Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
We found 10 episodes of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag “19th century”.
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56 - Edward Drinker Cope: History's Most Bone-Headed Paleontologist
November 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 34 mins
19th century, america, bone, bone wars, brontosaurus, comedy, dig, dinosaurs, discovery, drinking, excavation, explosives, feud, fossils, frontier, history, jurassic park, mining, moron, natural history, naturalist, nerd, paleontologist, paleontology, podcast, race, research, rivalry, science, scientific discovery, scientist, skeletons, tnt, wild west
Seen the documentary Jurassic Park? Think you know dinosaurs? Well, Edward Drink Cope sure doesn't... Even though he discovered a whole bunch of 'em. This dangus started a Bone War that shook the field of paleontology for centuries.
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53 - Andrew Jackson: America's First Maniac President
November 8th, 2018 | 1 hr 47 mins
19th century, 50 cent, affair, america, anger, brutal, campaign, comedy, currency, democrat, deregulation, dollar, drinking, duel, elections, expansionism, genocide, history, imperialism, jackson, manifest destiny, military, money, native american, old dead dude, oppression, pistol, podcast, politics, president, revolution, ruler, scandal, shot, trail of tears, trump, us history, usa, war, war of 1812, western democracy
You might know him as the 20 Dollar Bill Boy but in his time he was simply known as President Andrew Jackson. When he wasn't physically stealing other peoples wives, this wacky waving inflatable man was flexing America's Manifest Destiny boner, by systematically destroying native culture and spreading slavery. As his pet parrot would scream during his funeral 'ASSHOLE!'
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48 - Charles Darwin: The Science of Boobies & Barnacle Dong
October 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 21 mins
19th century, awkward, barnacle, boobies, comedy, darwin, darwinism, drinking, england, english, evolution, facts, finch, friends, galapagos, history, podcast, sailing, science, scientist, theory, uk
The father of evolution, Charles Darwin, spent his lifetime laboriously ogling the boobies of the Galapagos and rigorously examining the huge dongs of the promiscuous barnacles.
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39 - William Lyon Mackenzie: Canada's Try-Hard Revolutionary
August 2nd, 2018 | 1 hr 35 mins
19th century, america, british empire, buffalo, canada, colonial, colonialism, comedy, constitution, drinking, history, immigrants, insurrection, newspaper, ontario, podcast, political, politics, press, rebellion, reform, revolution, scotland, toronto, upstate new york
When it comes to revolutionaries William Lyon Mackenzie is straight up the Charlie Brown of the bunch. The first mayor of Toronto had great intentions but failed at almost everything he ever did. We are talking Canadian independence here... There's a reason the queen is still on their bills. To get some inside insight, Travis captures two living Canadians in his poutine trap to discuss life in the Great White North.
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34 - Wyatt Earp: Shoddy Lawman & Wild West Wuss
June 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 28 mins
19th century, america, american legend, american wast, americana, arizona, bounty, bounty hunters, brothel, cowboy, crook, drinking, fraud, frontier, gambling, gun, high noon, history, horses, lawman, pimp, podcast, quickdraw, revolver, sheriff, shootout, wild west
We break down the myths and legends behind one of the most notorious gunslingers in the Wild West, Wyatt Earp. And what we find out... is he's an extra-soft ice cream boy. There's something fishy at the O.K. Corral and it's not one of Wyatt's numerous prostitutes.
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33 - John Mytton: History's Drunkest Aristocrat
June 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 34 mins
19th century, alcoholic, animal cruelty, bear, comedy, death metal, dogs, drinking, england, english, history, inheritance, millionaire, monkeys, nobility, party, party animal, podcast, rich, rockstar, spoiled rich, wagon crash
Will Smith from Artificial Brain joins us as we roast history's drunkest aristocrat, John Mytton. This 19th century English noble makes even the craziest rockstars look like precious schoolboys! Who were his drinking buddies? A menagerie of freaking wild animals!
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28 - P.T. Barnum: PT Cruis'n USA
May 17th, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
1800s, 19th century, america, barnum, big top, circus, clowns, comedy, connecticut, curios, drinking, elephants, freaks, history, oddities, podcast, promoter, pt cruiser, showman, side show, three ring circus
Come one! Come all! Feast your eyes on people with disabilities and captive animals. We're roasting P.T. Barnum, America's greatest promoter and king of the big top!