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The Allusionist
Helen Zaltzman
Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org
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234. No Names
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233. Phobia
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232. Vega
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49%231. Lingthusionist
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230. Draculae part 4: Transformation
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48%229. Draculae part 3: Hunting Down the Count
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228. Draculae part 2: Surprises in the Vaults
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227. Draculae part 1: Enter the Castle
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226. Suburbia
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225. Hues
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224. Cosmic Hairball
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223. Bonus 2025
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222. A Christmas Carol
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221. Scribe
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220. Disobedience
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57%219. Making Trouble
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218. Banned Books
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217. Bread and Roses, and Coffee
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50%216. Four Letter Words: Terisk
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46%215. Two-Letter Words
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54%214. Four Letter Words: Bane Bain Bath
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49%213. Four Letter Words: Dino
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49%212. Four Letter Words: Park
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48%211. Four Letter Words: -gate
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210. Four Letter Words: 4x4x4 Quiz
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209. Four Letter Words: Serving C-bomb
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208. Four Letter Words: Ffff
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207. Randomly Selected Words from the Dictionary
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206. Bonus 2024
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205. Lexicat, part 2: now with added Dog
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204. Lexicat, part 1
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203. Flyting
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202. Singlish Singlish
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201. Singlish
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Tranquillusionist: Ex-Constellations
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200. 200th episode celebratory quiz!
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199. 199 ideas that I hadn't made into podcasts yet
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198. Queer Arab Glossary
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197. Word Play 7: Word Sport
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196. Word Play 6: Beeing
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195. Word Play 5: 100 Pages of Solvitude
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194. Word Play 4: Good Grids
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193. Word Play 3: Lemon Demon
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192. Word Play part 2
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191. Hypochondria
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190. Craters
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Tranquillusionist: Person In Scene
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189. Mouthful of Fortune
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188. Lipread
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187. Bonus 2023
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186. Ravels
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185. Gems and Patties
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184. Misophonia
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Apple Fest!
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183. Timucua
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182. Siblings of Chaos
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181. Cairns
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180. Project ENABLE
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179. Andy Quiz
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178. Uranus
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Tranquillusionist: Gay Animals
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177. Fat part 2
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176. Fat part 1
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175. Eurovision part 2
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174. Eurovision part 1
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173. Death
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172. A Brief History of Brazilian Portuguese
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171. Supplantation
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170. Actively Passive
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169. The Box
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168. Debuts
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167. Bonus 2022
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166. Fiona part 2
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165. Fiona part 1
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164. Emergency
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163. Rhino Borked Guy
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162. Self-Help
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161. Sentiment
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160. Coward
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159. Bufflusionist
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158. Creature Quiz
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Tranquillusionist: Australia's Big Things
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157. Queerbaiting
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156. Rainbow Washing
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155. The Tiffany Problem
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154. Objectivity
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153. In Character
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152. Asperger
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152. Asperger - music-free version
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151. The Bee's Knees
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150. The Egg's Warning
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149. Complex PTSD
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148. Bonus 2021
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147. Survival: Today, Tomorrow part 2
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146. Survival: Today, Tomorrow part 1
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145. Parents
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144. Aro Ace
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143. Hedge Rider
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142. Zero
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141. Food Quiz
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140. Num8er5
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Tranquillusionist: 282 Salads
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139 Ladybird Ladybug
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138. Mind My Mind
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137. Dude
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136. Misogynoir
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135. SOS
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Eclipse+
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134. Lacuna
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133. Cake is Mighter than the Sword
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132. Additions and Losses
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131. Podlingual
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130. Valentine
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129. Sorry
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128. Bonus 2020
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127. A Festive Hit for 2020
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126. Survival: Custodians of the Languages
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125. Swearalong Quiz
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124. Nightmare
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123. Celebrity
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122. Ghostwriter
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121. No Title
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Tranquillusionist: Home and Garden
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The Away Team redux
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120. Shine Theory
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119. Blood Is Not Water
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118. Survival: Bequest
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117. Many Ways At Once
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116. My Dad Excavated A Porno
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115. Keep Calm and
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Tranquillusionist: Punchlines
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Tranquillusionist: Best In Show
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Tranquillusionist: Nmiigea
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Tranquillusionist: Your Soothing Words
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114. Alarm Bells
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113. Zaltzology
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112. Quiz 2019
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Allusionist special: Podcast Podcast
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111. Engraving part 2: Precious
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110. Engraving part 1: Epitaph
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109. East West
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108. Enjoy!
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107. Apples
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106. Typo Demom
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105. F'ood
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104. Words into Food
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103. Food Into Words
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102. New Rules
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101. Two Or More
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56+12. Joins & Pride
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100. The Hundredth
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99. Polari
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98. Alter Ego
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97. The Future is Now?
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96. Trust
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95. Verisimilitude
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94. Harsh Realm
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93. Gossip
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92. To Err Is Human
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Extra special QUIZ!
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91. Bonus 2018
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90. Dear Santa
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89. WPM
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88. Name Changers
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87. Name v. Law
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86. Name Therapy
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85. Skin Story
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84. Trammels
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83. Yes, As In
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82. A Novel Remedy
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81. Shark Week
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Imaginary Advice: S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D.
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80. Warm Front
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79. Queer
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78. Oot in the Open
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42+43. Survival: The Key rerun
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77. Survival part 1: Second Home
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76. Across the Pond
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75. Ear Hustling
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74. Take A Swear Pill
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73. Supername!
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72. Hey
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71. Triumph/Trumpet/Top/Fart
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70. Bonus 2017
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69. How the Dickens stole Christmas
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68. Curse Soup
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67. Open Me part II
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66. Open Me part I
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65. Eponyms III: Who’s That Guy?
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64. Technobabble
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63. Evolution of Accents
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62. In Crypt, Decrypt
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61. In Your Hand
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60. Zillions
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59. One To Another
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58. Eclipse
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57. AD/BC
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56. Joins
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55. Namaste
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54. The Authority
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53. The Away Team
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14 rerun: Behave
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52. Sanctuary
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51. Under the Covers – part II
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50. Under the Covers – part I
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49. Bonus 2016
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48. Winterval
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47. The Year Without a Summer
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46. The State Of It
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45. Eponyms II: Name That Disease
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44: This Is Your Brain On Language
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43. The Key part II: Vestiges
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42. The Key part I: Rosetta
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41. Getting Toasty
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40. Olympics
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39. Generation What?
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38. Small Talk
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12 rerun: Pride
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37. Brand It
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36. Big Lit
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35. Word of the Day
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34. Continental
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33. Please
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32. Soho
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31. Post-Love
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30. US Election Lexicon
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29. WLTM part II
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28. WLTM part I
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27. Bonus 2015
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26. Xmas Man
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25. Toki Pona
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24. Spill Your Guts
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23. Criminallusionist
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22. Vocables
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21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro
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20. Baby Talk
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19. Architecting About Dance
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18. Fix part II
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17. Fix part I
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16. Word Play
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15. Step Away
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14. Behave
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13. Mixed Emojions
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12. Pride
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11. Brunchtime
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10. Election Lexicon
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9. The Space Between
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8. Crosswords
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7. Mountweazel
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6. The Writing On The Wall
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5. Latin Lives!
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4. Detonating the C-Bomb
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3. Going Viral
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2. Bosom Holder
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