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.

Randomly Selected Words from the Dictionary: all the randomly selected words from the dictionary from the first ten years of the podcast.

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.

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

Best In Show: 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.