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PastMaster: Reshaping History

If you were sent back in time, could you survive and thrive — or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? Welcome to PastMaster, the show that turns history into an interactive adventure game. Each episode, hosts Ryan and Tan are joined by a special guest comedian who is sent back in time with nothing but their modern knowledge and the shirt on their back. Under the guidance of a benevolent robot Game Master, they navigate to a different era each episode and find out if they’ve got what

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61:58

How to conquer Greenland ft. Ashley Haden

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2026/03/16

Greenland, 986 CE. Erik the Red has just established the first Norse settlement at Brattahlid, and comedian Ashley Haden has been living among the colonists for three months. The problem? A prominent farmer named Thorvald has accused him of stealing two sheep he never touched, and a public assembly called the Thing is happening at dawn. If found guilty, he owes compensation he can't pay, which means outlawry in the middle of a Greenlandic winter.Ashley's approach to Viking justice: invoke Odin,

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46:43

Hot Dog Hijinks at the Great Library of Alexandria,...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2026/03/02

Comedy science siblings Laura Lexx and Ron from the Lexx Education Podcast join PastMaster on a desperate attempt to save the Library of Alexandria before Caesar's forces burn it in 48 BCE. Armed with historical knowledge, no common sense, and a deeply questionable urine-based camouflage strategy, they face the most brutal Game Master yet. Will science save the day, or will their hi-piz strategy go down in history for all the wrong reasons? - - - - - GET IN TOUCH Sign up to our newsletter 👉

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53:28

Accidental Mayan Blood Sacrifice ft. Bilal Zafar

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2026/02/16

Comedian Bilal Zafar joins us on a Mayan Adventure of Apocalypto proportions. Tasked with warning the king about an upcoming solar eclipse, Bilal must sprint across the realm using his negotiation and roundhouse kicking skills to maximum effect - or risk becoming a human sacrifice for the gods. - - - - - GET IN TOUCH Sign up to our newsletter 👉 ⁠www.pastmasterpod.com Instagram 👉 ⁠@pastmasterpod TikTok 👉 @pastmasterpod X 👉 ⁠@pastmasterAI Email us 👉

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56:47

A few sherbets for the Silk Road ft. Esther Manito

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2026/02/03

Comedian Esther Manito joins the PastMaster team for a time travel trip to the ancient Silk Road.On a mission to hire a crew and trek a caravan of silk from Samarkand to Baghdad, how will Esther's negotiating skill and improvised poetry serve her in this land of hard bargains, street-smart urchins and uncompromising rulers? With the clock ticking and our robot Game Master in no mood for tomfoolery, the chances of success look slim. But as a "naturally competitive person" can will Esther prevail

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12:53

What next for PastMaster... ?

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2026/01/06

Can the past be mastered? Is AI still cool? Where has Keon gone? As the hands of time click forward into 2026 we ask – what is the future of PastMaster? - - - - - GET IN TOUCH Sign up to our newsletter 👉 ⁠www.pastmasterpod.com Instagram 👉 ⁠@pastmasterpod TikTok 👉 @pastmasterpod X 👉 ⁠@pastmasterAI Email us 👉 ⁠pastmasterpod@gmail.com⁠ - - - - - EXPLORE THE PASTMASTER INTERACTIVE MAP The perfect companion for keeping track of our increasingly chaotic attempts to meddle with

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3:18

"Modern Knowledge / Medieval Consequences" — TRAILER

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/12/30

Picture this, you've been sent back in time. You have nothing but the clothes on your back and the knowledge in your head. Could you survive and thrive using your present day know-how? Or would you utterly fail, be shunned or worse, burnt at the stake for witchcraft? Well now you can find out. PastMaster is the show that turns history into an interactive adventure game. Each week hosts Ryan and Tan put a comedian in the hot seat to find out if they have what it takes to survive in the past

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72:08

The Santa Claude Intervention: PastMaster Christmas...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/12/22

The night is clear. Your purpose is holy. But something has gone very, very wrong at the North Pole.In this special Christmas edition of PastMaster, we welcome back the Laura, Elsie and Meg from the Thots TV podcast for a festive adventure that quickly veers into dark, industrial territory. What was supposed to be a sacred pilgrimage to Bethlehem in Year Zero takes a sharp turn into an Arctic nightmare of corrupted factories, screaming elves, and a Father Christmas who has traded his "Ho Ho Ho"

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24:36

Nuns of Death: The Beastmaster Cometh (Part 3)

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/12/15

It's Death Wish Speed Run! The game where we see who can die the quickest and most stylish death in history. We're back in the unforgiving 7th Century, outside a nunnery. Surely the sisters will be kind, forgiving, and disinclined to quickly resort to punishment?It's Tan's turn in the kamikaze hot seat. And as usual he shows little regards for the rules and realism that PastMaster so accurately tries to uphold. Will Gamemaster allow Tan to summon a bear? Will the nuns be pleased to see him

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18:33

Nuns of Death: Death Wish Speedrun. Burn the witch!...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/12/13

In part 2 of 3 we return to a 7th Century nunnery on a Death Wish Speed run - a mission to die as quickly and as stylishly as possible in the past. This time its Nick's turn in the kamikaze hot seat. But he's a pro, he's done speed runs before. He's here with a master plan to get the nuns to top him. A sexy, dirty, witchy plan... Tune in next time for Part 3 to hear how Tan fares against the tough medieval Nuns. More from the Death Wish series: Nuns of Death: Part 1 – Ryan's attempt ⁠Death

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32:20

Nuns of Death: Death Wish Speedrun in a 7th Century...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/12/01

What happens when you try to die as quickly as possible in one of medieval England's most peaceful locations? It's the return of "Death Wish Speed Run", the series where we attempt to get ourselves murdered by history as quickly, and as stylishly as possible! After the grim success of the Australian penal colony Death Wish episode, the we decided to make things harder: choosing a peaceful, holy setting where violence is scarce and Christian patience runs deep. Ryan arrives at one of England's

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35:24

MC Wicked Drops the Beat at Woodstock (ft. Nick...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/11/24

What if hip-hop had been invented at Woodstock? Join MC Wicked as he attempts to blow flower children's minds with beats from the future.Hip-hop "expert", Tan becomes MC Wicked - a beatboxing time traveler who literally cannot stop making beats. Armed with nothing but vocal percussion and robot voice effects, he crashes Woodstock 1969's backstage area with a mission to get on the main stage and introduce hip-hop culture decades before its time. Those hippies won't know what hit 'em - - - -

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51:35

Persia McPersia goes to Persia – Live at the Cheerful...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/11/17

In our second ever live show rapper and funnyman Nick Horseman rejoined PastMaster hosts Tan and Ryan for an adventure in the Colosseum of ancient Rome.Taking part in the Cheerful Earful comedy podcast festival and set in the ‘big room’ at the Bedford Pub in south London, Tan and Nick went head to head on a mission to “get rich, get notorious and not die”. Meanwhile our audience chanced their arm in ‘hard mode’, stepping foot in ancient Persia armed only with some hair gel and a misguided attempt

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55:12

The Man who Destroyed Civilisation While Trying to...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/11/10

What if your love of breakfast cereal commercials could end civilisation?Guest Al Clayton journeys to Neo-Singapore 2999 to save humanity's cultural heritage from a quantum virus. Is this the pivotal event that causes humanity to live underwater the following year? Can Charlie Simpson from Busted be 3D printed to lend a helping hand? AL has 72 hours to save the future and prevent catastrophe. But when creative passion meets advanced technology, the mission takes an unexpectedly disastrous turn

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44:48

S4E20: Miracle tea at the Great Exhibition (ft. Chris...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/09/29

Writer and film director Chris Reading joins the PastMaster crew for a journey to Victorian London and the Great Exhibition.With a mission to acquire serious power under the guidance of notorious conman Gregor MacGregor, Chris sets out in his quack-mobile for Hyde Park in 1851. Peddling tea that comes in bags, shiny thermos flasks and plush toy lions, he boasts that his brew is guaranteed to make those who imbibe it live at least 5% longer. But are the Victorians gullible saps or will they smell

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61:41

Mr Blobby tries to save the Titanic

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/09/22

Friend of the show Ian Walker joins Tan to pit four AI large language models against each other and see which makes the best Game Master.The setting? It couldn’t be grander or have higher stakes: on board the Titanic on its doomed maiden voyage to the US in 1912. Can Ian avert disaster and prevent the ocean liner hitting ice and dragging 1,500 to their deaths? Will his performance as 90s TV phenomenon Mr Blobby win over the crew and passengers or will he get thrown in the brig? And

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50:24

S4E19: The Battle of Hee Hee Hastings

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/08/19

Keon travels back to October 13th, 1066, as the mysterious "Agent M" with a mission to help King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. But who exactly is Agent M, and what's with the red leather jacket and sparkling glove?This episode takes us to one of England's most pivotal moments, where our time traveller attempts to rewrite the Norman Conquest using some very unconventional methods. Featuring terrible French accents, creative battle tactics, and a quest to get immortalised on the famous Bayeux

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71:09

S4E18: Greased Lightning – The Apprentice Who...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/08/06

Ever wondered what would happen if you woke up in someone else's body with no idea who you were or what you were supposed to do In this Quantum Leap-inspired episode, Ryan finds himself in medieval England, inhabiting the body of Thomas, an executioner's apprentice at the Tower of London. With no knowledge of his identity or mission, Ryan must navigate preparation for a French spy's execution while trying to figure out his purpose. Set in medieval England at the Tower of London, this episode

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60:51

S4E17: The Greatest Conspiracy in History – The...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/07/21

Dan and Joseph return as Gert and T.G. Fells to conclude their investigation into the missing Ezra Whitmar. What begins as a simple missing person case in 1920s Arkham spirals into an encounter with transformed beings, alien technology, and a conspiracy that spans centuries. When forbidden knowledge is burned and Yithian devices are activated, our investigators find themselves hurtling through time to 1593 London, where the death of Christopher Marlowe holds darker secrets than history

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40:32

S4E16: The Arkham Investigation PART 1 (ft The...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/07/14

Dan Wheeler and Joseph Chance from the award-winning Apocalypse Players podcast bring their Call of Cthulhu expertise to 1920s Arkham, Massachusetts. When businessman Ezra Whitmarsh vanishes from a locked room, leaving only the scent of ozone and whispers of 'the Syndicate,' our investigators must navigate a world where reality itself becomes unreliable. As electrical tinkerer T.G. Fells and the deceptive Gert of the Well delve deeper into the mystery, they discover that some doors should never be

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55:12

S4E15: Red Dead Sensation – Stopping a War in the...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/07/07

Nick Horseman returns to PastMaster, becoming refined English gentleman Thorne Jackson-Reynolds. He arrived in the lawless Dakota Territory with an impossible mission: establish a cattle ranch while preventing war between gold-hungry miners and the Sioux tribe. What follows is pure PastMaster chaos as modern pop songs collide with the Old West, featuring piano performances of Spice Girls hits, interpretive dance routines, and the world's first combination cattle ranch/cheese factory/dance studio

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