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?