Strickland explaining how many chances we have left to change the country. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 02 Nov 2018 23:09:16 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 184: “One More Last Chance” … Show Notes Episode 184: “One More Last Chance” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has one simple message: VOTE Unless you are a Republican, in which case kindly disregard this message. Come back next week for analysis, insight and poop references. BUT ONLY IF YOU VOTED. If you didn’t, please, go fuck yourself! Our Sponsor this week is Beto. Beto is beautiful, Beto is Kind, Beto healed my bones spurs. We open the show with an inspiring movie monologue and close with Lyal Strickland explaining how many chances we have left to change the country. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 749 yes Episode 183: The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled (Spooktacular Part 2) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-183-the-greatest-trick-the-devil-ever-pulled-spooktacular-part-2 Show Notes Episode 183: The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled (Spooktacular Part 2) This week Host Dave Bledsoe heads back to his old stomping grounds in Arkansas after 30 years only find he is STILL not welcome a Ray’s Ray’s Taphouse in Blytheville after what he did. On the show this week, we finish up Part Two of the Halloween Spooktacular by looking at the low point of the Satanic Panic. (Besides Dave being forced to sell his Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Along the way we discover why Dave never became a Goth Kid (Turns out even Goth Kids won’t hang with SOME people.) and why Goth Kids are so ostracized from teenage society. (Jealousy, because black is a VERY flattering fabric color.) We give you the thumbnail view of the Robin Hood Hills Murders and the subsequent farce of a trial, then settle in for a protracted conversation on the evils of For Profit Universities and their impact on the education system. (Don’t worry it will all make sense in the end, as much anything ever does on this dumb show.) Finally we explain who is REALLY behind the constant state of moral panic in the United States and we think the answers will surprise you...if you have only just arrived in the United States from a distant planet, or possibly from Hell. (Even The Devil thinks these people are assholes.) Our Sponsor this week is Satan-O-Way Demon Hunters, the Devil in our Details! We open the show with an ex-satanist and close with the Louvin Brothers who has some news for us! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:21:40 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 183: The Greatest Trick the De… Show Notes Episode 183: The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled (Spooktacular Part 2) This week Host Dave Bledsoe heads back to his old stomping grounds in Arkansas after 30 years only find he is STILL not welcome a Ray’s Ray’s Taphouse in Blytheville after what he did. On the show this week, we finish up Part Two of the Halloween Spooktacular by looking at the low point of the Satanic Panic. (Besides Dave being forced to sell his Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Along the way we discover why Dave never became a Goth Kid (Turns out even Goth Kids won’t hang with SOME people.) and why Goth Kids are so ostracized from teenage society. (Jealousy, because black is a VERY flattering fabric color.) We give you the thumbnail view of the Robin Hood Hills Murders and the subsequent farce of a trial, then settle in for a protracted conversation on the evils of For Profit Universities and their impact on the education system. (Don’t worry it will all make sense in the end, as much anything ever does on this dumb show.) Finally we explain who is REALLY behind the constant state of moral panic in the United States and we think the answers will surprise you...if you have only just arrived in the United States from a distant planet, or possibly from Hell. (Even The Devil thinks these people are assholes.) Our Sponsor this week is Satan-O-Way Demon Hunters, the Devil in our Details! We open the show with an ex-satanist and close with the Louvin Brothers who has some news for us! 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1430 yes Episode 182: After the Bombs Subside https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-182-after-the-bombs-subside Episode 182: After the Bombs Subside This week Host Dave Bledsoe is PISSED because he worked on a damn script all week and had to rewrite an entire show on Friday! Again! On the show this week, we chuck the show we had in the trash (Honestly the best thing for it) and talk about the MAGA Bomber. We didn’t WANT to, but now we HAVE to! Along the way we dig into latest conspiracy theory spun out of the fevered imaginations of the MAGAnoscenti to attempt to delude the easily deluded into believing George Soros bombed himself. (Our brain hurts) We explain everything we KNOW about the bombings this week instead of what we we THINK we know. (Once that is done, THEN we begin to opine.) We look at the history of domestic terrorism in the United States only discover you can’t believe everything you hear on Fox and Friends. (Really, ANYTHING you hear on Fox and Friends.) Then we take a quick look at who it to blame for the radizalization of the MAGA Bomber and get to meet the Anti-Dave, just as a drunk and arrogant, only THIS Dave, is a Republican! Our Sponsor this week is Bob’s Bomb Disposal, we get the BOOM out of your room. We open with Murtaugh and Riggs and close with SPRBand who tells us what happens now. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://youtu.be/6LxkaE7pxhM Citations Needed Meet the MAGA Bomber https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/26/suspected-explosive-devices-addressed-cory-booker-james-clapper-probe-expands-packages/?utm_term=.56144663a6ec Not THIS Shit Again https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/business/false-flag-theory-bombs-conservative-media.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:25:58 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 182: After the Bombs Subside This week H… Episode 182: After the Bombs Subside This week Host Dave Bledsoe is PISSED because he worked on a damn script all week and had to rewrite an entire show on Friday! Again! On the show this week, we chuck the show we had in the trash (Honestly the best thing for it) and talk about the MAGA Bomber. We didn’t WANT to, but now we HAVE to! Along the way we dig into latest conspiracy theory spun out of the fevered imaginations of the MAGAnoscenti to attempt to delude the easily deluded into believing George Soros bombed himself. (Our brain hurts) We explain everything we KNOW about the bombings this week instead of what we we THINK we know. (Once that is done, THEN we begin to opine.) We look at the history of domestic terrorism in the United States only discover you can’t believe everything you hear on Fox and Friends. (Really, ANYTHING you hear on Fox and Friends.) Then we take a quick look at who it to blame for the radizalization of the MAGA Bomber and get to meet the Anti-Dave, just as a drunk and arrogant, only THIS Dave, is a Republican! Our Sponsor this week is Bob’s Bomb Disposal, we get the BOOM out of your room. We open with Murtaugh and Riggs and close with SPRBand who tells us what happens now. 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://youtu.be/6LxkaE7pxhM Citations Needed Meet the MAGA Bomber https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/26/suspected-explosive-devices-addressed-cory-booker-james-clapper-probe-expands-packages/?utm_term=.56144663a6ec Not THIS Shit Again https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/business/false-flag-theory-bombs-conservative-media.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1647 yes Episode 181: To HELL With the Devil (Part 1 of the Halloween Spooktacular) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-181-to-hell-with-the-devil-part-1-of-the-halloween-spooktacular Show Notes Episode 181: To Hell With the Devil (Spooktacular Part 1) This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on his Iron Maiden t-shirt, straps his spikes on his wrists and prepares to headbang like like a MoFo, only to hurt his back when he tried. (He is SO OLD!) On the show this week it is part one our annual Halloween Spooktacular! Join us as we open the vaults of time and draw forth ancient tomes of forbidden knowledge, dredge secrets long forgotten and bring them to light! In this first half we explore the demon haunted wastelands of small town America circa 1980 when bands of dark cloaked figures flitted around graveyards and preschool playgrounds seeking to snatch helpless children for their Black Masses and perverse rituals! (Note: This was not happening.) When Satan stretched forth his ravening claws and sank them deep into the virgin flesh of a generation through Heavy Metal “music” and games containing Hobbits and Ents! (Again, this never happened!) Yes, we go back to the origins of the Satanic Panic, from its humble beginnings when a crock therapist concocted a tale of Satanic Ritual Abuse with his client to sell books, to a paranoid schizophrenic alcoholic mother who thought diaper rash meant someone was sexually abusing her child ruining the lives of innocent people! Then we explore the REAL cause of the Panic! (Hint: Oprah,Phil Donahue,Geraldo Rivera) Join us we give our blood and souls to the dark lord media for Spooktacular 2018 Part One: TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL! Our Sponsor this week is The Arcane Emporium, affordable, discrete and complete for all your Black Sabbath needs! We open our show with Geraldo telling you how spot if you kid has become a Satanist and close with James Lee doing the worst song ever TOTALLY badass! Show Music: 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 The Show is on Spotify! www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2WAX4ia4Bc Citations Which Must Not Be Named: Michelle Gets PAID https://people.com/archive/a-canadian-womans-bizarre-childhood-memories-of-satan-shock-shrinks-and-priests-vol-14-no-9/ PERVERSION! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Hill_satanic_ritual_abuse_trial#Overview The Long Arm of the Law http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-10-08-8703160120-story.html Complete Reading and Research: https://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explained https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yvez3j/is-satan-still-a-big-deal-in-2016 https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic https://www.signature-reads.com/2017/12/the-exorcist-still-haunts-us/ https://techgnosis.com/the-counterculture-and-the-occult/ https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161739 https://flashbak.com/10-regrettable-examples-of-1970s-occult-lameness-7243/ http://time.com/3973573/satanism-american-history/ https://people.com/archive/a-canadian-womans-bizarre-childhood-memories-of-satan-shock-shrinks-and-priests-vol-14-no-9/ http://michellebredeson.com/blog/2015/5/11/a-literal-witch-hunt https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic https://wideshut.co.uk/satanic-ritual-abuse-mythology/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-10-08-8703160120-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:39:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 181: To Hell With the Devil (S… Show Notes Episode 181: To Hell With the Devil (Spooktacular Part 1) This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts on his Iron Maiden t-shirt, straps his spikes on his wrists and prepares to headbang like like a MoFo, only to hurt his back when he tried. (He is SO OLD!) On the show this week it is part one our annual Halloween Spooktacular! Join us as we open the vaults of time and draw forth ancient tomes of forbidden knowledge, dredge secrets long forgotten and bring them to light! In this first half we explore the demon haunted wastelands of small town America circa 1980 when bands of dark cloaked figures flitted around graveyards and preschool playgrounds seeking to snatch helpless children for their Black Masses and perverse rituals! (Note: This was not happening.) When Satan stretched forth his ravening claws and sank them deep into the virgin flesh of a generation through Heavy Metal “music” and games containing Hobbits and Ents! (Again, this never happened!) Yes, we go back to the origins of the Satanic Panic, from its humble beginnings when a crock therapist concocted a tale of Satanic Ritual Abuse with his client to sell books, to a paranoid schizophrenic alcoholic mother who thought diaper rash meant someone was sexually abusing her child ruining the lives of innocent people! Then we explore the REAL cause of the Panic! (Hint: Oprah,Phil Donahue,Geraldo Rivera) Join us we give our blood and souls to the dark lord media for Spooktacular 2018 Part One: TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL! Our Sponsor this week is The Arcane Emporium, affordable, discrete and complete for all your Black Sabbath needs! We open our show with Geraldo telling you how spot if you kid has become a Satanist and close with James Lee doing the worst song ever TOTALLY badass! Show Music: 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 The Show is on Spotify! www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Show Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2WAX4ia4Bc Citations Which Must Not Be Named: Michelle Gets PAID https://people.com/archive/a-canadian-womans-bizarre-childhood-memories-of-satan-shock-shrinks-and-priests-vol-14-no-9/ PERVERSION! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Hill_satanic_ritual_abuse_trial#Overview The Long Arm of the Law http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-10-08-8703160120-story.html Complete Reading and Research: https://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explained https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yvez3j/is-satan-still-a-big-deal-in-2016 https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic https://www.signature-reads.com/2017/12/the-exorcist-still-haunts-us/ https://techgnosis.com/the-counterculture-and-the-occult/ https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161739 https://flashbak.com/10-regrettable-examples-of-1970s-occult-lameness-7243/ http://time.com/3973573/satanism-american-history/ https://people.com/archive/a-canadian-womans-bizarre-childhood-memories-of-satan-shock-shrinks-and-priests-vol-14-no-9/ http://michellebredeson.com/blog/2015/5/11/a-literal-witch-hunt https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic https://wideshut.co.uk/satanic-ritual-abuse-mythology/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-10-08-8703160120-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1951 yes Episode 180: It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I feel...FINE!) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-180-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feelfine Episode 180: “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” This week Host Dave Bledsoe feels better than he has in years when he realizes he no longer has to quit smoking or drinking because we are all going to die! On the show this week we regretfully inform you that we are all going to die. (In a couple of decades, plan ahead!) That’s right we tackle the big UN Climate Change Report informing us we have twelve years to get our shit straight and explain the chances of that happening. (Is there a number smaller than zero?) Along the way we examine the history of climate change science all the way back to Stone Age when the first caveman waved his hand to indicate he was offended by the smoke from the mastodon cook fire! (A real dick move!) We jump forward to 1896 when someone first asked if MAYBE burning all this coal was the best idea. (Hint: It was not.) Then we dive into the warning signs of our current crisis. (We probably shouldn’t have trusted the oil companies when they said CO2 was GOOD for the climate.) Finally we examine how The End will play out in excruciating detail, right down to your grandchildren eating you just to stay alive! (You will be delicious with Siracha!) Lastly, we answer the question “Is there ANYTHING we can do?!” (Absolutely, it is just that we won’t do it!) Our Sponsor this week is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace, everything you need to delay the inevitable. We open the show with our Spirit Guide George Carlin and close with YouTuber Kyra Moore with the song we will all have a repeat the next few decades! Show Music: 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 The Show on Spotify www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed It’s Getting Hot In Here, So Take Off All Your Clothes https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1#ix It’s Probably Nothing https://www.smokeandfumes.org/documents/7 Sure We Can Trust EXXON!?! https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming Making Logic Out of Insanity https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10305#tocto1n2 Put It On Our Tab https://oilprice.com/The-Environment/Global-Warming/How-Much-Would-Zero-Emissions-Cost.html I Am Sure It Will Be Fine https://earther.gizmodo.com/geoengineering-is-inevitable-1829623031 Other Reading https://www.vox.com/2018/10/9/17951924/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-takeaways https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science#Scientists_increasingly_predict_warming,_1970s https://earther.gizmodo.com/anti-wind-farm-activism-is-sweeping-europe-and-the-us-c-1829627812 Learn more about your ad choices. 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(Hint: It was not.) Then we dive into the warning signs of our current crisis. (We probably shouldn’t have trusted the oil companies when they said CO2 was GOOD for the climate.) Finally we examine how The End will play out in excruciating detail, right down to your grandchildren eating you just to stay alive! (You will be delicious with Siracha!) Lastly, we answer the question “Is there ANYTHING we can do?!” (Absolutely, it is just that we won’t do it!) Our Sponsor this week is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace, everything you need to delay the inevitable. We open the show with our Spirit Guide George Carlin and close with YouTuber Kyra Moore with the song we will all have a repeat the next few decades! Show Music: 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 The Show on Spotify www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed It’s Getting Hot In Here, So Take Off All Your Clothes https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1#ix It’s Probably Nothing https://www.smokeandfumes.org/documents/7 Sure We Can Trust EXXON!?! https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming Making Logic Out of Insanity https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10305#tocto1n2 Put It On Our Tab https://oilprice.com/The-Environment/Global-Warming/How-Much-Would-Zero-Emissions-Cost.html I Am Sure It Will Be Fine https://earther.gizmodo.com/geoengineering-is-inevitable-1829623031 Other Reading https://www.vox.com/2018/10/9/17951924/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-takeaways https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science#Scientists_increasingly_predict_warming,_1970s https://earther.gizmodo.com/anti-wind-farm-activism-is-sweeping-europe-and-the-us-c-1829627812 Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2081 yes Episode 179: In Vino Veritas https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-179-in-vino-veritas Show Notes Episode 179: “In Vino Veritas” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to fondly recalls his past only to discover he really can’t remember an awful lot of what went on. On the show this week we tackle America’s drinking problem. (The problem is America is making us all drink!) Along the way we examine some troublesome revelations about Dave’s sexual predilections. (Christmas is ruined forever) Then we take a stiff drink and get down the business of what makes people drink. (Hint: It is something you did.) We tackle the moral implications of binge drinking and whether or not is wrong to snitch your way out trouble when the other person is really dumb. We talk criminal justice in a long winded and essentially pointless story about why cops rarely get arrested for drinking and driving. (What you are thinking is exactly what happens.)We come to grips with bar fights and why some men feel the need to get all testosterone laden while drinking. (Their penis is very small.) Finally,we explain why we need to stop blaming booze for all the shitty things people do while they are drinking. (What did booze ever do to deserve it, booze has done nothing but love and support you!) Our Sponsor this week is Black Label Beer, when you want a substance that is almost but not quite entirely unlike a beer, have a Black Label. We open the show with the shenanigans of the boys hopped on the syrup and close with YouTuber LJ Reeves taking us through the emotional journey of his break-up through the lens of an imported alcoholic beverage made from a cactus relative. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qp4BlGC-A8) Show Music: 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 The Show on Spotify IS COMING SOON! www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 06 Oct 2018 00:10:52 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 179: “In Vino Veritas” This w… Show Notes Episode 179: “In Vino Veritas” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to fondly recalls his past only to discover he really can’t remember an awful lot of what went on. On the show this week we tackle America’s drinking problem. (The problem is America is making us all drink!) Along the way we examine some troublesome revelations about Dave’s sexual predilections. (Christmas is ruined forever) Then we take a stiff drink and get down the business of what makes people drink. (Hint: It is something you did.) We tackle the moral implications of binge drinking and whether or not is wrong to snitch your way out trouble when the other person is really dumb. We talk criminal justice in a long winded and essentially pointless story about why cops rarely get arrested for drinking and driving. (What you are thinking is exactly what happens.)We come to grips with bar fights and why some men feel the need to get all testosterone laden while drinking. (Their penis is very small.) Finally,we explain why we need to stop blaming booze for all the shitty things people do while they are drinking. (What did booze ever do to deserve it, booze has done nothing but love and support you!) Our Sponsor this week is Black Label Beer, when you want a substance that is almost but not quite entirely unlike a beer, have a Black Label. We open the show with the shenanigans of the boys hopped on the syrup and close with YouTuber LJ Reeves taking us through the emotional journey of his break-up through the lens of an imported alcoholic beverage made from a cactus relative. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qp4BlGC-A8) Show Music: 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 The Show on Spotify IS COMING SOON! www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1649 yes Episode 178: I Wonder Who the Real Men Are https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-178-i-wonder-who-the-real-men-are Show Notes Episode 178: “I Wonder Who the Real Men Are” This week Host Dave Bledsoe flips through the pages of his high school yearbook to confirm he correctly recalls not raping anyone in high school. On the show this week we flip through America’s high school yearbook to find it full assholes named Brett. Along the way we ponder why ANYONE would look back fondly on high school. (Get a fucking life people!) Then we take a turn through the social and economic strata of the 1980’s to explain why rich white men can do the kind of things they do. (Hint: Rich and white.) We spend some explaining why GenX kids basically raised themselves. (Our parents were gripped by deep questions about who shot JR.) Finally, we break down once and for all why people like Brett thought it was perfectly fine to behave like privileged, entitled, rapey, shitbags. (It was all Hollywood’s fault, we guess.) Our sponsor this week is Evernear Grain Alcohol, Evernear we put the punch in your Punch! We open the show with a prime example of 80’s Teen Movie awfulness and close with Joe Jackson asking the same question most of us are right now. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: This was a thing that existed that really should not have, for cultural reasons alone https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086143/ Go back and watch it with fresh eyes https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/9/27/17906644/sixteen-candles-rape-culture-1980s-brett-kavanaugh Not in the movies, in real life https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/11/18/1345720/-What-It-Was-Like-To-Report-Sexual-Harrassment-Rape-in-the-1980-s Closing Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA65lg1HWt4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 28 Sep 2018 23:46:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 178: “I Wonder Who the Real Me… Show Notes Episode 178: “I Wonder Who the Real Men Are” This week Host Dave Bledsoe flips through the pages of his high school yearbook to confirm he correctly recalls not raping anyone in high school. On the show this week we flip through America’s high school yearbook to find it full assholes named Brett. Along the way we ponder why ANYONE would look back fondly on high school. (Get a fucking life people!) Then we take a turn through the social and economic strata of the 1980’s to explain why rich white men can do the kind of things they do. (Hint: Rich and white.) We spend some explaining why GenX kids basically raised themselves. (Our parents were gripped by deep questions about who shot JR.) Finally, we break down once and for all why people like Brett thought it was perfectly fine to behave like privileged, entitled, rapey, shitbags. (It was all Hollywood’s fault, we guess.) Our sponsor this week is Evernear Grain Alcohol, Evernear we put the punch in your Punch! We open the show with a prime example of 80’s Teen Movie awfulness and close with Joe Jackson asking the same question most of us are right now. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: This was a thing that existed that really should not have, for cultural reasons alone https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086143/ Go back and watch it with fresh eyes https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/9/27/17906644/sixteen-candles-rape-culture-1980s-brett-kavanaugh Not in the movies, in real life https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/11/18/1345720/-What-It-Was-Like-To-Report-Sexual-Harrassment-Rape-in-the-1980-s Closing Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA65lg1HWt4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1524 yes Episode 177: A Dick Joke Too Far https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-177-a-dick-joke-too-far Show Notes Episode 177: “A Dick Joke Too Far” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals himself to his fans in a moment of heartfelt intimacy and vulnerability, much to everyone’s regret. (Dick Trigger Warning Given) On the show the week, we discuss….well what the hell else are we going to discuss on this show? The Supreme Court pick? That isn’t funny! Trump’s Mushroom Dick, now THAT is funny! Along the way we learn more than we ever wanted to know about Presidential Peen, from Washington’s Wooden Dick to LBJ’s Hogleg, we cover all the POTUS prick trivia you never wanted to know and are now being forced to find out from a low rated podcast. Then we make an impassioned argument for decency and accountability in the White House. (To bad we need a time machine for it to be meaningful!) Then we explain why the decisions we make in the past haunt us throughout our lives in strange and unexpected ways. (Like that time Dave go drunk in Honduras and woke up in Nicaragua! True story!) Then we close the show with a vivid prediction for the future of your humble host, we don’t know WHEN it will happen, we only know HOW it will happen. Our Sponsor this week is The Mighty Mushroom, putting the FUN in fungi! We open the show with The View asking a question no one wanted answered and closed with Sticky Fingers explaining how they care about the size of the boat, not the motion of the ocean. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:17:51 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 177: “A Dick Joke Too Far” Th… Show Notes Episode 177: “A Dick Joke Too Far” This week Host Dave Bledsoe reveals himself to his fans in a moment of heartfelt intimacy and vulnerability, much to everyone’s regret. (Dick Trigger Warning Given) On the show the week, we discuss….well what the hell else are we going to discuss on this show? The Supreme Court pick? That isn’t funny! Trump’s Mushroom Dick, now THAT is funny! Along the way we learn more than we ever wanted to know about Presidential Peen, from Washington’s Wooden Dick to LBJ’s Hogleg, we cover all the POTUS prick trivia you never wanted to know and are now being forced to find out from a low rated podcast. Then we make an impassioned argument for decency and accountability in the White House. (To bad we need a time machine for it to be meaningful!) Then we explain why the decisions we make in the past haunt us throughout our lives in strange and unexpected ways. (Like that time Dave go drunk in Honduras and woke up in Nicaragua! True story!) Then we close the show with a vivid prediction for the future of your humble host, we don’t know WHEN it will happen, we only know HOW it will happen. Our Sponsor this week is The Mighty Mushroom, putting the FUN in fungi! We open the show with The View asking a question no one wanted answered and closed with Sticky Fingers explaining how they care about the size of the boat, not the motion of the ocean. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1630 yes Episode 176: Roughing the Snapper https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-179-roughing-the-snapper Episode 175: “Roughing the Snapper” This week all of Host Dave Bledsoe’s rowdy friends are coming over only to find he’s not home and is in fact in a bar getting shit faced by himself. Again. On the show this week we go all sports talk radio and give a surprising answer to the question “Is football good now?” (Answer: “Ish”) Along the way we hear the very brief and very awkward tale of Dave’s football career. (Think Verne Troyer -RIP- but with far less dignity.) We go on learn the secret of acceptance in small town High Schools. (Cheap prices on bad weed.) We then discuss why we obsess over men and their balls and why that obsession is so unhealthy. (When we keep playing with our balls we go blind.) Going forward we examine what happened when America’s favorite sport went from what brought us together to another battle in our endless cultural wars. (Hint: White People.) After struggling for years with sport aversion Dave finally breaks down and likes football out of spite, picking his time according a time honored ritual. (#GoBrowns) Fan cred established, we present some helpful hints for improving the game of football. Our Sponsor this week is The Cleveland Browns, when you care enough to root for the very worst, root for the Browns. We open our show with a factory of sadness and close with Sound Collage rendering an American Football Classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgYkFPuVcH0 Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:15:54 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 175: “Roughing the Snapper” This week al… Episode 175: “Roughing the Snapper” This week all of Host Dave Bledsoe’s rowdy friends are coming over only to find he’s not home and is in fact in a bar getting shit faced by himself. Again. On the show this week we go all sports talk radio and give a surprising answer to the question “Is football good now?” (Answer: “Ish”) Along the way we hear the very brief and very awkward tale of Dave’s football career. (Think Verne Troyer -RIP- but with far less dignity.) We go on learn the secret of acceptance in small town High Schools. (Cheap prices on bad weed.) We then discuss why we obsess over men and their balls and why that obsession is so unhealthy. (When we keep playing with our balls we go blind.) Going forward we examine what happened when America’s favorite sport went from what brought us together to another battle in our endless cultural wars. (Hint: White People.) After struggling for years with sport aversion Dave finally breaks down and likes football out of spite, picking his time according a time honored ritual. (#GoBrowns) Fan cred established, we present some helpful hints for improving the game of football. Our Sponsor this week is The Cleveland Browns, when you care enough to root for the very worst, root for the Browns. We open our show with a factory of sadness and close with Sound Collage rendering an American Football Classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgYkFPuVcH0 Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1755 yes Episode 175: Signs, Signs, Everywhere There's Signs https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-175-signs-signs-everywhere-theres-signs Show Notes Episode 175: “Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe is back from his bender (which he called a “wedding”) and is ready to kiss and tell about being kicked in the crotch by the groom. (He deserved it, trust us!) On the show this week we confront the viral load of Internet stupid this week to find the prognosis is not...well it’s not good. Along the way we discover what frightened Dave as a child (his Mom finding the porn stash beneath his bed) and why he wasn’t afraid of monsters. (Turns out the monsters were afraid of HIM!) Then we explain why very angry White People were burning their shoes. (They looked for looms to throw the shoes in, but did not know what a loom is. Luddite humor, very topical!) We gently explain that when the Tweet contains subtle clues like “my name is #mustard” you probably shouldn’t assume it contains factual information. Then we dig right in to the so called ‘secret sign’ flashed by Brett Kavanaugh’s law clerk that was neither a secret, nor was it a sign. (Turns out, people sometimes hold their hands that way!) Then we spend rather a lot of time pointing out that if you want to go looking for white supremacists, you don’t have to look very hard or very far to find them. (One could start, say, at the Oval Office and work their way out from there.) Finally, we point out the Left is falling for stupid things because they are not very good at paying attention to the REAL threat right in front of their eyes. (Think plastic straws and you will know what we mean.) Our Sponsor this week is Captain Obvious, the Hero for these very stupid times. We open the show with Topher Grace channeling David Duke and close with Kevin Higdon covering a song that sums up life today. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdaaKh9GlU&feature=youtu.be) Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Come On Baby Light My Fire https://twitter.com/playazball/status/1036785807435198464 You Know It Would Be Untrue https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nike-shoes-boycott-burn/ Hard To Believe She Could Be So Wrong https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/04/lets-refocus-amy-siskind-totally-backtracks-deletes-tweet-about-white-power-hand-sign-at-kavanaugh-hearing/ RIght Wing Propaganda According to Twitter https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-trolling-gesture Morons https://www.businessinsider.com/zina-bash-ok-hand-gesture-brett-kavanaugh-hearing-2018-9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:02:25 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 175: “Signs, Signs, Everywhere… Show Notes Episode 175: “Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe is back from his bender (which he called a “wedding”) and is ready to kiss and tell about being kicked in the crotch by the groom. (He deserved it, trust us!) On the show this week we confront the viral load of Internet stupid this week to find the prognosis is not...well it’s not good. Along the way we discover what frightened Dave as a child (his Mom finding the porn stash beneath his bed) and why he wasn’t afraid of monsters. (Turns out the monsters were afraid of HIM!) Then we explain why very angry White People were burning their shoes. (They looked for looms to throw the shoes in, but did not know what a loom is. Luddite humor, very topical!) We gently explain that when the Tweet contains subtle clues like “my name is #mustard” you probably shouldn’t assume it contains factual information. Then we dig right in to the so called ‘secret sign’ flashed by Brett Kavanaugh’s law clerk that was neither a secret, nor was it a sign. (Turns out, people sometimes hold their hands that way!) Then we spend rather a lot of time pointing out that if you want to go looking for white supremacists, you don’t have to look very hard or very far to find them. (One could start, say, at the Oval Office and work their way out from there.) Finally, we point out the Left is falling for stupid things because they are not very good at paying attention to the REAL threat right in front of their eyes. (Think plastic straws and you will know what we mean.) Our Sponsor this week is Captain Obvious, the Hero for these very stupid times. We open the show with Topher Grace channeling David Duke and close with Kevin Higdon covering a song that sums up life today. 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]]> 1733 yes 135 Redux: The Hero Dies Again In This One https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/135-redux-the-hero-dies-again-in-this-one Host Dave Bledsoe is marrying people this weekend, so we are running a "best of" (Frankly, if this our best maybe we should keep to ourselves) this week. We reach back to November of 2017 to remind that Louis CK did some really bad shit and hasn't done ANYTHING to make it better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:42:47 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Host Dave Bledsoe is marrying people this weekend… Host Dave Bledsoe is marrying people this weekend, so we are running a "best of" (Frankly, if this our best maybe we should keep to ourselves) this week. We reach back to November of 2017 to remind that Louis CK did some really bad shit and hasn't done ANYTHING to make it better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2125 yes Episode 174: "Donnie Are You OK, Are You OK Donnie?" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-174-donnie-are-you-ok-are-you-ok-donnie Show Notes Episode 174: “Donnie Are You OK, Are You OK Donnie?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is held in contempt until such time as finally clears up his bar tab. On the show this week we talk about some other contemptible fellows who suddenly find themselves looking at long stretches in prison. (Orange is the new Ostrich leather!) Along the way we discuss the Summer of 1974 and the crimes that came to light in a small southern town! (WE WANT OUR HOT WHEELS BACK EDDIE!) We also examine the other big event of that month, something about some guy resigning or something. Then we dish about the other criminals who for some reason all seem to share a single, simple trait in common. (Hint: It contains the letters G, O and P!) We share some frankly stunning allegations of misconduct by Mister Hooper towards Ernie and the break down some hard truths about the electorate in America. (The GOP probably shouldn’t count on some of their usual voters to save them this year.) Finally, we meet the Middletons, the most generic American family ever invented and explain why Mark, Mindy and the kids might not be to excited about being called Republicans this year. (Hint: He’s orange, insane and corrupt!) Finally, we explain some hard truths to our own side of the political aisle about why we need to shut the hell up about impeaching Trump...for now... Our Sponsor this week is Freddie’s House of Felons, helping you find the right person for all your crime needs! We open the show with Tricky Dick explaining why he welcomes the inquiry that would eventually bring about his downfall and close with duwendemusic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU47K11-wNs) requesting a status update on Annie’s condition. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Unindicted Co-Conspirators http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/every-house-republican-actively-covering-up-trumps-crimes.html A Storm Is Coming https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/the-presidents-situation-gets-worse/568135/ Even the MAGA Chuds http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/23/manafort-juror-mueller-teams-star-witness-deserves-special-place-in-hell.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:02:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 174: “Donnie Are You OK, Are Y… Show Notes Episode 174: “Donnie Are You OK, Are You OK Donnie?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is held in contempt until such time as finally clears up his bar tab. On the show this week we talk about some other contemptible fellows who suddenly find themselves looking at long stretches in prison. (Orange is the new Ostrich leather!) Along the way we discuss the Summer of 1974 and the crimes that came to light in a small southern town! (WE WANT OUR HOT WHEELS BACK EDDIE!) We also examine the other big event of that month, something about some guy resigning or something. Then we dish about the other criminals who for some reason all seem to share a single, simple trait in common. (Hint: It contains the letters G, O and P!) We share some frankly stunning allegations of misconduct by Mister Hooper towards Ernie and the break down some hard truths about the electorate in America. (The GOP probably shouldn’t count on some of their usual voters to save them this year.) Finally, we meet the Middletons, the most generic American family ever invented and explain why Mark, Mindy and the kids might not be to excited about being called Republicans this year. (Hint: He’s orange, insane and corrupt!) Finally, we explain some hard truths to our own side of the political aisle about why we need to shut the hell up about impeaching Trump...for now... Our Sponsor this week is Freddie’s House of Felons, helping you find the right person for all your crime needs! We open the show with Tricky Dick explaining why he welcomes the inquiry that would eventually bring about his downfall and close with duwendemusic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU47K11-wNs) requesting a status update on Annie’s condition. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Unindicted Co-Conspirators http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/every-house-republican-actively-covering-up-trumps-crimes.html A Storm Is Coming https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/the-presidents-situation-gets-worse/568135/ Even the MAGA Chuds http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/23/manafort-juror-mueller-teams-star-witness-deserves-special-place-in-hell.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1791 yes Episode 173: Cold Hearted Snake https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-173-cold-hearted-snake Show Notes: Episode 173 “Cold Hearted Snake” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is secretly recorded during a production meeting saying a terrible thing, only to immediately say it publically when asked about the tape. On the show this week, we talk tapes, who said what, to whom and when and whether or not those tapes will even matter when they heard. (Answer: Not in the in the least.) Along the way we update the Presidential Lie Count which unlike Trump’s approval ratings is only going up! From there, we tell the tale of Omarosa’s second tenure in the White House (That’s right she worked for Clinton AND Gore!) and her sudden yet entirely expected termination in the Situation Room. (What kind of situation requires Omarosa in the Situation Room, a barbed retort on Real Housewives?) We ask the question America is dying to know: Did our President say the N-Word. (Hint: A lot.) We try to decide is Omarosa is at all credible in her claims. (Absolutely not, but that doesn’t make them untrue.) We also discuss what kind of person betrays their own people so they can land a cherry job with no real responsibilities, great pay and a chance to make millions in the future. (Answer: Every goddamn one of you!) Finally, we explain why everyone seems to be turning on Trump whenever it becomes convenient. (Hint: legless reptiles.) Our Sponsor this week is No Shit Sherlocks, pointing out the the obvious to the oblivious! We open the show with Omarosa defending the indefensible and close with the strangest cover song we’ve discovered in the history of this show. We think you will enjoy it, unlike the rest of the show. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Now we know https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omarosa-manigault-is-in-trumps-white-house-because-of-her-loyalty-but-what-is-she-doing-there/2017/03/29/9079294a-0387-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6bfa307db5c4 Lordy, there ARE tapes http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/11/sources_say_trump_behaved_badly_on_the_apprentice_set_why_didn_t_anyone.html Count ‘Em https://www.theroot.com/the-8-kinds-of-black-donald-trump-supporters-1828064968 Exactly http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2018/08/blackkklanswoman.html? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:02:51 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes: Episode 173 “Cold Hearted Snake” Th… Show Notes: Episode 173 “Cold Hearted Snake” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is secretly recorded during a production meeting saying a terrible thing, only to immediately say it publically when asked about the tape. On the show this week, we talk tapes, who said what, to whom and when and whether or not those tapes will even matter when they heard. (Answer: Not in the in the least.) Along the way we update the Presidential Lie Count which unlike Trump’s approval ratings is only going up! From there, we tell the tale of Omarosa’s second tenure in the White House (That’s right she worked for Clinton AND Gore!) and her sudden yet entirely expected termination in the Situation Room. (What kind of situation requires Omarosa in the Situation Room, a barbed retort on Real Housewives?) We ask the question America is dying to know: Did our President say the N-Word. (Hint: A lot.) We try to decide is Omarosa is at all credible in her claims. (Absolutely not, but that doesn’t make them untrue.) We also discuss what kind of person betrays their own people so they can land a cherry job with no real responsibilities, great pay and a chance to make millions in the future. (Answer: Every goddamn one of you!) Finally, we explain why everyone seems to be turning on Trump whenever it becomes convenient. (Hint: legless reptiles.) Our Sponsor this week is No Shit Sherlocks, pointing out the the obvious to the oblivious! We open the show with Omarosa defending the indefensible and close with the strangest cover song we’ve discovered in the history of this show. We think you will enjoy it, unlike the rest of the show. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Now we know https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omarosa-manigault-is-in-trumps-white-house-because-of-her-loyalty-but-what-is-she-doing-there/2017/03/29/9079294a-0387-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6bfa307db5c4 Lordy, there ARE tapes http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/11/sources_say_trump_behaved_badly_on_the_apprentice_set_why_didn_t_anyone.html Count ‘Em https://www.theroot.com/the-8-kinds-of-black-donald-trump-supporters-1828064968 Exactly http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2018/08/blackkklanswoman.html? 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]]> 1799 yes It's A What the HELL Flashback! https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/its-a-what-the-hell-flashback Hello Podfriends! I am travelling to me ancestral homeland of the Deep South to partake in a cultural ritual celebrating my own person origin story! My parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary! Yes, I have parents! And no, they are not proud of me. (HInt: They are. A little.) Therefore here is a Flashback Episode, Episode 162 "Hey Little Sister, What Have You Done". Because we are nothing if not on point. If you haven't heard it, it's new to you. If have heard it, listen again, we need the downloads. We will be back next week with an all new show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Aug 2018 00:00:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Hello Podfriends! I am travelling to me ancestra… Hello Podfriends! I am travelling to me ancestral homeland of the Deep South to partake in a cultural ritual celebrating my own person origin story! My parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary! Yes, I have parents! And no, they are not proud of me. (HInt: They are. A little.) Therefore here is a Flashback Episode, Episode 162 "Hey Little Sister, What Have You Done". Because we are nothing if not on point. If you haven't heard it, it's new to you. If have heard it, listen again, we need the downloads. We will be back next week with an all new show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1982 yes Episode 171: Harry's HUGE Henderson https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-171-harrys-huge-henderson Show Notes Episode 171: “Harry’s HUGE Henderson” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds love in the forest and the less said about that, the better. On the show this week we examine Bigfoot Erotica, for which it would also be better if we said less about. (Unfortunately for everyone, we did not heed this advice.) Along the way we discuss WHY we are talking about Bigfoot porn, and coin a new name for coitus with a cryptid: “Sexquatching”. (Seriously NO ONE ELSE has used that word before, we Googled it!) We dive deep and hard into the world of Monsterotica (We did NOT invent that word) and particularly the sub-genre of those aroused by Bigfoots. We learn how surprisingly lucrative such fiction can be and plan to launch our own line of Bigfoot Boning Books shortly. (Check out forthcoming Amazon page!) We then address various practical and moral issues around Human/Sasquatch relations and how they should be handled when brought up in conversation. (Pray this never happens.) Finally, we take a STRONG stand on Human Bigfoot marriage and why we should immediately pass laws protecting Human Bigfoot Hybrid Children. (#LoveIsLove) Our Sponsor this week is the Cryptozoology Society of America, studying imaginary monsters for 25 years! We open the show with a famed Bigfoot debunker getting his comeuppance and close with the Unplugged Band’s cover of a mammalian reproductive essay. (https://youtu.be/QD2XpzWATu8) Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: That’s when things got weird… https://www.mediaite.com/weird/democrat-congressional-candidate-calls-out-gop-republican-denver-riggleman-bigfoot-erotica-tweets/ Cockburn and Riggleman https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/cockburn-calls-out-riggleman-s-bigfoot-posts/article_83106674-9396-11e8-9291-337557ec0006.html If you build it, someone will make a video fucking it https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rule%2034 Thinly sources lies https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/rule-34-surprising-exceptions/ And they are magnificent! https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bigfoot-erotica-is-absolutely-a-thing-704846/ Time for a Tingler! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G2R54T7/ Thom said it, that settles it! http://www.thomsquatch.com/2012/07/the-book-that-changed-bigfoot-research_22.html Everything you need to know about Bigfoot Dick and more https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bigfoot-erotica-white-supremacy_us_5b5f659be4b0fd5c73d21a3d I hope they will be happy together https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/116992/woman-says-she-was-seduced-by-bigfoots-huge-erection/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 04 Aug 2018 02:10:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 171: “Harry’s HUGE Henderson” … Show Notes Episode 171: “Harry’s HUGE Henderson” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds love in the forest and the less said about that, the better. On the show this week we examine Bigfoot Erotica, for which it would also be better if we said less about. (Unfortunately for everyone, we did not heed this advice.) Along the way we discuss WHY we are talking about Bigfoot porn, and coin a new name for coitus with a cryptid: “Sexquatching”. (Seriously NO ONE ELSE has used that word before, we Googled it!) We dive deep and hard into the world of Monsterotica (We did NOT invent that word) and particularly the sub-genre of those aroused by Bigfoots. We learn how surprisingly lucrative such fiction can be and plan to launch our own line of Bigfoot Boning Books shortly. (Check out forthcoming Amazon page!) We then address various practical and moral issues around Human/Sasquatch relations and how they should be handled when brought up in conversation. (Pray this never happens.) Finally, we take a STRONG stand on Human Bigfoot marriage and why we should immediately pass laws protecting Human Bigfoot Hybrid Children. (#LoveIsLove) Our Sponsor this week is the Cryptozoology Society of America, studying imaginary monsters for 25 years! We open the show with a famed Bigfoot debunker getting his comeuppance and close with the Unplugged Band’s cover of a mammalian reproductive essay. (https://youtu.be/QD2XpzWATu8) Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: That’s when things got weird… https://www.mediaite.com/weird/democrat-congressional-candidate-calls-out-gop-republican-denver-riggleman-bigfoot-erotica-tweets/ Cockburn and Riggleman https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/cockburn-calls-out-riggleman-s-bigfoot-posts/article_83106674-9396-11e8-9291-337557ec0006.html If you build it, someone will make a video fucking it https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rule%2034 Thinly sources lies https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/rule-34-surprising-exceptions/ And they are magnificent! https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bigfoot-erotica-is-absolutely-a-thing-704846/ Time for a Tingler! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G2R54T7/ Thom said it, that settles it! http://www.thomsquatch.com/2012/07/the-book-that-changed-bigfoot-research_22.html Everything you need to know about Bigfoot Dick and more https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bigfoot-erotica-white-supremacy_us_5b5f659be4b0fd5c73d21a3d I hope they will be happy together https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/116992/woman-says-she-was-seduced-by-bigfoots-huge-erection/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2073 yes Episode 170: She Was With the Russians TOO? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-170-she-was-with-the-russians-too Show Notes Episode 170: “She Was With the Russians TOO?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s cover is blown when he orders his whiskey shaken not stirred. On the show this week we infiltrate the shadowy world of Russian Honey Pots, only to discover Winnie the Pooh isn’t a Russian Bear. (A Leather Daddy named Dimitri, on the other hand…) Along the way we learn the secret history of Dave’s favorite bar in college. (Hint: Cheap liquor and liberal ID checking policies.) We reveal the reasons why dumpy middle age Republican operatives get all the hot chicks. (They are all Russian spies.) We wonder how deep the ties go between the NRA and Kremlin go. (Charlton Heston was a commie infiltrator!) We also have a Wayback this week where you will learn why the Russians are so GOOD at espionage! (You need to be when your government is based on repressing peasants!) Finally, we wrap with an in depth exploration of what Putin wants from his Best Boy Donnie! (Money. It’s money.) Our Sponsor this week is Vlad’s Nice Girls, helping you meet beautiful Russian ladies who DEFINITELY are not part of the FSB! We open the show with Agent WD-40 and Alex Trebek. We close with Dave’s weekly message to his parents.! Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Dasvidaniya Bitches https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/01/23/if-walls-could-talk-au-pied-de-cochon-and-1335-wisconsin-ave-nw-part-1/ She Seems Nice http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-maria-butina-american-university-20180725-story.html It’s Like Risk but Real! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game Made of Tsar Stuff https://dailyhistory.org/How_Did_Spy_Services_Develop_in_Russia%3F Damn Russkis! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_espionage What does Russia Want? https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_what_does_russia_want_7297 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 27 Jul 2018 23:00:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 170: “She Was With the Russian… Show Notes Episode 170: “She Was With the Russians TOO?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s cover is blown when he orders his whiskey shaken not stirred. On the show this week we infiltrate the shadowy world of Russian Honey Pots, only to discover Winnie the Pooh isn’t a Russian Bear. (A Leather Daddy named Dimitri, on the other hand…) Along the way we learn the secret history of Dave’s favorite bar in college. (Hint: Cheap liquor and liberal ID checking policies.) We reveal the reasons why dumpy middle age Republican operatives get all the hot chicks. (They are all Russian spies.) We wonder how deep the ties go between the NRA and Kremlin go. (Charlton Heston was a commie infiltrator!) We also have a Wayback this week where you will learn why the Russians are so GOOD at espionage! (You need to be when your government is based on repressing peasants!) Finally, we wrap with an in depth exploration of what Putin wants from his Best Boy Donnie! (Money. It’s money.) Our Sponsor this week is Vlad’s Nice Girls, helping you meet beautiful Russian ladies who DEFINITELY are not part of the FSB! We open the show with Agent WD-40 and Alex Trebek. We close with Dave’s weekly message to his parents.! Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Dasvidaniya Bitches https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/01/23/if-walls-could-talk-au-pied-de-cochon-and-1335-wisconsin-ave-nw-part-1/ She Seems Nice http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-maria-butina-american-university-20180725-story.html It’s Like Risk but Real! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game Made of Tsar Stuff https://dailyhistory.org/How_Did_Spy_Services_Develop_in_Russia%3F Damn Russkis! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_espionage What does Russia Want? https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_what_does_russia_want_7297 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1839 yes Episode 169: Shame In Vain https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-169-shame-in-vain Show Notes Episode 169: “Shame In Vain” This week Host Dave Bledsoe explores that nagging feeling of remorse he experiences waking up each morning to find himself still alive. On the show this week we explore the most useless approach for moderating behavior after the “Time Out”: Shame. Along the way we examine the history of shame and have a good long laugh at the name “Hester”! (Admit it, you are giggling now.) We take special care to demonstrate how hard it is to make a sociopath feel bad about something they did. (So, you’re telling me ax murder is a BAD thing?) The we see how shame is weaponized by both sides of the political aisle. There is a LONG string of dick jokes which we are inordinately proud of, and a couple of pedo priest jokes that we know we know we SHOULD be ashamed of, yet totally are not. (See, shame is useless!) Finally, we offer up a simple suggestion on how to deal with the problems in our society. (Ahem: LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!--damn that really is cathartic we see why they chanted it now.) Our sponsor this week is Catholic Guilt, the guilt that keeps on working long after you leave the church! We open the show with High Septon on redemption and close with The Computers who train us in vain. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: I talked of shame down in Africa https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/17/barack-obama-trump-criticism-725977 Shameless as a man can be https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/opinion/trump-putin-republicans.html Who IS America? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/who-is-america-review-1127051 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 20 Jul 2018 23:52:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 169: “Shame In Vain” This wee… Show Notes Episode 169: “Shame In Vain” This week Host Dave Bledsoe explores that nagging feeling of remorse he experiences waking up each morning to find himself still alive. On the show this week we explore the most useless approach for moderating behavior after the “Time Out”: Shame. Along the way we examine the history of shame and have a good long laugh at the name “Hester”! (Admit it, you are giggling now.) We take special care to demonstrate how hard it is to make a sociopath feel bad about something they did. (So, you’re telling me ax murder is a BAD thing?) The we see how shame is weaponized by both sides of the political aisle. There is a LONG string of dick jokes which we are inordinately proud of, and a couple of pedo priest jokes that we know we know we SHOULD be ashamed of, yet totally are not. (See, shame is useless!) Finally, we offer up a simple suggestion on how to deal with the problems in our society. (Ahem: LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!--damn that really is cathartic we see why they chanted it now.) Our sponsor this week is Catholic Guilt, the guilt that keeps on working long after you leave the church! We open the show with High Septon on redemption and close with The Computers who train us in vain. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: I talked of shame down in Africa https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/17/barack-obama-trump-criticism-725977 Shameless as a man can be https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/opinion/trump-putin-republicans.html Who IS America? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/who-is-america-review-1127051 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1679 yes Episode 168: Q Who? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-168-q-who Show Notes Episode 168: “Q Who?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds out who is behind the plot to undermine his finances and social reputation, only to discover the enemy is him. On the show this week we examine the Deep State Conspiracy known as “QAnon” and shockingly discover it is John de Lancie! (It’s at least as probable as any other explanation we’ve heard.) Along the way we learn the wit and wisdom imparted by Dave’s grandmother who only wanted him to behave and avoid the Romani. (Or Gypsy Rose Lee, it was never truly clear who she was talking about.) We learn what scares old white people (everything) and what scares Roseanne and Curt Schilling. (They are old white people, so everything.) We follow the breadcrumbs dropped by an Anonymous Dude on the Internet deep into the forest to find the gingerbread house of ROBERT MUELLER! (He is famous for them, makes them every Christmas. Delicious and adorable!) Finally, we unravel the mystery so frightening even Alex Jones disavows the entire theory as too implausible! (Probably because he could not monetize QAnon Health Supplements.) Our Sponsor this week is Anonymous Internet Guy, your source for credible incredulities for over 30 years! We open the show with debts repaid by omnipotent being and close with Brody Dolyniuk who wants to know just who the hell you think you are! https://youtu.be/BVH_NuIXNrg Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: It seems so plausible! https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-is-qanon-the-craziest-theory-of-the-trump-era-explained Q Are You, Q Who, Q Who http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/12/qanon-4chan-the-storm-conspiracy-explained.html Red Strings of Yarn https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-the-crazy-pro-trump-conspiracy-melts-down-over-oig-report The Queen, the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, AND Colonel Sanders before he went tits up! https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2018/04/qanon-reveals-vatican-rothschild-reptilian-connection-behind-the-deep-state We live in interesting times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/qanon-trump-conspiracy-theory.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:17:03 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 168: “Q Who?” This week Host … Show Notes Episode 168: “Q Who?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds out who is behind the plot to undermine his finances and social reputation, only to discover the enemy is him. On the show this week we examine the Deep State Conspiracy known as “QAnon” and shockingly discover it is John de Lancie! (It’s at least as probable as any other explanation we’ve heard.) Along the way we learn the wit and wisdom imparted by Dave’s grandmother who only wanted him to behave and avoid the Romani. (Or Gypsy Rose Lee, it was never truly clear who she was talking about.) We learn what scares old white people (everything) and what scares Roseanne and Curt Schilling. (They are old white people, so everything.) We follow the breadcrumbs dropped by an Anonymous Dude on the Internet deep into the forest to find the gingerbread house of ROBERT MUELLER! (He is famous for them, makes them every Christmas. Delicious and adorable!) Finally, we unravel the mystery so frightening even Alex Jones disavows the entire theory as too implausible! (Probably because he could not monetize QAnon Health Supplements.) Our Sponsor this week is Anonymous Internet Guy, your source for credible incredulities for over 30 years! We open the show with debts repaid by omnipotent being and close with Brody Dolyniuk who wants to know just who the hell you think you are! https://youtu.be/BVH_NuIXNrg Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: It seems so plausible! https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-is-qanon-the-craziest-theory-of-the-trump-era-explained Q Are You, Q Who, Q Who http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/12/qanon-4chan-the-storm-conspiracy-explained.html Red Strings of Yarn https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-the-crazy-pro-trump-conspiracy-melts-down-over-oig-report The Queen, the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, AND Colonel Sanders before he went tits up! https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2018/04/qanon-reveals-vatican-rothschild-reptilian-connection-behind-the-deep-state We live in interesting times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/qanon-trump-conspiracy-theory.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2150 yes Episode 167: Dispatches from the Second Battle of Starbucks https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-167-dispatches-from-the-second-battle-of-starbucks Show Notes Episode 167: “Dispatches from the Second Battle of Starbucks” This week Host Dave Bledsoe returns home from the war, and by war we mean a savage drinking binge from which his liver suffers PTSD. (God help it!) One the show this week, we read letters from the front of the #SecondCivilWar and hope not be sued by Ken Burns. Along the way we examine the root causes of generic civil wars. (Not OUR Civil War, that was slavery.) We delve into the reasons why we all cannot, as Rodney King once asked us, just get along. (Mostly because certain people are beating the shit out of people like Rodney King!) We talk about the mindset of Conservatives and why they feel so desperately ostracized. (It’s called the march of progress, get used to it!) Then we reluctantly advise you we are ALREADY in the midst of a true Second Civil War and we are currently not doing well. (Despite holding all the money and all the media!) Finally, we issue a stirring call to arms and beg General Patton Oswalt to take command of our troops and leads us to VICTORY! (Or Brunch, whichever) Our Sponsor this week is the 4th Proud Boys, who want you to know they will urinate and flee at the first hint on combat. We open the show with a soldiers plaintive lament for his mother not to look at his browser history and close with Boyz to Men covering Edwin Starr. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 06 Jul 2018 20:38:47 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 167: “Dispatches from the Sec… Show Notes Episode 167: “Dispatches from the Second Battle of Starbucks” This week Host Dave Bledsoe returns home from the war, and by war we mean a savage drinking binge from which his liver suffers PTSD. (God help it!) One the show this week, we read letters from the front of the #SecondCivilWar and hope not be sued by Ken Burns. Along the way we examine the root causes of generic civil wars. (Not OUR Civil War, that was slavery.) We delve into the reasons why we all cannot, as Rodney King once asked us, just get along. (Mostly because certain people are beating the shit out of people like Rodney King!) We talk about the mindset of Conservatives and why they feel so desperately ostracized. (It’s called the march of progress, get used to it!) Then we reluctantly advise you we are ALREADY in the midst of a true Second Civil War and we are currently not doing well. (Despite holding all the money and all the media!) Finally, we issue a stirring call to arms and beg General Patton Oswalt to take command of our troops and leads us to VICTORY! (Or Brunch, whichever) Our Sponsor this week is the 4th Proud Boys, who want you to know they will urinate and flee at the first hint on combat. We open the show with a soldiers plaintive lament for his mother not to look at his browser history and close with Boyz to Men covering Edwin Starr. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1598 yes Episode 166: Uncivil Wars https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-166-uncivil-wars Episode 166: “Uncivil Wars” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists the bouncers respect his feelings and practice civility as they toss him into the dumpster behind the Hooters. On the show this week say fuck your feelings to everyone who insists we respect the system. (We are not in a good place this week.) We do a front line tour of the civility wars this week as the sky is actually fucking falling! (Henny Penny was in fact a red hen, check your Little Golden Books!) Along the way we take those who cannot keep a civil tongue to task, and chide the rude, crude and socially repugnant for their crass ways. (Fuck those people!) We also examine the cost of going along to get along, and if we are willing to pay. (We, are not.) We hear from Birmingham Jail and also the Tombs as Dave frantically tries to get someone willing post his bail. (We, are not.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Etiquette Academy, fucking civilizing you. We open the show with a treatise on civilization by Joe Abercrombie and close with Mike Sinatra and the weather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAzo6YEbnv4 Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Won’t Someone PLEASE Think of the Children? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/trump-language-immigration.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Civility Gentleman, Always civility https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/let-the-trump-team-eat-in-peace/2018/06/24/46882e16-779a-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html?utm_term=.86406c620ff0 White People Are The Problem https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-birmingham-jail/552461/ I am willing to take the risk https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/27/outrage-works-for-trump-if-democrats-abandon-civility-itll-backfire/?utm_term=.a4b089f8ca90 Summer of Rage https://www.thecut.com/2018/06/summer-of-rage.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:22:02 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 166: “Uncivil Wars” This week Host Dave … Episode 166: “Uncivil Wars” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists the bouncers respect his feelings and practice civility as they toss him into the dumpster behind the Hooters. On the show this week say fuck your feelings to everyone who insists we respect the system. (We are not in a good place this week.) We do a front line tour of the civility wars this week as the sky is actually fucking falling! (Henny Penny was in fact a red hen, check your Little Golden Books!) Along the way we take those who cannot keep a civil tongue to task, and chide the rude, crude and socially repugnant for their crass ways. (Fuck those people!) We also examine the cost of going along to get along, and if we are willing to pay. (We, are not.) We hear from Birmingham Jail and also the Tombs as Dave frantically tries to get someone willing post his bail. (We, are not.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies Etiquette Academy, fucking civilizing you. We open the show with a treatise on civilization by Joe Abercrombie and close with Mike Sinatra and the weather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAzo6YEbnv4 Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Won’t Someone PLEASE Think of the Children? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/trump-language-immigration.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Civility Gentleman, Always civility https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/let-the-trump-team-eat-in-peace/2018/06/24/46882e16-779a-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html?utm_term=.86406c620ff0 White People Are The Problem https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-birmingham-jail/552461/ I am willing to take the risk https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/27/outrage-works-for-trump-if-democrats-abandon-civility-itll-backfire/?utm_term=.a4b089f8ca90 Summer of Rage https://www.thecut.com/2018/06/summer-of-rage.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1602 yes Episode 165: Waiting for a Ghoul Like You https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-165-waiting-for-a-ghoul-like-you Show Notes Episode 165: “Waiting For A Ghoul Like You” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles bleary eyed from the grave he lay in for the past week and wonders how much he drank to pass out in a cemetery. Again. On the show this week we examine the flesh eating ghoul who architects the Trump Administration's pogrom against immigrants. (Seriously, Stephen Miller eats the flesh of the dead!) We also explain what the HELL we were thinking last week when there was no show. (Rage, mostly) We look into the history of Dear Leader Trump’s long and illustrious career in hating non-whites going all the way back to Daddy Fred’s days with the Klan. Then we dive into the arcane ritual that summoned forth from beyond the wall of death incarnating the fleshy homunculus who functions as the ill will behind kidnapping of innocent children to get a Border Wall. (We hesitate to use the word evil, actually no we don’t, it’s evil!) Finally, we discuss at length the danger of men like Stephen and the threat they pose. (It’s not the rise of the Elder Gods, unless Himmler was an incarnation of Nyarlathotep. Though, we won’t rule that out.) Our Sponsor this week is White Supremacy, making things a better for even the lowest of White Folks. We open the show with Chris Rock reading us the efficient train schedules for Reich Amerika and close with JHypemusic who is waiting for someone to come along make him feel alright. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Purging the Untermensch is his business and business is good http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-stephen-miller-trump-speechwriter-immigration-adviser-2018-1#a-video-emerged-in-2017-of-his-giving-a-student-government-campaign-speech-at-santa-monica-high-in-which-he-argued-that-students-shouldnt-have-to-pick-up-their-own-trash-because-there-are-plenty-of-janitors-who-are-paid-to-do-it-for-them-the-audience-quickly-booed-him-off-the-stage-3 Stephen Hollywood https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-trump-adviser-stephen-miller-divided-a-santa-monica-synagogue-989250 From Crazy Eyes to Klansie the Elf https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/stephen-miller-donald-trump-2016-policy-adviser-jeff-sessions-213992 Seriously this fucking guy is a shit https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/stephen-miller-duke-donald-trump A thoroughly evil shit https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/stephen-miller-family-separation-white-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:05:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 165: “Waiting For A Ghoul Like… Show Notes Episode 165: “Waiting For A Ghoul Like You” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles bleary eyed from the grave he lay in for the past week and wonders how much he drank to pass out in a cemetery. Again. On the show this week we examine the flesh eating ghoul who architects the Trump Administration's pogrom against immigrants. (Seriously, Stephen Miller eats the flesh of the dead!) We also explain what the HELL we were thinking last week when there was no show. (Rage, mostly) We look into the history of Dear Leader Trump’s long and illustrious career in hating non-whites going all the way back to Daddy Fred’s days with the Klan. Then we dive into the arcane ritual that summoned forth from beyond the wall of death incarnating the fleshy homunculus who functions as the ill will behind kidnapping of innocent children to get a Border Wall. (We hesitate to use the word evil, actually no we don’t, it’s evil!) Finally, we discuss at length the danger of men like Stephen and the threat they pose. (It’s not the rise of the Elder Gods, unless Himmler was an incarnation of Nyarlathotep. Though, we won’t rule that out.) Our Sponsor this week is White Supremacy, making things a better for even the lowest of White Folks. We open the show with Chris Rock reading us the efficient train schedules for Reich Amerika and close with JHypemusic who is waiting for someone to come along make him feel alright. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Purging the Untermensch is his business and business is good http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-stephen-miller-trump-speechwriter-immigration-adviser-2018-1#a-video-emerged-in-2017-of-his-giving-a-student-government-campaign-speech-at-santa-monica-high-in-which-he-argued-that-students-shouldnt-have-to-pick-up-their-own-trash-because-there-are-plenty-of-janitors-who-are-paid-to-do-it-for-them-the-audience-quickly-booed-him-off-the-stage-3 Stephen Hollywood https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-trump-adviser-stephen-miller-divided-a-santa-monica-synagogue-989250 From Crazy Eyes to Klansie the Elf https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/stephen-miller-donald-trump-2016-policy-adviser-jeff-sessions-213992 Seriously this fucking guy is a shit https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/stephen-miller-duke-donald-trump A thoroughly evil shit https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/stephen-miller-family-separation-white-house Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1691 yes Episode 164: Talk Dirty to Me https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-164-talk-dirty-to-me Show Notes Episode 164: “Talk Dirty to Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries really hard to lose sponsors with his vile and vicious content, only to realize he doesn’t have any. On the show this week we try a reckless stunt and talk about profanity. (We are sure THIS will go well.) Along we way, we spend far too much time talking about the Samantha Bee faux controversy and conclude apologies are only necessary to those who deserve them. (Hint: Not you Ivanka) We dissect the C-Word in all of its permutation and incarnations, and explain why Brits and Ozzies love it so much. (It’s fun to say, yah C----S!) We go on to mount a vigorous defense of profanity in all of its forms, and push back against the idea that those us who work blue lack vocabulary? (Have you HEARD some of the ways we curse on this show?) We unpack the crime underlying the usage of some of our naughtiest words and realize it isn’t the words but the bigoted assholes saying them which is the problem. (Stealing a Carlin bit, it’s how we work.) Finally we ask the hard question: What ELSE can you say when the world is THIS fucked up? (Who are we Ned Fucking Flanders?) Our Sponsor this week is Bad Words, when the situation calls for just the right words, choose Bad Words. We open with Ralphie’s Soap Story and close with Jughead’s Revenge who knows we like it too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jdv_hXjNa8 Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Fuck Off Liar https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/samantha-bee-on-ivanka-trumps-inaction-amid-migrant-crisis-w520938 The Fuckstick In Question https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002508937445478402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Unnecessary Apology 1 https://twitter.com/iamsambee/status/1002252496532856832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5297645%2Fsamantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka%2F Unnecessary Apology 2 https://twitter.com/TBSNetwork/status/1002258584917311488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5297645%2Fsamantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka%2F No, seriously, go fuck yourself https://people.com/politics/ivanka-trump-angry-samantha-bee-c-word-comment/ Just a word https://newrepublic.com/article/148713/whats-bad-c-word The Case for Cursing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 08 Jun 2018 23:46:58 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 164: “Talk Dirty to Me” This … Show Notes Episode 164: “Talk Dirty to Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries really hard to lose sponsors with his vile and vicious content, only to realize he doesn’t have any. On the show this week we try a reckless stunt and talk about profanity. (We are sure THIS will go well.) Along we way, we spend far too much time talking about the Samantha Bee faux controversy and conclude apologies are only necessary to those who deserve them. (Hint: Not you Ivanka) We dissect the C-Word in all of its permutation and incarnations, and explain why Brits and Ozzies love it so much. (It’s fun to say, yah C----S!) We go on to mount a vigorous defense of profanity in all of its forms, and push back against the idea that those us who work blue lack vocabulary? (Have you HEARD some of the ways we curse on this show?) We unpack the crime underlying the usage of some of our naughtiest words and realize it isn’t the words but the bigoted assholes saying them which is the problem. (Stealing a Carlin bit, it’s how we work.) Finally we ask the hard question: What ELSE can you say when the world is THIS fucked up? (Who are we Ned Fucking Flanders?) Our Sponsor this week is Bad Words, when the situation calls for just the right words, choose Bad Words. We open with Ralphie’s Soap Story and close with Jughead’s Revenge who knows we like it too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jdv_hXjNa8 Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Fuck Off Liar https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/samantha-bee-on-ivanka-trumps-inaction-amid-migrant-crisis-w520938 The Fuckstick In Question https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002508937445478402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Unnecessary Apology 1 https://twitter.com/iamsambee/status/1002252496532856832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5297645%2Fsamantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka%2F Unnecessary Apology 2 https://twitter.com/TBSNetwork/status/1002258584917311488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5297645%2Fsamantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka%2F No, seriously, go fuck yourself https://people.com/politics/ivanka-trump-angry-samantha-bee-c-word-comment/ Just a word https://newrepublic.com/article/148713/whats-bad-c-word The Case for Cursing Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1645 yes Episode 163: Your Tweets Should Go Away, Roseanne Yeah https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-163-your-tweets-should-go-away-roseanne-yeah Show Notes Episode 163: “Your Tweet Should Go Away, Roseanne Yeah!” This week the show is airing on Saturday because Host Dave Bledsoe is busy celebrating his birthday by convincing friends and strangers to pay for his liquor. (It’s basically his Saturday on a Friday.) On the show this week are forced to address the pile of dog poo on the nation’s lawn that is Roseanne. (We are going to need a HUGE pooper scooper people!) Along the way we learn the secret of working for a giant asshole (Money, lots of money) and how it always ends when you do. (Lawyers, lots of money to lawyers.) We examine the history of Roseanne and her politics and ask how did ABC NOT see this coming. (Lawyers AND Money!) We question the Liberal bona fides of Roseanne going all the way back to the beginnings of her career and point out her show was actually just a Norman Lear sitcom without Norman’s warmth. (Honestly, we couldn’t stand her then, having Roseanne screaming on the TV and our Mom screaming from the kitchen was too much to bear!) Finally we tackle Hollywood’s obsession with unicorns, leprechauns and Trump voters who aren’t even a LITTLE bit racist. (Hint: There are very hard to find.) Our Sponsor this week is ABC’s new Fall premier, the David Duke Show, he’s like Roseanne but worse! We open the show Roseanne and Dan being just like us and close with the band Analog who will meet us all the way.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfAwBBTiCeQ Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: All Racist Rants https://www.vox.com/2018/5/29/17406014/roseanne-racism-abc-trump-twitter All About the Whites https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/the-roseanne-reboot-reviewed.html Twenty Years of Bad Behavior https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/roseanne-barr-the-lottery-loser-of-all-time-1279163.html It’s Like They Are Bad People Or Something https://www.thenation.com/article/economic-anxiety-didnt-make-people-vote-trump-racism-did/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:42:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 163: “Your Tweet Should Go Awa… Show Notes Episode 163: “Your Tweet Should Go Away, Roseanne Yeah!” This week the show is airing on Saturday because Host Dave Bledsoe is busy celebrating his birthday by convincing friends and strangers to pay for his liquor. (It’s basically his Saturday on a Friday.) On the show this week are forced to address the pile of dog poo on the nation’s lawn that is Roseanne. (We are going to need a HUGE pooper scooper people!) Along the way we learn the secret of working for a giant asshole (Money, lots of money) and how it always ends when you do. (Lawyers, lots of money to lawyers.) We examine the history of Roseanne and her politics and ask how did ABC NOT see this coming. (Lawyers AND Money!) We question the Liberal bona fides of Roseanne going all the way back to the beginnings of her career and point out her show was actually just a Norman Lear sitcom without Norman’s warmth. (Honestly, we couldn’t stand her then, having Roseanne screaming on the TV and our Mom screaming from the kitchen was too much to bear!) Finally we tackle Hollywood’s obsession with unicorns, leprechauns and Trump voters who aren’t even a LITTLE bit racist. (Hint: There are very hard to find.) Our Sponsor this week is ABC’s new Fall premier, the David Duke Show, he’s like Roseanne but worse! We open the show Roseanne and Dan being just like us and close with the band Analog who will meet us all the way.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfAwBBTiCeQ Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: All Racist Rants https://www.vox.com/2018/5/29/17406014/roseanne-racism-abc-trump-twitter All About the Whites https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/the-roseanne-reboot-reviewed.html Twenty Years of Bad Behavior https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/roseanne-barr-the-lottery-loser-of-all-time-1279163.html It’s Like They Are Bad People Or Something https://www.thenation.com/article/economic-anxiety-didnt-make-people-vote-trump-racism-did/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1649 yes Episode 162: Hey Little Sister What Have You Done https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-162-hey-little-sister-what-have-you-done Episode 162: “Hey Little Sister, What Have You Done?” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe pops the question to his beloved only to discover the bartender is already married. On the show this week we are SO ready for Wedding Season after the Royal Wedding coverage! (So ready for this crap to be over!) Join us as we walk down the aisle on the Wedding Industrial Complex and weddings in America. (We will need a $1,200 deposit to hold the space before we can even begin the show.) Along the way we tally the costs, financial, emotional and physical of a wedding today. (You will want Podcast Planner to guide you through the show, we have some recommendations.) We tackle the important questions you should ask before deciding on your ceremony. (Open Bar, always Open Bar). We address the elephant in every room: where to seat your registered sex offender family members in the reception hall. (Legally, 200 yards from the children’s table.) Finally, we offer some alternatives to traditional weddings. (We urge you to consider the Lesbian Boat Wedding Package.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Fast Wedding, when you need your nuptials NOW, call Fast Eddies Fast Wedding. We open the show with pre-marital discord and close close with the Burbillies telling us we can always start again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qlnJDSBTFw Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 25 May 2018 22:59:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 162: “Hey Little Sister, What Have You Do… Episode 162: “Hey Little Sister, What Have You Done?” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe pops the question to his beloved only to discover the bartender is already married. On the show this week we are SO ready for Wedding Season after the Royal Wedding coverage! (So ready for this crap to be over!) Join us as we walk down the aisle on the Wedding Industrial Complex and weddings in America. (We will need a $1,200 deposit to hold the space before we can even begin the show.) Along the way we tally the costs, financial, emotional and physical of a wedding today. (You will want Podcast Planner to guide you through the show, we have some recommendations.) We tackle the important questions you should ask before deciding on your ceremony. (Open Bar, always Open Bar). We address the elephant in every room: where to seat your registered sex offender family members in the reception hall. (Legally, 200 yards from the children’s table.) Finally, we offer some alternatives to traditional weddings. (We urge you to consider the Lesbian Boat Wedding Package.) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Fast Wedding, when you need your nuptials NOW, call Fast Eddies Fast Wedding. We open the show with pre-marital discord and close close with the Burbillies telling us we can always start again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qlnJDSBTFw Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1851 yes Episode 161: What Kind of White Nonsense Is This? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-161-what-kind-of-white-nonsense-is-this Show Notes Episode #161: “What Kind of White Nonsense Is This?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is accused of virtue signaling until people discovered he lacks any. On the show we talk about why White Folks are so quick to call 911 on Black People. (Hint: They are Black.) Along the way we discuss why White People are so quick to call the police for EVERYTHING! (Their dog looked at me funny officer!) We examine the long history caucasian passive aggression (Witch Hunt!) and Cookout do's and don’ts. (Do: Bring a bottle of brown liquor, don’t go back for seconds before everyone else has a chance to eat.) Then we get down in the weeds and explain why Black people are uncomfortable around the police in a way White people can identify with. (You could say we Whitesplain it.) Our Sponsor this week is 9-1-2, it’s like 911 for petty shit you call 911 about,. We open the show with KevOnStage explaining cookout etiquette and close Z-Flo signing about White People. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Slow Golfing While Black https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/28/golf-club-twice-called-police-after-black-women-told-they-were-playing-too-slow/561206002/ Starbuck While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Air BnBing While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/airbnb-black-women-police.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article House Inspecting While Black https://www.theroot.com/white-woman-called-the-cops-on-black-real-estate-agent-1826044836 Yaling While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/yale-black-student-nap.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Harvarding While Black http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063001356.html Why White People Call the Police and Black People Don’t https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/when-calling-the-police-is-a-privilege/558608/ Same Cops, Different Worlds https://www.propublica.org/article/yes-black-america-fears-the-police-heres-why The Names John Crawford, Rekia Boyd, Aiyana Jones, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sean Bell, Abner Louima, Tamir Rice, Philandro Castile, or Stefon Clark. Double Standard Much https://www.propublica.org/article/deadly-force-in-black-and-white Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 19 May 2018 00:07:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode #161: “What Kind of White Non… Show Notes Episode #161: “What Kind of White Nonsense Is This?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is accused of virtue signaling until people discovered he lacks any. On the show we talk about why White Folks are so quick to call 911 on Black People. (Hint: They are Black.) Along the way we discuss why White People are so quick to call the police for EVERYTHING! (Their dog looked at me funny officer!) We examine the long history caucasian passive aggression (Witch Hunt!) and Cookout do's and don’ts. (Do: Bring a bottle of brown liquor, don’t go back for seconds before everyone else has a chance to eat.) Then we get down in the weeds and explain why Black people are uncomfortable around the police in a way White people can identify with. (You could say we Whitesplain it.) Our Sponsor this week is 9-1-2, it’s like 911 for petty shit you call 911 about,. We open the show with KevOnStage explaining cookout etiquette and close Z-Flo signing about White People. Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Slow Golfing While Black https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/28/golf-club-twice-called-police-after-black-women-told-they-were-playing-too-slow/561206002/ Starbuck While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Air BnBing While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/airbnb-black-women-police.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article House Inspecting While Black https://www.theroot.com/white-woman-called-the-cops-on-black-real-estate-agent-1826044836 Yaling While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/yale-black-student-nap.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Harvarding While Black http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063001356.html Why White People Call the Police and Black People Don’t https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/when-calling-the-police-is-a-privilege/558608/ Same Cops, Different Worlds https://www.propublica.org/article/yes-black-america-fears-the-police-heres-why The Names John Crawford, Rekia Boyd, Aiyana Jones, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sean Bell, Abner Louima, Tamir Rice, Philandro Castile, or Stefon Clark. 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]]> 1316 yes Episode 160: Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-160-domo-arigato-mister-roboto Show Notes Episode 160: “Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is worried he will be replaced by Artificial Intelligence only to discover no robot can process Jameson as efficiently as he can. (Seriously: Consider Rehab!) On the show this week we head to the Google IO Conference to learn about all the new products designed to replace humanity on the planet Earth. (Can’t happen soon enough for us!) Along the way we learn about Dave’s crippling fear of technology. (His fleshlight malfunctioned and scarred him mentally and physically.) We take a tour through the hellish landscape of customer service phone calls and come out the other side fully convinced humanity does not DESERVE to live. You will also learn all the ways the road to hell is paved with best intentions of people with great ideas. (Think Facebook!) Then we dive deep into the ethics of Artificial Intelligence and come up with the only possible solution to the problem. (Hint: Farting Robots). Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Placement Service, all the frustration of an inept digital assistant with the infuriation of an incompetent human assistant. We open the show with Sirius Cybernetics Systems and close with Hot Breakfast telling us they are NOT a robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIvejoeX1GI Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Real Question. https://twitter.com/StevenLevy/status/994031440462598146 The Line Was Five Miles Back http://bgr.com/2018/05/09/google-io-2018-duplex-personal-assistant-ai/ He Has Ascended https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/stephen-hawking-ai-could-be-worst-event-in-civilization.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 12 May 2018 00:09:15 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 160: “Domo Arigato, Mister Rob… Show Notes Episode 160: “Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is worried he will be replaced by Artificial Intelligence only to discover no robot can process Jameson as efficiently as he can. (Seriously: Consider Rehab!) On the show this week we head to the Google IO Conference to learn about all the new products designed to replace humanity on the planet Earth. (Can’t happen soon enough for us!) Along the way we learn about Dave’s crippling fear of technology. (His fleshlight malfunctioned and scarred him mentally and physically.) We take a tour through the hellish landscape of customer service phone calls and come out the other side fully convinced humanity does not DESERVE to live. You will also learn all the ways the road to hell is paved with best intentions of people with great ideas. (Think Facebook!) Then we dive deep into the ethics of Artificial Intelligence and come up with the only possible solution to the problem. (Hint: Farting Robots). Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddie’s Placement Service, all the frustration of an inept digital assistant with the infuriation of an incompetent human assistant. We open the show with Sirius Cybernetics Systems and close with Hot Breakfast telling us they are NOT a robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIvejoeX1GI Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Real Question. https://twitter.com/StevenLevy/status/994031440462598146 The Line Was Five Miles Back http://bgr.com/2018/05/09/google-io-2018-duplex-personal-assistant-ai/ He Has Ascended https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/stephen-hawking-ai-could-be-worst-event-in-civilization.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1634 yes Episode 159: Speak of the Pompitous of Trump https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-159-speak-of-the-pompitous-of-trump Episode 159: “Speak of the Pompitous of Trump” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is fired from his gig speaking at the Spring Lake Heights New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Dinner because he refused to cut the joke about the mayor having carnal relations with an Alpaca. (NO EDITS!) On the show this week we discuss the kerfuffle about a mean lady being mean to all the important people of Washington DC. Along the way we learn why Dave keeps being fired from his jobs. (His drinking.) We continue our fascination with Conservative Humor and why it just isn’t funny. (Mostly, it’s the racism.) We deliver a better Dennis Miller joke than even Dennis could do back when he was sane, relevant and funny. (He really was all three once upon a time.) There is a sidelong plunge into why Sarah Huckabee Sanders being a Lesbian Softball Coach is actually a compliment and urge Sarah to leave her current job and become one immediately. Then we spend an inordinate amount of time explaining why the White House Correspondents Association is a bad thing and should feel bad, and go to a very dark place about a naked man pooping on a table. (Sorry!) Our Sponsor this week is Rent A Hack, when you need a comedian who is both inoffensive AND unfunny: Rent A Hack. We open with Michelle Wolf being mean and close with YouTubers Sure Thing getting his lovin’ on the run. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b6GJa8fDwk) (Correction--The WHCAD started in 1944 not 94, it was a slip and not in the script) Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Masha Explains Everything https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-michelle-wolf-blasted-open-the-fictions-of-journalism-in-the-age-of-trump?mbid=nl_Daily%20043018&CNDID=37503647&spMailingID=13414616&spUserID=MTMzMTgzODMwODcxS0&spJobID=1382638657&spReportId=MTM4MjYzODY1NwS2&irgwc=1&source=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Skimbit%20Ltd.&mbid=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Skimbit%20Ltd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 05 May 2018 00:06:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 159: “Speak of the Pompitous of Trump” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is fired from his gig speaking at the Spring Lake Heights New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Dinner because he refused to cut the joke about the mayor having carnal relations with an Alpaca. (NO EDITS!) On the show this week we discuss the kerfuffle about a mean lady being mean to all the important people of Washington DC. Along the way we learn why Dave keeps being fired from his jobs. (His drinking.) We continue our fascination with Conservative Humor and why it just isn’t funny. (Mostly, it’s the racism.) We deliver a better Dennis Miller joke than even Dennis could do back when he was sane, relevant and funny. (He really was all three once upon a time.) There is a sidelong plunge into why Sarah Huckabee Sanders being a Lesbian Softball Coach is actually a compliment and urge Sarah to leave her current job and become one immediately. Then we spend an inordinate amount of time explaining why the White House Correspondents Association is a bad thing and should feel bad, and go to a very dark place about a naked man pooping on a table. (Sorry!) Our Sponsor this week is Rent A Hack, when you need a comedian who is both inoffensive AND unfunny: Rent A Hack. We open with Michelle Wolf being mean and close with YouTubers Sure Thing getting his lovin’ on the run. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b6GJa8fDwk) (Correction--The WHCAD started in 1944 not 94, it was a slip and not in the script) Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Masha Explains Everything https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-michelle-wolf-blasted-open-the-fictions-of-journalism-in-the-age-of-trump?mbid=nl_Daily%20043018&CNDID=37503647&spMailingID=13414616&spUserID=MTMzMTgzODMwODcxS0&spJobID=1382638657&spReportId=MTM4MjYzODY1NwS2&irgwc=1&source=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Skimbit%20Ltd.&mbid=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Skimbit%20Ltd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Episode 159: “Speak of the Pompitous of Trump” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is fired from his gig speaking at the Spring Lake Heights New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Dinner because he refused to cut the joke about the mayor having carnal relations with an Alpaca. (NO EDITS!) On the show this week we discuss the kerfuffle about a mean lady being mean to all the important people of Washington DC. Along the way we learn why Dave keeps being fired from his jobs. (His drinking.) We continue our fascination with Conservative Humor and why it just isn’t funny. (Mostly, it’s the racism.) We deliver a better Dennis Miller joke than even Dennis could do back when he was sane, relevant and funny. (He really was all three once upon a time.) There is a sidelong plunge into why Sarah Huckabee Sanders being a Lesbian Softball Coach is actually a compliment and urge Sarah to leave her current job and become one immediately. Then we spend an inordinate amount of time explaining why the White House Correspondents Association is a bad thing and should feel bad, and go to a very dark place about a naked man pooping on a table. (Sorry!) Our Sponsor this week is Rent A Hack, when you need a comedian who is both inoffensive AND unfunny: Rent A Hack. We open with Michelle Wolf being mean and close with YouTubers Sure Thing getting his lovin’ on the run. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b6GJa8fDwk)

(Correction--The WHCAD started in 1944 not 94, it was a slip and not in the script)

Show Music: 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 your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Masha Explains Everything https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-michelle-wolf-blasted-open-the-fictions-of-journalism-in-the-age-of-trump?mbid=nl_Daily%20043018&CNDID=37503647&spMailingID=13414616&spUserID=MTMzMTgzODMwODcxS0&spJobID=1382638657&spReportId=MTM4MjYzODY1NwS2&irgwc=1&source=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Skimbit%20Ltd.&mbid=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Skimbit%20Ltd.

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]]> 1655 yes Episode 158: Have You Heard About the Lonesome Loser https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-158-have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser Episode 158: Have You Heard About the Lonesome Losers? This week Host Dave Bledsoe sits down with Chad and Stacy at the cool kids table only to discover they only want him there because he is old enough to buy beer. On the show this week we take a walk on the sad side with all the sweaty, semen soaked denizens of the “Incel” culture. (It is just as pathetic as it sounds.) Along the way, and against our will, we take a course on Dave’s sexual history. (It’s a remedial class.) We stretch our metaphors to the breaking point finding new ways to insult the Manosphere which is a real thing and real stupid. There is a pointless detour into dictionary definitions and one really stinging Your Mom joke which we personally feel is goes to far. (Just like your Mom on the first date!) Finally, we deliver frank and useful advice to all the sad pathetic idiots pouting in their basements, raging over their perpetual virginity! (Hint: Start with taking a SHOWER!) Also, we encourage you to head to our Patreon Page www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast for new exclusive content for our Patreon donors. (It’s roughly .78 cents of entertainment for your $1.00 donation!) Our Sponsor this week is Sir Spanks-A-Lot Spank Boxes, monthly shipments of autoerotic accoutrement for the chronic mastusrbators in your life. We open the show with John Hughes’ examination of pubescent societal structures in the 1980’s and close with a German band called The Diamond doing a cover that may be better than the original.. (https://youtu.be/LdF_Vo4B6Ms?t=12s) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Dan Savage keeping it savagely real https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/25/26093525/on-sexual-deprivation-sex-workers-incels-and-violence Going where no man should want to go https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/27/inside-the-manosphere-that-inspired-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dc23bf177a5a The man who started Incels was a woman https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a34512/woman-who-started-incel-movement/ No “can’t” but “don’t” https://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/a33782/involuntary-celibacy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:45:45 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 158: Have You Heard About the Lonesome L… Episode 158: Have You Heard About the Lonesome Losers? This week Host Dave Bledsoe sits down with Chad and Stacy at the cool kids table only to discover they only want him there because he is old enough to buy beer. On the show this week we take a walk on the sad side with all the sweaty, semen soaked denizens of the “Incel” culture. (It is just as pathetic as it sounds.) Along the way, and against our will, we take a course on Dave’s sexual history. (It’s a remedial class.) We stretch our metaphors to the breaking point finding new ways to insult the Manosphere which is a real thing and real stupid. There is a pointless detour into dictionary definitions and one really stinging Your Mom joke which we personally feel is goes to far. (Just like your Mom on the first date!) Finally, we deliver frank and useful advice to all the sad pathetic idiots pouting in their basements, raging over their perpetual virginity! (Hint: Start with taking a SHOWER!) Also, we encourage you to head to our Patreon Page www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast for new exclusive content for our Patreon donors. (It’s roughly .78 cents of entertainment for your $1.00 donation!) Our Sponsor this week is Sir Spanks-A-Lot Spank Boxes, monthly shipments of autoerotic accoutrement for the chronic mastusrbators in your life. We open the show with John Hughes’ examination of pubescent societal structures in the 1980’s and close with a German band called The Diamond doing a cover that may be better than the original.. (https://youtu.be/LdF_Vo4B6Ms?t=12s) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Dan Savage keeping it savagely real https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/25/26093525/on-sexual-deprivation-sex-workers-incels-and-violence Going where no man should want to go https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/27/inside-the-manosphere-that-inspired-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dc23bf177a5a The man who started Incels was a woman https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a34512/woman-who-started-incel-movement/ No “can’t” but “don’t” https://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/a33782/involuntary-celibacy/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1911 yes Patreon Wayback 1 Drugs In The 70s With Superfriends https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/patreon-wayback-1-drugs-in-the-70s-with-superfriends Here's is a just a taste, just a LITTLE taste of the kind of things you could be listening to for your dollar on our Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast. Just try it out, maybe share it with your friends, and we will see you on the come back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:24:14 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Here's is a just a taste, just a LITTLE taste of … Here's is a just a taste, just a LITTLE taste of the kind of things you could be listening to for your dollar on our Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/whatthehellpodcast. Just try it out, maybe share it with your friends, and we will see you on the come back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 116 yes Episode 157: Quiet Numbskulls I'm Broadcasting https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-157-quiet-numbskulls-im-broadcasting Show Notes Episode 157: “Quiet Numbskulls I’m Broadcasting” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes on the hunt for the video that killed the radio star, to discover all he can hear is Radio Gaga, only to then find himself the morning DJ on W.O.L.D. On the show the show this week we Turn Up the Radio, because we want some music, got to hear us some more. (We don’t know what songs he is referencing either.) Along the way we bid a bittersweet farewell to some radio legends, Art Bell and Carl Kasell, two men who influenced radio in completely different ways. (Though Carl did record a answering message for a Time Traveler from 2083, we heard it on Art Bell.) Then WE travel through the days of yesteryear to hear the voices of all the Disc Jockeys who made music radio! (Including the Casey Kasem rant that EVERYONE plays any time these kind of things are referenced. So original!) We get raw with the rise and fall of the Shock Jocks from Stern to Opie and Anthony. (Yes, yes, Baba Booey) Then we take a turn into the darker side of the dial, away from the wholesome family fun of objectifying women and into the Christian Family Fun of hating women and minorities. (Don’t touch that dial!) Finally, we explain how Facebook has gone wrong by basically being Facebook--trust us it makes sense in context. (As much anything ever makes sense on this dumb show.) Our Sponsor this week is KBDF 69.9 FM, your station from your imagination, featuring Jimmy Cafferty and a dubiously named sidekick we would all rather forget about in hindsight. We open the show with Art Bell and the Antichrist. (Or Art IS the antichrist we aren’t sure) and close with YouTuber Michael Bosley turning us on the radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vm22iatO-I Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: There IS Something Wrong With the Radio https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/radio-shock-jocks-howard-stern Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 20 Apr 2018 22:13:30 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 157: “Quiet Numbskulls I’m Bro… Show Notes Episode 157: “Quiet Numbskulls I’m Broadcasting” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes on the hunt for the video that killed the radio star, to discover all he can hear is Radio Gaga, only to then find himself the morning DJ on W.O.L.D. On the show the show this week we Turn Up the Radio, because we want some music, got to hear us some more. (We don’t know what songs he is referencing either.) Along the way we bid a bittersweet farewell to some radio legends, Art Bell and Carl Kasell, two men who influenced radio in completely different ways. (Though Carl did record a answering message for a Time Traveler from 2083, we heard it on Art Bell.) Then WE travel through the days of yesteryear to hear the voices of all the Disc Jockeys who made music radio! (Including the Casey Kasem rant that EVERYONE plays any time these kind of things are referenced. So original!) We get raw with the rise and fall of the Shock Jocks from Stern to Opie and Anthony. (Yes, yes, Baba Booey) Then we take a turn into the darker side of the dial, away from the wholesome family fun of objectifying women and into the Christian Family Fun of hating women and minorities. (Don’t touch that dial!) Finally, we explain how Facebook has gone wrong by basically being Facebook--trust us it makes sense in context. (As much anything ever makes sense on this dumb show.) Our Sponsor this week is KBDF 69.9 FM, your station from your imagination, featuring Jimmy Cafferty and a dubiously named sidekick we would all rather forget about in hindsight. We open the show with Art Bell and the Antichrist. (Or Art IS the antichrist we aren’t sure) and close with YouTuber Michael Bosley turning us on the radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vm22iatO-I Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: There IS Something Wrong With the Radio https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/radio-shock-jocks-howard-stern Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1964 yes Episode 156: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/156-dirty-deeds-done-dirt-cheap Episode 156: “Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes in search of legal counsel to press his case against TGI Fridays in Penn Station for emotional damages after being banned from the premises last week. (His pain is very real and very lucrative) On the show this week, we talk about a very naughty lawyer who is in deep, deep trouble: Michael Cohen. (Soon to be Inmate #577791) We learn all about Mikey’s checkered past, his associations with all the The Worst People (Don, Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka) and where he fits in on the Trump Org Chart. (Above Tiffany) Along the way we discover that Mikey has some interesting associations outside the Trump family, most of whom (Entirely coincidentally we are sure) have Russian last names. (He is a big fan of borscht) We gab on the rankings of universities within the confines of the District of Columbia and why you shouldn’t even admit your awareness of American University. (Gavin went there!) We step inside the Wayback Machine and head back to the heady days of Disco, drugs, and Studio 54 to learn all about the first guy who had Michael Cohen’s job and the depths of Donny’s gratitude. (You won’t get your feet wet, that’s for sure.) Our Sponsor this week is Vinnie Scarpaci, Esquire, Attorney at Law, the Lawyer’s Lawyer, who want to remind you “When you call up Vinnie, you can always take the Plea!”. We open the show with Lincoln Lawyer and close with Hayseed Dixie and low rate criminality. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: A Safety School’s Safety School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Michigan_University_Cooley_Law_School /Thread https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/983671870967992321 Sooooo Many Russians https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-cohens-ties-to-russia-crime-and-trump-w518941 THE LAW https://www.justice.gov/usam/usam-9-13000-obtaining-evidence#9-13.420 NOT, the Law https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trumps-lawyer-threatens-to-take-daily-beast-reporter-for-every-penny-over-ivana-trumps-rape-comments/ Scumbag, Meet Scumbag https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-roy-cohn-relationship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 13 Apr 2018 23:55:22 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 156: “Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap” This… Episode 156: “Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes in search of legal counsel to press his case against TGI Fridays in Penn Station for emotional damages after being banned from the premises last week. (His pain is very real and very lucrative) On the show this week, we talk about a very naughty lawyer who is in deep, deep trouble: Michael Cohen. (Soon to be Inmate #577791) We learn all about Mikey’s checkered past, his associations with all the The Worst People (Don, Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka) and where he fits in on the Trump Org Chart. (Above Tiffany) Along the way we discover that Mikey has some interesting associations outside the Trump family, most of whom (Entirely coincidentally we are sure) have Russian last names. (He is a big fan of borscht) We gab on the rankings of universities within the confines of the District of Columbia and why you shouldn’t even admit your awareness of American University. (Gavin went there!) We step inside the Wayback Machine and head back to the heady days of Disco, drugs, and Studio 54 to learn all about the first guy who had Michael Cohen’s job and the depths of Donny’s gratitude. (You won’t get your feet wet, that’s for sure.) Our Sponsor this week is Vinnie Scarpaci, Esquire, Attorney at Law, the Lawyer’s Lawyer, who want to remind you “When you call up Vinnie, you can always take the Plea!”. We open the show with Lincoln Lawyer and close with Hayseed Dixie and low rate criminality. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: A Safety School’s Safety School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Michigan_University_Cooley_Law_School /Thread https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/983671870967992321 Sooooo Many Russians https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-cohens-ties-to-russia-crime-and-trump-w518941 THE LAW https://www.justice.gov/usam/usam-9-13000-obtaining-evidence#9-13.420 NOT, the Law https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trumps-lawyer-threatens-to-take-daily-beast-reporter-for-every-penny-over-ivana-trumps-rape-comments/ Scumbag, Meet Scumbag https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-roy-cohn-relationship Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1684 yes Episode 155: You Got to Change Your Evil Ways, Bezos https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-155-you-got-to-change-your-evil-ways-bezos Episode 155: “You Got To Change Your Evil Ways, Bezos” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists his bar tab is part of his “Prime Membership” and is banned from drinking at the TGI Fridays in Penn Station. (Again) On the show this week we think hard questions deserve hard answers, which explains why we still had to solve the problem on the chalkboard even if we sported a hardon. (We’re flattering ourselves) We tackle the ethics of Amazon only discover we inadvertently ordered a textbook of the same name for an MBA class. Along the way we take a tour of Dave’s hometown circa 1975. (Not impressed) We learn the real reason 12 year old boys took the Sears Catalog into the bathroom. (I am looking at SPORTING GOODS MOM!) And ask why President Spanky is so very angry at Jeff Bezos. (Hint: President Spanky is a moron.) Finally, we play a stirring round of 25,000 Pyramid with Dave’s childhood traumas. (Dave loses) Our Sponsor this week is the Sears Catalog you OWE us, so how about shopping here once in a while? We open the show this week with the competition by America’s mayors for Amazon's Headquarters 2 and close with the Evil Ways Band imploring Jeff Bezos to change. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P20frVIGNYw) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Pepperidge Farm Remembers http://www.chattanoogan.com/2003/8/10/39615/Remembering-Redford-s-5-Cents-To-A.aspx We read the article in Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2017/09/13/the-10-companies-with-the-best-csr-reputations-in-2017/#701e106b546b Yes, to both https://gizmodo.com/is-amazon-evil-and-am-i-evil-for-using-it-1824070880 Maybe just A job first? https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/about-us Reminder: Gawker was good http://gawker.com/working-at-amazon-is-a-soul-crushing-experience-1573522379 We LOVE Amazon! https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/27/16552614/amazon-popularity-user-survey-prime-echo-trust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:38:11 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 155: “You Got To Change Your Evil Ways, B… Episode 155: “You Got To Change Your Evil Ways, Bezos” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists his bar tab is part of his “Prime Membership” and is banned from drinking at the TGI Fridays in Penn Station. (Again) On the show this week we think hard questions deserve hard answers, which explains why we still had to solve the problem on the chalkboard even if we sported a hardon. (We’re flattering ourselves) We tackle the ethics of Amazon only discover we inadvertently ordered a textbook of the same name for an MBA class. Along the way we take a tour of Dave’s hometown circa 1975. (Not impressed) We learn the real reason 12 year old boys took the Sears Catalog into the bathroom. (I am looking at SPORTING GOODS MOM!) And ask why President Spanky is so very angry at Jeff Bezos. (Hint: President Spanky is a moron.) Finally, we play a stirring round of 25,000 Pyramid with Dave’s childhood traumas. (Dave loses) Our Sponsor this week is the Sears Catalog you OWE us, so how about shopping here once in a while? We open the show this week with the competition by America’s mayors for Amazon's Headquarters 2 and close with the Evil Ways Band imploring Jeff Bezos to change. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P20frVIGNYw) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Pepperidge Farm Remembers http://www.chattanoogan.com/2003/8/10/39615/Remembering-Redford-s-5-Cents-To-A.aspx We read the article in Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2017/09/13/the-10-companies-with-the-best-csr-reputations-in-2017/#701e106b546b Yes, to both https://gizmodo.com/is-amazon-evil-and-am-i-evil-for-using-it-1824070880 Maybe just A job first? https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/about-us Reminder: Gawker was good http://gawker.com/working-at-amazon-is-a-soul-crushing-experience-1573522379 We LOVE Amazon! https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/27/16552614/amazon-popularity-user-survey-prime-echo-trust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1738 yes Episode 154: Special Collectors Edition Foil Cover https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-154-special-collectors-edition-foil-cover Episode 154: “Special Collector’s Edition Foil Cover” This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips into his spandex suit, dons his cape and promptly gets kicked out of Toys-R-Us. (Can a man not just have this ONE moment before it’s gone?) On the show this week we head back to those heady days of yesteryear when comics were king and women were not allowed in the comic book store. (They frighten us!) We delve into the rise and fall of the House Marvel and House DC and how they found a way to make some very nerdy people into damn rock stars. (Hint: Money.) Along the way, we discover the next big prestige television show you didn’t know you were waiting for. (Call us Netflix!) We ask some penetrating questions about the wisdom of speculative bubbles, like how the hell do people think these thing are worth ANYTHING! (Hint: Humans are stupid.) There are even copious references to Dungeons and Dragons and all the other role-playing games of Dave’s youth. (And middle age.) Our Sponsor this week is the Baseball Cards Collectors of America, yeah some of our stuff is valuable, just not what YOU have. We open the show with a commentary on the rise and fall of collectible comics and close with YouTuber Bethany Beach Bound and some unrequited love for a fictional character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAkvqGR0X0c Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed We Read a BOOK This Week! https://www.amazon.com/Slugfest-Inside-50-year-Battle-between/dp/0306825465 First Person Accounts http://comicbooked.com/revisiting-the-90s-speculative-boom-that-nearly-ended-the-comic-book-industry-part-2/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:49:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 154: “Special Collector’s Edition Foil C… Episode 154: “Special Collector’s Edition Foil Cover” This week Host Dave Bledsoe slips into his spandex suit, dons his cape and promptly gets kicked out of Toys-R-Us. (Can a man not just have this ONE moment before it’s gone?) On the show this week we head back to those heady days of yesteryear when comics were king and women were not allowed in the comic book store. (They frighten us!) We delve into the rise and fall of the House Marvel and House DC and how they found a way to make some very nerdy people into damn rock stars. (Hint: Money.) Along the way, we discover the next big prestige television show you didn’t know you were waiting for. (Call us Netflix!) We ask some penetrating questions about the wisdom of speculative bubbles, like how the hell do people think these thing are worth ANYTHING! (Hint: Humans are stupid.) There are even copious references to Dungeons and Dragons and all the other role-playing games of Dave’s youth. (And middle age.) Our Sponsor this week is the Baseball Cards Collectors of America, yeah some of our stuff is valuable, just not what YOU have. We open the show with a commentary on the rise and fall of collectible comics and close with YouTuber Bethany Beach Bound and some unrequited love for a fictional character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAkvqGR0X0c Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed We Read a BOOK This Week! https://www.amazon.com/Slugfest-Inside-50-year-Battle-between/dp/0306825465 First Person Accounts http://comicbooked.com/revisiting-the-90s-speculative-boom-that-nearly-ended-the-comic-book-industry-part-2/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1582 yes Episode 153: The Devil's Rejects https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-153-the-devils-rejects Episode 153: “The Devil’s Rejects” This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes a deal with the devil for his soul, only to find out his soul already repossessed to pay his bar tab at the Nancy Whiskey Pub in 2009. On the show this week we enjoy the misery of America’s worst citizens, not the Kardashians, the other ones. Along the way we examine the travails of trailer park life (and remind you that your Host used to live in a trailer!) and why it is probably bad to bang your stepmother in law. (Solid advice) Also, we say to hell with the Devil and the Devil says “Thanks, but no thanks” to Nazis. (Even the Devil has SOME limits.) We also have some questions about whether or not modern Satanists are TRULY committed to the Dark Lord Satan or are just doing this to piss off their parents. (Hint: It’s the parents) Also, Dave is apparently VERY upset about Noah Hathaway’s stellar performance as Boxey on the original Battlestar Galactica. This seems to us very hyperbolic when the REAL sin against Science Fiction was the monkey in the Daggit costume. (What the hell is a Daggit anyway?) Our Sponsor this week is the Dark Lord Satan who wants you to know Nazis are not welcome in Hell. We open the show with a salute to Spring in the Reich and close with Morrissey whose political views are overshadowing his music. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Trailer Park Lovin’ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x75vg/the-most-prominent-hate-group-in-america-may-collapse-because-of-an-affair-vgtrn These folks are the Master Race? https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-heimbachs-traditional-workers-party-implodes-over-love-triangle-turned-trailer-brawl?ref=scroll We Won! https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/13/twp-chief-matthew-heimbach-arrested-battery-after-affair-top-spokesmans-wife The Number of the Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/satanism-drama-is-tearing-apart-the-murderous-neo-nazi-group-atomwaffen?ref=home Hallowed Be Thy Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:15:37 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 153: “The Devil’s Rejects” This week Hos… Episode 153: “The Devil’s Rejects” This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes a deal with the devil for his soul, only to find out his soul already repossessed to pay his bar tab at the Nancy Whiskey Pub in 2009. On the show this week we enjoy the misery of America’s worst citizens, not the Kardashians, the other ones. Along the way we examine the travails of trailer park life (and remind you that your Host used to live in a trailer!) and why it is probably bad to bang your stepmother in law. (Solid advice) Also, we say to hell with the Devil and the Devil says “Thanks, but no thanks” to Nazis. (Even the Devil has SOME limits.) We also have some questions about whether or not modern Satanists are TRULY committed to the Dark Lord Satan or are just doing this to piss off their parents. (Hint: It’s the parents) Also, Dave is apparently VERY upset about Noah Hathaway’s stellar performance as Boxey on the original Battlestar Galactica. This seems to us very hyperbolic when the REAL sin against Science Fiction was the monkey in the Daggit costume. (What the hell is a Daggit anyway?) Our Sponsor this week is the Dark Lord Satan who wants you to know Nazis are not welcome in Hell. We open the show with a salute to Spring in the Reich and close with Morrissey whose political views are overshadowing his music. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Trailer Park Lovin’ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x75vg/the-most-prominent-hate-group-in-america-may-collapse-because-of-an-affair-vgtrn These folks are the Master Race? https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-heimbachs-traditional-workers-party-implodes-over-love-triangle-turned-trailer-brawl?ref=scroll We Won! https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/13/twp-chief-matthew-heimbach-arrested-battery-after-affair-top-spokesmans-wife The Number of the Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/satanism-drama-is-tearing-apart-the-murderous-neo-nazi-group-atomwaffen?ref=home Hallowed Be Thy Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1458 yes Episode 152 "Spaaaaaaace Force" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-152-spaaaaaaace-force Show Notes Episode 152: Spaaaaaaaace Force! This week Host Dave Bledsoe turns his eyes to the Heavens and wonders if he really is alone in the Universe, and then his taxi finally arrives and he heads home from the bar. On the show this week we talk about the bold new plan for America’s future military envisioned by Spaceball President Trump: The SPAAAAAAACE FORCE! Along the way we bid goodbye to Big Rex as he shoots for the Moon in his next career. We further discover that we HAVE a whole command that does space RIGHT NOW! But they do NOT have laser pistols. (Not even a Blaster Pistol!) We even surprised ourselves by learning the idea of a Space Force is not quite as crazy as it sounds. (I mean, it’s STILL pretty crazy.) Finally, we take a good hard look at what serving in a Trump lead Space Force might actually be like. (Think more revealing uniforms than those worn by the lovely Colonel Wilma Deering.) Our Sponsor this week is The Spaaaaaaaace Force, who want to know if YOU ARE READY TO DEFEND HUMANITY? We open the show with the Space Patrol and close with the anthem of the Trump’s new Spaaaaaaaaace Force! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Explaining the Inexplicable https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/5/15905018/space-force-trump-congress-russia-china This Looks Like A Job For THE SPAAAAAAACE FORCE! https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/unidentified-aircraft-navy/index.html It’s no Federation Charter https://www.state.gov/t/isn/5181.htm You would think Military dot com wouldn’t so snarky https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/03/14/sound-are-you-ready-join-space-force.html Da, We Go to Mars http://www.newsweek.com/russia-will-beat-nasa-mars-and-find-water-moon-says-putin-845988 With this guy defending idea who needs detractors? https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2018/03/14/trumps-embrace-of-space-force-could-transform-how-america-wages-war/#dd9b9422bb7d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:07:49 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 152: Spaaaaaaaace Force! This… Show Notes Episode 152: Spaaaaaaaace Force! This week Host Dave Bledsoe turns his eyes to the Heavens and wonders if he really is alone in the Universe, and then his taxi finally arrives and he heads home from the bar. On the show this week we talk about the bold new plan for America’s future military envisioned by Spaceball President Trump: The SPAAAAAAACE FORCE! Along the way we bid goodbye to Big Rex as he shoots for the Moon in his next career. We further discover that we HAVE a whole command that does space RIGHT NOW! But they do NOT have laser pistols. (Not even a Blaster Pistol!) We even surprised ourselves by learning the idea of a Space Force is not quite as crazy as it sounds. (I mean, it’s STILL pretty crazy.) Finally, we take a good hard look at what serving in a Trump lead Space Force might actually be like. (Think more revealing uniforms than those worn by the lovely Colonel Wilma Deering.) Our Sponsor this week is The Spaaaaaaaace Force, who want to know if YOU ARE READY TO DEFEND HUMANITY? We open the show with the Space Patrol and close with the anthem of the Trump’s new Spaaaaaaaaace Force! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Explaining the Inexplicable https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/5/15905018/space-force-trump-congress-russia-china This Looks Like A Job For THE SPAAAAAAACE FORCE! https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/unidentified-aircraft-navy/index.html It’s no Federation Charter https://www.state.gov/t/isn/5181.htm You would think Military dot com wouldn’t so snarky https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/03/14/sound-are-you-ready-join-space-force.html Da, We Go to Mars http://www.newsweek.com/russia-will-beat-nasa-mars-and-find-water-moon-says-putin-845988 With this guy defending idea who needs detractors? https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2018/03/14/trumps-embrace-of-space-force-could-transform-how-america-wages-war/#dd9b9422bb7d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1690 yes Episode 151: To All the Guns We've Loved Before https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-151-to-all-the-guns-weve-loved-before Show Notes Episode 151: To All the Guns We’ve Loved Before This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets really emotional about old loves, including his first love whom he never wanted to leave: his Smith and Wesson.38 Police Special. On the show this week we look at how much America loves guns, and not in a negative way. (OK, it’s a LITTLE negative) Along the way we deconstruct some myths about guns (Turns out, NOT MADE BY GNOMES!) and come at you with the history. We learn a lot more about Dave’s creepily Conservative past than we are comfortable knowing. (He VOTED FOR HW BUSH!) We also learn how to apply for a gun license in New York CIty. (Step One: Be Oprah.) We also FINALLY give it up for our Conservative Sisters and Brothers and admit they are right about one part of gun control (It hurt us a lot to do it.) Our Sponsor this week is Friedrich’s Finest Flintlock Fixers, supplying your Musket Repair Needs since 1695! We open the show Sam Jackson gunsplaning and close with Sandy Leung's ode to past loves. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: In Case Oprah Reads This https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/permits/HandGunLicenseApplicationFormsComplete.pdf Colonial Liars http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/09/10/reviews/000910.10willot.html Revolutionary Liars http://www.common-place-archives.org/vol-01/no-01/arming/arming-3.shtml Wild West Liars https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013/ Annie’s Got A Gun http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229220/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Mar 2018 01:37:30 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 151: To All the Guns We’ve Lo… Show Notes Episode 151: To All the Guns We’ve Loved Before This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets really emotional about old loves, including his first love whom he never wanted to leave: his Smith and Wesson.38 Police Special. On the show this week we look at how much America loves guns, and not in a negative way. (OK, it’s a LITTLE negative) Along the way we deconstruct some myths about guns (Turns out, NOT MADE BY GNOMES!) and come at you with the history. We learn a lot more about Dave’s creepily Conservative past than we are comfortable knowing. (He VOTED FOR HW BUSH!) We also learn how to apply for a gun license in New York CIty. (Step One: Be Oprah.) We also FINALLY give it up for our Conservative Sisters and Brothers and admit they are right about one part of gun control (It hurt us a lot to do it.) Our Sponsor this week is Friedrich’s Finest Flintlock Fixers, supplying your Musket Repair Needs since 1695! We open the show Sam Jackson gunsplaning and close with Sandy Leung's ode to past loves. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: In Case Oprah Reads This https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/permits/HandGunLicenseApplicationFormsComplete.pdf Colonial Liars http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/09/10/reviews/000910.10willot.html Revolutionary Liars http://www.common-place-archives.org/vol-01/no-01/arming/arming-3.shtml Wild West Liars https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013/ Annie’s Got A Gun http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229220/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2122 yes Episode 150: Holding Back the Years (3rd Anniversary of the Show!) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-150-holding-back-the-years-3rd-anniversary-of-the-show Episode 150: “Holding Back the Years” This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites you to lace up your Chuck Taylors, pull on your Izod shirt, grab you Members Only Jacket and head down to the arcade with him to celebrate One Hundred and Fiftieth Episode and Thee Years of this here low rated podcast! (We don’t know who is a bigger glutton for punishment!) On this episode we examine what has transpired in the world since we started this show, and want you to know we take NO responsibility for how badly things turned out. (We did NOT elect Trump, not matter what anyone says!) Then we spend rather a lot of time bashing a certain best selling book that is little more than and litany of cliched pop culture references disguise as a novel. (Sounds like a certain podcast on which we write show notes.) We also sincerely doubt whether the movie about to premier based on this novel will be worth watching. Then we remind EVERYONE that the 80’s was only cool and fun if you a white, straight male with access to a fair amount of disposable income. Everyone else kinds thinks they were the worst decade ever. (Which is true.) Our sponsor this week see 1983 return to kill our childhoods again. We open the show with Kevin Bacon and close with Adrian Libertini cover one of the most 80’s songs ever. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 03 Mar 2018 00:59:49 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 150: “Holding Back the Years” This week… Episode 150: “Holding Back the Years” This week Host Dave Bledsoe invites you to lace up your Chuck Taylors, pull on your Izod shirt, grab you Members Only Jacket and head down to the arcade with him to celebrate One Hundred and Fiftieth Episode and Thee Years of this here low rated podcast! (We don’t know who is a bigger glutton for punishment!) On this episode we examine what has transpired in the world since we started this show, and want you to know we take NO responsibility for how badly things turned out. (We did NOT elect Trump, not matter what anyone says!) Then we spend rather a lot of time bashing a certain best selling book that is little more than and litany of cliched pop culture references disguise as a novel. (Sounds like a certain podcast on which we write show notes.) We also sincerely doubt whether the movie about to premier based on this novel will be worth watching. Then we remind EVERYONE that the 80’s was only cool and fun if you a white, straight male with access to a fair amount of disposable income. Everyone else kinds thinks they were the worst decade ever. (Which is true.) Our sponsor this week see 1983 return to kill our childhoods again. We open the show with Kevin Bacon and close with Adrian Libertini cover one of the most 80’s songs ever. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1610 yes Episode 149: The Kids Are A'right https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-149-the-kids-are-aright Show Notes Episode 149: “The Kids Are A’ight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe embraces the youth of today, only to throw his back out and need to spend the rest of the week in bed. On the show this week we think that MAYBE the world is in pretty good hands with these Parkland kids after all. (They made Marco Rubio cry!) Along the way we point out that our beloved Generation X had it pretty easy when you think about it and you OWE us for putting all that porn on the Internet. (It was hard work, but worth it!) We also explain why GenX was considered such a bunch of slackers. (Dude, we WANTED to do stuff!) Then we dig around in the garbage cans that are Conservative Twitter to come up with a selection of truly batshit crazy conspiracy theories about Parkland. (Emma Gonzalez is an Reptilian! Alex Jones said so!) Then we explain why these kids are so scary to the NRA. (Hint, they are gonna win.) Our Sponsor this week is Hypocro-C, a prescription antiperspirant for Conservatives. We open the show with the best damn speech we’ve heard in decades and close with Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoff telling us how the kids are doing. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Crazy Eyes https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/parkland-florida-shooting-child-victims-not-always-moral-guides/ Ben, YOU started out in political commentary at EIGHTEEN! https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/students-anti-gun-views/ Going Off the Rails On the Crazy Train https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-internet-s-conspiracy-theorists-turned-parkland-students-crisis-actors-n849921 He Played In Fiddler http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-conspiracy-theories-20180221-story.html The Student Becomes the Master https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/we-should-all-take-a-lesson-from-the-stoneman-douglas-students.html A Rich History of Not Taking Any Shit From Adults https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/weve-had-the-same-debate-over-teen-activism-since-the-civil-rights-era.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 24 Feb 2018 01:08:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 149: “The Kids Are A’ight” T… Show Notes Episode 149: “The Kids Are A’ight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe embraces the youth of today, only to throw his back out and need to spend the rest of the week in bed. On the show this week we think that MAYBE the world is in pretty good hands with these Parkland kids after all. (They made Marco Rubio cry!) Along the way we point out that our beloved Generation X had it pretty easy when you think about it and you OWE us for putting all that porn on the Internet. (It was hard work, but worth it!) We also explain why GenX was considered such a bunch of slackers. (Dude, we WANTED to do stuff!) Then we dig around in the garbage cans that are Conservative Twitter to come up with a selection of truly batshit crazy conspiracy theories about Parkland. (Emma Gonzalez is an Reptilian! Alex Jones said so!) Then we explain why these kids are so scary to the NRA. (Hint, they are gonna win.) Our Sponsor this week is Hypocro-C, a prescription antiperspirant for Conservatives. We open the show with the best damn speech we’ve heard in decades and close with Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoff telling us how the kids are doing. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Crazy Eyes https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/parkland-florida-shooting-child-victims-not-always-moral-guides/ Ben, YOU started out in political commentary at EIGHTEEN! https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/students-anti-gun-views/ Going Off the Rails On the Crazy Train https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-internet-s-conspiracy-theorists-turned-parkland-students-crisis-actors-n849921 He Played In Fiddler http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-conspiracy-theories-20180221-story.html The Student Becomes the Master https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/we-should-all-take-a-lesson-from-the-stoneman-douglas-students.html A Rich History of Not Taking Any Shit From Adults https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/weve-had-the-same-debate-over-teen-activism-since-the-civil-rights-era.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1794 yes Episode 148: Same Shooting, Different Dead https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-148-same-shooting-different-dead Show Notes Episode 148: Same Shooting, Different Dead This week Host Dave Bledsoe cannot believe he has to do this shit again. On the show this week, we cannot believe we have to do this shit again. In America, we keep doing this shit again, and no one seems to be able to stop or who is to blame. (WE have some ideas) Along the way we talk about the show we WANTED to do this week. (We were doing PORN damnit!) Instead we not how you have a kid in school everyone says is going to shoot up the school someday, that kid will probably do exactly that. (Maybe you should tell someone?) We definitely do NOT talk about gun control whatsoever! (We are not allowed!) Then we tell you WHY we can never talk gun control ever again. (Hint: It’s the NRA!) Our Sponsor this week is Sanity, it’s in short supply but also in low demand! We open the show with a favorite philosopher explaining why we are always doing this damn show and close with Youtuber IndependentProject91 explaining true happiness! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMlkdMPzXqk Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: But, you know, we can never DO it! http://thehill.com/homenews/360496-poll-majority-of-american-voters-favor-stricter-gun-laws This fucking guy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlon_Carter#CITEREFPowell2000 A far better podcast https://www.thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say They’re gonna ban the toy guns and keep the fucking real ones! http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_983f8a24-0446-11e7-a979-63672c402eea.html Hard Cold Reality https://gun-control.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=006094 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 16 Feb 2018 23:36:03 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 148: Same Shooting, Different… Show Notes Episode 148: Same Shooting, Different Dead This week Host Dave Bledsoe cannot believe he has to do this shit again. On the show this week, we cannot believe we have to do this shit again. In America, we keep doing this shit again, and no one seems to be able to stop or who is to blame. (WE have some ideas) Along the way we talk about the show we WANTED to do this week. (We were doing PORN damnit!) Instead we not how you have a kid in school everyone says is going to shoot up the school someday, that kid will probably do exactly that. (Maybe you should tell someone?) We definitely do NOT talk about gun control whatsoever! (We are not allowed!) Then we tell you WHY we can never talk gun control ever again. (Hint: It’s the NRA!) Our Sponsor this week is Sanity, it’s in short supply but also in low demand! We open the show with a favorite philosopher explaining why we are always doing this damn show and close with Youtuber IndependentProject91 explaining true happiness! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMlkdMPzXqk Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: But, you know, we can never DO it! http://thehill.com/homenews/360496-poll-majority-of-american-voters-favor-stricter-gun-laws This fucking guy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlon_Carter#CITEREFPowell2000 A far better podcast https://www.thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say They’re gonna ban the toy guns and keep the fucking real ones! http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_983f8a24-0446-11e7-a979-63672c402eea.html Hard Cold Reality https://gun-control.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=006094 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1672 yes Episode 147: Generalissimo Trump's Tiny Dick-tator Parade https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-147-generalissimo-trumps-tiny-dick-tator-parade Show Notes Episode 147: “Generalissimo Trump’s Tiny Dick-Tator Parade” This week Host Dave Bledsoe comes to attention, salutes the flag and marches right into the bar next door, because he ain’t gonna study war no more. On the Show this week we ask what if we had a war parade and nobody came? (Kind of like Donnie’s inauguration!) Along the way we remember what is was like when our military parades actually celebrated a victory in a war and remind you that we’ve been at war seventeen years and still have not won. We also address Post Vietnam Guilt Syndrome and how it was very bad for the Veterans, yet we DID get some kickass movies in the 80’s! (Heroes never die, they just reload!) We also learn about the time Dave was forced to march in a military parade, it was VERY informative! (HE HAD TO WALK BEHIND THE CLOWNS!) Our Sponsor this week is Tiberius’ Triumphs, when you need the mob on your side, try Tiberius. We open the show with Colbert parade coverage and close with Hayseed Dixie. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Show Art Image Credit http://www.malacandra.me/index.php/site/page/good_little_soldiers_betraying_their_country_for_their_dear_leader Show Music Credit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3peH3ppJKxo Those Were The Days https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-cbs-news-reported-the-last-national-military-parade-in-1991/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Feb 2018 01:18:05 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 147: “Generalissimo Trump’s T… Show Notes Episode 147: “Generalissimo Trump’s Tiny Dick-Tator Parade” This week Host Dave Bledsoe comes to attention, salutes the flag and marches right into the bar next door, because he ain’t gonna study war no more. On the Show this week we ask what if we had a war parade and nobody came? (Kind of like Donnie’s inauguration!) Along the way we remember what is was like when our military parades actually celebrated a victory in a war and remind you that we’ve been at war seventeen years and still have not won. We also address Post Vietnam Guilt Syndrome and how it was very bad for the Veterans, yet we DID get some kickass movies in the 80’s! (Heroes never die, they just reload!) We also learn about the time Dave was forced to march in a military parade, it was VERY informative! (HE HAD TO WALK BEHIND THE CLOWNS!) Our Sponsor this week is Tiberius’ Triumphs, when you need the mob on your side, try Tiberius. We open the show with Colbert parade coverage and close with Hayseed Dixie. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Show Art Image Credit http://www.malacandra.me/index.php/site/page/good_little_soldiers_betraying_their_country_for_their_dear_leader Show Music Credit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3peH3ppJKxo Those Were The Days https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-cbs-news-reported-the-last-national-military-parade-in-1991/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1480 yes Episode 146: My Devin Just Wrote Me A Letter https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-146-my-devin-just-wrote-me-a-letter Show Notes Episode 146: My Devin Just Wrote Me A Letter This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes an error on his TPS Report cover sheet and claims he never even got that memo! On the show this week we cover a Memo of a different sort, you know one crafted by one corrupt idiot to cover up the crimes of another corrupt idiot. (Imagine how angry we will be when it is actually released!) Along the way we enlighten you to the utter unimportance of ANY State of the Union Address (The state of our Union is fine, good night everybody). We ponder the mental acuity of your average member of Congress and realize that even THEY think Devin Nunes is a moron. There is some small allusion to the fate of a Fox News talking Nazi Bobblehead when the Revolution comes. (In a purely hypothetical way) Finally we find ourselves in the untenable position of DEFENDING the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Not you Mulder, you’re cool with us!) Our Sponsor this week is Big Jim’s Memo Hut, if you are thoroughly corrupt, think Big Jim’s Memo Hut! We open the show with the Secret of My Success and close with Youtubers The Late Ones discussing the postal system. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIfzl74RCDQ) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Getting Freaking In Fresno https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/editorials/article196633904.html I Mean It’s the FBI! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-31/trump-says-100-percent-after-he-s-asked-to-release-gop-memo Northern Liberal Commie Plot http://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/13/archives/mood-of-deep-south-is-against-impeachment-constituents-drop-by.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 03 Feb 2018 01:48:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 146: My Devin Just Wrote Me A … Show Notes Episode 146: My Devin Just Wrote Me A Letter This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes an error on his TPS Report cover sheet and claims he never even got that memo! On the show this week we cover a Memo of a different sort, you know one crafted by one corrupt idiot to cover up the crimes of another corrupt idiot. (Imagine how angry we will be when it is actually released!) Along the way we enlighten you to the utter unimportance of ANY State of the Union Address (The state of our Union is fine, good night everybody). We ponder the mental acuity of your average member of Congress and realize that even THEY think Devin Nunes is a moron. There is some small allusion to the fate of a Fox News talking Nazi Bobblehead when the Revolution comes. (In a purely hypothetical way) Finally we find ourselves in the untenable position of DEFENDING the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Not you Mulder, you’re cool with us!) Our Sponsor this week is Big Jim’s Memo Hut, if you are thoroughly corrupt, think Big Jim’s Memo Hut! We open the show with the Secret of My Success and close with Youtubers The Late Ones discussing the postal system. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIfzl74RCDQ) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Getting Freaking In Fresno https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/editorials/article196633904.html I Mean It’s the FBI! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-31/trump-says-100-percent-after-he-s-asked-to-release-gop-memo Northern Liberal Commie Plot http://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/13/archives/mood-of-deep-south-is-against-impeachment-constituents-drop-by.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1831 yes Episode 145: Spanks for the Memories https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-145-spanks-for-the-memories Show Notes Episode 145: “Spanks for the Memories” This week Host Dave Bledsoe learns that not even his beloved porn is immune to the corruption of the Trump Presidency. On the show this week, we talk about the weather as Stormy Daniels blows in, knocks over a few lawn chairs and then blows back out to sea. (Honestly, this President is a goddamn vampire or something!) Along we way we learn more than anyone ever wanted to know about the sex life of Donald John Trump--and we are not happy about it. We question the ethics of porn, and conclude porn actors are the real heroes in this situation. (God bless them!) We empathize with the folks at the Wall Street Journal who never once believed they would ever be writing about hush money to porn stars. (It’s SO GAUCHE!) Finally, we ask those without sin to cast the first stone and get hit by a fucking rock thrown by Franklin Graham. Our Sponsor this week is Hush, when you need it kept quiet, Hush! We open the show with a gleeful Jeanie Moss from CNN and and close with the Lords of Acid. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Nothing suspicious at all https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/michael-cohen-stormy-daniels-essential-consultants-llc/index.html Read it and actually weep http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/stormy-daniels-full-interview-151788 What an asshole https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/23/tony-perkins-evangelicals-donald-trump-stormy-daniels-216498 Jesus would hate your guts https://www.christianpost.com/news/franklin-graham-trump-porn-star-allegations-not-president-perfect-214549/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 27 Jan 2018 01:34:10 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 145: “Spanks for the Memories… Show Notes Episode 145: “Spanks for the Memories” This week Host Dave Bledsoe learns that not even his beloved porn is immune to the corruption of the Trump Presidency. On the show this week, we talk about the weather as Stormy Daniels blows in, knocks over a few lawn chairs and then blows back out to sea. (Honestly, this President is a goddamn vampire or something!) Along we way we learn more than anyone ever wanted to know about the sex life of Donald John Trump--and we are not happy about it. We question the ethics of porn, and conclude porn actors are the real heroes in this situation. (God bless them!) We empathize with the folks at the Wall Street Journal who never once believed they would ever be writing about hush money to porn stars. (It’s SO GAUCHE!) Finally, we ask those without sin to cast the first stone and get hit by a fucking rock thrown by Franklin Graham. Our Sponsor this week is Hush, when you need it kept quiet, Hush! We open the show with a gleeful Jeanie Moss from CNN and and close with the Lords of Acid. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Nothing suspicious at all https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/michael-cohen-stormy-daniels-essential-consultants-llc/index.html Read it and actually weep http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/stormy-daniels-full-interview-151788 What an asshole https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/23/tony-perkins-evangelicals-donald-trump-stormy-daniels-216498 Jesus would hate your guts https://www.christianpost.com/news/franklin-graham-trump-porn-star-allegations-not-president-perfect-214549/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1862 yes Episode 144: The Cure Is Worse than the Aziz https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-144-the-cure-is-worse-than-the-aziz Show Notes Episode 144: “The Cure Is Worse Than The Aziz” This week the listeners will find out more about Host Dave Bledsoe’s sex life than they EVER wanted to know. (He likes being spanked with a rolled up copy of Highlights Magazine.) On the show this week we talk about the continuing downfall of men and their eventual replacements with stepladders and cloning technology. (Can’t happen soon enough.) Along the way we tackle the thorny topics of Aziz Ansari’s bad sex techniques, and how MAYBE he might not want to take sex advice from Pepe Le Pew. Along the way we talk about why men are so tense when reminded they are recipient of an entire society structured for their advancement. (Well, we didn’t ASK for it!) We clean out the litter box of the Cat Person article from the end of last year. (Hey, we are allowed to enjoy the Holidays too!) and make some suggestions on how we might solve the entire consent problem in a single generation. (But we don’t have time for rational solutions.) Our Sponsor this week is Confirma-Fuck, affirmative consent on your phone! We open the show with Dave Chappelle discussing role models and close with Jizzy Pearl’s take on Bon Jovi’s Magnum Opus. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe8WiyXWfuM) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: I Got You Babe https://babe.net/2018/01/13/aziz-ansari-28355 That’s What He Said https://babe.net/2018/01/15/aziz-ansari-statement-28407 I Think He Will Be Fine https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/the-humiliation-of-aziz-ansari/550541/ Seriously, He’s Gonna Be OK http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/opinions/lets-be-honest-about-aziz-ansari-brawley/index.html But He Might Read Body Language https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/opinion/aziz-ansari-babe-sexual-harassment.html?_r=0 Fear Itself https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/maybe-men-will-be-scared-for-a-while.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:45:44 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 144: “The Cure Is Worse Than … Show Notes Episode 144: “The Cure Is Worse Than The Aziz” This week the listeners will find out more about Host Dave Bledsoe’s sex life than they EVER wanted to know. (He likes being spanked with a rolled up copy of Highlights Magazine.) On the show this week we talk about the continuing downfall of men and their eventual replacements with stepladders and cloning technology. (Can’t happen soon enough.) Along the way we tackle the thorny topics of Aziz Ansari’s bad sex techniques, and how MAYBE he might not want to take sex advice from Pepe Le Pew. Along the way we talk about why men are so tense when reminded they are recipient of an entire society structured for their advancement. (Well, we didn’t ASK for it!) We clean out the litter box of the Cat Person article from the end of last year. (Hey, we are allowed to enjoy the Holidays too!) and make some suggestions on how we might solve the entire consent problem in a single generation. (But we don’t have time for rational solutions.) Our Sponsor this week is Confirma-Fuck, affirmative consent on your phone! We open the show with Dave Chappelle discussing role models and close with Jizzy Pearl’s take on Bon Jovi’s Magnum Opus. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe8WiyXWfuM) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: I Got You Babe https://babe.net/2018/01/13/aziz-ansari-28355 That’s What He Said https://babe.net/2018/01/15/aziz-ansari-statement-28407 I Think He Will Be Fine https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/the-humiliation-of-aziz-ansari/550541/ Seriously, He’s Gonna Be OK http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/opinions/lets-be-honest-about-aziz-ansari-brawley/index.html But He Might Read Body Language https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/opinion/aziz-ansari-babe-sexual-harassment.html?_r=0 Fear Itself https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/maybe-men-will-be-scared-for-a-while.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1389 yes Special Edition 10: Why You Gotta Be So Mean https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-10-why-you-gotta-be-so-mean Special Edition 10: “Why You Gotta Be So Mean?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally understands what we’ve been trying tell him for years: His kind of a dick. On the show this week, we talk about how big a dick Dave is and why this is so. There isn’t much more to say other than if you’re gonna punch, always punch up. Our Sponsor this week is Chill Bro, dude, all you gotta do is Chill Bro. We open the show with a bit from College Humor about all the assholes in the world and close with YouTubes Olivia Mitchell Music asking why we gotta be so mean. https://youtu.be/iCBOy6gAFEY Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:21:08 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Special Edition 10: “Why You Gotta Be So Mean?” … Special Edition 10: “Why You Gotta Be So Mean?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally understands what we’ve been trying tell him for years: His kind of a dick. On the show this week, we talk about how big a dick Dave is and why this is so. There isn’t much more to say other than if you’re gonna punch, always punch up. Our Sponsor this week is Chill Bro, dude, all you gotta do is Chill Bro. We open the show with a bit from College Humor about all the assholes in the world and close with YouTubes Olivia Mitchell Music asking why we gotta be so mean. https://youtu.be/iCBOy6gAFEY Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 863 yes Episode 143: Stephen's Last Night In Town https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-143-stephens-last-night-in-town Show Notes Episode 143: “Stephen’s Last Night In Town” This week Host Dave Bledsoe violates his doctor’s orders and rasps out another show AND mixes painkillers with whiskey, because you can’t tell HIM what to do! On the show this week, we talk about the fire and fury that is consuming the White House with the release of a tell all tale told by ex-friend Steve Bannon! (cuz if you don’t lie then you ain’t no friend of Don’s) Along the way we talk nuclear dick measuring and make a disgusting mushroom head joke. (Ugh, no!) We examine the familial dynamics of the Trump family and wonder if Tiffany might not be moving up the power rankings real soon? (She’s earned it!) We also ponder what happens to the Pepe’s now that all their gods are dead. (We suggest ritual suicide!) Our Sponsor this week is Tom’s Temps, when you need a forgettable person for an important job, try Tom’s Temps. We open the show a man who is curt with you because time is of the essence and close with the Ben Folds Five. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: No one else did either http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html Fires and Furies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-russia-steve-bannon-michael-wolff Bannon? Never heard of the guy. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/politics/bannon-mercer-trump.html?_r=1 Is this line for Harry Potter? https://twitter.com/bterris/status/949141543893458946 He’s not well https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/03/trump-25th-amendment-mental-health-322625 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:44:41 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 143: “Stephen’s Last Night In … Show Notes Episode 143: “Stephen’s Last Night In Town” This week Host Dave Bledsoe violates his doctor’s orders and rasps out another show AND mixes painkillers with whiskey, because you can’t tell HIM what to do! On the show this week, we talk about the fire and fury that is consuming the White House with the release of a tell all tale told by ex-friend Steve Bannon! (cuz if you don’t lie then you ain’t no friend of Don’s) Along the way we talk nuclear dick measuring and make a disgusting mushroom head joke. (Ugh, no!) We examine the familial dynamics of the Trump family and wonder if Tiffany might not be moving up the power rankings real soon? (She’s earned it!) We also ponder what happens to the Pepe’s now that all their gods are dead. (We suggest ritual suicide!) Our Sponsor this week is Tom’s Temps, when you need a forgettable person for an important job, try Tom’s Temps. We open the show a man who is curt with you because time is of the essence and close with the Ben Folds Five. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: No one else did either http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html Fires and Furies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-russia-steve-bannon-michael-wolff Bannon? Never heard of the guy. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/politics/bannon-mercer-trump.html?_r=1 Is this line for Harry Potter? https://twitter.com/bterris/status/949141543893458946 He’s not well https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/03/trump-25th-amendment-mental-health-322625 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1405 yes Episode 142: Would I Lie To You Year In Review https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-142-would-i-lie-to-you-year-in-review SHOW NOTES EPISODE 142: “Would I Lie To You Year In Review” It’s New Year’s Eve and Host Dave Bledsoe has already started drinking, though it’s after 11 AM on a Sunday so it’s unusual. On this special Year In Review Show, we count down the 12 Big Lies of 2017 (It was a HARD selection process.) Along the way, we riff on Casey Kasem, and provide some parenting tips from the 70’s (Do NOT use these today!) We talk Large Adult Sons and why Barack Obama ain’t got time for your shit. (He’s retired, leave the man alone.) FINALLY we unveil some long overdue updates to the show! (Sadly, same old Host). We think you will like them. (As much as you like ANYTHING on this show.) Our Sponsor this week is Duplicity, when you need to lie but can’t be caught lying, try Duplicity. We open the show with Jean Luc MacBeth and close with The Full Moon Band asking if they would lie you? (The seem honest to us.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urn_UTmffO8 Show Music:David Hyde Music https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic/piano-rock-instrumental The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: January 2017: Crowd Size https://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/the-facts-on-crowd-size/ February Flynn I barely knew the guy https://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/trump-spins-flynn-facts/ March Wire tapps https://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/examining-trumps-wiretap-claim/ April Hitler never used gas https://www.factcheck.org/2017/04/hitler-chemical-weapons/ May Comey firing lies https://www.factcheck.org/2017/05/trump-fire-comey/ June He doth protest too much https://www.factcheck.org/2017/06/explaining-trumps-russia-tweets/ July Don Jr lies https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/trumps-misleading-defense-son/ August Many sides https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/trumps-phoenix-fiction/ September Proof? https://www.factcheck.org/2017/09/kobachs-bogus-proof-voter-fraud/ October Clinton Uranium https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/facts-uranium-one/ November Missed this one! https://www.factcheck.org/2017/11/trumps-bizarre-plane-story/ December All the FBI Lies https://www.factcheck.org/2017/12/factchecking-trumps-criticism-fbi/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:06:44 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 142: “Would I Lie To You Year … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 142: “Would I Lie To You Year In Review” It’s New Year’s Eve and Host Dave Bledsoe has already started drinking, though it’s after 11 AM on a Sunday so it’s unusual. On this special Year In Review Show, we count down the 12 Big Lies of 2017 (It was a HARD selection process.) Along the way, we riff on Casey Kasem, and provide some parenting tips from the 70’s (Do NOT use these today!) We talk Large Adult Sons and why Barack Obama ain’t got time for your shit. (He’s retired, leave the man alone.) FINALLY we unveil some long overdue updates to the show! (Sadly, same old Host). We think you will like them. (As much as you like ANYTHING on this show.) Our Sponsor this week is Duplicity, when you need to lie but can’t be caught lying, try Duplicity. We open the show with Jean Luc MacBeth and close with The Full Moon Band asking if they would lie you? (The seem honest to us.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urn_UTmffO8 Show Music:David Hyde Music https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic/piano-rock-instrumental The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: January 2017: Crowd Size https://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/the-facts-on-crowd-size/ February Flynn I barely knew the guy https://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/trump-spins-flynn-facts/ March Wire tapps https://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/examining-trumps-wiretap-claim/ April Hitler never used gas https://www.factcheck.org/2017/04/hitler-chemical-weapons/ May Comey firing lies https://www.factcheck.org/2017/05/trump-fire-comey/ June He doth protest too much https://www.factcheck.org/2017/06/explaining-trumps-russia-tweets/ July Don Jr lies https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/trumps-misleading-defense-son/ August Many sides https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/trumps-phoenix-fiction/ September Proof? https://www.factcheck.org/2017/09/kobachs-bogus-proof-voter-fraud/ October Clinton Uranium https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/facts-uranium-one/ November Missed this one! https://www.factcheck.org/2017/11/trumps-bizarre-plane-story/ December All the FBI Lies https://www.factcheck.org/2017/12/factchecking-trumps-criticism-fbi/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1737 yes Episode 93: "No Hope But Mount Hope" Redux https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-93-no-hope-but-mount-hope-redux Show Notes Episode 93 “No Hope But Mount Hope” Redux Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simple question, when you just wrote a new intro to a rerun episode and hoped nobody would notice what the HELL were you thinking? I am your Host Dave Bledsoe and this is a Friday December 30th 2017 “No Hope But Mount Hope” redux edition of the show where we are taking the week off and rerunning the most downloaded episode of the show. Stay tuned. Hi podfriends, hope you had a very Murray Christmas (Murray) I saw Murray Christmas because until Trump leaves office I REFUSE to say Merry Christmas on principle and I kinda LOVE the name Murray. (Tuesdays With Murray) Since Gavin is back in the UK visiting his family...you all knew Gavin in English right? He used to work for the BBC before he was shitcanned for saying mean things about Prince Harry, tragic really. Our redux this week is Episode 93, originally aired January 20th of this year, and it is predicting that things might not be THAT bad under President Trump. I am happy to report many of the things I was afraid when I recorded this episode did NOT come to pass, I am sad to report the things that DID happen are in some ways worse. But, at LEAST I am not recording a show from a concentration camp in North Dakota. (next year). As I noted, THIS episode is the most downloaded of all my podcasts and for the life of me I could not understand why. I mean, did people suddenly need me to reassure them that life would continue even IF Trump was President, were the really into the idea of Zed’s Apocalypse Vault? (unlikely) Nope, come to find out, the Canadian Fractal Pattern released an album in 2004 of the same name, likely inspired by the same quote from Stephen King’s The Stand that I took the show title from. You know what sucks the most for the band, this podcast episode has a higher Google rank than the actual album. You bust your ass to make music and some drunk asshole with a podcast beats you out on Google and steals your clicks. That is Trump’s America in a nutshell. So, without further ado, Happy New Year, see you in 2018 (morning) and enjoy this “Best Of” edition of the show. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:22:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 93 “No Hope But Mount Hope” Re… Show Notes Episode 93 “No Hope But Mount Hope” Redux Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simple question, when you just wrote a new intro to a rerun episode and hoped nobody would notice what the HELL were you thinking? I am your Host Dave Bledsoe and this is a Friday December 30th 2017 “No Hope But Mount Hope” redux edition of the show where we are taking the week off and rerunning the most downloaded episode of the show. Stay tuned. Hi podfriends, hope you had a very Murray Christmas (Murray) I saw Murray Christmas because until Trump leaves office I REFUSE to say Merry Christmas on principle and I kinda LOVE the name Murray. (Tuesdays With Murray) Since Gavin is back in the UK visiting his family...you all knew Gavin in English right? He used to work for the BBC before he was shitcanned for saying mean things about Prince Harry, tragic really. Our redux this week is Episode 93, originally aired January 20th of this year, and it is predicting that things might not be THAT bad under President Trump. I am happy to report many of the things I was afraid when I recorded this episode did NOT come to pass, I am sad to report the things that DID happen are in some ways worse. But, at LEAST I am not recording a show from a concentration camp in North Dakota. (next year). As I noted, THIS episode is the most downloaded of all my podcasts and for the life of me I could not understand why. I mean, did people suddenly need me to reassure them that life would continue even IF Trump was President, were the really into the idea of Zed’s Apocalypse Vault? (unlikely) Nope, come to find out, the Canadian Fractal Pattern released an album in 2004 of the same name, likely inspired by the same quote from Stephen King’s The Stand that I took the show title from. You know what sucks the most for the band, this podcast episode has a higher Google rank than the actual album. You bust your ass to make music and some drunk asshole with a podcast beats you out on Google and steals your clicks. That is Trump’s America in a nutshell. So, without further ado, Happy New Year, see you in 2018 (morning) and enjoy this “Best Of” edition of the show. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1984 yes Episode 141: Tuesdays With Morley https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-141-tuesdays-with-morley Episode 141:  “Tuesdays With Morley” This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens his Christmas Stocking to find a carton of Morley’s and a bottle of generic whiskey.  Just what he asked for.   (We cannot WAIT!) Along the way we discuss the Deep State and the mystery surrounding the shadowy cabal of middle managers and career bureaucrats that REALLY run the government.  (Bill Lumbergh is the Master of Us All).  We are also DEEPLY shocked that Senators might create a black money Pentagon department that funnels money to a personal friend and campaign donor and tell no one about doing so!  (Shocked!)  There is even some math this week where we attempt to determine how fast going a mile second REALLY is, only find that while it’s impressive it’s actually not remotely out of the realm of what technology allows.  (Dude, seriously, it’s only 3,600 MPH, rockets do seven times that going into orbit!) Also, Blink 182?  Seriously? In the Wayback, we head to September 18th, 1947 and the formation of the Deep State! Our Sponsor this week is Morley Cigarettes, in a movie, have a Morley!  We open the show the Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man and close with what we want for Christmas this year! Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Harry Reid Saves the Universe https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html This TOTALLY Happened! https://www.inquisitr.com/2939994/grey-aliens-signed-treaty-with-eisenhower-in-1954-after-u-s-government-rejected-overtures-from-nordic-or-pleiadian-aliens/ The only REALLY freaky part of this story. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho https://www.thedailybeast.com/luis-elizondo-former-director-of-the-pentagons-aerospace-id-program-says-some-ufos-still-defy-explanation If you can’t trust the guy from Blink 182 who CAN you trust? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tom-delonge-hints-pentagon-ufo-disclosure-beginning-article-1.3705817 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:03:43 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 141:  “Tuesdays With Morley” This week H… Episode 141:  “Tuesdays With Morley” This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens his Christmas Stocking to find a carton of Morley’s and a bottle of generic whiskey.  Just what he asked for.   (We cannot WAIT!) Along the way we discuss the Deep State and the mystery surrounding the shadowy cabal of middle managers and career bureaucrats that REALLY run the government.  (Bill Lumbergh is the Master of Us All).  We are also DEEPLY shocked that Senators might create a black money Pentagon department that funnels money to a personal friend and campaign donor and tell no one about doing so!  (Shocked!)  There is even some math this week where we attempt to determine how fast going a mile second REALLY is, only find that while it’s impressive it’s actually not remotely out of the realm of what technology allows.  (Dude, seriously, it’s only 3,600 MPH, rockets do seven times that going into orbit!) Also, Blink 182?  Seriously? In the Wayback, we head to September 18th, 1947 and the formation of the Deep State! Our Sponsor this week is Morley Cigarettes, in a movie, have a Morley!  We open the show the Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man and close with what we want for Christmas this year! Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Harry Reid Saves the Universe https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html This TOTALLY Happened! https://www.inquisitr.com/2939994/grey-aliens-signed-treaty-with-eisenhower-in-1954-after-u-s-government-rejected-overtures-from-nordic-or-pleiadian-aliens/ The only REALLY freaky part of this story. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho https://www.thedailybeast.com/luis-elizondo-former-director-of-the-pentagons-aerospace-id-program-says-some-ufos-still-defy-explanation If you can’t trust the guy from Blink 182 who CAN you trust? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tom-delonge-hints-pentagon-ufo-disclosure-beginning-article-1.3705817 Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1814 yes Episode 140: "One Moore For the Road" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-140-one-moore-for-the-road Episode 140: “One Moore For the Road” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is visited by three ghosts, only to find they are not ghosts but some dudes he owes money, and they hurt him really bad. On the show this week we talk about the Fall of Roy Moore and what that means for the future. (Hint: Actually, it’s really good for a change!) Along the way we ponder how to thank the Black Voters, particularly the Black Women of Alabama for saving our asses. (Flowers are nice!) We examine WHY Roy Moore really lost (It wasn’t media, it was the pedophilia.) and say really nice things about Doug Jones. (He taught us how to do the Dougie!) Our Sponsors this week are The Black Voters, who want to say you’re welcome but seriously, do something for us Democrats. We open the show with Roy preaching and close YouTube’s Steve Knechtges who is taking our drink orders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlh8z8HlLNs Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Even Huckabee? https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/940918705105534976 The End of the Beginning AND the Beginning of the End https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/alabama-and-2018/548327/ We just got our asses kicked pal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/03/barack-obama-midterms-better-job When will they ever learn? (Never) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/12/the_roy_moore_debacle_should_shock_the_gop_into_changing_its_ways.html Let’s Hear for the Whiz Kid https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/special-elections-so-far-point-to-a-democratic-wave-in-2018/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 16 Dec 2017 01:29:09 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 140: “One Moore For the Road” This week… Episode 140: “One Moore For the Road” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is visited by three ghosts, only to find they are not ghosts but some dudes he owes money, and they hurt him really bad. On the show this week we talk about the Fall of Roy Moore and what that means for the future. (Hint: Actually, it’s really good for a change!) Along the way we ponder how to thank the Black Voters, particularly the Black Women of Alabama for saving our asses. (Flowers are nice!) We examine WHY Roy Moore really lost (It wasn’t media, it was the pedophilia.) and say really nice things about Doug Jones. (He taught us how to do the Dougie!) Our Sponsors this week are The Black Voters, who want to say you’re welcome but seriously, do something for us Democrats. We open the show with Roy preaching and close YouTube’s Steve Knechtges who is taking our drink orders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlh8z8HlLNs Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Even Huckabee? https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/940918705105534976 The End of the Beginning AND the Beginning of the End https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/alabama-and-2018/548327/ We just got our asses kicked pal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/03/barack-obama-midterms-better-job When will they ever learn? (Never) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/12/the_roy_moore_debacle_should_shock_the_gop_into_changing_its_ways.html Let’s Hear for the Whiz Kid https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/special-elections-so-far-point-to-a-democratic-wave-in-2018/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1842 yes Episode 139: Meandering Toward Mediocrity https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-139-meandering-toward-mediocrity EPISODE 139: “Meandering Toward Mediocrity” This week Host Dave Bledsoe realizes he was born mediocre, then achieved mediocrity and had more mediocrity thrust upon him. On the show this week we ask if a little mediocrity is such a bad thing. (It’s certainly common enough.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not a disappointment to his parents. (They knew where he would wind up all along.) We assess the potential of most Americans and find the overwhelming majority of them not special. We spend a lot of time explaining why America the country is only So-So as far as nations go, and why we can never hold a candle to our colonial mother country. (I mean we can’t even occupy India!) We also clearly lay out how, culturally speaking, we will always operate at a deficit. (We are looking at Kardashians!) In our Wayback this week, we explain why it is a VERY bad idea for nation-states to believe they are better than other nations--and you KNOW who we are talking about! Our Sponsor this week is Average Joes, there are better companies out there, but there are worse. We open the show with just an average working man and close with Ordinary Boys performed by YouTuber Pete Burnett (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW0dLR6je00 ) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Some Average Dude: https://markmanson.net/being-average Where the Problem Started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:13:38 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe EPISODE 139: “Meandering Toward Mediocrity” This… EPISODE 139: “Meandering Toward Mediocrity” This week Host Dave Bledsoe realizes he was born mediocre, then achieved mediocrity and had more mediocrity thrust upon him. On the show this week we ask if a little mediocrity is such a bad thing. (It’s certainly common enough.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not a disappointment to his parents. (They knew where he would wind up all along.) We assess the potential of most Americans and find the overwhelming majority of them not special. We spend a lot of time explaining why America the country is only So-So as far as nations go, and why we can never hold a candle to our colonial mother country. (I mean we can’t even occupy India!) We also clearly lay out how, culturally speaking, we will always operate at a deficit. (We are looking at Kardashians!) In our Wayback this week, we explain why it is a VERY bad idea for nation-states to believe they are better than other nations--and you KNOW who we are talking about! Our Sponsor this week is Average Joes, there are better companies out there, but there are worse. We open the show with just an average working man and close with Ordinary Boys performed by YouTuber Pete Burnett (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW0dLR6je00 ) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Some Average Dude: https://markmanson.net/being-average Where the Problem Started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1512 yes Episode 138: Now You're Just A Nazi That I Used to Know https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-138-now-youre-just-a-nazi-that-i-used-to-know SHOW NOTES EPISODE 138: “Now You’re Just A Nazi That I Used to Know” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds out he was almost Time’s Man of the Year but thought it would probably be a bad idea. On the show this week we talk about That Article in the Times were they made being a Nazi kind of like being a Rotarian. (Not that we are sure what Rotarians actually are.) Along the way we discuss the abomination of midichlorians, and the delusions of well meaning East Coast Liberals. (This is the future Liberals want.) We dive into what a Nazi sings at karaoke and why you should never go sing karaoke with a White Nationalist. (Way too much Lee Greenwood). There is also a pitch for reboot of “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” with a 2017 twist! (Call us Netflix!) We also CLEARLY explain the difference between modern American Nazis and your classic Black and White Nazis. (Germany never had an X-Box.) Our sponsor this week is Airy Ann’s Air Purification, cleansing the stain of pollution in your home. We skip the Wayback this week because SOMETIMES, this shit has no historical parallels. We open the show with Illinois Nazi’s and close with Walk of the Earth. .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g9bBO1lfu8 Show Music: 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 Citations Needed: He SOUNDS like a swell guy! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/ohio-hovater-white-nationalist.html Because YOU ARE! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/reader-center/readers-accuse-us-of-normalizing-a-nazi-sympathizer-we-respond.html World’s Smallest Violin https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/us/nazi-sympathizer-profiled-by-the-times-loses-his-job.html No, Seriously, it’s Goy Fund Me! https://thinkprogress.org/nazis-are-raising-funds-401a474ab37b/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:28:41 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 138: “Now You’re Just A Nazi T… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 138: “Now You’re Just A Nazi That I Used to Know” This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds out he was almost Time’s Man of the Year but thought it would probably be a bad idea. On the show this week we talk about That Article in the Times were they made being a Nazi kind of like being a Rotarian. (Not that we are sure what Rotarians actually are.) Along the way we discuss the abomination of midichlorians, and the delusions of well meaning East Coast Liberals. (This is the future Liberals want.) We dive into what a Nazi sings at karaoke and why you should never go sing karaoke with a White Nationalist. (Way too much Lee Greenwood). There is also a pitch for reboot of “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” with a 2017 twist! (Call us Netflix!) We also CLEARLY explain the difference between modern American Nazis and your classic Black and White Nazis. (Germany never had an X-Box.) Our sponsor this week is Airy Ann’s Air Purification, cleansing the stain of pollution in your home. We skip the Wayback this week because SOMETIMES, this shit has no historical parallels. We open the show with Illinois Nazi’s and close with Walk of the Earth. .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g9bBO1lfu8 Show Music: 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 Citations Needed: He SOUNDS like a swell guy! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/ohio-hovater-white-nationalist.html Because YOU ARE! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/reader-center/readers-accuse-us-of-normalizing-a-nazi-sympathizer-we-respond.html World’s Smallest Violin https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/us/nazi-sympathizer-profiled-by-the-times-loses-his-job.html No, Seriously, it’s Goy Fund Me! https://thinkprogress.org/nazis-are-raising-funds-401a474ab37b/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1466 yes Special Edition Nine: "Violations of the Neutral zone" (Net Neutrality) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-nine-violations-of-the-neutral-zone-net-neutrality SHOW NOTES SPECIAL EDITION NINE; “Violations of the Neutral Zone” In this Special Edition of the Show Host Dave Bledsoe takes a break from his religious observances to get bitter about what might of have been. (Another failed DJ with a podcast!) On the show we talk Net Neutrality and why you should actually give a shit. (Hint: They are coming for your porn!) Along the way we defend our stand on Ajit Pai being a member of the Tal Shiar and remind you even people who aren’t White can been shitty too. We do a quick mini-Wayback to 1996 and the death of all that was good and decent on the airwaves. (We miss you Justin and Whitey! #RiseGuysForever) Finally we explain what YOU need to do save your porn, or anything else you value on the Internet. Get over to www.battleforthenet.com and DO SOMETHING! Our Sponsor is Fast Eddies Internet, the Internet just like you remember it: sloooooowwwww. We open the show with Captain Picard and close with YouTuber Gary Schutt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pySrsDSUJw4 Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:13:14 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES SPECIAL EDITION NINE; “Violations of t… SHOW NOTES SPECIAL EDITION NINE; “Violations of the Neutral Zone” In this Special Edition of the Show Host Dave Bledsoe takes a break from his religious observances to get bitter about what might of have been. (Another failed DJ with a podcast!) On the show we talk Net Neutrality and why you should actually give a shit. (Hint: They are coming for your porn!) Along the way we defend our stand on Ajit Pai being a member of the Tal Shiar and remind you even people who aren’t White can been shitty too. We do a quick mini-Wayback to 1996 and the death of all that was good and decent on the airwaves. (We miss you Justin and Whitey! #RiseGuysForever) Finally we explain what YOU need to do save your porn, or anything else you value on the Internet. Get over to www.battleforthenet.com and DO SOMETHING! Our Sponsor is Fast Eddies Internet, the Internet just like you remember it: sloooooowwwww. We open the show with Captain Picard and close with YouTuber Gary Schutt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pySrsDSUJw4 Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1094 yes Episode 137 "Call Me, Al" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-137-call-me-al SHOW NOTES EPISODE 137: “Call Me, Al” This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembers every awful thing he ever said to women and comes the realization his political career is probably over. (For SO many reasons.) On the show this week look at people whose political career is probably over and why they should just get the fuck out. (Aside from human decency, which they don’t have.) Along the way we examine ways you can get your ass kicked in a German nightclub. (Hint: Be Dave) and exciting methods for ruining the lives of your subordinates. (Sue Gavin, SUE!) We talk all the Congress Critters who never seem to face the music and wonder why. (Hint: Men control everything.) We also remind everyone the “Dirty Old Man” thing only works if you are literally months away from death. Our Wayback stops 1974 and a colorful Congressman’s girlfriend. Our Sponsor is Bum Guard, covering your ass from groping men. We open our show with him, Al Franken and close with YouTube’s Doug Edgell Band being our bodyguard and long lost pal. https://youtu.be/VvSmpS1I_S0 Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Seriously, Al? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-franken-two-more-women-groping_us_5a15a455e4b09650540ec295 Does This Surprise ANYONE? https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/she-complained-that-a-powerful-congressman-harassed-her?utm_term=.gxr5pjRzvE#.qy7akjmo5V Don’t let the door yah where the good lord split yah http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/editorials/2017/11/21/editorial-u-s-rep-john-conyers-must-resign/885207001/ A History of Perviness https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-sexual-misconduct_us_5a10591de4b0dd63b1aac3b4 Roy Moore Would Fit Right In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_congressional_page_sex_scandal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:48:24 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 137: “Call Me, Al” This week … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 137: “Call Me, Al” This week Host Dave Bledsoe remembers every awful thing he ever said to women and comes the realization his political career is probably over. (For SO many reasons.) On the show this week look at people whose political career is probably over and why they should just get the fuck out. (Aside from human decency, which they don’t have.) Along the way we examine ways you can get your ass kicked in a German nightclub. (Hint: Be Dave) and exciting methods for ruining the lives of your subordinates. (Sue Gavin, SUE!) We talk all the Congress Critters who never seem to face the music and wonder why. (Hint: Men control everything.) We also remind everyone the “Dirty Old Man” thing only works if you are literally months away from death. Our Wayback stops 1974 and a colorful Congressman’s girlfriend. Our Sponsor is Bum Guard, covering your ass from groping men. We open our show with him, Al Franken and close with YouTube’s Doug Edgell Band being our bodyguard and long lost pal. https://youtu.be/VvSmpS1I_S0 Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Seriously, Al? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-franken-two-more-women-groping_us_5a15a455e4b09650540ec295 Does This Surprise ANYONE? https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/she-complained-that-a-powerful-congressman-harassed-her?utm_term=.gxr5pjRzvE#.qy7akjmo5V Don’t let the door yah where the good lord split yah http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/editorials/2017/11/21/editorial-u-s-rep-john-conyers-must-resign/885207001/ A History of Perviness https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-sexual-misconduct_us_5a10591de4b0dd63b1aac3b4 Roy Moore Would Fit Right In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_congressional_page_sex_scandal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1577 yes Episode 136: With A Rebel Yell, They Cried Moore, Moore, Moore https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-136-with-a-rebel-yell-they-cried-moore-moore-moore SHOW NOTES EPISODE 136: “With a Rebel Yell, They Cried Moore, Moore, Moore” This week Host Dave Bledsoe cracks open his High School Yearbook only discover wow, people REALLY didn’t like him! On the show this week we discover we REALLY don’t like Alabama Republicans! (Alabama Democrats and Independents are cool, except you could ease up on the football.) We then put on our hip waders and slog into the shitshow that is the life and political career of Roy Moore, alleged child molester and admitted asshole. (He really doesn’t hide it.) Along the way learn more about life in the rural South than we ever wanted to know, and some of us lived there. We also discover why a thirty-something man might want date a High School girl. (Hint: It’s in a Biblical Sense.) We also discover Alabama is rife with shitty politicians, possibly because Alabama is rife with shitty people. (Garbage in, garbage out.) In our Wayback this Week, we head back to 1987 around the time when Roy gave up High School girls for college girls (He kept getting older they stayed the same age.) to learn why Evangelicals are sticking with their boy Roy. Our sponsor is Cletus J. Bibb III Esquire, who wants you to know ain’t crime to big or disgusting for Cletus to fix. We open our show this week with Dennis Miller’s Southern Tour and close with Youtuber Erik Faber rebelling and yelling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSzIIa5Tus Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: A History of Assholes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Guy_Hunt Not Only an Asshole, Also a Hypocrite https://www.npr.org/2017/09/27/553856901/roy-moore-s-long-controversial-history-in-alabama-politics But THESE Fuckers https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/11/09/alabama-republicans-defend-roy-moore-over-allegations-he-had-sexual-contact-with-14-year-old.html Best Twitter https://twitter.com/aedwardslevy/status/930567439091453954 It’s Is STILL Fucking Sick https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2017/1115/Behind-religious-defense-of-Roy-Moore-an-aggressive-view-of-masculinity Son of Sam Ministries http://www.roxanneministries.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 18 Nov 2017 01:10:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 136: “With a Rebel Yell, They … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 136: “With a Rebel Yell, They Cried Moore, Moore, Moore” This week Host Dave Bledsoe cracks open his High School Yearbook only discover wow, people REALLY didn’t like him! On the show this week we discover we REALLY don’t like Alabama Republicans! (Alabama Democrats and Independents are cool, except you could ease up on the football.) We then put on our hip waders and slog into the shitshow that is the life and political career of Roy Moore, alleged child molester and admitted asshole. (He really doesn’t hide it.) Along the way learn more about life in the rural South than we ever wanted to know, and some of us lived there. We also discover why a thirty-something man might want date a High School girl. (Hint: It’s in a Biblical Sense.) We also discover Alabama is rife with shitty politicians, possibly because Alabama is rife with shitty people. (Garbage in, garbage out.) In our Wayback this Week, we head back to 1987 around the time when Roy gave up High School girls for college girls (He kept getting older they stayed the same age.) to learn why Evangelicals are sticking with their boy Roy. Our sponsor is Cletus J. Bibb III Esquire, who wants you to know ain’t crime to big or disgusting for Cletus to fix. We open our show this week with Dennis Miller’s Southern Tour and close with Youtuber Erik Faber rebelling and yelling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSzIIa5Tus Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: A History of Assholes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Guy_Hunt Not Only an Asshole, Also a Hypocrite https://www.npr.org/2017/09/27/553856901/roy-moore-s-long-controversial-history-in-alabama-politics But THESE Fuckers https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/11/09/alabama-republicans-defend-roy-moore-over-allegations-he-had-sexual-contact-with-14-year-old.html Best Twitter https://twitter.com/aedwardslevy/status/930567439091453954 It’s Is STILL Fucking Sick https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2017/1115/Behind-religious-defense-of-Roy-Moore-an-aggressive-view-of-masculinity Son of Sam Ministries http://www.roxanneministries.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2058 yes Episode 135: The Hero Dies In This One https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-135-the-hero-dies-in-this-one SHOW NOTES EPISODE 135: “The Hero Dies In This One” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants to remind you no one wants to see your dick. No one. On the show this week we talk about all the people who did not want to see Louis CK’s dick but had to see it anyway. Along the way we learn why Dave’s Mom still thinks he is gay. (Straight people love Charles Nelson Reilly too!) We also learn that Bones McCoy was the sexiest person on Star Trek, hands down. (Damnit Dave, he’s a doctor, not a fashion model.) We finally understand why Dave does a podcast instead of stand up and that Bob Newhart’s comedy stands up to the test of time better than any other comedian we can think of. (Picking up that imaginary phone kills us EVERY TIME!) On a more serious note, we observe that even if you are a fundamentally broken and depressed person, you really do NOT need to sexually harass people. (Honestly, you are rich and famous enough that SOME people would willingly watch you jerk off!) We talk about why men are such shits and our Wayback takes to October of 1991 where we learned that pubic hairs on Coke cans might be objectively funny to a 21 year old, they are NOT appropriate in the workplace. Ever. Our Sponsor this week is Dick Peeper, if you NEED to show someone your dick, show it to us! Everyone will be happy you did. We open our show Louis CK trying to warn us and close with the Ataris. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Oh Louis: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=7B5AE3E722BEE447744B1C0500EF78D1&gwt=pay Gawker Was Good Webiste 1: http://gawker.com/5894527/which-beloved-comedian-likes-to-force-female-comics-to-watch-him-jerk-off And 2: http://defamer.gawker.com/louis-c-k-will-call-you-up-to-talk-about-his-alleged-s-1687820755 The Legacy of Anita Hill https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976770,00.html Anita Today: http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/anita-hill-sexual-harassment-harvey-weinstein-guest-column-1202585236/ Watch His Eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZURHD5BU1o8 It Easy Being White https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3yn7m/working-women-and-the-sexual-harassment-we-dont-hear-about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Nov 2017 01:13:37 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 135: “The Hero Dies In This On… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 135: “The Hero Dies In This One” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants to remind you no one wants to see your dick. No one. On the show this week we talk about all the people who did not want to see Louis CK’s dick but had to see it anyway. Along the way we learn why Dave’s Mom still thinks he is gay. (Straight people love Charles Nelson Reilly too!) We also learn that Bones McCoy was the sexiest person on Star Trek, hands down. (Damnit Dave, he’s a doctor, not a fashion model.) We finally understand why Dave does a podcast instead of stand up and that Bob Newhart’s comedy stands up to the test of time better than any other comedian we can think of. (Picking up that imaginary phone kills us EVERY TIME!) On a more serious note, we observe that even if you are a fundamentally broken and depressed person, you really do NOT need to sexually harass people. (Honestly, you are rich and famous enough that SOME people would willingly watch you jerk off!) We talk about why men are such shits and our Wayback takes to October of 1991 where we learned that pubic hairs on Coke cans might be objectively funny to a 21 year old, they are NOT appropriate in the workplace. Ever. Our Sponsor this week is Dick Peeper, if you NEED to show someone your dick, show it to us! Everyone will be happy you did. We open our show Louis CK trying to warn us and close with the Ataris. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Oh Louis: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=7B5AE3E722BEE447744B1C0500EF78D1&gwt=pay Gawker Was Good Webiste 1: http://gawker.com/5894527/which-beloved-comedian-likes-to-force-female-comics-to-watch-him-jerk-off And 2: http://defamer.gawker.com/louis-c-k-will-call-you-up-to-talk-about-his-alleged-s-1687820755 The Legacy of Anita Hill https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976770,00.html Anita Today: http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/anita-hill-sexual-harassment-harvey-weinstein-guest-column-1202585236/ Watch His Eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZURHD5BU1o8 It Easy Being White https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3yn7m/working-women-and-the-sexual-harassment-we-dont-hear-about Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1861 yes Episode 134: Unfriending Facebook https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-134-unfriending-facebook SHOW NOTES EPISODE 134: Unfriending Facebook This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to Friend himself on Facebook only to be told to fuck off and get blocked. (Sound thinking) On the show this week we talk Russians and social media and why it was so easy to fuck up the election. (Hint: Americans are not very bright.) Along the way we address the terror attack in Manhattan (Fuck that guy, we ain’t scared) and all the dickless wonders trying to “politicize the tragedy”. (Assholes) We giggle happily at the fall of House Manafort and wonder how the guy from Webster got mixed up in all this? (Mister seemed so nice!) We savagely take down the social media networks while simultaneously admitting they are our relationship with a certain cowboy. (Unquittable.) In some of our asides we discuss Dave’s tragic history in Russia. (She seemed so nice!) and why you are depressed every time you log off Facebook. (Hint: Because you were just ON Facebook.) We explain Twitter’s Nazi Rapist problem and why Dave sees so many ads for Ukrainian Bridges. (Typos live forever in the Algorithm) Finally we present a simple, straight forward solution to the problem of Russian propaganda that no one will heed. Our Wayback this week takes us back to 1835 and the origins of Fake News. Our sponsor this week is Vlad, Friend You Know! We open our show this week with The Social Network and close with a pretty, pretty, pretty good song about unfriending people. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZeIQnKUDTw ) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Russia! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/facebook-google-twitter-russian-interference-hearings.html Moar Russia! https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html Twitter Finally #1 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj7vam/why-twitter-is-the-best-social-media-platform-for-disinformation Et Tu Google? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/technology/google-russian-ads.html Facebook New Feature https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2017/10/02/facebook-and-google-still-have-a-fake-news-problem-las-vegas-shooting-reveals/#e0f592d7138f Now I Know Why I Am Sad https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201603/science-explains-how-facebook-makes-you-sad It Shines For All https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(New_York_City) The Moon! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax The Great Moon Hoax! http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_great_moon_hoax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:17:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 134: Unfriending Facebook Thi… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 134: Unfriending Facebook This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to Friend himself on Facebook only to be told to fuck off and get blocked. (Sound thinking) On the show this week we talk Russians and social media and why it was so easy to fuck up the election. (Hint: Americans are not very bright.) Along the way we address the terror attack in Manhattan (Fuck that guy, we ain’t scared) and all the dickless wonders trying to “politicize the tragedy”. (Assholes) We giggle happily at the fall of House Manafort and wonder how the guy from Webster got mixed up in all this? (Mister seemed so nice!) We savagely take down the social media networks while simultaneously admitting they are our relationship with a certain cowboy. (Unquittable.) In some of our asides we discuss Dave’s tragic history in Russia. (She seemed so nice!) and why you are depressed every time you log off Facebook. (Hint: Because you were just ON Facebook.) We explain Twitter’s Nazi Rapist problem and why Dave sees so many ads for Ukrainian Bridges. (Typos live forever in the Algorithm) Finally we present a simple, straight forward solution to the problem of Russian propaganda that no one will heed. Our Wayback this week takes us back to 1835 and the origins of Fake News. Our sponsor this week is Vlad, Friend You Know! We open our show this week with The Social Network and close with a pretty, pretty, pretty good song about unfriending people. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZeIQnKUDTw ) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: Russia! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/facebook-google-twitter-russian-interference-hearings.html Moar Russia! https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html Twitter Finally #1 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj7vam/why-twitter-is-the-best-social-media-platform-for-disinformation Et Tu Google? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/technology/google-russian-ads.html Facebook New Feature https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2017/10/02/facebook-and-google-still-have-a-fake-news-problem-las-vegas-shooting-reveals/#e0f592d7138f Now I Know Why I Am Sad https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201603/science-explains-how-facebook-makes-you-sad It Shines For All https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(New_York_City) The Moon! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax The Great Moon Hoax! http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_great_moon_hoax Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2095 yes Episode 133: Screaming In the Night https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-133-screaming-in-the-night SHOW NOTES EPISODE 133: “Screaming In the Night” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s unmanly shrieks of terror ring through the studio, informing us he’s caught his penis in his zipper. Again. On the show this week we have Part Two of our Annual Halloween Spooktacular, ghosts, ghouls and evil entities. (This is our name for debt collectors.) Presented for your consideration, these tales of horror spun from the minds of the women and men of the United States Military, who’ve faced down death and unidentifiable liquors to keep America free. (Ish). Along the way we learn the Fine Art of Bullshitting. (It’s completely different than lying). Valuable lessons on waste disposal are imparted and we learn it is all about the Bedouins. Also, we pass along the wisdom of Dave’s Grandmother who told him two things, don’t take moonshine from strange men in the woods and Fear the Wampus! Our Wayback this Week takes us back long before the White Man came to these lands and killed everyone. Our sponsor this week is Spectral Rehabilitations, we fix you or YOU DIE! We open the show with Tangina Barrons and close with YouTuber Gregory James Reigle nocturnal cries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKiPFpn3Xs Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: There are DOZENS of us, DOZENS! http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2015/05/what-americans-dont-understand-about-their-own-military/112042/ USS Minneapolis-St. Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_(SSN-708) Finally, something we cannot blame on White Dudes http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0200/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0200/stories/0201_0122.html Sure, sounds...plausible https://www.rockymountainparanormal.com/warren.html Fear the WAMPUS!!! http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/the_wampus_cat.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:59:23 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 133: “Screaming In the Night” … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 133: “Screaming In the Night” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s unmanly shrieks of terror ring through the studio, informing us he’s caught his penis in his zipper. Again. On the show this week we have Part Two of our Annual Halloween Spooktacular, ghosts, ghouls and evil entities. (This is our name for debt collectors.) Presented for your consideration, these tales of horror spun from the minds of the women and men of the United States Military, who’ve faced down death and unidentifiable liquors to keep America free. (Ish). Along the way we learn the Fine Art of Bullshitting. (It’s completely different than lying). Valuable lessons on waste disposal are imparted and we learn it is all about the Bedouins. Also, we pass along the wisdom of Dave’s Grandmother who told him two things, don’t take moonshine from strange men in the woods and Fear the Wampus! Our Wayback this Week takes us back long before the White Man came to these lands and killed everyone. Our sponsor this week is Spectral Rehabilitations, we fix you or YOU DIE! We open the show with Tangina Barrons and close with YouTuber Gregory James Reigle nocturnal cries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKiPFpn3Xs Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: There are DOZENS of us, DOZENS! http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2015/05/what-americans-dont-understand-about-their-own-military/112042/ USS Minneapolis-St. Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_(SSN-708) Finally, something we cannot blame on White Dudes http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0200/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0200/stories/0201_0122.html Sure, sounds...plausible https://www.rockymountainparanormal.com/warren.html Fear the WAMPUS!!! http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/the_wampus_cat.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2308 yes Episode 132: Little Green Dudes https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-132-little-green-dudes Episode #132: “Little Green Dudes” This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers the Truth Is Out There, but he refuses to believe it. On the show this week it is the first of a kinda sort two-part episode for Halloween, and we are talking Space Invaders. (We sucked at that game.) From the mysteries of UFO’s to government cover-ups of alien technology we tell it like it is! (Suck it Men In Black!) Come back NEXT week for all the ghost stories we refused to believe either. Along the way touch on the mental properties of Pumpkin Spice (It must flow!) and plumb the mysteries of the Human Ass. (Wear a glove.) We talk about stoned old dudes in the desert and sleepy young dudes on flightlines. We seek answers in the art of Renaissance Masters and in the pages of pulp magazines. (We did not find them.) We put two and two together and uncover a vast government conspiracy to deprive YOU of the truth. (Sadly, that truth is there are no aliens. Surprise!) Our wayback this week takes us back to October 21st 1967 in a stunning connection crossing decades! Our sponsor this week is Galaxxor and Galaxxor Doctors of Proctology, probing butts for better butt health! We open the show with Fox Mulder and close with a visit to the cosmos. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 It’s the Arts: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ufos-in-renaissance-art_us_5679991de4b014efe0d7044b The Truth IS Out There http://www.nicap.org/docs/671021blytheville_docs.pdf Not JUST a Bad 70’s TV Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blue_Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:23:19 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode #132: “Little Green Dudes” This week Ho… Episode #132: “Little Green Dudes” This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers the Truth Is Out There, but he refuses to believe it. On the show this week it is the first of a kinda sort two-part episode for Halloween, and we are talking Space Invaders. (We sucked at that game.) From the mysteries of UFO’s to government cover-ups of alien technology we tell it like it is! (Suck it Men In Black!) Come back NEXT week for all the ghost stories we refused to believe either. Along the way touch on the mental properties of Pumpkin Spice (It must flow!) and plumb the mysteries of the Human Ass. (Wear a glove.) We talk about stoned old dudes in the desert and sleepy young dudes on flightlines. We seek answers in the art of Renaissance Masters and in the pages of pulp magazines. (We did not find them.) We put two and two together and uncover a vast government conspiracy to deprive YOU of the truth. (Sadly, that truth is there are no aliens. Surprise!) Our wayback this week takes us back to October 21st 1967 in a stunning connection crossing decades! Our sponsor this week is Galaxxor and Galaxxor Doctors of Proctology, probing butts for better butt health! We open the show with Fox Mulder and close with a visit to the cosmos. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 It’s the Arts: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ufos-in-renaissance-art_us_5679991de4b014efe0d7044b The Truth IS Out There http://www.nicap.org/docs/671021blytheville_docs.pdf Not JUST a Bad 70’s TV Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blue_Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1936 yes Episode 131: Harvey Danger https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-131-harvey-danger SHOW NOTES EPISODE 131: “Harvey Danger” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes all Hollywood, unfortunately that means he passed out drunk in an abandoned Hollywood Video store. Again. On the show this week we talk about Horny Harvey Weinstein the handiest rapist in Hollywood! (Allegedly) Along the way we meander around such topics as where to find succor in these painful days. (Hint: Might want to avoid the Confession booth) and how Hollywood has become so much of American culture. (Not to mention the source of so many problems.) We also ponder the rise of such luminaries as a guy who became famous with dick and fart jokes. (And why WE can’t get famous for them?) We also roundly deny knowing about any sex scandals in our office mostly because we find Gavin handsome enough but his voice really annoys. Our Wayback this week takes all the back to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the man who probably killed Superman. (He had a pocket full of Kryptonite--sorry, wrong 90’s band) Our sponsor is Virile Vinnie’s Casting Agency, we can make you internet famous, if you don’t mind taking your shirt off. We open the show this week what might be Harvey Weinstein’s biography and close with Youtuber Jordi Rosen singing what Harv might be saying now. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7VaPDeJlO8) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Hard to imagine this happening? https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/why-the-weinstein-sexual-harassment-allegations-came-out-now.html Honry Harvey https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories The People Who Make the Movies https://www.mpaa.org/jobs-economy/ The People Who Appear in the Movies https://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/07/05/how-many-actors-are-in-l-a/ No really, people knew https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html Rose is PISSED http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/885903/rose-mcgowan-calls-out-matt-damon-russell-crowe-ben-and-casey-affleck-in-latest-harvey-weinstein-tweets It Happened Before https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/04/mgm200304 Eddie Will Fix It https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mannix Well, Him and Howard http://classicmoviechat.com/stars-of-the-week-eddie-mannix-howard-strickling/ DAWSON!! http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-van-der-beek-recounts-sexual-harassment-by-older-powerful-men-1048032 A Far Better Podcast http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/11/2/mgm-stories-part-eight-eddie-mannix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:37:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 131: “Harvey Danger” This we… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 131: “Harvey Danger” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes all Hollywood, unfortunately that means he passed out drunk in an abandoned Hollywood Video store. Again. On the show this week we talk about Horny Harvey Weinstein the handiest rapist in Hollywood! (Allegedly) Along the way we meander around such topics as where to find succor in these painful days. (Hint: Might want to avoid the Confession booth) and how Hollywood has become so much of American culture. (Not to mention the source of so many problems.) We also ponder the rise of such luminaries as a guy who became famous with dick and fart jokes. (And why WE can’t get famous for them?) We also roundly deny knowing about any sex scandals in our office mostly because we find Gavin handsome enough but his voice really annoys. Our Wayback this week takes all the back to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the man who probably killed Superman. (He had a pocket full of Kryptonite--sorry, wrong 90’s band) Our sponsor is Virile Vinnie’s Casting Agency, we can make you internet famous, if you don’t mind taking your shirt off. We open the show this week what might be Harvey Weinstein’s biography and close with Youtuber Jordi Rosen singing what Harv might be saying now. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7VaPDeJlO8) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Hard to imagine this happening? https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/why-the-weinstein-sexual-harassment-allegations-came-out-now.html Honry Harvey https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories The People Who Make the Movies https://www.mpaa.org/jobs-economy/ The People Who Appear in the Movies https://hollywoodsapien.com/2012/07/05/how-many-actors-are-in-l-a/ No really, people knew https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html Rose is PISSED http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/885903/rose-mcgowan-calls-out-matt-damon-russell-crowe-ben-and-casey-affleck-in-latest-harvey-weinstein-tweets It Happened Before https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/04/mgm200304 Eddie Will Fix It https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mannix Well, Him and Howard http://classicmoviechat.com/stars-of-the-week-eddie-mannix-howard-strickling/ DAWSON!! http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-van-der-beek-recounts-sexual-harassment-by-older-powerful-men-1048032 A Far Better Podcast http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/11/2/mgm-stories-part-eight-eddie-mannix Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1955 yes Episode 130: Better Dead Than LegislaTED https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-130-better-dead-than-legislated SHOW NOTES EPISODE 130: “Better Dead Than LegislaTED” This week Host Dave Bledsoe let Jesus take the wheel only to find Jesus doesn’t even have a license. On the show the week we talk (What else?) the shooting in Las Vegas and reach the same conclusion as always: nothing means nothing, but it’s free. Along the way we ask how many guns are too many guns. (Irrational Numbers) We activate the National Mass Shooting Matrix to make sure all the steps are correctly followed. Then delve the possible motives of the shooter only to arrive at the same conclusion we always do. (Think: White Dude) Not to worry, there are patriotic songs and reactions from the Right, we are nothing if we are not fair and balanced. (Just like Fox News!) In our Wayback this week, we look at a movement that ACTUALLY got shit done in America, even when America did not want shit to be done. (And we hated that woman like a fat kid hates lettuce for doing so!) We would also like to remind everyone on both sides of the issues that no matter what we say or think, absolutely nothing will be done! So relax gun owners, your precious pistols are safe! Sorry gun grabbing libtards, you are just going to have to take a bullet for freedom! #AMERICA Our sponsor this week is Kenny’s House of Kevlar, fashion and protection for all your anti-ballistic needs! We open the show with stirring words about freedom in front of bunch of people about to die and close the show with Tom Petty. Because dude, Tom Petty! Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Citations Needed: This fucking guy https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/new-details-emerge-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-and-girlfriend-marilou-danley/?utm_term=.ca1039114a42 But THIS FUCKING IS WORSE! https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/03/yes-freedom-dangerous-willing-accept-risks/ Your Guns Are Safe, We Are Not https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/more-killings-more-guns/541905/?utm_source=atltw Oh, She MADD https://www.biography.com/people/candy-lightner-21173669 That’s the FACTS Jack https://report.nih.gov/nihfactsheets/ViewFactSheet.aspx?csid=24 Morons https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/10/fantasyland-book-excerpt-the-nra-won-the-gun-rights-debate-and-made-americans-fear-their-own-government.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 06 Oct 2017 23:40:26 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 130: “Better Dead Than Legisla… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 130: “Better Dead Than LegislaTED” This week Host Dave Bledsoe let Jesus take the wheel only to find Jesus doesn’t even have a license. On the show the week we talk (What else?) the shooting in Las Vegas and reach the same conclusion as always: nothing means nothing, but it’s free. Along the way we ask how many guns are too many guns. (Irrational Numbers) We activate the National Mass Shooting Matrix to make sure all the steps are correctly followed. Then delve the possible motives of the shooter only to arrive at the same conclusion we always do. (Think: White Dude) Not to worry, there are patriotic songs and reactions from the Right, we are nothing if we are not fair and balanced. (Just like Fox News!) In our Wayback this week, we look at a movement that ACTUALLY got shit done in America, even when America did not want shit to be done. (And we hated that woman like a fat kid hates lettuce for doing so!) We would also like to remind everyone on both sides of the issues that no matter what we say or think, absolutely nothing will be done! So relax gun owners, your precious pistols are safe! Sorry gun grabbing libtards, you are just going to have to take a bullet for freedom! #AMERICA Our sponsor this week is Kenny’s House of Kevlar, fashion and protection for all your anti-ballistic needs! We open the show with stirring words about freedom in front of bunch of people about to die and close the show with Tom Petty. Because dude, Tom Petty! Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Citations Needed: This fucking guy https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/new-details-emerge-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-and-girlfriend-marilou-danley/?utm_term=.ca1039114a42 But THIS FUCKING IS WORSE! https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/03/yes-freedom-dangerous-willing-accept-risks/ Your Guns Are Safe, We Are Not https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/more-killings-more-guns/541905/?utm_source=atltw Oh, She MADD https://www.biography.com/people/candy-lightner-21173669 That’s the FACTS Jack https://report.nih.gov/nihfactsheets/ViewFactSheet.aspx?csid=24 Morons https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/10/fantasyland-book-excerpt-the-nra-won-the-gun-rights-debate-and-made-americans-fear-their-own-government.html Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 1988 yes 129: Kneel Before TrumpZod https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/129-kneel-before-trumpzod SHOW NOTES EPISODE 129: KNEEL BEFORE TRUMPZOD This week Host Dave Bledsoe screams “Put me in coach” only to be kicked out another stranger’s lamaze class. On the show this week we tackle the NFL Protests only to get called for roughing the Producer. (Could be worse, it could be illegal use of hands.) Along the way we ponder alternate names for the show, and decide the one we have is obtuse enough. Additionally we discuss everything we know about football, (Very little) and everything we know about capitalism. (Still very little.) We ask the burning questions “Does Jet Magazine still exist? What about Ebony?” Finally we drill down into the Flag Code and discover several violations that ought to be felonies! (Fat dudes in American Flag thongs should be a crime against humanity.) This week’s Wayback is the Greatest That Ever Was, the subject, not the Wayback, it’s pretty average. Our Sponsor this week is Frank’s Flag Shack, show your respect for the flag for which heroes died by draping it around your disgusting body! We open the show with Bill Hicks explaining how we can get the world to rally around the flag and close with Skerryvore explaining the way it is. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10NvL7ZWolw) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: White People Be Angry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10NvL7ZWolw All About Flags https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf Mom, Apple Pie and Baseball https://www.digipo.io/wiki/commons/when-did-we-begin-standing-for-the-national-anthem.htm Sign Up and Die! http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2015/11/06/Department-of-Defense-paid-53-million-to-pro-sports-for-military-tributes-report-says/stories/201511060140 Long list is long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States All About Ali http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring05/Shaffer/clay.html More About Ali https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/04/muhammad-ali-key-chaptershttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/04/muhammad-ali-key-chapters Even More! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-kreissman/muhammad-alis-rebellion-matters-today-part-3_b_5940494.html Good Man Does Good https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/15/colin-kaepernick-nflpa-charity-community-mvp Nothing Nice and Easy https://soundcloud.com/ariel-king-200667737/nothing-nice-and-easy-3a?fb_action_ids=10214600850996586&fb_action_types=soundcloud%3Apublish Not MY King https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/public-perspective/ppscan/62/62011.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 30 Sep 2017 00:06:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 129: KNEEL BEFORE TRUMPZOD Th… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 129: KNEEL BEFORE TRUMPZOD This week Host Dave Bledsoe screams “Put me in coach” only to be kicked out another stranger’s lamaze class. On the show this week we tackle the NFL Protests only to get called for roughing the Producer. (Could be worse, it could be illegal use of hands.) Along the way we ponder alternate names for the show, and decide the one we have is obtuse enough. Additionally we discuss everything we know about football, (Very little) and everything we know about capitalism. (Still very little.) We ask the burning questions “Does Jet Magazine still exist? What about Ebony?” Finally we drill down into the Flag Code and discover several violations that ought to be felonies! (Fat dudes in American Flag thongs should be a crime against humanity.) This week’s Wayback is the Greatest That Ever Was, the subject, not the Wayback, it’s pretty average. Our Sponsor this week is Frank’s Flag Shack, show your respect for the flag for which heroes died by draping it around your disgusting body! We open the show with Bill Hicks explaining how we can get the world to rally around the flag and close with Skerryvore explaining the way it is. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10NvL7ZWolw) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: White People Be Angry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10NvL7ZWolw All About Flags https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf Mom, Apple Pie and Baseball https://www.digipo.io/wiki/commons/when-did-we-begin-standing-for-the-national-anthem.htm Sign Up and Die! http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2015/11/06/Department-of-Defense-paid-53-million-to-pro-sports-for-military-tributes-report-says/stories/201511060140 Long list is long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States All About Ali http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring05/Shaffer/clay.html More About Ali https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/04/muhammad-ali-key-chaptershttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/04/muhammad-ali-key-chapters Even More! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-kreissman/muhammad-alis-rebellion-matters-today-part-3_b_5940494.html Good Man Does Good https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/15/colin-kaepernick-nflpa-charity-community-mvp Nothing Nice and Easy https://soundcloud.com/ariel-king-200667737/nothing-nice-and-easy-3a?fb_action_ids=10214600850996586&fb_action_types=soundcloud%3Apublish Not MY King https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/public-perspective/ppscan/62/62011.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. 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]]> 2217 yes Episode 128: Delayed Onset Adulthood https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-128-delayed-onset-adulthood Show Notes Episode 128: “Delayed Onset Adulthood” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes in search of his lost childhood only to find wasn’t lost but living in Central America under an assumed name. On the show this week look at a study about the kids of today which reveals just how BORING they are. (No surprises there.) Along the way we learn the benefits of early teen nerdhood (plausible deniability) and that a certain podcast host’s teenage years were fairly embarrassing. We ponder why the youth of today are reading books instead of using them to hide their stash. (Turns out you can’t put weed in an iPhone cover.) We dig into the necessity of teens getting jobs and discover a dark conspiracy. (Conform, Consume, Obey) In this week’s Wayback the History of Teenagers is uncovered, where they came from, what they did and why they were invented. (Hint: To buy stuff.) Also, weed branding is the end of society! Our sponsor this week is Uncle Charlie, your older uncle who buys you beer and kind creeps out the girls by hanging at the party when he really is too old to be there. We open the show with McLovin and close with YouTuber Jay Bovino lamenting the passage of time. (https://youtu.be/nMW6tdRfiSM) Citations Needed: SCIENCE!, Lame, Wimps, Get a JOB!, The Birth of a Demographic, Rebels Seeking Causes, Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:44:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 128: “Delayed Onset Adulthood”… Show Notes Episode 128: “Delayed Onset Adulthood” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes in search of his lost childhood only to find wasn’t lost but living in Central America under an assumed name. On the show this week look at a study about the kids of today which reveals just how BORING they are. (No surprises there.) Along the way we learn the benefits of early teen nerdhood (plausible deniability) and that a certain podcast host’s teenage years were fairly embarrassing. We ponder why the youth of today are reading books instead of using them to hide their stash. (Turns out you can’t put weed in an iPhone cover.) We dig into the necessity of teens getting jobs and discover a dark conspiracy. (Conform, Consume, Obey) In this week’s Wayback the History of Teenagers is uncovered, where they came from, what they did and why they were invented. (Hint: To buy stuff.) Also, weed branding is the end of society! Our sponsor this week is Uncle Charlie, your older uncle who buys you beer and kind creeps out the girls by hanging at the party when he really is too old to be there. We open the show with McLovin and close with YouTuber Jay Bovino lamenting the passage of time. (https://youtu.be/nMW6tdRfiSM) Citations Needed: SCIENCE!, Lame, Wimps, Get a JOB!, The Birth of a Demographic, Rebels Seeking Causes, Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1563 yes Episode 127 "What's Happening" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-127-whats-happening Show Notes Episode #127: “What’s Happening” This week host Dave Bledsoe dives into Hillary Clinton’s new book only find out Rerun appears nowhere in the text. On the show this week we discuss not Hillary’s book itself but the backlash to the book even existing. (It’s like people don’t LIKE Hillary Clinton!) Additionally we admit even we are sick and tired of talking about the 2016 election. (We are, apparently, a minority.) Along the way we ponder why women be like always told to keep quiet, like they aren’t allowed to have opinions or something. (We think it might be that men, are dicks) We examine the Stink Palm Parable in gender dynamics and strongly suggest you not shake hands with people who practice said parable. In the wayback this week we talk about another woman who just wouldn’t go away and be quiet, and the childish man who loved her so much he quit a job he never wanted in the first place to be with her. Our sponsor this week is the Compliance Project, instilling decency, dignity and respect in young women with a rod no thicker than a thumb. We open the show with another woman who won’t be ignored and close with YouTuber Danny McEvoy covering Dave Edmunds. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezCkNMcD2gs) Citations Needed: Dick, Super Dick, Total Dick, Pretty Dickish, Dickhead, You’re Cool, At the Wallis, Mrs Simpson If You’re Nasty, This Guy is GOOD!, Paul is the Biggest Dick of All. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:23:40 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode #127: “What’s Happening” This… Show Notes Episode #127: “What’s Happening” This week host Dave Bledsoe dives into Hillary Clinton’s new book only find out Rerun appears nowhere in the text. On the show this week we discuss not Hillary’s book itself but the backlash to the book even existing. (It’s like people don’t LIKE Hillary Clinton!) Additionally we admit even we are sick and tired of talking about the 2016 election. (We are, apparently, a minority.) Along the way we ponder why women be like always told to keep quiet, like they aren’t allowed to have opinions or something. (We think it might be that men, are dicks) We examine the Stink Palm Parable in gender dynamics and strongly suggest you not shake hands with people who practice said parable. In the wayback this week we talk about another woman who just wouldn’t go away and be quiet, and the childish man who loved her so much he quit a job he never wanted in the first place to be with her. Our sponsor this week is the Compliance Project, instilling decency, dignity and respect in young women with a rod no thicker than a thumb. We open the show with another woman who won’t be ignored and close with YouTuber Danny McEvoy covering Dave Edmunds. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezCkNMcD2gs) Citations Needed: Dick, Super Dick, Total Dick, Pretty Dickish, Dickhead, You’re Cool, At the Wallis, Mrs Simpson If You’re Nasty, This Guy is GOOD!, Paul is the Biggest Dick of All. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1814 yes Episode 126: Aww Look What You Made Me Do https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-126-aww-look-what-you-made-me-do SHOW NOTES EPISODE 126: “Aww, Look What You Made Me Do!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe orders up some Pumpkin Spice Lattes and has his Ugg boots dry cleaned because it Fall BITCHES! On the show the week we talk Taylor Swift’s new album Reputation! (Wait, WHAT??!?) We dish all the hot takes on Tay Tay’s latest and ponder what is new for the Squad! (So confused right now…). Get ready Stans because we are GOING THERE! If by going there you mean examining whether or not Taylor Swift’s feminism is nothing more than a branding move and does it really matter if Tay is Republican? (Oh thank God!) Along the way we dig into the history of Miss Swift and the many iterations along her career path. There are poetic waxings on the joys of Lesbian Folk Music (#TeamAmy AND #TeamEmily 4Ever) In this week’s Wayback we fearlessly explore the history of Basic Becky’s all the way back to the beginning. (Eve: Totally A Becky). Then we dig around in the vaults of Rock History and come to realize you can’t REALLY judge a generation by it’s music. (Except for the Greatest Generation, as always they were the best!) Our Sponsor this week is Bob’s Build a Band, forget the music and focus on the Brand. We open the show with High Fidelity’s Customer Service and close with a German take on 80’s pop. (Flash Forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDW6Z4__gSU) Citations Needed: Worst of the Worst, Beefs, White Girl Power, 5 Becky’s, Miss Sharp if you're nasty, Is Becky racist? Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:07:02 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 126: “Aww, Look What You Made … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 126: “Aww, Look What You Made Me Do!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe orders up some Pumpkin Spice Lattes and has his Ugg boots dry cleaned because it Fall BITCHES! On the show the week we talk Taylor Swift’s new album Reputation! (Wait, WHAT??!?) We dish all the hot takes on Tay Tay’s latest and ponder what is new for the Squad! (So confused right now…). Get ready Stans because we are GOING THERE! If by going there you mean examining whether or not Taylor Swift’s feminism is nothing more than a branding move and does it really matter if Tay is Republican? (Oh thank God!) Along the way we dig into the history of Miss Swift and the many iterations along her career path. There are poetic waxings on the joys of Lesbian Folk Music (#TeamAmy AND #TeamEmily 4Ever) In this week’s Wayback we fearlessly explore the history of Basic Becky’s all the way back to the beginning. (Eve: Totally A Becky). Then we dig around in the vaults of Rock History and come to realize you can’t REALLY judge a generation by it’s music. (Except for the Greatest Generation, as always they were the best!) Our Sponsor this week is Bob’s Build a Band, forget the music and focus on the Brand. We open the show with High Fidelity’s Customer Service and close with a German take on 80’s pop. (Flash Forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDW6Z4__gSU) Citations Needed: Worst of the Worst, Beefs, White Girl Power, 5 Becky’s, Miss Sharp if you're nasty, Is Becky racist? Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1833 yes Episode 125: Pathos of the Nerds https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-125-pathos-of-the-nerds SHOW NOTES EPISODE 125: “THE PATHOS OF THE NERDS” This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes his Saving Throw vs. Despair and hits a Nat 20. On the show this week we talk about what it means to Nerd! (Hint: The tape on the glasses is over!) Along the way we hit the highlights of the Game of Thrones season finale because the SEO on this search term is through the ROOF! Then we check in on all our X-Files Shippers and see how they are doing these days. We also conceive of the most horrifying X-Files Slash ever. (We are still vomiting in the writer’s room.) We ponder whether or not George will ever finish The Winds of Winter. (Survey Says: Not Very Likely) For some reason you will also learn everything you never wanted to know about combat with a Death Slaad. (Honestly, don’t ask.) Our Wayback this week takes back to 1937 and Origins of All Things Nerd. (We can honestly say what came next did, indeed, surprise us.) We apologize in advance for all the incest. Our Sponsor this week is Neurotic Comics, fuck you posers! We open the show with The Dead Ale Wives and close with Jason Derulo Nerd Anthem. Also, props to Associate Producer Kimberly Steele for all the comic info. (What a HUGE nerd!) Citations Needed: The truth is in there, Even Duane Barry?, Brought to you by Proctor and Gamble, Previously on All My Children, The Return of Pepe. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 01 Sep 2017 22:18:56 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 125: “THE PATHOS OF THE NERDS”… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 125: “THE PATHOS OF THE NERDS” This week Host Dave Bledsoe makes his Saving Throw vs. Despair and hits a Nat 20. On the show this week we talk about what it means to Nerd! (Hint: The tape on the glasses is over!) Along the way we hit the highlights of the Game of Thrones season finale because the SEO on this search term is through the ROOF! Then we check in on all our X-Files Shippers and see how they are doing these days. We also conceive of the most horrifying X-Files Slash ever. (We are still vomiting in the writer’s room.) We ponder whether or not George will ever finish The Winds of Winter. (Survey Says: Not Very Likely) For some reason you will also learn everything you never wanted to know about combat with a Death Slaad. (Honestly, don’t ask.) Our Wayback this week takes back to 1937 and Origins of All Things Nerd. (We can honestly say what came next did, indeed, surprise us.) We apologize in advance for all the incest. Our Sponsor this week is Neurotic Comics, fuck you posers! We open the show with The Dead Ale Wives and close with Jason Derulo Nerd Anthem. Also, props to Associate Producer Kimberly Steele for all the comic info. (What a HUGE nerd!) Citations Needed: The truth is in there, Even Duane Barry?, Brought to you by Proctor and Gamble, Previously on All My Children, The Return of Pepe. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1887 yes Episode 124: A War Without End, Amen https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-124-a-war-without-end-amen SHOW NOTES EPISODE 124: “A War Without End, Amen” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets a little chilly and goes searching for a comfy knitted blanket. On the show this week we talk about the latest plan win with war and bring us peace with honor. (We think this means Afghanistan, but we are not completely sure.) Along the way we reminisce about a simple time, when a cell phone was just a phone, Donald Trump was only making life miserable for pageant contestants and the country was reeling from the largest terrorist attack in history. (Those were the days!) We also remember the horrors of Microsoft Windows ME, the real horror of Y2K. We examine all the plans to win Afghanistan from all the Presidents stretching back to the beginning of the war, which we believe was during William Howard Taft Administration. (His plan: Rifled muskets!) We tally up the cost of sixteen years of war human and economic and wonder if maybe it was a bad decision in the first place. Which is just crazy talk, because we all know the Bush Administration would never do anything STUPID! This week in the Wayback we go all the way back to 1829 and when the chaps sent a few of the boys from Delhi to Kabul to see what they were on about. (Turns out they were on about killing British!) Our Sponsor is the very real and not at all made up Open Cola, the open source soda pop. We open the show this week with a quote attributed to Alexander the Great but really came from the worst Rambo movie and we close with YouTuber Jackson Daniel covering George Strait. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcY0F9dnOXo) Citations Needed: Open Cola is real, not spectacular, The Butcher’s Bill, The Bar Tab, Looks Like MY Report Card. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 26 Aug 2017 00:10:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 124: “A War Without End, Amen”… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 124: “A War Without End, Amen” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets a little chilly and goes searching for a comfy knitted blanket. On the show this week we talk about the latest plan win with war and bring us peace with honor. (We think this means Afghanistan, but we are not completely sure.) Along the way we reminisce about a simple time, when a cell phone was just a phone, Donald Trump was only making life miserable for pageant contestants and the country was reeling from the largest terrorist attack in history. (Those were the days!) We also remember the horrors of Microsoft Windows ME, the real horror of Y2K. We examine all the plans to win Afghanistan from all the Presidents stretching back to the beginning of the war, which we believe was during William Howard Taft Administration. (His plan: Rifled muskets!) We tally up the cost of sixteen years of war human and economic and wonder if maybe it was a bad decision in the first place. Which is just crazy talk, because we all know the Bush Administration would never do anything STUPID! This week in the Wayback we go all the way back to 1829 and when the chaps sent a few of the boys from Delhi to Kabul to see what they were on about. (Turns out they were on about killing British!) Our Sponsor is the very real and not at all made up Open Cola, the open source soda pop. We open the show this week with a quote attributed to Alexander the Great but really came from the worst Rambo movie and we close with YouTuber Jackson Daniel covering George Strait. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcY0F9dnOXo) Citations Needed: Open Cola is real, not spectacular, The Butcher’s Bill, The Bar Tab, Looks Like MY Report Card. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1622 yes The Last Episode of Fulcrum https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/the-last-episode-of-fulcrum This is our final episode of Fulcrum with StePHen For Legal Reasons Bannon. We wish him well in his future endeavors. #ByeFelicia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:41:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This is our final episode of Fulcrum with StePHen… This is our final episode of Fulcrum with StePHen For Legal Reasons Bannon. We wish him well in his future endeavors. #ByeFelicia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 164 yes Episode 123: White Like Me https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-123-white-like-me Show Notes Episode 123: “White Like Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a long hard look at the man in the mirror, and does not like the person he sees. On the show this week we talk about what happened in Charlottesville and how things like this keep happening. (We think the Nazis had something to do with it.) Along the way we ask if our picking on the fat kids as children had consequences on today. We wonder why all Nazis dress like assistant managers in Hobby Lobby? (We suspect there was a sale at WalMart) We also have a frank and unpleasant conversation, Honkey to Honkey, about White People. (Crackers will be served during the segment.) Finally we address the Alt Right, White Nationalist Nazi Assholes directly with some news they will not enjoy hearing what so ever. (Pack your bags you Adolf loving shitholes!) Our sponsor this week is Simon and Edna Cliff’s Nazi Removal, take care of annoying Nazis with Simon and Edna. We open the show with Lt. Aldo Raine and close the show with Youtuber L. Young and his rendition of Sam Cooke. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ao5mrtV7wK) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:09:47 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 123: “White Like Me” This wee… Show Notes Episode 123: “White Like Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a long hard look at the man in the mirror, and does not like the person he sees. On the show this week we talk about what happened in Charlottesville and how things like this keep happening. (We think the Nazis had something to do with it.) Along the way we ask if our picking on the fat kids as children had consequences on today. We wonder why all Nazis dress like assistant managers in Hobby Lobby? (We suspect there was a sale at WalMart) We also have a frank and unpleasant conversation, Honkey to Honkey, about White People. (Crackers will be served during the segment.) Finally we address the Alt Right, White Nationalist Nazi Assholes directly with some news they will not enjoy hearing what so ever. (Pack your bags you Adolf loving shitholes!) Our sponsor this week is Simon and Edna Cliff’s Nazi Removal, take care of annoying Nazis with Simon and Edna. We open the show with Lt. Aldo Raine and close the show with Youtuber L. Young and his rendition of Sam Cooke. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ao5mrtV7wK) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1960 yes Episode 122: Modern Major Generals https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-122-modern-major-generals SHOW NOTES EPISODE 122: “Models of Modern Major Generals” This Week Host Dave Bledsoe has information animal, vegetable and mineral which will be useful scrounging for food in the radioactive ashes of nuclear armageddon. On the show this week we take a look Trump’s Modern Major Generals and wonder if they are too much of a good thing. (Someday, but not yet.) Along the way we discuss how the Guamanians must feel about trending on Twitter for reasons other than pissed off TaoTaoMonas. (Which are very real and not to be trifled with!) We examine the differences between the mindset of the various services of the Armed Forces. (Army, Navy, Marine: “Kill the bastards”. Air Force: “Does this hotel have room service?”) The dive into what it takes to BE a genuine modern major general. (A lot of fancy learning degrees from what we can tell.) On the Wayback we head to October 1962 where we have a Cuba Libre and discover that really, it is just a rum and coke. We also find out why it is a really good idea to NOT have General's making decision that could end the world. Our Sponsor this week Retired General Amos T Half Track offering real world advice on national security and hoping to catch Miss Buxley in the ladies room. We open the show Seven Days in May and close with Youtuber Davis Goff’s brilliant take on Gilbert and Sullivan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5rGpIlmYUo Citations Needed: He hates it when you call him Mad Dog, McMasters has more than a Masters, Lighten Up Francis, Not just a good idea also the law, You don’t know Jack, We probably could handle this better. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 11 Aug 2017 23:56:59 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 122: “Models of Modern Major G… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 122: “Models of Modern Major Generals” This Week Host Dave Bledsoe has information animal, vegetable and mineral which will be useful scrounging for food in the radioactive ashes of nuclear armageddon. On the show this week we take a look Trump’s Modern Major Generals and wonder if they are too much of a good thing. (Someday, but not yet.) Along the way we discuss how the Guamanians must feel about trending on Twitter for reasons other than pissed off TaoTaoMonas. (Which are very real and not to be trifled with!) We examine the differences between the mindset of the various services of the Armed Forces. (Army, Navy, Marine: “Kill the bastards”. Air Force: “Does this hotel have room service?”) The dive into what it takes to BE a genuine modern major general. (A lot of fancy learning degrees from what we can tell.) On the Wayback we head to October 1962 where we have a Cuba Libre and discover that really, it is just a rum and coke. We also find out why it is a really good idea to NOT have General's making decision that could end the world. Our Sponsor this week Retired General Amos T Half Track offering real world advice on national security and hoping to catch Miss Buxley in the ladies room. We open the show Seven Days in May and close with Youtuber Davis Goff’s brilliant take on Gilbert and Sullivan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5rGpIlmYUo Citations Needed: He hates it when you call him Mad Dog, McMasters has more than a Masters, Lighten Up Francis, Not just a good idea also the law, You don’t know Jack, We probably could handle this better. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1888 yes Episode 121: "I Can't Believe Its Not Better" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-121-i-cant-believe-its-not-better Show Notes Episode #121: “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe spreads buttery goodness on America only to find a lot of people think he is making a sexual innuendo. On the show this week we talk about the “plan” from the Democrats to take back America, it’s uh--Better? (Narrator: “It wasn’t”) Along the way we discuss the Presidential contenders for 2020 (Yeah, already) and why none of them measure up to our expectations. There is an idea for cloning thousands of Bernie's and running all of them for Congress in 2018. (We’re Bernie Sanders and We Approve This Message) Then there is a STRENUOUS objection to the party being fine with anti-choice Democrats. (Hint: You give a zealot an inch and they force you family to convert to their religion) Our Wayback of the Week goes back to 1948, because we still had that tab open in Wikipedia. Our sponsor this week is Beb! Jush, Democrat for Congress, because he is definitely NOT Jeb Bush! We open the show the planning committee at the DCCC and close with Youtuber Eddie629 explaining that it really does get better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9arlzHgalA0 Citations Needed: Steaming Hot Nope, Very Stupid Idea, Yeeeeeeahh, Pissed Off, Dixieland. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:58:25 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode #121: “I Can’t Believe It’s No… Show Notes Episode #121: “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe spreads buttery goodness on America only to find a lot of people think he is making a sexual innuendo. On the show this week we talk about the “plan” from the Democrats to take back America, it’s uh--Better? (Narrator: “It wasn’t”) Along the way we discuss the Presidential contenders for 2020 (Yeah, already) and why none of them measure up to our expectations. There is an idea for cloning thousands of Bernie's and running all of them for Congress in 2018. (We’re Bernie Sanders and We Approve This Message) Then there is a STRENUOUS objection to the party being fine with anti-choice Democrats. (Hint: You give a zealot an inch and they force you family to convert to their religion) Our Wayback of the Week goes back to 1948, because we still had that tab open in Wikipedia. Our sponsor this week is Beb! Jush, Democrat for Congress, because he is definitely NOT Jeb Bush! We open the show the planning committee at the DCCC and close with Youtuber Eddie629 explaining that it really does get better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9arlzHgalA0 Citations Needed: Steaming Hot Nope, Very Stupid Idea, Yeeeeeeahh, Pissed Off, Dixieland. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1562 yes Episode 120: "My Own Personal Vietnam" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-120-my-own-personal-vietnam EPISODE #120: “My Own Personal Viet Nam” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wonders if he can still get 10% off his order at Denny’s only to find there are no Denny’s in New York City. On the show this week we tackle the Trump Tweet on Trans Bans. (Hint: We are pissed) Along the way there are explanations of the military supply chain vis a vie being able to wipe your butt, and reveal the latest in combat TP. We explain why you cannot change military personnel policy in a Tweet. (Who fucking does this? Oh yeah.) And we debunk the myth of the One Free Boob Job. (Honestly, this is a thing.) We hit the Wayback to examine the history of using the military to effect social change on America and how very, very angry this made Conservatives. (It did not, however, stop it from happening.) Stay tuned after the show credits for Fulcrum, with StePHen Bannon, who has some thoughts on The Mooch. Our sponsor this week is The Mooch, when you gotta get some respect, some LOYALTY--you call The Mooch! We open the show with Bill Murray celebrating the diversity of the modern military and close with Youtuber Shayliff indictment against the military industrial complex. (https://youtu.be/uIMBa2jiypo) Citations Needed: What a Dick, Just a Real Prick, Because You Gotta Keep Them Rock Hard and Ready to Go! Just such a HUGE Dick, What Does the Mattis Say? All You Ever Wanted to Know About Gender Reassignment, It’s A Real Thing , Mythbusted, Just MASSIVE Pricks, The Man Behind the Movement. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:22:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe EPISODE #120: “My Own Personal Viet Nam” This we… EPISODE #120: “My Own Personal Viet Nam” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wonders if he can still get 10% off his order at Denny’s only to find there are no Denny’s in New York City. On the show this week we tackle the Trump Tweet on Trans Bans. (Hint: We are pissed) Along the way there are explanations of the military supply chain vis a vie being able to wipe your butt, and reveal the latest in combat TP. We explain why you cannot change military personnel policy in a Tweet. (Who fucking does this? Oh yeah.) And we debunk the myth of the One Free Boob Job. (Honestly, this is a thing.) We hit the Wayback to examine the history of using the military to effect social change on America and how very, very angry this made Conservatives. (It did not, however, stop it from happening.) Stay tuned after the show credits for Fulcrum, with StePHen Bannon, who has some thoughts on The Mooch. Our sponsor this week is The Mooch, when you gotta get some respect, some LOYALTY--you call The Mooch! We open the show with Bill Murray celebrating the diversity of the modern military and close with Youtuber Shayliff indictment against the military industrial complex. (https://youtu.be/uIMBa2jiypo) Citations Needed: What a Dick, Just a Real Prick, Because You Gotta Keep Them Rock Hard and Ready to Go! Just such a HUGE Dick, What Does the Mattis Say? All You Ever Wanted to Know About Gender Reassignment, It’s A Real Thing , Mythbusted, Just MASSIVE Pricks, The Man Behind the Movement. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2008 yes Episode 119: Steel Rail Blues https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-119-steel-rail-blues EPISODE #119: “Steel Rail Blues” This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the listeners to please stand clear of the closing doors, there is a podcast directly behind this one. On the show this week we take a look at the broke ass, no good, very bad, pee smelling New York City Subway System. (Don’t worry we make it relevant to you Middle America!) If you’ve never experienced a crowded mass transit man vigorously masturbating to you, you will now! Along the way we learn the history of why the United States doesn’t give a damn about Mass Transit (Hint: You might be in the reason right now). We determine once and for all who is in charge of making the trains run on time in New York City. (He is Italian, but no Mussolini) Also within, everything you thought you knew about the Interstate is probably wrong. (Originally, no cars allowed!) Finally, we give you the car owning American every reason to question your decision to own and car and a little taste of an average trip on the Subway. (Trigger Warning for anyone who drives or rides the subway.) Our Sponsor this week in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who wants you to know this shit ain’t on him! We open the show with Elaine Benes as Every New Yorker and close with Youtuber Timothy Dennis’ cover of “Steel Rail Blues”. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CU1p3o9S4) Citations Needed: Least Interesting City in America, State of the World War 2 Art, Go Fuck Yourself Andy, He Built This Highway On Rock and Roll, Disappearing Railroad Blues. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:05:12 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe EPISODE #119: “Steel Rail Blues” This week Host … EPISODE #119: “Steel Rail Blues” This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the listeners to please stand clear of the closing doors, there is a podcast directly behind this one. On the show this week we take a look at the broke ass, no good, very bad, pee smelling New York City Subway System. (Don’t worry we make it relevant to you Middle America!) If you’ve never experienced a crowded mass transit man vigorously masturbating to you, you will now! Along the way we learn the history of why the United States doesn’t give a damn about Mass Transit (Hint: You might be in the reason right now). We determine once and for all who is in charge of making the trains run on time in New York City. (He is Italian, but no Mussolini) Also within, everything you thought you knew about the Interstate is probably wrong. (Originally, no cars allowed!) Finally, we give you the car owning American every reason to question your decision to own and car and a little taste of an average trip on the Subway. (Trigger Warning for anyone who drives or rides the subway.) Our Sponsor this week in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who wants you to know this shit ain’t on him! We open the show with Elaine Benes as Every New Yorker and close with Youtuber Timothy Dennis’ cover of “Steel Rail Blues”. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CU1p3o9S4) Citations Needed: Least Interesting City in America, State of the World War 2 Art, Go Fuck Yourself Andy, He Built This Highway On Rock and Roll, Disappearing Railroad Blues. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1708 yes Episode 118: From Russia With Derp https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-118-from-russia-with-derp SHOW NOTES EPISODE 118: “From Russia With Derp” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his manager reach out to contacts in Germany hoping to set up a meeting about some compromising material he has on Angela Merkel, only discover he has no manager. On the show this week, we discuss how a music promoter, a shitty Russian Pop Star and a lawyer named we think Natasha Fatale somehow managed to fuck Hillary Clinton out of the White House. This story is so stupid it has to be true. Along the way we talk about how dumb you have to be to admit to a federal crime on Twitter. (Donald Jr Dumb) We relive the Dumpster Age of Television in USA Network Prime Time Crime Dramas of the mid-90’s. (Don’t even lie, you WATCHED them!) We once for all do away with the notion that Don Jr is the Fredo of the Trump Family. (We know it was you Tiffany, you broke our hearts!) And in the Wayback we head to 1805 and the King of Mexico, who was neither a Mexican, nor a King. Most importantly, we define what the fuck treason IS and implore people to stop using it incorrectly. (Hint: No one has committed Treason since 1945!) Our Sponsor this week is Vlad’s Talent Booking, Ve Haf Starz! Are good! Make with good song and maybe kompromat, who know? We open the wwith show Don Jr’s admissions interview at Wharton and close with the Baba Yaga’s rendition of Nataliya's trip home. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqFK3WeLySA&feature=youtu.be) Citations Needed: So UNFAIR!, Natasha Fatale, Kevin James could play him in the movie, Thom’s Bad Day, The Path to Treason, Get Me Roger Stone. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:28:18 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 118: “From Russia With Derp” … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 118: “From Russia With Derp” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his manager reach out to contacts in Germany hoping to set up a meeting about some compromising material he has on Angela Merkel, only discover he has no manager. On the show this week, we discuss how a music promoter, a shitty Russian Pop Star and a lawyer named we think Natasha Fatale somehow managed to fuck Hillary Clinton out of the White House. This story is so stupid it has to be true. Along the way we talk about how dumb you have to be to admit to a federal crime on Twitter. (Donald Jr Dumb) We relive the Dumpster Age of Television in USA Network Prime Time Crime Dramas of the mid-90’s. (Don’t even lie, you WATCHED them!) We once for all do away with the notion that Don Jr is the Fredo of the Trump Family. (We know it was you Tiffany, you broke our hearts!) And in the Wayback we head to 1805 and the King of Mexico, who was neither a Mexican, nor a King. Most importantly, we define what the fuck treason IS and implore people to stop using it incorrectly. (Hint: No one has committed Treason since 1945!) Our Sponsor this week is Vlad’s Talent Booking, Ve Haf Starz! Are good! Make with good song and maybe kompromat, who know? We open the wwith show Don Jr’s admissions interview at Wharton and close with the Baba Yaga’s rendition of Nataliya's trip home. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqFK3WeLySA&feature=youtu.be) Citations Needed: So UNFAIR!, Natasha Fatale, Kevin James could play him in the movie, Thom’s Bad Day, The Path to Treason, Get Me Roger Stone. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2045 yes Episode 117: All We Have to Fear is the Tweet Itself https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-117-all-we-have-to-fear-is-the-tweet-itself Episode 117: All We Have to Fear Is the Tweet Itself This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets body slammed by the truth when he learns that wrestling is still a thing apparently. On the show this week, we tackle the Trump’s Twitter War with the Media and wonder what the hell is wrong with America. (Hint: Both suck.) Along the way we dive into the credibility gap between our Fourth Estate and the American public and wonder how we got here. (Hint: Wolf Blitzer) We also threaten to reveal the identity of that one guy on Twitter who keeps pointing out typos in the show notes. (WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE “TOM”!) We hit the Wayback Machine for a trip to 1952 and see how a drunken loudmouth used the media to ascend to power and how the media used a drunken loudmouth for ratings. We reveal the truth about the REAL hero of the McCarthy Era and how a Senator slapped him in a Dupont Circle bar. (Honestly, this sort of things happens a LOT in DuPont Circle, at least in Dave’s experience.) We also offer a sincere suggestion to CNN to solve their credibility problems and give America face of truth and integrity. (Hint: He told us about the dangers of Role Playing Games in the 80’s. And it’s NOT Pat Robertson) Our sponsor this week is Easy Eddie’s Journalism Academy, skip the school and get the scoop! We open the show with the honesty of Stephen Glass and close with Joshua and the Note Ninja’s fabric softening cover of Don Henley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFB2xblO2R) Citations Needed: That Worked Out Well, Beat Up a Reporter and Donate!, McCarthy and the Media, Is Joe Gonna have to slap a Dick?, Same as it ever was. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:22:10 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 117: All We Have to Fear Is the Tweet Its… Episode 117: All We Have to Fear Is the Tweet Itself This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets body slammed by the truth when he learns that wrestling is still a thing apparently. On the show this week, we tackle the Trump’s Twitter War with the Media and wonder what the hell is wrong with America. (Hint: Both suck.) Along the way we dive into the credibility gap between our Fourth Estate and the American public and wonder how we got here. (Hint: Wolf Blitzer) We also threaten to reveal the identity of that one guy on Twitter who keeps pointing out typos in the show notes. (WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE “TOM”!) We hit the Wayback Machine for a trip to 1952 and see how a drunken loudmouth used the media to ascend to power and how the media used a drunken loudmouth for ratings. We reveal the truth about the REAL hero of the McCarthy Era and how a Senator slapped him in a Dupont Circle bar. (Honestly, this sort of things happens a LOT in DuPont Circle, at least in Dave’s experience.) We also offer a sincere suggestion to CNN to solve their credibility problems and give America face of truth and integrity. (Hint: He told us about the dangers of Role Playing Games in the 80’s. And it’s NOT Pat Robertson) Our sponsor this week is Easy Eddie’s Journalism Academy, skip the school and get the scoop! We open the show with the honesty of Stephen Glass and close with Joshua and the Note Ninja’s fabric softening cover of Don Henley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFB2xblO2R) Citations Needed: That Worked Out Well, Beat Up a Reporter and Donate!, McCarthy and the Media, Is Joe Gonna have to slap a Dick?, Same as it ever was. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1948 yes Episode 116: Death By A Thousand Tax Cuts https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-116-death-by-a-thousand-tax-cuts EPISODE #116: “Death By A Thousand Tax Cuts” This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the doctor to give him news, only find out he has bad case of loving you. (The prognosis is not good.) On the show this week we FINALLY do the health care episode we’ve been trying avoid like a Republican Congressman in his district. Like his constituents, it leaves us even more pissed off than when we started. Along the way we learn the history of medicine in America, like how many chickens it would cost for a syphilis treatment (three but no promises it works) and the best places to die on the streets of your town. (Near the pizza parlor, trash pickup will cart off your body). We also discover the rather disturbing backstory of Mr. Peabody and Sherman--no really, we are not cool with this, it’s kind of sick. We also talk about LBJ’s dick, which you are required to do each time your bring up LBJ in a historical context, why do you think they wait so late in High School to teach you about VietNam? We explain exactly why your insurance sucks and learn long after their demise exactly what the hell an HMO was supposed to be. (They financed trips to golf clubs for doctors.) We look at who suffers under the Senate Tax Cut Bill masquerading has a health care. (That would be YOU, unless you are rich, then you will do GREAT!) Finally we close with what you can do to help. (Die quickly) Our sponsor this week is Shitshurance, we cover your shit. We open the show with Chris Rock explaining insurance and close with Len Rozamus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfYd8TFo1qU) covering Jackson Brown’s ophthalmological opus. Citations Needed: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Fucked By Circumstance, How the Sausage Was Made, You’re Out of Your Element Donny, Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:14:21 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe EPISODE #116: “Death By A Thousand Tax Cuts” Th… EPISODE #116: “Death By A Thousand Tax Cuts” This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the doctor to give him news, only find out he has bad case of loving you. (The prognosis is not good.) On the show this week we FINALLY do the health care episode we’ve been trying avoid like a Republican Congressman in his district. Like his constituents, it leaves us even more pissed off than when we started. Along the way we learn the history of medicine in America, like how many chickens it would cost for a syphilis treatment (three but no promises it works) and the best places to die on the streets of your town. (Near the pizza parlor, trash pickup will cart off your body). We also discover the rather disturbing backstory of Mr. Peabody and Sherman--no really, we are not cool with this, it’s kind of sick. We also talk about LBJ’s dick, which you are required to do each time your bring up LBJ in a historical context, why do you think they wait so late in High School to teach you about VietNam? We explain exactly why your insurance sucks and learn long after their demise exactly what the hell an HMO was supposed to be. (They financed trips to golf clubs for doctors.) We look at who suffers under the Senate Tax Cut Bill masquerading has a health care. (That would be YOU, unless you are rich, then you will do GREAT!) Finally we close with what you can do to help. (Die quickly) Our sponsor this week is Shitshurance, we cover your shit. We open the show with Chris Rock explaining insurance and close with Len Rozamus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfYd8TFo1qU) covering Jackson Brown’s ophthalmological opus. Citations Needed: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Fucked By Circumstance, How the Sausage Was Made, You’re Out of Your Element Donny, Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2209 yes Episode 115: The Center Cannot Hold https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-115-the-center-cannot-hold SHOW NOTES EPISODE #115: “The Center Cannot Hold” This week Host Dave Bledsoe plaintively asks if he is naught but a pair of ragged claws only to discover he’s mixed up W.B. Yeats and T.S. Elliott. Again. On the show this week we plaintively ask why can’t we all just get along only to discover we’ve NEVER really gotten along, we just stopped pretending to even try. Along the way we discover that He Man and She Ra were really concerned about pedophiles in the 80’s, and that despite what they told us in school, the United States is not historically a Nation. (Fake History! Sad!) There is a digression into why Tim Allen is so persecuted and deeper digression into furniture styles since the Revolutionary War. (Only one of these is relevant.) Also, there is Springsteen as Prophet and ponder if establishing a religion around The Boss is fiscally sound. Finally, we lean excessively on the hackneyed rhetorical and literary crutch of The Second Coming. (The poem not the sad second masturbation session of a Sunday afternoon.) We warn the listener in advance, this not a “peppy” show with a lot of “happiness” or “hope” within. We also warn the listener that over use of quoted words make you appear a bit prickish. (This does not “stop” us from doing so.) Our Sponsor this week is Leon’s Sphinx repair, from Giza to the your front stoop, we solve the riddle of keeping your Sphinx clean. We open the show with Dave reading Yeats and close with Geoffrey Schott (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WftyKtMELR4) telling us he feels fine about the end of the world. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:07:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #115: “The Center Cannot Hold”… SHOW NOTES EPISODE #115: “The Center Cannot Hold” This week Host Dave Bledsoe plaintively asks if he is naught but a pair of ragged claws only to discover he’s mixed up W.B. Yeats and T.S. Elliott. Again. On the show this week we plaintively ask why can’t we all just get along only to discover we’ve NEVER really gotten along, we just stopped pretending to even try. Along the way we discover that He Man and She Ra were really concerned about pedophiles in the 80’s, and that despite what they told us in school, the United States is not historically a Nation. (Fake History! Sad!) There is a digression into why Tim Allen is so persecuted and deeper digression into furniture styles since the Revolutionary War. (Only one of these is relevant.) Also, there is Springsteen as Prophet and ponder if establishing a religion around The Boss is fiscally sound. Finally, we lean excessively on the hackneyed rhetorical and literary crutch of The Second Coming. (The poem not the sad second masturbation session of a Sunday afternoon.) We warn the listener in advance, this not a “peppy” show with a lot of “happiness” or “hope” within. We also warn the listener that over use of quoted words make you appear a bit prickish. (This does not “stop” us from doing so.) Our Sponsor this week is Leon’s Sphinx repair, from Giza to the your front stoop, we solve the riddle of keeping your Sphinx clean. We open the show with Dave reading Yeats and close with Geoffrey Schott (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WftyKtMELR4) telling us he feels fine about the end of the world. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1877 yes Episode #114: "The Mystery of Fresno" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-114-the-mystery-of-fresno SHOW NOTES EPISODE #114: “The Mystery of Fresno” This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to roll a Saving Throw against the Real World and fails. 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 mystery of Lovecraftian proportion: Gary Gygax’s FBI File! Along the way we learn everything there is to know about the Father of Role Playing Games from his rough origins on the mean streets of Chicago to his youth on the even meaner if more manicured streets of Lake Geneva Wisconsin. (Do NOT mess with the gardeners, they WILL rake you!) Even you if never rolled a 20 sided die in your life, you will be enspelled by the origins of the game and the dark pacts signed by the creators to our Dark Lord Satan. Thrill to the adventures of Gary in the Sun Blasted Land of Hollywood and the Evils of the Masters of Entertainment. Lament the terror of seeing your childhood despoiled into a terrible cartoon with a midget, a goat bleating unicorn and a bunch of ungrateful kids who were IN THE FUCKING GAME and cried about having cool magical powers! (Come ON, that is all we ever WANTED!) Lament the at downfall of the King to the evil sorceress Lorraine. Learn the dark Secrets of Fresno and the Conspiracy of Silence the government doesn’t want you to know! Finally, discover the secret game and why Dave always plays Erica Kaine. (He secretly wants be Susan Lucci.) Much of the source material for this week comes from the biography of Gary Gygax Empire of Imagination’ by Michael Witwer. If you want to TRUE story and not just the shit we made up, we commend you to it’s pages. Our sponsor this week is Grognards School for Gamers, turning sport kids into chubby gamer nerds for 40 years! We open the show with Al Gore’s Nerd Corp and close with Jump Steady’s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYQbaWb4vM&app=desktop) Dungeon Master. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 20 Jun 2017 02:07:09 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #114: “The Mystery of Fresno” … SHOW NOTES EPISODE #114: “The Mystery of Fresno” This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to roll a Saving Throw against the Real World and fails. 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 mystery of Lovecraftian proportion: Gary Gygax’s FBI File! Along the way we learn everything there is to know about the Father of Role Playing Games from his rough origins on the mean streets of Chicago to his youth on the even meaner if more manicured streets of Lake Geneva Wisconsin. (Do NOT mess with the gardeners, they WILL rake you!) Even you if never rolled a 20 sided die in your life, you will be enspelled by the origins of the game and the dark pacts signed by the creators to our Dark Lord Satan. Thrill to the adventures of Gary in the Sun Blasted Land of Hollywood and the Evils of the Masters of Entertainment. Lament the terror of seeing your childhood despoiled into a terrible cartoon with a midget, a goat bleating unicorn and a bunch of ungrateful kids who were IN THE FUCKING GAME and cried about having cool magical powers! (Come ON, that is all we ever WANTED!) Lament the at downfall of the King to the evil sorceress Lorraine. Learn the dark Secrets of Fresno and the Conspiracy of Silence the government doesn’t want you to know! Finally, discover the secret game and why Dave always plays Erica Kaine. (He secretly wants be Susan Lucci.) Much of the source material for this week comes from the biography of Gary Gygax Empire of Imagination’ by Michael Witwer. If you want to TRUE story and not just the shit we made up, we commend you to it’s pages. Our sponsor this week is Grognards School for Gamers, turning sport kids into chubby gamer nerds for 40 years! We open the show with Al Gore’s Nerd Corp and close with Jump Steady’s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYQbaWb4vM&app=desktop) Dungeon Master. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2288 yes Episode #113: Saint Comey's Day https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-113-saint-comeys-day Episode #113: “St. Comey’s Day” This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands loyalty from the staff in all things, and still can’t get Gavin to refill the damn ice trays when he empties one. On the show this week we celebrate the Feast of Saint Comey commemorating the day he came to the Senate and told them the President is a big fat doo doo head liar. (Religion is SO beautiful!) Along the way we share a particularly disturbing image of Henry Kissinger in a leather gimp mask, and learn that even a hardened G-Man has one good novel inside! We also remind you that when you Boss “hopes” you can work this weekend, you are canceling your weekend plans. Then we discover that even a shifty little Confederate racist elf can be in bed with the Russians too! (Maybe it’s Elfin magic!) Finally, we see the Liar Liar Pants on Fire Defense come to its final fruition in the Oval Office! Our sponsor this week is Don Vito’s Intimidation Training, when you gotta get this guy to do what you need him to do, Don Vito’s helps you get them message through. We open with the What the HELL Were You Thinking Players and close with an amazing acoustic cover of Judas Priest by Johnny XE, Muzzzicman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VGTB4rnDcc) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Jun 2017 00:27:56 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode #113: “St. Comey’s Day” This week Host D… Episode #113: “St. Comey’s Day” This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands loyalty from the staff in all things, and still can’t get Gavin to refill the damn ice trays when he empties one. On the show this week we celebrate the Feast of Saint Comey commemorating the day he came to the Senate and told them the President is a big fat doo doo head liar. (Religion is SO beautiful!) Along the way we share a particularly disturbing image of Henry Kissinger in a leather gimp mask, and learn that even a hardened G-Man has one good novel inside! We also remind you that when you Boss “hopes” you can work this weekend, you are canceling your weekend plans. Then we discover that even a shifty little Confederate racist elf can be in bed with the Russians too! (Maybe it’s Elfin magic!) Finally, we see the Liar Liar Pants on Fire Defense come to its final fruition in the Oval Office! Our sponsor this week is Don Vito’s Intimidation Training, when you gotta get this guy to do what you need him to do, Don Vito’s helps you get them message through. We open with the What the HELL Were You Thinking Players and close with an amazing acoustic cover of Judas Priest by Johnny XE, Muzzzicman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VGTB4rnDcc) Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1574 yes Episode 112: The Legend of the Headless President https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-112-the-legend-of-the-headless-president EPISODE #112: “The Legend of the Headless President” This week Host Dave Bledsoe shows America on the ventriloquist dummy where the bad joke touched him. On the show this week we discuss the hurt feelings and bitter tears shed when Kathy Griffin made Trump cry. (Donald, not Barron.) Along the way, we draw a parallel to a dead Greek that is shocking even to us. (Who THINKS of this stuff?) We remind the NSA that even if we say the words in the correct order, this does not mean we intend to do thing we said. (When we said we wanted to join ISIS, we were watching Archer!) If we said some slighting things about Chris Clizilla, we apologize, it’s just that you are objectively horrible. If we lingered a little too long on the stock boy at Piggly Wiggly, it’s only because he is too dreamy. If we went overboard with the sex scene late in the show, we apologize for nothing, because sometimes in comedy you need to hurt in order to heal. (Thick ropes, people, THICK ropes!) Our sponsor this week is Gaetan Guillotines, chopping prices faster than you can chop heads! We open the show this with precious snowflake Tucker Carlson lamenting the failed state of modern comedy and close with Queen’s remonstrance on the importance of placidity. Stay tuned right after for a new Fulcrum with StePHen Bannon, talking the Paris Accords! Citations Needed: I heard Trump likes getting head, Could it be SATAN?!?, She seems tense, making this analogy took some set of balls, smooth ones just like they liked it. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 03 Jun 2017 00:34:53 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe EPISODE #112: “The Legend of the Headless Preside… EPISODE #112: “The Legend of the Headless President” This week Host Dave Bledsoe shows America on the ventriloquist dummy where the bad joke touched him. On the show this week we discuss the hurt feelings and bitter tears shed when Kathy Griffin made Trump cry. (Donald, not Barron.) Along the way, we draw a parallel to a dead Greek that is shocking even to us. (Who THINKS of this stuff?) We remind the NSA that even if we say the words in the correct order, this does not mean we intend to do thing we said. (When we said we wanted to join ISIS, we were watching Archer!) If we said some slighting things about Chris Clizilla, we apologize, it’s just that you are objectively horrible. If we lingered a little too long on the stock boy at Piggly Wiggly, it’s only because he is too dreamy. If we went overboard with the sex scene late in the show, we apologize for nothing, because sometimes in comedy you need to hurt in order to heal. (Thick ropes, people, THICK ropes!) Our sponsor this week is Gaetan Guillotines, chopping prices faster than you can chop heads! We open the show this with precious snowflake Tucker Carlson lamenting the failed state of modern comedy and close with Queen’s remonstrance on the importance of placidity. Stay tuned right after for a new Fulcrum with StePHen Bannon, talking the Paris Accords! Citations Needed: I heard Trump likes getting head, Could it be SATAN?!?, She seems tense, making this analogy took some set of balls, smooth ones just like they liked it. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1773 yes Episode 111: "Me and Mister Jones" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-111-me-and-mister-jones SHOW NOTES EPISODE #111: “ME AND MISTER JONES” This week Host Dave Bledsoe uncovers the REAL TRUTH about the greatest secret of the last two decades: Matthew Lesko’s book DID NOT contain secrets to free money from the government! On the show this week we dig for the truth about one Alex Emerick Jones being none other than BILL HICKS! (He, is not) Along the way we examine the kind of filth that drops behind Jones like turds from a goat’s ass, though far less cute. We discuss the progenitors of Alex in radio, from Father Coughlin to Art Bell and how they influenced their audiences. (Nazis and suicide, sadly not the same people) There are tips for storing your Dead Aliens (You want them in liquid nitrogen for maximum freshness) and the United Nations Space Fleet rectal probing morons across America. (Coming soon to a cow pasture near you!) Finally, we reveal the dark secret that threads through all of human history, the REAL conspiracy no one wants to acknowledge. (Rich people own EVERYTHING!) Our Sponsor this week is The Association, our business is none of your goddamn business. If you think The Association is a returning sponsor, you are under government mind control. We open the show with some of Alex’s better grunts and close with Billy Paul. Citations Needed: The TRUTH About America, 50% of Americans are Morons, Hale Bopp Mmm Bopp, Profiles in Insanity, Profiles in Stupidity, Profiles in Douchebaggery, The Only TRUE Conspiracy spoken of today. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 26 May 2017 23:02:40 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #111: “ME AND MISTER JONES” T… SHOW NOTES EPISODE #111: “ME AND MISTER JONES” This week Host Dave Bledsoe uncovers the REAL TRUTH about the greatest secret of the last two decades: Matthew Lesko’s book DID NOT contain secrets to free money from the government! On the show this week we dig for the truth about one Alex Emerick Jones being none other than BILL HICKS! (He, is not) Along the way we examine the kind of filth that drops behind Jones like turds from a goat’s ass, though far less cute. We discuss the progenitors of Alex in radio, from Father Coughlin to Art Bell and how they influenced their audiences. (Nazis and suicide, sadly not the same people) There are tips for storing your Dead Aliens (You want them in liquid nitrogen for maximum freshness) and the United Nations Space Fleet rectal probing morons across America. (Coming soon to a cow pasture near you!) Finally, we reveal the dark secret that threads through all of human history, the REAL conspiracy no one wants to acknowledge. (Rich people own EVERYTHING!) Our Sponsor this week is The Association, our business is none of your goddamn business. If you think The Association is a returning sponsor, you are under government mind control. We open the show with some of Alex’s better grunts and close with Billy Paul. Citations Needed: The TRUTH About America, 50% of Americans are Morons, Hale Bopp Mmm Bopp, Profiles in Insanity, Profiles in Stupidity, Profiles in Douchebaggery, The Only TRUE Conspiracy spoken of today. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2222 yes Episode 110: Presenting President Pence https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-110-presenting-president-pence This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers that an erection lasting longer than four hours really IS a medical emergency. (He was very excited by the Special Prosecutor) On the show this week we talk all the things that went wrong for the Donald in his very bad, no good Presidency. (We are going to be here for a while.) Along the way we learn everything there is to know worth knowing about future President of the United States Mike Pence. (Turn ons: Horseback riding Turn Offs: Women speaking without permission.) We chart where we think the country might be heading when Commander Pence is finally appointed to lead the Republic of Gilead and provide advice on how to profit from flipping your house as a Handmaid education center. We also dig deep into what it takes to actually impeach the President and how many times such a thing has succeeded. (Very hard and none) We imagine the party we would have when Trump is gone (It’s easy if you try) and how horrible the hangover would be feel when we wake up to Right Reverend Pence as a President. (Boner Killer right there) Our sponsor for the week is Roger Ailes’ Corpse, the best thing he did for America was die We open the show with the whining sniveling of a pathetic child and close with Social Distortion. Citations Needed: So it begins, Big if True, Subpoena Pen, Watergate gate, Et Tu Mitch?, I Don’t Like Mike, We Totally Will, Totally Radical Dude!, Nothing to See here, Don’t Fear the Pencer. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 20 May 2017 00:19:20 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers that an ere… This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers that an erection lasting longer than four hours really IS a medical emergency. (He was very excited by the Special Prosecutor) On the show this week we talk all the things that went wrong for the Donald in his very bad, no good Presidency. (We are going to be here for a while.) Along the way we learn everything there is to know worth knowing about future President of the United States Mike Pence. (Turn ons: Horseback riding Turn Offs: Women speaking without permission.) We chart where we think the country might be heading when Commander Pence is finally appointed to lead the Republic of Gilead and provide advice on how to profit from flipping your house as a Handmaid education center. We also dig deep into what it takes to actually impeach the President and how many times such a thing has succeeded. (Very hard and none) We imagine the party we would have when Trump is gone (It’s easy if you try) and how horrible the hangover would be feel when we wake up to Right Reverend Pence as a President. (Boner Killer right there) Our sponsor for the week is Roger Ailes’ Corpse, the best thing he did for America was die We open the show with the whining sniveling of a pathetic child and close with Social Distortion. Citations Needed: So it begins, Big if True, Subpoena Pen, Watergate gate, Et Tu Mitch?, I Don’t Like Mike, We Totally Will, Totally Radical Dude!, Nothing to See here, Don’t Fear the Pencer. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2070 yes Episode 109 "Goodbye My Comey Island Baby" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-109-goodbye-my-comey-island-baby This week Host Dave Bledsoe examines his options visa vie curtailing redundancies in the human resources area, so many people are no longer viable members of the workforce and finds out he can’t fire Gavin because no one else will work for him. On the show this week we talk Trump’s latest downsizing in the form of a smaller work force at the FBI. Along the way we address the dearth of reliable henchmen in the Transylvanian Market and how hard it is to get a reliable lackey in the DoJ. (Apparently, very!) We also examine the latest trends in how to be a sackless little wimp for the President. (Think Paul Ryan) Then address the very real problem of dead hooker disposal and the added dilemma of the former working person being of substantial girth. (This joke goes on FAR too long.) We also create the single most disgusting analogy this low rated podcast has ever uttered. (For this show, that is saying a LOT!) We close with who is ultimately responsible for saving our democracy. (You probably won’t like the answer) Our returning sponsor this week is Eddie's’ Excrement Expeditors, we get shit done! We open the show with the Orange Polyp explaining the termination process and close with a Alex Chilton. (We don’t know who that is either.) Citations Needed: Old man gets angry, Very Angry, Shit Got Serious, Fuck You Mitch, We Are Screwed, Seriously Screwed. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 13 May 2017 03:44:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe examines his options … This week Host Dave Bledsoe examines his options visa vie curtailing redundancies in the human resources area, so many people are no longer viable members of the workforce and finds out he can’t fire Gavin because no one else will work for him. On the show this week we talk Trump’s latest downsizing in the form of a smaller work force at the FBI. Along the way we address the dearth of reliable henchmen in the Transylvanian Market and how hard it is to get a reliable lackey in the DoJ. (Apparently, very!) We also examine the latest trends in how to be a sackless little wimp for the President. (Think Paul Ryan) Then address the very real problem of dead hooker disposal and the added dilemma of the former working person being of substantial girth. (This joke goes on FAR too long.) We also create the single most disgusting analogy this low rated podcast has ever uttered. (For this show, that is saying a LOT!) We close with who is ultimately responsible for saving our democracy. (You probably won’t like the answer) Our returning sponsor this week is Eddie's’ Excrement Expeditors, we get shit done! We open the show with the Orange Polyp explaining the termination process and close with a Alex Chilton. (We don’t know who that is either.) Citations Needed: Old man gets angry, Very Angry, Shit Got Serious, Fuck You Mitch, We Are Screwed, Seriously Screwed. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2011 yes Episode 108: "We Can't Work It Out" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-108-we-cant-work-it-out SHOW NOTES EPISODE #108: WE CAN’T WORK IT OUT This week Host Dave Bledsoe realized he is an American by birth and Southern by a tragic accident of geography. On the show this week we answer the President’s question, the Civil War, good god, what is it good for? (Hint: The fundamental resolution of the issue of slavery marring our nation since it’s inception.) Along the way we learn everything there is to know about the Transatlantic Slave Trade that anyone with a 9th Grade education should know, but doesn’t. Along the way we take a deep dive in 18th Century macroeconomics, post Enlightenment political philosophy and why the South’s population failed to recognize fundamental reality. (Hint: It’s racism and religion.) We also examine the rise of the sex trade in the Netherlands, though that’s really more of a vacation planning session. Our sponsor this week is the Sons of Confederate Veterans, celebrating big fucking losers for over 100 years. We open the show with them durn Dukes Boys and close with definitely not the Beatles. Citations Needed: Blame Portugal, A Timeline of Evil, Early American Douchebaggery, These numbers don’t add up, The Golden Circle Jerks. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 05 May 2017 17:53:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #108: WE CAN’T WORK IT OUT T… SHOW NOTES EPISODE #108: WE CAN’T WORK IT OUT This week Host Dave Bledsoe realized he is an American by birth and Southern by a tragic accident of geography. On the show this week we answer the President’s question, the Civil War, good god, what is it good for? (Hint: The fundamental resolution of the issue of slavery marring our nation since it’s inception.) Along the way we learn everything there is to know about the Transatlantic Slave Trade that anyone with a 9th Grade education should know, but doesn’t. Along the way we take a deep dive in 18th Century macroeconomics, post Enlightenment political philosophy and why the South’s population failed to recognize fundamental reality. (Hint: It’s racism and religion.) We also examine the rise of the sex trade in the Netherlands, though that’s really more of a vacation planning session. Our sponsor this week is the Sons of Confederate Veterans, celebrating big fucking losers for over 100 years. We open the show with them durn Dukes Boys and close with definitely not the Beatles. Citations Needed: Blame Portugal, A Timeline of Evil, Early American Douchebaggery, These numbers don’t add up, The Golden Circle Jerks. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1506 yes Episode #107: "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-107-dirty-rotten-scoundrels SHOW NOTES EPISODE #107: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers a car isn’t really a replacement for a large penis, even if it IS a Mini Cooper. On the show this week we talk about 100 Days of Trumpitude and see if the Turgid Cheeto even TRIED to live up to his campaign promises. (He, did not.) Along the way we discuss quality control issues in mid-80’s American Muscle Cars, the masturbatory habits of a geriatric Senator from Kentucky and the weather patterns of Summertime Alabama. (Hint: Think your crotch after a long jog) We check in on Trump supporters and see how they’re doing with Donald’s tenure so far. (Conclusion: “We were hoping for a little more racist than what we’ve seen!”) A truly deplorable metaphor is deployed utilizing intestinal distress and finally we get down to business discussing the difference between the long con and the short grift. (Speaking of grifts, donate to our Patreon!) Our sponsor this week is the Short Grift, you wanna make some money pal? Try the Short Grift! We open the show this week with Michael Caine explaining the world to us and close with Patty Loveless explaining infidelity. Citations Needed: Lies, Suckers, Evil Fucks, Lazy Fucks, Simple Fucks, Fucking Genius. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 28 Apr 2017 23:55:08 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #107: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels… SHOW NOTES EPISODE #107: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers a car isn’t really a replacement for a large penis, even if it IS a Mini Cooper. On the show this week we talk about 100 Days of Trumpitude and see if the Turgid Cheeto even TRIED to live up to his campaign promises. (He, did not.) Along the way we discuss quality control issues in mid-80’s American Muscle Cars, the masturbatory habits of a geriatric Senator from Kentucky and the weather patterns of Summertime Alabama. (Hint: Think your crotch after a long jog) We check in on Trump supporters and see how they’re doing with Donald’s tenure so far. (Conclusion: “We were hoping for a little more racist than what we’ve seen!”) A truly deplorable metaphor is deployed utilizing intestinal distress and finally we get down to business discussing the difference between the long con and the short grift. (Speaking of grifts, donate to our Patreon!) Our sponsor this week is the Short Grift, you wanna make some money pal? Try the Short Grift! We open the show this week with Michael Caine explaining the world to us and close with Patty Loveless explaining infidelity. Citations Needed: Lies, Suckers, Evil Fucks, Lazy Fucks, Simple Fucks, Fucking Genius. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1647 yes Episode 106: "You Dropped A Bomb On Me Baby" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-106-you-dropped-a-bomb-on-me-baby SHOW NOTES EPISODE #106: “You Dropped A Bomb On Me, Baby” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe explains everything about Korea, so long as everything is related to how to consume Soju in unhealthy amounts. On this show this week we discuss the looming apocalypse on the Korean peninsula, how we got there and what can be done about it. (We suggest sending Kim a box of Little Debbies.) Along the way there is a lot of unneeded M*A*S*H jokes (isn’t this true about every joke on this show?) various recipes for high alcohol brain busters and why Macarthur should’ve been sacked LONG before he was. (He was very handsy with the Filipinas) We learn how building a nuclear weapon is easy, using one not so much. You will leave this week knowing more about Guam than you came in with, for most of you that means you will learn Guam exists. Finally, we talk about our chances of coming out of this without radioactive mutants in our future. (Hint: Not good.) Our sponsor this week is Mike the Second Hand Missile Man, when you got something to say really far away, say it with Mike’s Second Hand Missiles. We open the show with the War Room and close with The Gap Band. Citations Needed: He could just HIRE them, This is Bad, Kin Cider, Maybe we won’t all die but probably will. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:32:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #106: “You Dropped A Bomb On M… SHOW NOTES EPISODE #106: “You Dropped A Bomb On Me, Baby” This week, Host Dave Bledsoe explains everything about Korea, so long as everything is related to how to consume Soju in unhealthy amounts. On this show this week we discuss the looming apocalypse on the Korean peninsula, how we got there and what can be done about it. (We suggest sending Kim a box of Little Debbies.) Along the way there is a lot of unneeded M*A*S*H jokes (isn’t this true about every joke on this show?) various recipes for high alcohol brain busters and why Macarthur should’ve been sacked LONG before he was. (He was very handsy with the Filipinas) We learn how building a nuclear weapon is easy, using one not so much. You will leave this week knowing more about Guam than you came in with, for most of you that means you will learn Guam exists. Finally, we talk about our chances of coming out of this without radioactive mutants in our future. (Hint: Not good.) Our sponsor this week is Mike the Second Hand Missile Man, when you got something to say really far away, say it with Mike’s Second Hand Missiles. We open the show with the War Room and close with The Gap Band. Citations Needed: He could just HIRE them, This is Bad, Kin Cider, Maybe we won’t all die but probably will. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2012 yes Episode 105: "Scumbag Steve" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-105-scumbag-steve EPISODE 105: “SCUMBAG STEVE” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a power struggle for the future direction of this podcast only to find no one cares enough to fight with him. On the show this week we discuss the future direction of White House Chief Strategy Steve Bannon (Hint: reimbursement for moving expenses) and the war between him and the Globalist Cucks. Along the way we learn about Dave’s short lived career in being the Power Behind the Throne (He should’ve voted for Pedro) and about the Great Houses playing the Game of Trump. (You win or you move onto a lucrative career appearing on Fox News). We eat a little crow over our support of bombing Syria and wonder who the fuck told Trump about the Mother of All Bombs. (Hint: Fox News). We worry about how long it will take for the morons in power to get into a War in Korea, or Syria, or Iran, or California. (Soon, real soon.) Our sponsor this week is Select-Tiv, all the memories fit to exonerate. We open with some thoughts on memory and close with with an anthem to all the Scumbag Steves or the world. Citations Needed: Scotch?, What his sign?, Old Dogs, New Money. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:58:10 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe EPISODE 105: “SCUMBAG STEVE” This week Host Dave… EPISODE 105: “SCUMBAG STEVE” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a power struggle for the future direction of this podcast only to find no one cares enough to fight with him. On the show this week we discuss the future direction of White House Chief Strategy Steve Bannon (Hint: reimbursement for moving expenses) and the war between him and the Globalist Cucks. Along the way we learn about Dave’s short lived career in being the Power Behind the Throne (He should’ve voted for Pedro) and about the Great Houses playing the Game of Trump. (You win or you move onto a lucrative career appearing on Fox News). We eat a little crow over our support of bombing Syria and wonder who the fuck told Trump about the Mother of All Bombs. (Hint: Fox News). We worry about how long it will take for the morons in power to get into a War in Korea, or Syria, or Iran, or California. (Soon, real soon.) Our sponsor this week is Select-Tiv, all the memories fit to exonerate. We open with some thoughts on memory and close with with an anthem to all the Scumbag Steves or the world. Citations Needed: Scotch?, What his sign?, Old Dogs, New Money. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1289 yes Episode 104: Highway to the Friend Zone https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-104-highway-to-the-friend-zone Show Notes Episode #104: “Highway to the Friend Zone” This week host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know it’s not you, it’s him, he is a selfish immature jerk who will die alone. On the show this week we deep dive into the idea that men and women can never be friends because women exist only to be vessels for our Holy Seed. Along the way, we discover the future of White People (Hint: GOLF COURSES!) and how a televangelist can avoid sexing up the hookers with the Church credit card. (Think chemical castration.) We learn why Mike Pence will not do a taco date with strange women, even if they are not lying in ponds and way more about Dave’s sexual history than any reasonable person would EVER want to know. (The horror....the horror…) We also get a full explanation of the patriarchy and why it exists. (Ancient Greeks liked young boys, hated women.) Our sponsor this week is Emotional Maturity, grow the fuck up, problem solved. We open the show with a pathetic young man annoying young women and close with War. The band, not the armed conflict. Citations Needed: You’re like a brother in Christ to me, Fiene is a Weenie!, Next time take the blue one, The 70’s Never Died. Make me Some Pie Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 08 Apr 2017 00:33:02 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode #104: “Highway to the Friend … Show Notes Episode #104: “Highway to the Friend Zone” This week host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know it’s not you, it’s him, he is a selfish immature jerk who will die alone. On the show this week we deep dive into the idea that men and women can never be friends because women exist only to be vessels for our Holy Seed. Along the way, we discover the future of White People (Hint: GOLF COURSES!) and how a televangelist can avoid sexing up the hookers with the Church credit card. (Think chemical castration.) We learn why Mike Pence will not do a taco date with strange women, even if they are not lying in ponds and way more about Dave’s sexual history than any reasonable person would EVER want to know. (The horror....the horror…) We also get a full explanation of the patriarchy and why it exists. (Ancient Greeks liked young boys, hated women.) Our sponsor this week is Emotional Maturity, grow the fuck up, problem solved. We open the show with a pathetic young man annoying young women and close with War. The band, not the armed conflict. Citations Needed: You’re like a brother in Christ to me, Fiene is a Weenie!, Next time take the blue one, The 70’s Never Died. Make me Some Pie Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2060 yes Episode 103: "Better the Devin You Know" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-103-better-the-devin-you-know Show Notes Episode #103: “Better the Devin You Know” This week Host Dave Bledsoe searches for the truth only to discover it will not in fact set you free, but will actually cost $29.99 plus a small shipping and handling fee. On the show we dig into the ongoing saga of the Trump investigations in Congress and why Devin Nunes is so protective of the President. (Hint: Juicey Juice!) Along the way discover the right and wrong way to investigate a crime. (Did you know you can’t hit suspects with a phone book anymore because there are no phone books?) We learn why Paul Ryan is so committed to keeping Trump in power. (He is a sad, pathetic little man.) and that the Senate might just stand up to Emperor Tangerine. Additionally, there are Presidential peccadilloes through history, Mike Flynn’s totally not criminal actions requiring immunity from prosecution and rather a lot about WalMarts and Home Depots. Grab your Capris Sun and toll house cookies and settle in for the show! We also want to shout out to our friends from the Stupid Human Suits podcast on the Cave Comedy Radio Network, who had Dave Bledsoe in studio to talk about vomiting at crime scenes, many things dog related and of course the importance of phlegm in podcasting, Check out their show and hear what a good podcast sounds like. Also, they lead to a genuine famous person liking the show’s Facebook page, which is as close to the big time as we are going to get. Our sponsor this week is A-Clue, pointing out the blindingly obvious to the blatantly stupid. We open with Bunk Moreland’s interrogation style and close with Charlie Daniels. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:34:55 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode #103: “Better the Devin You Kn… Show Notes Episode #103: “Better the Devin You Know” This week Host Dave Bledsoe searches for the truth only to discover it will not in fact set you free, but will actually cost $29.99 plus a small shipping and handling fee. On the show we dig into the ongoing saga of the Trump investigations in Congress and why Devin Nunes is so protective of the President. (Hint: Juicey Juice!) Along the way discover the right and wrong way to investigate a crime. (Did you know you can’t hit suspects with a phone book anymore because there are no phone books?) We learn why Paul Ryan is so committed to keeping Trump in power. (He is a sad, pathetic little man.) and that the Senate might just stand up to Emperor Tangerine. Additionally, there are Presidential peccadilloes through history, Mike Flynn’s totally not criminal actions requiring immunity from prosecution and rather a lot about WalMarts and Home Depots. Grab your Capris Sun and toll house cookies and settle in for the show! We also want to shout out to our friends from the Stupid Human Suits podcast on the Cave Comedy Radio Network, who had Dave Bledsoe in studio to talk about vomiting at crime scenes, many things dog related and of course the importance of phlegm in podcasting, Check out their show and hear what a good podcast sounds like. Also, they lead to a genuine famous person liking the show’s Facebook page, which is as close to the big time as we are going to get. Our sponsor this week is A-Clue, pointing out the blindingly obvious to the blatantly stupid. We open with Bunk Moreland’s interrogation style and close with Charlie Daniels. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1679 yes Episode 102b "Old Men Yell At Cloud" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-102b-old-men-yell-at-cloud Show Notes Episode 102b: “Old Men Yell At Cloud” In our very first interview show host Dave Bledsoe is joined in studio by an old friend, who discovers how sad it is be on a low rated podcast. Together they explore the agony of aging, the pain of politics and debate the hot topics that resonate with today’s youth: namely the Fourth Doctor and the best host of Mystery Science Theater 3000. (The original not the reboot) Along the way we learn about fine whisky, debate the existence of the Pee Tape and go down some strange paths into the mind of Middle Aged Gen X men. (We are so very scared!) We want to thank Andrew Roedell for busting the show’s guest cherry, and for talking Dave out of giving Gavin that Purple Nurple. Bullies are bad! Our sponsor is Nostalgall, a droning you to sleep with boring stories of our youth. We open with Abe Simpson and close with Bowling for Soup Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 Mar 2017 14:47:25 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 102b: “Old Men Yell At Cloud” … Show Notes Episode 102b: “Old Men Yell At Cloud” In our very first interview show host Dave Bledsoe is joined in studio by an old friend, who discovers how sad it is be on a low rated podcast. Together they explore the agony of aging, the pain of politics and debate the hot topics that resonate with today’s youth: namely the Fourth Doctor and the best host of Mystery Science Theater 3000. (The original not the reboot) Along the way we learn about fine whisky, debate the existence of the Pee Tape and go down some strange paths into the mind of Middle Aged Gen X men. (We are so very scared!) We want to thank Andrew Roedell for busting the show’s guest cherry, and for talking Dave out of giving Gavin that Purple Nurple. Bullies are bad! Our sponsor is Nostalgall, a droning you to sleep with boring stories of our youth. We open with Abe Simpson and close with Bowling for Soup Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1925 yes Episode 102: "Putting the FUN In Fundamentalism" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-102-putting-the-fun-in-fundamentalism EPISODE 102: “Putting the FUN In Fundamentalism” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets right with Jesus, no not THAT Jesus, but Jesus Alvarez the guy in 4C who he pissed off last week playing Phil Collins for four hours straight. (Jesus Forgive!) On the show this week, we look at the theorized death of atheism due to low birth rate. Apparently, atheist aren’t getting laid enough. (Ain’t that the truth!) Along the way we look at the history of religion in the United States and how it influenced our society. (Hint: Abolition Good, Prohibition Bad) We learn how Dave could own his own Gulfstream (Think D. Ron Bledsoe) and why he was never Baptized. (Hint: Lack of trust) There is also discussion of Vacation Bible School, how playing D&D can keep kids in Church and the future of religion in America. Keep an eye on your podcast feed for our first interview show later this weekend. We wanted it for tonight but realized we would be too drunk to edit when we’re done recording. Our Sponsor this week is Christ 2.0, a Divine for Modern Times, we open the show with a Crazy YouTube Guy and close with NOFX. Citations Needed: So much patheos, Pew...pew pew, So Euro, Christmas and Easter?, Not even then, Not MLK, How We Believe. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:12:27 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe EPISODE 102: “Putting the FUN In Fundamentalism” … EPISODE 102: “Putting the FUN In Fundamentalism” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets right with Jesus, no not THAT Jesus, but Jesus Alvarez the guy in 4C who he pissed off last week playing Phil Collins for four hours straight. (Jesus Forgive!) On the show this week, we look at the theorized death of atheism due to low birth rate. Apparently, atheist aren’t getting laid enough. (Ain’t that the truth!) Along the way we look at the history of religion in the United States and how it influenced our society. (Hint: Abolition Good, Prohibition Bad) We learn how Dave could own his own Gulfstream (Think D. Ron Bledsoe) and why he was never Baptized. (Hint: Lack of trust) There is also discussion of Vacation Bible School, how playing D&D can keep kids in Church and the future of religion in America. Keep an eye on your podcast feed for our first interview show later this weekend. We wanted it for tonight but realized we would be too drunk to edit when we’re done recording. Our Sponsor this week is Christ 2.0, a Divine for Modern Times, we open the show with a Crazy YouTube Guy and close with NOFX. Citations Needed: So much patheos, Pew...pew pew, So Euro, Christmas and Easter?, Not even then, Not MLK, How We Believe. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1594 yes Episode 101: Semper Douchebagus https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-101-semper-douchebagus SHOW NOTES EPISODE 101: “Semper Douchebagus” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes back to Basic for remedial training, only discover he is now too fat and out of shape even for the Air Force. On the show this week we discuss the revolting Marines United Scandal and wonder what the fuck is wrong with these people. (Hint:They have penises.) Along the way we debate the morality of taking and sharing naked photos (No biggie unless you look like Dave). We learn about the Uniform Code of Military Justice and why Leroy Jethro GIbbs cannot do any of the cool shit you see on television. (Hint: He’s not REAL.) Finally we settle once and for all the question over women in combat with this realization: Almost ANY woman is more fit to serve in combat that Dave was. All of this plus the history of woman in the military, who is leaving all the Mountain Dew cans all over the stupid and the horrible image of podcast host in a thong! We can wait for the vomiting to stop before you click play. This week’s Sponsor is RepSecure, protecting your online identity through intimidation and punishment. We open the show with Colonel Nathan Jessup and close with Mr. Jimmy Buffett. Citations Needed: No code or honor, Tailhook, Aberdeen, Leonard Wood, Lackland and why this shit is still going on. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:09:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 101: “Semper Douchebagus” Thi… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 101: “Semper Douchebagus” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes back to Basic for remedial training, only discover he is now too fat and out of shape even for the Air Force. On the show this week we discuss the revolting Marines United Scandal and wonder what the fuck is wrong with these people. (Hint:They have penises.) Along the way we debate the morality of taking and sharing naked photos (No biggie unless you look like Dave). We learn about the Uniform Code of Military Justice and why Leroy Jethro GIbbs cannot do any of the cool shit you see on television. (Hint: He’s not REAL.) Finally we settle once and for all the question over women in combat with this realization: Almost ANY woman is more fit to serve in combat that Dave was. All of this plus the history of woman in the military, who is leaving all the Mountain Dew cans all over the stupid and the horrible image of podcast host in a thong! We can wait for the vomiting to stop before you click play. This week’s Sponsor is RepSecure, protecting your online identity through intimidation and punishment. We open the show with Colonel Nathan Jessup and close with Mr. Jimmy Buffett. Citations Needed: No code or honor, Tailhook, Aberdeen, Leonard Wood, Lackland and why this shit is still going on. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1706 yes Fulcrum Episode 3: The Crotch Fungus https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/fulcrum-episode-3-the-crotch-fungus This week Stephen Bannon has some thoughts on Muslims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:01:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Stephen Bannon has some thoughts on Mus… This week Stephen Bannon has some thoughts on Muslims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 151 yes Episode 100: What the HELL Was I Thinking https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-100-what-the-hell-was-i-thinking SHOW NOTES Episode #100: “What the HELL Was I Thinking?” This week Dave Bledsoe wakes up, stumbles past the empty whiskey bottles and takes a long look in the mirror and finally asks himself what the hell was he thinking? (Hint: I need to clean up all the empty bottles). On the show this week we look back at 100 Episode of a low rated podcast and what we’ve learned. (Hint: We need to get out of the house more.) Along the way, we learn about the history of podcasting from the early form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself with his friends to a more evolved form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself alone. (It’s evolved because he learned it is cheaper to drink alone.) We also discover that the iPod was NOT the original name Steve Jobs preferred, we find that podcasts are where failed radio DJ’s go to die, and just that Dennis Miller deserves an Executive Producer credit on this show. (Sane Dennis Miller, not current Dennis.) We also look forward to the inevitable death of podcasting with a quiet, desperate longing. Our show is sponsored this week by all of sponsors, without whom you would be listening to a much better show. We open with Howard Stern’s wisdom on the podcast format and close with the Greatest American Hero. (Not Reagan, settle down!) Citations Needed: Alas, we never knew ye, And now a word from our sponsors Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Mar 2017 01:31:55 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES Episode #100: “What the HELL Was I Th… SHOW NOTES Episode #100: “What the HELL Was I Thinking?” This week Dave Bledsoe wakes up, stumbles past the empty whiskey bottles and takes a long look in the mirror and finally asks himself what the hell was he thinking? (Hint: I need to clean up all the empty bottles). On the show this week we look back at 100 Episode of a low rated podcast and what we’ve learned. (Hint: We need to get out of the house more.) Along the way, we learn about the history of podcasting from the early form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself with his friends to a more evolved form of Dave getting drunk and recording himself alone. (It’s evolved because he learned it is cheaper to drink alone.) We also discover that the iPod was NOT the original name Steve Jobs preferred, we find that podcasts are where failed radio DJ’s go to die, and just that Dennis Miller deserves an Executive Producer credit on this show. (Sane Dennis Miller, not current Dennis.) We also look forward to the inevitable death of podcasting with a quiet, desperate longing. Our show is sponsored this week by all of sponsors, without whom you would be listening to a much better show. We open with Howard Stern’s wisdom on the podcast format and close with the Greatest American Hero. (Not Reagan, settle down!) Citations Needed: Alas, we never knew ye, And now a word from our sponsors Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1786 yes Episode 99: America By Gaslight https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-99-america-by-gaslight SHOW NOTES EPISODE 99: “America By Gaslight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe meets the nicest boy who really loves him and is not at all after him for his podcasting money, only to lose the boy upon him learning there is no money in podcasts. On the show this week we talk Donny’s Big Speech in front of Congress where he finally became President, we mean after winning a narrow election and being sworn in and stuff, but NOW he totally the President, they said so on the cables! Along the way we discuss how badly the pundits of America need things to be normal, they can’t stand all this fighting between Mommy America and Daddy Trump. We discuss monkey masturbation habits, how even Gavin could sound presidential if the right person wrote the speech (We are thinking Jon Favreau. The actor, not the speechwriter, we loved him as Gutter in PCU) and topically: Tom Selleck's irrigation habits. (Good GOD Magnum!) We also learn what do when you catch your neighbor shitting on your lawn, not his dog but your actual neighbor. (Different rules apply.) Finally we learn how Mister Roger’s Neighborhood was a hotbed of Maoist communism! (McCarthy was right! Melissa not Joe, she was always suspicious of Fred) Our sponsor this week is Reality Disconnect, making a lies true through repetition. We open with Gaslight and close with Quiet Riot. Trust us, there is a connection. Citations Needed: Fuck this guy, and this guy, double fuck him, triple fuck him, she’s cool, fuck them, you know what fuck everybody! Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:55:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 99: “America By Gaslight” Thi… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 99: “America By Gaslight” This week Host Dave Bledsoe meets the nicest boy who really loves him and is not at all after him for his podcasting money, only to lose the boy upon him learning there is no money in podcasts. On the show this week we talk Donny’s Big Speech in front of Congress where he finally became President, we mean after winning a narrow election and being sworn in and stuff, but NOW he totally the President, they said so on the cables! Along the way we discuss how badly the pundits of America need things to be normal, they can’t stand all this fighting between Mommy America and Daddy Trump. We discuss monkey masturbation habits, how even Gavin could sound presidential if the right person wrote the speech (We are thinking Jon Favreau. The actor, not the speechwriter, we loved him as Gutter in PCU) and topically: Tom Selleck's irrigation habits. (Good GOD Magnum!) We also learn what do when you catch your neighbor shitting on your lawn, not his dog but your actual neighbor. (Different rules apply.) Finally we learn how Mister Roger’s Neighborhood was a hotbed of Maoist communism! (McCarthy was right! Melissa not Joe, she was always suspicious of Fred) Our sponsor this week is Reality Disconnect, making a lies true through repetition. We open with Gaslight and close with Quiet Riot. Trust us, there is a connection. Citations Needed: Fuck this guy, and this guy, double fuck him, triple fuck him, she’s cool, fuck them, you know what fuck everybody! Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1801 yes Fulcrum: New from the Fast Eddies and the Producers of What the HELL Were You Thinking https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/fulcrum-new-from-the-fast-eddies-and-the-producers-of-what-the-hell-were-you-thinking We are pleased to debut our first spin-off podcast, take THAT Serial! Host Stephen Bannon, please note the difference for legal reasons, will provide a counterpoint to the Liberal Views of her sister show. We hope you enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 Feb 2017 22:45:05 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe We are pleased to debut our first spin-off podcas… We are pleased to debut our first spin-off podcast, take THAT Serial! Host Stephen Bannon, please note the difference for legal reasons, will provide a counterpoint to the Liberal Views of her sister show. We hope you enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 169 yes Episode 98: Blind Boys CAN Lie https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-98-blind-boys-can-lie SHOW NOTES EPISODE 98: “BLIND BOYS CAN LIE” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets lost in the shadows and finally understands why Kiefer Sutherland was so freaking HOT in the 80’s! On the show this week we are talking about the Lost Boys of Milo’s Army, who find themselves leaderless and extremely confused by why they were following Milo in the first place. (Is it Gay if we want still want to do chicks?) We dig into the roots of the culture of the Trolls, Pepe's and Gamergaters and why they are suddenly everywhere you turn. (Hint: Clicks, lots of clicks) We also examine the history of teenaged angst and how we dealt with it. (Matching sports shirts mostly) We glimpse Dave’s awkward past as a Theater Kid (He was cast for his Southern Accent not any “acting” chops.) We learn the genesis the male dominated gaming culture (Hint: Marketing) and Etruscan funerary statues. We also learn that Gavin has a severe allergy to horse dander in our failed attempt to create show swag. (Dear God, the swelling!) Also: Vampire Hobbits? Our sponsor this week is Hypocrital, one pill a day makes morality go away! We open the show with Milo’s “apology” and close with the theme from Lost Boys! Citations needed: What a dick, The saddest job you will ever lose, Precious Alt-RIght Snowflakes Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 Feb 2017 01:49:07 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 98: “BLIND BOYS CAN LIE” This… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 98: “BLIND BOYS CAN LIE” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets lost in the shadows and finally understands why Kiefer Sutherland was so freaking HOT in the 80’s! On the show this week we are talking about the Lost Boys of Milo’s Army, who find themselves leaderless and extremely confused by why they were following Milo in the first place. (Is it Gay if we want still want to do chicks?) We dig into the roots of the culture of the Trolls, Pepe's and Gamergaters and why they are suddenly everywhere you turn. (Hint: Clicks, lots of clicks) We also examine the history of teenaged angst and how we dealt with it. (Matching sports shirts mostly) We glimpse Dave’s awkward past as a Theater Kid (He was cast for his Southern Accent not any “acting” chops.) We learn the genesis the male dominated gaming culture (Hint: Marketing) and Etruscan funerary statues. We also learn that Gavin has a severe allergy to horse dander in our failed attempt to create show swag. (Dear God, the swelling!) Also: Vampire Hobbits? Our sponsor this week is Hypocrital, one pill a day makes morality go away! We open the show with Milo’s “apology” and close with the theme from Lost Boys! Citations needed: What a dick, The saddest job you will ever lose, Precious Alt-RIght Snowflakes Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1660 yes Episode 97: The Russian Connection https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-97-the-russian-connection Show Notes Episode #97: “The Russian Connection” This week Host Dave Bledsoe explains to Vice President Pence that his phone calls with the Russian ambassador were late night booty calls and not discussions of foreign policy. Kissy Kislyak he likes to call him. On the show this week we discuss the ouster of Former National Security Advisor Mike “Call Me Maybe” Flynn and the increasingly likelihood that we will all be speaking Russian in a couple of years. (Privet Komrade Trumpski!) Along the way we learn about why you should opt for becoming a Runner when it is time for Carousel. We discuss whether or not you should talk to your children about Deepthroat and why if you hire a Plumber you should check his references. (G.Gordon’s Yelp Reviews were TERRIBLE) We cover all the good and the bad of Independent Counsels (Iran Contra Good/Blow Jobs Bad) and why GOP refuses to investigate the Russian allegations. (Hint: Love to, but we’re busy taking away your healthcare.) We also gently suggest the Resistance take up finding out why are there so many leaks about Russians and what’s Trump trying to hide. (Hint: Massive collusion to interfere in our elections.) Promotional consideration this week by Vladimir Putin, Sexy Shirtless Friend of America! We open the show this week with a prescient warning that somehow we all missed in October and close with a sad frog. No, not that frog, the good one. Citations Needed: “What We Know”, “What We Wish to Be So” Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:24:02 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode #97: “The Russian Connection”… Show Notes Episode #97: “The Russian Connection” This week Host Dave Bledsoe explains to Vice President Pence that his phone calls with the Russian ambassador were late night booty calls and not discussions of foreign policy. Kissy Kislyak he likes to call him. On the show this week we discuss the ouster of Former National Security Advisor Mike “Call Me Maybe” Flynn and the increasingly likelihood that we will all be speaking Russian in a couple of years. (Privet Komrade Trumpski!) Along the way we learn about why you should opt for becoming a Runner when it is time for Carousel. We discuss whether or not you should talk to your children about Deepthroat and why if you hire a Plumber you should check his references. (G.Gordon’s Yelp Reviews were TERRIBLE) We cover all the good and the bad of Independent Counsels (Iran Contra Good/Blow Jobs Bad) and why GOP refuses to investigate the Russian allegations. (Hint: Love to, but we’re busy taking away your healthcare.) We also gently suggest the Resistance take up finding out why are there so many leaks about Russians and what’s Trump trying to hide. (Hint: Massive collusion to interfere in our elections.) Promotional consideration this week by Vladimir Putin, Sexy Shirtless Friend of America! We open the show this week with a prescient warning that somehow we all missed in October and close with a sad frog. No, not that frog, the good one. Citations Needed: “What We Know”, “What We Wish to Be So” Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1948 yes Episode 96: Massah Jeff's New Job https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-96-massah-jeffs-new-job SHOW NOTES EPISODE 96: “Massah Jeff’s New Job” This week Host Dave Bledsoe learns he and Steve Bannon really aren’t so different after all, they share a hug and bottle of whiskey! Maybe that wasn’t Steve Bannon but just some rumpled drunk next to him on the subway. On the show this week, we talk about Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, the man to racist for 1986 but just racist enough 2017! (He certainly worked to become so!) Along the way we discuss women who just won’t shut up and how to make them. (Hint stop saying stupid shit so they won’t NEED to say anything!) We learn why Old White Racists always have one Black friend to testify at their confirmation hearings. (They are LIKE family, but definitely NOT family.) We also discover how growing up with Star Wars was exactly like growing up White in the Jim Crow South. (Darth Vader: Nubian God!) Finally we find out what one should say to a racist. (Many of the words have four letters). Promotional consideration for this week’s show comes from Dale Dry Kleaning, keeping your klaverns robes as white as you keep the South! We open the show with pre-911 Dennis Miller and close with a rolicking ditty from the Wiggles! Citations Needed: Only his friends call him Jeff, It’s bad, real bad, I mean really, really bad, And it’s going to get worse. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Feb 2017 01:18:27 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 96: “Massah Jeff’s New Job” T… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 96: “Massah Jeff’s New Job” This week Host Dave Bledsoe learns he and Steve Bannon really aren’t so different after all, they share a hug and bottle of whiskey! Maybe that wasn’t Steve Bannon but just some rumpled drunk next to him on the subway. On the show this week, we talk about Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, the man to racist for 1986 but just racist enough 2017! (He certainly worked to become so!) Along the way we discuss women who just won’t shut up and how to make them. (Hint stop saying stupid shit so they won’t NEED to say anything!) We learn why Old White Racists always have one Black friend to testify at their confirmation hearings. (They are LIKE family, but definitely NOT family.) We also discover how growing up with Star Wars was exactly like growing up White in the Jim Crow South. (Darth Vader: Nubian God!) Finally we find out what one should say to a racist. (Many of the words have four letters). Promotional consideration for this week’s show comes from Dale Dry Kleaning, keeping your klaverns robes as white as you keep the South! We open the show with pre-911 Dennis Miller and close with a rolicking ditty from the Wiggles! Citations Needed: Only his friends call him Jeff, It’s bad, real bad, I mean really, really bad, And it’s going to get worse. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1666 yes Episode 95: "Be the Coup You Want to See" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-95-be-the-coup-you-want-to-see SHOW NOTES EPISODE #95: “Be the Coup You Want to See” This week Host Dave Bledsoe flirts with declaring open insurrection against the lawfully elected government of the United States, only to have a drink thrown in his face. (He isn’t much of a “ladies man”.) On the show this week we examine the article on Medium that told us all about the Neunundneunzig Luftballons, floated by Obergruppenführer Bannon and pop each with our mad shuriken throwing skills. (Girls only like guys who have great skills.) Along the way we discuss our new spin off podcasts (Think Serial but without the talent, charm or decent stories) explain the difference between Hitler and Trump (Hitler had a dog) and why JFK airport is the 12th Circle of Hell. We lament our knitting skills and apologize for the penis hat we wore at the protest last weekend. (It kept going limp and falling in our faces) We also detail exactly how we will eventually repeal this government and replace with a liberal democracy like we had just a few weeks ago! (Hint: Pussy Hats) Our Sponsor this week is Murray’s Mercenaries, when you absolutely, positively have to overthrow them overnight, think Murray’s! We open the show with Bill Hicks and the Worst. Pun. Ever. and close with a moving tribute to Mary Tyler Moore which sounds more non sequitur than it really is. Citations Needed: Overthrow Yourself?, Someone back these bitches up!, The people united will never be divided. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:55:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #95: “Be the Coup You Want to … SHOW NOTES EPISODE #95: “Be the Coup You Want to See” This week Host Dave Bledsoe flirts with declaring open insurrection against the lawfully elected government of the United States, only to have a drink thrown in his face. (He isn’t much of a “ladies man”.) On the show this week we examine the article on Medium that told us all about the Neunundneunzig Luftballons, floated by Obergruppenführer Bannon and pop each with our mad shuriken throwing skills. (Girls only like guys who have great skills.) Along the way we discuss our new spin off podcasts (Think Serial but without the talent, charm or decent stories) explain the difference between Hitler and Trump (Hitler had a dog) and why JFK airport is the 12th Circle of Hell. We lament our knitting skills and apologize for the penis hat we wore at the protest last weekend. (It kept going limp and falling in our faces) We also detail exactly how we will eventually repeal this government and replace with a liberal democracy like we had just a few weeks ago! (Hint: Pussy Hats) Our Sponsor this week is Murray’s Mercenaries, when you absolutely, positively have to overthrow them overnight, think Murray’s! We open the show with Bill Hicks and the Worst. Pun. Ever. and close with a moving tribute to Mary Tyler Moore which sounds more non sequitur than it really is. Citations Needed: Overthrow Yourself?, Someone back these bitches up!, The people united will never be divided. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1515 yes Episode 94: "Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-94-truth-is-scarier-than-fiction SHOW NOTES EPISODE 94: “Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction” This week Host Dave Bledsoe explores the fundamental nature of truth in a four hour show spanning Western Philosophy from Socrates to Berto and Plebani! Only this podcast could make endless hours of obscure metaphysics FUNNY! RELAX, we are talking about Trump and his truth problem. (Hint: When he’s telling it, it’s much worse.) Along the way we explore all the things El Presidente Trumpo has done this week which scared the shit out of us. (Everything) We learn that Grizzly Adams fought Nazi Elves in a 1989 movie (Best Day EVER!) and ponder the nature of some of the less popular Star Wars Action Figures. (You SUCK R5-D4!) Finally, we address the critical question of our time, WHO THE FUCK IS STILL LETTING TRUMP TWEET?! (Kellyanne we are looking at YOU!) Promotional consideration for this week’s show is provided by Alterna-Fact, when the truth just won’t do! We open the show with pontifications on truth from Sin City and close with Spandau Ballet. Citations Needed: Sean Spice is LOSER!, We are all going to die, and the War came. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:56:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 94: “Truth Is Scarier Than Fi… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 94: “Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction” This week Host Dave Bledsoe explores the fundamental nature of truth in a four hour show spanning Western Philosophy from Socrates to Berto and Plebani! Only this podcast could make endless hours of obscure metaphysics FUNNY! RELAX, we are talking about Trump and his truth problem. (Hint: When he’s telling it, it’s much worse.) Along the way we explore all the things El Presidente Trumpo has done this week which scared the shit out of us. (Everything) We learn that Grizzly Adams fought Nazi Elves in a 1989 movie (Best Day EVER!) and ponder the nature of some of the less popular Star Wars Action Figures. (You SUCK R5-D4!) Finally, we address the critical question of our time, WHO THE FUCK IS STILL LETTING TRUMP TWEET?! (Kellyanne we are looking at YOU!) Promotional consideration for this week’s show is provided by Alterna-Fact, when the truth just won’t do! We open the show with pontifications on truth from Sin City and close with Spandau Ballet. Citations Needed: Sean Spice is LOSER!, We are all going to die, and the War came. Show Music: 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 www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1621 yes The Official Response to President Trump's Inaugural Address https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/the-official-response-to-president-trumps-inaugural-address The Official Response of the What The HELL Were You Thinking Podcast to President Trump’s Inaugural Address A reading in full,without comment or humor, of the Second Inaugural Address of President Abraham Lincoln March 4th 1865. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:43:11 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The Official Response of the What The HELL Were Y… The Official Response of the What The HELL Were You Thinking Podcast to President Trump’s Inaugural Address A reading in full,without comment or humor, of the Second Inaugural Address of President Abraham Lincoln March 4th 1865. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 283 yes Episode 93: No Hope But Mount Hope https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-93-no-hope-but-mount-hope SHOW NOTES EPISODE 93: “No Hope But Mount Hope” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries optimism on for size only to discover it way too small to fit over his big fat ass. Instead of worrying about all the things which might go wrong, we ask the question what if thing turned out alright? We ponder all the ways President Truh-President Truhm--sorry we still can’t say it--might ACTUALLY make America great again. (Hint: Trump International Airports). Along the way we look at some other Presidents who brought fear to the nation, like Andy Jackson and that turned out fine. (Unless you were a Native American) or even George W Bush. (We all know that how THAT ended). We also examine why Drew Brees is about to be renditioned to Yemen. (You SUCK Brees!) We finally bury the hatchet between Trump and Rosie and let you know that the power to destroy ISIS is insignificant compared to the power of the Force. (We find your lack of faith disturbing, really). We wrap by brazenly ripping off some dramatic political speeches and twisting them around to fit our own perverted narrative! Our show is sponsored this week by Zed’s Apocalypse Vault. All this time we were telling you the world was about to end? Well look who's laughing now! We open the show with a quote from Stephen King’s The Stand, ready by your Host because we are NOT paying forty bucks for the audiobook to rip a single line, and we close with George Michael. Because you gotta have faith, faith a faith! Citations Needed: THIS guy is on the Twenty?!, Everything worked out GREAT!, Herbie the Love Bug. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 21 Jan 2017 01:03:58 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 93: “No Hope But Mount Hope” … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 93: “No Hope But Mount Hope” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries optimism on for size only to discover it way too small to fit over his big fat ass. Instead of worrying about all the things which might go wrong, we ask the question what if thing turned out alright? We ponder all the ways President Truh-President Truhm--sorry we still can’t say it--might ACTUALLY make America great again. (Hint: Trump International Airports). Along the way we look at some other Presidents who brought fear to the nation, like Andy Jackson and that turned out fine. (Unless you were a Native American) or even George W Bush. (We all know that how THAT ended). We also examine why Drew Brees is about to be renditioned to Yemen. (You SUCK Brees!) We finally bury the hatchet between Trump and Rosie and let you know that the power to destroy ISIS is insignificant compared to the power of the Force. (We find your lack of faith disturbing, really). We wrap by brazenly ripping off some dramatic political speeches and twisting them around to fit our own perverted narrative! Our show is sponsored this week by Zed’s Apocalypse Vault. All this time we were telling you the world was about to end? Well look who's laughing now! We open the show with a quote from Stephen King’s The Stand, ready by your Host because we are NOT paying forty bucks for the audiobook to rip a single line, and we close with George Michael. Because you gotta have faith, faith a faith! Citations Needed: THIS guy is on the Twenty?!, Everything worked out GREAT!, Herbie the Love Bug. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1780 yes Episode 92: "Trumped Up Trickle Down" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-92-trumped-up-trickle-down This week Host Dave Bledsoe relieves himself in a thick hot stream of rage at all the “fake news” showering on the upturned faces of the American public about our golden President Elect. In a show sure to be Number One on all the podcast charts, we discuss the allegations of Russian micturations in what is surely a case of Yellow Journalism. After spraying around every urine related pun we can think of, we settle into the terrifying details of the Trump Dossier. Whether or not you should believe them (There is a lot of smoke there) what they mean for a Trump Presidency (The ashes of civilization) and what happens next. (Not a goddamn thing.) We also present you with a huge pile of folders containing many sheets of paper on which nothing is written. Honestly, at least print “all work and no pay makes Donny a dull boy” a few thousand times. We also discuss Dave’s new career as an NFL quarterback, sponsored by the New England Patriots. We open the show with Hillary warning us about Donald’s pee predilections and close with a little ditty by Donovan! . Citations Needed: From Russian with pee, Nothing to see here, I’m sure it’s all lies, Trump knows fake news, Who knew it and when did they know, CNN springs a leak, Very big in Russia, He has nothing to do with Russia, Where DO hiding spies go? Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 14 Jan 2017 01:05:14 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe relieves himself in a… This week Host Dave Bledsoe relieves himself in a thick hot stream of rage at all the “fake news” showering on the upturned faces of the American public about our golden President Elect. In a show sure to be Number One on all the podcast charts, we discuss the allegations of Russian micturations in what is surely a case of Yellow Journalism. After spraying around every urine related pun we can think of, we settle into the terrifying details of the Trump Dossier. Whether or not you should believe them (There is a lot of smoke there) what they mean for a Trump Presidency (The ashes of civilization) and what happens next. (Not a goddamn thing.) We also present you with a huge pile of folders containing many sheets of paper on which nothing is written. Honestly, at least print “all work and no pay makes Donny a dull boy” a few thousand times. We also discuss Dave’s new career as an NFL quarterback, sponsored by the New England Patriots. We open the show with Hillary warning us about Donald’s pee predilections and close with a little ditty by Donovan! . Citations Needed: From Russian with pee, Nothing to see here, I’m sure it’s all lies, Trump knows fake news, Who knew it and when did they know, CNN springs a leak, Very big in Russia, He has nothing to do with Russia, Where DO hiding spies go? Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1602 yes Episode 91: Little Milo Writes A Book https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-91-little-milo-writes-a-book Show Notes Episode 91: “Little Milo Writes A Book” This week Host Dave Bledsoe returns from an idyllic vacation to the festering cess pit of New York City and his own mind in a show sure to make everyone want to vomit like an ipecac and bourbon shooter! We take a tour through the Alt-Right Golden Boy Milo Yiannopoulos’ book deal with Simon and Schuster, whose names sound rather Jewish and we wonder why the Nazi’s seem so happy about it. (Hint: Because they are terrible nazis AND terrible people!) Along the way we learn about how book publishing in America works today and why they might publish a book by known racist and misogynist. (Hint: Republicans have money). We also examine long history of assholes making a lot of money by writing books for other assholes. We check in on 50 Shades of Grey and find people still masturbating furiously, we’re looking at you Gavin. We discuss free speech and why it is probably a bad idea (mostly because of shows like this) and speculate on the real reason Milo got kicked off Twitter. The show is sponsored this week by the Original Gay Nazi. We open with Carlin’s Gameshow and close with Elvis Costello. Citations Needed: Milo’s thoughts on race relations. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:43:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 91: “Little Milo Writes A Boo… Show Notes Episode 91: “Little Milo Writes A Book” This week Host Dave Bledsoe returns from an idyllic vacation to the festering cess pit of New York City and his own mind in a show sure to make everyone want to vomit like an ipecac and bourbon shooter! We take a tour through the Alt-Right Golden Boy Milo Yiannopoulos’ book deal with Simon and Schuster, whose names sound rather Jewish and we wonder why the Nazi’s seem so happy about it. (Hint: Because they are terrible nazis AND terrible people!) Along the way we learn about how book publishing in America works today and why they might publish a book by known racist and misogynist. (Hint: Republicans have money). We also examine long history of assholes making a lot of money by writing books for other assholes. We check in on 50 Shades of Grey and find people still masturbating furiously, we’re looking at you Gavin. We discuss free speech and why it is probably a bad idea (mostly because of shows like this) and speculate on the real reason Milo got kicked off Twitter. The show is sponsored this week by the Original Gay Nazi. We open with Carlin’s Gameshow and close with Elvis Costello. Citations Needed: Milo’s thoughts on race relations. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1167 yes Redux: Episode 2A The Walking Douche https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/redux-episode-2a-the-walking-douche SHOW NOTES EPISODE 2A REDUX: “The Walking Douche” In the “Best Of” (using those words a bit loosely huh?) Episode Host Dave Bledsoe discusses the rising tide of douchebags slowly consuming New York City. No word on whether or not he considers himself as the problem or solution. Along the way we look at the Bank Branch Event Horizon, where it is no longer possible to building anything BUT bank branches. We also mourn the loss of weird in the world and then lament the lot of the angry drunk old man at the bar. (Hint: That would be Dave). Promotional consideration is by Re-Run everything old is new again with Re-Run. We open with web series that never existed as far as we can tell and close with Jim Croce. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 31 Dec 2016 18:04:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 2A REDUX: “The Walking Douche”… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 2A REDUX: “The Walking Douche” In the “Best Of” (using those words a bit loosely huh?) Episode Host Dave Bledsoe discusses the rising tide of douchebags slowly consuming New York City. No word on whether or not he considers himself as the problem or solution. Along the way we look at the Bank Branch Event Horizon, where it is no longer possible to building anything BUT bank branches. We also mourn the loss of weird in the world and then lament the lot of the angry drunk old man at the bar. (Hint: That would be Dave). Promotional consideration is by Re-Run everything old is new again with Re-Run. We open with web series that never existed as far as we can tell and close with Jim Croce. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1053 yes Episode 39 Redux "Veteran of a 1000 Christmas Wars" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-39-redux-veteran-of-a-1000-christmas-wars In this week’s non-specific cultural seasonal tradition of your choice show, Host Dave Bledsoe is visited by three ghosts: The Ghost of Christmas Cash, the Ghost of Christmas Credit and the Ghost of Collections Agencies, to teach him the meaning of hating Christmas. Along the way we also wonder why there is Christmas in Eternia, ask why we stop killing each other just the one day of year and learn why Dave is not allowed to return to the Republic of South Korea. (Hint: It’s alcohol related.) We are our grievances over the length of the Season, learn to love fossilized feces and to loath the Chrisma-Nazi. We hope you enjoy this Christmas Classic, that is what we are calling this rather than rerun because Dave was too lazy to write fresh content. On the up side, there are ZERO Trump mentions in this show! So, get off his ass, he is flying to the West Coast to a Socialist Lesbian Atheist Commune Post Solstice Sharing Circle on Christmas Eve! We hope you and yours don’t try to kill each other this weekend. Promotional consideration provided by Karl Kringle’s Discount Elf Hut. We open the show with Bad Santa and close with Blue Oyster Cult. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 23 Dec 2016 22:57:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe In this week’s non-specific cultural seasonal tra… In this week’s non-specific cultural seasonal tradition of your choice show, Host Dave Bledsoe is visited by three ghosts: The Ghost of Christmas Cash, the Ghost of Christmas Credit and the Ghost of Collections Agencies, to teach him the meaning of hating Christmas. Along the way we also wonder why there is Christmas in Eternia, ask why we stop killing each other just the one day of year and learn why Dave is not allowed to return to the Republic of South Korea. (Hint: It’s alcohol related.) We are our grievances over the length of the Season, learn to love fossilized feces and to loath the Chrisma-Nazi. We hope you enjoy this Christmas Classic, that is what we are calling this rather than rerun because Dave was too lazy to write fresh content. On the up side, there are ZERO Trump mentions in this show! So, get off his ass, he is flying to the West Coast to a Socialist Lesbian Atheist Commune Post Solstice Sharing Circle on Christmas Eve! We hope you and yours don’t try to kill each other this weekend. Promotional consideration provided by Karl Kringle’s Discount Elf Hut. We open the show with Bad Santa and close with Blue Oyster Cult. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1231 yes Episode 90: What's So Civil About War Anyway https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-90-whats-so-civil-about-war-anyway SHOW NOTES EPISODE 90 “What’s So Civil About War Anyway?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes us all back to school as the nation’s electors give it the old college try and finally end this god awful election once and for all. Get ready for another pointless history lesson, and some really mediocre Disney musicals featuring Buddy Ebsen! Along the way we learn about Richard Mentor Johnson and the Octoroon Julia Chinn. We theorize on the potential ramifications of an Electoral College upset at the last moment. (Hint: Think Disastrous) There are some cutting remarks about the hit Broadway play Hamilton AND the actual Alexander Hamilton. (Buy One Get One Free!). We postulate on what the Second American Civil War might look like, comparing and contrast to other popular Civil Wars in recent history. There WILL be a quiz on the material at the end of the podcast which will count for 30% of your grade. We suggest taking notes. Then we wrap with really depressing analogies to fatal diseases and the agony of chemotherapy. (You can assume this is not a “happy” show). But then we bring it all back with the War on Saturnalia! Promotional consideration for this week’s show by Tom’s Town Criers, keeping a pointless institution alive far past the point it outlived usefulness! We open the show with George Carlin and close with, you guessed it, Guns and Roses. Citations Need: Not the Mentor we needed, but the Mentor we deserved, 97% Percent Crazy, The inspiration for every Cranberries song ever written, Flirting with Disaster. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:33:26 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 90 “What’s So Civil About War … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 90 “What’s So Civil About War Anyway?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes us all back to school as the nation’s electors give it the old college try and finally end this god awful election once and for all. Get ready for another pointless history lesson, and some really mediocre Disney musicals featuring Buddy Ebsen! Along the way we learn about Richard Mentor Johnson and the Octoroon Julia Chinn. We theorize on the potential ramifications of an Electoral College upset at the last moment. (Hint: Think Disastrous) There are some cutting remarks about the hit Broadway play Hamilton AND the actual Alexander Hamilton. (Buy One Get One Free!). We postulate on what the Second American Civil War might look like, comparing and contrast to other popular Civil Wars in recent history. There WILL be a quiz on the material at the end of the podcast which will count for 30% of your grade. We suggest taking notes. Then we wrap with really depressing analogies to fatal diseases and the agony of chemotherapy. (You can assume this is not a “happy” show). But then we bring it all back with the War on Saturnalia! Promotional consideration for this week’s show by Tom’s Town Criers, keeping a pointless institution alive far past the point it outlived usefulness! We open the show with George Carlin and close with, you guessed it, Guns and Roses. Citations Need: Not the Mentor we needed, but the Mentor we deserved, 97% Percent Crazy, The inspiration for every Cranberries song ever written, Flirting with Disaster. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1889 yes Episode 89: You Can't Fix Stupid https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-89-you-cant-fix-stupid SHOW NOTES EPISODE 89: “YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes on Big Dictionary in his never ending quest to have Bloosnargl accepted as an actual word. (Bloosnargl (n): The overwhelming feeling of relief and joy after taking a really big dump. --Dave exited the men’s room with a spring in his step and feeling all bloosnargl.) He also takes issue with the idea of “Post Truth” being Oxford’s word of the year, since it’s a bullshit term and the idea is ripped off from Colbert. Along the way we learn about the history of fake news in America, and how it gave us the truth about Jefferson going black and not coming back. We also get a Latin lesson no one asked for and learn the the truth about Bat Boy. (Hint: Think Elvis). There is a stunning revelation about Dave regarding the duration of his belief in Santa Claus. (Awkward!) Conspiracies are debunked, feelings are hurt and apologies are not given. Except to Santa who finally did show up with that Millennium Falcon we’d been asking for. Promotional consideration this week provided by Gut Check, who wants you to know there is nothing you can’t do if you don’t accept the truth! We open the show with Rust Cohle and close with Frank Zappa. Citations Need: Check your Callender Jefferson!, a MUCH better podcast, Alcuin of York was a Yasss Queen. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:56:29 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 89: “YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID” Th… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 89: “YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes on Big Dictionary in his never ending quest to have Bloosnargl accepted as an actual word. (Bloosnargl (n): The overwhelming feeling of relief and joy after taking a really big dump. --Dave exited the men’s room with a spring in his step and feeling all bloosnargl.) He also takes issue with the idea of “Post Truth” being Oxford’s word of the year, since it’s a bullshit term and the idea is ripped off from Colbert. Along the way we learn about the history of fake news in America, and how it gave us the truth about Jefferson going black and not coming back. We also get a Latin lesson no one asked for and learn the the truth about Bat Boy. (Hint: Think Elvis). There is a stunning revelation about Dave regarding the duration of his belief in Santa Claus. (Awkward!) Conspiracies are debunked, feelings are hurt and apologies are not given. Except to Santa who finally did show up with that Millennium Falcon we’d been asking for. Promotional consideration this week provided by Gut Check, who wants you to know there is nothing you can’t do if you don’t accept the truth! We open the show with Rust Cohle and close with Frank Zappa. Citations Need: Check your Callender Jefferson!, a MUCH better podcast, Alcuin of York was a Yasss Queen. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1749 yes Episode 88: Something For the Ladies https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-88-something-for-the-ladies SHOW NOTES EPISODE #88: “SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES” This week Host Dave Bledsoe steps into the uncomfortable shoes of women in Trumpmerica and finds that even though they are painful and sexist, these 4” Stiletto heels make his legs look amazing. On a slightly less disturbing topic, the show dives into the ideas the incoming administration might have for making America great again for women. (Hint: They are only great for dudes.) We discuss abortion rights (Gone) contraception (Yeah Right) sexual harassment (All lies) and rape culture (made up) and how they will be handled. We meet the men who will be helping all you ladies understand the complexities of your own bodies and minds, including a new spokesman (none of that spokesperson business here!) that will reach out to the youth of America! Along the way we meet the new Twitter Czar, a position that we made up but will almost certainly exist shortly! Finally, we discuss Ivanka’s plan to help the visually unappealing reach full employment! Promotional consideration for this week’s show is provided by Mansplainer, explaining that you really don’t know the thing you clearly think you know! We open the show with George Carlin’s simple explanation of the GOP’s plan for women and close the show with Liz Phair. Citations Needed: There’s gotta be some kind of punishment, Names you may know. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 03 Dec 2016 00:43:40 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #88: “SOMETHING FOR THE LADIE… SHOW NOTES EPISODE #88: “SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES” This week Host Dave Bledsoe steps into the uncomfortable shoes of women in Trumpmerica and finds that even though they are painful and sexist, these 4” Stiletto heels make his legs look amazing. On a slightly less disturbing topic, the show dives into the ideas the incoming administration might have for making America great again for women. (Hint: They are only great for dudes.) We discuss abortion rights (Gone) contraception (Yeah Right) sexual harassment (All lies) and rape culture (made up) and how they will be handled. We meet the men who will be helping all you ladies understand the complexities of your own bodies and minds, including a new spokesman (none of that spokesperson business here!) that will reach out to the youth of America! Along the way we meet the new Twitter Czar, a position that we made up but will almost certainly exist shortly! Finally, we discuss Ivanka’s plan to help the visually unappealing reach full employment! Promotional consideration for this week’s show is provided by Mansplainer, explaining that you really don’t know the thing you clearly think you know! We open the show with George Carlin’s simple explanation of the GOP’s plan for women and close the show with Liz Phair. Citations Needed: There’s gotta be some kind of punishment, Names you may know. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1637 yes Episode 87: Thanksgiving In Hell https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-87-thanksgiving-in-hell Episode 87 Thanksgiving In Hell This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes us on an emotional journey through the bowels of the American tradition of trying not to kill your relatives during Thanksgiving Dinner. (He’s not big on original ideas apparently). With helpful tips for avoiding a fight honed over years of conflict resolution this show is a must listen while heading home for the holiday. We also learn there is word for trying to kill your Uncle with a carving knife during a family argument! Along the way we talk about the best way to get your weed through airport security. (Hint: It’s not in your butt, they look there) and how to avoid spending the long weekend in a local lockup with a lonely redneck. We also examine the emotional trauma of off brand kid’s clothing, and how to spot the asshole in any group of people. (Hint: check the mirror). We also provide contingency plans for when your good intentions go straight to Hell and you are forced to take on the forces of stupidity. (It involves an 80’s movie, surprised?) Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Distractors, a handy app for avoiding familial conflict, so long as you don’t expect a miracle. We open the show with Aunt Gladys and close with Elton John. Happy Thanksgiving and god help us all! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:05:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 87 Thanksgiving In Hell This week Host … Episode 87 Thanksgiving In Hell This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes us on an emotional journey through the bowels of the American tradition of trying not to kill your relatives during Thanksgiving Dinner. (He’s not big on original ideas apparently). With helpful tips for avoiding a fight honed over years of conflict resolution this show is a must listen while heading home for the holiday. We also learn there is word for trying to kill your Uncle with a carving knife during a family argument! Along the way we talk about the best way to get your weed through airport security. (Hint: It’s not in your butt, they look there) and how to avoid spending the long weekend in a local lockup with a lonely redneck. We also examine the emotional trauma of off brand kid’s clothing, and how to spot the asshole in any group of people. (Hint: check the mirror). We also provide contingency plans for when your good intentions go straight to Hell and you are forced to take on the forces of stupidity. (It involves an 80’s movie, surprised?) Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Distractors, a handy app for avoiding familial conflict, so long as you don’t expect a miracle. We open the show with Aunt Gladys and close with Elton John. Happy Thanksgiving and god help us all! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1621 yes Episode 86: Amerika Uber Alles https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-86-amerika-uber-alles SHOW NOTES EPISODE 86: AMERIKA ÜBER ALLES This week Host Dave Bledsoe sits down with everyone’s favorite frog and talks about how it’s not easy being green--no, not THAT one, the other one, the Nazi Frog. Man, Kermit must be pissed right now. Our show talks about He Who Shall Not Be Named choice for Senior White House Strategy Advisor and Propaganda Minister Steve Bannon. This will not be pleasant for anyone, frankly we are still trying to shower the stink off us in the research department. Along the way we discover that Joe Biden personally whacked Andrew Breitbart (He didn’t) how much Orange America loves minorities (they don’t) and Dave’s knack for making analogies with truly disturbing sex acts in truck stop bathrooms. (don’t ask.). We take a look at the spike in incidents of making America great in school cafeterias and public transportation and wonder when we are going to stop winning so much! (In about four years) We also propose a final solution for the Alt Right. We try to reach out the the White Working Class and find common ground only to find we don’t have any. It should be a fun show. Promotional consideration by the Campaign to Repeal Godwin’s Law, because sometimes they really ARE Nazis! We open the show with some inspiring speech by a happy Trump supporter and close with They Might Be Giants. Because you have too. Citations Needed: Totally NOT Racists, 437 and Counting, Tracking the New Normal, They seem nice, Tell us, in your own words., The Kids Aren't Alt Right. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 19 Nov 2016 01:22:16 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 86: AMERIKA ÜBER ALLES This we… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 86: AMERIKA ÜBER ALLES This week Host Dave Bledsoe sits down with everyone’s favorite frog and talks about how it’s not easy being green--no, not THAT one, the other one, the Nazi Frog. Man, Kermit must be pissed right now. Our show talks about He Who Shall Not Be Named choice for Senior White House Strategy Advisor and Propaganda Minister Steve Bannon. This will not be pleasant for anyone, frankly we are still trying to shower the stink off us in the research department. Along the way we discover that Joe Biden personally whacked Andrew Breitbart (He didn’t) how much Orange America loves minorities (they don’t) and Dave’s knack for making analogies with truly disturbing sex acts in truck stop bathrooms. (don’t ask.). We take a look at the spike in incidents of making America great in school cafeterias and public transportation and wonder when we are going to stop winning so much! (In about four years) We also propose a final solution for the Alt Right. We try to reach out the the White Working Class and find common ground only to find we don’t have any. It should be a fun show. Promotional consideration by the Campaign to Repeal Godwin’s Law, because sometimes they really ARE Nazis! We open the show with some inspiring speech by a happy Trump supporter and close with They Might Be Giants. Because you have too. Citations Needed: Totally NOT Racists, 437 and Counting, Tracking the New Normal, They seem nice, Tell us, in your own words., The Kids Aren't Alt Right. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2005 yes Episode 85: What Did You DO Ray https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-85-what-did-you-do-ray SHOW NOTES EPISODE 85: “What Did You DO Ray?” Well shit. Shit. Shit. Shit, Shit. SHIT! We were supposed to be on a BEACH RIGHT NOW god damnit! We don’t want to be here, you sure as hell didn’t want us here, but now we gotta do THIS SHIT. Thanks a LOT America! This week Host Dave Bledsoe wipes the tears from his eyes, takes a long pull from the bottle and talks about what the fuck just happened to America. Along with the rest of the media, we start apportioning blame for the catastrophic goat fuck that was election 2016 and we ALL know who's to blame. (HINT: It’s Dave). We talk in detail about all the things that happened to bring us to the Presidency that we refuse to name and only refer to by a Third Person Pronoun from now until IT is impeached in 18 months, tops. We talk about docile Democrats, the Bernie Bros (Yeah, we’re sorry dudes, our bad!) the GOP and fucking useless cable television circle jerk. We stick a knife into the Facebook Bubble and of course the back of both candidates and the parties that gave them to us. We close with the real villains of the piece. (Hint: It’s probably you) Along the way we talk frat house masturabatory practices, the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, and what the fuck Alexander the Great has to do with this election. (The actual guy not the homoerotic movies of the same name.) We also wonder if the people marching the streets showed up to vote. (Highly Unlikely). It’s a show that starts off sad, but ends angry. Just like America. Promotional consideration by Sad-Away, it doesn’t cure depression but you will too stoned to care. We open the show with Choice of the Traveller’s Form and close with Rage Against the Machine. (For links to show notes visit the website) Citations Needed: Black people? Never heard of ‘em, Those damn emails, Pew, Pew Pew, Facebook: We don’t make the news, we make it shittier It Fucking Won? Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 12 Nov 2016 00:59:22 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 85: “What Did You DO Ray?” W… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 85: “What Did You DO Ray?” Well shit. Shit. Shit. Shit, Shit. SHIT! We were supposed to be on a BEACH RIGHT NOW god damnit! We don’t want to be here, you sure as hell didn’t want us here, but now we gotta do THIS SHIT. Thanks a LOT America! This week Host Dave Bledsoe wipes the tears from his eyes, takes a long pull from the bottle and talks about what the fuck just happened to America. Along with the rest of the media, we start apportioning blame for the catastrophic goat fuck that was election 2016 and we ALL know who's to blame. (HINT: It’s Dave). We talk in detail about all the things that happened to bring us to the Presidency that we refuse to name and only refer to by a Third Person Pronoun from now until IT is impeached in 18 months, tops. We talk about docile Democrats, the Bernie Bros (Yeah, we’re sorry dudes, our bad!) the GOP and fucking useless cable television circle jerk. We stick a knife into the Facebook Bubble and of course the back of both candidates and the parties that gave them to us. We close with the real villains of the piece. (Hint: It’s probably you) Along the way we talk frat house masturabatory practices, the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, and what the fuck Alexander the Great has to do with this election. (The actual guy not the homoerotic movies of the same name.) We also wonder if the people marching the streets showed up to vote. (Highly Unlikely). It’s a show that starts off sad, but ends angry. Just like America. Promotional consideration by Sad-Away, it doesn’t cure depression but you will too stoned to care. We open the show with Choice of the Traveller’s Form and close with Rage Against the Machine. (For links to show notes visit the website) Citations Needed: Black people? Never heard of ‘em, Those damn emails, Pew, Pew Pew, Facebook: We don’t make the news, we make it shittier It Fucking Won? Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2339 yes Episode 84: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-84-the-waiting-is-the-hardest-part SHOW NOTES EPISODE #84: “The Waiting Is the Hardest Part” In this our big pre-election show Host Dave Bledsoe loses his damn mind trying to hold it together for the 100 hours. Things do NOT go well. As election 2016 draws to a close we look as the sad, divided country and wonder how the hell we are going to sit across the Thanksgiving table in a few weeks and not try to kill each other with our wishbones. (HInt: Stab for the eyes). We talk about the FBI leaking like the Titanic post iceberg, the sheer hell of poll watching and wonder if we are going to sleep at all between now and Tuesday night. (Based on current trends: No.) We talk about Crazy Eddie the Car Wash Dude’s prediction for next week (William Howard Taft in an Electoral College squeaker), how J. Edgar Hoover liked to be peed on and finally a plea for sanity and civility from the guy who's been calling Trump supporters Trumpvangelicals for months. (Too little, too late). We also remind you that the show will be a creative hiatus for the next few weeks as the host and writing staff detox from the binge drinking this election has forced upon them. Unless of course Trump wins, in which case we will be broadcasting until they come to place us in the camps. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by --INSERT CANDIDATE HERE--2020 a New Voice for America, A New Way for President. We open the show with wise words from All the President’s Men and close with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Pray for the giant meteor! Citations Needed: Mulder and Scully would NOT approve, Sounds Totally Legit. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 04 Nov 2016 23:52:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE #84: “The Waiting Is the Harde… SHOW NOTES EPISODE #84: “The Waiting Is the Hardest Part” In this our big pre-election show Host Dave Bledsoe loses his damn mind trying to hold it together for the 100 hours. Things do NOT go well. As election 2016 draws to a close we look as the sad, divided country and wonder how the hell we are going to sit across the Thanksgiving table in a few weeks and not try to kill each other with our wishbones. (HInt: Stab for the eyes). We talk about the FBI leaking like the Titanic post iceberg, the sheer hell of poll watching and wonder if we are going to sleep at all between now and Tuesday night. (Based on current trends: No.) We talk about Crazy Eddie the Car Wash Dude’s prediction for next week (William Howard Taft in an Electoral College squeaker), how J. Edgar Hoover liked to be peed on and finally a plea for sanity and civility from the guy who's been calling Trump supporters Trumpvangelicals for months. (Too little, too late). We also remind you that the show will be a creative hiatus for the next few weeks as the host and writing staff detox from the binge drinking this election has forced upon them. Unless of course Trump wins, in which case we will be broadcasting until they come to place us in the camps. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by --INSERT CANDIDATE HERE--2020 a New Voice for America, A New Way for President. We open the show with wise words from All the President’s Men and close with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Pray for the giant meteor! Citations Needed: Mulder and Scully would NOT approve, Sounds Totally Legit. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1783 yes Special Edition #8: "Not This Shit Again" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-8-not-this-shit-again SHOW NOTES: Special Edition #8: “Not This Shit Again” Host Dave Bledsoe cannot believe he is back here on a Sunday doing this shit AGAIN! Since 2016 is the election that keeps on giving (Mostly ulcers) here is a Special Edition of the show talking about Comey-Gate and what it means for the election. (Hint: Not much.) Along the way he warns about the dangers of DIY pet burial, not to take a job as a Congressional Jizz Mopper or FBI Director in an election year. We also take panicky Liberals to task for their hand wringing when all they have to do to win is go out and vote and remind Republicans even with this latest news, their candidate is still Donald Trump. So, you know, probably not something to be happy about. Promotional consideration is by Dick Picks, specially selected gift for that special woman, and by gifts we mean unwanted penis pictures. We open the show with a motivational speech by Sly Stallone and close with the rhetorical apocalypse of Dog’s Eye View. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:31:25 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES: Special Edition #8: “Not This Shit A… SHOW NOTES: Special Edition #8: “Not This Shit Again” Host Dave Bledsoe cannot believe he is back here on a Sunday doing this shit AGAIN! Since 2016 is the election that keeps on giving (Mostly ulcers) here is a Special Edition of the show talking about Comey-Gate and what it means for the election. (Hint: Not much.) Along the way he warns about the dangers of DIY pet burial, not to take a job as a Congressional Jizz Mopper or FBI Director in an election year. We also take panicky Liberals to task for their hand wringing when all they have to do to win is go out and vote and remind Republicans even with this latest news, their candidate is still Donald Trump. So, you know, probably not something to be happy about. Promotional consideration is by Dick Picks, specially selected gift for that special woman, and by gifts we mean unwanted penis pictures. We open the show with a motivational speech by Sly Stallone and close with the rhetorical apocalypse of Dog’s Eye View. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1182 yes Episode 83: "The Horror, The Horror" Halloween Spooktacular https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-83-the-horror-the-horror-halloween-spooktacular SHOW NOTES EPISODE 83: “The Horror, The Horror” This week Host Dave Bledsoe does his level best to scare the hell out of you for our Halloween Spooktacular! In a frankly dark and deeply disturbing show, he reaches deep into the psyche and draws forth all the darkness inside. We no longer feel entirely safe alone with him. Our tales of horror and despair include Hillary’s first impeachment trial, being Primaried from the Left and a look at the 2018 Congressional Map. (If there are children in the room, have them look away!) We also take a look at what happens to Paul Ryan if the GOP House majority gets really weak and what happens if it doesn’t. It’s bad either way. We also examine the black future that awaits when the Great Old One Ascends in 2020. God help us all. Along the way there are references to Australian aboriginal religions and a theory on why if there IS a Heaven Christians are going to be really pissed off. (HINT: You don’t need genitals in the afterlife.) There is also a stunning revelation about Dave’s past and the insinuation of bastardry! (He swear the kid is NOT his, but look at him!) Turn the lights down low, light a candle and hold your loved one’s close--or your bottle of Jamesons if you are like Dave and living a bleak and loveless existence and get ready to be afraid. Very afraid. Promotional consideration provided this week by the Great Vengeance and Furious Anger Baptist Church’s “Halloween Hillary in Hell House” featuring “One Night in Benghazi” and the torments awaiting the Godless Sodomites! We open the show with Old Nan tellings us about Fear and close with the scariest damn song we could think of. What happens next with horrify you! Citations Needed: The Washington Execution Post, The Daily Beast that Consumes Us, The Great Old One Rises, Old Man Prays for Death Image Credit Tyler Blake Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 28 Oct 2016 23:56:05 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 83: “The Horror, The Horror” … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 83: “The Horror, The Horror” This week Host Dave Bledsoe does his level best to scare the hell out of you for our Halloween Spooktacular! In a frankly dark and deeply disturbing show, he reaches deep into the psyche and draws forth all the darkness inside. We no longer feel entirely safe alone with him. Our tales of horror and despair include Hillary’s first impeachment trial, being Primaried from the Left and a look at the 2018 Congressional Map. (If there are children in the room, have them look away!) We also take a look at what happens to Paul Ryan if the GOP House majority gets really weak and what happens if it doesn’t. It’s bad either way. We also examine the black future that awaits when the Great Old One Ascends in 2020. God help us all. Along the way there are references to Australian aboriginal religions and a theory on why if there IS a Heaven Christians are going to be really pissed off. (HINT: You don’t need genitals in the afterlife.) There is also a stunning revelation about Dave’s past and the insinuation of bastardry! (He swear the kid is NOT his, but look at him!) Turn the lights down low, light a candle and hold your loved one’s close--or your bottle of Jamesons if you are like Dave and living a bleak and loveless existence and get ready to be afraid. Very afraid. Promotional consideration provided this week by the Great Vengeance and Furious Anger Baptist Church’s “Halloween Hillary in Hell House” featuring “One Night in Benghazi” and the torments awaiting the Godless Sodomites! We open the show with Old Nan tellings us about Fear and close with the scariest damn song we could think of. What happens next with horrify you! Citations Needed: The Washington Execution Post, The Daily Beast that Consumes Us, The Great Old One Rises, Old Man Prays for Death Image Credit Tyler Blake Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1418 yes Episode 82: How to Keep an Idiot in Suspense https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-82-how-to-keep-an-idiot-in-suspense SHOW NOTES EPISODE 82: “How to Keep an Idiot In Suspense” This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides the whole podcast rating system is rigged and refuses to accept them. How will he break the system and make podcasts mediocre again? He will keep us in suspense, I guess. (Hint: He really has no ideas at all.) Along the way we talk about the American tradition of people who lose elections not starting a war over their loss, except for that one time when they totally did. We compare Al Gore to George Washington, fitting the Father of our Country and the Father of Our Internet together at last. We also discuss televangelists and why they always need a new plane. (Hint: Can’t get the hooker smell out of the old one) We cover strategies for dealing with Monopoly losers and really wonder why ANYONE plays Monopoly, it goes on FOREVER! There is some small discussion about why threatening to violently overthrow the government of the United States of Ame rica and assassinate its elected leaders is PROBABLY not something you want to say on television. Unless you are cast in a exciting action drama on FX, then it is perfectly fine,. Promotional consideration this week comes from Vaughn’s Voters, literally digging up votes for you! Vaughns, from JFK to Second Bush, we make sure you WIN! We open the show with moments from the FINAL Presidential debate of 2016 and close with Jackson Browne. Citations Needed: Patriot Acts, Breitbart tells us the TRUTH about Ira Glass! Al Gore True American Hero Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 21 Oct 2016 22:16:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 82: “How to Keep an Idiot In S… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 82: “How to Keep an Idiot In Suspense” This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides the whole podcast rating system is rigged and refuses to accept them. How will he break the system and make podcasts mediocre again? He will keep us in suspense, I guess. (Hint: He really has no ideas at all.) Along the way we talk about the American tradition of people who lose elections not starting a war over their loss, except for that one time when they totally did. We compare Al Gore to George Washington, fitting the Father of our Country and the Father of Our Internet together at last. We also discuss televangelists and why they always need a new plane. (Hint: Can’t get the hooker smell out of the old one) We cover strategies for dealing with Monopoly losers and really wonder why ANYONE plays Monopoly, it goes on FOREVER! There is some small discussion about why threatening to violently overthrow the government of the United States of Ame rica and assassinate its elected leaders is PROBABLY not something you want to say on television. Unless you are cast in a exciting action drama on FX, then it is perfectly fine,. Promotional consideration this week comes from Vaughn’s Voters, literally digging up votes for you! Vaughns, from JFK to Second Bush, we make sure you WIN! We open the show with moments from the FINAL Presidential debate of 2016 and close with Jackson Browne. Citations Needed: Patriot Acts, Breitbart tells us the TRUTH about Ira Glass! Al Gore True American Hero Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1705 yes Special Edition #7: "Now We Know Who Is Doing the Raping" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-7-now-we-know-who-is-doing-the-raping In yet another Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe discusses the frankly disturbing allegations by numerous women against Donald Trump for sexual assault. They are disturbing not just for the obvious reasons but for the idea of this tiny orange fingers touching ANYONE! Along the way you get a behind the scenes peek at what it’s like to work on a low rated podcast (Hint: It’s not pretty) and we take a look at the cabal of corporate media colluding with the Clinton Campaign to keep America from being Great Again. We also ponder why it took so long for Trump to call Hillary ugly--it is the closest thing to restraint we’ve seen from this infuriated hamster of a man. He must be so proud. Promotional consideration for this Special Edition is by Perv-A-Way 50,00 volts of fuck off in the palm of your hand. We open the show with Trump asking the question we answer with this Edition and close with the sage advice of the Georgia Satellites Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:55:43 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe In yet another Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe … In yet another Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe discusses the frankly disturbing allegations by numerous women against Donald Trump for sexual assault. They are disturbing not just for the obvious reasons but for the idea of this tiny orange fingers touching ANYONE! Along the way you get a behind the scenes peek at what it’s like to work on a low rated podcast (Hint: It’s not pretty) and we take a look at the cabal of corporate media colluding with the Clinton Campaign to keep America from being Great Again. We also ponder why it took so long for Trump to call Hillary ugly--it is the closest thing to restraint we’ve seen from this infuriated hamster of a man. He must be so proud. Promotional consideration for this Special Edition is by Perv-A-Way 50,00 volts of fuck off in the palm of your hand. We open the show with Trump asking the question we answer with this Edition and close with the sage advice of the Georgia Satellites Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1322 yes Episode 81: "Burn One Down For Me" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-81-burn-one-down-for-me SHOW NOTES EPISODE 81: “Burn One Down For Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a good long look at the burning porta-potties that comprise the remnants of the Grand Old Party and he laughs and laughs like a gleeful child! In a long and painful journey we examine the rise of modern GOP from its inception in 1964 through the ascendancy during the Reagan years all the way through to the delightful crap-splosion occurring before your very eyes. Do not stare directly into the flames unless you are equipped with the special safety goggles. Along the way touch on rectal boils, necrophilia and what one would use in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition to create a golem entirely from poo. (Hint: A Dungeon Master with a VERY sick sense of humor.) We also debunk the notion of the Double Down meeting the essential criteria for sandwich-hood (Bread, it’s the goddamn bread!).The rise of the corporate media is on the table and what happens when Fast Eddie eventually sells the Hut to Rupert Murdoch (Cost: $39.95 and an autographed photo of Shep Smith) We also try to hook Gavin up with Tiffany Trump. Promotional consideration this week by Lonnie’s Life Preservers, when you're up shit creek without a canoe, reach for a Lonnies! We open the show with the saddest minute in cinema not involving Trump grabbing anything anatomical and close with the smooth stylings of Clint Black. Citations Needed: Paul Ryan is not your bitch, but he really is., We don’t need no water let the motherfucker burn, burn motherfucker burn, Profiles in Courage GOP 2016, The Memo that Fucked a Profession, What’s so civil about war anyway?. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:07:23 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 81: “Burn One Down For Me” T… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 81: “Burn One Down For Me” This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a good long look at the burning porta-potties that comprise the remnants of the Grand Old Party and he laughs and laughs like a gleeful child! In a long and painful journey we examine the rise of modern GOP from its inception in 1964 through the ascendancy during the Reagan years all the way through to the delightful crap-splosion occurring before your very eyes. Do not stare directly into the flames unless you are equipped with the special safety goggles. Along the way touch on rectal boils, necrophilia and what one would use in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition to create a golem entirely from poo. (Hint: A Dungeon Master with a VERY sick sense of humor.) We also debunk the notion of the Double Down meeting the essential criteria for sandwich-hood (Bread, it’s the goddamn bread!).The rise of the corporate media is on the table and what happens when Fast Eddie eventually sells the Hut to Rupert Murdoch (Cost: $39.95 and an autographed photo of Shep Smith) We also try to hook Gavin up with Tiffany Trump. Promotional consideration this week by Lonnie’s Life Preservers, when you're up shit creek without a canoe, reach for a Lonnies! We open the show with the saddest minute in cinema not involving Trump grabbing anything anatomical and close with the smooth stylings of Clint Black. Citations Needed: Paul Ryan is not your bitch, but he really is., We don’t need no water let the motherfucker burn, burn motherfucker burn, Profiles in Courage GOP 2016, The Memo that Fucked a Profession, What’s so civil about war anyway?. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 2223 yes Special Edition Six: "Grab Em by the MEOW" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-six-grab-em-by-the-meow SHOW NOTES SPECIAL EDITION SIX: “GRAB ‘EM BY THE *MEOW*” Called in on his day off to talk Trump Tapes, Host Dave Bledsoe is not at all happy about the situation. He breaks down what he said, when he said and wonders why it took insulting a White Woman to really get people mad. (Hint: The country is still really racist). Along the way we discuss the things men in say in lockers rooms (Hint: It usually involved not waving your balls in our face like that) the problems with growing old not grown up and why Producer Gavin is still a virgin. We briefly touch on the revelation that Hillary Clinton is a--we can’t say--A POLITICIAN! We also take ALL the culprits for Trump’s candidacy to task, including this show. Promotion consideration is provided by the new service Backsies, call Backsies and take it all back! We open with the foul language of Trump and close with the The Buggles. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 09 Oct 2016 17:23:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES SPECIAL EDITION SIX: “GRAB ‘EM BY THE … SHOW NOTES SPECIAL EDITION SIX: “GRAB ‘EM BY THE *MEOW*” Called in on his day off to talk Trump Tapes, Host Dave Bledsoe is not at all happy about the situation. He breaks down what he said, when he said and wonders why it took insulting a White Woman to really get people mad. (Hint: The country is still really racist). Along the way we discuss the things men in say in lockers rooms (Hint: It usually involved not waving your balls in our face like that) the problems with growing old not grown up and why Producer Gavin is still a virgin. We briefly touch on the revelation that Hillary Clinton is a--we can’t say--A POLITICIAN! We also take ALL the culprits for Trump’s candidacy to task, including this show. Promotion consideration is provided by the new service Backsies, call Backsies and take it all back! We open with the foul language of Trump and close with the The Buggles. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1555 yes Episode 80: "Johnson Goes Limp" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-80-johnson-goes-limp SHOW NOTES EPISODE 80: “JOHNSON GOES LIMP” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes for the cheap shots while ostensibly talking about the Libertarian Party and their candidate for President. If you think there are dick jokes, you would be correct. Along the way we examine the historical roots of political parties and what they stand for (Hint: Not you) and do a brief overview of Third Parties in America. It’s brief because there isn’t much to say. We look at all the things Gary Johnson would do if he were to be elected and discover they would all seem really, really familiar to Republican Voters. We also discuss what would happen if by magic Libertarians got everything they desired and how to survive in the wreckage of society that ensues, (Hint: Think Zombie Apocalypse) We also deep dive on why children should go to bed a reasonable hour, but honestly this is more a rant on the noisy kid that lives above Dave’s apartment. We share an Aleppo Moment as we try to remember who the Grand Vizier was under Mehmed VI, but really we are only showing off because we know who Mehmed VI actually was. We also get kind of snooty talking about the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, showing that when WE went to college we didn’t just smoke a lot of dope. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Gary’s Weed Hut, offering new options in getting baked, try our new Weed Enema, that shit is amazing. We open the show with a very angry Libertarian and close with Shirley Bassey’s plain talk to the Johnson Campaign. Citations Needed?: All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again, Hey, I just graduated and this crazy, I’m a Libertarian so vote me maybe?, No, seriously this is crazy. Et tu Bill Weld, et tu? Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 07 Oct 2016 23:40:56 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 80: “JOHNSON GOES LIMP” This … SHOW NOTES EPISODE 80: “JOHNSON GOES LIMP” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes for the cheap shots while ostensibly talking about the Libertarian Party and their candidate for President. If you think there are dick jokes, you would be correct. Along the way we examine the historical roots of political parties and what they stand for (Hint: Not you) and do a brief overview of Third Parties in America. It’s brief because there isn’t much to say. We look at all the things Gary Johnson would do if he were to be elected and discover they would all seem really, really familiar to Republican Voters. We also discuss what would happen if by magic Libertarians got everything they desired and how to survive in the wreckage of society that ensues, (Hint: Think Zombie Apocalypse) We also deep dive on why children should go to bed a reasonable hour, but honestly this is more a rant on the noisy kid that lives above Dave’s apartment. We share an Aleppo Moment as we try to remember who the Grand Vizier was under Mehmed VI, but really we are only showing off because we know who Mehmed VI actually was. We also get kind of snooty talking about the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, showing that when WE went to college we didn’t just smoke a lot of dope. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Gary’s Weed Hut, offering new options in getting baked, try our new Weed Enema, that shit is amazing. We open the show with a very angry Libertarian and close with Shirley Bassey’s plain talk to the Johnson Campaign. Citations Needed?: All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again, Hey, I just graduated and this crazy, I’m a Libertarian so vote me maybe?, No, seriously this is crazy. Et tu Bill Weld, et tu? Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1811 yes Episode 79: "Pogo the Clown Is Coming to Town" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-79-pogo-the-clown-is-coming-to-town Show Notes Episode 79: “Pogo the Clown Is Coming to Town” This week Host Dave Bledsoe stops joking around and gets serious when he says the clown can stay but the Ferengi in the monkey suit has got to go! Our show topic this weekend is the extremely unfunny situation with millions of killer clowns crawling the streets of middle America terrorizing good god fearing White folks with their crazy pie throwing and seltzer spraying frivolity! Along the way we examine the root causes of clown fear (Hint: because they fucking creepy) and what to do when you come across a clown on the streets. (Hint: Run screaming) We look at the history of clown sightings around the world and tie the BREXIT to last year’s Northampton Clown. It’s all so clear when we think about it. We also do a deep psychological analysis of the Satanic Panic of the 1980’s with only a minor reference to the time our Mom made us sell all our D&D Books because they made us worship the Devil! WE BOUGHT THEM ALL BACK MOM! Finally, we note any time white people are putting on masks and hoods to square OTHER WHITE PEOPLE, it is actually good thing! Promotional consideration by Creepo the Clown, close your eyes, Creepo is there! We open our show this week with news coverage from the epicenter of the Clownpocalypse in Greenville South Carolina and close with Crispin Glover and just some FUCKED up song about clowns! Honestly what is THAT? Citations Needed: Clown Ground Zero, How handle the panic in Lancaster, Back to Ohio,Cross Dressing Clowns?, Moral Panics, The Satanic Panic, The True Face of Clown Terror, Stephen King is tired of your clown shit!, the War on Clowns. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:28:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 79: “Pogo the Clown Is Coming … Show Notes Episode 79: “Pogo the Clown Is Coming to Town” This week Host Dave Bledsoe stops joking around and gets serious when he says the clown can stay but the Ferengi in the monkey suit has got to go! Our show topic this weekend is the extremely unfunny situation with millions of killer clowns crawling the streets of middle America terrorizing good god fearing White folks with their crazy pie throwing and seltzer spraying frivolity! Along the way we examine the root causes of clown fear (Hint: because they fucking creepy) and what to do when you come across a clown on the streets. (Hint: Run screaming) We look at the history of clown sightings around the world and tie the BREXIT to last year’s Northampton Clown. It’s all so clear when we think about it. We also do a deep psychological analysis of the Satanic Panic of the 1980’s with only a minor reference to the time our Mom made us sell all our D&D Books because they made us worship the Devil! WE BOUGHT THEM ALL BACK MOM! Finally, we note any time white people are putting on masks and hoods to square OTHER WHITE PEOPLE, it is actually good thing! Promotional consideration by Creepo the Clown, close your eyes, Creepo is there! We open our show this week with news coverage from the epicenter of the Clownpocalypse in Greenville South Carolina and close with Crispin Glover and just some FUCKED up song about clowns! Honestly what is THAT? Citations Needed: Clown Ground Zero, How handle the panic in Lancaster, Back to Ohio,Cross Dressing Clowns?, Moral Panics, The Satanic Panic, The True Face of Clown Terror, Stephen King is tired of your clown shit!, the War on Clowns. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1438 yes Episode 77: "Exodus 22-18" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-77-exodus-22-18 SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 77 “EXODUS 22-18” This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs into his bookshelf and cracks open the Malleus Maleficarum for a hard hitting on expose on a certain Presidential Candidate may or may not be a Consort of Satan. Strangely it is NOT the one you might think we would choose. We also examine in detail what EXACTLY is wrong with Hillary Clinton (HInt: She’s tired of your shit!) and why she feels the need to keep it hidden from us. (Hint: We’re not very intelligent!) Along the way we discuss the alleged presence of a secret Wall Street Blood Rejuvenation Center that definitely does not exist, as far as you know. Our research team notes that people get OLD over the course of eight years and we also revisit the good old days of the Internet when a GIF wasn’t a GIF unless is was a flashing “Under Construction” sign. We also posit the Super Flu that is about to break out and destroy the country was presaged by the appearance of Ted Cruz as the Walking Dude. Promotion consideration for this week’s show provided by Hathorne’s Witch Finders, Suffer Ye Not a Witch To Live! We open the show with some crank from the Internet and close with smooth styles of Frank Sinatra! Citations Needed? All the things killing Hillary, Louie Gohmert is mentally impaired, How can you argue with evidence like this?, Illuminati Lapel Pin!!!!, Coincidence? I think not!, Hillary is actually honest, NO REALLY she is!, Hillary and the Duck on the Scales. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:07:05 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 77 “EXODUS 22-18” Thi… SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 77 “EXODUS 22-18” This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs into his bookshelf and cracks open the Malleus Maleficarum for a hard hitting on expose on a certain Presidential Candidate may or may not be a Consort of Satan. Strangely it is NOT the one you might think we would choose. We also examine in detail what EXACTLY is wrong with Hillary Clinton (HInt: She’s tired of your shit!) and why she feels the need to keep it hidden from us. (Hint: We’re not very intelligent!) Along the way we discuss the alleged presence of a secret Wall Street Blood Rejuvenation Center that definitely does not exist, as far as you know. Our research team notes that people get OLD over the course of eight years and we also revisit the good old days of the Internet when a GIF wasn’t a GIF unless is was a flashing “Under Construction” sign. We also posit the Super Flu that is about to break out and destroy the country was presaged by the appearance of Ted Cruz as the Walking Dude. Promotion consideration for this week’s show provided by Hathorne’s Witch Finders, Suffer Ye Not a Witch To Live! We open the show with some crank from the Internet and close with smooth styles of Frank Sinatra! Citations Needed? All the things killing Hillary, Louie Gohmert is mentally impaired, How can you argue with evidence like this?, Illuminati Lapel Pin!!!!, Coincidence? I think not!, Hillary is actually honest, NO REALLY she is!, Hillary and the Duck on the Scales. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1625 yes Special Edition #5: "Baskets of Deplorables" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-5-baskets-of-deplorables SHOW NOTES FOR SPECIAL EDITION #5: “Baskets of Deporables” The Return of Greg Bonecutter Jr! Host Dave Bledsoe woke up to a Twitter Storm about HRC’s speech remarks in NYC last night--apparently the racists are REALLY upset about being called racists. Our heart weeps for their pain. We also revisit last night’s show and take the media to task for not applying the slightest hint of context in pursuit of the Platonic Ideal of a Gaffe Soundbite. So, we present this Special Edition of the show and remind you that if you are voting for Trump, you are a racist! Have a great weekend! Promotional consideration for this Special Edition is by Trumpzar Pictures new animated motion feature “Deplorable You”, featuring the hijinks of trio of adorable Skinhead munchkins in the quest for a perfect Aryan America! We open the show with Hillary’s ACTUAL words and close with They Might Be Giants. We’ve saved this song for a special occasion! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Sep 2016 20:23:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES FOR SPECIAL EDITION #5: “Baskets of D… SHOW NOTES FOR SPECIAL EDITION #5: “Baskets of Deporables” The Return of Greg Bonecutter Jr! Host Dave Bledsoe woke up to a Twitter Storm about HRC’s speech remarks in NYC last night--apparently the racists are REALLY upset about being called racists. Our heart weeps for their pain. We also revisit last night’s show and take the media to task for not applying the slightest hint of context in pursuit of the Platonic Ideal of a Gaffe Soundbite. So, we present this Special Edition of the show and remind you that if you are voting for Trump, you are a racist! Have a great weekend! Promotional consideration for this Special Edition is by Trumpzar Pictures new animated motion feature “Deplorable You”, featuring the hijinks of trio of adorable Skinhead munchkins in the quest for a perfect Aryan America! We open the show with Hillary’s ACTUAL words and close with They Might Be Giants. We’ve saved this song for a special occasion! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 823 yes Episode 76: "Hillary Is Breaking the Curve" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-76-hillary-is-breaking-the-curve SHOW NOTES EPISODE 76: “Hillary Is Breaking the Curve” This week heavily hungover host Dave Bledsoe takes the media back to school where with the help of beautiful English professor and lovable cast of misfits he learns to respect his son and finally EARN that degree! We’re sorry, that is apparently the plot of a Rodney Dangerfield movie. No, in this week’s show we ask whether or not the press is taking it easy on the Donald to make the race more interesting and keep the ratings up through November. (Probably, that or they are scared of him). Along the way we delve into why the lines are so long on the Intrepid, the structural integrity of the sanitary sewers in convents and why Billy Zabka is the quintessential 80’s teen movie villain. (Sweep the leg Johnny!) We also try to cast a Raise Dead on Walter Cronkite only to have him blow his Resurrection Roll. Honestly, the DM is being a real ball buster about this. Promotional consideration is provided by Gary’s Guides to Great World City The Aleppo Edition! We open the show with YouTuber gfreakj’s insights on grading on a curve and close with the music of Wilson Phillips. Shut up, you know you love them! CITATIONS NEEDED? Vox: Trump Can’t Shock Us, WaPo Trump On the Curve, Barry Bitch Slaps the Media. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 09 Sep 2016 23:51:03 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 76: “Hillary Is Breaking the… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 76: “Hillary Is Breaking the Curve” This week heavily hungover host Dave Bledsoe takes the media back to school where with the help of beautiful English professor and lovable cast of misfits he learns to respect his son and finally EARN that degree! We’re sorry, that is apparently the plot of a Rodney Dangerfield movie. No, in this week’s show we ask whether or not the press is taking it easy on the Donald to make the race more interesting and keep the ratings up through November. (Probably, that or they are scared of him). Along the way we delve into why the lines are so long on the Intrepid, the structural integrity of the sanitary sewers in convents and why Billy Zabka is the quintessential 80’s teen movie villain. (Sweep the leg Johnny!) We also try to cast a Raise Dead on Walter Cronkite only to have him blow his Resurrection Roll. Honestly, the DM is being a real ball buster about this. Promotional consideration is provided by Gary’s Guides to Great World City The Aleppo Edition! We open the show with YouTuber gfreakj’s insights on grading on a curve and close with the music of Wilson Phillips. Shut up, you know you love them! CITATIONS NEEDED? Vox: Trump Can’t Shock Us, WaPo Trump On the Curve, Barry Bitch Slaps the Media. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1311 yes Episode 75: "Hola Senor Trump!" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-75-hola-senor-trump SHOW NOTES EPISODE 75: ꜞHOLA SEÑOR TRUMP!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes South of the Border, Down Mexico way, to talk about El Guapo Douchbag Donald Trump’s immigration foibles, flip flops, waffles and finally HateFest 2016! It is muy malo! Along the way we also lament the state of the educational system in the 1970’s when the idea of learning a second language was considered un-American and recognize that admitting you solicited prostitutes in Central America is probably not the best path to a major podcast network deal. Our deep dive is on what passes for a policy in the insane clown posse that we laughingly call the Trump Campaign--honestly it would be off better ran by actual Juggalos. We talk El Donaldos trip to meet with the Mexican President where who will pay for wall never came, because who want to talk about that. We also learn about Señor Stinky the small man who lives in Pena Nieto’s desk. There are several EXTREMELY unkind words about certain Conservative Author whose extreme anger at the sudden but certainly inevitable betrayal by her best pal ever might have made us seek medical attention for an erection lasting longer than four hours. Finally, we explain to immigration as a social necessity to a lot of people far too stupid to understand what we are saying. Not you guys, you guys are cool. Promotional consideration provided for this show by The Tacopocalypse, the end of White America is going to be TASTY! We open the show with Trump Latino Lackey Marco Gutierrez in a Taco Truck Menace Mash Up and close with the song styling of The Refreshments! Citations Needed? The Mythical Connection Between Immigrants and Crime, Trump Finally Clarified His Immigration Stance, and It’s Vile, David Duke LOVED Donald’s Speech Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 02 Sep 2016 21:37:09 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 75: ꜞHOLA SEÑOR TRUMP!” Thi… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 75: ꜞHOLA SEÑOR TRUMP!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes South of the Border, Down Mexico way, to talk about El Guapo Douchbag Donald Trump’s immigration foibles, flip flops, waffles and finally HateFest 2016! It is muy malo! Along the way we also lament the state of the educational system in the 1970’s when the idea of learning a second language was considered un-American and recognize that admitting you solicited prostitutes in Central America is probably not the best path to a major podcast network deal. Our deep dive is on what passes for a policy in the insane clown posse that we laughingly call the Trump Campaign--honestly it would be off better ran by actual Juggalos. We talk El Donaldos trip to meet with the Mexican President where who will pay for wall never came, because who want to talk about that. We also learn about Señor Stinky the small man who lives in Pena Nieto’s desk. There are several EXTREMELY unkind words about certain Conservative Author whose extreme anger at the sudden but certainly inevitable betrayal by her best pal ever might have made us seek medical attention for an erection lasting longer than four hours. Finally, we explain to immigration as a social necessity to a lot of people far too stupid to understand what we are saying. Not you guys, you guys are cool. Promotional consideration provided for this show by The Tacopocalypse, the end of White America is going to be TASTY! We open the show with Trump Latino Lackey Marco Gutierrez in a Taco Truck Menace Mash Up and close with the song styling of The Refreshments! Citations Needed? The Mythical Connection Between Immigrants and Crime, Trump Finally Clarified His Immigration Stance, and It’s Vile, David Duke LOVED Donald’s Speech Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1767 yes Episode 74: Honky See, Honky Do https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-74-honky-see-honky-do Show Notes Episode 74: Honky See, Honky Do This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes back to his roots to discover what the hell is wrong with White People? We’ve learned we definitely CANNOT rule out inbreeding. Along the way we talk about Hillary’s big speech in Reno where she took Donny about behind the woodshed and tanned his ass with a hickory switch. We check in on the Neckbeards and Basement Dwellers calling themselves the “Alt Right” only find their Mom’s have taken their Internet connection away after Hillary told her what they little ones were up too. We blow the doors of the trope that the Angry White Men behind Trump are REALLY upset about the economy. (Hint: They’re not.) We ponder the REAL reason they might be so angry. I don’t care if a rapper said it, you still cannot! Finally we discover some very disturbing images involving a member of the show and why they protect us from being hacked. It is NOT pretty. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is from Honky Brand Crackers, Beige and Boring just like you! Our intro comes from Buzzfeed and the closing music is by Rawcus. White people be! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 26 Aug 2016 23:16:24 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 74: Honky See, Honky Do Thi… Show Notes Episode 74: Honky See, Honky Do This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes back to his roots to discover what the hell is wrong with White People? We’ve learned we definitely CANNOT rule out inbreeding. Along the way we talk about Hillary’s big speech in Reno where she took Donny about behind the woodshed and tanned his ass with a hickory switch. We check in on the Neckbeards and Basement Dwellers calling themselves the “Alt Right” only find their Mom’s have taken their Internet connection away after Hillary told her what they little ones were up too. We blow the doors of the trope that the Angry White Men behind Trump are REALLY upset about the economy. (Hint: They’re not.) We ponder the REAL reason they might be so angry. I don’t care if a rapper said it, you still cannot! Finally we discover some very disturbing images involving a member of the show and why they protect us from being hacked. It is NOT pretty. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is from Honky Brand Crackers, Beige and Boring just like you! Our intro comes from Buzzfeed and the closing music is by Rawcus. White people be! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1174 yes Episode 73: Season of the Bitch https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-73-season-of-the-bitch SHOW NOTES EPISODE 73: “Season of the Bitch” This week Host Dave Bledsoe breaks out his special Clinton Campaign Marrying License and get’s ready to start Gay Marrying unwilling Christians before they are shipped off to the FEMA camp! Along they way, we dive deep into the unrelenting hell on Earth it will be once Hillary is elected for women EVERYWHERE, because MEN are just going to be total twats about it! You haven’t heard that much whining since the last time a sportball game was interrupted by a tornado warning! We rummage around our childhood and discover the thing that ruined it. (Hint: Maturity) We explain to all the upset man children that new movies do not erase the old one and really wonder what life might be like if we had a Proton Pack of our own to zap every whingeing twit who complains about their pathetic pop culture obsession from childhood. Except Dungeons and Dragons, that shit is COOL! We also talk about how NOT to defend your friend when you believe he is falsely accused of rape. And point out that if he WAS accused of rape, it is probably isn’t false. It probably happened. Promotion consideration this week is by Old Man Winter's’ Ghost Rental, when the mask comes off, it’s ALWAYS Old Man Winters. We open the show with the wisdom of Rush “Don’t Ask About the Dominican Boys” Limbaugh and close with Donovan. Because that is how we roll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:47:05 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 73: “Season of the Bitch” Th… SHOW NOTES EPISODE 73: “Season of the Bitch” This week Host Dave Bledsoe breaks out his special Clinton Campaign Marrying License and get’s ready to start Gay Marrying unwilling Christians before they are shipped off to the FEMA camp! Along they way, we dive deep into the unrelenting hell on Earth it will be once Hillary is elected for women EVERYWHERE, because MEN are just going to be total twats about it! You haven’t heard that much whining since the last time a sportball game was interrupted by a tornado warning! We rummage around our childhood and discover the thing that ruined it. (Hint: Maturity) We explain to all the upset man children that new movies do not erase the old one and really wonder what life might be like if we had a Proton Pack of our own to zap every whingeing twit who complains about their pathetic pop culture obsession from childhood. Except Dungeons and Dragons, that shit is COOL! We also talk about how NOT to defend your friend when you believe he is falsely accused of rape. And point out that if he WAS accused of rape, it is probably isn’t false. It probably happened. Promotion consideration this week is by Old Man Winter's’ Ghost Rental, when the mask comes off, it’s ALWAYS Old Man Winters. We open the show with the wisdom of Rush “Don’t Ask About the Dominican Boys” Limbaugh and close with Donovan. Because that is how we roll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1860 yes Episode 72: Don't Panic! https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-72-dont-panic SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 72: “Don’t Panic!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to calm everyone down with some soothing music and sonorous chants he learned spending seven days in Tibet. He was not technically at a Buddhist Monastery, but in what the madam of the Lhasa cathouse assured him was a very “spiritual place”. Speaking of spirituality, we’ve decided Trump Followers are more cult members than a political movement. Here’s hoping they buy some Nikes and applesauce soon. With all the darkness and angst, we thought it best to remind of you all the reasons why a certain Tangerine Punch Bowl Turd will actually NOT be President, From his plummeting poll numbers to how very much he is hated by so many Americans. Along the way we play “This Week In Crazy Shit Trump Said” (If you have assassination on your score please claim your prize with Producer Gavin) We discuss the testicular sweat of a certain washed up retiring Yankee, and who REALLY founded ISIS. (Hint: Archer’s Mom). We also ponder what might have been if Little Marco was still around. I mean he is, sorta, but in Florida and no one cares, not even Floridians. Promotional consideration this week is from returning sponsor, Reality Check, providing a much needed dose of reality to those most in need. We open the show with the minutes from a Trump Campaign meeting, or Joe Pesci and Robert Deniro in Casino, whatever. We close the show Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality”. Keep Calm, Read 538. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:36:28 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 72: “Don’t Panic!” This wee… SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 72: “Don’t Panic!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to calm everyone down with some soothing music and sonorous chants he learned spending seven days in Tibet. He was not technically at a Buddhist Monastery, but in what the madam of the Lhasa cathouse assured him was a very “spiritual place”. Speaking of spirituality, we’ve decided Trump Followers are more cult members than a political movement. Here’s hoping they buy some Nikes and applesauce soon. With all the darkness and angst, we thought it best to remind of you all the reasons why a certain Tangerine Punch Bowl Turd will actually NOT be President, From his plummeting poll numbers to how very much he is hated by so many Americans. Along the way we play “This Week In Crazy Shit Trump Said” (If you have assassination on your score please claim your prize with Producer Gavin) We discuss the testicular sweat of a certain washed up retiring Yankee, and who REALLY founded ISIS. (Hint: Archer’s Mom). We also ponder what might have been if Little Marco was still around. I mean he is, sorta, but in Florida and no one cares, not even Floridians. Promotional consideration this week is from returning sponsor, Reality Check, providing a much needed dose of reality to those most in need. We open the show with the minutes from a Trump Campaign meeting, or Joe Pesci and Robert Deniro in Casino, whatever. We close the show Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality”. Keep Calm, Read 538. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1503 yes Episode 71: Someone Set Us Up the Bomb https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-71-someone-set-us-up-the-bomb Show Notes Episode 71: Someone Set Us Up the Bomb This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers how to not stop worrying and very much fear the Bomb! He would also like someone to get this crying baby out of his studio! In the episode we find that repetition is very good, repetition is very good, as we go through the Chernobyl grade meltdown that is The Donald Trump Campaign for President. Along the way we learn about Series Finale of MASH and what do when that damn chicken just won’t stop clucking. (SPOILER ALERT: It wasn’t a chicken!) We also urge you to never go full Bullworth. Never one to duck hard hitting questions (We will usually Goose), we ponder whether the New York Post in 1809 would run a woodcut print of Dolley Madison’s nudes. (Her body, her choice! We don’t slut shame!) The question of Trump quitting the race is definitively answered, (No) and finally we tell you exactly what need to be done to Stop Trump. (Hint: Some of you aren’t going to like it at all.) Promotional Consideration provided this week by Bill’s Second Hand Medal Shop, all of the Bling None of the Blood! We open the show with Zero Wing and our closing music is David Bowie. Special thanks to Mangolosi for letting me know about Noam, Curtis LeMay and Dr, Strangelove, I TOTALLY Did Not Steal This, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover and Seven Ways to Dump Trump, Jamelle Is Always Right. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:51:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 71: Someone Set Us Up the Bom… Show Notes Episode 71: Someone Set Us Up the Bomb This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers how to not stop worrying and very much fear the Bomb! He would also like someone to get this crying baby out of his studio! In the episode we find that repetition is very good, repetition is very good, as we go through the Chernobyl grade meltdown that is The Donald Trump Campaign for President. Along the way we learn about Series Finale of MASH and what do when that damn chicken just won’t stop clucking. (SPOILER ALERT: It wasn’t a chicken!) We also urge you to never go full Bullworth. Never one to duck hard hitting questions (We will usually Goose), we ponder whether the New York Post in 1809 would run a woodcut print of Dolley Madison’s nudes. (Her body, her choice! We don’t slut shame!) The question of Trump quitting the race is definitively answered, (No) and finally we tell you exactly what need to be done to Stop Trump. (Hint: Some of you aren’t going to like it at all.) Promotional Consideration provided this week by Bill’s Second Hand Medal Shop, all of the Bling None of the Blood! We open the show with Zero Wing and our closing music is David Bowie. Special thanks to Mangolosi for letting me know about Noam, Curtis LeMay and Dr, Strangelove, I TOTALLY Did Not Steal This, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover and Seven Ways to Dump Trump, Jamelle Is Always Right. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1678 yes An Open Letter on Sacrifice https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/an-open-letter-on-sacrifice I’ve been accused of wearing my veteran status like a coat, which I don for political convenience. So, let me lay it aside for a moment. Let me speak instead as a member of a military family. If Donald Trump wants to know what sacrifice is, and he seems to need some education, look no further than a military family. Imagine your spouse, your parent and the hours they work, extend those by four or six hours on a normal day. Now add missed weekends and holidays, something so common that having them home is notable than their absence. The phone rings in the middle of the night and a father or mother isn’t there in the morning when you wake up. Your goodbyes ares a kiss on the head while you are sleeping. If you are fortunate, you will see them shortly, if not it may be months or ..or never. Explain to your child why Mommy or Daddy is gone, again, that is a sacrifice. Pack your life into boxes and move around the world every two or three years. Leave schools and friends behind and start over again and again. Do it before Facebook and email so when you leave them, you know it is forever. Like you or they never existed. Attend six different schools between First Grade and graduation. The only consolation is you are just one of the New Kids in school, each just as a frightened and lonely as you. Live through the months, or years without your spouse at home to help. Pay the bills, keep the house, see to the children all alone while your husband or wife is deployed. Imagine the years before email or video chats, waiting for a scratchy phone call over satellite likely to disconnect in mid I love you. Or when letters sent from around the world carried the love and longing the soldier feels and hide the fear they cannot express because they don’t want you to worry. You hide that fear causing you to worry every moment, a fear you hide from your children so THEY won’t worry. The worry your child feels because you are worried and they don’t know why. Learn to watch television for news about the war, keep a map in your head of where the fighting is and where your loved one was the last time your spoke to them. Read about the range of missiles in the desert and measure it against the distance between them and your father. Stop in front of a television every time you pass to see if some new horror descended from the sky in the middle of the night half a world away. Now, double that, one for your husband, one for your son, each far from home and in harm’s way. Live with this for six months. Watch the faces of other families in their pain and loss and live with the secret relief that it wasn’t you. This time. Live with the fear of next time. Lose your child, your spouse, your sibling, your parent in service to their country. A Service we didn’t volunteer for, aren’t paid, but we make the sacrifice too. If we are fortunate, the time we lose with our loved ones is finite, if not, it’s forever. So, we ask again. What have YOU sacrificed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:41:38 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe I’ve been accused of wearing my veteran status li… I’ve been accused of wearing my veteran status like a coat, which I don for political convenience. So, let me lay it aside for a moment. Let me speak instead as a member of a military family. If Donald Trump wants to know what sacrifice is, and he seems to need some education, look no further than a military family. Imagine your spouse, your parent and the hours they work, extend those by four or six hours on a normal day. Now add missed weekends and holidays, something so common that having them home is notable than their absence. The phone rings in the middle of the night and a father or mother isn’t there in the morning when you wake up. Your goodbyes ares a kiss on the head while you are sleeping. If you are fortunate, you will see them shortly, if not it may be months or ..or never. Explain to your child why Mommy or Daddy is gone, again, that is a sacrifice. Pack your life into boxes and move around the world every two or three years. Leave schools and friends behind and start over again and again. Do it before Facebook and email so when you leave them, you know it is forever. Like you or they never existed. Attend six different schools between First Grade and graduation. The only consolation is you are just one of the New Kids in school, each just as a frightened and lonely as you. Live through the months, or years without your spouse at home to help. Pay the bills, keep the house, see to the children all alone while your husband or wife is deployed. Imagine the years before email or video chats, waiting for a scratchy phone call over satellite likely to disconnect in mid I love you. Or when letters sent from around the world carried the love and longing the soldier feels and hide the fear they cannot express because they don’t want you to worry. You hide that fear causing you to worry every moment, a fear you hide from your children so THEY won’t worry. The worry your child feels because you are worried and they don’t know why. Learn to watch television for news about the war, keep a map in your head of where the fighting is and where your loved one was the last time your spoke to them. Read about the range of missiles in the desert and measure it against the distance between them and your father. Stop in front of a television every time you pass to see if some new horror descended from the sky in the middle of the night half a world away. Now, double that, one for your husband, one for your son, each far from home and in harm’s way. Live with this for six months. Watch the faces of other families in their pain and loss and live with the secret relief that it wasn’t you. This time. Live with the fear of next time. Lose your child, your spouse, your sibling, your parent in service to their country. A Service we didn’t volunteer for, aren’t paid, but we make the sacrifice too. If we are fortunate, the time we lose with our loved ones is finite, if not, it’s forever. So, we ask again. What have YOU sacrificed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 225 yes Episode 70: The Truth Is Out There https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-70-the-truth-is-out-there 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 of the DNC Debbie Wasserman Schultz who ranks next the Smoking Man as the most devious manipulator of Americans who ever lived. Except, you know, she really, really sucked at the secret part of secret conspiracies, Claude Rains has come back the dead to express his shock over the DNC’s bias! We also talk about why Russian MIGHT want to see a certain someone in power, even though we don’t wish anyone to infer we are even suggesting such a thing might be true. We can’t afford the legal fees. Special shout outs to our favorite Watergate Burglar G. Gordon Liddy, Tom Brady and Leonard Rodriguez from Greendale. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Vladimirs Cyber-Security, you have secret? Give to Vlad! We open with Chris D'elia’s thoughts on Russian cheerfulness and close with Tears for Fears, because everybody DOES want to rule the world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:01:24 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe wipes the Cheez Whiz … 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 of the DNC Debbie Wasserman Schultz who ranks next the Smoking Man as the most devious manipulator of Americans who ever lived. Except, you know, she really, really sucked at the secret part of secret conspiracies, Claude Rains has come back the dead to express his shock over the DNC’s bias! We also talk about why Russian MIGHT want to see a certain someone in power, even though we don’t wish anyone to infer we are even suggesting such a thing might be true. We can’t afford the legal fees. Special shout outs to our favorite Watergate Burglar G. Gordon Liddy, Tom Brady and Leonard Rodriguez from Greendale. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Vladimirs Cyber-Security, you have secret? Give to Vlad! We open with Chris D'elia’s thoughts on Russian cheerfulness and close with Tears for Fears, because everybody DOES want to rule the world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1608 yes Episode 69: "Escape From America" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-69-escape-from-america 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, we feel so dirty. So very dirty. We also go into great detail about what the hell is going on in Trump’s America, because we are taking a look around and it does NOT resemble a John Carpenter movie where we live, and we live in “scary” part of Manhattan. (It’s not). You can call us Snake or you can call us Plissken, just don’t call us and say our check bounced again because we made sure the money was there! We open the show this week with monologue from Escape From New York (duh!) and close with Mike and Mechanics “Silent Running” (No, even we don’t know what this song is about). Promotional consideration provided by Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V Speechwriters, the official speechwriters of Melania Trump! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:01:12 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe discovers that friend… 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, we feel so dirty. So very dirty. We also go into great detail about what the hell is going on in Trump’s America, because we are taking a look around and it does NOT resemble a John Carpenter movie where we live, and we live in “scary” part of Manhattan. (It’s not). You can call us Snake or you can call us Plissken, just don’t call us and say our check bounced again because we made sure the money was there! We open the show this week with monologue from Escape From New York (duh!) and close with Mike and Mechanics “Silent Running” (No, even we don’t know what this song is about). Promotional consideration provided by Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V Speechwriters, the official speechwriters of Melania Trump! Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1401 yes Episode 68 Convention Junction https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-68-convention-junction 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 AREN’T at the #GOPConvention, and the losers who are. We discuss what you are likely to hear from whom, and how the Benghazi nuts will bring the best show of the week! Seriously, catch those bastards, they are HILARIOUS! We also want to celebrate the Ascension of the being we know as Ted Cruz and wish him and his family a very happy Ritual of HgahNAHXtNEH! We hope that when he emerges from chrysalis in four years, his form is not one of His fifty four incarnations which cause insanity in humans! We touch on the #DumpTrump movement, on Mike Pence None the Richer and his turn as the Veep and close out the show with balloons, MORE BALLOONS! Promotional consideration is by Alvin’s Army Surplus of Akron, the opening drop is from the movie PCU and closing music is Hank Williams All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight, because it is going to be that kind of convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 16 Jul 2016 19:58:19 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES EPISODE 68: CONVENTION JUNCTION This … 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 AREN’T at the #GOPConvention, and the losers who are. We discuss what you are likely to hear from whom, and how the Benghazi nuts will bring the best show of the week! Seriously, catch those bastards, they are HILARIOUS! We also want to celebrate the Ascension of the being we know as Ted Cruz and wish him and his family a very happy Ritual of HgahNAHXtNEH! We hope that when he emerges from chrysalis in four years, his form is not one of His fifty four incarnations which cause insanity in humans! We touch on the #DumpTrump movement, on Mike Pence None the Richer and his turn as the Veep and close out the show with balloons, MORE BALLOONS! Promotional consideration is by Alvin’s Army Surplus of Akron, the opening drop is from the movie PCU and closing music is Hank Williams All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight, because it is going to be that kind of convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1587 yes Episode 67 This Is NOT Who We Are https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-67-this-is-not-who-we-are 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 heal after this awful week. We are not going to spend a lot of time here in the show notes going over what is actually in the show. Suffice it to say when it is over, we hope you take away something more than you usually do from listening. We hope you find a little compassion, humanity and hope. The closing music for this week’s show is by Tracy Chapman. There is no opening drop or sponsor. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:35:22 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 67: “THIS IS NOT WHO WE A… 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 heal after this awful week. We are not going to spend a lot of time here in the show notes going over what is actually in the show. Suffice it to say when it is over, we hope you take away something more than you usually do from listening. We hope you find a little compassion, humanity and hope. The closing music for this week’s show is by Tracy Chapman. There is no opening drop or sponsor. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1521 yes Episode 66 Independence Day https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-66-independence-day 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 show with The Whitest Kids you Know and closes with Martina McBride. Promotional consideration provided by Zebediah’s Muskets and Kentucky Rifles. I honestly cannot believe he is doing this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 01 Jul 2016 21:25:28 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Happy Birthday ‘Murca! In this episode of the sh… 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 show with The Whitest Kids you Know and closes with Martina McBride. Promotional consideration provided by Zebediah’s Muskets and Kentucky Rifles. I honestly cannot believe he is doing this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 889 yes Episode 65 Save Whitey https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-65-save-whitey 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 America where our own White Folks are starting shitter fires at the Tractor Pull. (We’re WAY past dumpster fires here folks) . We give a shout out to our Sister Show on the Fast Eddies’ Podcast Hut Network, “Ere, what up in yer gob yah bleedin’ sod” hosted by Reggie Smythwick Jones--what up Reg! We go over little things like the Civil War, Gavin’s tragic choice to try online dating, and how you are forced to break Godwin’s Law when you discuss working at an Amazon distro warehouse. We ALSO provide some fairly simple solutions to the biggest problems afflicting White People in America and they do NOT require internment camps, given up their guns, or being converted to homosexuality. They DO require voting for Hillary Clinton, so I expect they will think this is equally awful. We open the show with Trumpiest Trump Supporter Who Ever Trumped, this week and close out with Bocephus telling us all it will all right if you don’t go anywhere near where you might actually find a job. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:15:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes for Episode 65: “Save Whitey” This … 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 America where our own White Folks are starting shitter fires at the Tractor Pull. (We’re WAY past dumpster fires here folks) . We give a shout out to our Sister Show on the Fast Eddies’ Podcast Hut Network, “Ere, what up in yer gob yah bleedin’ sod” hosted by Reggie Smythwick Jones--what up Reg! We go over little things like the Civil War, Gavin’s tragic choice to try online dating, and how you are forced to break Godwin’s Law when you discuss working at an Amazon distro warehouse. We ALSO provide some fairly simple solutions to the biggest problems afflicting White People in America and they do NOT require internment camps, given up their guns, or being converted to homosexuality. They DO require voting for Hillary Clinton, so I expect they will think this is equally awful. We open the show with Trumpiest Trump Supporter Who Ever Trumped, this week and close out with Bocephus telling us all it will all right if you don’t go anywhere near where you might actually find a job. Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1487 yes Episode 64: "Love the Way You Lie": https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-64 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 of like you when you found out the truth about Santa Claus. Like Elvis Costello’s mirror he’s going to tell you things he loves you too much to say any other time. Unlike Elvis Presley’s mirror, it will not make you think sequined jumpsuits are a good idea. Along the way we discover the horror of naked bathroom selfies, why 80’s pop music is the purest form of wistful nostalgia, the scientific principle behind the Gun Event Horizon and explain the logical fallacy of the customer ever being right. This is not a show to listen to if you enjoy blissful ignorance. Promotional consideration is brought to you by Earl’s Elite Excrement Expeditors, Earl’s We Get Shit Done! We open the show with the actual words of actual Trump supporters from Buzzfeed’s “No One Knows Anything” Podcast, truer words have never been spoken, we close with really--Eminem and Rihanna can we DO that? Fact-checking Trump's demagogic rhetoric after Orlando terror attack Gun Violence Archive Odds of Being Killed By Terrorist “No One Knows Anything” Buzzfeed’s Politics Podcast You are NOT Special Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 18 Jun 2016 00:01:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe is done with your bul… 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 of like you when you found out the truth about Santa Claus. Like Elvis Costello’s mirror he’s going to tell you things he loves you too much to say any other time. Unlike Elvis Presley’s mirror, it will not make you think sequined jumpsuits are a good idea. Along the way we discover the horror of naked bathroom selfies, why 80’s pop music is the purest form of wistful nostalgia, the scientific principle behind the Gun Event Horizon and explain the logical fallacy of the customer ever being right. This is not a show to listen to if you enjoy blissful ignorance. Promotional consideration is brought to you by Earl’s Elite Excrement Expeditors, Earl’s We Get Shit Done! We open the show with the actual words of actual Trump supporters from Buzzfeed’s “No One Knows Anything” Podcast, truer words have never been spoken, we close with really--Eminem and Rihanna can we DO that? Fact-checking Trump's demagogic rhetoric after Orlando terror attack Gun Violence Archive Odds of Being Killed By Terrorist “No One Knows Anything” Buzzfeed’s Politics Podcast You are NOT Special Hypnostate provides the music in our opening credits. The Show on Twitter The Show on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud www,whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1834 yes Episode 63: You're Going to Make It After All https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-63-youre-going-to-make-it-after-all 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 go on HOURS! Along the way we examine questions about evolvings tastes in Country and Western music, why the financial industry is good for America, the secret chemical in the chicken that makes you crave it fortnightly and the relative merits of keeping your maiden name. For some reason we go on quite a while about handjobs, which will make sense in time. We hope. We will definitely find out why Gavin still uses a Motorola StarTac flip phone. Our show is sponsored this week by Wall Street, who want you to know they OWN you. We open with Kate McKinnon’s perfect Hillary and close with my favorite TV theme song ever, I am THRILLED to finally use it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 10 Jun 2016 23:58:11 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe opens up the Big Book… 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 go on HOURS! Along the way we examine questions about evolvings tastes in Country and Western music, why the financial industry is good for America, the secret chemical in the chicken that makes you crave it fortnightly and the relative merits of keeping your maiden name. For some reason we go on quite a while about handjobs, which will make sense in time. We hope. We will definitely find out why Gavin still uses a Motorola StarTac flip phone. Our show is sponsored this week by Wall Street, who want you to know they OWN you. We open with Kate McKinnon’s perfect Hillary and close with my favorite TV theme song ever, I am THRILLED to finally use it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1630 yes Special Edition 4 For What Its Worth https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-4-for-what-its-worth 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, Gavin’s personal grooming habits and why didn’t any of you pay attention in history class. We insult pretty much EVERY segment of the American population and explain why we need to the vapid, listless, torpid American vote to win. Also, modern protest songs really SUCK. We open with angry people being angry and close with Buffalo Springfield. THAT is a protest song! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 05 Jun 2016 18:31:16 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe In this Special Edition Host Dave Bledsoe gives u… 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, Gavin’s personal grooming habits and why didn’t any of you pay attention in history class. We insult pretty much EVERY segment of the American population and explain why we need to the vapid, listless, torpid American vote to win. Also, modern protest songs really SUCK. We open with angry people being angry and close with Buffalo Springfield. THAT is a protest song! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 906 yes Episode 62 Gorilla Warfare https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-62-gorilla-warfare 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 and what it means to be a true hero. (Hint, it involves a golf ball and a LOT of kegel exercises.) Additionally we learn the proper poetic form for issuing a death threat, the Sestina, and discover our host’s childhood fascination with doody. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Abe’s Ape on a Stick, all the flavor of Real Ape™in a cruelty free soy bar! Abe’s so good, you will never know it isn’t Ape! We open the show with the wise words of Dr. Zaius--oh oh Dr, Zaius--and close with the musical stylings of The Dickies! Remember all Death Threats should be addressed to Producer Gavin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 03 Jun 2016 23:28:38 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe scales the Empire Sta… 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 and what it means to be a true hero. (Hint, it involves a golf ball and a LOT of kegel exercises.) Additionally we learn the proper poetic form for issuing a death threat, the Sestina, and discover our host’s childhood fascination with doody. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Abe’s Ape on a Stick, all the flavor of Real Ape™in a cruelty free soy bar! Abe’s so good, you will never know it isn’t Ape! We open the show with the wise words of Dr. Zaius--oh oh Dr, Zaius--and close with the musical stylings of The Dickies! Remember all Death Threats should be addressed to Producer Gavin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1370 yes Episode 61 Own The Media https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-61-own-the-media 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 about the news. As a refreshing change the only political philosophy we will be insulting this week is Libertarianism, which isn’t even a real philosophy, it’s something that only exists after three bowls of killer weed in your college freshman dorm! Along the way we learn about Bubba the Love Sponge, that Dave has a sex tape (everyone was doing them in those days!) and laugh until we pee a little over the name Vandersloot! Come for the lurid tales of Silicon Valley gay sex, stay for the death of democracy! You really don’t get the Garfield thing at all do you? Do you people even NPR? Promotional considerations this week provided by Khan Noonien Singh’s Klingon Cuisine, try our still beating Heart of Targh! The show opens with Khan explaining why all Klingon food is served cold, and ends with Kelly Clarkson’s soft lament to lost love. Peter Thiel is a total asswad, I mean a complete PRICK. Peter Thiel just gave other billionaires a dangerous blueprint for perverting philanthropy Vandersloot is a funny name What the HELL on Twitter What the HELL on Facebook What the HELL on Soundcloud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 27 May 2016 21:53:09 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 61: “Own the Media” This wee… 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 about the news. As a refreshing change the only political philosophy we will be insulting this week is Libertarianism, which isn’t even a real philosophy, it’s something that only exists after three bowls of killer weed in your college freshman dorm! Along the way we learn about Bubba the Love Sponge, that Dave has a sex tape (everyone was doing them in those days!) and laugh until we pee a little over the name Vandersloot! Come for the lurid tales of Silicon Valley gay sex, stay for the death of democracy! You really don’t get the Garfield thing at all do you? Do you people even NPR? Promotional considerations this week provided by Khan Noonien Singh’s Klingon Cuisine, try our still beating Heart of Targh! The show opens with Khan explaining why all Klingon food is served cold, and ends with Kelly Clarkson’s soft lament to lost love. Peter Thiel is a total asswad, I mean a complete PRICK. Peter Thiel just gave other billionaires a dangerous blueprint for perverting philanthropy Vandersloot is a funny name What the HELL on Twitter What the HELL on Facebook What the HELL on Soundcloud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1672 yes Episode 60 Bad News About The Unicorn https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-60-bad-news-about-the-unicorn 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 about the rules, and how they are there for everyone, not just the special snowflakes who don’t like them because they are losing. Also, if Jennifer Lawrence IS looking to get it on with a pudgy middle aged podcaster, we would totally be into that! Call us JLaw! Careful listeners will hear a fairly obscure reference to the 1980’s gaming culture, well obscure to people who weren’t in role playing game culture in the 1980’s anyway. We open the show with a drop from professional wrestling, who took chair tossing from my childhood rumpus room and transformed into pure fucking art. We close with the Irish Rovers, though not their BEST song about mythic animals, though the Sasquatch Song was is so obscene I can’t even play it on this podcast. Just disturbing. Promotional Consideration this week by Lawson’s “Tosser” Folding Chair, the preferred chair of pro-wrestlers and angry Sander’s Delegates. Don’t forget to #AskAPodcaster all your pressing questions! Snopes on the Chair Throwing: Unproven (It’s a rhetorical metaphor people!) Show Theme: Prelude to Common Sense by Hypnostate What the HELL on Twitter What the HELL on Facebook What the HELL on Soundcloud What the HELL Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 20 May 2016 23:27:29 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes for Episode 60: Bad News About the Un… 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 about the rules, and how they are there for everyone, not just the special snowflakes who don’t like them because they are losing. Also, if Jennifer Lawrence IS looking to get it on with a pudgy middle aged podcaster, we would totally be into that! Call us JLaw! Careful listeners will hear a fairly obscure reference to the 1980’s gaming culture, well obscure to people who weren’t in role playing game culture in the 1980’s anyway. We open the show with a drop from professional wrestling, who took chair tossing from my childhood rumpus room and transformed into pure fucking art. We close with the Irish Rovers, though not their BEST song about mythic animals, though the Sasquatch Song was is so obscene I can’t even play it on this podcast. Just disturbing. Promotional Consideration this week by Lawson’s “Tosser” Folding Chair, the preferred chair of pro-wrestlers and angry Sander’s Delegates. Don’t forget to #AskAPodcaster all your pressing questions! Snopes on the Chair Throwing: Unproven (It’s a rhetorical metaphor people!) Show Theme: Prelude to Common Sense by Hypnostate What the HELL on Twitter What the HELL on Facebook What the HELL on Soundcloud What the HELL Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1347 yes Episode 59 Mirror In The Bathroom https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-59-mirror-in-the-bathroom 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 Dresser (hint: One is AWESOME and the other is some dude wearing his wife’s support hose in their bedroom.) We sing the hits at Ray Ray’s Clam Shack Kenny Karaoke along with Edna Mae, she does a MEAN Linda Ronstadt, learn that you really only have to worry about taking home a transgender person if you are out TRYING to take home a transgender person. Finally, we ask some hard questions about Producer Gavin’s My Little Pony Cosplay outfits. It promises to be really awkward for everyone! Promotional consideration this week is by Golden Flow personal catheters, strap it on and never worry about perverts in the bathroom again! Our opening drop is courtesy of an WPIX and an Angry Woman on the Subway and we close the show with English Beat’s Mirror in the Bathroom. Angry Idiot on the Subway from WPIX Transgender Suicide Attempt Rates Are Staggering RSS board: High schoolers will be allowed to carry pepper spray 'Duck Dynasty' Patriarch Phil Robertson Wades Into Transgender Bathroom Controversy How anti-trans conservatives turn left-wing rhetoric to their advantage. Seattle man undresses in women's locker room at local pool to test new transgender bathroom rule What the HELL Twitter What the HELL Facebook What the HELL Soundcloud What the HELL Website Hypnostate on Jamendo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 13 May 2016 23:40:34 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes for Episode 59: “Mirror In the Bathro… 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 Dresser (hint: One is AWESOME and the other is some dude wearing his wife’s support hose in their bedroom.) We sing the hits at Ray Ray’s Clam Shack Kenny Karaoke along with Edna Mae, she does a MEAN Linda Ronstadt, learn that you really only have to worry about taking home a transgender person if you are out TRYING to take home a transgender person. Finally, we ask some hard questions about Producer Gavin’s My Little Pony Cosplay outfits. It promises to be really awkward for everyone! Promotional consideration this week is by Golden Flow personal catheters, strap it on and never worry about perverts in the bathroom again! Our opening drop is courtesy of an WPIX and an Angry Woman on the Subway and we close the show with English Beat’s Mirror in the Bathroom. Angry Idiot on the Subway from WPIX Transgender Suicide Attempt Rates Are Staggering RSS board: High schoolers will be allowed to carry pepper spray 'Duck Dynasty' Patriarch Phil Robertson Wades Into Transgender Bathroom Controversy How anti-trans conservatives turn left-wing rhetoric to their advantage. Seattle man undresses in women's locker room at local pool to test new transgender bathroom rule What the HELL Twitter What the HELL Facebook What the HELL Soundcloud What the HELL Website Hypnostate on Jamendo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1546 yes Episode 58 When The House Burned Down https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-58-when-the-house-burned-down 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 choice is for Donald Trump. Along the way we meet the Platonic Ideal of a Trump Voter and vigorously argue that you do NOT want Greg Bonecutter Jr, a name we only WISH we made up, deciding the future of the Republic, So, stop sulking and do what you know you need to do, otherwise you will be in the house when it all burns down. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Ass Relax, helping you shit and get off the pot. Our opening drop is from the movie Heathers, and we close the show with Warren Zevon. Meet Greg Bonecutter Jr. Hypnostate What the HELL on Soundcloud What the HELL on Twitter What the HELL on Facebook What the Hell Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 08 May 2016 00:09:04 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes for Episode 58: When the House Burned… 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 choice is for Donald Trump. Along the way we meet the Platonic Ideal of a Trump Voter and vigorously argue that you do NOT want Greg Bonecutter Jr, a name we only WISH we made up, deciding the future of the Republic, So, stop sulking and do what you know you need to do, otherwise you will be in the house when it all burns down. Promotional consideration for this week’s show is by Ass Relax, helping you shit and get off the pot. Our opening drop is from the movie Heathers, and we close the show with Warren Zevon. Meet Greg Bonecutter Jr. Hypnostate What the HELL on Soundcloud What the HELL on Twitter What the HELL on Facebook What the Hell Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1328 yes Episode 57 Going To The End Of The Line https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-57-going-to-the-end-of-the-line 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 victory. Along the way we look at the storybook career of Carly Fiorina, if the stories were written by the Brother’s Grimm. We get our Vaudeville on for some reason and we talk about the Donald’s new campaign man’s ties to criminals, and not the just ones in the Reagan and Bush Administrations. Shout out to John Boehner who we kinda didn’t like in Congress but is really growing on us in private life! Our opener this week is from the movie Election, which is looking more and prescient every day and we close the show with the Travelling Wilburys. Promotional consideration for this week’s episode comes from Desperation, a scent for Republicans. Links to Content: Donald Trump Will Be the Republican Nominee for President. Don’t Ever Get Used to It. John Boehner Compares Ted Cruz to Satan, Says He Wouldn’t Vote for Him in November Our show music by Hypnostate The What the HELL Twitter Feed What the HELL Facebook What the HELL Soundcloud What the HELL Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 Apr 2016 23:37:08 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Show Notes Episode 57: Going to the End of the Li… 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 victory. Along the way we look at the storybook career of Carly Fiorina, if the stories were written by the Brother’s Grimm. We get our Vaudeville on for some reason and we talk about the Donald’s new campaign man’s ties to criminals, and not the just ones in the Reagan and Bush Administrations. Shout out to John Boehner who we kinda didn’t like in Congress but is really growing on us in private life! Our opener this week is from the movie Election, which is looking more and prescient every day and we close the show with the Travelling Wilburys. Promotional consideration for this week’s episode comes from Desperation, a scent for Republicans. Links to Content: Donald Trump Will Be the Republican Nominee for President. Don’t Ever Get Used to It. John Boehner Compares Ted Cruz to Satan, Says He Wouldn’t Vote for Him in November Our show music by Hypnostate The What the HELL Twitter Feed What the HELL Facebook What the HELL Soundcloud What the HELL Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1385 yes Episode 56 Waiting For A Reagan Like You https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-56-waiting-for-a-reagan-like-you 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 mules, the likelihood of Monsanto creating a man eating Summer Squash and why in the name of God Producer Gavin would mix Mountain Dew Code Red with Jameson--that sick son of a bitch. We also point out that while yes, liberals are smug bastards, we are only smug because we are right all the time. Our opening clip is a gem of a commercial from the 90’s about the game Scattergories, and we close the show with the music of Foreigner. It’s the Episode you’ve been waiting to come into your life. The Smug Style of American Liberalism on Vox.com http://www.vox.com/2016/4/21/11451378/smug-american-liberalism Hypnostate on Jamendo https://www.jamendo.com/artist/353335/hypnostate?language=en @thehell_Podcast on Twitter www.whatthehellpodcast.com Find us on Google Play Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 22 Apr 2016 23:52:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week Host Dave Bledsoe distributes soothing … 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 mules, the likelihood of Monsanto creating a man eating Summer Squash and why in the name of God Producer Gavin would mix Mountain Dew Code Red with Jameson--that sick son of a bitch. We also point out that while yes, liberals are smug bastards, we are only smug because we are right all the time. Our opening clip is a gem of a commercial from the 90’s about the game Scattergories, and we close the show with the music of Foreigner. It’s the Episode you’ve been waiting to come into your life. The Smug Style of American Liberalism on Vox.com http://www.vox.com/2016/4/21/11451378/smug-american-liberalism Hypnostate on Jamendo https://www.jamendo.com/artist/353335/hypnostate?language=en @thehell_Podcast on Twitter www.whatthehellpodcast.com Find us on Google Play Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1397 yes Episode 55 Governing The Sh - T Out Of America https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-55-governing-the-sh-t-out-of-america 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 way we have breakfast at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, lament our lost Summer of 1982 and ponder Gavin’s Trapper Keeper cover art. Host Dave Bledsoe even submits his own entry for a Hillary Clinton campaign commercial--call us Hill, we work CHEAP! If you like nostalgic walks down memory lane, pina coladas and gettin caught in the rain, then our One Year Anniversary Show, Episode #55: Govern the Shit Out of It Edition is one you can’t miss. The show’s closing music is Survivor’s The Search is Over. We’re sorry. www.whathehellpodcast.com @TheHell_Podcast on the Twitter What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast on Facebook What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast on Soundcloud Hypnostate on Jamendo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:30:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Episode 55: Govern the Shit Out of It Edition O… 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 way we have breakfast at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, lament our lost Summer of 1982 and ponder Gavin’s Trapper Keeper cover art. Host Dave Bledsoe even submits his own entry for a Hillary Clinton campaign commercial--call us Hill, we work CHEAP! If you like nostalgic walks down memory lane, pina coladas and gettin caught in the rain, then our One Year Anniversary Show, Episode #55: Govern the Shit Out of It Edition is one you can’t miss. The show’s closing music is Survivor’s The Search is Over. We’re sorry. www.whathehellpodcast.com @TheHell_Podcast on the Twitter What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast on Facebook What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast on Soundcloud Hypnostate on Jamendo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1800 yes Episode 54 : Don't Throw ME In that Briar Patch https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-54-dont-throw-me-in-that-briar-patch 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. Also, an explainer on why running for political office is the worst job in America. (Hint: Corndogs.) We wrap up with a vicious criticism of Ted Cruz being a Rules Lawyer AND a Munchkin. The into clip is the least offensively racist thing we could pull from Song of the South, the movie not the Alabama song which is actually pretty good. Our “research” materials comes from Politico, New York Magazine and The New Republic. Our closing credits song is YMCA by the Village People for reasons that will abundantly clear. @thehell_podcast on Twitter What the HELL Were You Thinking on Facebook www.whatthehelllpodcast.com What the HELL Were You Thinking on Soundcloud Hypnostate the Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 08 Apr 2016 23:39:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Back from hiatus in our deluxe new studios, which… 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. Also, an explainer on why running for political office is the worst job in America. (Hint: Corndogs.) We wrap up with a vicious criticism of Ted Cruz being a Rules Lawyer AND a Munchkin. The into clip is the least offensively racist thing we could pull from Song of the South, the movie not the Alabama song which is actually pretty good. Our “research” materials comes from Politico, New York Magazine and The New Republic. Our closing credits song is YMCA by the Village People for reasons that will abundantly clear. @thehell_podcast on Twitter What the HELL Were You Thinking on Facebook www.whatthehelllpodcast.com What the HELL Were You Thinking on Soundcloud Hypnostate the Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1361 yes Episode 53 I Know You Are But What Am I https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-53-i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i 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 pain spared! We talk briefly about Cruz Patrols and why they are just fucking stupid and why Kasich won’t take his toys and go home. The show will also be going on hiatus for the next two weeks as we are moving studios, but will return in April with our Big Anniversary Show! One year of podcasts! Who would’ve thought when we started we were so angry we might still be doing these a year later? We open the show with PeeWee’s Big Adventure, and close with Blink 162’s “What’s My Age Again” You can hear all about Jefferson and Hamilton’s pissing matches here. (Bet you won’t hear THAT in the Broadway show!) Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense on Jamendo @TheHell_Podcast on Twitter The Show on Facebook The show on Soundcloud All of the shows at www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:17:09 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week the show looks at the man children domi… 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 pain spared! We talk briefly about Cruz Patrols and why they are just fucking stupid and why Kasich won’t take his toys and go home. The show will also be going on hiatus for the next two weeks as we are moving studios, but will return in April with our Big Anniversary Show! One year of podcasts! Who would’ve thought when we started we were so angry we might still be doing these a year later? We open the show with PeeWee’s Big Adventure, and close with Blink 162’s “What’s My Age Again” You can hear all about Jefferson and Hamilton’s pissing matches here. (Bet you won’t hear THAT in the Broadway show!) Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense on Jamendo @TheHell_Podcast on Twitter The Show on Facebook The show on Soundcloud All of the shows at www.whatthehellpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1198 yes Episode 52 So Long And Thanks For All The Votes https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-52-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-votes 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 tiny touch of schadenfreude. From the decline of manufacturing jobs, to the failing public education system in poor rural communities and the cost of college education there is reason why poor white people are pissed off. Along the way we get into some Latin with President Josiah Bartlett, discuss the merits of Toto songs with Gavin and realize when it comes to being angry, poor and White, it takes one to know one. Our intro clip this week is Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles, our exit music is from the movie Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and of course, we mourn the end of Rubio campaign with Boyz II Men. Hyponstate on Jamendo What the Hell Podcast Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and Soundcloud The National Review can go fuck itself Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 18 Mar 2016 23:42:38 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This week your host Dave Bledsoe heads out into t… 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 tiny touch of schadenfreude. From the decline of manufacturing jobs, to the failing public education system in poor rural communities and the cost of college education there is reason why poor white people are pissed off. Along the way we get into some Latin with President Josiah Bartlett, discuss the merits of Toto songs with Gavin and realize when it comes to being angry, poor and White, it takes one to know one. Our intro clip this week is Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles, our exit music is from the movie Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and of course, we mourn the end of Rubio campaign with Boyz II Men. Hyponstate on Jamendo What the Hell Podcast Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and Soundcloud The National Review can go fuck itself Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1400 yes Episode 51 Hard To Say I Am Sorry https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-51-hard-to-say-i-am-sorry 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 position. The math is complicated, but the conclusions are very clear. We also explain how a Brokered Convention will be the most entertaining thing in politics since (Spoiler Warning) Burr shot Hamilton. The intro clip for this week’s show is Dr. Perry Cox from Scrubs “Wrong O’Clock”. The show is sponsored by Humble Pie Pastry, when you were wrong, really, really wrong: Humble Pie Pastry. The show’s closing music is Chicago’s “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”. The Obligatory 80’s television reference is The Greatest American Hero. Mike Pesca’s Spiel in this Slate’s Gist explains the mystery of votes and delegates, and Vox provides our delegate count. Hypnostate on Jamendo What the Hell Podcast dot com The Hell Underscore Podcast on Twitter The Show Name on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud Gavin’s Personal Homepage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:43:12 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Friday March 11th 2016 “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” Ed… 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 position. The math is complicated, but the conclusions are very clear. We also explain how a Brokered Convention will be the most entertaining thing in politics since (Spoiler Warning) Burr shot Hamilton. The intro clip for this week’s show is Dr. Perry Cox from Scrubs “Wrong O’Clock”. The show is sponsored by Humble Pie Pastry, when you were wrong, really, really wrong: Humble Pie Pastry. The show’s closing music is Chicago’s “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”. The Obligatory 80’s television reference is The Greatest American Hero. Mike Pesca’s Spiel in this Slate’s Gist explains the mystery of votes and delegates, and Vox provides our delegate count. Hypnostate on Jamendo What the Hell Podcast dot com The Hell Underscore Podcast on Twitter The Show Name on Facebook The Show on Soundcloud Gavin’s Personal Homepage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1542 yes Episode 50 Deep Dark Truthful Mirror https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-50-deep-dark-truthful-mirror 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 monkeys drew heavily on the Atlantic article “Who Are Donald Trump’s Supporters” and the Washington Post’s “Here’s Who Supports Donald Trump –and Why”. Finally the Fade Glory Brand Brown Shirts in their own words come The Guardian’s “Not Even My Wife Knows’: Secret Donald Trump Supporters Speak Out” The intro clip is the closing monologue from “American Psycho” and the credit music is from John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band—Eddie and the Cruisers Soundtrack, 1983. Show Opener: Prelude to Common Sense/Hypnostate What the HELL Podcast.com @thehell_podcast on Twitter What the HELL Were You Thinking on Facebook What the HELL Were You Thinking on Soundcloud We don’t do fucking Instagram/Snapchat/WhatsApp—we’re old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 05 Mar 2016 01:01:43 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Friday, March 04, 2016 “Deep Dark Truthful Mirror… 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 monkeys drew heavily on the Atlantic article “Who Are Donald Trump’s Supporters” and the Washington Post’s “Here’s Who Supports Donald Trump –and Why”. Finally the Fade Glory Brand Brown Shirts in their own words come The Guardian’s “Not Even My Wife Knows’: Secret Donald Trump Supporters Speak Out” The intro clip is the closing monologue from “American Psycho” and the credit music is from John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band—Eddie and the Cruisers Soundtrack, 1983. Show Opener: Prelude to Common Sense/Hypnostate What the HELL Podcast.com @thehell_podcast on Twitter What the HELL Were You Thinking on Facebook What the HELL Were You Thinking on Soundcloud We don’t do fucking Instagram/Snapchat/WhatsApp—we’re old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1797 yes 80 Proof Prediction Super Tuesday https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/80-proof-prediction-super-tuesday 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 Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:46:36 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe All week the pundit-ocracy have been saying Super… 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

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]]> 699 yes Episode 49 Useless As An Asshole On An Elbow https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-49-useless-as-an-asshole-on-an-elbow 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 Grassley, Comrade Cruz and all the rest of the Cell members in the Senate signed an open letter this week to this effect, closing with the line each Senator according to his ability and each according his needs. They then hung a portrait of Lenin on the wall and walked off to find some red armbands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:35:20 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Of course, the America Hating, Communist Freeload… 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 Grassley, Comrade Cruz and all the rest of the Cell members in the Senate signed an open letter this week to this effect, closing with the line each Senator according to his ability and each according his needs. They then hung a portrait of Lenin on the wall and walked off to find some red armbands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1384 yes Trump And Dread Cthulhu https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/trump-and-dread-cthulhu 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 a wall from R'lyeh to America, the Old One will rise and I will make a deal with him so that America, Trump and Cthulhu will rule the Universe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:13:10 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe We are rapidly nearing the point where I have no … 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 a wall from R'lyeh to America, the Old One will rise and I will make a deal with him so that America, Trump and Cthulhu will rule the Universe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 52 yes 80 Proof Post Primary 1 https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/80-proof-post-primary-1 The Tiny Penis of the Republican Party said things that ostensibly should have had him run out of the state on a rail, or hung from a palmetto bug--and still he won. 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: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:00:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The Tiny Penis of the Republican Party said thing… The Tiny Penis of the Republican Party said things that ostensibly should have had him run out of the state on a rail, or hung from a palmetto bug--and still he won. 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: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 594 yes Episode 48 Please Clap https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-48-please-clap n no way do I expect people to stop jumping on Jim J Bullocks 90 Day Juice Cleanse—is that guy even still alive?—or trying Tia Tequila’s new Six Exciting New Kegel Clenches, but this a person who has publicly said the Earth is flat and that fat people deserve to die but also she is a Super Soldier created by Nazi’s—so maybe you shouldn’t listen to her when she mentions anything about vaccines. If you are desperate for a movie star’s medical advice, might I suggest Ken Jeong star if movies such as the Hangover, and televisions Community who is an actual medical doctor and would probably dispense some very good advice such as ask your fucking doctor and stop bothering him! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:14:06 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe n no way do I expect people to stop jumping on Ji… n no way do I expect people to stop jumping on Jim J Bullocks 90 Day Juice Cleanse—is that guy even still alive?—or trying Tia Tequila’s new Six Exciting New Kegel Clenches, but this a person who has publicly said the Earth is flat and that fat people deserve to die but also she is a Super Soldier created by Nazi’s—so maybe you shouldn’t listen to her when she mentions anything about vaccines. If you are desperate for a movie star’s medical advice, might I suggest Ken Jeong star if movies such as the Hangover, and televisions Community who is an actual medical doctor and would probably dispense some very good advice such as ask your fucking doctor and stop bothering him! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1338 yes Special Edition 3 - -If You Can't Say Something Nice https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-3-if-you-cant-say-something-nice A lot of Lefties have the fire right now for a dick swinging Liberal firebrand to take Scalia’s place on the Court. Someone who would go in and just kick over every Conservative apple cart that comes before the court the same way Scalia did to us. Except, they are wrong. The BIGGEST insult to Scalia’s legacy in a moderate justice who would take a nuanced view on the issues and vote the merits of the case. If that means we lose some cases, GOOD, because if our cases are bad then we DESERVE to lose. But, if we have someone who has the long term interest of the nation, who truly sees the Constitution as what it IS, an evolving document that changes over time to suit the needs of the governed, then THIS is the antithesis of EVERYTHING Scalia stood for. I don’t want an idealist on the Court I want nuance, intellect, I want a slightly Left of Center Kennedy! I want a way a more Liberal Roberts, who understand the Court is the last bastion of reason and logic in an increasingly illogical system. I want a slightly liberal firewall to block the derp spewing up out of the hinterlands. Because if we don’t get that, if he appoint a Sanders level Liberal to the court, the stress fractures in our political system are going to bust open like the seams of my work pants when I squat down to pick up a quarter on the sidewalk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:54:35 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe A lot of Lefties have the fire right now for a di… A lot of Lefties have the fire right now for a dick swinging Liberal firebrand to take Scalia’s place on the Court. Someone who would go in and just kick over every Conservative apple cart that comes before the court the same way Scalia did to us. Except, they are wrong. The BIGGEST insult to Scalia’s legacy in a moderate justice who would take a nuanced view on the issues and vote the merits of the case. If that means we lose some cases, GOOD, because if our cases are bad then we DESERVE to lose. But, if we have someone who has the long term interest of the nation, who truly sees the Constitution as what it IS, an evolving document that changes over time to suit the needs of the governed, then THIS is the antithesis of EVERYTHING Scalia stood for. I don’t want an idealist on the Court I want nuance, intellect, I want a slightly Left of Center Kennedy! I want a way a more Liberal Roberts, who understand the Court is the last bastion of reason and logic in an increasingly illogical system. I want a slightly liberal firewall to block the derp spewing up out of the hinterlands. Because if we don’t get that, if he appoint a Sanders level Liberal to the court, the stress fractures in our political system are going to bust open like the seams of my work pants when I squat down to pick up a quarter on the sidewalk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1287 yes Episode 47 I'm Afraid Of Americans https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-47-im-afraid-of-americans FDR told us the only thing we had to fear to is fear itself, and here we are 80 years later terrified of it—because I cannot see why people are so fucking afraid. Crime is still down, the economy is stable, and terrorism is a legitimate threat but not an imminent one. If we are not at “peace” we are also not engaged in multiple wars with hundreds of thousands of troops deployed. Inflation is nominal, the stock market is well, not humming along but doing what it does, go up and go down, jobs are on track to continue modest growth in the foreseeable future, our budget imbalances are bad but nothing compared to where they were eight or ten years ago. If our government is basically gridlocked by endless partisan bickering is at least a STABLE gridlock. Frankly, I am beginning to think the inability to do ANYTHING might be the best government we can hope for. When I look at the board, I simply do NOT see the reason for all this unreasonable fear! Are there giant Space Clowns the government is hiding from us? SERIOUSLY IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE NOT TELLING US! GIANT SPACE CLOWNS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:39:59 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe FDR told us the only thing we had to fear to is f… FDR told us the only thing we had to fear to is fear itself, and here we are 80 years later terrified of it—because I cannot see why people are so fucking afraid. Crime is still down, the economy is stable, and terrorism is a legitimate threat but not an imminent one. If we are not at “peace” we are also not engaged in multiple wars with hundreds of thousands of troops deployed. Inflation is nominal, the stock market is well, not humming along but doing what it does, go up and go down, jobs are on track to continue modest growth in the foreseeable future, our budget imbalances are bad but nothing compared to where they were eight or ten years ago. If our government is basically gridlocked by endless partisan bickering is at least a STABLE gridlock. Frankly, I am beginning to think the inability to do ANYTHING might be the best government we can hope for. When I look at the board, I simply do NOT see the reason for all this unreasonable fear! Are there giant Space Clowns the government is hiding from us? SERIOUSLY IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE NOT TELLING US! GIANT SPACE CLOWNS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1560 yes 80 Proof Prediction Superb Owl Fiddy https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/80-proof-prediction-superb-owl-fiddy We who do not care for the activities of millionaires who received preferential treatment all their lives due to an enhanced ability to carry a ball across a field, an activity so pointless it defies explanation. Could we not simply decide which end of the field we want the ball to be on, and leave it there? A lot of people are getting hurt trying to move a ball, and no one has even thought to check with ball see where it might like to be located? Of course, they are getting paid an OBSCENE amount of money to get hurt, so, they got that for ‘em. Anyway he asked if we just lay off with sport ball bashing today. WE have to lay off? Excuse me, but I do not think it was the sport ball hating nerds who were doing the bullying through 12 years of education? I don’t remember my D&D club ganging up on the Popular Quarterback and making him cry because all the cheerleaders were hanging around with us while we tackled Assault on the Aerie of the Slavelords! I know when I was attending Georgetown on a Call of Cthulhu Scholarship, all of the athletes were so jealous that I didn’t have to go to class, I just sat in the Student Union! Yeah that happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 07 Feb 2016 21:59:16 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe We who do not care for the activities of milliona… We who do not care for the activities of millionaires who received preferential treatment all their lives due to an enhanced ability to carry a ball across a field, an activity so pointless it defies explanation. Could we not simply decide which end of the field we want the ball to be on, and leave it there? A lot of people are getting hurt trying to move a ball, and no one has even thought to check with ball see where it might like to be located? Of course, they are getting paid an OBSCENE amount of money to get hurt, so, they got that for ‘em. Anyway he asked if we just lay off with sport ball bashing today. WE have to lay off? Excuse me, but I do not think it was the sport ball hating nerds who were doing the bullying through 12 years of education? I don’t remember my D&D club ganging up on the Popular Quarterback and making him cry because all the cheerleaders were hanging around with us while we tackled Assault on the Aerie of the Slavelords! I know when I was attending Georgetown on a Call of Cthulhu Scholarship, all of the athletes were so jealous that I didn’t have to go to class, I just sat in the Student Union! Yeah that happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 685 yes Jameson 80 Proof Prediction New Hamshire https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/jameson-80-proof-prediiction-new-hamshire Stay tuned for the Jameson 80 Proof Prediction sadly NOT brought to you Jameson’s Irish whiskey, the official drink of the What the HELL Were You Thinking Podcast. Every time we slur, you’re hearing Jameson! Naturally the big story in the coming week is the New Hampshire Primary, when the people of New Hampshire all climb out of the snow caves and syruping shacks and head down to the nearest building that is NOT a Bed and Breakfast run by a retired New York stockbroker or Bob Newhart, sorry that was Vermont, and cast their vote for President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 06 Feb 2016 01:39:26 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Stay tuned for the Jameson 80 Proof Prediction sa… Stay tuned for the Jameson 80 Proof Prediction sadly NOT brought to you Jameson’s Irish whiskey, the official drink of the What the HELL Were You Thinking Podcast. Every time we slur, you’re hearing Jameson! Naturally the big story in the coming week is the New Hampshire Primary, when the people of New Hampshire all climb out of the snow caves and syruping shacks and head down to the nearest building that is NOT a Bed and Breakfast run by a retired New York stockbroker or Bob Newhart, sorry that was Vermont, and cast their vote for President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 299 yes Epsiode 46: I Know What Boys Like https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/epsiode-46-i-know-what-boys-like Now, to say that my friends are split on the Hillary Bernie issue is something of an understatement. All of us are godless libtards pinko bastards sekert muslin terrorist sharia sympathizing Democrats. But we are heavily divided between HOW we want to oppress the God Fear Good Christian People of America! The Clinton Wing would prefer a graduated approach, incrementally stripping away people’s guns and gods a little at a time, while the Sanders Wing prefers to throw everyone not agreeing with straight in an concentration camp, as soon as we are done nationalizing all private industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 06 Feb 2016 01:36:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Now, to say that my friends are split on the Hill… Now, to say that my friends are split on the Hillary Bernie issue is something of an understatement. All of us are godless libtards pinko bastards sekert muslin terrorist sharia sympathizing Democrats. But we are heavily divided between HOW we want to oppress the God Fear Good Christian People of America! The Clinton Wing would prefer a graduated approach, incrementally stripping away people’s guns and gods a little at a time, while the Sanders Wing prefers to throw everyone not agreeing with straight in an concentration camp, as soon as we are done nationalizing all private industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1203 yes Special Edition 2 - -Election Day https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-2-election-day And if you are fan of or reality or just a decent human, these next two weeks are going to really hard for you. That’s why I am doing this Special Edition. Between tomorrow and next Tuesday, you are going to have really bad week because I am making the Jameson 80 Proof Prediction, I think Trump is going to win Iowa and New Hampshire Hold on hold on, wait, it gets worse, because I bet he wins South Carolina too. If you need a minute, you can pause the show and get yourself together, I understand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:38:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe And if you are fan of or reality or just a decent… And if you are fan of or reality or just a decent human, these next two weeks are going to really hard for you. That’s why I am doing this Special Edition. Between tomorrow and next Tuesday, you are going to have really bad week because I am making the Jameson 80 Proof Prediction, I think Trump is going to win Iowa and New Hampshire Hold on hold on, wait, it gets worse, because I bet he wins South Carolina too. If you need a minute, you can pause the show and get yourself together, I understand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 778 yes Episode 45 - -Blame Iowa https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-45-blame-iowa Iowa is too small, too rural and too white to even come close to reflecting the America these jackoffs running for office are even PRETENDING to represent. Hell, the Iowa Caucus doesn’t accurately represent IOWA! The voters, well not voters but the delegate representatives, must be physically present to be counted, no absentee ballots, so if you have a night job, or the tractor broke down on the back 40 and you had to walk back to the farmhouse and don’t make it to the caucus, fuck you, you’re out. This is the first year that members of the military, you know the people out there defending democracy, could participate via a video link! 2016! So, your average Iowa caucus voter is VERY white, and very middle class, you know the kind of people who have jobs that let out at 5 PM. That leaves out the cashiers at the Wal-Mart, the chicken pluckers at the Tyson plants, the cops, firemen, nurses and doctors, the janitors, the street sweepers, gas station attendants, Merle down at the Stop and Shop who always let you buy beer without and ID, the kind of people that someone like Sarah Palin would probably call Real Americans, so long as they were white, which Iowa, they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 30 Jan 2016 01:03:58 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Iowa is too small, too rural and too white to eve… Iowa is too small, too rural and too white to even come close to reflecting the America these jackoffs running for office are even PRETENDING to represent. Hell, the Iowa Caucus doesn’t accurately represent IOWA! The voters, well not voters but the delegate representatives, must be physically present to be counted, no absentee ballots, so if you have a night job, or the tractor broke down on the back 40 and you had to walk back to the farmhouse and don’t make it to the caucus, fuck you, you’re out. This is the first year that members of the military, you know the people out there defending democracy, could participate via a video link! 2016! So, your average Iowa caucus voter is VERY white, and very middle class, you know the kind of people who have jobs that let out at 5 PM. That leaves out the cashiers at the Wal-Mart, the chicken pluckers at the Tyson plants, the cops, firemen, nurses and doctors, the janitors, the street sweepers, gas station attendants, Merle down at the Stop and Shop who always let you buy beer without and ID, the kind of people that someone like Sarah Palin would probably call Real Americans, so long as they were white, which Iowa, they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1296 yes Episode 44 - -Crazy Shade Of Winter https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-44-crazy-shade-of-winter Weather is serious, weather REPORTING is NOT. Weather REPORTING is the hysterical response of glory seeking reporter wannabes who can take a mole hill of a storm turn into mountain of Oh Shit We’re All Gonna Die. Hurricane Sandy was a big fucking deal, and it fucked up the Eastern Seaboard—but from the hyperbolic reportage leading up to the storm, you would think we needed Bruce Willis on a space shuttle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:33:41 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Weather is serious, weather REPORTING is NOT. We… Weather is serious, weather REPORTING is NOT. Weather REPORTING is the hysterical response of glory seeking reporter wannabes who can take a mole hill of a storm turn into mountain of Oh Shit We’re All Gonna Die. Hurricane Sandy was a big fucking deal, and it fucked up the Eastern Seaboard—but from the hyperbolic reportage leading up to the storm, you would think we needed Bruce Willis on a space shuttle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1324 yes Episode 43 - Canadian Fake In https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-43-canadian-fake-in The last two Republican winners of the Iowa Caucus were Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum both of which went on to embarrassingly drop out . In any normal election year, Ted would be heading for a similar fate. But this year, there is a big, orange turd in the punchbowl and all of the sudden a rabid tea tard, grandiose self-promoter literally loathed by his party establishment is preferable to the aforementioned tufted deuce floating serenely on top of the Republican polls. And that deuce is NOT going to swirl gently into the good plumbing, it is going to skid along the porcelain and leave the kind of mess you need to Ty-D-Bowl before the next person can come in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 16 Jan 2016 01:16:21 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The last two Republican winners of the Iowa Caucu… The last two Republican winners of the Iowa Caucus were Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum both of which went on to embarrassingly drop out . In any normal election year, Ted would be heading for a similar fate. But this year, there is a big, orange turd in the punchbowl and all of the sudden a rabid tea tard, grandiose self-promoter literally loathed by his party establishment is preferable to the aforementioned tufted deuce floating serenely on top of the Republican polls. And that deuce is NOT going to swirl gently into the good plumbing, it is going to skid along the porcelain and leave the kind of mess you need to Ty-D-Bowl before the next person can come in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1672 yes Episode 42 - -Occupy A Little Birdhouse In Your Soul https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-42-occupy-at-little-birdhouse-in-your-soul The Bundy Boys are emblematic for the entire Wingnut Wing of the Conservative Party in the country, they are not entirely sure what it IS they want, but they sure as hell know what they DON’T. And that is anything that comes out of Washington, except the occasional small business loan, federal disaster relief when range fires wipe out their homes, jobs at the dead alien storage facilities with great union benefits. You know real salt of the earth cowboy jobs, like guards at federal prisons! And, a lot of them want one thing more than anything else: to keep minorities as far away from them as possible. As though people are going to fight their way through war, death, famine and torture to finally make it to America and then move to a land so desolate, remote and filled with ideological zealots it makes Raqqa seem like the Castro District of San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:27:40 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The Bundy Boys are emblematic for the entire Wing… The Bundy Boys are emblematic for the entire Wingnut Wing of the Conservative Party in the country, they are not entirely sure what it IS they want, but they sure as hell know what they DON’T. And that is anything that comes out of Washington, except the occasional small business loan, federal disaster relief when range fires wipe out their homes, jobs at the dead alien storage facilities with great union benefits. You know real salt of the earth cowboy jobs, like guards at federal prisons! And, a lot of them want one thing more than anything else: to keep minorities as far away from them as possible. As though people are going to fight their way through war, death, famine and torture to finally make it to America and then move to a land so desolate, remote and filled with ideological zealots it makes Raqqa seem like the Castro District of San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1200 yes Episode 41 I Can't Spoil What I Have Not Seen https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-41-i-cant-spoil-what-i-have-not-seen I guess what I am saying is the new Star Wars movie is more than just a movie, indeed the old Star Wars movies were as well. They touched something in all of us that connects with our deeply troubled childhoods and all the broken and bitter disappointments we feel toward our parents and our lives—when we sit in the theater watching a note for note recreation by JJ Abrams he is not looting our childhood but returning to us the false sense of hope we once held when a young band of plucky rebels stood up against authoritarian evil and toppled an empire the same way we too would stand up to our parents and say “Fuck you, I am studying poetry in college and there is nothing you can do about since you aren’t paying for it DAD! OH, I am still mad you for throwing away my Star Wars toys! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? YOU DESTROYED MY CHILDHOOD ALL OVER AGAIN!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:54:05 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe I guess what I am saying is the new Star Wars mov… I guess what I am saying is the new Star Wars movie is more than just a movie, indeed the old Star Wars movies were as well. They touched something in all of us that connects with our deeply troubled childhoods and all the broken and bitter disappointments we feel toward our parents and our lives—when we sit in the theater watching a note for note recreation by JJ Abrams he is not looting our childhood but returning to us the false sense of hope we once held when a young band of plucky rebels stood up against authoritarian evil and toppled an empire the same way we too would stand up to our parents and say “Fuck you, I am studying poetry in college and there is nothing you can do about since you aren’t paying for it DAD! OH, I am still mad you for throwing away my Star Wars toys! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? YOU DESTROYED MY CHILDHOOD ALL OVER AGAIN!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1300 yes Episode 40 Go Home 2015 You're Drunk https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-40-go-home-2015-youre-drunk 2016 will actually be CRAZIER, and probably hotter than 2015. Nothing will change, nothing will be done to fix anything, we will continue to ignore our problems and focus on the inane, the pointless and the self interesting while our country and the world, slowly sinks into a morass of its filth and stupidity, but at least I will have show topics for the podcast. And that is all that is really important isn’t it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 26 Dec 2015 21:08:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe 2016 will actually be CRAZIER, and probably hotte… 2016 will actually be CRAZIER, and probably hotter than 2015. Nothing will change, nothing will be done to fix anything, we will continue to ignore our problems and focus on the inane, the pointless and the self interesting while our country and the world, slowly sinks into a morass of its filth and stupidity, but at least I will have show topics for the podcast. And that is all that is really important isn’t it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1813 yes Episode 39 A Thousand Christmas Wars https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-39-a-thousand-christmas-wars “Where is the big redemption, that moment where our host wakes up after being visited by the Three Ghosts who show him how much Christmas really means?” you are in for a BIG disappointment. Life is NOT a He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special where even Skeletor learns a valuable lesson? Yeah, you don't get one of those." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 19 Dec 2015 01:06:29 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe “Where is the big redemption, that moment where o… “Where is the big redemption, that moment where our host wakes up after being visited by the Three Ghosts who show him how much Christmas really means?” you are in for a BIG disappointment. Life is NOT a He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special where even Skeletor learns a valuable lesson? Yeah, you don't get one of those." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1198 yes Episode 38: I See Your True Colors https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-38-i-see-your-true-colors The bulk of Trump supporters are also under educated, under employed, under served by their government and under the spell of religion. They are the forgotten Americans, a group of people left in the dust of progress like a Palm Pilot in an iPhone age. Imagine what it’s like from their perspective, things LOOK familiar, all the buttons are there, but somehow they just can’t seem to figure out what they all do—that’s America to a Trump supporter: it looks like America, but no matter how many times they press the button, they can’t figure how to launch the app that makes them culturally, intellectually and until now, politically relevant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 12 Dec 2015 16:20:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The bulk of Trump supporters are also under educa… The bulk of Trump supporters are also under educated, under employed, under served by their government and under the spell of religion. They are the forgotten Americans, a group of people left in the dust of progress like a Palm Pilot in an iPhone age. Imagine what it’s like from their perspective, things LOOK familiar, all the buttons are there, but somehow they just can’t seem to figure out what they all do—that’s America to a Trump supporter: it looks like America, but no matter how many times they press the button, they can’t figure how to launch the app that makes them culturally, intellectually and until now, politically relevant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1275 yes Episode 37: Ain't That A Shame https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-37-aint-that-a-shame When politicians SAY they are praying for the victims of crime like this, chances are they probably aren’t so much praying for the victims as praying to God thanking them for another safety check on the elected office. After all, did not the Human Yeast Infection that is the Republican Front Runner actually Tweet that the shooting would give him a bump in his poll numbers. And while the orange skidmark in our national tighty whites is a heinous excuse for a human being, he is refreshingly honest because every single politician on BOTH sides had that moment where they thought “Jesus, this is going to so GREAT for my poll numbers!” the fetid miasma of fecal fragrance that is DT just voiced that universal feeling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 05 Dec 2015 01:18:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe When politicians SAY they are praying for the vic… When politicians SAY they are praying for the victims of crime like this, chances are they probably aren’t so much praying for the victims as praying to God thanking them for another safety check on the elected office. After all, did not the Human Yeast Infection that is the Republican Front Runner actually Tweet that the shooting would give him a bump in his poll numbers. And while the orange skidmark in our national tighty whites is a heinous excuse for a human being, he is refreshingly honest because every single politician on BOTH sides had that moment where they thought “Jesus, this is going to so GREAT for my poll numbers!” the fetid miasma of fecal fragrance that is DT just voiced that universal feeling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1243 yes Episode 36 - -Worst Episode Ever https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-36-worst-episode-ever I think it’s ironic that the group of people most likely to be shoved in a locker with our undergarments wedged so far up our asscracks we could taste the fruit on our looms has devolved into the most destructive and vicious group of bullies on the Internet. People who once yearned to be accepted now circle like a pack of angry jocks over a dropped book bag full of Monster Manuals around someone for daring NOT to like something THEY like. Fuck, am I the only one who remembers what it was like to have some no necked gym teacher spew spittle in my face when I dared to reply that I didn’t think football was all that great? Now, when someone utters the tiniest thing construable as less than complimentary about your favorite nerd thing they get death threats? Great job, Nerds, you are now the jocks and women are dweebs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 28 Nov 2015 21:59:54 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe I think it’s ironic that the group of people most… I think it’s ironic that the group of people most likely to be shoved in a locker with our undergarments wedged so far up our asscracks we could taste the fruit on our looms has devolved into the most destructive and vicious group of bullies on the Internet. People who once yearned to be accepted now circle like a pack of angry jocks over a dropped book bag full of Monster Manuals around someone for daring NOT to like something THEY like. Fuck, am I the only one who remembers what it was like to have some no necked gym teacher spew spittle in my face when I dared to reply that I didn’t think football was all that great? Now, when someone utters the tiniest thing construable as less than complimentary about your favorite nerd thing they get death threats? Great job, Nerds, you are now the jocks and women are dweebs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1262 yes Episode 35 - -Uncle Dave Is Already Drunk https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-35-uncle-dave-is-already-drunk Because we’ve recently learned our show is, for some unexplained reason, slightly more popular in Norway than the rest of the world-- we thought we would take a minute to explain some American Pop Culture References you’ve probably seen on the Internet but do not understand. Sit back, have a lutefisk and let us explain the American Phenomena of the Drunk Uncle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:45:17 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Because we’ve recently learned our show is, for s… Because we’ve recently learned our show is, for some unexplained reason, slightly more popular in Norway than the rest of the world-- we thought we would take a minute to explain some American Pop Culture References you’ve probably seen on the Internet but do not understand. Sit back, have a lutefisk and let us explain the American Phenomena of the Drunk Uncle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 949 yes Episode 34- Stranger In A Strange Land https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-34-stranger-in-a-strange-land very time a Conservative launches into a tirade about refugees, immigrants or radicals, if you hear the words “People I find scary” you will be exactly right. Conservatism is a culture of fear, and fear breeds hate, and hate breeds more terror in an endless loop. I would rather run the miniscule risk of dying in a terror attack than see the Constitution torn up and used to wipe Trump’s ass so he can appeal to some fucking cretinous dimwits in the Republican Primary, because I understand the only way America can be overthrown is if we do it to ourselves. Trust me, right now, with Trump, Carson and Cruz, we are on the verge of doing just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 22 Nov 2015 19:34:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe very time a Conservative launches into a tirade a… very time a Conservative launches into a tirade about refugees, immigrants or radicals, if you hear the words “People I find scary” you will be exactly right. Conservatism is a culture of fear, and fear breeds hate, and hate breeds more terror in an endless loop. I would rather run the miniscule risk of dying in a terror attack than see the Constitution torn up and used to wipe Trump’s ass so he can appeal to some fucking cretinous dimwits in the Republican Primary, because I understand the only way America can be overthrown is if we do it to ourselves. Trust me, right now, with Trump, Carson and Cruz, we are on the verge of doing just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1662 yes Episode 33 Let This Be Your Last https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-33-let-this-be-your-last I’ve noted before certain aspect of the PC Culture worked wonders, and thinking about the words you say and the things you do as the impact others is ALWAYS the right thing. But intolerance for the sake of tolerance is the opposite of tolerance it’s hypocrisy. No one expects you to LIKE bigots, racists, Republicans and NASCAR fans--you can say terrible things about them in a podcast until your heart's content! Do you think I have a podcast because people find me entertaining, or really enjoy references to 70’s television and 80’s gaming trends? No! I have a podcast because I spin all the vitriol and spite I feel toward people I find offensive, stupid or bigoted into 30 minutes of mocking derision once a week and not be such dick the rest of the time. So, with all of this in mind, I really am here to help! So, I’ve compiled a little something to help all the sensitive souls out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 14 Nov 2015 01:23:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe I’ve noted before certain aspect of the PC Cultur… I’ve noted before certain aspect of the PC Culture worked wonders, and thinking about the words you say and the things you do as the impact others is ALWAYS the right thing. But intolerance for the sake of tolerance is the opposite of tolerance it’s hypocrisy. No one expects you to LIKE bigots, racists, Republicans and NASCAR fans--you can say terrible things about them in a podcast until your heart's content! Do you think I have a podcast because people find me entertaining, or really enjoy references to 70’s television and 80’s gaming trends? No! I have a podcast because I spin all the vitriol and spite I feel toward people I find offensive, stupid or bigoted into 30 minutes of mocking derision once a week and not be such dick the rest of the time. So, with all of this in mind, I really am here to help! So, I’ve compiled a little something to help all the sensitive souls out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1806 yes Episode 32- The Lonesome Loser https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-32-the-lonesome-loser Off year elections rarely go well for the party in the White House, but since the election of 2008 the Democrats have lost 900 State Legislature seats, 12 governorships, 69 house seats and 13 Senate Seats, that is not mention all the dog catchers and sewer commissionerships that turned over. When you look at a map of the country and overlay the electoral composition of their governments it looks like the Kool Aid Man tried to break through a Titanium Wall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 07 Nov 2015 16:52:43 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Off year elections rarely go well for the party i… Off year elections rarely go well for the party in the White House, but since the election of 2008 the Democrats have lost 900 State Legislature seats, 12 governorships, 69 house seats and 13 Senate Seats, that is not mention all the dog catchers and sewer commissionerships that turned over. When you look at a map of the country and overlay the electoral composition of their governments it looks like the Kool Aid Man tried to break through a Titanium Wall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1681 yes Episode 31 If I Could Turn Back Time https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-31-if-i-could-turn-back-time History is not just a class I got stoned in during high school, it’s important because it reminds of the stupid shit we’ve already done, so that MAYBE we don’t do it again. This is exactly the same reason I keep this inflatable Margaret Thatcher Sex Doll autographed by Reagan I bought on ebay one night while shitfaced. If you keep it sitting there next to the computer, you might slow down a second before hitting the submit button on that bid, or you know launching cruise missiles against an Afghani hospital. Barry, if you need to borrow Tartie Maggs, let me know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:00:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe History is not just a class I got stoned in durin… History is not just a class I got stoned in during high school, it’s important because it reminds of the stupid shit we’ve already done, so that MAYBE we don’t do it again. This is exactly the same reason I keep this inflatable Margaret Thatcher Sex Doll autographed by Reagan I bought on ebay one night while shitfaced. If you keep it sitting there next to the computer, you might slow down a second before hitting the submit button on that bid, or you know launching cruise missiles against an Afghani hospital. Barry, if you need to borrow Tartie Maggs, let me know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1175 yes Episode 30- Then I Got High https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-30-then-i-got-high Hell, I am not even talking about pot arrests, come on arresting someone for selling pot is like arresting someone for selling Girl Scout Cookies! Mean spirited and pointless because Edna in accounting buys thirty boxes and is always willing to help you score! Edna has the been Samoan, tell her Dave sent you, she will hook you UP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 16 Oct 2015 22:56:40 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Hell, I am not even talking about pot arrests, co… Hell, I am not even talking about pot arrests, come on arresting someone for selling pot is like arresting someone for selling Girl Scout Cookies! Mean spirited and pointless because Edna in accounting buys thirty boxes and is always willing to help you score! Edna has the been Samoan, tell her Dave sent you, she will hook you UP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1478 yes Episode 29: America's Stupidest Home Citizens https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-29-americas-stupidest-home-citizens The What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast is brought to you this week by Reality Check. Reality Check is a simple service that sends a Sixth Grade Science Teacher, Dolores Krutheimer to the homes people who believe in things proven wrong and whacks them with a ruler. Dolores, a retired teacher from Sioux Falls South Dakota has irrefutably proven the truth of such things a Climate Change, Evolution, the efficacy of vaccines, and how the Earth i cannot simply NOT be six thousand years old. Dolores is tired of your shit, and she isn’t going to take it any more. Do not make Dolores come to your house. Reality Check, a dose of reality just the way you learned in school, by angry white women with a ruler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Oct 2015 18:00:14 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast is br… The What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast is brought to you this week by Reality Check. Reality Check is a simple service that sends a Sixth Grade Science Teacher, Dolores Krutheimer to the homes people who believe in things proven wrong and whacks them with a ruler. Dolores, a retired teacher from Sioux Falls South Dakota has irrefutably proven the truth of such things a Climate Change, Evolution, the efficacy of vaccines, and how the Earth i cannot simply NOT be six thousand years old. Dolores is tired of your shit, and she isn’t going to take it any more. Do not make Dolores come to your house. Reality Check, a dose of reality just the way you learned in school, by angry white women with a ruler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1588 yes Episode 28 Metal Health https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-28-metal-health The thing is mental illness is not a uniquely American thing, you want to know what IS an uniquely American thing? Deep fried fucking Oreos, the rest of world thinks that shit is disgusting--oh, yeah, and mass shootings, we’re pretty much on the industrialized country in the world that does that too. Given my druthers, I would eat the fucking oreo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:42:21 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The thing is mental illness is not a uniquely Ame… The thing is mental illness is not a uniquely American thing, you want to know what IS an uniquely American thing? Deep fried fucking Oreos, the rest of world thinks that shit is disgusting--oh, yeah, and mass shootings, we’re pretty much on the industrialized country in the world that does that too. Given my druthers, I would eat the fucking oreo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1261 yes Special Edition 2 - Sorry Seems To Be https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-2-sorry-seems-to-be Until then, the Republican Party is holding on to singularly vicious and VERY poisonous snake which has no problems killing the hand that feeds it. Boehner held on for five years, sadly there was no friendly mongoose to save him. He may just be the first to fall. I am left to wonder at what price this will place out. It cost them presidency in 2012, it will likely cost them again in 2016, if the Republicans don’t root out the extremist in their party, they will cease to exist as a viable entity. Of course, if they DO try to clean up the mess they made they run the very real risk of viable Third Party rising up and tearing away their base, leaving in exactly the same situation. If they move, they strike, if they don’t move they strike--they REALLY should get a Mongoose, sadly all they have is a weasel and he is actually part of the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:37:34 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Until then, the Republican Party is holding on to… Until then, the Republican Party is holding on to singularly vicious and VERY poisonous snake which has no problems killing the hand that feeds it. Boehner held on for five years, sadly there was no friendly mongoose to save him. He may just be the first to fall. I am left to wonder at what price this will place out. It cost them presidency in 2012, it will likely cost them again in 2016, if the Republicans don’t root out the extremist in their party, they will cease to exist as a viable entity. Of course, if they DO try to clean up the mess they made they run the very real risk of viable Third Party rising up and tearing away their base, leaving in exactly the same situation. If they move, they strike, if they don’t move they strike--they REALLY should get a Mongoose, sadly all they have is a weasel and he is actually part of the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1056 yes Episode 27: Doctor, Doctor, You're In the News https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-27-doctor-doctor-youre-in-the-news Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simple question, when you said a mediocre health care bill was worse than SLAVERY: what the HELL were you thinking? I am your host Dave Bledsoe and this is the Friday September 25th 2015 “Doctor Doctor You’re In the News” Edition of the show where we talk about Ben Carson and if his problems are the lord, the lunatic or the liar!. Stay tuned! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 25 Sep 2015 23:14:55 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simp… Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simple question, when you said a mediocre health care bill was worse than SLAVERY: what the HELL were you thinking? I am your host Dave Bledsoe and this is the Friday September 25th 2015 “Doctor Doctor You’re In the News” Edition of the show where we talk about Ben Carson and if his problems are the lord, the lunatic or the liar!. Stay tuned! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1741 yes Episode 26- Seasons Dont Fear The Reaper https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-25-seasons-dont-fear-the-reaper It’s not just bombs, dear listeners, here is a short list of things Americans of are afraid of: Terrorism: in the past 15 years just over 3,000 civilians died in terrorist incidents in the world, and 2,689 of THOSE were on 9/11. Just for a little perspective, 33,000 people a year, every year, die from gun related deaths. And yes, guns are kind of sort of on the list, Americans are afraid of being killed in a mass shooting, even though the odds of that happening are basically zero compared the odds of them shooting themselves in the dick with the gun they buy to protect themselves from the mass shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 19 Sep 2015 23:17:55 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe It’s not just bombs, dear listeners, here is a sh… It’s not just bombs, dear listeners, here is a short list of things Americans of are afraid of: Terrorism: in the past 15 years just over 3,000 civilians died in terrorist incidents in the world, and 2,689 of THOSE were on 9/11. Just for a little perspective, 33,000 people a year, every year, die from gun related deaths. And yes, guns are kind of sort of on the list, Americans are afraid of being killed in a mass shooting, even though the odds of that happening are basically zero compared the odds of them shooting themselves in the dick with the gun they buy to protect themselves from the mass shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1451 yes Episode 25: "19th Nervous Shutdown" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-25-19th-nervous-shutdown This latest faux outrage, well the outrage is real enough, it is always real, that’s the problem, but the problem causing the outrage is faux is perhaps even more spurious the 999th attempt to repeal Obamacare. Conservative despise Planned Parenthood with a peculiar fury because they made it just about the only place to get a safe, legal abortion in huge swathes of the country. They also have the temerity to dispense low cost slut pill prescriptions to women who otherwise would be docile, obedient god fearing members of the society--right up until they time they dropped their fourth bastard. It’s funny how when Black women have children out of wedlock they are welfare queens ripping off hard working white folks who pay taxes, when it’s Lurleen whose five children by six different men: that’s just a sad story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 12 Sep 2015 22:37:29 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This latest faux outrage, well the outrage is re… This latest faux outrage, well the outrage is real enough, it is always real, that’s the problem, but the problem causing the outrage is faux is perhaps even more spurious the 999th attempt to repeal Obamacare. Conservative despise Planned Parenthood with a peculiar fury because they made it just about the only place to get a safe, legal abortion in huge swathes of the country. They also have the temerity to dispense low cost slut pill prescriptions to women who otherwise would be docile, obedient god fearing members of the society--right up until they time they dropped their fourth bastard. It’s funny how when Black women have children out of wedlock they are welfare queens ripping off hard working white folks who pay taxes, when it’s Lurleen whose five children by six different men: that’s just a sad story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1588 yes Episode 24: A Elmo Like Boobies https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/24-a-elmo-like-boobies As a New Yorker, and having survived this City for a decade I am now legally allowed to call myself a New Yorker, or at least that is story I am sticking with, nearly naked women are the LEAST offensive thing IN Times Square. In descending order from most to least: Tourists with Selfie Sticks, Tourists with maps, Just Plain Tourists, Costumes Characters, CD Vendors, Tour Bus Leaflet Wavers, Comedy Show Guy, Smelly Ellie the Homeless Lady at 44th and 7th whom you can sniff at least three blocks away, and finally the nearly naked ladies. Times Square is a horrific shit show of clogged sidewalks, tacky merchandise, gawking tourists and commercial cancers blossoming like the nodules on my liver as I finish the glass of Jameson, the boobs are basically the ONLY HONEST thing in the whole damn area! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 06 Sep 2015 19:41:18 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe As a New Yorker, and having survived this City fo… As a New Yorker, and having survived this City for a decade I am now legally allowed to call myself a New Yorker, or at least that is story I am sticking with, nearly naked women are the LEAST offensive thing IN Times Square. In descending order from most to least: Tourists with Selfie Sticks, Tourists with maps, Just Plain Tourists, Costumes Characters, CD Vendors, Tour Bus Leaflet Wavers, Comedy Show Guy, Smelly Ellie the Homeless Lady at 44th and 7th whom you can sniff at least three blocks away, and finally the nearly naked ladies. Times Square is a horrific shit show of clogged sidewalks, tacky merchandise, gawking tourists and commercial cancers blossoming like the nodules on my liver as I finish the glass of Jameson, the boobs are basically the ONLY HONEST thing in the whole damn area! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1141 yes Episode 24 Your Own Personal Jesus https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-24-your-own-personal-jesus Hello and welcome to the podcast episode that asks a simple question: Kim Davis, what the HELL were you thinking? This week we talk about Rowan County Clerk currently in jail for contempt of court after defying a court order to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Davis refused on the grounds it violated her religious principles. Lying to God when she took an oath to uphold the Constitution apparently falls under the “I had my fingers crossed” exemption cited by St, Paul in Thessalonians. Here is just SOME of what you will hear: “Still, the REASON we have people swear oaths is some jobs require us to do things we might not otherwise want to do. I wasn’t keen on the whole charging into combat and getting blown-up part of being in the military, it didn’t fit with my own personal...idiom I think most people feel similarly. So, you take an oath. I didn’t think much of the drug laws when I was cop, they were stupid and pointless, but I took an oath to uphold the laws even the stupid and pointless ones. Davis is not in jail because she is a Christian, she is jail because she violated an oath she took before God! She, in short, lied to God, which is also a sin if I am not mistaken. It wouldn’t surprise to find out she was dueling too!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 04 Sep 2015 23:00:09 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Hello and welcome to the podcast episode that ask… Hello and welcome to the podcast episode that asks a simple question: Kim Davis, what the HELL were you thinking? This week we talk about Rowan County Clerk currently in jail for contempt of court after defying a court order to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Davis refused on the grounds it violated her religious principles. Lying to God when she took an oath to uphold the Constitution apparently falls under the “I had my fingers crossed” exemption cited by St, Paul in Thessalonians. Here is just SOME of what you will hear: “Still, the REASON we have people swear oaths is some jobs require us to do things we might not otherwise want to do. I wasn’t keen on the whole charging into combat and getting blown-up part of being in the military, it didn’t fit with my own personal...idiom I think most people feel similarly. So, you take an oath. I didn’t think much of the drug laws when I was cop, they were stupid and pointless, but I took an oath to uphold the laws even the stupid and pointless ones. Davis is not in jail because she is a Christian, she is jail because she violated an oath she took before God! She, in short, lied to God, which is also a sin if I am not mistaken. It wouldn’t surprise to find out she was dueling too!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1801 yes Episode 23 Who Is Cheating Who https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-23-who-is-cheating-who First of all, who uses a website to cheat? Honestly? I know I am going to come across like an Old, but whatever happened to heading down the lounge of the Holiday Inn and seeing what happens? Do we NEED a personality profile and an algorithm to find someone to fuck outside our relationship? All I need just the right mix of anger, frustration, horniess and alcohol and it’s done! I could be wrong, but I think that is what it takes for most people. Still, it’s the 21st Century, so natch there is a website to do for you that you are fully capable of doing for yourself. and this week hackers showed everyone exactly why you shouldn’t use it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:35:52 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe First of all, who uses a website to cheat? Hones… First of all, who uses a website to cheat? Honestly? I know I am going to come across like an Old, but whatever happened to heading down the lounge of the Holiday Inn and seeing what happens? Do we NEED a personality profile and an algorithm to find someone to fuck outside our relationship? All I need just the right mix of anger, frustration, horniess and alcohol and it’s done! I could be wrong, but I think that is what it takes for most people. Still, it’s the 21st Century, so natch there is a website to do for you that you are fully capable of doing for yourself. and this week hackers showed everyone exactly why you shouldn’t use it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1305 yes Episode 22 MY Baby Is American Made https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-22-my-baby-is-american-made The What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast is brought to you by the Native American Casino Owners Association of America, taking it back one trailer home at a time. Are you an indigenous American who lives in rural, Southern locale? Have you considered a casino? White people show up and give you money, and if you give THEM booze they will give you deeds to their trailers, pink slips and mother’s jewelry right off her person. The Native American Casino Owners Association of America, reclaiming history one dumb redneck at a time. If you would like to sponsor the show, head on over and give your money to the casino, it’s gone either way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:50:48 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe The What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast is br… The What the Hell Were You Thinking Podcast is brought to you by the Native American Casino Owners Association of America, taking it back one trailer home at a time. Are you an indigenous American who lives in rural, Southern locale? Have you considered a casino? White people show up and give you money, and if you give THEM booze they will give you deeds to their trailers, pink slips and mother’s jewelry right off her person. The Native American Casino Owners Association of America, reclaiming history one dumb redneck at a time. If you would like to sponsor the show, head on over and give your money to the casino, it’s gone either way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1561 yes Episiode 21 Weekend At Bernies https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episiode-21-weekend-at-bernies I don’t believe Bernie Sanders has it IN him to do what Obama has done, I’ve never seen a hint of it. I respect and admire the man, I LOVE his politics, I would love to live in a world where he COULD be President. I don’t, I live in this one, and this one is utter shit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:28:38 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe I don’t believe Bernie Sanders has it IN him to d… I don’t believe Bernie Sanders has it IN him to do what Obama has done, I’ve never seen a hint of it. I respect and admire the man, I LOVE his politics, I would love to live in a world where he COULD be President. I don’t, I live in this one, and this one is utter shit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1521 yes Episode 21 A Local Edition " I Have A Big Butt And Cannot Lie" https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-21-a-local-edition-i-have-a-big-butt-and-cannot-lie Naturally, fashion and New York City go together like bulimia and runway models, so shopping here is going to be a bit different than running down the Mall in Waddletown or whatever backwater bourgeoise berg you call home...sorry, got a little to Dennis Miller there. This the home of the fashion in the United States, if someone wore it on a red carpet it probably was designed by a flamboyantly gay man or emaciated woman right here in the Big Apple. So naturally, there are different standards as to what is fashionable...and I meet none of them by even the wildest peyote tripping balls imagination. We didn’t head for Bloomingdales or Saks, we started smaller, both literally and come to find out literally: H&M. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:15:39 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Naturally, fashion and New York City go together … Naturally, fashion and New York City go together like bulimia and runway models, so shopping here is going to be a bit different than running down the Mall in Waddletown or whatever backwater bourgeoise berg you call home...sorry, got a little to Dennis Miller there. This the home of the fashion in the United States, if someone wore it on a red carpet it probably was designed by a flamboyantly gay man or emaciated woman right here in the Big Apple. So naturally, there are different standards as to what is fashionable...and I meet none of them by even the wildest peyote tripping balls imagination. We didn’t head for Bloomingdales or Saks, we started smaller, both literally and come to find out literally: H&M. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1108 yes Episode 20 Even I Hate The Poor Now https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-20-even-i-hate-the-poor-now 0.1% of the people in America have basically as much money as 90% of the rest of America--now that is kind of hard to grasp as a real number so let me put it another way. You and the family decide you are going to have some delicious Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner tonight and you send your cousin Big Teddy out to pick up a ten piece bucket and sides. And Big Teddy gets the dinner and fucking eats that shit in the car on the way, all the sides, the dinner rolls and nine out of the ten pieces of succulent 11 herbs and spices fried chicken on the way back. All that is left when Big Teddy gets back is one wing, one little wing, and he give THAT to cousin Elroy, who is Big Teddy’s boy going back to when you guys were kids and Elroy eats all the good part of that wing; the little drumstick and two bone part. ALL the rest the family has to eat that night is that shitty, shitty little piece of cartilage with no meat and barely any of the phenomenal goodness of the batter...fuck you Big Teddy, fuck you Elroy, you greedy bastards, now the rest of us are sucking the finger licking good grease off the side of chicken barrel, you douchebags! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:52:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe 0.1% of the people in America have basically as m… 0.1% of the people in America have basically as much money as 90% of the rest of America--now that is kind of hard to grasp as a real number so let me put it another way. You and the family decide you are going to have some delicious Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner tonight and you send your cousin Big Teddy out to pick up a ten piece bucket and sides. And Big Teddy gets the dinner and fucking eats that shit in the car on the way, all the sides, the dinner rolls and nine out of the ten pieces of succulent 11 herbs and spices fried chicken on the way back. All that is left when Big Teddy gets back is one wing, one little wing, and he give THAT to cousin Elroy, who is Big Teddy’s boy going back to when you guys were kids and Elroy eats all the good part of that wing; the little drumstick and two bone part. ALL the rest the family has to eat that night is that shitty, shitty little piece of cartilage with no meat and barely any of the phenomenal goodness of the batter...fuck you Big Teddy, fuck you Elroy, you greedy bastards, now the rest of us are sucking the finger licking good grease off the side of chicken barrel, you douchebags! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1454 yes Story Time 1: Jesus Is Open in the End Zone https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/story-time-1-jesus-is-open-in-the-end-zone Welcome to Storytime, factual fictions and fictional facts about growing up in the South in the 1970’s, from the creator of the What the HELL Were You Thinking Podcast. Storytime features recollection, remembrance and artificial realities drawn from the memory of an expatriate Southerner trying to find just one thing he can talk about and not make his Momma disappointed in him...and probably failing. Y’all stay tuned now, yah hear! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 03 Aug 2015 20:13:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Welcome to Storytime, factual fictions and fictio… Welcome to Storytime, factual fictions and fictional facts about growing up in the South in the 1970’s, from the creator of the What the HELL Were You Thinking Podcast. Storytime features recollection, remembrance and artificial realities drawn from the memory of an expatriate Southerner trying to find just one thing he can talk about and not make his Momma disappointed in him...and probably failing. Y’all stay tuned now, yah hear! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 800 yes Ep 19 Schooled In Scandal https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/ep-19-schooled-in-scandal People, many of the same people that believe that every black man in the world is at least potentially a serial rapist, can’t believe Bill Cosby could EVER do something like this. These women are all gold diggers, going after Bill’s money, they say. All their stories match up too closely to not be rehearsed! They took him money, you know they were blackmailing him! This is the standard Cosby Defense, engaged in by Cosby, his lawyer and his ardent defenders. The playbook is as old as time itself, hide behind reputation, point out the accusers behavior as proof of innocence and intimidate the shit out of the victim. It worked for decades, it worked when he was ACTUALLY being sued in 2004--it was in news, but NO ONE talked about it, rumors were whispered in the wind before the lawsuit, but even DURING the lawsuit no one talked about it, a tribute to the power and myth of the Coz. It wasn’t until Hannibal Buress made a joke last year and it went viral that America FINALLY started coming to grips that behind the the ugly sweaters and jello pudding a rapist was giving a smug, deprecating lecture on the state of black men’s pants.You know Bill, best to attend to the open fly in your own pants, before the underwear exposed mote in your neighbor’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 30 Jul 2015 02:55:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe People, many of the same people that believe that… People, many of the same people that believe that every black man in the world is at least potentially a serial rapist, can’t believe Bill Cosby could EVER do something like this. These women are all gold diggers, going after Bill’s money, they say. All their stories match up too closely to not be rehearsed! They took him money, you know they were blackmailing him! This is the standard Cosby Defense, engaged in by Cosby, his lawyer and his ardent defenders. The playbook is as old as time itself, hide behind reputation, point out the accusers behavior as proof of innocence and intimidate the shit out of the victim. It worked for decades, it worked when he was ACTUALLY being sued in 2004--it was in news, but NO ONE talked about it, rumors were whispered in the wind before the lawsuit, but even DURING the lawsuit no one talked about it, a tribute to the power and myth of the Coz. It wasn’t until Hannibal Buress made a joke last year and it went viral that America FINALLY started coming to grips that behind the the ugly sweaters and jello pudding a rapist was giving a smug, deprecating lecture on the state of black men’s pants.You know Bill, best to attend to the open fly in your own pants, before the underwear exposed mote in your neighbor’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1533 yes Ep 18 Deja Vu All Over Again (Gun Violence) https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/ep-18-deja-vu-all-over-again-gun-violence Look I don’t know any other way to say this, but it isn’t the total number of people being murdered, it’s how they are being murdered and with what. I mean people go to see and an Amy Schumer movies should NOT be worried about some whack job walking in and shooting up the goddamn theater! People shouldn’t be gunned down in a prayer meeting because some simple fucking redneck didn’t like black people. Recruiters should not need to die in a fucking strip mall because some jackoff with a god hard on thinks the answer to his loser life is killing a Marine, but lacks to the balls to face one in combat. OR FIRST GRADERS IN THEIR GOD DAMN CLASS ROOM!!!! HOW WAS THIS NOT THE ONE THAT GOT US TO DO SOMETHING?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 26 Jul 2015 01:12:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Look I don’t know any other way to say this, but … Look I don’t know any other way to say this, but it isn’t the total number of people being murdered, it’s how they are being murdered and with what. I mean people go to see and an Amy Schumer movies should NOT be worried about some whack job walking in and shooting up the goddamn theater! People shouldn’t be gunned down in a prayer meeting because some simple fucking redneck didn’t like black people. Recruiters should not need to die in a fucking strip mall because some jackoff with a god hard on thinks the answer to his loser life is killing a Marine, but lacks to the balls to face one in combat. OR FIRST GRADERS IN THEIR GOD DAMN CLASS ROOM!!!! HOW WAS THIS NOT THE ONE THAT GOT US TO DO SOMETHING?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1446 yes Episode 17 - Was That Wrong https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-17-was-that-wrong-1 nd there is the flaw in modern media structures, if everything and everyone are fair game for the news then where is the difference between “news” and talking shit about someone? If there were a real traffic cop over at Gawker, you know a senior person with years of experience as journalist, an understanding of ethics and the wisdom to look at a turd and call it a turd rather than a controversial take on the issue, this story would’ve been flushed leaving only a lingering smell. Instead, everyone at Gawker and most modern media, EVERYONE is an editor, a staff writer is basically an intern and the publisher is usually a company that makes hard drives in Malaysia. Nick Denton at Gawker at least is committed to the idea of journalism as he sees it, but so is Roger Ailes so there you go. The day of Editor in Chief is as outdated as the idea of a independent sourcing and not having you anchors be total fucking idiots--Don Lemon, do I need to say more? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:02:03 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe nd there is the flaw in modern media structures, … nd there is the flaw in modern media structures, if everything and everyone are fair game for the news then where is the difference between “news” and talking shit about someone? If there were a real traffic cop over at Gawker, you know a senior person with years of experience as journalist, an understanding of ethics and the wisdom to look at a turd and call it a turd rather than a controversial take on the issue, this story would’ve been flushed leaving only a lingering smell. Instead, everyone at Gawker and most modern media, EVERYONE is an editor, a staff writer is basically an intern and the publisher is usually a company that makes hard drives in Malaysia. Nick Denton at Gawker at least is committed to the idea of journalism as he sees it, but so is Roger Ailes so there you go. The day of Editor in Chief is as outdated as the idea of a independent sourcing and not having you anchors be total fucking idiots--Don Lemon, do I need to say more? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1328 yes Episode 16: I Talk the Law in the Law One https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-16-i-talk-the-law-in-the-law-one But jury duty, that is the worst of the worst, or so I’ve been told. I mean I’ve seen the poor bastards trapped in their box, drool forming in the corners of their mouth, eyes glazed and expression blank as they try to keep awake through hours of lawyers arguing infinitesimally small details in arcane languages none of which are relevant to reality---it’s lot like listening to anyone talk about argue fantasy sports! Only, somehow, even MORE boring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:59:34 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe But jury duty, that is the worst of the worst, or… But jury duty, that is the worst of the worst, or so I’ve been told. I mean I’ve seen the poor bastards trapped in their box, drool forming in the corners of their mouth, eyes glazed and expression blank as they try to keep awake through hours of lawyers arguing infinitesimally small details in arcane languages none of which are relevant to reality---it’s lot like listening to anyone talk about argue fantasy sports! Only, somehow, even MORE boring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1372 yes Episode 15 - -The Passion Of The Trump https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-15-the-passion-of-the-trump Ham Hair has maintained that look of smug, self satisfied egomania that only someone running for political office who has no intention of winning can do while saying the most horrible things CAN possess. What he said about Mexican Immigrants, though he would predicate that he meant ILLEGAL immigrants, is what a some of the rabid, redneck racists that comprise the GOP, though, some of you I assume are good people, THINK about Mexicans, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:00:42 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Ham Hair has maintained that look of smug, self s… Ham Hair has maintained that look of smug, self satisfied egomania that only someone running for political office who has no intention of winning can do while saying the most horrible things CAN possess. What he said about Mexican Immigrants, though he would predicate that he meant ILLEGAL immigrants, is what a some of the rabid, redneck racists that comprise the GOP, though, some of you I assume are good people, THINK about Mexicans, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1329 yes Episode 14 - -Them Durn Duke Boys https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-14-them-durn-duke-boys This weeks show looks at why people are still clinging to the Confederate Flag and laments the loss of that Southern Cultural Icon, the Dukes of Hazzard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 03 Jul 2015 22:57:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This weeks show looks at why people are still cli… This weeks show looks at why people are still clinging to the Confederate Flag and laments the loss of that Southern Cultural Icon, the Dukes of Hazzard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1375 yes Episode 13 You Mad Bro? https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-13-you-mad-bro Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simple question: When you said you would set yourself on fire if gay marriage became legal, and didn’t what the HELL were you thinking? This is the Saturday June 27th 2015 “You Mad Bro?” edition of the picking apart the highly entertaining reactions to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gay marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 28 Jun 2015 00:07:25 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simp… Hello and welcome to the podcast that asks a simple question: When you said you would set yourself on fire if gay marriage became legal, and didn’t what the HELL were you thinking? This is the Saturday June 27th 2015 “You Mad Bro?” edition of the picking apart the highly entertaining reactions to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gay marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1343 yes Special Edition 1: 14th Amendment F**CK YEAH! https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/special-edition-1 Meanwhile back on Planet Earth, the only thing that has changed is people who were once deprived of their rights are no longer. Today is a day when freedom grew, and that is day everyone should celebrate. I assure you, in the REAL world, your hetero marriage is just as good and strong or bad and weak as it was 24 hours ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:45:32 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Meanwhile back on Planet Earth, the only thing th… Meanwhile back on Planet Earth, the only thing that has changed is people who were once deprived of their rights are no longer. Today is a day when freedom grew, and that is day everyone should celebrate. I assure you, in the REAL world, your hetero marriage is just as good and strong or bad and weak as it was 24 hours ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 519 yes Episode 12: Colt Python In Your Pocket https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-12-python-in-your-pocket Is there EVER a situation so bad, so fucked up, that a comment from some jack off in the NRA can’t make it infinitely worse? It doesn’t matter how high the body count, how horrible the crime, how young the victims, someone will say something so hideous that in a decently run universe we would brick their yap holes shut and shove them off the deck of a fishing boat in the Marianas Trench. Free speech is a double edged sword, I get that, and Charles L Cotton has every RIGHT to say something so profoundly heartless and supremely idiotic, and we should have the right to line up and take turn nut punching him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:30:57 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Is there EVER a situation so bad, so fucked up, t… Is there EVER a situation so bad, so fucked up, that a comment from some jack off in the NRA can’t make it infinitely worse? It doesn’t matter how high the body count, how horrible the crime, how young the victims, someone will say something so hideous that in a decently run universe we would brick their yap holes shut and shove them off the deck of a fishing boat in the Marianas Trench. Free speech is a double edged sword, I get that, and Charles L Cotton has every RIGHT to say something so profoundly heartless and supremely idiotic, and we should have the right to line up and take turn nut punching him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1401 yes Episode 11A- If You Can't Take A Joke https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-11a-if-you-cant-take-a-joke What do Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry the Cable Guy have in common? Besides being considered long past their sell by date fame wise? They are on a short but notable list of of comedians who eschew performing on college campuses, and not for the reasons you think: namely being too old to have a shot at sleeping with the women at the shows, or even the “Wait, bro, who are these old dudes” effect. No, they are not playing colleges because of political correctness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:47:50 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe What do Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry the … What do Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry the Cable Guy have in common? Besides being considered long past their sell by date fame wise? They are on a short but notable list of of comedians who eschew performing on college campuses, and not for the reasons you think: namely being too old to have a shot at sleeping with the women at the shows, or even the “Wait, bro, who are these old dudes” effect. No, they are not playing colleges because of political correctness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1104 yes Episode 11 Frilly Lab Coat https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-11-frilly-lab-coat Meanwhile the physics labs, the astronomy departments, the tech departments are filled with dude who looked as though they were rejected from a casting call for the Big Bang Theory for being a bit TOO realistic. God, the number of neck beards and fedoras...the horror, the horror. (Don’t even get me started on that show and it’s portrayal of women in science.) They are the few remaining places men can go and be around other men. It makes certain kind of men feel safe, a place where their little fiefdoms will not be challenged by some uppity woman with her crazy ideas about equality and hierarchy of ability rather than nepotism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:22:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe Meanwhile the physics labs, the astronomy departm… Meanwhile the physics labs, the astronomy departments, the tech departments are filled with dude who looked as though they were rejected from a casting call for the Big Bang Theory for being a bit TOO realistic. God, the number of neck beards and fedoras...the horror, the horror. (Don’t even get me started on that show and it’s portrayal of women in science.) They are the few remaining places men can go and be around other men. It makes certain kind of men feel safe, a place where their little fiefdoms will not be challenged by some uppity woman with her crazy ideas about equality and hierarchy of ability rather than nepotism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1222 yes Episode 10- 19 Candidates And Counting https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-10-19-candidates-and-counting With just 17 months left to go before election day 2016 the Grand Old Party could not be more awash in choices if they were an unsinkable ship who just clipped and iceberg! By the count of the I am certainly highly reputable and thoroughly fact checked 2016 republican candidates dot org, there are no fewer than 31 (as of this recording) Republicans either declared, exploring or flirting like a horny sailor in the Pusan Pussy Palace with running. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 05 Jun 2015 22:20:33 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe With just 17 months left to go before election da… With just 17 months left to go before election day 2016 the Grand Old Party could not be more awash in choices if they were an unsinkable ship who just clipped and iceberg! By the count of the I am certainly highly reputable and thoroughly fact checked 2016 republican candidates dot org, there are no fewer than 31 (as of this recording) Republicans either declared, exploring or flirting like a horny sailor in the Pusan Pussy Palace with running. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1067 yes Episode 9 My Lost Pillar Of Salt https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-9-my-lost-pillar-of-salt I fire up on is the parents and the people who covered this up, the network that promoted this travesty and the politicians who continue to cling to this reprehensible family as though they are the paragons of Christian virtue in a godless world. You know Mike Huckabee just because incest was in the Bible doesn’t make it godly. Let’s unpack this express shipment of shit and see if we can find a pony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 30 May 2015 18:09:56 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe I fire up on is the parents and the people who c… I fire up on is the parents and the people who covered this up, the network that promoted this travesty and the politicians who continue to cling to this reprehensible family as though they are the paragons of Christian virtue in a godless world. You know Mike Huckabee just because incest was in the Bible doesn’t make it godly. Let’s unpack this express shipment of shit and see if we can find a pony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1406 yes Episode 8A- Strip Clubs And Nail Salons https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-8a-strip-clubs-and-nail-salons ou can’t look in the window of a nail salon and not see it. And I have. There is something deeply jarring about seeing Asian women basically kneeling over white women working on their feet that SHOULD strike you as wrong, maybe it is because I’ve BEEN to Asia and seen the inequality built around the culture (admittedly this was a long time ago) but I’ve always had the nagging feeling this was off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 26 May 2015 20:58:00 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe ou can’t look in the window of a nail salon and n… ou can’t look in the window of a nail salon and not see it. And I have. There is something deeply jarring about seeing Asian women basically kneeling over white women working on their feet that SHOULD strike you as wrong, maybe it is because I’ve BEEN to Asia and seen the inequality built around the culture (admittedly this was a long time ago) but I’ve always had the nagging feeling this was off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 840 yes Episode 8: From the Home Office In Sioux City Iowa Edtion https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-8-from-the-home-office-in-sioux-city-iowa-edtion We slackers of the Meh Generation watched Letterman’s departure with sort of grim ennui we see in our lives. Just like our lives, we know Dave got the short of the stick. Saying goodbye to Dave is also like saying goodbye to that last little dab of hope left over from our youth that maybe Dad might buy us that car when we head off to college only to hear he needs the money to pay for braces for Michael and Jessica, and your step-mother really wants to go to Barbados this year, but hey, we are real proud of you champ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 24 May 2015 00:03:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe We slackers of the Meh Generation watched Letterm… We slackers of the Meh Generation watched Letterman’s departure with sort of grim ennui we see in our lives. Just like our lives, we know Dave got the short of the stick. Saying goodbye to Dave is also like saying goodbye to that last little dab of hope left over from our youth that maybe Dad might buy us that car when we head off to college only to hear he needs the money to pay for braces for Michael and Jessica, and your step-mother really wants to go to Barbados this year, but hey, we are real proud of you champ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1134 yes Episode 7: Time to Put Grandpa In The Home https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-7-time-to-put-grandpa-in-the-home This is the Saturday May 16th 2015 edition of the show and we are talking Seymour Hersh’s (onion belt drop) story in the London Review of Books or, as we call it “Time to put grandpa in the home edition”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 17 May 2015 00:53:46 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This is the Saturday May 16th 2015 edition of th… This is the Saturday May 16th 2015 edition of the show and we are talking Seymour Hersh’s (onion belt drop) story in the London Review of Books or, as we call it “Time to put grandpa in the home edition”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1201 yes Episode 6 Messing With Texas https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-six-messing-with-texas This weeks episode talks about Jade Helm 2015, so you probably shouldn't listen if you are from Texas, served in the National Guard, or the Texas State Guard, wear a cowboy hat, like high school football, or you are Chuck Norris... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 09 May 2015 23:08:31 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This weeks episode talks about Jade Helm 2015, so… This weeks episode talks about Jade Helm 2015, so you probably shouldn't listen if you are from Texas, served in the National Guard, or the Texas State Guard, wear a cowboy hat, like high school football, or you are Chuck Norris... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 1082 yes Episode 5 The N Word https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-5-the-n-word thing going for us when it comes to talking about race in the America and that word is naive. Some people actually believe we live in a post racial America. What is a post racial America? Did we all wake up the same shade of blue this morning, are we all Smurfs? And trust me, even if we DID, someone is still going to be a racist because Joze Smurf doesn’t Smurf with the smurfiness as Leopold Smurfington the Third, whose family came over on the Smurf Flower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 01 May 2015 22:39:05 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe thing going for us when it comes to talking about… thing going for us when it comes to talking about race in the America and that word is naive. Some people actually believe we live in a post racial America. What is a post racial America? Did we all wake up the same shade of blue this morning, are we all Smurfs? And trust me, even if we DID, someone is still going to be a racist because Joze Smurf doesn’t Smurf with the smurfiness as Leopold Smurfington the Third, whose family came over on the Smurf Flower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 946 yes Episode 4 Outside Amy Schumer https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/episode-4-outside-amy-schumer-1 This is the Friday, April 24th 2015 edition of the show, and we will be talking the Outside of Amy Schumer and why some idiots think it is related to her comedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 25 Apr 2015 15:54:13 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe This is the Friday, April 24th 2015 edition of th… This is the Friday, April 24th 2015 edition of the show, and we will be talking the Outside of Amy Schumer and why some idiots think it is related to her comedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 884 yes Episode 3A: The Middle Finger of the MTA https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/the-middle-finger-of-the-mta In this local edition of the podcast, we examine how NYC relates to the subway and why it is like an uncle who molests us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 18 Apr 2015 03:24:18 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe In this local edition of the podcast, we examine … In this local edition of the podcast, we examine how NYC relates to the subway and why it is like an uncle who molests us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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]]> 924 yes Episode 3: The Unbreakable Hilly C https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4/the-unbreakalbe-hilly-c "What the Hell Were You Thinking?" for Friday April 17th 2015 asks are we sure if we want an unopposed candidate, is 2.5 billion dollars really enough for an election and can we have Uncle Joe be her Veep for 8 more years of great Onion stories. Into music by Hypnostate, you can find their work on Jamendo,com, drops from Dennis Quaid's angry rants, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and of course The Onion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:24:48 -0000 full Dave Bledsoe "What the Hell Were You Thinking?" for Friday Apr… "What the Hell Were You Thinking?" for Friday April 17th 2015 asks are we sure if we want an unopposed candidate, is 2.5 billion dollars really enough for an election and can we have Uncle Joe be her Veep for 8 more years of great Onion stories. Into music by Hypnostate, you can find their work on Jamendo,com, drops from Dennis Quaid's angry rants, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and of course The Onion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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