45 episodes
PastMaster: Reshaping History With AI PastMaster
-
- Leisure
-
-
5.0 • 17 Ratings
-
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!
-
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 she use stealth and cunning or brute force (or a little of both?)
Expect lots of tickling, plenty of gold and if all goes to plan a good bath and a giant celebratory bonfire in Sherwood Forest.
This is PastMaster’s debut with Claude 3.5, currently the chattiest, slickest chatbot in the game (allegedly).
Get in touch with us:
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.ai/subscribe to unlock goodies -
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 finds himself in a battle against the Samurai warriors and GameMaster itself, who insists on inserting into the story with main-character energy.
Who can win in a battle of wit and brawn?
In concocting a special prompt for this Claude-powered episode Ryan inserted one simple line: "GameMaster must stay in character at all times. The character you must personify is a cockney gangsta with a perchance for the dramatic."
Well, boy was he dramatic!
ChatGPT rival Claude by Anthropic has been causing waves since the release of Claude 3.5. Claiming to be the fastest and most intelligent model we've been putting it through its paces. It certainly seems to have a different flavour than regular playthroughs.
Let us know what you think. Get in touch with us:
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 👉 pastmaster.ai
to unlock goodies -
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 with a convincing theory?
Comedian and actor Sunil Patel (Alice & Jack (C4) The Witchfinder (BBC), This Time with Alan Partridge (BBC), Stath Lets Flats (C4)) joins us again to explore the murky goings-on inside Area 51.
Get in touch with us:
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 -
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 plan to get his way.
First, how do you prove your worth to the biggest cartel leader in history? A lavish party may be in order...
Nick Horseman joins us once again to lend his voice to GameMaster, which returns to ChatGPT after our crazy diversion to Claude last week.
Get in touch with us:
Tell us what you think of this week's episode.
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 -
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 the same starting prompt we usually feed to ChattyG. So how will it compare? Well, it turns out Claude brings a unique energy to the proceedings!
Friend of the show Nick Horseman returns to the hot seat for another crack at the past, only this time he's being guided by a radically different (possibly insane) GameMaster.
Heading back to the medieval times to try his hand at a spot of falconry and alchemy. What could possibly go wrong?
Get in touch with us:
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 -
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 debutantes and bachelors, it is the wily elder generation calling the shots. Alice and Kim take on the roles of pushy aunts with a mission – can they find an eligible bachelor for their nieces?
Expect a full helping of dashing bachelors, an ensemble of blushing debutantes and lashings of devious matriarchs as two rival families seek to snare the most eligible young men in the county.
Get in touch with us:
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
Customer Reviews
A good laugh!
This is a fun listen, with laugh out loud moments and good banter between the hosts as they journey through time with an AI guide. Definitely worth digging into these!
How would you fare in a different era?
I’ve just binged the first three episodes and I’m loving this podcast! The chemistry between the hosts is contagious, and their witty banter has kept me laughing throughout each episode. More please!
So good!!
How far into the future do I need to go so that I can listen to ALL episodes of PastMaster, I WANT MORE!!