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The Allusionist

By Helen Zaltzman

Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org

  1. 1.
    124. Nightmare10/25/2020
    25:20
  2. 2.
    123. Celebrity10/10/2020
    32:37
  3. 3.
    122. Ghostwriter09/28/2020
    27:43
  4. 4.
    121. No Title09/14/2020
    1:02:21
  5. 5.
    Tranquillusionist: Home and Garden08/28/2020
    26:05
  6. 6.
    The Away Team redux08/18/2020
    24:34
  7. 7.
    120. Shine Theory07/30/2020
    21:48
  8. 8.
    119. Blood Is Not Water07/14/2020
    25:59
  1. 9.
    118. Survival: Bequest07/03/2020
    33:42
  2. 10.
    117. Many Ways At Once06/15/2020
    21:29
  3. 11.
    116. My Dad Excavated A Porno06/03/2020
    33:59
  4. 12.
    115. Keep Calm and05/16/2020
    20:59
  5. 13.
    Tranquillusionist: Punchlines04/13/2020
    5:25
  6. 14.
    Tranquillusionist: Best In Show04/04/2020
    11:37
  7. 15.
    Tranquillusionist: Nmiigea03/22/2020
    3:37
  8. 16.
    Tranquillusionist: Your Soothing Words03/17/2020
    10:09
  9. 17.
    114. Alarm Bells02/24/2020
    33:25
  10. 18.
    113. Zaltzology01/24/2020
    31:26
  11. 19.
    112. Quiz 201912/24/2019
    19:21
  12. 20.
    Allusionist special: Podcast Podcast12/16/2019
    12:54
  13. 21.
    111. Engraving part 2: Precious12/16/2019
    38:06
  14. 22.
    110. Engraving part 1: Epitaph11/26/2019
    30:15
  15. 23.
    109. East West11/14/2019
    29:50
  16. 24.
    108. Enjoy!10/30/2019
    25:04
  17. 25.
    107. Apples10/09/2019
    27:52
  18. 26.
    106. Typo Demom09/15/2019
    23:33
  19. 27.
    105. F'ood09/03/2019
    31:42
  20. 28.
    104. Words into Food08/17/2019
    16:23
  21. 29.
    103. Food Into Words08/05/2019
    24:28
  22. 30.
    102. New Rules07/14/2019
    21:50
  23. 31.
    101. Two Or More06/26/2019
    29:30
  24. 32.
    100. The Hundredth05/27/2019
    33:31
  25. 33.
    99. Polari05/12/2019
    34:57
  26. 34.
    98. Alter Ego04/27/2019
    33:00
  27. 35.
    97. The Future is Now?04/11/2019
    17:07
  28. 36.
    96. Trust03/26/2019
    21:17
  29. 37.
    95. Verisimilitude03/11/2019
    32:28
  30. 38.
    94. Harsh Realm02/22/2019
    30:54
  31. 39.
    93. Gossip02/09/2019
    22:28
  32. 40.
    92. To Err Is Human01/24/2019
    22:19
  33. 41.
    Extra special QUIZ!12/18/2018
    17:30
  34. 42.
    91. Bonus 201812/16/2018
    19:06
  35. 43.
    90. Dear Santa11/30/2018
    18:48
  36. 44.
    89. WPM11/17/2018
    16:56
  37. 45.
    88. Name Changers11/04/2018
    31:34
  38. 46.
    87. Name v. Law10/22/2018
    30:02
  39. 47.
    86. Name Therapy10/08/2018
    27:37
  40. 48.
    85. Skin Story09/23/2018
    18:27
  41. 49.
    84. Trammels09/08/2018
    20:43
  42. 50.
    83. Yes, As In08/26/2018
    27:21
  43. 51.
    82. A Novel Remedy08/13/2018
    22:33
  44. 52.
    81. Shark Week07/28/2018
    25:13
  45. 53.
    80. Warm Front06/17/2018
    17:00
  46. 54.
    79. Queer06/03/2018
    27:25
  47. 55.
    78. Oot in the Open05/21/2018
    24:21
  48. 56.
    77. Survival part 1: Second Home04/21/2018
    26:12
  49. 57.
    76. Across the Pond04/07/2018
    23:55
  50. 58.
    75. Ear Hustling03/23/2018
    16:10
  51. 59.
    74. Take A Swear Pill03/09/2018
    26:23
  52. 60.
    73. Supername!02/24/2018
    20:27
  53. 61.
    72. Hey02/09/2018
    21:53
  54. 62.
    71. Triumph/Trumpet/Top/Fart01/26/2018
    19:38
  55. 63.
    70. Bonus 201712/23/2017
    21:57
  56. 64.
    69. How the Dickens stole Christmas12/09/2017
    28:54
  57. 65.
    68. Curse Soup11/25/2017
    16:10
  58. 66.
    67. Open Me part II11/10/2017
    26:38
  59. 67.
    66. Open Me part I10/27/2017
    21:07
  60. 68.
    65. Eponyms III: Who’s That Guy?10/14/2017
    21:47
  61. 69.
    64. Technobabble09/30/2017
    24:01
  62. 70.
    62. In Crypt, Decrypt09/02/2017
    28:39
  63. 71.
    60. Zillions08/05/2017
    19:25
  64. 72.
    59. One To Another06/30/2017
    20:02
  65. 73.
    58. Eclipse06/16/2017
    24:38
  66. 74.
    56. Joins05/19/2017
    18:01
  67. 75.
    55. Namaste05/05/2017
    18:47
  68. 76.
    54. The Authority04/14/2017
    14:52
  69. 77.
    53. The Away Team04/01/2017
    17:13
  70. 78.
    14 rerun: Behave03/17/2017
    15:41
  71. 79.
    52. Sanctuary03/07/2017
    17:27
  72. 80.
    51. Under the Covers – part II02/21/2017
    17:09
  73. 81.
    50. Under the Covers – part I02/08/2017
    18:09
  74. 82.
    49. Bonus 201612/30/2016
    18:13
  75. 83.
    48. Winterval12/06/2016
    13:37
  76. 84.
    47. The Year Without a Summer11/21/2016
    22:31
  77. 85.
    46. The State Of It11/04/2016
    20:16
  78. 86.
    45. Eponyms II: Name That Disease10/16/2016
    18:58
  79. 87.
    44: This Is Your Brain On Language10/03/2016
    14:29
  80. 88.
    43. The Key part II: Vestiges09/20/2016
    14:08
  81. 89.
    42. The Key part I: Rosetta09/07/2016
    16:01
  82. 90.
    41. Getting Toasty08/21/2016
    17:54
  83. 91.
    39. Generation What?07/13/2016
    15:55
  84. 92.
    38. Small Talk06/25/2016
    14:28
  85. 93.
    37. Brand It05/29/2016
    20:19
  86. 94.
    36. Big Lit05/17/2016
    15:28
  87. 95.
    35. Word of the Day05/01/2016
    14:44
  88. 96.
    34. Continental04/17/2016
    15:08
  89. 97.
    33. Please04/01/2016
    15:45
  90. 98.
    32. Soho03/18/2016
    13:12
  91. 99.
    31. Post-Love03/05/2016
    17:46
  92. 100.
    30. US Election Lexicon02/17/2016
    18:06
  93. 101.
    29. WLTM part II02/06/2016
    21:31
  94. 102.
    28. WLTM part I01/28/2016
    21:08
  95. 103.
    27. Bonus 201512/23/2015
    16:35
  96. 104.
    26. Xmas Man12/02/2015
    15:02
  97. 105.
    25. Toki Pona11/19/2015
    19:19
  98. 106.
    24. Spill Your Guts11/04/2015
    18:55
  99. 107.
    23. Criminallusionist10/29/2015
    23:07
  100. 108.
    22. Vocables10/21/2015
    12:23
  101. 109.
    21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro10/14/2015
    18:28
  102. 110.
    20. Baby Talk10/07/2015
    10:46
  103. 111.
    19. Architecting About Dance09/24/2015
    14:32
  104. 112.
    18. Fix part II09/09/2015
    14:00
  105. 113.
    17. Fix part I08/28/2015
    19:04
  106. 114.
    16. Word Play08/12/2015
    16:55
  107. 115.
    15. Step Away07/29/2015
    18:56
  108. 116.
    13. Mixed Emojions06/17/2015
    17:14
  109. 117.
    12. Pride06/03/2015
    14:49
  110. 118.
    11. Brunchtime05/20/2015
    12:24
  111. 119.
    9. The Space Between04/22/2015
    12:59
  112. 120.
    8. Crosswords04/08/2015
    18:35
  113. 121.
    7. Mountweazel03/25/2015
    16:04
  114. 122.
    6. The Writing On The Wall03/11/2015
    15:53
  115. 123.
    5. Latin Lives!02/25/2015
    12:14
  116. 124.
    4. Detonating the C-Bomb02/11/2015
    17:11

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