The Tranquillusionists are special soothing episodes of The Allusionist, for the alleviation of stress, anxiety and insomnia. Words are detached from meaning to shut up your interior monologue for a moment. Play them on a loop to help you sleep.

The original scoring is all composed by Martin Austwick. Listen to his songs - search for Pale Bird on Spotify and Bandcamp, and/or visit palebirdmusic.com.

Ex-constellations: constellations that have been demoted to nonstellations.

Person In Scene: some 2,700 of the credits in films for characters who didn’t get names.

Gay Animals: mammals, insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles and miscellaneous other creatures that are known to have been romantic and/or sexual with the same sex.

Australia’s Big Things: as comprehensive a list as I could compile of all of Australia’s Big Things, which are maybe sculptures, maybe tourist attractions, maybe big, definitely things.

282 Salads: all the salads from the 1950 recipe book 282 Ways of Making a Salad.

Home and Garden: HGTV shows and vintage lawnmower ads.

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, quell anxiety and calm brain frenzies by replacing your interior monologue with words detached from significance. In this case: the list of HGTV original programming, and lawnmower adverts from before I was born.

Punchlines: a parade of punchlines to classic jokes, no setups.

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, read the punchlines to classic jokes.

Best In Show: the winners of Best In Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, for the purposes of calming a frazzled brain, read the winners of Best In Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Nmiigea: the words to John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ but rearranged in reverse alphabetical order.

Your Soothing Words: a collection of the words you listeners told me you found the most soothing.

A relaxing list of the words you listeners find soothing