The Allusionist

Today, we read the novelisation of The Muppet Christmas Carol, also known as the 1843 fest... more

"I have never felt so naked. That's how exposed I felt at the idea that my handwriting was... more

“The more we look into social structures, the more many of us realize we don't fit into th... more

A change of scene for one episode: recently the brilliant poet and performer Molly Naylor ... more

It's Banned Books Week. Honorary youth chair Iris Mogul and Sam Helmick, president of the ... more

In their heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, there were more than 200 - possibly more than 400 ... more

Watching the film Legally Blonde one day with the subtitles on, numerous perfectly innocuo... more

Listener Erica commented: "Perhaps an idea for a bonus ep of Four Letter Word season would... more

For today’s instalment of Four Letter Word season, we’re hopping from ‘bane’ to ‘bain’ to ... more

The latest four letter word of Four Letter Word season is dino. 'Dinosaur' is derived from... more

Get in, winner: we're going on a field trip. We're spending the day in five of Vancouver's... more

The other day was the 53rd anniversary of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, which not o... more

Four Letter Word season continues with a quiz (which is a four-letter word itself) about f... more

Ten years ago, on the fourth episode of the show, I investigated why the C-word is conside... more

Welcome to Four Letter Word season! We're kicking off with one of the most versatile words... more

Happy tenth birthday to this show! To celebrate, here's every randomly selected word from ... more

It's the annual parade of Bonus Bits - things this year's guests said that I couldn't fit ... more

In Lexicat part 1, we met the author Mary Robinette Kowal and her cat Elsie, and learned a... more

Elsie the cat has a set of 120 buttons programmed with words. She uses them to lie, swear,... more

In 15th and 16th century Scotland, in the highest courts of the land, you'd find esteemed ... more

There's so much more to say about Singlish after last episode that we're saying some more ... more

"If you grow up being told that one of your first languages, Singlish, is actually a bad v... more

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, give your brain a break by temp... more