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The Allusionist

118. Survival: Bequest

The Allusionist

Helen Zaltzman

Arts, Education, Words, Linguistics, History, Entertainment, Helen Zaltzman, Etymology, Society & Culture

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When the Europeans arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as guns, stoats and Christianity, they brought ideas of cisgender monogamous heterosexuality that were imposed upon the Māori people as if there had never been anything else. But one word proved otherwise.

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0:00.0

Thanks to Canva for sponsoring the illusionist and for helping me address a massive gap in

0:07.6

my skills, I know, can you believe it? A gap in my skills says it isn't so, it is so.

0:12.8

Being a podcaster, I'm good at making noises. But visuals? Not great. I didn't get into

0:19.8

audio making because I'm good at visuals, but people do sure love looking at stuff.

0:25.9

I don't blame you. The first bite of the internet is with the eye mouths, as they say.

0:30.4

So, like many of my podcaster friends, how did you make that cool thing? Oh, I used Canva.

0:36.2

I'm using Canva to spruce up my game on Instagram and the slides for the illusionist live shows

0:41.6

and YouTube where the podcast is now available, but with currently zero visual interest.

0:46.5

Not for too much longer though. I am really excited to play with all this and will update you with

0:51.3

my progress on my journey to visuals. Why don't you join me? And if you work with people,

0:56.3

you can design and collaborate with Canva for teams. Right now, you can get a free 45 day extended

1:02.3

trial when you go to Canva.me slash illusionist. That's C-A-N-V-A-DOT-ME slash illusionist.

1:10.4

For a free 45 day extended trial, Canva.me slash illusionist.

1:22.3

This is the illusionist in which I, Helen Zoltzman, I'm not going to play many go off with

1:26.1

language again after what language did to that win-mill at the 14th hole. In today's episode,

1:30.5

we're heading to our Teoroa New Zealand to discuss gender identity and sexual orientation.

1:36.1

There will be a swear. It feels weird to issue a content note for that when the episode also

1:41.1

discusses corporal punishment and colonialism, which are significantly more offensive than an effort.

1:47.2

On with the show.

1:56.9

The British know they had a textbook. They had a way they did things. They've refined that

2:02.1

in cultures and countries all over the world. And so they just bought that here. And what I'm

2:09.1

thankful about is we did retain our culture. We did retain our language. And my belief is that

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