Roast Mortem Cast

289 - Sterling Hayden (pt3): RED, white & Blue

August 31st, 2023  |  1 hr 19 mins

actor, comedy, communist, history, hollywood, leftist, socialist, war, wwii

We continue our journey with Sterling Hayden as he joins the communist partisans in Yugoslavia! Sterling is getting more and more RED as the days go on. Will this pretty face join the class struggle or will he just jerk it to a boat or something.

241- Sir Richard Burton (pt.2): A Soldier's* Life

July 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 26 mins

afghanistan, anthropology, british army, british empire, comedy, england, history, imperialism, india, language, linguistics, monkey, pakistan, podcast, sex, sex studies, war

*Not actively deployed to combat. Just spent his time documenting breasts, exposing homosexual activity, drinking weed, living amongst monkeys; calling one of them his wife. In fact, there is very little soldiering happening in this episode... It mainly consists of imperialistic debauchery in India and the raving of a madman.

230 - Chiang Kai-Shek (pt3): WWII Gangbang

April 28th, 2022  |  1 hr 31 mins

1930s, 1940s, america, china, chinese history, combat, comedy, communism, history, international diplomacy, japan, military history, podcast, war, war crimes, warfare, wwii

We cover the Second Sino-Japanese War and WWII as Chiang goes to war with modern mechanized Imperial Japan as he burns his own country to the ground. And after some sailors in Hawaii have a really bad day Dec 7th 1941, America joins the fight!

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.

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!

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.

155 - George Washington (1732-1759): Failing Upwards

November 5th, 2020  |  1 hr 47 mins

18th century, adventurer, america, america history, britain, colonial america, comedy, drinking, founding father, french and indian war, frontier, george washington, history, iroquois, land, military, military history, ohio, podcast, privilege, red coats, seven years war, slavery, virginia, war, warfare

Part 1 of America's Thicc thighed founding father, George Washington. From the second GW was born, he pretty much failed at everything. In this episode, we cover Lil' George clawing his way up the Virginia social ladder, his 'fortunate' entry into military life, and how he started a world war thanks to his under stupidity.

149 - Benedict Arnold: Loyalist Unamerican Traitor

September 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 40 mins

america, colonial, great britain, loyalist, revolutionary, sellout, traitor, war

Matt from the NFHC podcast joins us as we take shots at Benedict Arnold. Benny sold out American forces during the Revolutionary War. With a hard on for protocol and rules, Benny was traitorous rat that screwed over baby America.

80 - Sam Hughes: WWI's Canadian Cry-Baby

May 23rd, 2019  |  1 hr 54 mins

army, battlefield, canada, comedy, corruption, enlistment, generals, history, lacrosse, militaria, military, nationalism, passchendaele, patronage, podcast, politics, prime minister, reserves, rifle, tactics, the great war, the somme, toronto, trench warfare, war, warfare, wwi

What happens when you take a warmongering sociopath and put him in charge of the military right before the outbreak of WWI? Sam Hughes happens! The man responsible for countless Canadian deaths, child like hissy fits and shameless slander.

75 - Benjamin Franklin (1776-1790): Franklin's War against Crown, Country & Family

April 18th, 2019  |  1 hr 11 mins

1776, america, american revolution, ben franklin, colonial america, comedy, death, diplomacy, drinking, england, espionage, founding fathers, france, history, murder, paris, podcast, scandal, sex, spy, war, war for independence

The second and final episode on America's founding father Benjamin Franklin. The once dutiful royalist turns patriot, leaving a wake of propaganda, broken families and even the country he helped build.