All the things that made the world the way it is now.
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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.
Episode 509: "Shaman Me? Shaman You!" Part 1 of Spooktacular 2025
What the HELL Were You Thinking?
26 minutes
1 month ago
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
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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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What the HELL Were You Thinking?
All the things that made the world the way it is now.
Welcome to the podcast takes your nostalgia, tells you the history behind it and makes you ask What the HELL Were You Thinking. Host Dave Bledsoe takes the history, politics and pop culture of the past fifty years and explains what it was like to live through it and why it is still ruining the world today. So join Dave, his hapless Producer Gavin St James every Monday for time capsule of truth! Find us at whatthehellpodcast.com, @whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social and the show name on Facebook.
