Roast Mortem Cast

229 - Chiang Kai-Shek (pt2): The Sloppy Nanjing Decade & Donald of China

April 21st, 2022  |  1 hr 31 mins

1920s, 1930s, asian history, china, chinese, chinese history, comedy, communism, history, japan, manchuria, military history, nanjing decade, podcast, revolution, war, warfare

Our story of Chiang Kai Shek continues and we dive head first into the Nanjing Decade. Chiang seizes power and leads a violent purge of the CCP. And one extremely white dude named Donald of China, saves the country from unraveling at the seams.

228 - Chiang Kai-Shek (pt1): The Virgin Boy Egg of China

April 14th, 2022  |  2 hrs 5 mins

china, chinese history, civil war, comedy, drinking, history, japan, military history, podcast, rebellion, revolution

We begin a epic series down the life of revolutionary and founder of modern China, Chiang Kai-Shek. Chiang quickly shed his 'Milk name' and headed out into a career in the military, nationalism and syphilis

227 - Walt Disney - Cultural Icon, Suppressed Furry & Chu-Chu man

April 7th, 2022  |  2 hrs 12 mins

america history, americana, animation, cartoons, comedy, cultural studies, disney, disney world, history, hollywood, icon, mickey mouse, movies, podcast, walt disney

Zach from YoloSwagStudios joins us for a roast of WALT DISNEY. From humble beginnings at the ol’ family jelly factory, Disney created a cultural empire that changed shaped the American identity. I mean without him we would never had Shrek… not that Shrek is a Disney cartoon… but Butterfly Effect, bro!

226 - Melvil Dewey: The Double D Dewey Decimal System

March 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 53 mins

america history, comedy, drinking, education, history, idiot, lake placid, librarian, library, new york, podcast, research, sex

Professional Librarian and resident host Connor takes us through the life of horn dog Melvil Dewey. You know, the Dewey Decimal System! Dewey was a very particular man with very particular tastes... Especially when it came to his female students & colleagues. In addition to organizing libraries as we know it, Dewey also tried to shorten the English language and set up his own little racist, sexual assault vacation resort, Lake Placid, New York!

225 - Hiroshi Yamauchi : Nintendo's Willy Wonka Hates You

March 24th, 2022  |  2 hrs 40 mins

1980s, 1990s, business, classic games, comedy, drinking, gaming, gaming history, history, japanese history, mario, monopoly, nintendo, playstation, podcast, retro games, video games, wealth

The boys from the Drink a Beer Play a Game Podcast join us for a roast of the Nintendo's grumpy, egotistical president Hiroshi Yamauchi. The meteoric rise of Nintendo Frankensteined the video game industry back to life in the 1980’s with Yamauchi at the helm. He manically micromanaged his team, the all while NEVER PLAYING A VIDEO GAME IN HIS LIFE

224 - George C Scott (pt2): The Sophisticated Strangler

March 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 40 mins

acting, america history, cinema, comedy, drinking, film history, history, hollywood, oscars, patton, podcast

The ultimate American actor becomes the ultimate American General... And then he does it again... in a very lame TV production. We finish out the turbulant carreer of George C Scott, the man that put Hollywood in a choke hold.

223 - George C Scott (pt1): The Meathead Thespian

March 10th, 2022  |  2 hrs 29 secs

acting, america history, cinema, comedy, drinking, film history, films, history, hollywood, movies, podcast, violence

George C Scott can best be described as the American version of Oliver Reed... Except his drunken escapades usually ended in assault, battery or domestic abuse. George is best observed from a distance, a stages length at best.

222 - Gustav Krupp (pt2): Spicy Germany and the Big Boom Booms

March 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 59 mins

arms dealers, comedy, evil, germany, history, modern warfare, podcast, tanks, true crime, war, warfare, weapons, world war, wwii

We close out the Krupp Dynasty with a bang... cause we are talking about cannons... and WWII... Yeaaaaaaah.

The Krupps firm works with the Austrian 'Guttersnipe' and starts pumping out overly complicated Panzer tanks, amongst other weapons of death. But will the evil Krupps get their comeuppance when the war is over. Tune in to find out!

221 - Gustav Krupp (pt1): A Match Made in Germany

February 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 54 mins

19th century, arms dealer, comedy, drinking, freak, german history, germany, history, inventor, manufacturing, podcast, poop, poop smeller, steel, warfare, weapons, world war, wwi

We return to the long twisted lineage of the Krupp family and their arms dealin empire. The Family has a shuffle up and a neurotic outsider becomes the Cannon King, just in time for The War to End All Wars!

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.