Peer into the Past
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAnarchic, satirical comedy sketches about our twisted history viewed from the future with the time telescope.
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Episodes
Episode 5: Death
October 29, 2019 02:00 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MBProfessor Xim is teaching students Shalamar and Laynard about the dark past of humanity, before the glorious New Republic made everything better.
Episode 4: Equality
October 22, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MBProfessor Xim uses the time telescope to teach his students about how unfair the past was. Beanbags and back-rubs in the Dark Satanic Mills, the agonies of gender politics in the Middle Ages, King Henry the Trump’s fake news rant and Hitler worries about IP.
Episode 3: Urges
October 15, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 24 MBStudents from the future use the time telescope to learn about the strange urges of people in the past: crisps, innuendo, building walls and procreation.
Episode 2: Wealth
October 07, 2019 22:00 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBPeering through the time telescope from the future, students learn about the limits of free speech in Cromwell’s England. An enlightened mill owner introduces mindfulness to his child workers. The world’s first crypto-currency is introduced in 17th century Holland. Professor Xim defends himself against of robotism. Henry VIII, the original ginger narcissist, rants about Catholic conspiracies, sounding uncannily like President Trump. Karl Marx is a ruthless materialist when it comes to copyri...
Episode 1: Time
September 30, 2019 22:00 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MBProfessor Xim teaches Shalamar and Lanyard the perils of time travel; they explore the reign of Queen Boudicca and have a memorable encounter with a First World War poet. The world as we know it was destroyed in the reckoning, heralding the birth of the New Republic where everything is much better now. Professor Xim uses the time telescope to teach his students, Shalamar and Laynard about ancient times. The lesson doesn’t go exactly to plan. But they do discover why time travel wasn’t perf...