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Helen Zaltzman

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212. Four Letter Words: Park

Jul 8 • 48m

211. Four Letter Words: -gate

Jun 23 • 37m

210. Four Letter Words: 4x4x4 Quiz

Jun 7 • 24m

209. Four Letter Words: Serving C-bomb

May 25 • 50m

208. Four Letter Words: Ffff

May 15 • 44m

208. Four Letter Words: Ffff

May 11 • 43m

several bits of news! (nothing bad)

Apr 29 • 1m

207. Randomly Selected Words from the Dictionary

Jan 17 • 41m

206. Bonus 2024

Dec 23, 2024 • 48m

205. Lexicat, part 2: now with added Dog

Dec 6, 2024 • 54m

204. Lexicat, part 1

Nov 24, 2024 • 54m

Nov 9, 2024 • 52m

202. Singlish Singlish

Oct 29, 2024 • 45m

Oct 12, 2024 • 36m

Tranquillusionist: Ex-Constellations

Sep 28, 2024 • 33m

200. 200th episode celebratory quiz!

Sep 13, 2024 • 47m

199. 199 ideas that I hadn't made into podcasts yet

Aug 30, 2024 • 37m

198. Queer Arab Glossary

Aug 12, 2024 • 40m

197. Word Play 7: Word Sport

Jun 30, 2024 • 44m

196. Word Play 6: Beeing

Jun 10, 2024 • 1h 0m

195. Word Play 5: 100 Pages of Solvitude

May 28, 2024 • 35m

194. Word Play 4: Good Grids

May 13, 2024 • 48m

193. Word Play 3: Lemon Demon

Apr 23, 2024 • 52m

192. Word Play part 2

Apr 9, 2024 • 44m

191. Hypochondria

Mar 23, 2024 • 52m

Mar 11, 2024 • 39m

Tranquillusionist: Person In Scene

Feb 26, 2024 • 1h 5m

189. Mouthful of Fortune

Feb 10, 2024 • 27m

Jan 28, 2024 • 42m

187. Bonus 2023

Dec 24, 2023 • 59m

Dec 12, 2023 • 33m

185. Gems and Patties

Nov 20, 2023 • 36m

184. Misophonia

Nov 6, 2023 • 52m

Oct 22, 2023 • 40m

Oct 9, 2023 • 34m

182. Siblings of Chaos

Sep 24, 2023 • 35m

Sep 13, 2023 • 35m

180. Project ENABLE

Aug 25, 2023 • 29m

Aug 12, 2023 • 30m

Jun 24, 2023 • 26m

Tranquillusionist: Gay Animals

Jun 9, 2023 • 27m

177. Fat part 2

May 25, 2023 • 46m

176. Fat part 1

May 12, 2023 • 30m

175. Eurovision part 2

Apr 21, 2023 • 33m

174. Eurovision part 1

Apr 7, 2023 • 33m

Mar 24, 2023 • 48m

172. A Brief History of Brazilian Portuguese

Mar 10, 2023 • 40m

171. Supplantation

Feb 24, 2023 • 30m

170. Actively Passive

Feb 10, 2023 • 28m

Jan 27, 2023 • 41m

Jan 13, 2023 • 36m

167. Bonus 2022

Dec 17, 2022 • 39m

166. Fiona part 2

Dec 5, 2022 • 34m

165. Fiona part 1

Nov 22, 2022 • 42m

Nov 7, 2022 • 43m

163. Rhino Borked Guy

Oct 21, 2022 • 35m

Oct 8, 2022 • 38m

Sep 24, 2022 • 41m

Sep 9, 2022 • 34m

159. Bufflusionist

Aug 20, 2022 • 40m

158. Creature Quiz

Aug 5, 2022 • 24m

Tranquillusionist: Australia's Big Things

Jul 19, 2022 • 32m

157. Queerbaiting

Jun 25, 2022 • 28m

156. Rainbow Washing

Jun 11, 2022 • 25m

155. The Tiffany Problem

May 27, 2022 • 20m

154. Objectivity

May 14, 2022 • 32m

153. In Character

Apr 18, 2022 • 38m

Apr 3, 2022 • 39m

152. Asperger - music-free version

Apr 3, 2022 • 38m

151. The Bee's Knees

Mar 18, 2022 • 30m

150. The Egg's Warning

Mar 5, 2022 • 32m

149. Complex PTSD

Feb 19, 2022 • 28m

148. Bonus 2021

Dec 23, 2021 • 25m

147. Survival: Today, Tomorrow part 2

Dec 7, 2021 • 28m

146. Survival: Today, Tomorrow part 1

Nov 24, 2021 • 33m

Nov 7, 2021 • 45m

Oct 26, 2021 • 27m

143. Hedge Rider

Oct 13, 2021 • 26m

Sep 25, 2021 • 24m

Sep 10, 2021 • 30m

Aug 30, 2021 • 33m

Tranquillusionist: 282 Salads

Aug 14, 2021 • 34m

139 Ladybird Ladybug

Jul 12, 2021 • 21m

138. Mind My Mind

Jun 27, 2021 • 31m

Jun 10, 2021 • 27m

136. Misogynoir

May 28, 2021 • 26m

May 14, 2021 • 21m

Apr 23, 2021 • 30m

Apr 10, 2021 • 31m

133. Cake is Mighter than the Sword

Mar 27, 2021 • 22m

132. Additions and Losses

Mar 12, 2021 • 31m

131. Podlingual

Feb 25, 2021 • 33m

Feb 14, 2021 • 19m

Jan 31, 2021 • 35m

128. Bonus 2020

Dec 24, 2020 • 32m

127. A Festive Hit for 2020

Dec 14, 2020 • 31m

126. Survival: Custodians of the Languages

Nov 28, 2020 • 31m

125. Swearalong Quiz

Nov 10, 2020 • 14m

Oct 25, 2020 • 20m

Oct 10, 2020 • 28m

122. Ghostwriter

Sep 28, 2020 • 24m

Sep 14, 2020 • 59m

Tranquillusionist: Home and Garden

Aug 28, 2020 • 21m

The Away Team redux

Aug 18, 2020 • 21m

120. Shine Theory

Jul 30, 2020 • 19m

119. Blood Is Not Water

Jul 14, 2020 • 27m

118. Survival: Bequest

Jul 3, 2020 • 29m

117. Many Ways At Once

Jun 15, 2020 • 18m

116. My Dad Excavated A Porno

Jun 3, 2020 • 31m

115. Keep Calm and

May 16, 2020 • 21m

Tranquillusionist: Punchlines

Apr 13, 2020 • 6m

Tranquillusionist: Best In Show

Apr 4, 2020 • 12m

Tranquillusionist: Nmiigea

Mar 22, 2020 • 4m

Tranquillusionist: Your Soothing Words

Mar 17, 2020 • 11m

114. Alarm Bells

Feb 24, 2020 • 31m

113. Zaltzology

Jan 24, 2020 • 28m

Dec 24, 2019 • 16m

Allusionist special: Podcast Podcast

Dec 16, 2019 • 14m

111. Engraving part 2: Precious

Dec 16, 2019 • 36m

110. Engraving part 1: Epitaph

Nov 26, 2019 • 28m

Nov 14, 2019 • 29m

Oct 30, 2019 • 24m

Oct 9, 2019 • 28m

106. Typo Demom

Sep 15, 2019 • 21m

Sep 3, 2019 • 32m

104. Words into Food

Aug 17, 2019 • 17m

103. Food Into Words

Aug 5, 2019 • 25m

Jul 14, 2019 • 19m

101. Two Or More

Jun 26, 2019 • 27m

56+12. Joins & Pride

Jun 6, 2019 • 28m

100. The Hundredth

May 27, 2019 • 31m

May 12, 2019 • 32m

Apr 27, 2019 • 30m

97. The Future is Now?

Apr 11, 2019 • 16m

Mar 26, 2019 • 19m

95. Verisimilitude

Mar 11, 2019 • 29m

94. Harsh Realm

Feb 22, 2019 • 28m

Feb 9, 2019 • 19m

92. To Err Is Human

Jan 24, 2019 • 19m

Extra special QUIZ!

Dec 18, 2018 • 15m

Dec 16, 2018 • 17m

Nov 30, 2018 • 18m

Nov 17, 2018 • 17m

88. Name Changers

Nov 4, 2018 • 28m

87. Name v. Law

Oct 22, 2018 • 30m

86. Name Therapy

Oct 8, 2018 • 27m

Sep 23, 2018 • 18m

Sep 8, 2018 • 20m

Aug 26, 2018 • 27m

82. A Novel Remedy

Aug 13, 2018 • 22m

Jul 28, 2018 • 24m

Imaginary Advice: S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D.

Jun 28, 2018 • 28m

Jun 17, 2018 • 16m

Jun 3, 2018 • 26m

78. Oot in the Open

May 21, 2018 • 24m

42+43. Survival: The Key rerun

May 5, 2018 • 25m

77. Survival part 1: Second Home

Apr 21, 2018 • 26m

76. Across the Pond

Apr 7, 2018 • 24m

75. Ear Hustling

Mar 23, 2018 • 16m

74. Take A Swear Pill

Mar 9, 2018 • 26m

Feb 24, 2018 • 19m

Feb 9, 2018 • 21m

71. Triumph/Trumpet/Top/Fart

Jan 26, 2018 • 19m

Dec 23, 2017 • 21m

69. How the Dickens stole Christmas

Dec 9, 2017 • 28m

Nov 25, 2017 • 16m

67. Open Me part II

Nov 10, 2017 • 26m

66. Open Me part I

Oct 27, 2017 • 20m

65. Eponyms III: Who’s That Guy?

Oct 14, 2017 • 21m

64. Technobabble

Sep 30, 2017 • 23m

63. Evolution of Accents

Sep 14, 2017 • 25m

62. In Crypt, Decrypt

Sep 2, 2017 • 28m

61. In Your Hand

Aug 17, 2017 • 14m

Aug 5, 2017 • 19m

59. One To Another

Jun 30, 2017 • 19m

Jun 16, 2017 • 24m

Jun 1, 2017 • 17m

May 19, 2017 • 18m

May 5, 2017 • 18m

54. The Authority

Apr 14, 2017 • 15m

53. The Away Team

Apr 1, 2017 • 17m

14 rerun: Behave

Mar 17, 2017 • 15m

Mar 7, 2017 • 17m

51. Under the Covers – part II

Feb 21, 2017 • 16m

50. Under the Covers – part I

Feb 8, 2017 • 18m

Dec 30, 2016 • 18m

Dec 6, 2016 • 13m

47. The Year Without a Summer

Nov 21, 2016 • 22m

46. The State Of It

Nov 4, 2016 • 20m

45. Eponyms II: Name That Disease

Oct 16, 2016 • 19m

44: This Is Your Brain On Language

Oct 3, 2016 • 13m

43. The Key part II: Vestiges

Sep 20, 2016 • 13m

42. The Key part I: Rosetta

Sep 7, 2016 • 15m

41. Getting Toasty

Aug 21, 2016 • 18m

Aug 4, 2016 • 9m

39. Generation What?

Jul 13, 2016 • 16m

Jun 25, 2016 • 13m

12 rerun: Pride

Jun 13, 2016 • 14m

May 29, 2016 • 20m

May 17, 2016 • 15m

35. Word of the Day

May 1, 2016 • 14m

34. Continental

Apr 17, 2016 • 14m

Apr 1, 2016 • 15m

Mar 18, 2016 • 13m

Mar 5, 2016 • 18m

30. US Election Lexicon

Feb 17, 2016 • 18m

29. WLTM part II

Feb 6, 2016 • 21m

28. WLTM part I

Jan 28, 2016 • 20m

Dec 23, 2015 • 16m

Dec 2, 2015 • 14m

Nov 19, 2015 • 18m

24. Spill Your Guts

Nov 4, 2015 • 18m

23. Criminallusionist

Oct 29, 2015 • 22m

Oct 21, 2015 • 11m

21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro

Oct 14, 2015 • 18m

Oct 7, 2015 • 11m

19. Architecting About Dance

Sep 24, 2015 • 14m

18. Fix part II

Sep 9, 2015 • 14m

Aug 28, 2015 • 18m

Aug 12, 2015 • 14m

Jul 29, 2015 • 19m

Jun 30, 2015 • 14m

13. Mixed Emojions

Jun 17, 2015 • 16m

Jun 3, 2015 • 14m

May 20, 2015 • 12m

10. Election Lexicon

May 5, 2015 • 9m

9. The Space Between

Apr 22, 2015 • 10m

Apr 8, 2015 • 16m

Mar 25, 2015 • 15m

6. The Writing On The Wall

Mar 11, 2015 • 15m

5. Latin Lives!

Feb 25, 2015 • 12m

4. Detonating the C-Bomb

Feb 11, 2015 • 17m

Jan 28, 2015 • 15m

2. Bosom Holder

Jan 15, 2015 • 14m

1. Ban The Pun.

Jan 14, 2015 • 16m

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