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The Allusionist
The Allusionist
Helen Zaltzman

Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org

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Episodes

208. Four Letter Words: Ffff

Welcome to four letter word season! We're kicking off with one of the most versatile words: it can be a... more

11 May 2025 · 43 minutes
several bits of news! (nothing bad)

Hello! It's me, your real imaginary friend, Helen Zaltzman. Someone wrote to me recently saying, “I haven't seen a new... more

29 Apr 2025 · 1 minute
207. Randomly Selected Words from the Dictionary

Happy tenth birthday to this show! To celebrate, here's every randomly selected word from the dictionary from the first decade... more

17 Jan 2025 · 39 minutes
206. Bonus 2024

It's the annual parade of Bonus Bits - things this year's guests said that I couldn't fit into their episodes,... more

23 Dec 2024 · 40 minutes
205. Lexicat, part 2: now with added Dog

In Lexicat part 1, we met the author Mary Robinette Kowal and her cat Elsie, and learned about how they... more

06 Dec 2024 · 53 minutes
204. Lexicat, part 1

Elsie the cat has a set of 120 buttons programmed with words. She uses them to lie, swear, apologise, express... more

24 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
203. Flyting

In 15th and 16th century Scotland, in the highest courts of the land, you'd find esteemed poets hurling insults at... more

09 Nov 2024 · 49 minutes
202. Singlish Singlish

There's so much more to say about Singlish after last episode that we're saying some more of it this episode.... more

29 Oct 2024 · 42 minutes
201. Singlish

"If you grow up being told that one of your first languages, Singlish, is actually a bad version of an... more

12 Oct 2024 · 35 minutes
Tranquillusionist: Ex-Constellations

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, give your brain a break by temporarily supplanting your interior monologue... more

28 Sep 2024 · 30 minutes
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208. Four Letter Words: Ffff
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