Allusiovaults: Yes, As In

About this episode

Since we've been talking about names for the past couple of episodes, here's one of my favourites from the Allusiovaults: Yes, As In, featuring people who have names that are more usually found as common nouns and adjectives. Got thoughts and feelings about your own name? Share them with me via theallusionist.org/contact, either for an upcoming episode about your names, or just to get them off your chest, I don't mind. Sign up at theallusionist.org/donate to fund the continuing existence of this independent podcast. For $5/month or above, get the ad-free version of the show. Donors at all levels can join me for regular livestreams where I read relaxingly from my ever-expanding collection of vintage dictionaries, plus you get bonus written content including behind the scenes info about every episode, membership of the Allusioverse Discord community, and watchalong parties for films and TV shows: in November we'll watch Billy Wilder's excellent Agatha Christie adaptation Witness for the Prosecution, and each week we're watching the 2026 season of Great British Bake Off and its Canadian counterpart - and, you get my drawings of Paul Hollywood in the style of medieval marginalia. Fi