Roast Mortem Cast

270 - Richard Wagner (pt.2): The Ultimate Annoying Drama Kid

February 23rd, 2023  |  1 hr 38 mins

19th century, comedy, composer, germany, history, idiot, music, music history, philosophy

We finish up the life of probably one of the most pretentious artist to ever exist. As Wagner moves over the hill, his mind is stuck in that of a pre-teen drama kid. This stinky boy, talks his way into Germany's elite, creating avant-garde compositions that you totally wouldn't understand... Cause you aren't smart enough.

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!

196 - George Adamski: EARTH'S AMBASSADOR TO THE SPACE BROTHERS

August 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 56 mins

alien, america history, comedy, conspiracy, coverup, drinking, extraterrestrial, fbi, history, idiot, metaphysics, nasa, paranormal, podcast, project blue book, space, space travel, truth, ufo

Do not listen to this episode...
This is REAL HISTORY that the government doesn't want you know.

Cover your cloaca and PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

164 - Thomas Midgley Jr.: The most destructive human in the history of the Universe

January 14th, 2021  |  1 hr 45 mins

america history, automotive, cars, chemist, chemistry, climate change, comedy, drinking, environmental, gas, global warming, history, idiot, inventor, nerd, podcast, research, tech

When you think of the world's most dangerous person, who do you think of? Genghis Khan? Stalin? Hitler?!
Try a gas-huffing, pseudo-chemist that gave an entire generation lead poisoning and singlehandedly melted a hole in the atmosphere. Midgley created a ecological Frankenstein's monster, but did his smooth-brained science cause his undoing?

153 - Jack Parsons: Satanic Sexy Rocketnerd

October 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 55 mins

alcester crowley, america history, comedy, drinking, explosives, flight, flying, history, idiot, inventor, magic, magik, nasa, nerd, orgy, podcast, research, rockets, satanic, scandal, sex, space, space travel, tech, weapons

When he wasn't nearly blowing off his hand with explosives he was blowing loads in satanic rituals with Alcester Crowley. This genius of jet propulsion and forefather of NASA was blacklisted for his dubious practice of sex black magik.

141 - Alexander Graham Bell: Ring, Ring, Ring... Eugenics Phone!

July 30th, 2020  |  1 hr 47 mins

19th century, america history, comedy, communications, craftsman, disabilities, drinking, history, idiot, industrialization., inventor, phone, podcast, scientist, scotland, scottish, sound, telephone

Scottish born Alexander Graham Bell was a mad genius in the science of sound, improving the telegraph, inventing the telephone (Maybe?) and by proxy the Dick Pic... But fuck did he hate those deaf people with their flailing sign language!

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'.

125 - Jimmy Superfly Snuka: Coconut-brained, homicidal Hawaiian WWF Superstar

April 9th, 2020  |  2 hrs 20 mins

comedy, drinking, hawaii, hawaiian, history, idiot, kayfabe, murder, podcast, true crime, wrestling, wwe, wwf

In a land before time, when the WWF wasn't about saving animals, but about sweaty men grappling in the ultimate arena... so the 80's. There was a legendary wrestler that could fly higher, was more illiterate and probably murdered his wife... That wrestler was none other than Jimmy Superfly Snuka. Justin Waaland of Heavy Hole joins us to discuss this large stupid man, his drug abuse and his probable homicide.

91 - ODB: Wu-Tang Clan Member, Crack Connoisseur, & Child Support Dodger

August 8th, 2019  |  1 hr 15 mins

baby mama, child support, drugs, idiot, rap, rapper, sex, wu-tang clan

Unique rapper ODB sported a slew of nicknames: Big Baby Jesus, Dirt McGirt, & Joe Bananas. When he wasn't in the Wu-Tang Clan studio, he enjoyed indulging in crack, dodging child support payments, & abusing the American Welfare System. Freeee Money!

90 - David Marshall Williams: Inventor of the American Chode Rifle

August 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 31 mins

america history, assault, bootlegging, carbine, comedy, craftsman, crime, drinking, drunkard, felon, guns, history, idiot, inventor, jail, murder, podcast, rifle, weapons, ww2

Felon and drunkard David Marshall Williams found himself in and out of prison most of his life. You see, the one thing he loved more than moonshine was making homemade guns and killin'. His luck changed when Uncle Sam saw his chode-like carbine rifle and turned this country convict into a munitions millionaire.