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PastMaster: Reshaping History

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

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00:36:17

EP15: Aria of Death, A Mission to kill Hitler (with...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/07/17

Special guest Nick Horseman stars in a time travelling mission to kill Adolph Hitler before he can rise to prominence. Adopting the moniker of Klaus Hörsmann, Nick journeys back to the Habsburg Empire in Vienna, 1911, via a log flume time machine and heads straight to a gun shop. Finding himself penniless, Hörsmann immediately gets to work bartering for a discreet but deadly weapon with which to do the deed. After badmouthing a rival arms dealer’s business, Hörsmann gets his hands on the gun and

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01:12:37

EP14: Death Wish Kitty (with special guest Nick...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/07/10

The gang head back to ancient Egypt, this time with a cunning plan involving poles, furs and a beatboxing cat-god... With Keon away the team welcomes back special guest comedian and rapper Nick Horseman to take on the voice of Game Master. The game’s difficulty setting has been dialled up with new rules to make it much stricter and more realistic and also more cutting in its criticism of the player. Ryan tries to lose the game as quickly as possible. But will ChatGPT play ball? PastMaster is the

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01:11:48

EP13: The Windy City Wedding Whiskey Run (with...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/07/03

Special guest comedian and rapper Nick Horseman stars in a wise-cracking journey to prohibition-era Chicago. With his gangster patter down to a tee and a cunning plan to get in with the local mob boss, Nick sets out to make a name for himself as the new player in town. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our maverick AI GameMaster. Landing in the Windy City in 1926, Horseman bowls his way

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00:50:08

EP12: When in Rome... [70 BCE]

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2023/06/26

Tan visits an ancient Roman amphitheatre to try and spruce up their chariot designs with some 21st-century know-how. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our maverick AI GameMaster. The thundering of hooves, the crowd baying, and the clash of steel on steel provide the soundtrack to this week’s episode! Channelling his inner Premiership footballer, Tan baits the crowd before climbing aboard

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00:45:24

EP11: Egypt, pt 2 – Are ghosts real or not then?...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/06/19

We rejoin Keon (AKA Kheper) on his treacherous journey to the Egyptian underworld to see if Anubis, the god of the dead, will play ball with his theme park idea or instead extract his still-beating heart from his chest. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our maverick AI GameMaster. It is the year 1400BC and with his plans for world beard domination firmly in mind, Keon must put his

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00:47:34

EP10: Egypt, pt 1 – Ancient Egyptian beard modelling...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/06/12

GameMaster gets a makeover from pithy and sarcastic to a bitter, angry old man for this beard-themed trip to ancient Egypt. The game’s difficulty level is also dialled up, with strict instructions to deduct the player’s lives as a punishment for dangerous actions. Despite the increased danger, Keon cheerfully adopts the name Kheper and heads for the land of sphinxes and pyramids where he intends to discover the secrets of the pharaohs’ beard grooming. His attention is distracted by the House of

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00:48:34

EP9: Galilee, pt 2 – Come on Jesus, what was your...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/06/05

Tan finally meets Jesus. Picking up from the knife-edge where we left off last time, we also find out whether Tan’s plan to take over the saffron trade in Galilee circa 25AD will pay off. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. With a gang of local tough-nuts and farmers now working for him and making plans to out-do rival saffron trader Mordechai at his own game, Tan takes

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00:38:12

EP8: Galilee, pt 1 – Baron Saffron sets up shop [25 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/28

Tan journeys to the era of Jesus Christ in Galilee, circa 25AD. After getting caught stealing some bread, he forges an unlikely friendship with a spice merchant before setting out to become a saffron dealer in his own right. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. With the help of his mentor he meets the fearsome saffron dealer Mordechai to explore business opportunities

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00:32:30

EP7: The land before time (and logic) [~65m BCE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/22

Tan visits the Jurassic era to test whether he can avoid becoming lunch and emerge victorious as leader of the dinosaurs. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Pushing the parameters of the game to its limits, Tan makes friends with dinosaurs, first crafting rudimentary armour and weapons for the great lizards before introducing them to the delights of song and

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01:02:17

EP6: Inventing ‘the box’ and avoiding Agincourt (with...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/15

Special guest comedian Sunil Patel visits a brothel in the mid-15th century. Despite this indulgent opening, Sunil’s savvy negotiations and surprisingly vague and generic invention soon pave the way for victory. But can anyone explain what the invention known as ‘Patel’s Device’ actually does? Bernard Cornwell’s ⁠Azincourt⁠ and Shakespeare’s Henry V are the inspiration for Sunil’s adventure. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era

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00:47:34

EP5: On the origin of "On the Origin of Species"...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/08

Ryan gaslights Charles Darwin about who really wrote On the Origin of Species and orders the scientist to give him a piggyback across town. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Under the acronym Ryland Mulchroneforth, Ryan heads to London during the Victorian Era where he bumps into eminent scientist Charles Darwin in a pub. Unable to resist taking credit for someone

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00:20:25

EP4: Fixing Lord of the Rings

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

Dragging our AI Gamemaster off to JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth, Tan finds out how orc visitor ‘Thokk the Unthinkable’ gets on in the Shire and whether Gandalf will accept his plan to destroy the One Ring. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Disregarding the principles of the game, Tan takes the adventure to The Shire in Tolkien’s Middle Earth, where he tests wizard

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00:42:44

EP3: Headbutting into the Viking Times [~850 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

Keon explores his inner murder hobo, journeying to Denmark at the height of the Viking empire where he seeks to be worshipped as a god and to start a feud with a rival. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Heading to Denmark circa 900AD, Keon embraces the brutality of the age, styling himself as Jarl Olaf and headbutting a rival right off the bat to show how tough he

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00:31:16

EP2: Medieval Breakdancing Badgers [~1300 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

Ryan give Guns N’ Roses a makeover on the lute and tries to seduce a lord’s wife. But could his animal training know-how prove the real key to success? PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Materialising in a medieval marketplace, adventurer ‘Ryanardo’ tests out Johnny B Goode on the locals, catching the attention of a local bard. Introducing his new friend to the melodies

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00:32:16

EP1: Kentucky Fried Western [1865 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

On our maiden voyage back in time, Keon heads to the Wild West to make a name for himself among the cowboys with a fast food franchise that promises to be finger lickin’ good. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. In this episode, meeting up to play PastMaster together for the first time, Ryan, Keon and Tan discuss whether AI is ‘good or bad’, where PastMaster sits among

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00:01:21

TRAILER – "Roads? Where we're going they haven't...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/28

If you could go back 10 years what would you do? Buy a bunch of bitcoin probably. What about 100 years, 200, 500? Could you survive and thrive? Or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? Well now you can find out. PastMaster is the time-travel adventure show with a twist. Each week our hosts Ryan, Tan and Keon explore a different era of history with the help of our maverick and benevolent AI GameMaster. It’s simple. We give the AI the rules of the game and then it acts as our narrator and

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