The Allusionist Episodes Available now

Word Play 2
Makers of word games explain how they turn language into creative play

Hypochondria
Hypochondria's meaning went from physical ailments to ones that are only in your mind

Craters
PhD student Annie Lennox discovered a crater on Mercury and got the chance to name it

Tranquillusionist: Person In Scene
Soothe your brain with a meaningless list of characters without names in movie credits

Mouthful of Fortune
At Lunar New Year, certain foods are particularly lucky to eat. Why? Because puns.

Lipread
How lipreading works, and why lipreading gossip stories are so successful and worthless

The Eggs Warning
"Warning: read and keep," says the piece of paper inside Kinder Eggs, in 34 languages

Bonus 2023
It's our annual parade of all the extra good stuff this year's podguests talked about

Ravels
Why your cardigan is called 'cardigan'

How the Dickens Stole Christmas
How come Charles Dickens's name is synonymous with Christmas?