What next for PastMaster... ?

About this episode

Ryan and Tan reflect on the past season and discuss future plans for the podcast.

Can the past be mastered? Is AI still cool? And where exactly has Keon gone? Season 4 was a big one — we pitted ChatGPT against Claude in a two-player electricity showdown, launched Death Wish Speed Runs (the game where you try to die as quickly and stylishly as possible in history), went live on stage twice, let the Thots TV podcast loose in a gothic horror, and sent a rapper to the Battle of Hastings dressed as Michael Jackson. So, naturally, Ryan and Tan need to sit down and take stock. In this bonus chat, the PastMaster hosts step out of the time machine to talk about what worked, what spectacularly didn't, and what's next. If you've ever wondered how the AI prompts actually get built, which episodes nearly fell apart during recording, or why Keon keeps mysteriously vanishing — this is the one. If you were sent back in time, could you survive and thrive — or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? PastMaster is the show that turns history into an interactive adventure game. Each episode, a comedian is dropped into the past with nothing but modern knowledge and terrible ideas. The AI is the Game Master. The chaos is inevitable. The accents are unforgivable. Era…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan, Tan

Topics covered

• AI
• history
• podcast production
• interactive adventure
• comedy
• future plans

Keywords

• AI
• history
• podcast
• comedy
• interactive game
• Battle of Hastings
• Thots TV

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PastMaster, ChatGPT, Claude

Books & works: Thots TV podcast, Death Wish Speed Runs

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