Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org
"You can't redead the dead by you saying something shit," says Cariad Lloyd of Griefcast and author of You Are... more
"The myths, or the received wisdom, about Portuguese language in Brazil is that, of course we know we speak a... more
Last episode, I mentioned that in London, Ontario, in 2019 a 9-year-old named Lyla Wheeler had launched a petition to... more
Over the past few years, numerous products and places with the word 'plantation' in their names have rebranded. As for... more
Erwin Schrödinger is one of the "fathers of quantum mechanics". He also sexually abused children. Trinity College Dublin recently denamed... more
There’s been a recurring theme on the show over the years, of filling gaps in language, removing stigma and bias,... more
What do the hippocampus, homophones, Little Women, worrying and egg hacks have in common? They all star in the 2022... more
“I don't think that anyone should come away from this conversation not wanting to use the name Fiona. I think... more
A lot of people assume that Fiona is a very old Scottish name, but the first known Scottish Fiona is... more
When is a war not a war? When the British Empire called it an 'emergency' so they didn't have to... more