Roast Mortem Cast

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!

46 - Janis Joplin: Attention-seeking, Free-loving Wannabe

September 20th, 2018  |  1 hr 19 mins

60s, 69, blues, comedy, counter culture, drinking, drugs, free love, hippy, history, love, peace, podcast, rock, rock and roll, san francisco, summer of love, texas, trippy

Janis Joplin is remembered as the free-loving spirit of the 60s... but in reality, she was a freeloading, needy addict that was always 'too good' for the talented people that surrounded her. If she was so hip and in touch with her generation, why couldn't she write her own lyrics?

38 - Allen 'Kid Diddling' Ginsberg: Goof Troupe pt. 1

July 26th, 2018  |  1 hr 31 mins

50s, 60s, 70s, abuse, baby boomer, beat generation, beatnik, comedy, counter culture, drinking, drugs, free love, hack, hippy, history, literature, lsd, monster, nature, new york, pedophile, podcast, poem, poet, poetry, predator, san francisco

Melanie Moat joins us as we roast 'beat poet' Allen Ginsberg. Have you ever read his poem 'Howl'? You know, the book your professor made you read that barely made sense and had the writing structure of a 2nd grader? The truth is Ginsberg openly touched 2nd grader dong for pleasure... Actually, that may have been his inspiration. Did your professor tell you that?

5 - 'Emperor' Joshua Norton

November 30th, 2017  |  46 mins 6 secs

comedy, crazy, death, drinks, drunk, emperor, funny, history, hobo, norton, roast, san francisco