PastMaster: Reshaping History With AI
Could you survive and thrive if you were sent back in time? Would you invent electricity in ancient Rome, or perhaps teach Napoleon rock & roll? Well now you can find out! Join our hosts Ryan, Tan and Keon in PastMaster – the time-travelling, history-bending, role-playing show. It’s simple. We've given an AI the rules of the game and it acts as our narrator and guide. Each week we navigate to a different era and find out if we've got what it takes to reshape history. Will it be historically accurate? Will any of it make sense? Will we master the past? Tune in and find out!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Ghost of Christmas PastMaster
It's that time of the year and the PastMaster crew have pulled out all the stops to go on a festive adventure for the ages.
Tinsel ✅
Santa hats ✅
Christmas Ghosts delivering time travel rebukes ✅…
00:58:10 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
![The Truth Behind Stonehenge – [REPLAY S2.E5]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9685deb0-cc82-11ef-893f-bffcf05be362/image/496eb104c9db218566da255f0f73c6f4.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
The Truth Behind Stonehenge – [REPLAY S2.E5]
The countdown to Christmas continues with another PastMaster replay special. We've turned back the clock to this episode from Season 2 where we uncovered the mysteries of Stonehenge...
Keon’s always…
00:55:22 |
Mon 09 Dec 2024
![True Crime Special – Jack the Ripper's identity revealed [REPLAY S2.E3]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/972e0388-cc82-11ef-893f-af00523c4444/image/36e520bf031bd13d7769706b70b4a81a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
True Crime Special – Jack the Ripper's identity revealed [REPLAY S2.E3]
In true PastMaster style we're turning back the clock to revisit the past. In this case, our own podcasting past.
In this episode from Season 2, Tan travels back to the slums of Victorian Whitechape…
00:40:22 |
Sun 01 Dec 2024
S3E14: PastMaster Live – How to become worshipped as a god
In our first-ever live show, Ryan tries to persuade a boatful of explorers that he is a deity. Plus our live studio audience attempts to "bake a gun" in revolutionary France.
If you were sent back i…
01:02:54 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
![S3E13: Freaking out the Founding Fathers of America [1775 CE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9855917c-cc82-11ef-893f-67d473ffd161/image/b2ce4e0c54f78e759d59051ee293113a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E13: Freaking out the Founding Fathers of America [1775 CE]
With American politics constantly in the news right now PastMaster heads back in time to visit the first presidents of the USA to see what they were like.
The year is 1775. Colonial America is on th…
00:49:34 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
![S3E12: Plato's Wrestlemania & the Search for Atlantis [355 BCE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/98eaf30c-cc82-11ef-893f-23f4be94e2cf/image/de175b4b46904a2193406b1f422e0b2a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E12: Plato's Wrestlemania & the Search for Atlantis [355 BCE]
Is Atlantis real? That's the question we've been pondering as Tan takes to the PastMaster hotseat to try and uncover the truth.
Travelling back to ancient Athens, the first priority is to seek out a…
00:40:29 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
S3E11: HardMode 3.0 - Hard Claude with a Vengeance
Is Claude a more realistic GameMaster than ChatGPT?
This week we're bringing back 'Hard Mode' to PastMaster. We've crafted a particularly difficult prompt that requires full realism, or else...
It …
00:42:29 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Important PastMaster Announcement(s)!
We've been a little quiet over the summer, but fear not, the wheels of time are still turning at the PastMaster HQ! We've got 3 exciting announcements:
1. Next week PastMaster Season 3 returns.
…
00:03:37 |
Tue 17 Sep 2024
![S3E10: ‘Lady Claudius’ vs Robin Hood (ft Heidi Regan) [1152 CE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9aaa825c-cc82-11ef-893f-df8ba4eb7947/image/dcde52625e71c6ac7564e4fe0338dd36.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E10: ‘Lady Claudius’ vs Robin Hood (ft Heidi Regan) [1152 CE]
Comedian Heidi Regan joins the PastMaster team for the chance to meet her hero Robin Hood.
Sent on a mission to steal the Sheriff of Nottingham’s treasure and free the Merry Men from jail, will sh…
01:02:13 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
![S3E9: Claude is back! Cockney GameMaster vs Samurai Warriors. [~1336 CE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9b5689f8-cc82-11ef-893f-5f36e0b789ee/image/84d46aa65ce720bc6758cc0607ec3b4c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E9: Claude is back! Cockney GameMaster vs Samurai Warriors. [~1336 CE]
GameMaster Claude is back and is as weird as ever!
Tan has always wanted to return to feudal Japan to meet some Samurai warriors. He finally gets his chance, but will GameMaster let him play? Tan f…
00:54:22 |
Mon 01 Jul 2024
![S3E8: Does AI believe in Aliens? The Truth behind Area 51 (ft Sunil Patel) [1988 CE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9bf54368-cc82-11ef-893f-1bf8a4d30b44/image/7545839b2959dee8ec0ddd8cf1f2b326.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E8: Does AI believe in Aliens? The Truth behind Area 51 (ft Sunil Patel) [1988 CE]
Aliens. Living amongst us. Possibly.
What does GameMaster think? Surely with access to all the knowledge on the internet, our AI-powered guide has parsed the data, found the patterns and come up wit…
00:43:40 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
S3E7: Infiltrating Pablo Escobar's Cartel. "El contacto y las tartas" [1973 CE]
This week Keon takes the reins to explore 1970s Medellín, Colombia. The mission: Become Pablo Escobar’s right-hand man with a 50/50 split of all the takings. Ambitious as ever, but Keon has… a unique…
00:44:14 |
Mon 17 Jun 2024
![S3E6: Move over ChatGPT, Clever Claude is the new GameMaster (ft Nick Horseman) [~1350 CE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9d357ed2-cc82-11ef-893f-af3afdcbf26b/image/768fe23148baf4d8e98613129c420481.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E6: Move over ChatGPT, Clever Claude is the new GameMaster (ft Nick Horseman) [~1350 CE]
GameMaster - the AI-powered narrator of PastMaster adventures - gets a makeover in today's episode.
ChatGPT has been benched and replaced by a competing tool known as Claude.ai
We've given Claude …
00:44:02 |
Mon 10 Jun 2024
![S3E5: Pheasants & Phlatulence. The best drama. Period. (ft Kim and Alice from Fetch the Smelling Salts) [1813 CE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9ddc5720-cc82-11ef-893f-97c9b4b6dc8a/image/d428637e6a4157f856ebc29b5b8f5686.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E5: Pheasants & Phlatulence. The best drama. Period. (ft Kim and Alice from Fetch the Smelling Salts) [1813 CE]
Brace yourself. We're heading to rural Derbyshire in 1813 with Alice Nagle and Kim Marsh from @fetchsmellingsalts for a romp through Regency England's high society.
While all eyes are on the debut…
01:07:46 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
![S3E4: Sunil Patel's Roman Rampage [~150 BCE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9e84ae7a-cc82-11ef-893f-c7e56033dba2/image/ca79490021f9a5ca246457c58ce42ae0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E4: Sunil Patel's Roman Rampage [~150 BCE]
Comedian and actor Sunil Patel (Alice & Jack (C4) The Witchfinder (BBC), This Time with Alan Partridge (BBC), Stath Lets Flats (C4) is back in the hot seat for another blast through the past.
As our …
00:49:03 |
Mon 27 May 2024
![S3E3: AgathAI ChristiGPT – Can we make a compelling murder mystery drama? [1928 CE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9f19c17c-cc82-11ef-893f-339b274312b4/image/27fec8ad8e6f8c68fb7be6a3a5f38979.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E3: AgathAI ChristiGPT – Can we make a compelling murder mystery drama? [1928 CE]
First Sherlock Holmes then Hercule Poirot and now Inspector Klaus.
Keon pits himself against the greatest crime-solving detectives in a special MurderMysteryMaster edition of PastMaster.
We've pow…
00:37:32 |
Mon 20 May 2024
S3E2: “A Whole New (smoke-free) World” - Saving Walt Disney (ft Verbal Diorama’s Em McGowan)
Disney's "Dark Ages" typically encompasses the late 1960s to the late 1980s. During this time the quality and success of Disney animated films suffered and it wasn’t until 1989’s The Little Mermaid t…
00:43:51 |
Mon 13 May 2024
![S3E1: Hard Mode 2.0 – Can Tan become a god in Ancient Sparta? [~500 BCE]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a0498208-cc82-11ef-893f-a37f030a36c9/image/c0828dcdd8a6a1a41a33d623fd9cfaa5.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
S3E1: Hard Mode 2.0 – Can Tan become a god in Ancient Sparta? [~500 BCE]
We're back with Season 3 of PastMaster!
This week's episode is PastHard with a Vengeance as Ryan tries to turn the tables on Tan with his version of a harder, stricter game.
Tan gets sent back to …
00:49:59 |
Mon 06 May 2024
Season 3 Trailer – The Past and the Furious
The PastMaster crew are back with Season 3. And it's promising to be more Past-ery and more AI-y than ever before.
Featuring upgraded GameMasters, Murder Mystery solving, Regency period dramas, Wa…
00:06:44 |
Fri 03 May 2024
S2E13: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Season 2 Finale
Looking back on highlights of season 2, Ryan, Keon and Tan pick out the good, the bad and the tremendously ugly.
Phallic AI art and GameMaster’s double standards feature prominently, alongside succe…
00:41:27 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
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