Episode 526: Going Through the Big D

Episode 526: Going Through the Big D

From What the HELL Were You Thinking? by Dave Bledsoe

June 1, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 525

About this episode

Dave Bledsoe discusses the JFK assassination and the life of Lee Harvey Oswald while recounting a humorous personal incident.

Show Episode 526: Going Through the Big D This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets thrown out of a country bar after gravely misunderstanding what “Ho-Down” meant. (He pushed a woman off her barstool!!) On the show this week we follow JFK to Texas for the most important moment of his Presidency. (What? Too soon?) Along the way we discover that Dave’s Dad had nothing to do with the Kennedy assassination! (Allegedly) Then we dive right into the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, Marine, communist defector, and moron. We examine the details of that fateful days in Texas. From Fort Worth calls girls to near fistfights with the medical examiner in Dallas. Then we look at the genuinely weird things that happened after JFK’s death before moving on to all the “theories” surrounding those weird things. Finally, we look into the most plausible explanation for why the theories got started in the first place. Our sponsor this week is the Former Dallas County Administration Building, we never let our worst moment define us. We open with Walter Cronkite who has some bad news and close with Brett Monnier who is on a trip. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky…

People in this episode

Host: Dave Bledsoe

Topics covered

  • JFK assassination
  • Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Texas history
  • conspiracy theories
  • country bar incident

Keywords

  • JFK
  • Lee Harvey Oswald
  • assassination
  • Texas
  • conspiracy theories
  • country bar
  • humor

Sponsors

Former Dallas County Administration Building

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