Roast Mortem Cast

282 - Crappy Colonies: St. Croix, Charlesbourg-Royal & France-Roy

May 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 36 mins

16th century, american history, canada, canadian history, colony, comedy, explorer, french, french history, history, iroquois, quebec

We are back with another Crappy Colony. This time we are hitting the seas with the French, at there first attempt to settle the New World. Will the land of the Iroquois proof to be their land of gold or will they just find frozen death?

220 - Hergé: The Misadventures of Tintin

February 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 29 mins

20th century, animation, artist, belgian, belgium, cartoon, comedy, comic strip, comics, drinking, france, french, herge, history, iconic, occupation, podcast, reporter, tintin, world war 2, wwii

George Remi, a.k.a. Hergé, created one of the most influential and popular comics of the 20th Century... Tintin is such a favorite of Travis' that he has Captain Haddock tattooed on his leg!

But behind the exciting adventures of Tintin, lays a personal story of a struggling artist, German occupation, and a series of not-so-secret affairs.
Was Hergé a Nazi mouthpiece as depicted by the Belgian Resistance? Or was he just a whiney oblivious idiot trying to make ends meet.

183 - Joan of Arc: Teenage Frenchie Heroine

May 27th, 2021  |  1 hr 50 mins

biography, burned at the stake, capture, comedy, convict, drinks, english, executed, french, history, hundred years war, miracle, saint, war

Joan of Arc was an angsty teenager that paved the French's way to victory during the Hundred Year's War. Along the way, she purportedly chatted with the god-bro, but only pulled off mediocre miracles. Live fast. Die crispy.

54 - Django Reinhardt: Gypsy Jazz Legend and Extra Hardt

November 15th, 2018  |  1 hr 43 mins

30s, comedy, django, drinking, france, french, guitar, guitar legend, gypsy, gypsy jazz, history, jazz, jazz guitar, music, music history, podcast, romani, swing, traveling

We learn what it means to be a gypsy jazz guitar legend... Be extra French, smoke a billion cigarettes, blow off shows to go drunk fishing, and permanently screw up your meat claws in a caravan fire. Worked for Django Reinhardt.

36 - Coco Chanel: The Fashionable, Fascist SS Operative

July 12th, 2018  |  1 hr 45 mins

20s, allies, axis, chanel, chanel no 5, coco chanel, comedy, couture, drinking, espionage, fascist, fashion, fashionista, flappers, france, french, gold digger, high fashion, history, little black dress, nazi, podcast, runway, spy, uk, ww2

Gabriella Ferreira joins us as we roast Coco Chanel. The queen of couture has a very dark secret. Here's a hint... it invovles the Nazis, Winston Churchill and a lot of erections. Her 'little black dress' wasn't just sexy af, it was covert.