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A PODCAST ABOUT LANGUAGE
BY HELEN ZALTZMAN

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Allusionist 104. Words into Food

August 17, 2019 The Allusionist

It’s Food Season at the Allusionist. Last episode we learned all about compiling recipes, turning food into words. This time, we meet someone who turns words into food. When Kate Young of the Little Library Cafe spots a foodstuff or a feast in a novel, she finds ways to cook it in reality, whether it’s delicious (Babette’s Feast), evil (Edmund’s Turkish delight in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe) or poisonous (the crab and avocado in The Bell Jar).

Allusionist 82. A Novel Remedy

August 10, 2018 The Allusionist

When you're feeling unwell, what's the book you read to make yourself feel better? And why does it work?

Clinical psychologist Jane Gregory explains why she sometimes prescribes novel-reading to her patients; and academic Guy Cuthbertson tells how post-WW1 Britain was soothed by Agatha Christie's murder mysteries.

Allusionist 36: Big Lit

May 14, 2016 The Allusionist

'Classics' started off meaning Latin and Greek works, then literary works that smacked of similar, and now - what, exactly? Books that are full of bonnets and dust?

Allusionist 9: The Space Between

April 22, 2015 The Allusionist

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I know this is a show about words, but forget the words for a moment; look at the spaces between the words.

Without the spaces, the words would be nigh incomprehensible. And yet, they're a relatively recent linguistic innovation.