Entertaining and interesting
Love the way these fascinating ideas are presented in such a humorous way. That each episode is quite short is brilliant.
tlasham via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/02/22
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When I first saw that Radiotopia had a new show I knew I would have to give it a listen. The Allusionist did not disappoint. The show combines a love of lanaguage with truly excellent storytelling and humour. Helen Zaltzman is a fantastic host and I knew from the first episode that this is going...Read full review »
Jessica-Robyn via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 01/27/15
Helen’s fun and informative and the show provides a valuable service for those of us who no longer have paper dictionaries to browse, so we need to get our interesting etymology tidbits elsewhere. And without this podcast, I wouldn’t know that dictionaries have fake entries… really!
brucery via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/22/15
A fascinating tidbit about language every fortnight, delivered with superb production values and great humour. Don’t think stuffy librarian, though. Think—well, Helen Zaltzman. I don’t know how else to put it.
Homagetogorto via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 07/19/15
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