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The Allusionist

By Helen Zaltzman for Radiotopia

Linguistic adventures with Helen Zaltzman, TheAllusionist.org. A proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.

  1. 1.
    93. Gossip02/09/2019
    19:33
  2. 2.
    92. To Err Is Human01/24/2019
    19:56
  3. 3.
    Extra special QUIZ!12/18/2018
    15:34
  4. 4.
    91. Bonus 201812/16/2018
    17:01
  5. 5.
    90. Dear Santa11/30/2018
    18:15
  6. 6.
    89. WPM11/17/2018
    16:22
  7. 7.
    88. Name Changers11/04/2018
    28:59
  8. 8.
    87. Name v. Law10/22/2018
    30:13
  1. 9.
    86. Name Therapy10/08/2018
    27:37
  2. 10.
    85. Skin Story09/23/2018
    18:26
  3. 11.
    84. Trammels09/08/2018
    20:10
  4. 12.
    83. Yes, As In08/26/2018
    26:47
  5. 13.
    82. A Novel Remedy08/13/2018
    21:52
  6. 14.
    81. Shark Week07/28/2018
    24:31
  7. 15.
    Imaginary Advice: S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D.06/29/2018
    27:20
  8. 16.
    80. Warm Front06/17/2018
    15:46
  9. 17.
    79. Queer06/03/2018
    26:44
  10. 18.
    78. Oot in the Open05/21/2018
    24:20
  11. 19.
    42+43. Survival: The Key rerun05/05/2018
    25:01
  12. 20.
    77. Survival part 1: Second Home04/21/2018
    26:11
  13. 21.
    76. Across the Pond04/07/2018
    23:55
  14. 22.
    75. Ear Hustling03/23/2018
    16:09
  15. 23.
    74. Take A Swear Pill03/09/2018
    26:56
  16. 24.
    73. Supername!02/24/2018
    19:46
  17. 25.
    72. Hey02/09/2018
    21:13
  18. 26.
    71. Triumph/Trumpet/Top/Fart01/26/2018
    18:57
  19. 27.
    70. Bonus 201712/23/2017
    21:16
  20. 28.
    69. How the Dickens stole Christmas12/09/2017
    27:40
  21. 29.
    68. Curse Soup11/25/2017
    16:09
  22. 30.
    67. Open Me part II11/10/2017
    26:37
  23. 31.
    66. Open Me part I10/27/2017
    19:52
  24. 32.
    65. Eponyms III: Who’s That Guy?10/14/2017
    20:32
  25. 33.
    64. Technobabble09/30/2017
    23:50
  26. 34.
    63. Evolution of Accents09/15/2017
    24:23
  27. 35.
    62. In Crypt, Decrypt09/02/2017
    28:39
  28. 36.
    61. In Your Hand08/19/2017
    14:04
  29. 37.
    60. Zillions08/05/2017
    19:24
  30. 38.
    59. One To Another06/30/2017
    19:44
  31. 39.
    58. Eclipse06/16/2017
    23:57
  32. 40.
    57. AD/BC06/02/2017
    16:58
  33. 41.
    56. Joins05/19/2017
    18:12
  34. 42.
    55. Namaste05/05/2017
    18:13
  35. 43.
    54. The Authority04/14/2017
    14:18
  36. 44.
    53. The Away Team04/01/2017
    16:39
  37. 45.
    14 rerun: Behave03/17/2017
    14:27
  38. 46.
    52. Sanctuary03/07/2017
    16:53
  39. 47.
    51. Under the Covers – part II02/21/2017
    15:54
  40. 48.
    50. Under the Covers – part I02/08/2017
    18:08
  41. 49.
    49. Bonus 201612/30/2016
    17:40
  42. 50.
    48. Winterval12/06/2016
    13:03
  43. 51.
    47. The Year Without a Summer11/21/2016
    21:50
  44. 52.
    46. The State Of It11/04/2016
    20:15
  45. 53.
    45. Eponyms II: Name That Disease10/16/2016
    18:24
  46. 54.
    44: This Is Your Brain On Language10/03/2016
    13:47
  47. 55.
    43. The Key part II: Vestiges09/20/2016
    13:27
  48. 56.
    42. The Key part I: Rosetta09/07/2016
    14:46
  49. 57.
    41. Getting Toasty08/21/2016
    17:20
  50. 58.
    40. Olympics08/05/2016
    9:46
  51. 59.
    39. Generation What?07/13/2016
    15:21
  52. 60.
    38. Small Talk06/25/2016
    13:13
  53. 61.
    12 rerun: Pride06/14/2016
    13:48
  54. 62.
    37. Brand It05/29/2016
    20:18
  55. 63.
    36. Big Lit05/17/2016
    15:27
  56. 64.
    35. Word of the Day05/01/2016
    14:02
  57. 65.
    34. Continental04/17/2016
    13:53
  58. 66.
    33. Please04/01/2016
    15:11
  59. 67.
    32. Soho03/18/2016
    12:38
  60. 68.
    31. Post-Love03/05/2016
    17:12
  61. 69.
    30. US Election Lexicon02/17/2016
    18:06
  62. 70.
    29. WLTM part II02/06/2016
    20:17
  63. 71.
    28. WLTM part I01/28/2016
    19:54
  64. 72.
    27. Bonus 201512/23/2015
    15:21
  65. 73.
    26. Xmas Man12/02/2015
    14:21
  66. 74.
    25. Toki Pona11/19/2015
    18:05
  67. 75.
    24. Spill Your Guts11/04/2015
    18:14
  68. 76.
    23. Criminallusionist10/29/2015
    22:26
  69. 77.
    22. Vocables10/21/2015
    11:41
  70. 78.
    21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro10/14/2015
    18:28
  71. 79.
    20. Baby Talk10/07/2015
    10:22
  72. 80.
    19. Architecting About Dance09/24/2015
    13:38
  73. 81.
    18. Fix part II09/09/2015
    13:45
  74. 82.
    17. Fix part I08/28/2015
    18:09
  75. 83.
    16. Word Play08/12/2015
    14:50
  76. 84.
    15. Step Away07/29/2015
    18:55
  77. 85.
    14. Behave07/01/2015
    14:28
  78. 86.
    13. Mixed Emojions06/17/2015
    16:32
  79. 87.
    12. Pride06/03/2015
    13:35
  80. 88.
    11. Brunchtime05/20/2015
    12:01
  81. 89.
    10. Election Lexicon05/06/2015
    8:42
  82. 90.
    9. The Space Between04/22/2015
    11:03
  83. 91.
    8. Crosswords04/08/2015
    17:10
  84. 92.
    7. Mountweazel03/25/2015
    15:40
  85. 93.
    6. The Writing On The Wall03/11/2015
    15:27
  86. 94.
    5. Latin Lives!02/25/2015
    12:48
  87. 95.
    4. Detonating the C-Bomb02/11/2015
    17:00
  88. 96.
    3. Going Viral01/28/2015
    15:08
  89. 97.
    2. Bosom Holder01/14/2015
    13:21
  90. 98.
    1. Ban The Pun.01/14/2015
    16:18

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