Pheasants & Phlatulence. The best drama. Period. (ft Kim and Alice from Fetch the Smelling Salts)

Rural Derbyshire, 1813. The Regency social season is in full swing, and Alice Nagle and Kimberly Marsh from Fetch the Smelling Salts podcast have arrived as the pushiest aunts in English literature. Their mission: secure advantageous marriages for their nieces in a world where one wrong curtsy could destroy a family's reputation forever. Alice and Kim take on the roles of rival matriarchs navigating Regency England's marriage market, where the real power lies not with the young lovers but with the scheming elder generation pulling strings behind the scenes. The question isn't whether love will triumph — it's which aunt will secure the better match, and how much social damage they'll cause along the way. Their podcast covers period dramas with genuine enthusiasm, and they've arrived in this particular corner of history with the energy of two women who have been training for exactly this moment. Regency England was a world of rigid social hierarchy, elaborate courtship rituals, and the kind of passive-aggressive manoeuvring that makes modern dating apps look straightforward. The marriage market was exactly that — a market, where connections, dowries, and county reputations were traded like commodities. Two rival families, two scheming aunts, and a Game Master serving up dashing bachelors and devious matriarchs. The eligible young men of Derbyshire don't stand a chance. 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 Game Master is strict. The chaos is inevitable. The past will be mastered. Era: Industrial | 1813 CE | Bath, England Featuring: Kim & Alice — Fetch the Smelling Salts podcast (Shortlisted, International Women's Podcast Award) EPISODE LINKS Follow Alice and Kim's adventure on the PastMaster Interactive Map 👉 https://map.pastmasterpod.com Fetch the Smelling Salts: Instagram @fetchsmellingsalts GET IN TOUCH Sign up to our newsletter 👉 www.pastmasterpod.com Instagram 👉 @pastmasterpod TikTok 👉 @pastmasterpod X 👉 @pastmasterAI Email us 👉 [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices