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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is The Illusionist, in which I, Helen Zoltzman, buy language certificate showing that it is

the owner of a plotter planned on the moon. Then I'm surprised when language is able to secure

planning permission to build a four bedroom house on it. In today's show, terrifying beasts,

and some words that we all know with a surprisingly difficult to define. Oh, lovely.

On with the show.

Our language for celebrity is so confused and so muddled. The word celebrity itself has ancient

roots in some ways. It comes from a celebere meaning honored or well known. That's an ancient

Roman word, but it didn't have that kind of meaning that we think of it now. And the strange thing

is that a celebrity in the medieval world up until the 1500s was a solemn occasion. So a parade

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