Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
Displaying 6 items of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag "exploration".
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278 - Crappy Colonies: Santa Maria de Ochuse
April 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
16th century, colonial america, colonization, comedy, exploration, florida, history, native american, pensacola, spanish, spanish colony
Welcome to Pensacola, Florida. Home to a giant neon fish sign, a military base and the site of the second attempt to establish a Spanish Colony on mainland America. If you thought their first attempt was a mess, this time the Spanish learn all about hurricanes and the benefits of eating shoe leather.
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271 - Crappy Colonies: San Miguel de Gualdape
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
16th century, american history, colony, comedy, exploration, history, new world, spanish, spanish colony
We take a look at the first European colony in North America. This disaster of a Spanish colony was lead by a ex-lawyer turned slaver Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. And lets just say the pasty european settlers don't have the best time in the swamps of Georgia.
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245 - Sir Richard Burton (pt. 6): Burton Does America
August 11th, 2022 | 1 hr 24 mins
19th century, america, british, comedy, cowboys, drinking, english explorer, exploration, history, podcast, salt lake city, san francisco, wild west
Burton travels across the pond in search of the Mormon Mecca, Salt Lake City. This booze-fueled coast-to-coast tour is full of scalps, guns, and Polygamy!
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244 - Sir Richard Burton (pt.5): Where the White Nile Grools
August 4th, 2022 | 1 hr 40 mins
19th century, africa, comedy, david livingstone, drinking, england, english, english empire, exploration, explorer, history, insects, jungle, london, nile, podcast, the nile
We take a deep dive into the arduous and disgusting exploration of Richard Burton & John Hanning Speke's quest for the source of the Nile. Along the way we will encounter massive sex organs, ear burrowing beetles and betrayal.
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243 - Sir Richard Burton (pt.4): An Examination of the Gash.
July 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 34 mins
19th century, africa, comedy, crimean war, drinking, england, ethiopia, exploration, history, kenya, podcast, river, sociology, somalia, the nile
Burton sets out for an expedition of the unexplored city of Harar in modern day Ethiopia, he documents extreme female circumcision, fights in the Crimean War and had a decisive scuffle with the Somali's and his stalker back in London.
The quest for the source of the Nile has begun!
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242 - Sir Richard Burton (pt.3): Undercover Hajj to Mecca
July 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 56 mins
19th century, britain, comedy, cultural studies., desert, drinking, exploration, history, islam, mecca, podcast, undercover
Richard Burton meets his stalker fan girl then sets off on a exploration of Islam's most venerated cities, Medina & Mecca, disguised as Mizra Abdullah.