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Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Allusionist is hosted by Helen Zaltzman. The show has published 257 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "235. Trevor" (20 October 2026, 26 minutes), "233. Phobia" (9 September 2026, 40 minutes), and "Tranquillusionist: cheesy cheesybobs" (11 August 2026, 21 minutes).
The Allusionist publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 257 episodes.
Booking probability for The Allusionist is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Allusionist requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Allusionist's contact route on record: verified email.
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Helen Zaltzman hosts The Allusionist, an arts podcast with 257 episodes published.
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"I just thought: I wonder if I could get guys called Trevor to reclaim the name?" says Trevor Cunningham. "So I went on LinkedIn and I just looked for Trevors, and I started contacting them." And, having found way more...
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'Phobia' gets used for anything from a mild aversion to a debilitating anxiety response to various forms of bigotry. Deboki Chakravarti and Sam Jones of the podcast Tiny Matters join to consider the term from its...
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This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, say a series of words to relax your mind, replace a hectic interior monologue, maybe lull you to sleep, hopefully quell the mental uproar just for a little...
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Throughout the Draculae miniseries, about the Swedish and Icelandic translations of Dracula that played fast and loose with the original text, I've been wondering a couple of questions: why are cover versions of songs...
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Many mysteries accompany the revelations that Powers of Darkness , the Icelandic and Swedish versions of Dracula , are not direct translations of Bram Stoker's original, but stories that significantly differ in...
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<p>Happy World Dracula Day to all who celebrate! Visit theallusionist.org/draculae2 for more information about the topics in this episode plus a transcript.</p><p>This is the second episode of the Draculae miniseries...
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Happy World Dracula Day to all who celebrate! Visit theallusionist.org/draculae2 for more information about the topics in this episode plus a transcript. This is the second episode of the Draculae miniseries, about a...
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<p>A literary mystery came to me via a meme: “Someone translated Dracula into Icelandic, and it took over 100 years for anyone to point out he just made a fanfic rewrite of what he wanted the story to be.” </p><p>In...
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A literary mystery came to me via a meme: “Someone translated Dracula into Icelandic, and it took over 100 years for anyone to point out he just made a fanfic rewrite of what he wanted the story to be.” In this first...
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<p>"The word ‘suburbia’ sort of evokes a very fixed idea of a place that is identikit, that all suburbs are the same, that within the suburb everything is the same, that all people are the same, all experiences are the...
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"The word ‘suburbia’ sort of evokes a very fixed idea of a place that is identikit, that all suburbs are the same, that within the suburb everything is the same, that all people are the same, all experiences are the...
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<p>You know what's an absolutely pesky kind of word to define in a dictionary? Colour names. A passel of lexicographers spent years - decades, even - trying different ways to describe colours in words for Webster's...
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You know what's an absolutely pesky kind of word to define in a dictionary? Colour names. A passel of lexicographers spent years - decades, even - trying different ways to describe colours in words for Webster's Third...
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Pack your oxygen tank, we're going to space. There’s a lot of etymology up there. Visit theallusionist.org/cosmic-hairball for more information about the topics in this episode plus a transcript of the episode. The...
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<p>Pack your oxygen tank, we're going to space. There’s a lot of etymology up there.</p><p>Visit theallusionist.org/cosmic-hairball for more information about the topics in this episode plus a transcript of the...
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It's the annual parade of Bonus Bits! Every year, the show's guests say too many interesting things and/or stuff that isn't languagey enough, so I save it up and release it in a delightful melange of facts and thoughts...
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<p>It's the annual parade of Bonus Bits! Every year, the show's guests say too many interesting things and/or stuff that isn't languagey enough, so I save it up and release it in a delightful melange of facts and...
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Today, we read the novelisation of The Muppet Christmas Carol, also known as the 1843 festive lit hit A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Read by me, Helen Zaltzman; music, sound effects and additional vocals are by...
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<p>Today, we read the novelisation of The Muppet Christmas Carol, also known as the 1843 festive lit hit A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Read by me, Helen Zaltzman; music, sound effects and additional vocals are...
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"I have never felt so naked. That's how exposed I felt at the idea that my handwriting was going to be seen by the world," says Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project and author of the new book about...
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Associate Professor at McGill University's Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, McGill University's Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Acting Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley
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