Roast Mortem Cast

269 - Richard Wagner (pt.1): The 'voice' of a generation

February 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 32 mins

19th century, comedy, composer, crazy, germany, history, music, music history, podcast

We begin a deep dive into the 'voice' of a generation, Richard Wagner. This 19th century composer has a lot more in common with Kanye than you might think.

219 - Alfred Krupp (pt2): We Build This City on Steel & Horse Shit

February 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 35 mins

19th century, comedy, crazy, genius, germany, history, manufacturing, podcast, steel, warfare

We continue the strange tale of the steel-forging, horse poop-smelling, genius boy, Alfred Krupp, Connor takes us on the strangest episode of MTV Cribs through Al's 'Villa Hügel', his influential role in the formation of Germany and his Steel empire!

129 - Idi Amin: Uganda's Big Dumb Dumpster Dictator

May 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 36 mins

africa, cannibalism, comedy, crazy, dictator, drinking, genocide, history, idiot, podcast

Uganda had it bad when big fat dumb dumb Idi Amin took over the government by force. This disillusion dictator massacred his people, destroyed Uganda's economy and claimed the title of 'Lord of all Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in general and Uganda in particular'.

83 - Carry A. Nation: Hatchet-toting Grandma & Party Pooper Extraordinaire

June 13th, 2019  |  1 hr 21 mins

20th century, alcohol, bar culture, booze, christianity, comedy, crazy, crazy lady, destruction, drinking, eggs, extremist, hatchet, history, icp, podcast, prohibition, protest, temperance, violence, women's history, women's rights

This old bat just didn't want people to have fun! No drinking, no smoking, no gambling... And if you didn't follow her rules, she'd let you know about it!!!

78 - Valerie Solanas: The Feminist Eugenist that gunned down Andy Warhol

May 9th, 2019  |  1 hr 46 mins

1960's, 1968, andy warhol, art history, attempted murder, avant garde, crazy, criminal, drinking, feminism, gay movement, greenwich village, history, hobo, lgbtq, murder, now, nyc, patriarchy, philosophy, podcast, pop art, powerful women, scum manifesto, the factory, writer

Was the woman who gunned down Andy Warhol a radical feminist fighting the patriarchy or just a hobo Hitler that wanted to exterminate the inferior male gender? Find out as we roast the queen of bumming cigarettes and giving out quickies, Valerie Solanas.
Plus a extremely kid friendly lesson about the birds and the bees from Travis.

76 - Francisco Macías Nguema: Africa's Hitler that HATED smarty boys!

April 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 26 mins

60s, 70s, africa, african history, brain drain, cannibalism, colonialism, comedy, crazy, cult, cult of personality, dictator, drinking, drugs, equatorial guinea, execution, genocide, history, ignorance, intellectual, mass murder, murder, podcast, populism, psychedelic, spain, villain, witch doctor

Do you hate four-eye'd, know-it-all smarty boys that, like you know, love to learn and read books? Then, congratulations! You're as much of an ignorant dumbass as Francisco Macías Nguema a.k.a. Africa's Hitler.

72 - Kim Jong-il: Ass-eating Communist Dictator of North Korea

March 28th, 2019  |  1 hr 58 mins

asia, asian, basketball, comedy, communism, crazy, crimes against humanity, dictator, dmz, drinking, global politics, history, hostile, kidnapping, korea, mass murderer, movies, murder, north korea, oppression, pants suit, podcast, politics, south korea, totalitarian, war

When chubby little Kim Jong-il wasn't watching kaiju or Looney Tunes he was reinvented the rules of basketball, eating ass and starving his brainwashed people. Kim This pseudo-communist egomaniac that did absolutely nothing North Korea. Kim Jong-Un, if you or your spy network are listening, your dad sucked hard!

62 - Nikola Tesla: Electricity Boners & Pigeon Banging

January 17th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

20th century, aliens, antisocial, awkward, bestiality, comedy, conspiracy, crazy, currents, drinking, edison, electrical, electricity, elon musk, furries, history, infrastructure, inventor, nikola tesla, pigeons, podcast, power, rivalry, science, tesla

When Nikola Tesla wasn't conducting mad scientist electrical experiment, he enjoyed the tender moments with is one true love... a super sexual pigeon. That's right Elon Musk, Tesla was a furry!

51 - Matthew Hopkins: Witch Hunter with an Eye for Third Nipples

October 25th, 2018  |  1 hr 20 mins

17th century, britain, church, comedy, crazy, crime, devil, devil worship, drinking, england, familiars, fraud, girls gone wild, halloween, history, murder, persecution, podcast, puritan, religion, satan, satanic, spirits, torture, uk, witch, witch hunting, witchcraft, zealot

Witches Gone Wild! Matthew Hopkins, self-proclaimed Witch-Finder General, is about to turn your small English village into the hottest satanic spring break ever! The girls are up all night (against their will), ready to show off their hard extra nipples, and getting wet from hours of being dunked underwater for a confession of witchcraft!

Yeah... Hopkins is that kind of zealot monster.

44 - Wilbur Glenn Voliva: Flat-Earther, Evangelical Radio Host & Cult Leader

September 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 23 mins

anti-evolution, bible, christianity, comedy, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, crazy, cult, cult worship, drinking, evolution, flat earth, flat earther, fraud, higher criticism, history, oppression, podcast, radical, radio host, religion, revelation, scam, scopes monkey trial, worlds fair, zion

Roast Mortem takes an inside look into Zion City, IL. ALL MUST OBEY THE OVERSEER! Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva has deemed dancing, whistling, bathing suits and of course modern medicine punishable by his praetorian police. Oh and lets not forget THE EARTH IS FLAT.