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

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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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S4E19: The Battle of Hee Hee Hastings

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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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S4E18: Greased Lightning – The Apprentice Who...

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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...

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

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

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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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Short message: back in July!

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2025/06/02

The PastMaster crew is on summer vacation to recharge the batteries of our time machine. We'll be back at the start of July with adventures to the Wild West, the Battle of Hastings and a disturbing investigation of the occult in 1920s Massachusetts.Until then, have a great June and see you when we get back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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S4E14: Come Die With Me – Death Wish Down Under

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2025/05/19

PastMaster takes a dark turn as Ryan, Tan, and guest Nick Horseman compete in a 'Death Wish Speed Run' at Port Jackson's newly established penal colony. Using DeepSeek's surprisingly sassy AI as game master, our time travellers attempt increasingly outlandish ways to meet their maker—from attacking guards with rusty spoons to unleashing venomous creatures on colonial officials. Who will claim the dubious honour of the fastest, most stylish demise in this brutal historical setting? In 1788, the

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S4E13: The Medieval African Billionaire space program...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/05/05

Step back to 1330 and meet the richest person who ever lived - Mansa Musa, with a net worth of $700 billion in today's money! Can Ryan convince this golden emperor to fund humanity's first space mission?In this wild historical adventure, Ryan transports himself to the heart of the Mali Empire during its golden age. Armed with pocket watches and eyeglasses, he must impress the notoriously wealthy Mansa Musa without getting executed as a witch. But when introducing simple technology succeeds, Ryan

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S4E13: Battle Magic – Cocaine Diplomacy in 55 BCE

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2025/04/28

What happens when you replace Asterix's magic potion with cocaine? Risky Dave finds out the hard way when he tries to help a Gallic tribe resist Julius Caesar's invasion in 55 BCEInspired by the beloved Asterix and Obelix comics, Tan creates a character named 'Risky Dave' who attempts to help a Gallic village resist Roman occupation. But instead of magic potion, he brings cocaine as 'battle magic.' The results are predictably disastrous as the drug-fueled warriors charge into battle with plenty of

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S4E11: Matthew Crosby and the Satanic Cult

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2025/04/21

Comedian and writer Matthew Crosby steps out of his bathtub time machine to join us on a murder mystery adventure in Victorian London. When mysterious ritual murders start appearing across the city, Matthew is called up to ivestigate.Posing as French detective 'Inspector Pompidou,' Matthew discovers a satanic cult attempting dark and mysterious deeds in the centre of London. Armed with holy water, a crucifix, and his quick wit, he must infiltrate the cult before darkness consumes Victorian London

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S4E10: Who can build the best Trojan Horse?

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2025/04/14

What if the Trojan Horse...wasn't a horse at all? In this epic battle of wits, Tan and Keon compete to design history's greatest deception at the walls of Troy.The siege of Troy has dragged on for a decade when our contestants arrive with modern minds but Bronze Age materials. Under the watchful eye of a science-obsessed Game Master (channeling Bill Nye), Tan and Keon's increasingly desperate attempts to create the perfect Trojan deception face the harsh scrutiny of historical accuracy. From

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S4E9: The Haunting of Henry VIII, ft Fetch the...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/04/07

Oh hey girl hey, its the diarrhea service!That's how to convince a maid in Henry VIII's royal palace that you're just one of the staff and not a time travelling spy on a mission. At least according to Kim and Alice from Fetch The Smelling Salts podcast who are back in PastMaster hot seat this week. Their mission – save Henry VIIIs wives from divorce and beheadings. Equipped with a smoke machine, Halloween makeup, and their Catholic background, their plan is to infiltrate the castle, gain Queen

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37:29

S4E8: Ancient MesoPOOtamia... – Death Wish Speed Run...

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2025/03/24

In this unseen episode, from PastMaster’s darkest vault, rapper and comedian Nick Horseman sets course for Ur in the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia.He has one thing on his mind: cause mayhem and achieve Game Over as quickly as possible. It's a death wish speed run. Can you play Grand Theft Auto in Mesoptamia? What’s the best way to insult the guard captain’s mother? And how quickly can Horseman be thrown into jail? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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S4E7: Danny Dyer calls The Void a slag. The Big Bang,...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/03/17

The Thots TV team are back in the hot seat with the most impossible challenge yet. Travelling back to before the Big Bang. Embodying a "heat-resistant" Danny Dyer, can they survive in a place where the rules of physics don't even exist? Plus what would the Garden of Eden have been like? We took a quick trip over their to check out the local boozers. We also debut Chinese upstart DeepSeek as GameMaster, bringing a unique flavour to proceedings. Join us for a hilarious journey through creation

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48:03

S4E6: AC/DC and The Battle of the Bots – ChatGPT vs...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/03/10

It's a battle for the ages as Keon and Tan go head-to-head in a shocking two-player PastMaster showdown! In this electrifying episode, we travel back to 1890s America to determine the fate of electricity itself during the infamous War of the Currents. With Keon channeling Nikola Tesla (backed by ChatGPT) and Tan embodying Thomas Edison (powered by Claude), they'll square off in a proper technological tussle that'll make your hair stand on end. Marvel as they deploy utterly mental promotional

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S4E5: Claudanum-dreams. A gothic literature...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2025/03/03

The Thots TV podcast join us for a gothic adventure full of literary titans, a 'haunted house' and lashings of laudanum.It's 1816, the year without a summer. Lord Byron, Mary (not yet) Shelly and friends are stuck in Villia Diodati for 3 days in stormy weather. The party that inspired Frankenstein's Monster, The Vampyr and Darkness is in full swing. Meg, Elsie and Laura arrive as the mysterious Lady Thottringham. Their mission? Stop Mary Shelley from writing Frankenstein and inspire her to

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39:30

S4E4: Claude of the Rings

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2025/02/24

We're breaking out of the historical timeline for a quick trip back to Middle Earth. Back in Season 1 we took ChatGPT on a quick excursion here, so how will GameMaster Claude react when we try and break the rules of PastMaster and venture into the realm of fiction? Co-host Keon is notoriously not a fan of films, especially fantasy ones. So today we thought we'd educate him all about "Bo Bo Baggins" and the gang. But Claude is a little reluctant to change Tolkien's masterpiece without a bit of

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