Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
Displaying all 2 Episode of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag “new orleans”.
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142 - Louis Armstrong: Tootin' Doody
August 6th, 2020 | 2 hrs 16 mins
america history, bebop, black culture, chicago, comedy, drinking, harlem, harlem renaissance, history, jazz, louis armstrong, mafia, mob, music, music history, new orleans, new york, podcast, rag time, satchmo, trumpet
The life of this extraordinary trumpet player takes us through the evolution of Jazz itself. From razor wielding prostitutes, to Chi-town mafioso, the cultural explosion of the Harlem Renaissance and abroad; Louis lived a fast life! But his bowels were even faster.
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61 - William Walker: The American 'President' of Nicaragua
January 10th, 2019 | 2 hrs 14 mins
19th century, america, civil war, comedy, death, drinking, failure, filibuster, freebooter, history, jerk, mercenary, merica, mexico, nashville, new orleans, nicaragua, podcast, racist, revolution, san fransisco, slavery, south, southern, tyrant, war, wimp
William Walker was a scrawny, entitled, doughy-eyed Southern racist that could not stop illegally invading Central America during the 19th century. Seeing that he was terrified of women, this was not your tequila fueled spring break like off of a 90s reality TV show. The only show he got was the dongs of his soldiers, as their pants rotted away on his death marches through the deserts and jungles of Mexico & Nicaragua.