Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org
"If you grow up being told that one of your first languages, Singlish, is actually a bad version of an... more
This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, give your brain a break by temporarily supplanting your interior monologue... more
I can scarce believe that I've made 200 episodes of this show, but here we are! To celebrate, here is... more
Next episode is the 200th, therefore this is the 199th. I raid the 66 pages of ideas for episodes I... more
Since 2019, Marwan Kaabour has been collecting Arabic slang words used by and about queer people, first for the online... more
At the Scripps National Spelling Bee, behind the spectacle of kids vying to be champion spellers, a whole lot of... more
I went to the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee, to marvel at kids spelling words I had mostly never even... more
Cain's Jawbone, a murder mystery cryptic puzzle novella in the form of 100 pages presented in the wrong order, has... more
Exciting things have been happening with crossword puzzles in the US: more constructors, more outlets to get puzzles published, clues... more
AJ Jacobs makes The Puzzler podcast, wrote The Puzzler book, and sometimes turns his whole life into a puzzle. He... more