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This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, read all the salads from the 1950 recipe book 282 Ways of Making a Salad, with Favourite Recipes by British and American Personalities and Stars by Bebe Daniels and Jill Algood, with the purpose of giving your internal monologue a break by replacing it with some absolutely inconsequential words.

Note: this is NOT the usual Allusionist. You will not learn anything about language at all, in fact the ideal outcome of the Tranquillusionists is that you’re asleep before the end.

There are several other Tranquillusionists further down your podfeed and at theallusionist.org/tranquillusionist.

The original Tranquillusionist music is composed and performed by Martin Austwick. Come to see me and Martin perform an all new Allusionist live show at the London Podcast Festival on 4 September 2021! Tickets to attend in-room or online are available via theallusionist.org/events, where you'll also find information about the Raise Three Fingers fundraiser for Myanmar that I'm cohosting with MiMi Aye in London on 22 August.

Patr(e)ons, remember you get a 20% discount on tickets to the London Podcast Festival show! Your discount code is at patreon.com/allusionist. And that’s the place to go if you’re not a patr(e)on but would like to become one, to support the show and get bonus stuff.

YOUR RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:
tribometer

tribometer, noun: an instrument for measuring friction in sliding.

CREDITS:

The book 282 Ways of Making a Salad: with Favourite Recipes by British and American Personalities and Stars compiled by Bebe Daniels and Jill Algood was published by Cassell in 1950.
The original music is by Martin Austwick. Download his songs at palebirdmusic.com, listen to his podcasts Song By Song and Neutrino Watch, and hear more of his composition on the science podcast for kids Maddie’s Sound Explorers.
Find the show at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow, twitter.com/helenzaltzman and instagram.com/allusionistshow.
The Allusionist is an independent podcast. If you’re able and inclined to support the show, head over to patreon.com/allusionist.

Back in two weeks with a new non-tranquil episode - HZ.

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For the show's financial survival (hopefully), over the next few weeks I'm having to switch on programmatic advertisements. This means, for the first time in the show's nearly 12-year existence, you may be subjected to ads that are not voiced, scripted and individually approved by me.

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For the show's financial survival (hopefully), over the next few weeks I'm having to switch on programmatic advertisements. This means, for the first time in the show's nearly 12-year existence, you may be subjected to ads that are not voiced, scripted and individually approved by me.
If you would prefer to listen to the show without ads in it, patreonise the show at the Gravy, Wedge or Check tiers, which include the perk of an ad-free RSS feed.

MP3 • APPLE PODCASTS • RSS • TRANSCRIPT

Note: this is NOT the usual Allusionist. You will not learn anything about language at all, in fact the ideal outcome of the Tranquillusionists is that you’re asleep before the end.

YOUR RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY: tribometer

CREDITS:

Back in two weeks with a new non-tranquil episode - HZ.

TL;DR version:

YOUR RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:
tribometer