PastMaster: Reshaping History – Details, episodes & analysis

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 the brink of declaring independence from Britain. Ryan has arrived on the scene with two goals in mind:

1) Can he make some changes to the constitution before it gets enshrined? 

2) Can he make such a big mark on history that they put his face on Mount Rushmore?

Continuing our exploration of Claude-powered GameMasters we discover that getting our way is more complex than in previous adventures...

This episode features none other than George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adam, Thomas Jefferson and of course Dolly Parton.

Tune in to find out whether Mount Rushmore is getting a facelift!

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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 man who is a philosopher, and yet most famously known by his wrestling name - Plato.

Will Plato give us the answers? Will GameMaster Claude be any better at solving mysteries than GameMaster Chatty G?

Is Plato any good at wrestling?

Tune in and find out.

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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 first guest back in Season 1 Sunil is a veteran of exploring the markets and brothels of history’s muddy waters. This time he’s headed back to Rome to make a name for himself amongst the Roman elite. But will GameMaster allow him to wander around punching senators without consequences? And what game-changing invention can possibly top the enigmatic "Patel's Box" from Season 1? If you were stuck in the past what item would you bring? Sunil reckons a camera phone. But the battery would die pretty quick. No, the best thing to bring back would surely be Tan's suggestion of the Ultimate Guide To Rebuilding Civilisation Instagram 👉 @PastMasterPod (check out our AI-generated art illustrating what our adventures might have looked like) Twitter 👉 @PastMasterAI TikTok 👉 @PastMasterAI Gmail 👉 pastmasterpod@gmail.com Sign up to our newsletter 👉 https://pastmaster.beehiiv.com/subscribe to unlock goodies

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 powered up GameMaster to deliver a veritable Cluedo feast of a whodunnit. But will we ever find out who delivered the fate of the recently deceased Lord Jasper Cavendish Brown?

Tune in and find out

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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 that things turned around.

But what happened? Why was one of the most successful studios of all time in decline?

The answer likely lies with the man himself, Walt Disney, whose untimely death at 65 left the company struggling to find creative leadership that could fill his shoes.

It turns out that Mr Disney liked a cigarette or three and probably didn’t live the healthiest lifestyle.

What would have happened had Walt not died? Would things be different? Would the Dark Ages of Disney never come to be? Today’s guest, Em McGowan from the film-history podcast Verbal Diorama, is on a mission to find out.

Can she stop Walt Disney from smoking and encourage a healthier lifestyle? Will Disney be saved?

Tune in and find out

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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 Ancient Sparta against his wishes and has to survive amongst the muscle-bound warriors with only the movie 300 starring Gerard Butler as his reference point material.

Will he survive? Or will he be smited and ridiculed? Tune in and find out.

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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, Walt Disney, Samurais, Area 51, Cockneys, Drug Lords and so much more.

We've also got a whole slew of guests this season including fellow podcasters Verbal Diorama and Fetch the Smelling salts. Plus comedians Sunil Patel, Nick Horseman and more.

You can also see our lovely faces as we attempt to film each episode to varying degrees of success!

So buckle up and get ready for more PastMaster adventures

- Ryan, Tan and Keon

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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 successes such as ‘hard mode’, the mission to dismantle the Berlin Conference and improvements in AI over the course of the series.

‘King George’ makes his debut as the voice of GameMaster, and we also hear stories of chilli disaster from our hosts.

Also includes as a teaser for what is coming up in season 3.

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The PastMaster team joins the fateful final voyage of the Mary Celeste, the merchant ship whose crew vanished without a trace in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872.

Determined to find out the truth behind one of the world’s great unsolved mysteries, ‘Third Mate Tan’ joins the crew and bears witness to the events leading up to the abandonment of the ship.

Everything from mutiny and insurance fraud to a giant squid, calm or stormy weather and even aliens has been proposed as a possible cause of the ship’s abandonment. But what truth will GameMaster reveal?

And will Tan, as he stands mute with his hands in his pockets, unwittingly influence the fate of the ship and its passengers?

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This week the team head to the Palace of Versailles to host a fantasy dinner party attended by the good (Jesus and Gandhi), the bad (Hitler, Stalin and Mao) prominent historical female leaders (Elizabeth I and Cleopatra) and wild card Liz Truss.

Roleplaying the Hostess with the Mostest, Tan unveils a tempting but symbolic menu for the assembled guests, trying to get them to see eye to eye.

Breaking the ice with a question about wrestling, Tan gets the party off to a good start, but with such divisive and disparate personalities at the table, how will he keep control of proceedings?

And will Liz Truss be able to follow what is happening?

The book Tan mentioned about ultra running is [The Rise of the Ultra Runners](https://www.adharanandfinn.com/the-rise-of-the-ultra-runners) by Adharanand Finn. Well worth a read. Good luck with your alpine adventure, Ryan!

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