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