The 200th episode is out! A quiz where the questions have been set by you, the smart and tricksy listeners. I scored adequately, not spectacularly. Play along, I'm sure you can outdo me. Listen and play along using the scoresheet at theallusionist.org/200
I can scarce believe that I've made 200 episodes of this show, but here we are! To celebrate, here is a quiz about language where all the questions were set by YOU, the beautiful brainy listeners.
catch the live show in Bristol tomorrow night (ie Thursday 5 September) at the Watershed then London on Saturday! Free bookmarks for allcomers! theallusionist.org/events
Listen up, Brit-dwellers. I need you to come to our new live show Souvenirs. Tour starts 25 August in Newcastle, then goes to Glasgow, Manchester, Cambridge, Bristol, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh & Oxford. The new show is really good so why hurt yourself by not going, eh? theallusionist.org/events
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Since 2019, Marwan Kaabour has been collecting Arabic slang words used by and about queer people, first for the online community Takweer, and now the newly published Queer Arab Glossary. "When resea...
Just two weeks today, Tourlusionist 2024 kicks off! Come to see our beautiful new live show Souvenirs, about frenemies, 900-year-old claims to fame, Elle Woods and donkeys theallusionist.org/events
This is the day to listen to the Valentine's episode. Unless you subscribe to the romance version of St Valentine's Day, in which case there is no day for this episode. But, it's the only episode after which my mum has phoned me to tell me she liked it, so theallusionist.org/valentine
St Valentine's name may nowadays be all over the romance-related merch for 14 February, but he was also the patron saint of beekeepers, epilepsy and plagues. Let's get to know this multi-hyphenate s...
Gung hei fat choi! I always wondered how come Chinese dragons eat cabbages at Chinese New Year, and now, thanks to @allusionistshow.bsky.socialwww.theallusionist.org/allusionist/...
At Lunar New Year, certain foods are particularly lucky to eat. Why? Because in Chinese, their names are puns on fortunate things. Damn, maybe noodles are all it takes to get me into puns after all....
New episode in your podfeed! Lipreading tutor Helen Barrow talks about the realities, accuracy and difficulties of the skill, one reason why #alumsionisttheallusionist.org/lipread