A Recast of ‘The Allusionist’
Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org
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Recastable Episodes (141)
| 1. | 1. Ban The Pun. | Jan. 14, 2015 |
| 2. | 2. Bosom Holder | Jan. 15, 2015 |
| 3. | 3. Going Viral | Jan. 28, 2015 |
| 4. | 4. Detonating the C-Bomb | Feb. 11, 2015 |
| 5. | 5. Latin Lives! | Feb. 25, 2015 |
| 6. | 6. The Writing On The Wall | March 11, 2015 |
| 7. | 7. Mountweazel | March 25, 2015 |
| 8. | 8. Crosswords | April 8, 2015 |
| 9. | 9. The Space Between | April 22, 2015 |
| 10. | 10. Election Lexicon | May 5, 2015 |
| 11. | 11. Brunchtime | May 20, 2015 |
| 12. | 12. Pride | June 3, 2015 |
| 13. | 13. Mixed Emojions | June 17, 2015 |
| 14. | 14. Behave | June 30, 2015 |
| 15. | 15. Step Away | July 29, 2015 |
| 16. | 16. Word Play | Aug. 12, 2015 |
| 17. | 17. Fix part I | Aug. 28, 2015 |
| 18. | 18. Fix part II | Sept. 9, 2015 |
| 19. | 19. Architecting About Dance | Sept. 24, 2015 |
| 20. | 20. Baby Talk | Oct. 7, 2015 |
| 21. | 21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro | Oct. 14, 2015 |
| 22. | 22. Vocables | Oct. 21, 2015 |
| 23. | 23. Criminallusionist | Oct. 29, 2015 |
| 24. | 24. Spill Your Guts | Nov. 4, 2015 |
| 25. | 25. Toki Pona | Nov. 19, 2015 |
| 26. | 26. Xmas Man | Dec. 2, 2015 |
| 27. | 27. Bonus 2015 | Dec. 23, 2015 |
| 28. | 28. WLTM part I | Jan. 28, 2016 |
| 29. | 29. WLTM part II | Feb. 6, 2016 |
| 30. | 30. US Election Lexicon | Feb. 17, 2016 |
| 31. | 31. Post-Love | March 5, 2016 |
| 32. | 32. Soho | March 18, 2016 |
| 33. | 33. Please | April 1, 2016 |
| 34. | 34. Continental | April 17, 2016 |
| 35. | 35. Word of the Day | May 1, 2016 |
| 36. | 36. Big Lit | May 17, 2016 |
| 37. | 37. Brand It | May 29, 2016 |
| 38. | 12 rerun: Pride | June 13, 2016 |
| 39. | 38. Small Talk | June 25, 2016 |
| 40. | 39. Generation What? | July 13, 2016 |
| 41. | 40. Olympics | Aug. 4, 2016 |
| 42. | 41. Getting Toasty | Aug. 21, 2016 |
| 43. | 42. The Key part I: Rosetta | Sept. 7, 2016 |
| 44. | 43. The Key part II: Vestiges | Sept. 20, 2016 |
| 45. | 44: This Is Your Brain On Language | Oct. 3, 2016 |
| 46. | 45. Eponyms II: Name That Disease | Oct. 16, 2016 |
| 47. | 46. The State Of It | Nov. 4, 2016 |
| 48. | 47. The Year Without a Summer | Nov. 21, 2016 |
| 49. | 48. Winterval | Dec. 6, 2016 |
| 50. | 49. Bonus 2016 | Dec. 30, 2016 |
| 51. | 50. Under the Covers – part I | Feb. 8, 2017 |
| 52. | 51. Under the Covers – part II | Feb. 21, 2017 |
| 53. | 52. Sanctuary | March 7, 2017 |
| 54. | 14 rerun: Behave | March 17, 2017 |
| 55. | 53. The Away Team | April 1, 2017 |
| 56. | 54. The Authority | April 14, 2017 |
| 57. | 55. Namaste | May 5, 2017 |
| 58. | 56. Joins | May 19, 2017 |
| 59. | 57. AD/BC | June 1, 2017 |
| 60. | 58. Eclipse | June 16, 2017 |
| 61. | 59. One To Another | June 30, 2017 |
| 62. | 60. Zillions | Aug. 5, 2017 |
| 63. | 61. In Your Hand | Aug. 17, 2017 |
| 64. | 62. In Crypt, Decrypt | Sept. 2, 2017 |
| 65. | 63. Evolution of Accents | Sept. 14, 2017 |
| 66. | 64. Technobabble | Sept. 30, 2017 |
| 67. | 65. Eponyms III: Who’s That Guy? | Oct. 14, 2017 |
| 68. | 66. Open Me part I | Oct. 27, 2017 |
| 69. | 67. Open Me part II | Nov. 10, 2017 |
| 70. | 68. Curse Soup | Nov. 25, 2017 |
| 71. | 69. How the Dickens stole Christmas | Dec. 9, 2017 |
| 72. | 70. Bonus 2017 | Dec. 23, 2017 |
| 73. | 71. Triumph/Trumpet/Top/Fart | Jan. 26, 2018 |
| 74. | 72. Hey | Feb. 9, 2018 |
| 75. | 73. Supername! | Feb. 24, 2018 |
| 76. | 74. Take A Swear Pill | March 9, 2018 |
| 77. | 75. Ear Hustling | March 23, 2018 |
| 78. | 76. Across the Pond | April 7, 2018 |
| 79. | 77. Survival part 1: Second Home | April 21, 2018 |
| 80. | 42+43. Survival: The Key rerun | May 5, 2018 |
| 81. | 78. Oot in the Open | May 21, 2018 |
| 82. | 79. Queer | June 3, 2018 |
| 83. | 80. Warm Front | June 17, 2018 |
| 84. | Imaginary Advice: S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D. | June 28, 2018 |
| 85. | 81. Shark Week | July 28, 2018 |
| 86. | 82. A Novel Remedy | Aug. 13, 2018 |
| 87. | 83. Yes, As In | Aug. 26, 2018 |
| 88. | 84. Trammels | Sept. 8, 2018 |
| 89. | 85. Skin Story | Sept. 23, 2018 |
| 90. | 86. Name Therapy | Oct. 8, 2018 |
| 91. | 87. Name v. Law | Oct. 22, 2018 |
| 92. | 88. Name Changers | Nov. 4, 2018 |
| 93. | 89. WPM | Nov. 17, 2018 |
| 94. | 90. Dear Santa | Nov. 30, 2018 |
| 95. | 91. Bonus 2018 | Dec. 16, 2018 |
| 96. | Extra special QUIZ! | Dec. 18, 2018 |
| 97. | 92. To Err Is Human | Jan. 24, 2019 |
| 98. | 93. Gossip | Feb. 9, 2019 |
| 99. | 94. Harsh Realm | Feb. 22, 2019 |
| 100. | 95. Verisimilitude | March 11, 2019 |
| 41 more episodes |